WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST

Hi everyone,

It's a lovely morning today, sun shining and a humidity of 94% and I'm staying inside most of the day. We are going on a weekend trip to Orlando and having family and friends go with us to our timeshare. It'll be fun. We have five kids and five adults. It should prove interesting since we've only gone with family and the friends I am talking about we know only one daughter who is the best friend of my DGD, both 11 and the other two about 7 years old maybe 8. And their mom and BF. So I'm sure everything will be great.

I hope each of you has a great w/e.

Wish me luck on staying on my plan this w/e. Don't want to gain any as I am fluctuating now up and down. So will weigh myself when I get back. Hope to do some walking and swimming so hopefully that will take some calories off.

See you all when I get back.

Hi. I'm new here. My weight loss is going slowly, but at least I'm not gaining. Mfp is definitely helping. I need encouragement to get to the gym this week. I work at a school and have been working late, and then "I can't possibly go to the gym because I have to..." fill in the blank with some important task for my family.

Welcome Amy. This place definitely helps me. I have only lost 6 pounds but that is more than I have been able to lose before coming on here. You can friend me if you want to.

What a day today is. It has been raining and now the sun is coming out but still looks cloudy, it is now 65 now and suppose to get up to 74. Nice weather finally got rid of the humidity. Don't want any more 90 with heat index of 110. Give me upper 70s or lower 80s and I am happy.

Today will be a day of watching football, my Packers play tonight so I gotta watch them.

I hope everyone has a great day today. Enjoy.

I hope that everyone is having a good weekend. I am working so my weekend is over...another one will be here on Wednesday which is my next day off.

Welcome to all the new members....wonderful group of ladies here. You will love everyone. We are all here to help, guide, support you and to have fun too.

I have to share 2 NSV.....I can cross my legs is one.....I haven't been able to do that in at least 10 years. I noticed that about a week ago. I sat down and just automatically crossed my legs....stunned to say the least. The other one is just as amazing. I was wearing a dress to a party...and I haven't worn a dress in ages....but I wanted to wear something different as it was a summer garden party. Well, my thighs don't rub together any longer...imagine that!! Perhaps these sound silly, but to me, it means that I am making progress.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!!!!!!

Pam aka Cherubcrnp

That doesn't sound funny at all, those are great accomplishments and more will come.

Hi everyone, well I have been studying and working in the yard and studying some more. Doing a Level 2 Adjuster exam on Monday. I hope I will do ok but they are tough exams. Watching everything I eat and I am slowly whittling down a little bit every day. From some of the posts, it sounds like some folks are having a lot of life challenges that could very well impede progress. Stay strong and focus on targets. Stress is a killer and I can dive into the fridge so easily. Heading back to the gym next week - took a bit of a break. Having problems with my right shoulder - frozen. I had it with the left one and it took over a year to get over it. Now I have to watch what I do with my right arm all the time. I love to cross stitch so that is the main culprit. More stretching required.

A beautiful weekend up here in Calgary - will sit on my deck some more tomorrow and study. Get a little yard work done and I will feel better. May even take the bike down off its rack in the garage and go for ride.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Carol

Good morning everyone

Donna - to answer your question about lawn bowling. It is more like curling (if you've ever seen that, or know about it). The bowls are not round and curl when you roll them. So to aim at a little white ball called the Jack at the other end of the green and you have to roll the bowl to the side so that it curls in to the middle to be as close as you can to the Jack.

One load of laundry out on the clothes line at the moment. Some of the laundry was a new piece of fabric I just bought and the colour was rubbing off on to my hands, so obviously needed to be washed before I did anything else with it.

My DBF and I are off to a local Fair this afternoon. Not sure what is on, but we'll have a wander around and see what is going on.

Welcome Any - this is a great group with lots of support.

Hello Everyone,
Just needed to check in here to get myself back into the habit of logging and writing everyday. The birthday party for my husband was great. I definitely had plenty of food.....too much. Today we were wiped out. I didn't do much. I haven't been to the gym in two days. It is scary how fast those bad habits come back. I had diet coke today and I had stopped that long ago. Gotta be on track and get myself moving, drinking my water and following my plan.
Thanks for your posts!!

Sally

Natalie,sounds like you are making progress.
take care of yourself.
HUGS to all of you ,my friends 50+
jane

Hi everyone!

Haven't been on in a real long time, but I did finally catch up on the posts.

Natalie: I am so glad you had the surgery finally! I have been worrying and thinking about you ever since you mentioned the paid you were going through. It sounds like you are doing much better even with the current pain you are in. You sound totally different. Is this pain different from the other. It sounds like it is much more tolerable. And then today I heard you are walking with a cane and its only been a week and a half! That is so impressive!
I have been thinking of talking with a doctor about my own knee. Granted I am no way near as bad as you were. But it definitely affects the things I do or rather the things I can't do. Some days the pain is so bad I am loaded up on pain killers and am walking around like an ape. Then days like today I am walking fine with just slight pain. I cannot sit back on the heals of my feet at all. Which really hurts and bugs me to no end. NOW THOSE WHO ARE SQUEEMISH ABOUT TALKING ABOUT SEX, DON'T READ THIS NEXT PART! But dammit, I went through all that I have achieved in my weight loss journey so that I could walk again and have sex like a normal person. And I still can't do that!!!! I have never been able to sit on top while having sex because of my knees. They simply will not bend that way without excrutiating pain! I so wanted to experience that! It sucks!!

Okay sex rant over.

I have been swimming everyday since I moved into this complex. Sometimes twice a day. My girlfriend came over yesterday who I haven't seen in over 3 months and she said I looked skinny. Now I know that is BS but I do think I look better. For one thing I am the brownest I have ever been in my entire life. I usually am DAYGLOW white, but now I look like I belong in a coppertone ad. That's kind of cool. My clothes are looser too, and I have had to go and order more clothes now. Pretty soon I am going to have to throw my 26/28 clothes out forever. I still walk around in them with a clip attached to the waist to hold them up. I just can't throw them away. They honestly look like crap but they are so comfortable. When I wear clothes that actually fit me, I feel confined in them. So do I go with bag lady look clothes for comfort or "wow you look terrific!" clothes that start to bug me because they are form fitting? I am even getting complaints from people who say, "I didn't realize you looked like that, because you are wearing clothes that look like potato sacks." So one day I will break down and toss them. I can't give them away because they are so beat up that no one would want to wear them. lol (Except me, that is)

I am still following my normal way of eating but due to bbq's and get togethers fudge a little. But I have it under control so I am good. I also am still with my guy friend and we are getting closer everyday, despite having my mom around amazing enough!

Speaking of her, I have to go and pick up her dishes from dinner and do her toileting now. So I am off.

Keep going strong everyone!
Natalie I am proud of you being such a trooper. I am watching your every step.

Chiclet

Natalie , so glad you are doing much better.

To others thinking of you. Just don't have the energy to respond to everyone.

Today and tomorrow I have Dr. duty with my Dad. I will be busy with him. He live alone and really had no interest in TV or listening to music. He just sits and thinks. but that is the way his mind works now that he has had his storks and lost my mom. It will be one year Aug 26 that she has passed and this has been the worst year for me. I wish she was still with me. She was my Rock.

But, I have been really keeping on track with my eating and happy about that. I am really ready to get back into my skinny clothes and I am on my way.

This site is the best for that and I am so happy for this post.

Well, I'm off doing the daughter things to do.

Take care everyone. Maybe I will check in later. It is raining here and might get bored so I might have time to read more of the post.

Chat later

Kathy, (plantlady):flowerforyou:

A quick hello from MT! Glad to catch up a bit and WELCOME to the many new members! This is a fantastic place!

Mimi: I am struggling to get 3 days in a row off of carb/sugar craving...you are right...once you give in to them, they keep calling you! Hang in there! I am right behind you!

Wild lightening storm in the middle of the night here last night...not so much rain, but a wild show! DH and I slept later than usual because of it, so I am off track with my morning. Will get a nice walk in with a friend in a bit and have a long hike planned for tomorrow. NOW...I just have to PLAN my food a bit better and leave off the red wine a bit at night. Wish me luck!

chicklet: Good to hear from you too. I am curious, like Michele and Jeannie about your "guy"! Hope all is well

Kathy: Way to go with being on track...keep it up! It feels so good to be in that groove...I am trying to get back there!

Take care all, and have a great day, Kackie

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Happy happy grandma here: Announcing birth of new grandson Zachary. Weighed in at 10.5 lbs (!!), finally by emergency C-section after many hours of labor on August 11, 2011. (Poor mom). SIL and I were with her. The whole family is doing great now. Zachary never suffered one itty bit. And is he ever cute!!

ttyl.

Rebel

:flowerforyou: Hi again!

Michelle, Jeannie and Kackie:laugh:

Was it that obvious that I am finally having sex again......and yes with my guyfriend! lol It is the same guy that I met back in March and we have been seeing each other ever since. Why he sticks with me I'll never know. Between dealing with my mother and my ups and downs because of her, PLUS with me being overweight, I still don't understand it. As a matter of fact today I went with my neighbor, who I helped set up the food delivery for, to take the dogs a walk. This is a joke though because whereas I walk to the pet area on the other side of the property, he drives over there because he says it's too far to walk.:huh: (He's actually out of shape and can't stand to exercise). But today I called him up to see if I could hitch a ride with him as it was near 95 degrees and Boo was panting like crazy before we are even halfway there! (Another one that is out of shape and hates to exercise!) So I hop in his car and off we go with the dogs and he pulls in to a parking spot next to the dog area and proceeds to back in and out a zillion times and I let out this big sigh and he says, "I'm doing this for you so I can park next to the empty spot so you have room to get out Chubby" He said I deserved that because I sighed he said jokingly. All I know is I heard "chubby" and all my insecurities came rushing back and I felt so crappy and ugly. Then I began having thoughts about why my guy even wants to go to bed with me, let alone be with me? It's amazing how one little sentence can destroy you. I know my neighbor was joking when he said it. But I also know that he really feels that way too. He has made other remarks before about my weight. I even told him that I've lost at least 70 pounds already and he just says "Yeah, right." This coming from a man who is at least 70 pounds overweight!:noway: It never ceases to amaze me how people can criticize someone when they have the same or worse problem than you. Oh, well.:ohwell:

Went swimming today and increase my laps, stomach exercises and push ups today. I also was invited to a movie with a neighbor, (lady) and we saw, "The Help" which was very good. I think I am going to buy the book as books offer so much more than movies do of the story. It should be an excellent read. Then I went in the evening to help another neighbor with choosing a Medi-Cal HMO insurance as the wording boggled her mind. Since I have been down that road with my mother, it doesn't look like a foreign language to me. she broke down crying saying she was so glad I was there to help her. I felt so bad for her. She is going through a lot with medical issues and I was just glad to help relieve her from some of the pressure.

Well it's late and I would like to say that I am going to bed now, but I am not. I want to catch the remainder of the "Craig Ferguson Show". I need to laugh and his humor is right up my alley.

Talk to you later.
Good night
Chiclet

:flowerforyou: Chiclet, maybe I should mind my own business but I just have to say this...I would not allow this fellow to make these comments to you. They are obviously hurtful:brokenheart: and tear away at you self confidence. Comments like this are not kind and they are not funny. Let him know that you do not appreciate these remarks, if he says he is kidding then tell him you find them unfunny and offensive, but do not allow anyone to say these things to you. Remarks like this are not inadvertant, they are abuse.

I know you have enjoyed his company and if he truly cares for you will not make comments that he knows are hurtful to you.

Now for my good news....I am off that damn plateu! :bigsmile: Scale moved finally, I hit the 15 pounds lost mark yesterday...woo hoo, isn't it funny that no matter how much you want that next goal as soon as you reach it you cannot wait to reach the next one...onward and downward for me.

Today is the day I have my mammogram recheck, I am apprehenive to say the least:yawn: .. My appointment is not until 1:30 I will be on pins and needles until it is over.

Hope you have a good day. Sissy

gratz on the new grandchild!

been off the wagon (this site) for a couple of weeks.
bad rita.

Chickelet - I am trying to be open minded about the comment. It is hard to tell if he was trying to joke (bad choice of words) or if he was trying to be mean. I guess, my next question is if he says this kind of thing a lot or if this was the first and hopefully the last time. Definitely, tell him the remark bothered you.

I had a surprise today- my husband called and asked me to join him for lunch. This is the first time ever he has done anything like that. Granted, he has always worked before. Still I was so happy to be asked to lunch.

Have a great day everyone!

Jeannie