WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018

I am enjoying reading the great posts from you all. Today I did ok eating certainly better than I have been overall. I did prelog a couple of my meals. I made an instant pot meal tonight for myself. I think next time I'll put in a few more spices. As i have a 3 qt. pot I have to divide ingredients and need to check it out better.
I too am getting a sodium warning when I log my soup. My doctor suggested I consider a more Mediterranean style diet - lots less processed food many more vegetables. That is something I will work toward.
I have decided to do some of the couch to 5k training to increase my moderate exercise. Though I walk 11000 steps at least 5 days/week, doctor says I need to work out at a moderate level more often. So I'll try a few weeks of that and go back to spinning once a week.
Have a great evening

Michele in NC, I do pay for the TRX classes at the rec centre. The gym that I go to has the straps, but no classes, so I'll sometimes work out with them on my own.
Kayla, thanks for understanding!! This definitely is a large group to keep track of! It doesn't help when it's late and I'm on here when I should be heading to bed!!
Becca, yeah, those quick and easy prepared soups are usually brutally high for sodium. I still will have some once in awhile, but never the night before weigh in!! lol
Tomorrow is my weigh in day, sure keeping my fingers crossed! I think I've done fairly well in the past week, we will see. Just have to keep on keeping on! Have a good one, ladies.
Evelyn, Vancouver Island

Becca: Keeping your DH in my prayers. I hope he is able to get his transplant taken care of in a way that allows him to feel healthier and happier. I agree with Barbie about canned food. Most often it is loaded with sodium. If you buy a can of food, read the label first to be sure it is okay for your body. A single 7 oz can of Chicken of the Sea tuna in my pantry has 180 mg of sodium. Of course I will use it, probably in a casserole or tuna salad sandwiches. I won't eat the whole thing by myself. I'll avoid adding any additional sodium and will watch my portions. Some of us are more sensitive to salt than others. I know right away if I've had too much salt because of the way my hands feel. (((HUGS)))

Barbie: DH & I are both in agreement with your point of view regarding the cleaner. She won't be asked to come back here. I'll muddle along on my own until we can find someone who is more reliable. The same beauty shop that recommended our dog sitter also has business cards from people who clean houses. We'll ask to see some when we get home. :ohwell:

Machka: I love your Patience, Just Keep Going message. Thanks!

Ryenday: I love your potassium list. We use sweet potatoes rather than winter squash in a number of meals because it is easier for me to prepare and cook. I was very pleased to see that it also has a good amount of potassium. YAY! :bigsmile:


It isn't even 9pm and DH is in bed already. We leave home tomorrow. We'll stay overnight in a hotel in Portland that offers shuttle service to the airport and safe parking for our car. They'll transport us to the airport on time and pick us up when we return. That resolves a lot of worries. :bigsmile:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon


"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Machka - nice poster, but achieved is spelled wrongly. :laugh: Perhaps that's on purpose!

Unfortunately, many of those memes do have spelling errors.

Nevertheless, I'm seeing quite a number of people on MFP lately who seem to think that their weight should drop right off with just a few weeks of altered eating and exercise.

It takes patience, persistence, and consistency.

One of the things that really helped me in 2015 was that I first decided to stick with a net of 1250 calories for 3 weeks. That's all. Just three weeks. But every single day without fail during those three week. That was doable. Then I decided to extend it to 5 weeks ... and then 10 weeks ... and next 16 week. Each time I reached a week-goal, I reassessed what I wanted to do, and decided to keep going.

When I hit 16 weeks I had lost 15 kg. I went on holiday for a month, and went on a diet break. Yay! I stopped logging and tracking my food but I exercised a lot.

Those first 16 weeks had gone so well, I decided to keep going for another 16 weeks when I returned from my holiday ... and lost another 10 kg.

For me, it really helped knowing that what I was doing wasn't forever. I could give up potato chips, cakes, large ice creams etc. for 16 week knowing that I could have those things at the end of 16 weeks. But the interesting thing was ... I've lost the taste for a lot of those things. I'll have them once in a while, but for the most part, the cravings are gone.

Remember that I did a run 10 days ago ... the Cadbury 10K? I got a large block of chocolate as a prize at the end of the run. Half of it is still in the fridge. I've also still got an Easter Bunny from last Easter and a few remaining Christmas chocolates. I used to eat chocolate every day ... there was a time when all that would have been gone in a day or two. Now ... it's not really that important.


M in Oz

Rye- Is there a high school or junior high school near you? I remember my days as a drama parent/booster, there were a few men and women from the community, who had no ties to the school, that would come in and help us with set design, make up, hair, costumes. They were fantastic and it was a way they could help and stay involved in the community doing something they enjoyed. They also need people to do things like costume "laundry". Or script copying, etc. Things that you can do at home when it is convenient for you. Or think about your passion and volunteer to help during an event. Like an art event. Communities always need some one to help organize and set up those events.
Becca - I rarely do canned soups anymore. The sodium in them is a food diary nightmare and as I have cut most sodium from my diet, they taste really salty to me. Try buying sodium free broths. That is what I use, then I can flavor/salt to my taste.
Heather- Enjoy your Burns Night! I think, if I could be a fly on the wall, I would want to do so at your place and watch this party! (Although, if you are like me, any fly on the wall in my house would be meeting an untimely death). I hear you on the tomato juice. I have long enjoyed Bloody Mary's during vacations or occasionally on days off. Since kicking the sodium habit, I have to either make my own or ask for it to be made with tomato juice (and they just give me the condiment bottles to add the spices). It really is amazing once you swear off sodium, how much you notice it in EVERYTHING! I am also a bit of a chocolate snob. I buy a bar of dark chocolate in the specialty section and keep it in "my" cupboard. DH and DYS don't eat it, they aren't dark chocolate fans. We have a couple of chocolatiers in our community, one woman makes the most beautiful chocolate pieces of art! Expensive, but I get them for my daughter for a stocking stuffer at Christmas and for me as a treat when I reach a goal. I haven't had any in more than a year (lol, I need to get my tushie in gear).
Machka- I love how you broke down your weight loss journey into bite sized pieces! I just did two things yesterday. Displayed two jars in my kitchen: One with 88 glass stones to represent the 88 pounds I want to lose, and one empty. I am hoping the visual of moving each stone from a full jar to the emptier one will spur me forward. The other thing I did: Break my goals down into manageable "bites" in my journal. (ie A goal for six weeks, a goal for 12 weeks, another 12 after that, and so on...) Seeing it written down gave me new energy! You are an inspiration! I can do this!

I had to walk very slowly yesterday, as my knee was sore. I was up and down on the ladder Sunday night to put up Luau deco and Monday night to take it down. My knee swelled a bit. I guess it is okay with walking but the stairs are still something I need to wait or just not do too many. *sigh Going slow is SOOOOOO hard! My knee feels much better this morning. AFter my walk, I got off it and iced it, then took a shower before an early "to bed". Missed a Viber chat with Joaquin (I could hear the tones in my sleep), but DH got to talk to them.

I have another interview with a family looking for care two days a week for their baby. I will go through with the interview. They don't need care until April. I am on the fence about adding another baby. I can do it. Not doubting my ability, just trying to weigh the money it would bring in, with my desire to have another baby here (even for two days).

kids arriving. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)

A bit late, but only just recently got these photos ...

This is me crossing the finish line of the Cadbury 10K run on January 14.





BTW - I went to my chiro today about my numb foot (my left foot kept falling asleep during the run) ,and a bit of niggly pain in my right knee.

I've got an inflamed and irritated disc in my lower back which could be from running or from all the walking I did during those 8 days of the course. All that walking I did to and from the university (4 km every day) plus all the walking I did at lunches (anywhere from 1.8 to 8.5 km) was done with a relatively heavy backpack on my back. Or it could have been a combination of the two.

Also, my right knee isn't tracking quite right. I kind of suspected as much. Cycling works 3 of the 4 quads which tends to pull the knee off track ... the 3 strong quads pull the knee outward, and the 4th quad on the inside isn't strong enough to do anything about it. So I've got to start doing more weights and things to strengthen that 4th quad.

I haven't run since the 10K, which is probably a good thing right now, and probably shouldn't for a couple more weeks until I can build up the strength of that 4th quad a bit.

Meanwhile, my focus is on cycling and walking, which my chiro was happy for me to continue to do.


M in Oz