WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST

welcome back Barbie we missed you to.

I am so bummed that I have gained most of the weight back. last year at this time I was 30 pounds lighter than I am now. I can't seem to figure out how to do the exersize thing with work. My eating hasn't slipped that much but I do drink more alcohol than I should or than I did when I was losing. I know I will find something that works for me but I am really felling low right now.

Good Morning ladies.... I am going OUT today, someone is picking me up, and I am going to play BRIDGE, with my group.... I can't drive for 4 more weeks, (that sucks), but it was my right knee that was done, sooooo, can't drive with me left one.
Tonight we are going to babysit for the new granddaughter... so daughter and SIL can go out to dinner.
Didn't get on the scale this morning, ate before I could do that, and forgot..
Just finished breakfast, nice to just relax, and drink my coffee without having to rush somewhere sometimes eh?
Natalie

HI!Everyone!Missed you all.trying to catch up .Was sick last week.The move triggered an asthma flareup and 2 infections.On the mend now.
Cathy-prayers for your brother.
Natalie-u r making progress.have fun on your outing.
Michele-Prayers your way for the biopsy.My sister just has one and was freaking out.Thank God is was normal.It`s understandable to be nervous.
Everyon else have a good day.
Welcome to anyone new or anyone I personally missed who needs prayers.
Have a great fri.
HUGS
jane

Well, my goal is to show up, so I'm doing ok.

Welcome rhian! Sounds like you have a good handle on your eating, that's wonderful! I don't know if I could live without chocolate. I don't need it all the time, but never? I'd have a tough time with that one, so I give you lots of credit.

rozie - another thing occurred to me today about plateaus. I usually exercise for about an hour/day. I know that when I go to FL where the classes are 45 minutes, I will lose. Also, the same thing if I exercise for more than an hour sometimes. Maybe mixup the amount of time you exercise if you do the same amount of time all the time? Surely can't hurt

Sissy - in a way, I'm grateful that the biopsy is Tuesday. Wish it were today or tomorrow, would give me less time to stress (and stress eat, I've already started in on the stress baking).

Bought some zucchini and made a chocolate zucchini bread. I accidentally left the zucchinin on in the food processor too long, but in a way it was a blessing in disguise. The zucchini is so small that you really can't see it in the bread. So....I took 1/2 of it to this gal at the Y and I'm telling Vince that I made a different chocolate bread and to please tell me how it is. I just accidentally on purpose omitted the word "zucchini". Update: Vince said the bread was very choclately on the outside but as you get to the inside there isn't as much of a chocolate flavor. I just said (which may be true) that perhaps the cocoa didn't get mixed up that well with the flour.

barbie - no interrnet! Isn't that the pits??? Did you feel like you were cut off from the civilized world....lol? I remember once we lost power (and therefore Internet). Bryan had no idea what to do with himself! I thought it was so funny. We're so glad to have you back! You've been missed sorely, but glad it was for a good reason

ritamerlot - thanks for the good thoughts. I'm going to (try) to be optimistic. Say, is that a bellydancing costume in your pic? I took a bellydancing class a while ago and a few things really struck me. One was how very comfortable the women were with their bodies. Some of the women were BIG, and I do mean BIG, but they had no qualms whatsoever about wearing the short tops and displaying the rest of their bodies. The other thing that really impressed me was the comraderie amongst the women. It was almost like a sisterhood. To me, that was very special.

Robin - can you perhaps have 1/2 club soda and 1/2 of wine? Wonder if that'll help you. You may even have to start out 1/4 and 3/4.

Natalie - I remember when I broke the bone in my foot, it was the right one. What a pain it was to have to have Vince drive me everywhere! So I fully understand how you feel. Just think, pretty soon you'll be back to your old self. Already you are better than before the operation, you'll just do better and better

Mirian - welcome back! I was wondering where you'd been. So glad to have you back. Glad to read that you're not letting anything hold you back

Well, the PLAN was to do the Stairmaster today. However, there's no way I can put that much pressure on the ball of my foot (where the wart is). So I just rode on the stationary bike for 45 minutes. Then I went to a taichi class. I like the woman in that she spends a lot of time talking about how the body heals itself. I tried to stand up while biking, and there's just no way. It is better than it was yesterday, tho. Tomorrow...yoga I was surprised to see my yoga teacher in the taichi class. The biggest problem I have with the taichi class (besides feeling like a fish out of water) is that the instructor has such a heavy accent that I find it hard to understand her most times

Thanks, everyone, for your good wishes for Tuesday. Keep thinking those positive thoughts........

Well, here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello Everyone

I on track and feel great about it. I fight all the bad things that go through my mind and feel like a winner. My weight and exercise seem to be on track. Sometimes I don't want to walk but with the help of my hubby we do. After its done I'm happy we did it. It might rain today so I hope we can get to the gym to burn calories.

Started here 2009 have been up and down but never got to my goal weight. THIS TIME i AM. I have to many medical problems to ignore it.

For so long I felt my life was just not worth anything. I was a happy and funny person and I want that back for sure.

Thanks to all the people that send me messages of encouragement.

Kathy (plantlady) Really should change that name cause I have very little plants left. Just lost interest in spending time on them. But, maybe I will again.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Happy Weekend to everyone, I hope it's a good on for you and includes some kind of exercise and staying on goal

Ahavoc, I loved your post, short and to the point but you made your goal, it made me laugh, I am not downgrading your effort, just applauding that you posted and didn't just lurk.

Middleofseven, I want to tell you how brave you are to share with us. Stick with us and we will be there for you. I am always amazed at the stories and life drama that such a small group of woman share with one another. You are all truly amazing and inspirational woman..

It's a gym day today, we usually try to go on Friday but my hubby hurt his rib the other day bumping into something and didn't feel he could exercise yesterday..so he will start back today with a reduced program until he feels better.

Have to run, xoSissy

Amanda - you have been doing an absolutely awesome job logging, you should be very proud. Those twins are already NINE months old! I can't believe it. Time surely is going much much too fast

Did an hour of yoga today. Tomorrow I'll probably go on Vince's recumbant bike for an hour.

After the biopsy I'm not to immerse myself in water for 48 to 72 hours -- showers are OK, tho. Guess it's good that the pool is closed for repairs. The bad thing is that I won't be able to practice bowl since for 48 to 72 hours the heaviest I can lift is a gallon jug of milk. Looks like I'll be doing mostly cardio next week. Can you tell that I'm getting a bit concerned?

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

I know what you mean i don't get too hung up on how much i weigh the most important thing for me is how i feel on the inside and how i see myself in the mirror

Good Morning Alll!:flowerforyou:

Yesterday I did a Zumba class for the first time in a few months and what a challenge it was to keep up!! I did it though and burned a LOT of calories too!:bigsmile:

It was a gorgeous day here in NJ yesterday too and hubby and I went in the pool in the afternoon which was refreshing and relaxing.

Trying something new (for me, that is) by having a low calorie snack around mid morning. At the moment it's a 100 Calorie pack of Almonds. My daily calorie intake is VERY low and I do that on purpose because I am so short at 5 feet even and due to my MS am quite sedentary for most of the day.

I know a LOT of folks disagree with this but it's been working so far until lately.
I am really only active in the morning when I exercise and do housework and errands (I do not work) and mostly spend afternoons on the couch "recovering" from all of that!

Lately, though, I've been feeling a bit "uninspired to exercise" and have been feeling that, aside from MS, it could be due to my diet.
So I decided to add some calories mid morning which is my longest period of not eating (breakfast at 6am, then lunch around 12:30pm). It is also when I am trying to get my exercising in so I thought I'd try to add a good snack at that time and it would "perk me up" a bit. It worked great yesterday with the Zumba!

The thing is, I am NEVER hungry and I must admit that it bothers me to eat when I am NOT hungry since I believe that mindless eating is what got me in this situation!:frown:

Does anyone else 'eat by the clock' or any other way,other than when they are hungry?

Oh no, I hear thunder outside!:ohwell: Guess we're only getting one nice day this weekend!

Yesterday, I went to a Arts and Craft show and it was amazing!!!!!! I have never seen such a huge festival www.shakerwoods.com I picked up handcrafted silver earrings for under $30.....beautiful wrought iron signs ...Believe, Imagine, and Dream....$8 each....the guy was making them there....and in the stores I saw something similar but made of cheap metal and they were $50. I also picked up concrete garden decorations....a fawn, a Momma Bunny, baby bunnies, and a ladybug....all 4 were $85.....amazing. The artisans were amazing...a gentleman blowing glass ornaments....lady making glass beads for jewerly.....a guy carving wooden spoons.....a woman making ornaments out of molded clay which will be fired and painted later....different guys doing wrought iron work.....amazing. I can't wait to see the Christmas show in October. Oh, and BTW, I walked over 4 miles yesterday at the show.

Glad to see that everyone is doing well. It is a sunny day here so far, but rain is on the way. We need it, so I am not going to complain at all. But, I do want to go outside and put out my garden decorations that I got yesterday before the rain hits.

Pam aka Cherubcrnp

Hello Everyone,

Good to read the posts tonight.
I feel like I am more into the swing of things today and that feels good. I went to my strength training class today and I made a plan to meet with the instructor tomorrow at the gym to get a new program. I have felt that I need to shake things up so hopefully this will be a good change for me. After the class I went grocery shopping...so I feel that I am ready to get back into a healthy rhythm. It is very hard to eat out and lose weight for me.
Tonight I want to spend some time planning out the meals for the week.

Have a good night!
Sally

Good Monday Morning All:flowerforyou:

Michelle~ I'm in Southern NJ about 20 minutes east of Philly. The best of luck with your Biopsy this week too!

Looks like the rain has finally moved out of the area~ we got over 8 inches in the last week!

I've been eating well since all the vacations, visits and weddings are over (for now) so I'm hoping to get back to losing. Although NOT GAINING is a miracle! I'm going to try to lengthen my workouts to a full hour~ I'm getting spoiled with these Jillian Michaels Workouts that are only 20 minutes~ and I think I can do a bit more, so we'll see........

Everyone have a great day~ check back later.........

Hello ladies

I hope you are all well today (Michelle, hope the biopsy went ok).

It's time that I admitted something. I have become a shopaholic! Seriously, I can't stop buying new clothes. Every time I get a few nice outfits, I drop a dress size and have to go get more. It makes such a wonderful change to be able to buy gorgeous clothes rather than body camouflage. My next plan is to get out my sewing machine and try to alter some of my clothes rather than buying new ones all the time.

Later this week I have an appointment with my cardiologist. My new valve is five months old and I honestly feel so much better for it. Surgery is always scary, but the relief when it works out well is immense.

Well, I'm off to squeeze some more time on the treadmill. Love to you all.

Amanda x