WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

barbiecat · March 2018

I have been participating in this thread for years and have found the support and encouragement a key part of my journey to health and fitness. I hope you will join me and find the same joy.

The name of the thread is "Women Ages 50+" but all women are welcome.

We talk about weight loss and fitness and the ups and downs in our lives that affect this journey. We try to stay away from topics that might be controversial or might offend others in any way. Kindness is important.

Be sure to bookmark the thread so you can find it again.

How did you do with the goals and resolutions that you made for February?

What goals or resolutions have you made for March?

February Resolutions (with end of the month comments)
*sort, organize, and discard line dance step sheets (made a tiny beginning)
*weight training three days a week (only four times all month)
*average 15,000 steps a day (averaged well over 16,000 steps)

March Resolutions
*sort, organize, and discard line dance step sheets
*weight training three days a week
*average 15,000 steps a day
*be a good caregiver for my husband following his surgery

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington

My word for 2018 is "tenacity"

okiewoman510 · March 2018

Thanks Barbie for starting us off with the new thread!

February Results:
*Lose 3 lbs - Done, lost 5.6 lbs
*Close all my rings every day on my watch - Done
*Continue to stretch 3X week - Done - most weeks 5X, even while in Hawaii

*Continue to log every bite - Done

Goals for March:
*Lose 4 lbs
*Close all watch rings every day
*Stretch 4X a week
*Log every bite

I know the new goals look just like the old ones, but if it's not broke, don't fix it!

Okie in the TX Hill Country

barbiecat · March 2018

Okie, my goals all look like the ones from the month before and they all look like the ones from the month before that. Staying consistent with a good plan has helped me build a better life.

kymarai · March 2018

Happy March ! Almost here! Will retype tomorrow since just deleted everything!
Prayers and thankfulness!
Kylia in it's raining again in Ohio!

Machka9 · March 2018

February Highlights:

200 km Randonnee (timed long distance bicycle ride)... actually 215 km completed within the time limit of 13- 1/2 hours with almost an hour to spare. So it ended up taking us 12 hours and 35 min.
February Century - my 14th in a row. We've been cycling one 100-mile ride each month for the past 14 months. This was also the 200 km ride mentioned above ... two birds ...
57 Hours and 35 Minutes of exercise! Better than my last couple years!
Over 700 km of cycling outside. My goal for this was actually 600 km, so 700 km is great!
A 5-day cycling tour in Victoria
Finished my 7th University Course, my 3rd of the particular level I'm hoping to complete soon, and started my 8th Uni Course, and the 4th and last one of the particular level I'm working on.

Starting to tick things off my Goals list:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/goals-for-2018-944264

March Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of running)

March 2015: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
March 2016: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
March 2017: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min

Looking Forward into March 2018:

My goal for March 2018 is something over my March 2016 total.

As it happens, March is shaping up to be insanely busy. I continue to work full time. I will be in the thick of another university course. And we've got more rides coming up than I actually feel comfortable with ... and we're organising and riding 2 of them! This means that I've got to get busy and finish organising them this weekend. I've also started stepping up my training. Sleep? What's sleep?

Machka in Oz

coastalgosgal · March 2018

Thanks Barbie! You're amazing! And.... I love ya!

March Goals
-log my food daily
-drink 64 oz of liquid a day. (Wine doesn't count... Jk!!)
-exercise nightly
-read daily

Get beads every week! Each bead is a lb lost. When I lose it, I put it on a bracelet!

Tonight I'm kind of hungry! I got this!
Becca
Oregon coastie with the mostie!

exermom · March 2018

Sinuses acting up.

Thanks, barbie, for the link

Michele in NC

coastalgosgal · March 2018

Every healthy meal is a celebration!

sdjm62 · March 2018

Thank you for continuing this thread!

FEBRUARY goal was to log my foods every day. I hit the mark about 90% but did log in more often than if I hadn't made it my public goal.

MARCH I will:
Continue to log my foods every day, and
Post something every other day, even if it's to say "Hi."

Sue in Troutdale, OR

hearingyou2 · March 2018

Hi everyone,
One day at a time. One goal at a time. Building a healthy life one day, one step, one brick at a time. Love it!

Recently I realized that when I encounter a temptation in the form of a piece of food (a bag of chips, a box of chocolates, whatever), I have an opportunity to make a choice. And the choice I'm going to allow myself is to choose to either have none or have one. It used to be all or nothing. Either don't have any or have a larger quantity. Since it is a pain to log little items that aren't important, and every calorie ought to be nutritious on the reduced calorie diet I am on, I am thinking twice before eating and logging has truly stopped the old binge eating pattern for me. But I recognize that allowing myself some kind of choice may be more realistic than always "no" and it is less black and white which may be good for me. I am going to try this for a while. And whatever I eat, I am logging. That is no choice. Apparently because unless I'm logging I exhibit poor insight into how much I eat, poor choices as the quality of the food and the quantity, and I just gain weight and gain weight. Logging has helped me to consistently lose and it has the potential to help me consistently maintain once I reach the place where I don't need to or shouldn't lose more.

So keeping in mind the above and my continued calorie goal of 1200 per day (give or take a little), here are my goals for March. Thanks for listening!

1. Breakfast daily with some protein and fiber in it.
2. Keep sugar down to keep hunger down.
3. Keep fiber intake up. Keep protein up.
4. Log every single bite and complete log daily.
5. Treadmill daily for at least 5 minutes just so I keep remembering it's there and get my blood moving.
6. Pilates class twice weekly unless there is another obligation that forces me to skip.
7. Personal training once weekly.
8. Find my missing Fit Bit and start logging steps again. Start working toward 10 k steps daily.
9. Do some major cooking and meal prep at least once or twice a week to make the meals easier.
10. Continue to weight myself at least weekly and log it in to see what happens!

I hope to find more friends on here. Not sure how to ask someone to be a friend. Do you have to be a paying member? Do you have to know the person's email?

I am a relative newbie. I've been tracking long enough to know it is working. I think I lost 11 pounds so far.

hearingyou2 · March 2018

My "word" for the month is "self compassion."

Margie from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

ryenday · March 2018

I’m not great with setting these goals- and I didn’t set any in Jan or Feb. But I have a few for March.
Get serious about recomping this body and getting more fit: so Hula Hoop for 15 minutes 6 days a week. Strength train 3x a week (up from 2x). Swim more regularly (try to find a routine and schedule that swimming fits into instead of random and haphazard swim sessions). Eat at maintenance in March except for a Fast Mimicking Diet 5 days.

My word this year is “strength”.

fanncy0626 · March 2018

Barbie- thanks for taking such great care of us!

Mary from Arizona

wildhorsewendy · March 2018

Thanks Barbie, you're a rock.

March Goals:

Weightlift 3 x a week

Run every day 30 mins to an hour (Set alarm and get up early to run before day drama starts)

Follow Ernestine Shepherd's diet as closely as I can

Set up Movie Room with machines so I will burn off tv cals

Cook Rice and sweet potatoes in bulk twice a week

Have as many peak moments every day as I can!

Wendy

wildhorsewendy · March 2018

Hearingyou2, welcome and jump on board. We are all headed to a lower place on the scale. Most of us on here I think, don't use the "friend" option much. We all just chat in a big group here, rather than in one on ones. Just let us know what your name is and where you're from so we can remember you better and address you when we want to make a remark.

Wendy (New Zealand) I rarely put that!

I'm just off for a bike ride with Jock, my foxie jack russell cross.

evie1958 · March 2018

Barbie, thank you for March's thread.
Margie, there is no paying involved in being on MFP or any thread on it. You can click on peoples names and send them a friend request or personal message. This is just one big friendly group, no real need to "friend" people individually, we all will support, comfort, and commiserate with you, and we will even give you a kick if you ask us to!
Well teeth are brushed and my calories are under for the day. I didn't even count the 30 min that I was on the treadmill. I did count the elliptical trainer tho.
My goals for Feb were:
1. Lose 6 lbs down 1.4
2. Stretching exercises every day missed about 10 days when I injured my back
3. Track, track, track did most days, did better than Jan, but still not every day
4. Go to gym 4-5 days per week did good except for the 10 days when I injured my back
5. Get more sleep by going to bed earlier yeah, not so good there.
So all in all, while Feb was not the greatest, I think it's something I can live with. Oops, battery is about to die, hope everyone has a great day!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island

fanncy0626 · March 2018

March Goals

1. Ease back into the Keto diet.
2. Kettlebell Workout 6-7 times a week.
3. Swim and hot tub 4-5 times a week.
4. Hike 3-4 times a week.
5. Maintain weight around 125 pounds. +or- 5 pounds.
6. Log food daily.

Word for the month- grace

Quote for the month- "for nothing will be impossible"

Mary from Arizona

evie1958 · March 2018

Oh yeah, I forgot! One more goal that I had was to weigh myself only once per week and I managed to do that! I was very tempted a few times, but I resisted!
I will be attempting the same goals for March, we shall see how it all works out!
Becca, my younger son is 29 and, as far as I know, hasn't settled on one woman yet. He lives a few provinces over, so don't get to see him much. I do like your idea of the business cards! lol
Evelyn, Vancouver Island

dreamwriter · March 2018

Wendy - Some movies I like are WarHorse, Wild Hogs, Bad Moms and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Heather - The house sounds perfect for you. Hoping everything goes as you want.

Mary - Vertigo sucks.

Dana - I'm sorry the last 2 years have been so tough.
It is a great and wondrous thing to have your own dance party.

I took this day slowly.
The meeting was okay but I have received the bad news that Short Term Disability was not grandfathered in on my benefits. I can keep my benefits for now by giving them postdated cheques . Hmmm....not sure how that will work if I am on another program.
I will go to Alberta Works in the morning and start the balls rolling.
It was weird handing over my keys and knowing that it will probably be permanent. My boss put his foot in it again but whatever. There are still people that I care about there and I wish them nothing but the best.
I'm still not sure how I feel although there is definitely some relief.

Jheri and I shared Pad Thai for lunch. She talked enthusiastically about the experience at the gallery. Others had warned her that not all the paintings she took down would be chosen and not to take it personally. She not only had all those chosen but was asked if she had any more at home if so go get them. So now she has all her flowers hung on one wall and all her bees on the other. Theme complete. They had what they call a showcase open so that is where the other paintings are. "Speak Freely" the Mother Naturey painting along with 4 animal paintings. An owl, a butterfly, and a fish. I can't think of the other one. 20 paintings in all and the curator said this is a strong show. At this art gallery a woman once spoke condescendingly to Jheri about her window painting and face painting and said it wasn't anything that could be taken seriously or you could make a living with. What do you say now B**ch? Don't mess with my Warrior Princess because you have yet to make it into a gallery.
We then went to the Tourism Centre because Jheri wants to rent the board room for a children's event. My friend, Jo-Anne runs the place. Jheri did not realize that she knew the person she has been conversing with.

I did take Harmony to dance. Kim complained about my son all the way there and all the way back. I told her I don't want to hear it and that Harmony certainly should not. Grrrr.....she makes me MAD!

Sharon in Lethbridge hoping the snow forecast is wrong.

fanncy0626 · March 2018

Sharon - sorry to hear about the short term disability. Exciting about the art gallery! I definitely understand about hoping the forecast for snow is wrong! I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Mary from Arizona

LisaInAR · March 2018

Thank you, Barbie, for setting us up for success for one more month! You're such an amazing human being.

My word for 2018 is/was, "balance." Trying to find that in all things.

February was successful, as I came out lighter than I went into it, in a number of ways.

March's goal is to see Onederland by the end of the month.

I'll be traveling all the last week - NC to El Paso to NM to Midland, TX, back to El Paso and finally back to NC in a six-day span, so accomplishing that may be tougher than usual--as it's 7.3 pounds away. But, I'm setting myself up to get there, and I shall soldier on, so to speak.

My insomnia is kicking in again - when I'm not sedating myself with food, my sleeping gets completely erratic. Trying to get in a routine, but easier said than done.

Our son is headed for Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Tuesday and is setting himself up for success (it's a theme!), has a room rented, and an interview right after he gets there, and hoping for good things for him over the next month or two. Hopefully both Corey and I, but certainly I, at least, will be there six weeks later should things go south. Can only hope for the best--he has to make things happen.

Daughter is headed for the field Friday, won't be back until the 15th, so the two of us are all alone for two weeks. Oh, except two grandkids, two massive dogs, and two cats. Should be interesting. She'll be back a week, and then I turn around and leave for a week. So March should pass quite quickly. Then my vacation days begin April 13, and I have until the 22nd to get to Arkansas and get settled in. If the current renters on the house get out as planned at the end of next week, and the make-ready takes a week, the timing should be just perfect for the rent to begin just as I get there. Hoping they'll mail a key, so I can stay there the night I get there, but may ask the property management company for assistance with someone to get the electric, gas and water on. The nearest hotel is nine miles away, so may be there a night or two before I can get it all settled. Hope not!

The biggest thing I'm hoping for is that our son-in-law gets his early return date from Syria of April 3, and returns safe and sound, so my husband and I can travel together and I won't be alone and wading through all of this. But necessity will win out, in the end.

Here's to a lovely and peaceful March for all of us, and for the situation overseas, as well. Nothing like hoping for world peace for personal reasons!

Love y'all,
Lisa

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