WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

Good morning, Barbie! My name is Carolyn. I have been using Fitness Pal on/off for several years; however, recently saw this post and thought 'Great!', a place to be encouraged as well as offering encouragement with women my age. I have not made any resolutions. My goal; however, is to get back to daily workouts. Once I am in a routine, it feels great. Yet, if I take a week off, it is soooo easy to stay in that slump. lol

I have had Type 1 diabetes for 30+ years. It can be a challenge to get in the exercise at just the right time after eating. Insulin/exercise balance. Yet, it is working. Trial and error. Can't give up. I tell my doctor that in a way I am glad I have diabetes for I fear if I didn't, I may be heavier than I am. I would eat more foods not good for me. ha ha

I work from home, so it can be easy to grab a bite here and a bite there. I am 5'6" weighing in at 184 lbs. I weighed less when I worked in the office. Overall, that sneaking a bite adds to the overall calorie intake without knowing it. With that, my new goal is buy more fruits/vegetables to snack on during the day vs. thinking I am buying those ho-ho's just for my son and I won't snitch any. That doesn't always work. lol

I enjoy reading the previous posts. Quite encouraging. Thank you for creating this site.
Sincerely,
Carolyn from Holmen, WI

Kim love the picture.

Mary sorry you and Shep went through such abuse.

Margaret

:flowerforyou:

Mary Poor Shep. That is the one time it would have been ok for him to bite. Can you teach him a command like "Bite *kitten*"? (Joking of course.) How could anyone be mean to a puppy???? I don't get it.

Cheri I like that clean up calendar. The outstanding question is how to keep the mess from coming back in after it was cleaned up (possibly the answer is to send the kids back to college).

ChrisWhat a cool tree with buoys!

I did exercise yesterday but was aware of my knees. I did the full out exercises on my right side but not my left side where the knee is the problem. I'll be lopsided.

My food was kind of off yesterday because I was on the road, but I think I stayed in range.
I have to think about my food today. I am enjoying sitting by the fireplace and working today so have to get a spurt of energy to do something physical!

Will be back later.
Kimses in MA

Raining again this morning, then it's supposed to clear up later and warm up by Saturday. I sure hope so. I may go ride the recumbent bike this afternoon in the exercise center. Pot luck dinner last night was nice, about 40-45 people there.

Janetr, in soggy AZ

csofled wrote: »

Happy New Year!

Thanks Barbie for carrying us forward into the new year.

Cheri NE Ohio

Hello All. I am a total newbie to MFP so please forgive me any strange posts. I am 59 (in 11 days) and need to loose 100+ pounds. I have a lap band that is causing me pain so I am in the insurance approval stage of revision to VGS. After reading some of your posts I would like to join this group. I am hoping to make new friends and find support. Feel free to add me as friend.
Marie
Northport, AL

Hi Ladies.

For those who asked, those are lobster buoys on the tree. They are painted by the local school children.

Mary...good for you for reporting that awful brown haired lady. Many times business owners have no clue as to how their employees perform (good or bad) unless it is reported to them. They may be losing business with no idea why. Even relatives (if that is what she is) need to be good employees, in fact they should be an example to others. I know, I have a business and at one time employed a relative.

Kim...love the hair and great pic! My grandaughter put pink and blue streaks in my hair last summer. I loved them in my blond hair but unfortunately were not permanent.

Looks like we all have another shot at the Powerball. No one won and it rolls over to Saturday. If one of us wins will have to arrange an international meet up.

Gained a litte over a pound from the holidays and trying to get it off. I was hoping to have it banished this morning but I think too much sodium yesterday thwarted my efforts. Trying to drink more water today. I guess there will be no wine this evening, so sad.

Have a good day.
Chris in sunny, balmy 34F MA

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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Morning Ladies,

Sylvia, cool deal on the supplies you got in the wrong color. When your computer isn’t in the case you could always put a pretty sticker on it so as to not get it mixed up with DH’s. Great bag!!!

Sonya, welcome to this great group of supportive and informative ladies. If you are the main cook at a restaurant I don’t consider that a stay at home wife?? LOL Please sign your posts with the name you want t be called to make it easier for us to respond to you. Come often and join right in.

Terri, that is terrific that you have been able to increase your time on the hand bike. I’m doing the Happy Dance with you!

Linda, just yesterday I was trying to remember exactly how Barbie’s quote goes. The point is, we both remember the message and that is what I have to concentrate on. Be in the here and now!

Elaine, pretty work and I love the colors!

Kraz, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Please tell us a little about yourself to help us get to know you. We also ask that you sign each post with the name you want to be called as it makes it easier to respond to you. A location is also nice, be it general or specific. Come often and join right in.

Heather, luckily if I take a nap it doesn’t affect my sleeping at night. My mouth is watering when reading about the biscuits.

Mary, I’d have had to say something to that person at the vet. I’d also let the vet know why they lost a patient.

Pip, if you don’t stop posting pictures like that one of Yogi, I’m gonna have to drive the 3000 miles and just steal him! OMG he is such a doll.

Hi Dee. I feel the same way about brown haired lady!!!

Katherine, welcome. Come often and join right in.

Karen, good girl that you kept exercising. You asked for a swift kick, so I’m here to accommodate. You can do this!!!

Grancran, welcome to you as well. I have no doubt that you can achieve your goal and this is the place for support. Please sign your posts with the name you want to be called and a location. Come back often.

Katla, what a wonderful thing to not have to have a cast. Is this brace one that they molded to your arm out of a hard plastic? I’m so happy for you and hope it heals quickly.

Lillian, glad you got home safely in that snow.

Bd1216, welcome. Please tell us a bit more about yourself and sign each post with the name you want to be called. Congrats on your loss and good luck in the future.

Kim, great picture!!! Thanks for sharing.

Joyce, glad Charlie’s checkup was good. Hope your appointment goes well also. I had to laugh about the phone but I figure since my DH doesn’t want a smart phone, it just saves money. Lol

Anamika, way to go on logging. Keep it up because this thing works.

CarolGA, glad you had a good day with your Mom.

Carolyn/WI, welcome. It sounds like you know what you are doing and what you need to do so all we need is to support you. I don’t know how old your son is but sounds like he is just going to have to enjoy healthier snacks. We’re glad to have you join us.

Marie, welcome to a great group of ladies. Sorry you are having problems with your lap band. Come here often for support and information.

Lisa in CA, welcome to you also. Please tell us a bit about yourself to help us get to know you. You will get all the support you need here so come back and chat away.

Terri, congrats on that shirt fitting. keep up the good work.

to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

This morning, I upped my walking/trotting in place to 10 minutes while watching the morning news. I still need to work on getting the rest of my workout done every day, but I’m working on it. Today for lunch I’ll have a piece of the Feta Spinach pie with some baked chicken. I’m looking forward to that as I so often have a salad for lunch.

I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

I just remembered that I meant to tell Elaine how much I enjoy her drawings. They always cheer me when I see one posted. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!

A thought stuck me this morning that I would like to share, especially for those of you who, like me, were not exercisers previously. In fact I hated exercise, hated the time it took, the sweat it caused, the pain it created, everything, except for some of the cute clothes. Two years ago I hurt both my knees, fortunately not at the same time, my hips would ache and I had to take Aleeve some mornings just to get out of bed. I chalked it up to getting older and just dealt with it. I decided to get serious about this weight loss in Sept. 2015 and knew that exercise was going to be a key component so I just pulled up my big girl panties (which were considerably larger then) and began...slowly. Fast forward 16 months to this morning...I bounded out of bed with not an ache or pain, leapt out my car after a 45 minute commute with nary a twinge and then flew up a flight of stairs to my office feeling light and bouncy. I realized that nothing hurt and I was able to move so well. I know Heather shares how exercise has changed her quality of life and I wanted to let you know that she is spot on. Do I still hate exercise, yes, but I am compelled to do it every day. It is so worth it to feel this good 6 months away from my 60th birthday (shhhhh, don't tell anyone!).

Chris in MA

Chris - Great NSV! Thanks for sharing your journey and success! You are very inspirational!



Mary from Minnesota

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Cheri NE Ohio

Pip, I adore your bed! That is an especially nice brass bed! Did you know that the fashion of brass beds was because they were considered more hygenic than a wood bed! Do you ever polish the brass parts? I use Barkeeper's Friend to polish all my brass- it makes it look like gold!

Mindy - Congrats on the weight loss! Being rid of a total 30 pounds must make a huge difference in how you feel. Great to hear that your reunion with your son went well. I hope you can relax and enjoy the trip to the Keys. It is sometimes hard to accept gifts. Our weird, sourpuss psychological make-up will tell us we're unworthy of such kindnesses when we definitely are worthy.

Joyce - Impossible to believe that bright young man is a recovering heroin addict. Sending best wishes for him to continue looking so happy and healthy. About those Christmas pictures - is it just my imagination, or has the black cat in the first picture actually turned into a black dog in the second?

Yay Heather on the writing - even if you appear dissatisfied with the amount. A paragraph is also a paragraph. Speaking of your Svalbard calendar, when I took down Longyearbyen Photo Club's 2015 calendar and saw the the cover my heart almost stopped. It was a beautiful photo of the four houses the avalanche hit first.

Concerning accents, I've got a weird indeterminate one. Brits usually think I'm American and vice versa. Norwegians accuse me of being Swedish (which I am) until they find out I'm originally from the US. It irritates me no end when they light up at that point and say "Yeah, you do have a bit of an American accent" even though they have known me for two years and never heard anything but Swedish before.

My father talks the same way when he's in East Africa. He calls it "mid-Atlantic muddle" but muddle has nothing to do with it. Rather, it's a carefully ar-ti-cu-la-ted English, the kind that evolves after years of speaking to people whose native language isn't English, and who often appear not to have caught what you said. Superimpose onto that Garrison Keillor's pace and timing (the Americans will know what I mean) and you've got my lecturing style in a nutshell. None of my students ever ask me questions. They all go into a kind of hypnotic trance until I stop talking. I'm not sure whether that's good or bad :noway:

Mary - I agree. Stop going to that vet until the brown-haired one is gone!

Wow Katla-of-the-ten-fingers! That's great! The fracture must be less serious than feared.

Chris - Great story about the role of exercise in your evolution from a physical wreck (pardon the drastic description!) to a Fit and Fighting Fifty-niner. We all need to hear about that kind of success! Oh, and don't worry about the upcoming b-day. You'll be much better off as a fit 60-year-old than as the tired person you were half a year ago.

Son and family have gone back to Stockholm now. I think I'll see them next in late February. Before bed the last night, my grandson hugged me and said "Gamma, I'm going to miss you..."
Here's my son reading to the kids. Anybody recognize the book from their own childhood?


My husband and I visited one of the neighbors to catch up on local events and the kids came along. It was ... um ... intense. Fortunately nothing broke. Then we went out to the barn to see the goats - the main attraction where the children were concerned. As luck would have it, the goats are giving birth now (I would have expected it to be later in the season) and our neighbor took several 3-to-5-day-old kids out of the pen for my "kids" to pet. The human kids were enchanted.


Lastly, a picture of the north Norwegian house where my resides. The golden eagles live on the slope above, which is also the slope we climbed last summer - some of you might remember my story about defying acrophobia for the sake of the view. Note the bright afternoon light! Tomorrow I'll be back in Svalbard where it won't get this light for several weeks yet.

/Penny, soon back home at the