WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

My experience with a front loader washer is that they leak and the drum gets out of kilter easily. You also have to be careful when moving them. I would never have another one. Interesting isn't it that laundromats have front loaders and don't seem to have the leaking problem.

Barbie - Oh, how I would love that ferry trip! I really want to get DH out your way some time. He is a great nature and scenery lover. We also adore watery places.

Just finished my machines. For the newbies, I have three machines in a small spare room. Just a normal bedroom with a carpet and terrible decor inherited from the previous owners. I do 32+ minutes on the rowing machine, which was inexpensive. It gives me a calorie count of 280, which I think is over generous. I then move over to the elliptical, after DH has vacated that. I do 120 calories, which takes me around 20 mins. Then I move onto the recumbent bike and do about 36 mins on there to total 136 calories. Sounds a weird number, but MFP gives me 64 calories for my 20 minutes of strength training that I do in my bedroom afterwards, so it makes a nice round number. :laugh: My strength training is 12 minutes mat work, followed by 8 minutes of dumbell weights. I do this every day except Tuesday when I go to yoga.
Recently I started kettlebell swings every other day instead of the strength training. At the moment I am doing 15 sets of 10 swings, so I hope that takes me over 600 calories, but I only enter that number on MFP, to be on the safe side.
This regime, plus eating 1800 calories a day, has maintained my weight at 140 for two and a half years. I am 5 ft 5 ins. I am very lucky that I have my fit , 70 yr old, DH to do it with me (not the strength training) and BBC Radio 4 to listen to as I do it, which keeps me informed and entertained.

So, I hope that info is helpful for any newbies. I started off at a much lower level than that, only doing 200 calories every other day. I very gradually built up my stamina, but it took me a while to crash the 400 calorie barrier. I really like the 600 I am at now as it enables me to eat a satisfying amount of food without putting on weight. On holiday I always walk a lot and love it if I can find a pool. I am a good swimmer, but don't swim here as the pool is too far away and not attractive. They are building a new one, but the travelling still puts me off. If I won the lottery I would get my own pool! :laugh: Indoor, of course. This is England. Which is another reason why the machines are a good idea, especially in the winter. In the summer we have a fan going.
I don't go to a gym, because I know I couldn't be bothered to get out of the house, and I hate the music, so most gyms are out for me.

OK, that kettlebell is calling!

Heather UK

Heather - one of the things that originally got me hooked on this thread was being able to come here and see that women my age (or even older ) had actually managed to take weight off and keep it off. Before that I had almost managed to convince myself that it was "too late" and I wouldn't ever get back into any kind of shape.

Listen up, newbies! Yes, it IS possible. Where there's a will, there's a way. :flowerforyou:

Being stubborn helps, of course. Never underestimate the power of sheer cussedness.

And now, it's time to go out jogging...

/Penny, heading back to near the North Pole tomorrow

PS: Incidentally, Heather, the sun is going down in Longyearbyen today for the first time since 18 April. Will you be watching Svalbard - Life on the Edge? I believe it starts this Monday.

Anybody who has access to BBC Earth and wants to see my home town can watch the series. Many of my friends and neighbors are feeling a bit of anxiety about it. I hope the producers haven't done a hatchet job and made us look like a bunch of weirdos... :grumble:

Hello Lovely Ladies,

Yesterday (Tuesday) went to the Y after work like normal but it was later my new hours since we are returning to my long days! During the summer we were getting off work at 3 pm now it is between 5:30/6 depending on when the last adult gets picked up. The long drive home it was 6:30 by the time that I walked thru the doors at the Y. It was my walking the Track day at first it was hard to get going but I am glad that I did .

Food is going ok ... Looking for recipes of family favorites made healthier.

Today is that all day class for CFH ! I am hoping to learn a lot and that it will clear things up!

Enjoyed reading everyone posts ! Hope you have a good day!

Elizabeth
Caldwell , Idaho

NYKaren, I suspect that your encyclopedias were World Book. They had yearly Annuals. I have a huge family connection to World Book. My great uncle (mother's mother's sister's husband) was Editor in Chief. My mother was a photograph editor- she found the wonderful photos or set up photo shoots to get them. So, my brother and one of his favorite teachers are in the article about chemistry, and my brother and I are in the article about hair fashions in the 70s. I had waist length straight hair parted in the middle. Somewhere I have the slides from that photo shoot still. I worked there my summer before going to college (16) and during winter break once to write the Equal Opportunity Employers report for them (women were in jobs that had different titles and less pay- no surprise there and few people of color but they were trying to change it).

Speaking of encyclopedias. I taught myself how to read at three. By eight I had read every book in our house including the entire set of World Book encyclopedias. I was a neglected, lonely kid and the books saved me.

About ironing. I still iron occasionally. My daughters have a few items that the hems don't dry smooth or the ruffles are bunched coming out of the drier. And I iron my nice clothes for church or other special occasions. But for everyday I am a jeans and tee shirt gal.

I found a wonderful antique ironing board at a yard sale. I would love to know the story behind it- it has a prominent iron shaped burn mark. Did "mom" have to run rescue a kid? Answer the door? Bandage a cut on their child? I ponder what the story behind the burn was every time I see it!

morning peeps and welcome new peeps

MORNING ALL!

Jade- Hi!! Come as often as you like and then come more often. These gals encouraged me to read the thread daily and I do as much as possible. It really helps!!! They are so motivating, encouraging and funny. Nearly make me pee my pants some days.....

Heather- thanks for the breakdown of your work out plan. I think that is very helpful and pasted into a word document for reference. You hit on a lot of points that for me are spot on.

Penny-Cussedness! Lol! Haven't heard that in a long time. Makes me think of some departed Aunts. (Mom and Dad had 8 sisters between them and not a brother in the lot) You can imagine growing up around that. No wonder I am who I am!

Also, wondering if I can stream that on my ipad if since I doubt that I can get that on the telly. Pasted that into a word document to follow up on. Please keep sharing the sights and sounds of your life. It feeds my wander lust!

Update- DH took the batteries out of the rower (involved a screw driver and two compartments). Anyway, it takes 4 D cells and they were sitting on my rocker, so I guess we didn't have anymore. He will probably get them today. i Had a hair appointment and didn't get home til almost 8 last night and wasn't going back out. (I miss 20 minute hair cuts.) Meantime rower looks lonely and forelorn.....

CJ ~ I too love the photo of your beautiful garden out front.

Barbie ~ Would love to visit where you live. It has been a dream of mine to ride up and down the Pacific Coast. It will probably never happen, but, I can imagine the beauty you folks out there see.

Miriam ~ My DnL is a 6th grade social studies teacher and says that her school is going totally computerized in lieu of texts. I guess they are doing this because the text books become obsolete so quickly and it will probably save money in the long run.

Lenora ~ I grew up with a mother who mispronounced salmon and sure was embarrassed when others made fun of me. She also mispronounced judge and columns. I guess that that was how it was pronounced at some point to her. I specialized in Science and English in college but can't spell to save my life. I love the computer because I can constantly look up words.

Tried hard cooking eggs in the pressure cooker this AM and it does work great! I had never utilized the rack that comes with the cooker and think will get a steamer insert and explore further.



Carol