WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016

Sherean33 wrote: »

... From what I've read, diets really only succeed for a while, then you gain the weight back and more. That's been my experience, too.
Thanks.

If you go on a diet, lose the weight, and then go back to your regular life, you will probably regain every pound, and maybe more. I did that once, and those were the results I got. I went back to my old habits and got my old results. The weight came back and brought even more with it. Thanks to MFP and this wonderful group, I have learned that to stay slim I have to permanently change my eating and exercising habits. I reached my goal weight long ago, and I'm still here because I still need the support. I have to log every bite and swallow, every day, and record my exercise so that I can maintain my new weight. I feel better, I'm happier, and I love this group of women. I hope you'll join us.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Hi all! I checked in this morning and read new posts and began to type my reply; then my daughter called. Nothing important, just to talk. So...I am checking back in and reading the 20 new posts since this morning! I notice the word *kitten* popping up in a couple posts! I wish they would use different "pet" words for different censored words! Some times you just want to use those swear words masterbate, hell, *kitten*, sex, damn (I just wrote a bunch to see which they consider censorable)
Nikki- Thanks for the PEO advice. I am still checking out colleges and figuring out my plan of action, but I will let you know and would be glad of any help.
Pip- I feel like lately, I would fall under the "boring peep" label; but most of these ladies would not! I am sure that was autocorrect over stepping it's boundaries.
Becca- Loving the book so far; but if you keep posting it here, we won't have to go out and buy the published work!
Newgirls, Sherean33 and Alco- I have also been suffering from foot and ankle injuries and I think the best exercise I have found for cardio and strength is swimming. Once you are in the water you can move your feet/ankles as much or as little as comfortable, but the simple resistance of the water and your muscles reaction to the water movement helps to strengthen the areas that are weakest. Is a pool a possibility for you? I have about 80 pounds to lose to get to my ideal weight, but I am happy with any loss. As far as food goes, I eat high protein meals (low fat and carb) and like Lenora says "water, water, water". Don't think of it as dieting, think of it as a lifestyle choice. You are making the choices you WANT to make to live a stronger, healthier life. Yes, log on and enter your food here! It really helps to keep you on track and I can not say enough about these women! Love them! They have become a "light" in my day!
Sylvia You look fantastic and your gallery looks wonderful.
Kim- Amazing how your dream might be realized through another friend's dream! Hope it works out for you!
Gotta get busy and get dinner started! Chicken fajitas with extra veggies and rice! ttyl

Okay Ladies, I'm feeling a little shy about this, but decided to share it anyway:
Here's the testimonial I wrote for the transformation challenge at my gym.
Thanks for "listening". :flowerforyou:


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When I first joined Gold's Gym, I was mostly recovered from four orthopedic surgeries involving both legs, I was forty pounds overweight, had lost at least 15 pounds of muscle from lack of exercise since the surgeries, and had turned 50 that year. Over the last two and a half years of training here, I have weathered two more surgeries, the last of which didn't go well, and left me with a permanent limp...But I have also built back all the lost muscle, and more recently, lost roughly half the extra weight.

That sounds good, right? It doesn't begin to express what Gold's Gym has meant to me. During weeks and months of recovery, frustration, inactivity-induced depression and finally learning that I would limp for the rest of my life, training at Gold's became my lifeline, and often, the highlight of my week. I came in on crutches, on a scooter, on a walker, and trained first with Evan and later with Jeff, who never turned me away...they kept me safe to train as hard as I could withstand without overtraining; they helped me target my training, first for safety, and later to maximize my recovery gains. And they didn't just provide training expertise: they stood by me when I cried in frustration, cheered me when I made progress--or simply, showed determination; they've never ridiculed my starry-eyed dreams of sprinting again, doing pull-ups, maybe a cartwheel. Whatever else went right or wrong in a week, I knew I could come to Gold's and express my physicality, feel joy in movement, feel strong, get stronger, and keep going. Eventually, my optimism returned, and I can see that dancing with a limp is still dancing, skiing with a limp is still skiing…

As I continue to recover, and see progress in both how I look and what I can do, I also see what I've come through, and the people who invested of themselves in helping me get this far, and whom I can trust to help me get all the way back to where I belong...my allies at Gold's Gym. You didn't just help me recover; you helped me hang on to what makes me, me. There isn't a word for this kind of gratitude…my first post-surgery cartwheel will be for you.

Larisa Brown
Seattle, WA

Hi gals,

Joyce – glad Charlie is a little bit better – I get what you mean about Indiana not being in play and now is CA does their primary in June, and we are already beginning to get ads and “recyclables” in the mail box.

Heather – could it be the family troubles, us gals – maybe because we share, get support from lots of places, the guys seem to bottle thing up, tell no one and get grumpy

Sylvia – you look good and I’m so thankful you are back to 99.9% !!!!!!!!!!!!!! so glad the opening went well.

Cheri – so glad an offer is close to pending… hope makes everything easier.

Katla – sending good thoughts for fun riding and a quick easy sale…

Nikki – sending good thoughts on the perfect job!

Sherean – I would start logging your food, I do believe that lifestyle changes work, and that can be by just starting to take control of the amount of food and activity you get or by starting with surgery; but either way to make this work for the rest of your live you have to make the life style change. By logging your food – without guilt or judgement, you will be able to see what items you pick that have low nutrition and high calories, and most of the time I know what I can have that will be filling and low calorie, I do not always make the choice but after 2 years here I do know what a good option would be and I rarely feel hungry except at meal time.

Larisa - wow – I got teary!

Pip – It is so amazing that he is running so well! Bummer about the numbness… I have a bit of carpel tunnel in my shoulder there is a place in the shoulder area where nerves can get compressed like in your wrist and that’s what happens to me, cold compresses, massage on the area seem to help me.

Well just have to smile, here I am getting excited about a new thing and there is more embroidery business coming my way in the last 3 days than the last month all together. But that’s fine as even if I get the garden job I’ll still run the embroidery business, I need to generate enough to pay current bills and to pay back outstanding from losing my job, and build up my retirement nest egg… Always something! And a single income makes it a bit more challenging. But extra work is helping me sleep and feel more at peace. So enough socializing and back to work I go!


Kim from N. California

godmomkim - his issue is because of his central cord syndrome, it's just something that will or won't get better with time..

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Sylvia, good to see your face!

Did 40 minutes of Walk Your Belly Flat DVD and then 30 inutes of Prevention's Belly Butt and Thigh DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Prevention's Strong Slim and Firm DVD

Kim - don't know why I missed this before, but I just found out that we're in zone 7 for growing. I like the look of the Loropetalum Carolina Moonlight, Snow Muffin or Emeral Snow and the creeping Gardenia that CarolGA suggested. From the reading I've done, the azalea is a decidious bush so it'll lose its leaves in the winter. I want something that will stay a bush. The other ones seem to meet most of my needs, doesn't grow real high, blooms early (like the first day of spring), stays a bush in winter, even if the bush is just green that's OK for wintertime.

I saw this ad in the Charlotte Observer about this paint that lasts like 25 years (exterior paint) only a minimum job would be $2500. We only have small places that need to be painted so I called the place to see if I could buy a gallon of white and a gallon of brown. they are willing to sell it to me but I wouldn't have the warranty. I'd also need a gallon of the primer. The thing is, I haven't received it. I'm going to give them a call when I remember again to see if they needed payment before they'd ship it. I was expecting that they'd ship it and include a bill. Maybe not. Well, this isn't something that I have to have asap. It's just that we have so little that needs to be painted and if something will last 25 years, that I can live with. Even if it is more expensive initially, I'll be spending more over the course of 25 years.

Sue - If the septic had been leaking for 9 years, I'm very surprised that it didn't show up in the inspection that there was a problem

Oh darn...I just realized that I need yogurt for Vince's chocolate zucchini cupcakes (shh...we don't tell him there's zucchini in them). I'm thinking that I'll ride my bike to the end of our development, walk to Food Lion, then ride back to the house. That is...IF I can find the cable and lock for the bike.

Joyce - no, Bryan's wife is never around for these Skype sessions. In a way, that kind-of surpries me. It's not like we know her practically at all and she doesn't know us. I would think that she'd at least want to be part of this. After all this is his family too. She didn't marry just Bryan but his family also. But for now, I'm just content with how things are going. When we end, I always say "I love you, give our love to Diana"

Sylvia - I have a ceramics question for you. Do they make a lighthouse that is about 5 feet tall? I realize that something that big would most likely be too big for a kiln. But if it were in sections, those sections could be fired and then Vince can use gorilla glue on them. Do they make something like this? You're looking real good in that pic You sure don't look like you've gained 30 pounds. As a matter of fact, you look like you've lost. So good to hear that you're feeling better. It'll only get better and better.

pickleheadgirl - welcome! What an interesting name. There must be a story behind it, care to share?

cheri - happy Passover and the same to anyone who celebrates. One year I gave up white flour for Lent and right now I don't want bread products. Not that I don't have them, but whenever I go to a restaurant, I usually ask for whatever I'm getting not to have the bun.

Went outside and put down some more grass seed and the rest of the hay. Tomorrow we're supposed to Skype with Denise and Pete, so afterwards we'll probably go to Lowe's Hardware to get more straw and put down more seed. YEA!!!

I made the salmon this morning that I had marinating over night. Then I made pineapple zucchini muffins to take to the home of the gal where we play mahjongg. she's having a "potty party" You read right, no, that wasn't a typo. See, she just renovated her bathroom and she's giving this party to celebrate the new bathroom. Guess she's wanted it done for a long time, not sure exactly why she's having a party about it. I know her hubby did a lot of the work but they (of course) needed some professionals.

then I made a cake for the lady who does the sewing. Yes, it was her son who royally screwed up the landscaping. But she's still a very nice person. I'm just going to tell her (and this is the truth) that Jess was so thrilled with the dress she made that she said it was worth more than the $20 the lady charged. I'll probably give her another $20.

Tried this new recipe for chocolate zucchini cupcakes. I put the zucchini in the food processor extra long so it was really like mush. Vince won't see the zucchini and I'm not going to tell him it's in there. The recipe did call for 1/2 cup plain yogurt. Well, I wasn't going to buy a big container of plain yogurt just for 1/2 cup so I used Greek yogurt. The batter was thick but the cupcakes look good.

Vince just said that he'd drive me to Food Lion. I feel bad asking him to drive me all over the place, so I told him first I'll look for the cable that I'm thinking of and see if we have a lock. I don't mind walking, I just don't want to ride my bike on the main road. pip - it's just that I'm not used to riding. I don't have a problem riding to the end of our development. He asked me "what are you going to do with the things you buy". I just told him "it's only one thing". Actually, I think I have a backpack so I can empty that and use it. Update: he felt that the tires on my bike didn't have enough air in them so he drove me. Personally, I thought the tires had enough air. Now that I think of it, what I probably could have done was used vanilla yogurt instead of the Greek. Oh well...next time

Got the umbrellas out by the pool and Vince put up the speakers then he connected the receiver, etc. We're all set....just waiting on the pump. He's hesitant to take off the cover since by doing so any chlorine that's in the water will be burned up.

Nikki - hope things go well for you with those interviews and you get a positive call

shrerean - can you do water aerobics? Can you take the boot off long enough to be in the water? I would think you could since water aerobics doesn't put any stress at all on your feet. that is...if you exercise in the deep end. What about upper body exercises while seated? Personally, I don't think WLS is really called for in a lot of cases. In the end, what it forces you to do is have portion control and diet (like added protein). I have a friend, we went out to dinner before her WLS. You should have seen what she ordered! A tuna melt (all that cheese and mayo!) and most of the french fries. After the WLS we went out again and she said to me "I have to get my protein, so I'll have the salmon" And you should have seen all the suppliments she had to take since her stomach wasn't large enough to absorb the nutrients from food (she couldn't eat that much). Wonder how clients feel when she goes out to eat with them and then she doesn't eat? Then again, I agree with it for people who need to lose hundreds of pounds. As to dealing with hunger....I don't deprive myself. What I do when I'm hungry is have some low-cal snacks handy (like baby carrots or raisins). I agree wholehartedly with what Katla said to you. This is an awesome place to be. We talk about (as I'm sure you've found out) everything and anything, not just weight loss. Our lives really do affect our eating. Some eat when stressed, some don't eat, I eat when I'm bored. whatever your reason, come in and tell us what's going on in your life. If anything, your hands will be busy so you can't eat

Larisa - did you send a copy of that testimonial to the gym? That's a great testimonial to them and I'm sure they'd love to have it

barbie - I'm so sorry the acupuncture isn't working. Let's really hope that the word "yet" goes at the end of that sentance.

Michele in NC

exermom wrote: »

Larisa - did you send a copy of that testimonial to the gym? That's a great testimonial to them and I'm sure they'd love to have it
Michele in NC

I'm turning it in on Monday when they weigh me and measure me for the challenge.

Thank you all for the encouragement!