WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016

Barbie, thank you so much for moving us "positively" into April. I always think of April as the start of Spring, and a sort of renewal. With that in mind I move forward with anticipation.

March goals (results):
- weight resistance exercise three days a week (only missed two days)
- cardio (treadmill and/or stationary bike/water aerobics) three days a week rest on the 7th day (cardio is easier for me than strength so no problem, but no water aerobics )
- log all food and drink, I don't drink alcohol so its mainly coffee and water. I have no trouble getting this all in. (This has become such a habit that I will remove it from goals)
- Enjoy life and "live in the moment". Thanks Barbie for repeating this, I think I'm finally getting it through my head (making progress, digress more often than I would like)

April resolutions (after Barbie's descriptive difference between goals vs. resolutions I am following her lead. So thankful for her as our leader).
- continue with 3 days each of weight resistance training alternately with 3 days of cardio. I had measurable results at the end of March. Thank you Barbie and Mary for the nudge to get started.
- resist the urge to weigh myself almost everyday and measure my success by the number I see. I have really had no change in the last year, up and and back down same 3-4 pounds. Decided to maintain here at the bariatric surgeon's suggestion.
- Lead and not follow in my food choices especially when dining out, keeping in mind "what I want the most".

Again want to take a minute to say how thankful I am for all of you and what a big part of my life journey you have all become. Hard to believe I can feel such camaraderie with ladies I have never met, but in my heart I "know" you as great friends

Janetr OKC

Happy April everyone!!!

Michele in NC

March Resolutions Along with comments:
1. Log every bite and swallow. Done. This has become either a habit or an obsession. Since it is good for me, I'm calling it a good habit.

2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength. Most of this I've built into my life with yoga classes, but I missed several Monday's this month due to various reasons. I did okay, but not as well as usual. :ohwell:

3. Have fun every day. Done! Fun can be as simple as watching the birds and we have them year round. Today we noticed that the Osprey are back from their winter home and seem to be house hunting. :bigsmile:

4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more! Done. this was one of the hardest new habits to put into place & it was worth the trouble.

5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly. I'm doing well with sleep and have had to go to the other room less frequently. DH has had his snoring under better control. :bigsmile:

I keep on using the same goals because they keep me healthy and happy. I subscribe to the theory that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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

April Resolutions : (no surprises here)
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. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

My April goals:
1. Lose 5 #s my monthly goal until I reach my final weight goal
2. Log food & meet MFP goals daily
3. Meditate 3xwk
4. Yoga stretch daily
5. Daily walk
6. Finish current knitting project

ldw from north shore Ma.

happy april thanks barbie for wiping the slate clean once again.

april focus:

Embrace feeling lighter and not look at the number on the scale

Celebrate that my family and I are all well

Shoulders back, stand tall and breathe

Dig in the garden

Believe in the value of my work everyday.

Karen from ny

Happy April 1st ~ Stormy weather last night and heavy rains today.

Lisa ~ Love the pics of the quilt and the grands. Aren't we lucky to have grand children!?!

Barbie ~ Thanks for keeping this thread going.

Everyone have a great day!

Carol

Barbie Thank you for keeping the thread going, for being so positive and sharing your goals and resolutions.
Lisaawesome quilt! My older son would have adored that. Your granddaughter Haley looks so much like my Holly Anne (DYD) at that age, with the ponytail poof on top, and the bright smile.

JoyceWhen my kids take over the cooking it is an expression of love and concern. Feel loved!

Goals for April: Cardio 30 minutes 3 times per week, increasing difficulty on the elliptical.
Strength training 2times per week, focus on upper body and core
Yoga at least once per week for mental health
Continue to lose 0.5-1 pounds per week
Weigh at least weekly

Resolutions: Log everything that goes in my mouth. I have done well this past month, so keep it up!
Eat back a small portion of my exercise calories
Get outside for a while each day
Stop sweating the small stuff

Have a great day all!
Love,
Lora in beautiful springtime Indiana

Good Morning All! Happy Friday, April first! We are no fools. We know what works! Thanks Barbie for continuing our thread!

March resolutions and goals:
strength train a minimum of three times a week
walk daily
get all of my water in!!!
log my meals daily
complete two home improvement projects

Well, despite being sick with the crud for two-three weeks in March; I accomplished everything on my list. I did fall short on the walking due to illness and a pf flare up. So...for April:

April resolutions and goals:
add and complete squat challenge to my fitness regime
one aerobic/cardio activity each day
log everything
water- drink it; TURN IT OFF
complete three projects for daycare

My first three res/goals are self explanatory; about the water: I RESOLVE to make turning off the water when I am not using it. I have formed a bad, bad habit of leaving the water running as I multi-task around the kitchen. I have no water saving problems in the bathroom. I turn off water while I brush my teeth, I turn off water in shower as I soap up/shampoo and turn it back on to rinse. But for some reason, as I cook, clean, go about my daily tasks in the kitchen I will turn on the water to say, fill a glass then leave it running as I do something else...This is a new habit, so I am hoping the resolution and having it in the front of my brain will help me break it quickly!

Lisa-love the quilt! And your grandchildren are adorable!

Love and hugs to all

lhannon062709 wrote: »

Happy April, all, no fooling!

Yes, that is me peeking out from behind it...

Love your quilt! Beautiful work.

Cheri

Michele – You must have a virtual library of exercise DVDs. I think you do a ‘different’ one every day. After I took about 75% of my wardrobe to the consignment shop; I might find I will never buy anything ‘new’ again. I did not have much time to waste, so I did not get to look. Many of the things I took were really nice. Even took the dress I wore to DYS’s wedding back in May – never wore it but once; and, then I started losing weight. I went on a day that they normally don’t take in clothes (Wednesday); but I think when I told them that I lived out of town, they made an exception. The girl looked at me when I brought in about 25 things hanging on a hanger; then 2 bags of shorts and other things. I told her that I had lost 25lbs and decided it was time to get rid of all the things that did not fit me. There was a lady leaving the store that they did not take her clothes and told her to bring them back the next day. I’m hoping that everything I took will be put out to sell. I think I even took a pair of dress slacks to Goodwill because the little thing you hold on to was broken. I always had to put in a really small pin in it to pull it up and down. She told me they’d go through everything to make sure they were not ‘stained, torn, or out-of-season’ and would put them out for 120 days and ‘if’ not sold, they’d donate them to The Salvation Army and I’d get a ticket of donation to take off on my taxes. What’s the beaded banner for?

HAHAHAHA – They just showed a video on The Today Show of Taylor Swift running on a treadmill to music and then suddenly she ‘face-planted’ it and rolled off the back. I’ve done the same thing but I ‘butt-planted’ off it. I felt bad for her; but, it was like 'in a cartoon' moment.

Katla – Growing up they used to have a May Day ceremony that was put on by the All Women’s College in town. They always had a Renaissance Festival at the same time and I can remember them dancing around the flag pole and covering it in ribbon.

Here comes the rain, will probably last until tomorrow evening. Means that DH will be home soon. I hope he brings home some decent movies. Last week he only brought home 2 out of 5 that were worth watching. I don’t do ‘scary’ movies (and he KNOWS it; but, keeps getting them). Occasionally he will bring home a ‘chick flick’.

KJL – I don’t think I could ‘keep kids’. Don’t get me wrong – I loved my 2 sons; was lucky that they had a Mother’s Morning Out where I could leave them at the college in Macon for women who wanted to become teachers. They taught them things and you could either leave them there for 4 hours (morning or afternoon). I’d take them about 10:00am and pick them up about 2:00pm. That way I could do my errands, or go to a MD’s appointment, go grocery shopping, or just come home and ‘chill’ for a while. It was nice. Especially since I was pregnant while we lived there. They did not take children under the age of 2; but, having to only go somewhere with 1 child was easier than with 2.

Joyce – I can remember when my oldest sister had breast cancer and immediate reconstruction, they had 4 tubs running out of her chest and back which he husband had to drain several times a day. I think my middle sister must have had things running out of her; but, she could not have immediate reconstruction due to problems during surgery and she got an infection, too. They had to put in a port so they could give her massive amounts of antibiotics. After being ‘in the hospital’ for another week afterwards. She decided to have the blow-up (I guess they were implants) removed and has not had any reconstruction to date. Last summer she had a facelift. I’m not sure she will have reconstruction at this point. My oldest sister had problems the first time they did her reconstruction through a ‘rotation flap’ which meant that they’d pull muscle tissue up and twist it around to make a breast; they could not close her up; and, she ended up with an ‘implant’ and a hole in her chest large enough to drop a pencil through it (top to bottom). The implant started leaking and before they were scheduled to take it out and replace it, they found cancer in the other breast. This time she just went for the implants; but, she still had to have inserts placed under her chest skin to stretch it for the implants for several weeks (maybe months).

Grandmallie – I’ve had the same thing happen to me. I disable my touchpad on my laptop because I use a mouse. Have to do it manually every time I open up the computer. Sometimes it just ‘goes away’; other times you can go to the bottom (where your ‘task bar’ is located and run you pointer over the MFP icon there and sometimes it will show back up. There’ll be two pages side-by-side and you can find it there. SOMETIMES. I always open up a word processing program which I type my responses into, so if I miss several days, I can still answer those posts on previous days. The icon up in the upper right-hand side will have a ‘blow up’ icon with a 2nd one behind it which shows you have more than one program open at the same time. That helps keep it from going away entirely most of the time.

Lhannon … - My DGD#4 asked me to brush her hair, because she knew I did not get to do that because of having only boys. It was so much fun and she seemed to enjoy it, too. Told me that she did not have a tender head, so I could brush hard. All 4 of my DGDs have very thick, long hair.

My BF told me the other day that she is going to ‘church’ (probably for the first time since becoming an adult). Said she had gotten a flyer put on her car and thought the message of the sermon sounded like it would be good. She could not remember the subject matter. I rode by the church and the Marquette read: “Is Jesus the Only Way into Heaven?” Now, that would be ‘interesting’ to someone who purportedly has ‘no faith’. I’ve talked to her ‘on a few occasions’ but, never push it. I’ve never believed that you can ‘preach’ anybody into ‘salvation’. When they are ‘ready’ they will be ‘open to it’ and not before.

Lenora

Hello, everybody!

Thanks Barbiecat - for starting out April for us!

I can't believe three months of this year is already passed by! I've been so busy.....not hardly any time to post or read. I left the March thread about 2-3 weeks ago. My mom - she is critically ill, in the last part of stage 5 renal failure. It's so hard watching her go down hill. I'm having a hard time letting her go. I've been busy trying to work my job and take care of her. Thank God mom has a large family. I have 2 siblings that are good about helping, but one of them is getting ready to have a stress test this week coming up. Some of the grandkids and greats have stepped up and are helping.

During all of this, I've hardly had time to go to the grocery, much less plan meals and snacks. According to the scales, I am down a couple of pounds. Hmm.....

I'll check back when I get a chance! Hope everyone is well!

Donna in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia

Hi all,
Lisa - delicious grands!
Quick post. Went shopping for lunch stuff this morning as we were running out of food. The Turkish bread shop is deeeeevine! Also bought the best cottage cheese in the whole world. The kids were eating lots of cherry tomatoes and strawberries, so that's good.
After lunch I asked DDIL if I could help with the laundry as it was getting out of hand. I folded up a mountain of clean and dry stuff and put more in the machine. She can't really manage the heavy stuff yet.
The Midwife visited and another person to estimate for removals. I had a nap and played a toddler computer game.
Now just building Lego houses.
We leave after the bath this evening.
Love to all. Heather UK

Captain Broccoli and the pirates.

Marcelyn, we want photos of the flower beds!