WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

StAts for the day
Rde hm 2 gym- 10.04min, 15.3amph, 138mhr, 2.5mi = 84c
treadmill- WALK/SKIP/SIDESTEP/SCISSORS- 18.18min, 14.06ap, 4.0-4.2sp, .5-1.0incl, 11.0speed burst, 154mhr, 1.30mi = 150c
other- 22min, on bench step, ab work, etc. 133mhr = 105c
ride gym 2 dome- 5.07min, 12.2amph, 131mhr, 1mi = 46c
Ride dome 2 hm- 17.33min, 154mhr, 8.8amph, 2.5mi= 190c
Total cal 575

Did my hot tub workout for an hour, and mowed my yard and pulled weeds for a couple of hours. So nice to not be feeling awful! Antibiotics can do wonders!

Hello Benevolent Beauties!

Another day and a three day weekend! I love Fridays, anyway – Jammies day for me… I get to work in the comfort of my own home – it’s almost like having an extra day off… I can get a load or two of laundry done while I am “at the office.” LOVE it. It’s the one day of the week when I don’t hit the gym before work… I sleep in, and enjoy a lazy morning – and then DH and I go after I am done working.

Add Labor Day into the mix, and Life is Grand!

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Pip – *waves* Hola, Chica!

Joyce – Well… I guess you have to keep taking those medications, Miss Joyce… Tell your Sister you are busy taking care of yourself! That really needs to be your answer to everyone, for a bit. Please do be careful with the driving… an auto accident surely won’t help any of your health issues… (Hugs!)

Linder7866 – Hello!

Michele – I peruse the 2nd hand stores for holiday/party stuff, too – there is always a lot of it – and sometimes it is really nice. So, do you do a major Halloween bash? Your intestine and brain ideas are properly gross and disgusting… so that’s a great start! LOL.

Beth – Weighing daily is a challenge… sometimes it is frustrating when the weight is up and down and all around – so long as you can let that go, it will be fine.

Kay – I also have a push mower… I never count things like shopping as exercise – but the lawn is hot, hard, sweaty work. I always count that. Glad to know you were just trying to round out an incredible day… I am lucky if I make 6000 steps… I am still in awe. :]

Janet – Our favorite “Happy RV-er”… Oscar is a cutie! But, um… maybe not a vicious guard dog… LOL. Hope his people will take good care of your place for you. Oh yeah. We have a squirrel that lays like that on our roof and deck. We call her Sprawl.

Katla – You rocked the August goals! Good luck on September. I am cheering for you! Hope the weather cooperates.

Mary – the dip experiment – I LOVE Hidden Valley Ranch dip with my veggies – however, it is completely lacking in anything nutritious, and it comes with vats of fat and calories. (Sour Cream Base.) The experiment is that I am going to see if running Cottage Cheese thru the food processor with the Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix will make an acceptable substitute for me. I am not much of one for substitutions – but even I know I can’t suck down cups of sour cream dip without consequences… hence the experiment. Of course, Sue, Smart Chick that she is, has already tried that – and gives it the thumbs up. High protein, low fat, flavor... that's the plan, anyway.

Marcelle – Yes!! – hit that gym, whether you “feel like it” or not. Eventually, you will “just do it” and that is half the battle.

Carey –

Lisa – It’s a pain, I know… but “If I log, I lose…If I log, I lose…If I log, I lose….” You can do it!

NYKaren – (Hugs!) Please, step away from the BarBQue… *sighs* I love that stuff, too. Oh… that muscle ache will be a “righteous” kind of pain, but, I bet you will feel it.

Allie – You always have so much going on… I am in awe… your time management skills must be honed to a sharp edge. Glad DGD had a good first day! Sorry about the DD drama. And Major Gratz on the new car!

Miriam – Sleep is always a healing thing, too. So glad you are feeling a bit better.

Want8me9bk – Welcome! I am with you on the few goals thing. I get overwhelmed and stressed out about them – so, I just don’t do them, in a list form.

Carol – Pizza is not a bad thing…in moderation. We do pizza as a one-slice type of event, at my house. Every so often, we get a HUGE deep dish pizza from the local Chicago Pizza around the corner. SOOO good – but, the first thing I do is take three quarters of the pizza and freeze it in quarter-pizza packets… three slices – two for DH – one for me. Then, we have three future meals of delicious pizza – and there is no guilt about eating it. NEVER giving up my pizza… Plus, it’s one more meal I don’t have to cook... just throw the foil-wrapped slices into the oven, heat and eat.

Barbie – You take such good care of us! And Sasha is adorable.

Melanie – (HUGS!) You let us know if there is anything we can do to help you with that particular goal!

Margaret – You know how to do it… You know you can. (Hugs!) And yeah, whenever I am going out, if I know where… I try to pre-log. It really does help.

Rori – Nice profile pic!

Lily – Take care of yourself… it’s hard to stay focused when you are hurting. You blew past those fitness goals last month. Let’s see you blow past the personal ones, this month. (Hugs!)

Mary – bet you are being too hard on yourself on the food and drink choices. Whatever you are doing, it can't be TOO bad... Lookin' GOOD, Sugar! (Hugs!)

Juanita – Hello! Logging is the bomb! I didn’t intend to change anything when I started – I was just going to track what I was eating – but, it was almost a compulsion… when I saw that I could easily start eating at the CICO goal, I just started doing it. You will have to let us know how the belly dance video goes… that one sounds like fun to me.

Heather – Sounds like a fun day… and great job on getting back and doing your workout!

Charleen – if you lose 3 pounds EVERY month – you will be down 12 by the New Year… and another 36 in 2017… it might not be lightning speed – but you are moving in the right direction. And yeah, um, not as flexible as I used to be, either… that’s why my dream is a postage stamp sized condo with NO exterior maintenance. Hope the knee stops whining, soon!

SueBDew – Golf is great for steps… Enjoy the cooler weather! I know I will.

DJ – (Hugs) Thinking good thoughts for your friends DD.

Linda/IA – I have just adopted the “I am going to the gym every day, come *kitten* or high water” mentality. I just go, even if I have to go at night, after work. Besides, if I don’t go, I have to worry about coming in under calorie goal… and that’s a drag.

Sue – Sounds like those exercises cover some good stuff… Good luck!

KarenE – Good luck with the weekday exercise… schedule it in… after a while it will become natural. I have a friend at the office who walks the ramp in the parking garage… three flights up… it’s a good way to get in some high intensity steps.

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Well, its baked Salmon and Corn on the Cob for dinner, tonight. DH has the oven pre-heating and the water on to boil, so I have to run!

Hugs for Everybody!

Re in TX

Hi ladies, I hope it's not too late to join your thread. I could definitely use some motivational help this month.
Due to illnesses, my husband and my 24 year old son are severely underweight and need to gain pounds and strength any way possible. They both have their own set of dietary restrictions but calories is not one of them! Meanwhile, I need to lose about 30 lbs. Healthy food choices will not be an easy task for me with these two around!!
My goal for September is simple - just take it one day at a time!!

Sandra, Ontario Canada

Sandra: Welcome. You joined by posting. My DH is also underweight, although quite strong.

Heather: I do HIIT in the form of Tabatas. There is an app that my trainer told me about which could be set to automatically ping me when it was time to rest, then pick up again with high intensity. I just got back into doing them 2 months ago. Finally got the scale to budge, and I think this strategy was instrumental.

Michele: You make me want to go to a senior expo. Can you believe it's been a year since we met at your house?
Has anyone heard from NCCarol???

Katla: Thanks for the link to face exercises. New fun stuff to try in the gym.

Pip: For someone who said she doesn't like fundraising, you are doing an excellent job for MS! What happened???

Joyce: I am on computers all day, almost every day, and still struggle with Excel. Sending you energy to help with pain.

Re: You are lucky to have Friday's at home. I've been working from home since 2001 and cannot imagine going back into the commuter scene. Telecommuting rocks.

Goals for September will be same as August.

Stay well, friends. We can do this.

Rori
Colorado Foothills,

September Goals:
Continue abstaining from alcohol.
Eat mindfully
Add tabata intervals to exercise routine 2x per week
Weigh less at the end of the month
Practice Reiki daily
My word for 2016: Optimism

Due to various reasons, not the most productive or active day today - so I'll start goals tomorrow. Which will be:

1) keep logging - even if it goes over what I should have
2) hit goal of 7000 steps at least 2 days every week
3) Add 15 seconds to elliptical workout every session.

That's all I can deal with for now

Jessica in Illinois

Hi Gals,


Sue – my god daughter is lactose intolerant too, and as found that milk product that has been cooked is much easier on her than un-cooked milk product – so for example cheese on pizza fine, cheese sliced on a cracker no go…

Pip – great job on meeting your goal!

Miriam – take care

Carol – the hairdo is peachy!!! LOL I could not resist… it is great!

KarenE – Buttermilk, I too do not know what to do with the carton of buttermilk, but found this powdered buttermilk, so you just mix up what you need, SACO cultured Buttermilk… 1 tablespoon for each ¼ cup of water, mix and use… it is 80 calories a prepared cup…

Cheri – you can do this! And all of us are cheering you on….

Katla – So glad DH is seeing some improvement in his med change… this was the one he did his own research on wasn’t it…

Charleen – “(My body is a loosely confedrated group of trash talking body parts) “ this had me laughing out loud… love it…

DJ – So sad for your friends daughter, but the kids have to come first I hope it can be an arrangement that includes contact between mom and children

Allie -hip hip hooray for Tom, I am so glad he did that for you.

Joyce – glad Christina helped! And so glad you will see your quilting friend.

Michele – I think the grocery store names are interesting we don’t have any you mention except Walmart.

So I did ok with August goals, did not get my weight to budge but considering the month included my birthday (and weeks of celebration) and a camping trip I’m not too worried about it. I have gotten better on how to handle the manage the new job, the amount of exercise, food and water balance… I am still dealing with getting the quantity of protein…I am not a great meat fan, and the protein’s I love (peanut butter and cheese) are very high in calories.. tonight I tried quinoa – I had a salad made with it and thought it was ok, but saw a side dish mix with it and brown rice, so tried it tonight, a bit salty (what should I expect out of boxed mix – LOL) but really good, I will try to re-create it from scratch - and the protein is so much better than plain rice.

August Goals:
2 fun things a week, visiting with college prof, walking tour of tea gardens, birthday hike, learning to set and catch a gopher, planning camping trip, dinner at a new Chinese restaurant, trying coffee beer. 4 fab! Days of camping

Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Work on water consumption -

September goals:
2 fun things a week
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Work on water consumption

Smiles.

Kim from N. California

Michele, I was director of the children's choir at a church I belong to and I inherited my Mom's imagination. So I made a body bag and wrote a story about it. We have a small creek close to the church and the story was that there was murder and the police was asking for everyone to help solve it. They fond a small body bag in the creek. So I then opened up the bag and with the lights off,, we went through the bag. Being a nurse I had access to all sorts of things. All IVs were started with disposable tournaments. So I took a bunch of those, had a lot of artificial blood and really let those sit in that 'blood' for awhile and they were quite gooey. I went to the grocery store and found the most rotten looking grapes I could find, they didn't mind letting me having those for free. Those were the eyes, I took some twigs, used some disposable gloves and filled them with water and put them in the freezer. When they were partially frozen I placed the twigs in the fingers and hand. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a round flower form , roughed it up a bit. Soaked all these things in blood. Oh, the best things was the heart. We used those stress balls at work and one was in the shape of a heart. I took one of the 'jumping' frogs. The jumping part was a squeeze thing powered by a pump you held. So I inserted this in the stress ball heart. When the kids examined the heart, I would squeeze ball and the heart would pump. I loved it. Had a lot of fun doing it.

If an Aldi's comes to town, it won't take long to build it. Ours went up quick.

Well B/P is 125/69 so no blood pressure medicines tonight. That will be a first. I have only taken one B/P pill today.

Joyce, Indiana

Kim: DH decided to get off of baclofen for his MS. So far, so good. We've seen reports online that others have found it stopped being effective over time. DH didn't like how it made him feel and it decided it was not helping any longer. He is still taking other medications that have been more helpful. I am really happy that he's taking a more active part in the decisions affecting this treatment. People need to be active participants in medical decisions affecting them, in my opinion. I think he expects to work with his MS doctor in decision making, but he wants a more active role than he has taken in the past. I have my fingers crossed that this goes well, and also a level of confidence that it will prove to be a step in the right direction.