WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016

Good morning all

@DamitJanit Thank you I am seeing that!

@barbiecat Nice shoes!

@IremiaRe You look great and much younger!

@ilikegardens Now I understand why you are so positive! Awesome that you have less pain now, it makes life alot nicer.

I am looking forward to our annual monsoons, we had a downpour last evening and it cooled things off nicely.

summer in az

Barbie - Don't line dancing shoes have to have soles that slide? I am considering buying some new "character shoes" , which are the ones I use for ballroom dancing, as I did on the cruise. It's important I can pivot in them.

Just finishing my nap while DGD is asleep. We are all going to the supermarket this afternoon as it has been pouring with rain.

Love Heather UK (Hello new Kate!)

Thanks for the welcomes. husband is mostly Dear but sometimes the less complimentary word as we all are I suppose He has gone out so I am sewing this afternoon, altering clothes which are too big (brilliant) also keeps my hands busy so no snacking
Kate

Just made a delicious veggies egg scramble with zucchini from my garden, pickled red onion and Parmesan! Yummy and already got in 5,000 steps
So I am taking the challenge today to reverse my last week and make better choices! NYKAREN

Heather - thanks for the great words - I am losing weight slowly, but this is a life change and feeling like I am making healthy choices which is much more important - and freeing in a way - than a quick fix. Partner (we live together but not married as have military health insurance and can't (won't) give that up) loves to have desserts at night - and he doesn't gain weight to my total disgust, so we have junk in the house - I am doing pretty well at ignoring it and grabbing fruit instead.

Re - love your pictures - you get younger in each one!!

I love this group - you all are so supportive and loving. I feel empowered when I read. It gets frustrating as numbers so down, then up, then down - - - so coming here helps to realize this is a journey and getting healthy is the goal - not a number. Thanks to you all so much.

We are going out to a French restaurant tonight - lobster on special - so am having tons of veggies today to accommodate a dinner out - this morning had one piece of 7grain bread with an egg and tomatoes and cucumber. Feeling very full. Next to do workout I did on Wed with a trainer (temporary - just to get me on track) which includes TONS of squats and some good floor work. Did a cardio session yesterday then jumped to gym to do leg lifts, incline press and some others. Feel good today - setting up August goals in my head - 1) exercise hour a day (includes min of 8k steps which is small compared to many of you but a good goal for this month 2) track everything and eat lots and lots of veggies 3) think POSITIVE which is sometimes hard for me.

Carrie in coastal SC

Stronglifts Rest Day

Kettlebell Swing
Week three, day three of increasing from 7 to 10 reps using the 35 pound kettle bell. I feel that I have successfully gained enough strength to do the 10 reps.
25X10X35

Walk 1,000 Miles Challenge
3 miles

Chris - Congratulations! You are so fortunate not to have any cellulite! Mine also is almost completely gone but, I still have some stubborn areas.. Building lean muscle mass and getting rid of the fat makes it impossible to exist.

Drkatiebug - Nice pictures! You look fabulous!



Mary from Minnesota

Hi everyone. Just a quick post here. Getting on this site from home is a definite struggle. I see some great photos here! Thanks for sharing!

Speaking of struggles, Benny is getting harder and harder to pill and now what ever he eats once, he won't eat again, but he is hungry and begging for food. Last night he ate chicken nuggets and cucumbers. We tried the pill shooter; it doesn't work at all. Most of his pills are way too big for it. Yesterday afternoon I gave his pills is smooshed PB&Js and he ate them right up. Two hours later...no go on that. We hate to just shove them down his throat but that's what we end up doing or it takes over an hour to get all those pills down.

It's nice and cool and cloudy here which is great after the >100 degree days and excessive heat warnings we have had recently.

WEll that's all for now. This has taken 20 minutes to get posted. Not sure what the issue is but I think it's the site because nothing else acts this way and I have tried three different browsers. Works great at work. Take care, Meg from Omaha

Good morning all! Happy Saturday!
Allie- So glad to see you posting from the cottage! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!
Heather- I can just picture you packing for trips and then "OH! Let me just grab my kettlebell!" Not laughing at you; just getting a chuckle out of your tenacity in sticking with your routine! All admiration from me!
Re and Katie- beautiful before and after pics of my friends! And Re, I don't think we really notice the weight because we live with our selves and look at ourselves every day. It just slowly creeps up on us. Like age. I don't look in the mirror as much as I used to and only recently I have learned that I can't look down (actual visually look down at my body) and say "I look great!" because the girls are triple D's and they block everything below them. Because of their "voluptuousness" I can never see the lower rolls. In my mind, if I can't see it, it isn't there. LOL I think that is called denial.
Joyce- So glad you were able to sleep in a bit. I hope Charlie is understanding of you wanting to "stand down" for a bit and let the nurses on duty do what they can for him. I am glad he is feeling better and you are getting some rest and relief from all of the running and worry!

Grand Haven is coming up on our annual Coast Guard Festival. Grand Haven is a BIG Coast Guard town and we celebrate them for a week each August (not just our local CG, but from all over the US). A week of community events, street dances, concerts on the waterfront, carnival, free pancake breakfast, many memorial services for servicemen and award for services handed out. Kicked off last night with a Simon and Garfunkel Tribute Band called Old Friends. They were absolutely fantastic! I put my "big girl" shoes on (that is pretty much anything that isn't a running shoe) and walked and danced all night. My feet were more than a little sore this morning, but it was a fun night.

It was raining early this morning; and I do love a rainy morning, so I lolled in bed for a good half hour and didn't get up until 6:00. Had a quick breakfast of coffee (not healthy, but it was SO good) and headed down town to help with the CG 5k and 10k. Lots of friends running and it was a thrill to watch them all complete their races/walks. Plus my DYS was also volunteering with his place of employment and now he has the bug. He wants to run next year! YES! Then I headed to the Girl Scout House to watch the Kid's Parade from the deck. This is the kick off parade for our Coast Guard Festival. I am glad the young families and the kids get this parade to themselves to decorate neighborhood floats and bikes and represent schools, churches, etc. I usually run into a lot of little ones that I know. But I was in a panic watching the participants in the parade throw candy to the kids watching. Of course some of the candy lands in the road and SO many little ones darting into the parade to get candy! Every year the organizers talk about NOT throwing candy due to the hazards little ones getting run over, I wish they would just put out an addendum on the participation contract that participants can't hand stuff out en route. Maybe they could gather every businesses candy, stickers, toys and put them into treat bags and each kid gets a bag at a "parade pick-up" location...there just has to be a better way. Oh well, maybe I am just an old fuddy duddy party pooper.

Well, it's starting to rain again. Pffft! I guess I should get busy with some house work that needs to get done. Love and hugs to all that I missed!

Re and Katie WOW!