Senior Golden Sneakers..........June, 2011

Marilyn, sometimes the arch is not lined up with your arch, or the toe box is not wide enough or high enough for your forefoot, or even the heelback is too high or too low! Connie is absolutely correct about trying on, not only different makes, but even different styles in each brand, until it feels totally comfortable in the store! I always was able to buy New Balance online, since they had a style just made for my foot. No longer, as they are now made elsewhere, and the last has changed! In my walking days, I used to order 1/2 dozen pair of walking sneakers at a time so I always had a ready pair when one wore out after about 3 months time. I used to walk between 5 and 7 miles an hour every single morning. Now, I still have a couple of pair left since I can no longer walk the way I used to, so these may last a lifetime! But do take Connie's advice and find a decent store carrying several brands of sneakers and a GOOD fitter, at least the first time.
And keep up your walking; you are doing great! :drinker:
Buzz

BUMP :flowerforyou: I am so out of the loop. Have a lot of catching up to do!

Good night to you all. Tomorrow I am going for a hair cut, pedicure and manicure. I know it is kind of a waste to get a manicure this time of year with my hands in the dirt so much but my nails really need some attention. I need to do a better job at applying the nail hardener regularly and perhaps they wouldn't break so much. I always try to let them grow a little longer before a manicure so that they have something to work with but of course, that is when they break! Oh well, nothing like pampering yourself to make you feel good!! I will follow it up with a trip to the bookstore and grab some lunch in the restaurant there. They have wonderful salads and a roasted vegi wrap that suits me fine. Somehow it seems ok to sit in the bookstore restaurant all by myself with my book. Then I have a few errands to do and won't be tempted by foods I shouldn't have.

Sorry I am once again not doing personals but it doesn't mean I am not thinking about you all. Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

Morning,

Looks like rain today and tomorrow and its heating up.

I purchased these strappy black sandles with a heel at Sears Catalogue.
I put them on and the buckle broke. Luckily I knew the girl at the desk (small town)
because I didn't have the receipt. She did her magic and returned them and
ordered a second pair. Today I got up and put them on and the buckle broke
again. I think this is a manufacturers flaw. So I will return them tomorrow and
just get a credit. Very frustrating :grumble:
I am wearing my new shoes I bought for a wedding in August so I will have to
be careful with them.
Going to lunch with a cooworker today who used to work here, and I think I will wear my
running shoes.

Another busy weekend coming up we are going to see my mother in law up North,
meaning Northern Ontario, she is 85. My hubby usually has a list of things to get
done for her. Now our visits are usually working visits to take care of the house etc.
We are bringing another couple with us and my girlfriend and I will go shopping one
day and the boys will fish. I love to fish too but my girlfriend has bad knees and
can't get into the boat. I am going to have to ask her from now on if she wants some
work done too instead of just visiting. I hope the weather is nice and sunny.

Hubby was supposed to attend a conference this week for work, but one of his
customers is having trouble with parts so he is staying back until he gets this
job done. (he is in sales).

Have a wonderful day and I will leave you with this:

BE OPEN TO POSSIBILITY.

Sorry I don't answer every post either, but with still working the time
isn't there. I do read all your posts everyday. :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Shirley...I agree, there must be a defect in those shoes. I would be looking to buy something different. It is getting muggy hot here, also. The sort of heat that makes it difficult to breath.

:flowerforyou: CALIECAT...It is always nice to read your two cents worth.

I am sitting here on my lunch hour wandering what to have for dinner. Any suggestions?

:flowerforyou: cleanse day yesterday went well.......the menu for the day is four ounces of the herbal cleanse beverage at 8AM, noon, 4 PM and 8 PM........lots of water....a healthy juice called Ionix Supreme in the morning, some Isagenix chocolate wafer snacks that help regulate blood sugar, a drink called Want More Energy with some calcium powder, and four yummy chocolates called IsaDelights spaced through the day.......at 4 PM I mix the cleanse powder with powdered greens, powdered fruits, and want more energy powder and put it with water and ice in the blender.......it's a low calorie day so I don't plan a lot of major activities for the day, but even so I walked the dogs for over an hour in the morning and walked with them at the dog park for almost an hour a little later and did some important paperwork (and took a nap). It's a cellular cleanse that cleans out impurities and makes the body run more efficiently......when I was first losing weight I did a cleanse day once a week, now I do them about twice a month.

:flowerforyou: I am making good progress going through all the paperwork for all the houses we've owned......there are three big garbage bags full of shredded paper and a couple of boxes of less critical paper stacked for recycling.....the next big job will be all the income tax papers dating back to 1968 when I filed my first return.......as a side note to this, when I went through my mother's papers after she died, she had all her income tax returns dating back to 1935 when she filed her first return.:laugh:

:bigsmile: it's a beautiful day today, Jake has already cut the grass and trimmed all the edges:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Hello Sneakers, I'm sorry I disappeared off again. I had what I think was food poisoning after last week's pizza and it took me until yesterday to begin to feel normal (whatever that is!!!):bigsmile: ) and have lived on dry crackers and wholemeal bagels. Every time I felt peckish and tried something different my stomach would revolt and I'd be back to square one. It certainly wasn't worth logging my diary. Pizza is now on my list with fish and chips as a no-no!! OK, that's me off the pity pot I borrowed (or did I steal it!) from Sandy!!

Sandy ~ You're a STAR for reaching your goal and an inspiration to us all. I'm so pleased for you.

Marie ~ Sorry to hear you are suffering in the heat. I've another MFP friend in Texas who has been telling me much the same. Cool and showery here so I'm just a little jealous although I know after a couple of sleepless nights in the heat I'd want these showers back!!

Jane ~ Hello and sorry to be late with my welcome to you. You'll be fine here as everyone is so supportive and there's plenty of advice to be found. Stay with us and you'll hopefully soon see the pounds begin to come off.:flowerforyou:

Judi ~ If you're like me it won't be long before alcohol doesn't come into the equation. I too found that if I had a glass of wine I'd want crisps and cheesey bits as the two just went together. Two weeks is great, well done and a couple more and you'll know you can do without.

Buzz ~ Sometimes these computer security systems think they know what we want or need without asking. Is it blocking your regular programmes thinking they're a threat? If so I think you need to get into it's properties so you can give it a list of allowable programmes. As for your sagging face, mine was doing that before I began to lose weight and I can honestly say a lot of the surplus areas that were heading south are no longer on my face so be brave, exercise your face regularly by blowing out your cheeks and upper and lower mouth, stick your chin in the air when no one's looking and you should firm up AND lose weight!!

Connie ~ That omlette looks delicious and I love the idea of having savoury and sweet foods on the same plate.

Hello to everyone else I've not mentioned here. I will be checking in between Wimbledon's matches and any gardening I can manage between rain showers. I'm hoping to swim tomorrow as we are going in an hour later to try to avoid any change in the timetable this week. I won't be a happy bunny if they turn us away again!!

Time to shut my hens away for the night before Mr Fox walks on by.:noway:

Jackie

HI SNEAKER PALS, I'm writing FROM MY CUTE LITTLE DORM ROOM IN VIRGINIA! (NOT) I had forgotten how dorm rooms are. But heck I can't complain.. IT"S FREE! And anyway I am mostly not in this room. They are keeping us so busy. Workshops all day, and then tours and fun all night Just got back from a four hour visit to Old Town Alexandria. So many cute little shops and interesting houses and buildings and fun to just sit at the water front (Potomac River) and visit with an old friend from Cairo that happens to live close to here.

I have a confession to make: I had only 5 minutes to grab something from the cafeteria before the bus left to take us to Old town tonight so instead of a nice salad or something like veggies that would have taken time to put on a plate, I grabbed a piece of cheese pizza in a napkin and ran up the hill to catch the bus. Made it just in time!! Whoooo Then while walking around my friend and I stopped for an ice cream cone. I had raspberry sherbet! It was pretty good too but not on the list of healthy foods that I should be putting in my body. In the end of the day, I was still under the 1200 cals so I guess I will not look back and fret. I have an apple and banana in my purse so I can eat on of those before bed that will put me up to 1200 cals.

So I think it was Barb or Sandy..( sorry I am losing my mind on who asked ) asked me if my husband was coming to the states. with me. Answer: He usually does come with me but usually he comes a few weeks after me. Gives me time to spend with my parents alone before he comes but this year I am not sure if he will come or not. He is remodeling one of our apartments and there is a lot of work to do. I hope he will come at least for a few weeks so he can attend our annual MEP! That is what we call our famiiy reunion. M = MaryLou, my mom E= EARL, my dad, and P= Posterity.... ALL the rest of us. so we call it MEP and we call ourselves the MEPPERS! We have the best reunions in the world camping for about 3-4 days. There are about 100 of us now with extended family members. This year will be the first for my daughter to bring her husband. He is in for a surprise of his life! First of all it is his first time in the states..That alone will be a shock for him.

Well I better get to bed!! 3 more days of workshops and then I get to see my parents!!!!!! YIPPEE!
Love ya Phylis

:flowerforyou: Gayla...I received a coupon for half off a massage. That is how I got such a good deal. Problem is...I have not found anyone who has gotten one. At least not at the YMCA where I have the coupon. I want to know what to expect, what to wear, etc.

:flowerforyou: Sandy...you are so right. I did think there would be a different ending. That was so funny.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: Phyllis, an occasional cheese pizza is alright. As long as you don't make it a daily habit. And, the sherbert would be better than full blown, fatty ice cream. Glad that you stayed within your calories.

:flowerforyou: piquilter..how does it feel to have a child in their 30s? My oldest is 41. Now, that makes me feel old.

Sandy, see what happens when you spend time at amusement parks, not only can you get scared by the rides and have a ball, but you can come up with some great jokes.

Morning,

Pouring rain here today and thunderstorm and lightening all last night :yawn:

Good thing I have the day off today. :bigsmile: Going to do some errands and getting
ready for the weekend and off to see my mother in law.
She recently had cataract surgery in her one eye and we got the good news
that she does not have to have the other one done.

Just finished 25 mins Annie Lee Strength training and Weight Lifting.
So now I am sweaty and need a shower.

See ya all later

:flowerforyou: Hey Sandy...thanks for the information and advice about massages. I keep a robe at the YMCA. Not sure about getting naked as the one who does the massaging is a man.

I have a question. How come everyone here is burning so many more calories than I am, even if I am doing the same thing???? I wear a HRM which is supposed to let me know how many I am burning but I never get the number that I see at this site. HELP!

AARGH!! It is raining again today and we got almost an inch last night. Even though things are growing pretty well it's becoming too much of a good thing. ne of my little geranium seedlings rotted off in the pot, but most of them are doing ok. One even has a bud forming. Only 65 degrees right now. I want summer :sad: :mad:

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I have a question. How come everyone here is burning so many more calories than I am, even if I am doing the same thing???? I wear a HRM which is supposed to let me know how many I am burning but I never get the number that I see at this site. HELP!

Becky, I don't use a HRM. I got some basic numbers from MFP and other sources about calories burned during certain activities and continue to use those numbers. For the activities I named for myself (walking at the dog park, walking with frisky poodles, etc.) I made my own determination of whether they seemed more or less vigorous than other activities for which I had a number and then set them up with a baseline

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like 3.5 calories per minute for example and then when I enter the number of minutes it calculates the calories for me. I know that a lot of people use HRMs but I'm not convinced that having one is necessary.

:sad: my friend who walks with me on Wednesdays is on a trip to visit her daughter in Colorado so now long walk this afternoon.:sad: so this afternoon has been filled with chores

:bigsmile: Deb, sorry you have been sick and glad to hear that you are on the mend.

:bigsmile: Sandy, it looks like you didn't need to go to an amusement park to have "hair raising thrills" :laugh:

hugs to you all now I have to get back to my paper sorting.:bigsmile: