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

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Good morning. Today we all slept late and the walking with frisky poodles didn't take place until 8 AM when it was already sunny and warm enough for me to take off my gloves and down vest :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: When we took our trip in April I came home four pounds heavier than when I left. The first two pounds left quickly (maybe just water weight from too much sodium filled restaurant food). The next pound came off after about a month and finally today I am willing to post that the last pound is gone and I am back at my goal weight again.

:bigsmile: Sandy, we have a DVR system and record everything we like on TV so we can watch it when we want, fast forward through the commercials, and pause it if the phone rings or the dogs want to go out :bigsmile: I watch figure skating and gymnastics. I did some figure skating and gymnastics as a teenager. I played a bit of tennis but never got very excited about it. My best friend who is 70+ plays competitive tennis with women in her age group several times a week year round (she lives near San Jose, CA)

:bigsmile: Buzz, your new pictures are great. Thanks for taking the time to post them for us to see :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: Today is cleanse day so I'll be taking it easier and may have more time on the computer :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: I have been a Tom Selleck fan since Magnum, PI was actually on TV. Now I love him in Blue Bloods and Jesse Stone.

:flowerforyou: welcome, Bada_Bing.....it's good to see you here :bigsmile: we are a friendly group and have a lot of fun.

I've been posting on this thread for over two years. When I started I weighed over 180 pounds and thought I was destined to be that way forever. One day at a time with the help of the friends on MFP I've reached a weight that's less than what I weighed in fourth grade. I spend less time at the computer now because I have so much more energy now so I get up and do more active things. My husband, Jake, posts on this thread sometimes (usually to tell a joke or laugh at someone else's jokes :laugh: ) but he has been pursuing an active healthy lifestyle with me. Most of my exercise comes from walking my energetic standard poodles, Brandy and Sasha and I go to line dance classes three days a week.

:flowerforyou: Marie, that Ice cream probably looks better to you than it does to me. It is about 65 degrees here right now, not nearly as hot as it is where you live.

:bigsmile: Sandy, I stay with this thread and MFP because I don't ever want to go back to being that unpleasingly plump woman who is in all my photos:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: It would be too easy to go back to the old "eat everything in sight" way of life without the daily encouragement of healthy balanced people like you.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: CALIECAT...Ice cream is one thing that I can turn down every time.

:flowerforyou: Deb...hope you get to feeling better. Have you tried a cold cloth on your head? Sounds like it could be caused by the heat.

:flowerforyou: Barbie...thanks for sharing your story. You have done so good. Glad that you are sticking it out here with us. You are wonderful example of what we can achieve.

:flowerforyou: Oh my gosh..Sandy...you really do not look 69.

I insisted on gauze film over the camera!!! ANd that's my dear granddaughter from Hawaii, my son's daughter. She will be moving stateside, but the wedding will be in Kailua, HI in about a year. The kids have flown back to DS's in Cape May, NJ, and DH and I are trying to stay awake! It was great fun having them here!
And thank you for all the compliments, dear "other" family! I won't weigh until tomorrow....and then I'll lie!!!:noway:
:smooched: Buzz

Good night to you all. I am off to bed early tonight as Neil has a Dr. appt. at 8:45 tomorrow morning. Not sure what I was thinking to agree to an appt. at that time!! It has been raining off and on all day but the garden is enjoying it. Lots of strawberries coming and flowers on the tomatoes. Everything else looks ok but a long time before produce will be ready.

Jeri -- Prayers for you. I hope the surgery goes well and you recover quickly.

Marie -- Prayers for a good report for your Jerry as well.

Sandy -- I forgot to say that Neil mentioned a card from my friend. Thank you so much. He loves getting mail.

Connie -- Thanks for enlarging that gorgeous photo of Buzz who looks like a million bucks!

Bada bing -- Welcome here. You asked about Saskatchewan. I live very close to Saskatoon. I also lived in Edmonton for several years way back in the day.

I must hit the hay. Have a nice start to the week. I will let you know how Neil's appointment goes.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

Good morning sneakers, just putting in time before hitting the gym. Looks like a sunny day today, better close up the drapes to keep things cool. Rough sleep last night, felt as though an ever ending hot flash. Banged up my ankle badly at work, it keeps reminding me about it. I was at my site at BodyBuilding this morning and learned something I had been wondering about. I'll review it again later and take some notes. A good site for ladies who are as young as we and some beyond us. I shook my head after reading a lady of 68, commenting that she can lift 300 pounds at best now on a certain exercise. If I could lift my weight I would be happy!!

Forgot to weigh in yesterday, and today, mixed up in my days. I'll try tomorrow again.

As a health and safety representative, I must post this thought to all of you. When you are working with a knife in the kitchen, it gets knocked from the counter and skids to the edge of the counter threatening to drop to the floor. What do you do???

No you don't try to catch it no matter what your reflexes say! leave it drop, but clear the area of your feet or someone else in the same area. You will be able to retreive it safer after it has stopped moving.

My sister's son's wife was rushed to the hospital last night after doing just that, the knife was diverted from the floor and landed in her upper leg, rupturing an artery. Serious enough if she had been home alone, she could have bled to death. Noting when that injury happens the causualty is overcome by dizzyness and faints.

Have a safe and great day today ladies, be good to yourselves.

Marilyn

tHANKS cONNIE FOR ENLARGEING BUZZ LOvELY PICTURE. She looks like a movie star. I copy it to my computor Hope we are all around on your 85th Buzz But you got to tell your secret of looking so young. God bless you.

Continuing on with how great you look Buzz....do you have a secret? Like is there a product that you have found that helps? One thing I am finding is that the more weight I lose the more wrinkles I find.:laugh:

Hi everyone! Had a crazy busy weekend! AARGH! I hate it when I type for 10 minutes and then everything disappears :explode:

Did manage to get the exercise in Saturday, but not food logging. We helped our best friend's get ready for their oldest daughter's graduation party on Saturday. It was super important that it be special because the morning of her high school graduation party, her 69 year old grandmother, the picture of health & healthy eating & exercise, suffered a massive stroke We'd all been together the night before & I sat next to her on the couch and we had a glass of wine & watched the slideshow I'd done for the party. My friend went to the hospital, my husband & I became surrogate hosts, and as soon as the party was over her husband brought the two girls to the hospital to say goodbye. It was an awful day The party was wonderful on Saturday Even though the weather didn't cooperate and it rained for the first couple of hours, it stopped & her friends we able to set up their tents in the backyard, have a bonfire, & play bean bags. She is such a wonderful young woman, we love her and her sister as if they were our own. This week we a getting ready to leave for a week at the lake with them so we are scrambling to get ready. I'll try to get the logging in, but just know that even if I don't check in, I'm rooting for you all and I will do my best to stick to the straight and narrow :laugh: I made this fabulous, if I do say so myself :laugh: , salad for the party. It is my absolute favorite. I was going to put the recipe in, but it's kind of a pain to do recipes on mfp and I just haven't had time. I am going to scan all of the empty cans & bags as a meal, so don't panic when you see about a million calories in my diary :laugh: :laugh: It's so much easier than looking things up and trying to figure out which listing is most accurate. Gotta run now, laundry going, and then I decided I was going to drain the hot tub besides :noway: Later all.