WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

Hi All, I didn't take notes so I know I'm going to be missing some comments. Mary, hope your toe heals quickly. On the Fitbit question, I got my Flex in May for Mother's Day. In August it stopped holding a charge. Fitbit replaced it and I haven't had problems since then.

My exercise Sunday and Monday was shoveling snow. I can hardly move today, so no exercise for me today. In fact, if I hadn't had responsibilities today, think I would have stayed in bed. I got my Beginnng Yoga DVD. I'll try it tomorrow.

Bonnie in snow-covered Maryland

Carol: I'm glad the eye is done. I'll do my best to avoid a similar circumstance. :flowerforyou:

Donna in WV: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get." My mom used to say this! Thank you for a good memory of her.


Heather: "Doctor Mom," aka Katla, says to get lots of rest & fluids so that you feel good enough to see your brother on Thursday.


Lisa: Stay warm and dry. :flowerforyou:


Penny: Do what you need to do. We'll still be here when you've got time for a breather. :bigsmile:



DH had a doctor appointment with his MS doctor today and I rode along. I enjoyed the day. We stopped at Costco and bought some staples, plus had a nutrition free, high sodium hotdog. :devil: We love those things. :embarassed: Lots of sodium and calories, but lots of good memories of days gone by are all brought to mind.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

January Goals :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

Been lurking this thread for weeks and, although a bit overwhelmed, I am joining in the fun.

59, female, single, mother/grandmother

I look forward to following and contributing to this great group.

Hello Ladies,
Welcome CSSJ09 and seabrzjo. There's always a lot of activity on this board and then there of those of us (me!) that can't keep up but stop in each day to say hello and post their activity. It helps stay accountable. Thanks for the cauliflower recipe CSSJ09.

I'm back on track after a few days of not feeling well.
30 minutes triometric (P90x3) which was really really hard. I did the best I could with this stiff old body.
30 minutes elliptical

4 job interviews (phone) this week so I'm feeling optimistic.

Stay well,
Kimses in MA

Hi gals,

Carol – any other green you like – chard? Kale? And the cheese needs to be a soft cheese – goat?

Vicki – sorry to hear about your aunt. Take care

Becca – I think I would have just re-donated back the marshmallow creme

Newbies, seabrzjo, welcome!!!!

Kimses – good luck on the interviews… what type of work do you do?

Heather – I bought 2 of the Hairy Dieter books for a gal pal for Christmas, as I looked through the first one, I realized she had to have a scale, as we do everything in cups/oz, and these are in grams so she got one book and a scale and I got the other book…. I am reading and trying to learn the lingo….so a “rasher” of bacon… how much is a rasher? My friend made and shared a serving of the Creamy Chicken andTarragon pots… yummy!


Kim from N. California

My day did not go quite as I hoped. I in't get to throw much. My son came into the studio to use my computer and printer and he was wearing what he said were about his only pair of pants which have the entire knee torn out. So, after he finished, I asked if he felt up to a little shopping with me, and he said he did, so we went off to one of the local thrift stores to see if they had any pants in his size. They didn't. The other thrift store was closed, so we went to WalMart and got some, then he came with me to pick up the kids from school. They were so surprised to see their dad there to pick them up! By the time we got back to the apartment, he had run out of oxygen so DGD#2 ran up the stairs to the apartment to bring him another bottle. He was having a lot of trouble breathing, but once he got the new bottle he came out of it well enough to get on upstairs. I felt a little bad for keeping him out so long. But I have to say I have missed spending time with him, so on a selfish level, I was happy.

This next part is way too much information. Sorry:

Tonight I made a pot of chili. Now, the two times I wound up in the hospital with blocked colon I had eaten chili immediately before. Sure enough, tonight I got sick right after eating. I don't understand it! The chili was still in my stomach, not in the colon, so I don't know why I started feeling the pain like a blockage. There is no pain quite like it, either, it definitely feels "blocked". Things trying to pass through and getting backed up. Painful pressure. It didn't get too bad though, and has somewhat eased up now. I never quite got sick at my stomach tonight, so hopefully it was just one of those things. Vomiting is what the told me to look out for and go to the hospital. The surgeon said the bottleneck is at the junction between the large and small intestines.

Hopefully I won't have to stop eating chili. It was one of my "secret weapons" during my big loss. Lots of fiber, low fat, low salt. Can a person be allergic to chili?

Well, I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm going to turn in early tonight. Good night everyone.

Sylvia

Janetr – I’ll be there shortly! I had a friend who went to HS in Norman, OK. Lost touch with her; had 2 older brothers, 2 younger brothers and her Dad was a professor at UOK back in the late 60’s. I’m sure he is deceased by now – he would easily be in his early to mid 90’s
I can’t wait until warm weather and the pool is opened back up and cleaned. I don’t envy son’s job of cleaning it; but, I have told him that since I use it so much he needed to teach me how so that I could help out. He doesn’t use it that much. It’s an above ground; but, I enjoy walking around in it. Last summer I would do 20 laps around both ways, 3x; and across it about 40x. Great exercise. Beats the daylights out of a treadmill.

Sheliah – Don’t beat yourself up about it; a lot of us have sweet toothiers and having them within easy access only makes it more tempting. My suggestion is not to cut the sweet things you like; but post every nibble, sip, on the MFP ‘food’ section and keep up with your CICO (Calories In, Calories out – exercise). Portion control and exercise are key to losing weight. I’d also suggest a call or trip to your MD and find out how much of a ‘caloric intake’ you would need to be on, in order to ‘lose’ weight versus the numbers you see that are for (most of the time) ‘maintaining’ your weight. Take it nice and slow and it will become a habit – Try not to cheat because you are the only one who is hurting yourself if you do. I’m on a very low ‘caloric intake’; but, I have lost 38 lbs since the middle of May. You did not put the weight on overnight; and, you won’t lose it overnight. Don’t look at the total amount you need to lose as your goal; make smaller goals and try to reach them so that you lose 1 – 2 lbs a week or so (or maybe a little more); just don’t go on a ‘strict diet’ or even a ‘diet’ … look at is as a ‘life-style change’. Factor in a small cookie (or like I do, for my sweetness – 4 thin Oreos – that is about the right amount to satisfy you, especially if you nibble on them slowly. I think most people tend to ‘gobble’ their food. A lot of that is the fast pace that people who work outside the home do, because they have short lunch periods and that generally causes them to eat fast and eat the wrong types of food. If you like salads and you have an Olive Garden where you live – their ‘to go’ salad only has 140 calories in it, even with the dressing.

KJLaMore – The roasted chickpeas sound delicious; but, might be high in calories. I say this because Hummus is made from chickpeas and I forgot how many calories are in it; but the serving size is 2 Tablespoons. Then you have to factor in crackers or chips. It’s about right for a service of one or the other. I got started on Hummus by my DOGD. I really like the Red Roasted Pepper kind. I’ve seen other flavors. Tried the spicy; but, it was a little ‘too hot’ for my DH’s taste. I think I am going to write down your preparation for roasted chickpeas. Sounds good. What do you season your roasted chickpeas with?

DLS1029 – I’m having so much fun going through things and finding they no longer fit. It’s been a long road to get to where I am; and, “IF” the MD who put me into the medical weight loss program doesn’t say something about my weight loss when I go for my yearly physical … he better watch his face; I might kick him in it. LOL! I already grab the side of his leg when he checks my breast after having a mammogram. Last year I complained about the rudeness and roughness of the ‘girl’ doing it. Sorry, my sister would ‘flip’ for calling someone a ‘girl’; but, she was young and apparently had not yet had a mammogram.

CSSJ09 – a lot of us open up a word processing program and minimize the pages. I will minimize the word program and expand the community post page until I want to address a post. Then cut and past the word document over to the clear last post position and close out the word program and don’t save it there; and, then do whatever editing you might decide to do; then hit ‘post’. At first it seemed hard for me; but, I have gotten used to it, so it works for me. And apparently, works for some others. Other than that, I’d have to try to make notes and be able to formulate a response. This way you can respond to any post you come to that you want to comment on. One thing you cannot do if you post at the bottom (unless you have it written down) in a word program is go back a page; it will erase what you have written (unless) you save the post. You have up to an hour to edit it. When you run your cursor over the upper right-hand corner a gear will appear with a drop down screen telling how much time you have left to edit, click on the time and then you can make changes. The only problem about doing this is that others are posting all the time; and what you have posted might not been read by everybody. It took me a while to figure out how to maneuver around the site; but, everybody has little tricks that work for them.
Recipe sounds great. You can enter it under recipes and I think it will figure out how many calories are in a serving. I have done this once; but, then I forgot how I got there and what to do when I did. LOL!

Becca – Last year when we took the grandkids to the beach; we passed a lady who looked like she had untied her bikini top so that the triangles were upside down. As we got closer, we realized that they were tattoos. Weird looking. Could not see her nipples and I would have thought that you could; but, we did not want to stare more than we were already.
I think it would create a scene to walk down the sidewalk naked; people would be ‘distracted’. Probably more so than with talking on a cell phone while driving. LOL!!!

I have not tried the spinach/feta cheese thing; sound good; but, I don’t know what feta cheese tastes like. Is it like blue cheese or stronger? Maybe I would do it with goat cheese instead. I’m not so sure about making something that neither DH nor I might not like. Surprisingly, our DOGD got us both started on Hummus. I’ve tried a several different flavors. Wish they had the smaller individual sizes in the different flavors so we could ‘test’ them.

Well, my Chicago Fire show is on, so I am signing off. I need to read the rest of my book, DH is one ahead of me; and, I need to read my Sue Grafton book in order, before I read James Patterson’s newest one – NYPD Red 4.

exermom - Thanks! When I dropped the paver on my toe, it was difficult to keep my balance. For a while I thought it was the thick bandage; but, then I remembered what the guy from HS who had shot off the front of his foot had said.

Hi to all the newbies!
Lenora

Katla49 wrote: »

Carol: We stopped at Costco and bought some staples, plus had a nutrition free, high sodium hotdog. :devil: We love those things. :embarassed: Lots of sodium and calories, but lots of good memories of days gone by are all brought to mind.

My DH and I love those HotDogs too!

Sylvia- the nutritionist at the hospital told my DH that tomato skin, bean skin, grape skin, apple skin, lettuce should be avoided as they act like a flap or door and can cause a blockage. Chili has a lot of tomatoes and beans.

Have a great night everyone!



Mary from Minnesota

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