WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2017

I am officially down 60 pounds as of this morning. I guess the extra weight loss of these last two weeks is my body's way of saying thank you for the vacation!

I have been meaning to share the link for a Thai Fresh Pea soup recipe that I tried and loved. While it would no doubt be better with fresh peas, it was delicious with frozen peas. I did not bother to make the green curry paste from scratch, just used one from the grocery store. I did double the onions and garlic and used 2 tsp of the curry paste, which gave it a zing, but was not overpowering. http://oneperfectbite.blogspot.fr/2009/04/thai-fresh-pea-soup-with-green-curry.html

Becca: Love the Astoria rocks. That is the kind of adventure I would have loved to share with my kids when they were small.

DrKatieBug: Great news about the followup mammogram results!

Machka: What a fabulous view! The blue of the water is amazing!

Penny: Thanks for the water warning; I have been trying to up my water, but seem stuck around 6-7 glasses per day. After reading the signs you mentioned, I think I am okay where I am.

Tere: The chicken with white bean soup sounds lovely.

Rimmy: 92 pounds down is amazing!

Lillian: Congratulations on the weight and inches lost!

Leigh in France

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morning peeps - getting old is not for the week, 58 is not starting out good enough for me

Good morning!

I stayed under my allotment yesterday and did not take do any eating in bed last night either! I did not have any exercise calories for the buffer either. I have noticed that I am doing a bit more planning on how my day is going to look foodwise - hopefully, this will help me stick to my goals.

Leigh in France - Congrats on your loss!!

Good morning, all. At work and a little sore this morning. My lower back and right hip (where I have had bursitis in the past) has been giving me fits. My hip felt like it was on fire this morning. I am going to try to sleep on the floor for a couple nights to see if that helps. Hubby insists on a waterbed (he is such a 70’s guy), and even though we have a firm waveless mattress, I think it may still be aggravating my joint pain. It can’t just be age, right??

Tere and Lenora: My grandmother had fig trees and made fig jam. I loved it! Once we get our garden in shape (we just recently moved into our home), I am hoping to have a potted fig tree for my husband’s porch.

Machka and Chris: Beautiful beach pictures. I was tempted to try to go to the coast this weekend, but we’ve been so busy and have scheduled travel for the next few weekends, so I decided staying home this weekend was the best option.

Heather: What beautiful granddaughters! I love those suits.

Kate: I had my gall bladder removed a few years ago, and it changed my life. You will feel so much better once you are rid of it!

It’s a beautiful day today in the pacific northwest. I am looking forward to my lunch hike. I brought fresh strawberries, plain whole milk yogurt, and Udi's gluten free granola for lunch today. Have I already said how amazing Oregon strawberries are??? I am going to have to track down some more. We have a few in our garden, but not nearly enough for me!

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

I've been STARVING all afternoon today. Had various healthy snacks that didn't touch the sides! Just now had my dinner - a huge chilli! Luckily I only had it with roasted cauliflower. I'm docking 400 calories. Stuffed now!
Haven't been that hungry in ages.

I did have one unit of Campari ( 50 mls ) and soda. I have the set of measures from Amazon. Saves me just sloshing too much into the glass.

Been getting texts all day from my friend up in York as she completes on her brand new apartment. She is now in there, but she dinged her new car in the underground car park. Her sister is with her for moral support. I am excited for her. Big move from south to north at the age of 68.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Machka – What country? Since you use terms in meters – figure it isn’t the USA.

Louise – You really shouldn’t refer to this as a ‘diet’ (most tend to set themselves up for failure by doing so); it is a ‘life-style change for the better way of eating healthy’. Tracking what you eat will give you an idea of ‘how’ you eat, and what changes you need to make. First talking to your MD or a Nutritionist to find out what # of calories taken it; and, how many # of calories to burn it off is always a good idea. MFP will give you a number; but, that might not be low enough unless you do a lot of exercise. My CI (from Nutritionist) is a lot lower than that set by MFP. But, I 2 handfuls of medications and vitamins and supplements to ‘kill a horse’. Most of the medications I take have ‘weight gain’ as a side effect; so it takes a lot lower CI; and a higher CO for me to lose weight and once I do, it still will … ergo ‘life-style change’. I haven’t given up the foods I like; but, I’ve changed the way they are prepared.

Chris in MA – Can’t wait until we have our ‘sisters’ weekend later on, probably in early Fall.

Rimmy – Great loss; and, I know how much it felt for me to get out of the ‘obese’ and now back down to ‘overweight’; 2 more points, maybe 20 more pounds I will be a ‘normal’ BMI.

Heather – Will brought us a quart jar of homemade dill pickles – I ate every single one of them, one a night. I told him that I hoped he could find someone that made them and could buy a couple of jars of them. Had the real dill weed in it. I used the juice on things that I like, tuna salad, egg salad, regular salads … nothing from that pickle jar was wasted.

I love fresh homegrown tomatoes; but, I cannot eat ketchup. I put mustard on my hashbrowns, fries, or anything that ketchup would be used.

Grandkids are precious. Bea is going to be able to ‘hold her own’ when the 2 older ones try to give her trouble.
I know when I lost my first pregnancy – It really made the ones that produced my 2 sons and they came out with no complications made me be a better mother to them. I did not want to ever lose another child; but, it was just as difficult when Louis’ daughter lost her first child when she was struck and killed by a ‘high’ teenager. Then we went through another loss when Sherry decided she no longer wanted us in her ‘life’. So out of 6 granddaughters, we’ve lost 2; both are hers.

Becca – YUMMY salad … I could eat it right now!

Tere in RVA – The man who grows enough tomatoes to supply the entire county and still sells a lot to local restaurants and 2 huge fig trees and he does not even charge us for the figs. I think the one on the front near the street has the best ones because they are smaller; but, we pick as many as we can (hopefully before the birds get to them).

Katla – My surgeon asked if I wanted to ‘keep my stones’. Not hardly! Glad for them to be ‘gone’ and did not want to have a reminder of the pain the caused. They looked like chunks of gravel (just not quite as rough).

Felicia – II think I am going to see if Mr. Vernon will let us take a couple of cutting off his tree; they root very easily. My boss’s Dad gave us 2 in pots; and, we planted them in our back yard in Albany; but, the lady would bought the house re-did the entire landscape of the yard.

Lenora

Heather your gallstones sound amazing. Almost like the star one sees if cutting an apple across the seed pods.



Mary from Minnesota

Today's lunch salad: fresh spinach, whole wheat penne pasta, 1 oz tuna, with poppyseed dressing! Tonight is some homemade lasagna. I am feeling so much better these days!
Becca

Awe get better Danaree!!

Oops Peaches!

Lenora and Katla - is there another Louise in this group? I have not referred to being on a diet.

June Accountability
Progress - Sunday, June 4th

1. Carbs 50-75g (limit 25g/meal)
(B8, L46, D18 = 72)
✔️2. Fiber 30g (35g)
✔3. Track/complete entry daily
✔️4. Vegetables - big salad daily
5. Exercise - log 30 Fitbit minutes
✔6. No eating after 9pm.
✔️7. In bed by 12am
✔8. Zone work - 15 minutes daily
9. Monthly tasks bingo (24 tasks)
✔10. Art Challenge: Daily ICAD

• Carbs. Had a cup of Red beans and rice for lunch. High in carbs and fiber. So I went over my 25g limit. I'm okay with that once in a while.

• Challenge.. No go. I did not get up and out today. Just couldn't make myself. Got to bed earlier but woke up at 6am with twitchy legs. Drank some water and went back to bed - without my CPAP. Woke up late feeling groggy. I get twitchy legs on a rare occasion - once every couple of months. By "twitchy" I mean restless. I have an urge to move them to shake the feeling.

Thunderstorms this evening.
-- Ginger in Texas
Note to self: pp 1, 5, 8, 11, 12.