WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2016

Maggie I too have been lax in logging my food and my support group is elsewhere too. I want to be friends on mfp, but don't know how to make the request to add you. Still new at this support group process. Please request me if you know how to. Thanks. Everyone have a great Day!

Hello... I'm a 52 year old, married, mom of 3 from California. I'm looking for some new friends around here for support, sharing ideas and motivation. I've done this before and I know it's easier and way more fun to do this with friends! Feel free to message me or add me

Hiya everyone, I feel like I am joining in a little late for the November/December goals. I enjoyed reading the posts. I am coming back to MFP for help in food tracking, and this time I want to add participating in motivation groups like this. So to everyone on here...thanks for sharing and providing support.

This is a hard month to start so my goals for the rest of this month is to plan my meals, track everything, and strive to indulge in the office Christmas treats only if it is something I truly like. It seems like everyday someone is bringing something delicious in to share. Another goal is to incorporate some exercise at least three times a week. I feel like this is manageable for December with a little self control and support and then in January I plan to step it up a notch. My ultimate goal is to lose about 40 to 50 pounds.

Gayla in Germany

Forgot to say how much I enjoyed your cartoon, Mary. Something similar happened to one of my neighbors once, for real! Ha!

TNToni

stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 14.28min, 12.3amph, 150mhr, 2.9mi= 158c
fitbit- 138mhr, 98c
SPIN- 40min, 84r, 102w, 11-15g, 9g on sprints, 157mhr,126ahr, 16.5mi= 358c
fitbit- 148mhr, 286c
ride gym 2 dome- 7.22min, 11.5amph, 144amhr, 1.4mi = 114c
fitbit- 143mhr, 84c
walk station 2 wk 7.37min, 3.7ap, 129mhr, .4mi = 62c
fitbit- 140mhr, 67c
jog wk 2 sta- 7.32min, 3.7ap, 130mhr, .4mi = 69c (fitbit)
ride dome 2 hm- 19.34min, 7.9amph, 148mhr, 2.5mi = 199c
fitbit- 148mhr, = 119c

total cal wahoo - 932

Karen – A good Gastroenterologist will make sure you are in ‘la-la’ land before he starts. I had my 2nd one, in my life a couple of years ago. Friend took me and stayed. Once they got me back, completed in less than 20 minutes. Better safe than sorry. I’ve heard that colon cancer is a bad way to die, and quite painful.

Don’t feel bad about shopping at Wal-Mart – I’ve never thought they were particularly good at how they have their merchandise set up. Who wants to walk the entire width of the store to get pet food when you are grocery shopping? Christmas decorations in two different areas. In the stationary department (end cap) and over by the garden center. Put it all wherever you want to; but, keep seasonal stuff in one place so you don’t have to walk all over the store.

I’ve got to make two Cream Cheese Pecan pies for DH and DOS to take to Louisiana. I don’t think that I have to go anywhere. I thought I was going to have to get a couple or more little presents; but, DH reminded me of his getting the 2 little girls a subscription to National Geographic Kids. He also said he had a set of knives to give DOS. I sure hope that one or the other (or both) bag a deer; we are seriously low on meat, especially DOS’s family who uses it for most all their ‘red meat’ recipes. DOS is a ‘killer cook’.


KJ – I tried putting booties on Cracker when her left paw was injured so it would not get wet; she took them off in 10 minutes flat. Tried to get booties; but, she was NOT about to have any of that.

We used to live across the street from a friend who made all sorts of covered/sugared pecans and bring them over. That was back when I was working full-time and did not have a weight problem. But, even then I was careful about how many I sat down and ate at one seating.

Kids make the cutest little things when you give them direction.


Maggie – We are a ‘great’ support group and we have a lot of ladies here that have been maintaining their weight loss for several years and they are still here because they like this group.


Carol – I wash Cracker in the tub during the cold months. She ‘hates’ water and I am usually as wet and doggie smelling as she was before I started. I’ve learned a ‘few’ things, some I question my ‘sanity’ when I do them. She is calmer, if I am ‘in the tub’ with her (on my knees). She loves to be ‘dried’ with my hair dryer.

Our DYS and his wife and daughter gave us a portrait of themselves and a book of their wedding pictures (when I was at my absolute heaviest). Damn, I sure did look very ‘matronly’. I have not decided which picture I will post as my “before” picture … when I get to my ‘goal’ weight. I’m close; and, it seems like I do a lot of yo-yoing. But, since I lost 2lbs after a weekend of Thanksgiving food; I feel good about what I have done to change up some things. Regardless of how I feel, I will walk 20 minutes on the treadmill at a pretty good walk.


Mary from Minnesota – I could tell a few stories about my sons. We had won a 64-ounce beer at the ring toss. Kids thought it was sooooooo big. DYS (about 18 months old at the time) decided it should be opened and shared, he wanted to know what it tasted like. I told him that it was a ‘grown up’s’ drink; and, we would not open it until we had another couple over to drink it with us. I put it in the back on the refrigerator and forgot about it. One day, he and his older brother were giggling up a storm. One wanted to just lay around on the sofa; DYS kept getting up and walking in his little Carter’s gown and falling down. I did not really think anything about it because he did it a lot. Finally, I watched him for a few minutes, he’d go in the kitchen, I’d hear the fridge door open, a few seconds later, it would close and he’d come ‘running out’ (pretty unsteady on his feet). Come to find out, they had figured out how to ‘pop’ the tab without really popping it open and it would dripple out. They had been drinking all morning. I fed them and took them upstairs for a nap; they were ‘out like a light’ in a matter of minutes. I went back downstairs and checked the can … they had made a huge dent in it … mostly DYS. To this day, on a ‘hot’ day; he loves a ‘cold’ beer! I think he knows about all brands. He prefers a ‘dark’ beer, which I can’t stand. DOS has never been good at holding his liquor; and, usually will sit down and take a break. DYS used to drink ‘heavily’ in HS and I worried myself sick over it; but, in college, he slowed down, a lot. Now, he only drinks when he is ‘out on one of the tractors’, with a ‘cold one’ in an A/C’ed tractor with a radio and power everything. Then maybe when he has Mexican food or at a cook-out on his land with his bosses.


Pip – This picture of your fur baby with its nose in the curve of the bed; reminds me of when our DYS stuck his arm in a curve on his bed. The more he attempt to get out of it, the more his little wrist got swollen. DH had to get a saw to cut off the curve. He was not happy about that. I had to sit with him and hold his wrist back. DH cut to a point that he could then break it off. He did not do that again, and the bed was still not fixed; but, the part he took off is taped to it. I think I finally sold it in a garage sale a few years ago.


Meg – My DH had a chance to take a job with a former co-worked out in Denver; and, we had gone out during the summer and really enjoyed ourselves. He told DH to wait until December to make his decision and then he could come out and work a month and see how he liked it. Took him 2 days of driving to get there; it started snowing and did not stop until the last day he was to be there. He told him that I would probably ‘divorce’ him, if he took the job; I did not like ‘cold’ anything and I’d get very tired of the snow. He was right. I love the beach and we can get to the beach; in about 3 hours. My BF and I have done it as a ‘day trip’. Go, sit out in the sun for 6 hours, and drive back (but that was in our younger days). Neither of us like to drive at night (and I don’t drive at night if I can help it).
Watched a 2-hour documentation on Pearl Harbor and the 75th anniversary. It was horrific!


Cheri and Meg – The worst part is the ‘prep’. I opt for the gallon of &^$*_*&%; because I don’t want to get there and be told, ‘nope, not cleaned out enough; got to start over’. My Gastroenterologist always orders the gallon of &^&$*_*&%. I find it easier to take if you do NOT put the flavoring in it and put it ‘over ice’. I don’t normally drink that much liquid of any type in a 12+-hour period of time and I hate having to be that close to the bathroom.


Gayle in Germany – I think you are the 1st one who has ‘hailed’ Germany as home. You’ve come to a ‘great support group’. Tracking your food and what you drink is very important; but, also ‘exercise’ is key to losing weight. I think most of us here would say ‘not to deprive yourself of a ‘little’ sweets if you like them. I know when we would have an ‘art show’ everybody brought something … quite a spread. I’d make it my ‘lunch’ for the day (bigger meal) and then really stick to my ‘plan’ the rest of the day. I like to taste everything; but, I also know I have to just figure that I ‘use’ my daily CI that day (at the reception). Then, I come home and walk for an hour around our property.


Charleen in Colorado – Raking leaves x 2! Sorry, glad we did not move to Denver. My niece and her family lived out there nearly 5 years; their oldest daughter goes to school out there now.


Joni – My nurse/MD told me that my tummy would be the ‘last’ to go; but, did not really go into details about ways to slim it down. I have done some ‘hula hooping’ and find that helped with the upper abdomen area; but, an adult has to have an ‘adult-sized’ hoop or they can’t keep it up. I made mine with about 5’5” of 3/4th tubing (black, like sprinkler tubing); (I’m just under 5’5”). Then buy a double ended connector piece. Put the connector piece in one end; hen put about 1 cups of water in the tube, connect it to the other end, then wrap it with duct tape all the way around. The duct tape will be wrinkled; but, that is ok; make sure you wrap it around where the connection is a few times, then started wrapping the entire hoop. Some gyms will sell them for about $5-$10; which is still a lot cheaper than you can find them online. I’ve got two. One is wrapped with more duct tape, so it is a little heavier. It will bruise you the first few times you use it, so be prepared.

Lenora

Katla~ I hope your travels are smooth sailing. We are awaiting the storm they say will happen. School recording call today saying no school tomorrow. A snow day? My son will be thrilled!
Becca

Hey now.......

Meg from Omaha - Dufur is in north-central Oregon about 13 miles south from a city called The Dalles which is located in the Columbia River Gorge which runs along part of the northern border of the state....if you have Google Maps or some other mapping app on your phone or software on your laptop/home computer you can type in Dufur Oregon into it and it will show you where my sweet little town is.....

Re - Puffy Princess my a**.........you look wonderful in your "too small" sweater! I wish I could grow my hair long like yours!....."Maaaauuuvalous Daaarling!"......hey guess what.....Hood River has 5 dispensaries and only 20 miles from The Dalles......wooohoooo!

OK, just put a movie in and I gotta get my fitbit to sync to my tablet so I can see how I did today.......YAY! I get satellite TV sometime tomorrow morning between 8 and 12......I can't wait to watch all my educational channels I've been missing.....that's it for now, post more later.....

Sherry in "27 degree" Dufur.......(according to WeatherBug)

Beth - Wonderful work on the pounds!

Karen - The spicy nuts sound good. I never go near big stores around Christmas and get everything online. You can get wonderful little bottles, lids etc from Amazon. I know some people have objections to Amazon. I do, but I can't do without them as I hate shopping.

KJ - You could make pickles. Piccalilli is fabulous. Or herbed oils or vinegars. I have a great book called Gifts From The Kitchen.
The Mexico trip is mainly about the ruins. And a couple of Biosphere Reserves. We are taking in a couple of colonial cities. I am NOT a beach person, apart from swimming and snorkeling. I did scuba one year. I have been persuaded to have three nights on the beach at the end, much against my preference, but I hope to do lots of swimming. The hotel, with separate luxury lodges, looks fabulous. Do you remember that I bought the full length swimming costume to guard against the tropical sun? Basically we are taking a personalised, private escorted car tour of the area with special attention to Mayan history, which is a passion of mine. I hope the guides know more than I do! :laugh:

I am feeling grumpy this year because I am so aware of everything I put in my mouth that the general eating behaviour just looks crazy to me. Collective insanity! I am not a fan of Christmas anyway, but the carb and saturated fat fest really has my goat this year. I am not against a "little of what you fancy" occasionally, but everywhere I turn I see death on the shelves. Congratulations to those of you who are swimming against the tide and learning to become FIT, HEALTHY people who eat sanely. Keep filling those plates with veggies!
I know it's silly to let it annoy me as I only hurt myself by being grumpy, but our health service is overwhelmed by preventable illness. I have not been going to our WI meetings recently as their attitude to food exasperates me. They could be a huge power for good in the country , but our meetings are like a promotion rally for bad food. This is not a political forum and for me health is a huge political issue, so I'll stop ranting now, but I am just so sad for all those suffering bad health and, yes, angry.

On another note, the big family trauma for DH's side is going to come to a head next week. DH was on the phone to his sister for an hour last night. We are feeling very sad and helpless. DH appears to be coping, but it is hard.

Love to all, must take him up a cup of tea.

Heather UK xxxxxxx

Beth I knew you would have the calorie count for shoveling and snowblowing!! Holy snowman! That sounds like a lot of snow--glad you've got provisions for this storm. Stay cozy

Heather I hear what you are saying about how this preventable disease is not only ignored ignored but promoted by agribusiness and even our own governments--but we all have free will. Thank goodness we have choices for selfcare and compassion. Our little band of women is just one tiny example, when I get overwhelmed I like you turn to my "improving" books I think you call them, others turn to meditation or writing. Sorry for DH family crisis, one step at a time.

I am not a recipe follower. The spiced nut recipe is just whatever I feel like a little brown sugar with a hint of cayenne, I add cinnamon as well with a little salt. Some recipes call for egg white to bind the spice to the nut but I havent tried that. I did find the lids and bands from the big bad store, and carried on with my life.

Green veggies are my lifeboat as I float past the holiday carbs, green veggies yum yum yum.

NYKAREN