WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE

Hi Mary: Just to let you know, my birthday is January 5th. What an amazing list of birthdays you have compiled.

Thanks,
Cathy

Hi everyone....I stopped by invited...and didn't quite make it back. I would like to become an official participant I am trying to lose ...but it is ever so slow..don't really know what my problem is...but I just keep plugging along, trying. I will try to read the post and keep up and be very supportive with all. I like to garden and paint. My hobbies can be endless...and I do work part-time as a bookkeeper. I am 57, my birthday is Feb. 7. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Lorri - those zucchini pineapple muffins ARE very good. The people's house we went to, the husband likes things made with zucchini so I made them for him. But, of course, I HAD to taste test.

Did an hour of a power sculpt class today (Tues), tomorrow yoga and then deep water. Then I'll probably go food shopping some (just to get what is on sale), then our senior bowling league.

Mary - glad you had such a wonderful birthday!

Congrats to everyone who is losing and passing up on foods

For our geneeral meeting with the Newcomers, since we're having it at night, I'll need a couple of tables so I thought I'd make (really, cut down) some tablecloths. I was going to make them anyway for my own 6' banquet tables, so this just made me have to make them sooner. I just finished the third one today. One of them I'm not happy with at all -- it's the first one I made. Earlier this year I'd taken the measurements for the buffet table and another table we have downstairs, someone made Christmas tablecloths for me. Well, I had those measurements, but I originally cut one which I thought was for the banquet table but it really was for the other table. Now I know which is which. Like I said, I'm not happy with the one, and if I can, I might cut it down more so that I have a tablecloth for our card table.

Happy Anniversary and birthday Mary. What a great accomplishment! 37 years, that's totally awesome. Thanks so much for the update about Deborah

Did a hour of yoga today then an hour of the deep water, went food shopping for the things on sale that I can give to the food pantry, I also ordered cantaloupe and watermelon to be cut up so I can take it to the Newcomer's general meeting next week -- before the meeting I'll buy some strawberries and clean them, came home, took a triple chocolate cheesecake to this lady at the Y (yes, it IS low in calories for a cheesecake, but high in flavor), then went bowling. The first game I got a 90 (yuk), but the next game was truly an anomoly -- 148, the third game was a 94. Then came home, browned short ribs for Vince to cook in the pressure cooker, made my dinner of leftover salmon cake, veggies, tomato sauce (Vince won't eat it, I personally think it's pretty good), Vince wondered why the barbecue sauce on the short ribs looked different. Well, it's because I made it, it doesn't have all those additives and preservatives, but he would prefer the bottled stuff. I'm not about to buy a bottle for a tiny bit. Tomorrow we're going out to lunch with the Newcomers so I'll do a band workout DVD at home, then lunch, then take my car to get the oil changed, then pick up Jessica's cats at the vet. Vince said the short ribs were pretty good, they were falling off the bone when I took them out of the pot.

We went to that cookout at this lady's house. Well, she had 17 people there and it was so hot that everyone had to be inside. There weren't enough chairs. Actually, we wound up eating outside, well, most of us. I just don't understand it, her hubby and her were both in the house. When Vince and I have company, he's usually with one group (the guys, or the people inside) while I'm with the other group. Then she played canasta. Now, I like canasta, but both she and her hubby were both playing. There were people (like Vince) who weren't into playing cards. They just left early. I had the marinated chicken breast. Honestly, it was on the dry side. I think that happens when you make some foods ahead of time and then reheat them. To me, the chicken tasted salty, wonder what she marinated them in? I left the cauliflower for her that I brought, since I know she likes cauliflower. I also left the rest of the zucchini/pineapple muffins since her hubby likes things made with zucchini (also, I want to make them again, but this time make them in mini-muffin tins). She'd made a zucchini/chocolate bread. I'd made one a while ago for her hubby and he really liked it.

Thanks, Barbie, for starting the new thread. You're wonderful!

Question for people (barbie, you might be able to give some advice), what do you do when you go somewhere to eat, and there's nothing good (diet-friendly, I'm talking about)? You're hungry, but you really don't want all the pasta salads with mayo? Mimi - you go away so much, what hints do you have?

Welcome Cheryl and Rose! Looking forward to "seeing" more of you both. Wow, Rose, 36 years is awesome! 2youngatheart - you ARE an official member already! Keep plugging along and posting!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Welcome to the newbies....I love to make friends, so feel free to add me.

I measured today....I am stunned... I lost 2 inches off my waist in a month. I am going to add the total later. I was speechless. I knew that I lost a few inches here and there but didn't think 2 inches just from my waist. No wonder my pants are falling down!

Hope that you all have a great evening!

Hi everyone....I stopped by invited...and didn't quite make it back. I would like to become an official participant I am trying to lose ...but it is ever so slow..don't really know what my problem is...but I just keep plugging along, trying. I will try to read the post and keep up and be very supportive with all. I like to garden and paint. My hobbies can be endless...and I do work part-time as a bookkeeper. I am 57, my birthday is Feb. 7. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Welcome! Just keep coming by; it's addictive!

Hello. My name is Sue and Id like to take part too.
My goal for June is to exercise every day. I cant run or do the treadmill but theres lots of things I can do.
Took last week off from calorie counting as it was my BD and my sons BD (same day) and we had lots of stuff going on. Wont be doing that again in a hurry as I put a over a pound on . Hoping its water weight. So my second goal is to log my food every day.
Happy to "meet" you all

Thank you Barbie, for starting the month of June off right for all of us. Mary Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary! How wonderful it is that you are married to your best friend. Happy Birthday to all the special ladies whose birthdays I have missed, while I have been out of touch. I am wrestling my way through an audit.:grumble: This was not the way I planned to spend my spare time in the spring. This, like all things will pass and I will be back on track. Still exercising, and still eating well. Oh, fresh veggie season is almost here1

I have something raiding my bird feeders. I keep them about 6 feet off the ground so the deer don't tear them down, and out on thin limbs so the raccoons can't get them. I think I have a bear stopping by now. He not only takes the feeders down, but tears them apart and carries them off. The local game warden stopped by today and she seems to agree. There was on stopping here for a few days last spring also. I hope he leaves soon as the birds are getting hungry.

Tonight the coyotes were just down the road, calling there wavering calls. There is a heron fishing in the pond by my drive way, and a beaver has moved into the pond behind my house. I love my neighbors, but Mr. Beaver will have to go as he is cutting trees down and sooner than later will go after the birch and the redbud. I am rather fond of my trees. The redbud came from my parents house in VA and I would hate to lose it.

Time for this farmer to get to bed, those chickens get up early! Nite all, Alice

Okay I know this has nothing to do with anything other than that I just LOVE frogs.

Well I was going to say that my June goal was to do water aerobics, but this morning I pulled out my swimsuit and tried it on and it looked like a dress on me. I just stood there looking at myself in my closet mirror shocked at what I saw. The bathing suit looks like a mini dress which I used to filll out completely. Now my boobs don't fill the cups and the whole thing just hangs! I was staring because I actually thought I looked halfway decent in the bathing suit despite the fact that it was way too large now. For once I actually liked what I saw. Which as any woman will tell you is virtually impossible! Mind you, I am no way close to a bikini body, but I can look at myself without being depressed. Nice. But now I have to go and buy another bathing suit and fast, because the classes are going to fill up fast. And I want to be able to do these aerobics because I have such bad knees and I heard swimming was one of the best exercises you can do for low impact workouts.

I also will continue with my normal 1200 calories and low carb food and now taking the liquid glucosamine. I know it is only day 4 but I wish the month would finish so that I can see the results of taking it and am praying it will help the pain in my knees.

Mom told me the other day that she is seeing people in her room. In particular 2 little kids and an old woman on separate occasions. Of course they aren't there, she is hallucinating. She also mysteriously can no longer use the remote she has had sincle Novemeber 2010 . I called my doctor and she said she suspected dementia. She told me to have her draw the face of the clock with its numbers and hands pointed at ten minutes after 11, which she did .....perfectly. So I looked up dementia and saw that the hallucinations are common when dementia is very severe. i don't think that is mom. I also read that sometimes thyroids being out of whack can cause this affect. She does have a thyroid problem and is taking medication, so I contacted the doctor and asked for blood work to see if her thyroid has gotten worse or she is lacking in vitamins. Mom is so sensitvie to medicines that I am thinking it is associated with it. Either that or we have ghosts in her room. Either way I will sleuth out the answer and find out what is wrong wth her.

Today was my guyfriends birthday and I got him Dolce Gabana's "the one" cologne (Mathew Mc Conahey is the spokesperson and they have him so handsomely dressed in a tux and it smells amazing!!! I told my friend to use it everyday. The scent drives me wild, i just want to tear his clothes off when he is wearing it. Talk about an aphrodisiac!!!:smooched:

I am still watching my carbs and calorie intake and it slowly is working itself off slowly but surely. I am very proud that I haven't gained any weight and am losing slowly. Tried on 2 pairs of pants today that I bought that were snug and are now loose.Life is good right now. Now if I can get my knees working ..... okay and maybe sneak in some sex ....FINALLY!!!!:blushing: I will be in 7th heaven. HERE'S TO ACHEIVING ALL MY GOALS FOR JUNE!!!

Good luck to all of you in yours too!!!:drinker:

Chiclet

My goal for June is to not beat myself up everytime I fail. Just keep on going. I only lost 4 pounds in May - not the 8 I wanted. But 4 pounds of butter stacked up looks pretty good. Still going to Curves 4 days per week. Get weighed and measured tomorrow . pERHAPS i GAINED MUSCLE AND LOST INCHES - ONE CAN HOPE!!
smwert

(none of the MFP apps work on my phone )

What kind of phone do you have, Kathy? I'm still shopping (aka on the fence :ohwell: )

I have a Motorola Q9c. It's an older model smartphone but I love it and it works great! It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and can't be upgraded to WM 7 because it's been discontinued.

Good morning everyone

Just caught up with all the posts for June - wow what an active group we are, into page 3 already and we are only part way through Day 2.

Much cooler here in Ottawa today after 2 days of very high temperatures and humidity. So, I'm off out to cut the gass and do some other outside work for a while. It is very, very windy and stuff was blowing around in the night. There are several areas with power cuts this morning.

I like the thing on the tracker at the end of the day where it says "If every day were like today in 5 weeks you'd weigh" I can really see improvements in my long term forecast where I only see baby steps day by day. The other thing that works for me is that I try to use most, if not all of my calories, but do find that I tend to go over on protein, but I don't log in my exercise until the end of the day. For me, the exercise is what gives me the 'kick' to lose weight - the 1500 or so calories that are my allowance tend to keep me at the same weight which is useful to know when I'll be trying to maintain in the future. So, if I put in my exercise at the end of the day, I don't eat the extra calores that it gives me. Works for me, might be useful for someone else.

Hi everybody,

I'm felling pretty good about myself! I've been tracking ALL of my food for the past 4 days now and I'm amazed at how close I've been coming to the nutritional goals that MFP set for me. My carbs are close to target (a little over) and my sodium and fats are under the target, but my sugar is a little over. I have to drink less orange juice and eat more oranges. I did go 156 calories over yesterday. I should have walked yesterday and I didn't do it. That would have taken care of almost all the extra calories! I WILL walk today I promise.

I have type 2 diabetes and have had my best success losing weight using the diabetic exchange system along with walking. So I started focusing on that method of eating again this week. I am also trying to cut down on starch--potatoes, rice, and flour products--by eating smaller portions. I'm still eating all fruit and vegetables.

I hope you all have a great day. Take care and stay cool!

Barbie, thanks for starting June with such wise words.

Mary, Happy Anniversary.

Deborah, Sorry about your husband. I hope you continue to find a short time to peek in. I believe your Birthday is coming up. I hope it can be enjoyable.

Congratulations to all who lost pounds and inches. Keep up the good work.

Have a good day everyone.

Star

June goals: continue walking and breathing and stretching exercises.
lose 2 lbs
eat more raw veggies

June goal is to lose 10 lbs.