WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017

Lisa, great job. It's never easy quitting a habit, we know that. You've got this girl.

Janetr okc

Barbiecat, I'm on 5000 IU per day...been doing this for years and my blood level maintains at around 50. Thankful my doc started me on these 15 years ago.

I don't get in the sun much if at all, even during the summer.

Lanette
SW Washington State

Carol - I sent you a pm explaining everything. Sorry it is kind of long-winded but you will understand why when you read it.

Hey now....

Good morning ladies! I can't say it's been a good morning for me as I got woken up at quarter to five by the kids here after not getting to sleep until midnight last night. But all is quiet for now so I am going to go back to bed for a bit.

Would like to respond to you all individually but can't right now due to my brain being in a fog from lack of sleep. I will try again after I take a quick nap before it gets too noisy here. Be back in a while. Love you all.

Sherry in "crawling back under the covers for a bit"

Sherry: I've had a concealed carry permit for years but it is time to renew. Thanks for the reminder. Good luck with your legal case. :flowerforyou:

Lisa in W TX: WTG! You are doing great with quitting smoking.

Margaret: I'm sure I would have put away the beach chairs and hula-hoops, too. I have never wanted to substitute teach since shortly after college. I walked into a few really wacky situations, totally unprepared. I could have subbed for my old friends where I taught but the commute was/is crazy and I chose to have my name taken off the substitute roles.

Barbie: I take vitamin D3 in a liquid capsule form. There are also tablets. The product I use is Nature Made D3 2000 IU capsules. I vary the number based on the length of days. In winter I take between 4000 & 6000 IU daily. As the days get longer I drop it down and am at 1 capsule (2000 IU) daily when the days are longest. I find that these capsules do wonders for my feelings of wellbeing and also for my mental acuity. I started this several years ago because of the recommendation of someone in this group combined with internet research on combating Alzheimers. I understand that 6000IU daily for extended time periods could eventually build up and have negative repercussions, but I've had no trouble shifting up and down as the season provides more or less daylight. Good luck with your research. I'm a definite proponent. PS: I avoid Citracal because I read reports from viable sources that, although their calcium & D3 are positive & healthy, those caplets contain fillers that are not good for brain health. :noway:


The sidewalk leading to my front door is nearly snow free and I am happy to report that the melt off has not caused dangerous rises in the river level here. I plan to spend some time on the recumbent bike to burn calories & hope to go to yoga tomorrow.


Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."

Good morning, all!

It's another gray day here, but at least it's not raining.

DJ - When my dad was getting ready to move out of his home of 30+ years, he kept wanting us to save stuff because "we could get something for that." But he'd put us in a rush by not deciding to move until the last minute, and he just didn't understand how much WORK it is to get rid of things! I had to explain that any money we got from selling things would be offset by the amount of time it took to transport, store, photograph, list, and ship.

Sherry - Glad to hear things are progressing. Anything that begins with the word "legal" seems to take forever! I do hope you're able to get your dog back.

Lois - Oh, I'd never heard that swimming helps tighten flabby skin! That's good to know. I used to swim before we moved, but there's no year-round pool here. At the moment I'm sticking with things I can do without jumping in the car, but maybe if I get close to my goal weight I'll reward myself with a membership at the YMCA in the next town over. The only down side is that swimming always made me wicked hungry - I made sure to do my laps just before a planned meal to keep from snacking away all my progress!

Lisa - Congratulations on being smoke-free again!


I managed 30 minutes on the Nordic Track yesterday. The knee was aching a little when I went to bed, but not too badly. Thought about getting up and putting the TENS on it, but I was warm in bed and too lazy to get out again.

Last night I tossed all the ingredients for overnight steel cut oats into the slow cooker, then forgot to turn it on. Darn it. Guess I'll cook it during the day today, and we'll reheat it for tomorrow's breakfast.

-Yvonne in TX

Just joining this thread! Newbie to MFP at 53 yrs old and have at least 105 lbs to lose. Need all the encouragement and advice I can get!

Goals for 2017:
1. Log foods and exercise daily on MFP.
2. Exercise 4- 6 days per week increasing time weekly.
3. Balance work and personal life.
4. Spend some time on myself each day in relaxing or doing something fun.
5. (Stealing this from another MFP member, thank you!) End each month lighter than I started!

Looking forward to getting to know many of You! If you want to help someone through a life change of weight loss add me as a friend!

Rita in CT

Katla- thanks! Still fighting it though!

Having a good morning. Horses fed and done a little cleaning. Ordered a screen saver and protector for my new phone. I have book club later, we are discussing "Here if You Need Me". It is written by a chaplain for the Maine Warden Service. I enjoyed it. Will get groceries this afternoon.

Vitamin D - I have sarcoidosis and cannot take it. One of the odd things about this disease is that the granulomas produce a precursor to vitamin D and thus raise your vitamin D and serum calcium level. It is impossible to find multivitamins without D so I take separate ones.

Charleen - Enjoy that quilt retreat, sounds like fun.

Lisa - Congrats on quitting smoking again and especially getting the paper out without it.

Re - I love the water and water exercise. It is so much easier on the joints. I did water therapy immediately after my knee replacements. It was so much better than land therapy although I did that too. I have saggy skin too but bear in mind most of your time is spent under water where it doesn't show. Be sure to drink lots of water. You do sweat but just don't feel it so most people think they are hungry when they are really thirsty after swimming.

"Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things." - Herman Melville

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

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Hi all!
Finally got an Internet connection and can talk to you. DH has gone for a walk on the beach.
We arrived very tired after a loooong flight and then a two hour drive to the hotel. It was well gone midnight English time. We weren't raving about the room, but went and had a quite expensive, but reasonably pleasant dinner in the beach dining shack. Loud music and loud Americans. (Sorry)
We didn't sleep brilliantly, but this morning has gone MUCH better and the holiday has begun. Wonderful tour of Tulum this morning (ancient Mayan temples) and a pleasant lunch by the beach has put us in a good mood. I had the most fabulous green smoothie followed by squid. Lovely salsas for dipping. Tonight we get get a taxi into town to eat at a place our guide recommended. Much more authentic food and cheaper. We have fallen on our feet with the guide. She is great, very informative and speaks good English. I am managing to speak quite a bit of Spanish - much more than I managed in Spain. People seem happy to reply to me in Spanish.
On the way back from the ruins we stopped at a supermarket and bought snacks and cheap beer. Not paying hotel prices.
It just makes me cross to be paying inflated prices. :noway:
When DH gets back I will go for a swim. I might enter the ocean for a jump over the waves and then come back to the pool outside our door for a swim. I will wear my fully covering UV suit.
I do have one pic, but I have to get it off my phone.

Love you all, Heather in the Yucatan, Mexico

Hi All,

Unfortunately I am up another half pound in my weigh in this AM. I will say I have been diligent logging and measuring since the cheese cake disaster last Sunday.

Lisa in West, TX: So glad to hear that you put down the cigs. I smoked for 3 years and stopped about 2.5 years ago. It was quite a struggle. I used the patch.

SueBDew in TX: Congratulations on your weight loss.

Everyone have a great afternoon. Time to go to the grocery store and make good food choices

Cat in VA

Yesterday did an hour of yoga and then an hour of deep water. Today dad an advanced strength training DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a DVD on the rebounder.

Went to ceramics last night. Put another coat of paint on the head of the dolphin -- it was too streaky. Hope it fires OK. Today I volunteered at the Green Room after taking a donation to the soup kitchen, went to the bank (ATM), got my hair cut, back to the ATM, then to WalMart. Tomorrow we're leaving to go to PA -- Denise wants to go wedding dress shopping. We just realized that tomorrow we'll be on the beltway the day of the inauguration. Well, the beltway is ALWAYS crowded. Back to the Green Room to see a rehearsal of "Wait Unitl Dark". I really wanted to see this show and by the time I could sign up to usher, all the slots had been filled! Went to Krispy Kreme because Denise likes their donuts and yesterday the road in front of them was closed. Since I didn't know if it would be closed today, I just went early before the workers started

Welcome everyone new.

Gloria - Vince calls me the "eternal optimist"

Margaret - Vince said he found some sheets on eBay with a decent thread count at a good price. Most of them are new. If you ever need to get new ones, check there

Allie - so glad you are going to the lawyer and getting an review of your house. Sounds very good

Finished taking the ornaments off the last tree last night. Vince is now rolling up the rugs, trees are in the garage. We only have the rug and tree in the living room to be put away, it's all undecorated.

Lois - I'm with you on the "diets". I don't have a particular diet, I eat everything, just in moderation. I've gotten to where I love my veggies and fruits I know I wouldn't succeed if there were any foods that I really couldn't have or had to restrict significantly. That's just me

I was really hoping that I could go to the Y up by Denise, but it looks like I won't be able to. So I'll probably do some HIIT Sat. and Sun. That burns extra calories and I suspect I will need that, even trying to be good

Marcelyn - stay dry

janetr - so sorry about your sister and BIL. Will keep them in my prayers

Sherry so sorry about Missy. Let's hope things work out and you get her. I'm so so sorry about your situation.

Congrats on all the losses and NSV's

Marni - be careful. Hope there isn't too much damage from that fall. Sometimes it takes a while for it to show up. My bathing suit for water aerobics is chlorine resistant. The lining is starting to disintegrate, but the suit is just fine. Yes, they are a bit more expensive. But in the long run they are worth it. I got mine from Hanes Place or One Hanes, something like that, with "Hanes" in the name

Cheri - great steps

Re - I love water aerobics in the deep end. There is absolutely no impact but I sure get a good workout!

Sherry - Vince has a large safe where he keeps his guns. Good for you wanting to rescue a dog!

janetr - nice nails

Heather - really looking forward to you telling us all about your travels and living it thru you

Better go get dinner ready.

Michele in NC

cutie nails janetr !