WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

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  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
    April greetings. March was good. Lost one pound and am happy with the loss. I didn’t log food daily but I did exercise daily and for the month of March walked 22 more miles than in February. In April my goals are to log every bite and walk at least 5 miles daily. Also will try to log my water every day.

    Spring weather makes it fun and easy to enjoy walking my girl Ella. She’s learning not to pull on the leash. I just have to get consistent.. I love that there are not bad dogs, just bad owners. 😉 I’m guilty for sure.

    Thanks Barbi for this new thread.

    Betsy in NW Washington
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,556 Member
    Where’d my post go? Anyway, yesterday I rode the recumbent bike, today the plan is to do some of the 10MS Pilates and then take the extremepump class. The plan for tomorrow is to do the 400 calorie burn Fix DVD

    I really like logging my food on Nutritionix. I like the fact that all the items have been verified, and it’s so easy to do.

    Welcome everyone new!

    Katla – if I don’t write things down, I know that I’d forget things I ate. There have been times when I went to log my days’ food and said “did I have that”. I would have forgotten otherwise. I usually log my breakfast (if I know it) and at least the meat/protein portion of my dinner

    Went to exercise class, then to the church to count the money, now getting ready for bowling. Ceramics tonight and then mahjongg

    Penny – did you happen to hear us talking about you and wondering where you were? I know you’ll do fantastic at that marathon and we’ll all be cheering you on.

    Laura – welcome. You’ve come to a great place, many of us can relate only too well.

    Welcome to everyone new and to those returning.

    Lanette – so glad you can find us.

    Have to take two of the cats to the vet tomorrow. Then the guy who is going to be the new Newcomer treasurer is coming over to get some things from Vince. Hopefully, it isn’t too cold and we can continue to get the pool opened. If not, hopefully tomorrow or later this week.

    Michele in NC
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,834 Member
    Barbara ... your link was for a different Cumin-lime Slaw ... but I bookmarked it because it looked good! More veggies than the one I made (Bobby Flay's).

    Very tired tonight and both DH and I seem to be coming down with something. Might have been from standing in the rain Saturday trying to fix a broken fence. Time for more vitamin C!
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 866 Member
    Well, I went over in calories, but that means I actually logged all my food!! I am happy about that!
    Wonderful to hear from Lisa and Penny!
    Lisa, I hope you are able to shake off your malaise soon, happy that you and Corey are enjoying your couple time!
    Michele, your ceramics are so cute, wish I was that talented!
    The weather forecast is for rain for a few days, for the sake of our forests, I really hope so! It will put our garden plans on hold for a few days, but that's okay, we'll have plenty of time!
    That's it for me for now, hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    edited April 2019
    Happy April Fool’s Day!!
    I expected my DH to trick me but nothing!

    Thank you Barbie for setting up April’s thread!

    I haven’t checked in in a few days... over a 100 posts!

    Doing spring cleaning around here. I plan to take my hutch apart and move it so I can paint the wall behind it. It’s going to be a job unpacking it!

    The Oaklawn Racetrack now has a Casino. That’s cool! That is one of two in Arkansas! Hot Springs used to have casinos back in the hay-day when Al Capone came down in the winter. They were operating until 1950 and then made illegal.

    https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&q=Oaklawn+Racing+&+Gaming&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3sEyKTypQQjC11LKTrfRLihLLUnP0S_JLizKLS-ITS4ACySWZ-XlWxZkpqeWJlcUdTOyLWMX9E7NzEsvzFIISkzPz0hXUFNwTc4EMAARQ9shdAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR_-rjtrDhAhUCCawKHfkPD18QzTowHHoFCAgQngE&biw=320&bih=450&dpr=2#fid=0x87cd2b278112b587:0x78c5903a753fb7d2&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipP-i1W7Dr9AYHFxO0FWwFjSlksjpNr-kqvYnxl6&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:8702520435712964562,rc_q:Oaklawn%20Racing%20Casino%20Resort,ru_q:Oaklawn%20Racing%20Casino%20Resort&viewerState=lb

    April goals:
    Weigh my food
    Drink more water
    Go to the gym (I have Silver Sneakers)

    Bye now!
    Dana In Arkansas
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Rebecca: I am so happy that you are getting needed rest. It sounds as though you are sleeping more than before. Yay! :smiley:

    Sue in WA: Spring has started with some lovely weather here. I am so grateful for it. Your home & land looks like a grand place to live. :star:


    Tomorrow begins a pair of medical weeks for all of us. I have a dentist appointment. The dog will be getting a cyst removed at the vet’s office on Wednesday & DH has a colonoscopy coming up next week. It feels like quite a lot all at once, but we will handle it one thing at a time. I hope everything turns out well.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,619 Member
    edited April 2019
    Evelyn great start! Yay you for logging. YAY!
    Rebecca Vanilla Sleepytime is my fave for just that reason. So glad you got some good sleep.
    Sue in WA love the daffodils in goat pen. Surprised they haven't been munched ;)
    Suebdew jealous of your rosebuds, but grateful for our crocus, hyacinths, daffs and the two tulips that are poking up.
    pip I don't say it often enough but your stats are always amazing!
    Betsy would love to hear how you're teaching Ella not to pull. My little Tumble thinks she's a malamute and I'm her slegde.
    Barbie :love: your stress relievers :heart:
    Sharon working OT when you should be retired? :noway: Hope you got to celebrate your birthday a little.

    Welcome Karen from N. Idaho. SWSY = Strong Women Stay Young strength training workout. We have two Barbaras, Barbie who starts this thread and wisely guides us and me, Barbara who lived in Boise for 20 years but is happy to be back to the coast.
    Welcome M71157, let us know what you to be called and your general location?
    Welcome KarenScofield, Laura in Miami (we'll want to see pics of your Ukranian Easter eggs) and Natasha in Canada.

    Mild rainy day, got loads of laundry done and drank champagne with Joe all afternoon. Good times.
    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 1/30, 60 g protein 1/30, rx/vits 1/30, meditate 1/30, knee exercises 1/30, SWSY 0/30, play with Tumble 1/30, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 0/30.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
    04/01 LT: cut sheet squares-Y MT: Make vet appointments-Y ST: Laundry x 5-Y
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    evie1958 wrote: »
    Thank you Barbie, for setting up this thread again. I keep setting my goal at just logging my food. Have not yet done so. Maybe April will be the month that it happens.... I am going to try! I should channel Yoda "There is no try, just do!" lol
    My weight has been holding steady for the past two weeks, I guess that's good as I'm not gaining, but I would prefer to be losing, so apparently need to change something!
    We are enjoying the lovely weather that we are currently having. We have run out of landscape ties for our backyard project, so I have booked a rental truck (just a pickup) to go back to Home Depot and get more. Will also get more dirt while we're at it. Hopefully will be able to get enough to finish the project this time. Hubby has measured and calculated, so..... ever hopeful! It will look so nice when it's finished! Of course, the hard work for me starts after he has built the "planter", I have to go thru several smaller planters and re-distribute the bulbs that are in all of them. When we moved a few years ago, I just stuck bulbs in whatever we could take with us, I did a little bit of planting, but didn't have enough planters and kept buying bulbs (duh!) and just stuffing them in wherever I could. Now I would like to get some organization and some summer blooming plants as once spring is done, so are the flowers. Need some shade loving plants, I've found a few, going to get a bleeding heart and a hellebore. I also have a hydrangea that I will move into the backyard, there are a few brighter areas where it should do fairly well. That's my next 3 or 4 weeks planned out for me! On the bright side, doing all this should keep me from eating! I also need to get some work done in the flower beds in our complex, the weeds have definitely taken over!
    Hugs to those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island

    You'll have to post some photos when you get it done. :)

    We're trying to grow more hydrangeas. We've got one, but I'd like a bunch of them.


    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    spikeyhair wrote: »
    MACHKA went to my sock knitting group on Saturday and the organiser was Australian from Tasmania. Nice group of ladies and managed after a couple of false starts to get a sock going

    Kate UK <3

    Did she happen to say which part of Tasmania? :)

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    Lagopus wrote: »
    Penny here. I've been through the wars over the past couple months. I think I last posted from Cabo Verde in January, and I haven't logged in since then. How lovely to see you all again!

    My long silence was caused by overwork. By coincidence two very big projects I'd agreed to well in advance both turned out to have several different non-negotiable deadlines on the same days. I kept up my health project as long as I could, jogging regularly and eating with my brain turned on, but the eating went down the drain in late January and the (regular) jogging followed soon after. Funny thing (not) is I've gained about 2 kg since then.

    The real eye-opener is how quickly I lost my form. It's frightening how easily I tire now. :'( I fully intend to claw my way back but it will take me some time. To help focus my attention, I'm going to register to run Spitsbergen half-marathon two months from today. My darling daughter has already registered, so that will be fun, even though we won't be running together. She will have completed her half-marathon, walked home, showered, changed and walked back to the finish line before I get there.

    I began the recovery process a couple weeks ago by upping my jogging (increasing the frequency rather than the distance) and have started logging my food again. One step at a time...
    /Penny, on the road to recovery at the t07190.gif

    I'm with you on losing form. We were doing well at the beginning of January, but then I injured my back and hip and it all went downhill.

    Now I go to climb stairs or walk briskly and I'm huffing and puffing.

    Good on you for aiming for the half marathon! I'm looking at a 5K toward the end of May. :grin:


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    tuttiatavola1 wrote: »
    Hi I just started MFP on Feb. 26, down 6.5 lbs, 3 inches and 56 years later old. My April goals are to be diligent in entering my own food instead of what someone else has already added. I’m only as good as the data I put in but as a good cook that cooks complicated food, it’s very time consuming. Second goal: continue to find other ways to de-stress besides drinking alcohol. I ordered a Ukrainian Easter egg kit to focus on creating decorative eggs. Third goal: Continue to research cute clothes to buy for myself for our trip to Europe this summer. Laura in Miami

    I have a friend in Canada who does them, and teaches others how to do them. They're incredible!!


    Machka in Oz

  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,146 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    I am up and having my tea, and about to watch Joyce, then will get dressed and go walk the boys and feed DFIL.
    Chris is coming around 1 to finish up the ship lap and then for right now things will be done at least for this year..
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    Evelyn I have logged my breakfast and also lunch (because I know in advance what I am eating lol) then I'll see how many calories left for tea. I'm going to try and limit the snacks today and move more. o:) I see you have logged too, Yey us!!

    I really need to make some goals for April. I don't usually make monthly goals because I never stick to them and feel a failure.

    I'll give it some thought, but need to get off the computer and move.

    So much to do before I go to see my parents. Think mum wants dads bedding changing (if he's awake!) He's been very sleepy the last few days so we've not been able to do it.

    Take care and love to all <3
    Viv UK (Where it is raining! Darn! I should have cut the grass yesterday whilst it was dry!)



  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,788 Member
    edited April 2019
    Hi all!
    Swing dance class tonight. :D

    Today I'm going to have to do some food planning. Tomorrow we are doing a nursery and school pick up so will be getting home at dinner time. I think I will make a ragu this afternoon , (bolognese sauce), so I can rustle up a quick pasta when we get back. DH insists on veggies, so I will probably cook up some broccoli.
    Thursday I hope to be up in London, seeing my cancer friend, so I'm not at all sure what time I'll be home. Best thing is if he goes ahead with a portion of ragu and adds what he likes (baked potato? ) and I just play it by ear. Might get sushi for the train. :D
    DH has cricket for four days starting Friday, but I'm going to let him sort out his own lunches etc. I am away in York for my friend's celebration Saturday to Monday, so will do something for Friday night dinner and then let him sort himself out. Where we used to live the Hampshire cricket ground was ten minutes drive away, now it is at least an hour and a half. :s He will have to apply his brain as to how he is going to cope with that. We normally eat at 6.15. He won't be back until gone 8.00. Luckily it's not hard to find food at any time of day in Brighton and Hove.
    I could let myself worry about him and prepare stuff for this weekend, but I'm not going to let myself. He is a fully functioning adult. :laugh:

    The weather has been glorious here, but has taken a turn for the worse. Grey skies today. Not a good forecast for the week.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • paulaleanprimalqueen
    paulaleanprimalqueen Posts: 1 Member
    Paula from Florida. 59 yo. Started end of January and have lost 8 to date. Lost 2 # in March and goal is 2 more in April. Total of 6 more pounds by July. Going slow, don't want to lose muscle and want it to be sustainable through the fall. Training for a powerlifting meet in June and one in August
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    I got my rowing machine hooked up to my computer so I'm tracking my rowing on Strava. :):)


    M in Oz
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,834 Member
    Setting Goals ... I confess to not being good at goal setting in the past. And I see a lot of you are a lot like me! This quote always motivates me and is ... in part ... why I decided to commit to specific goals and actions this year in my weight loss efforts.
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,690 Member
    I used to be really good at goal setting. I had heaps of goals. And I met most of them!

    A little over a year ago, that all changed and ever since then, I've just been trying to do the next thing on the list ... and not forget anything. I live constantly with that feeling like I'm forgetting something.


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    These (in my MFP blog) are the Brain Injury websites I have been referring to over the past year or so. It’s a lot to wade through, but if you’re interested in anything about brain injury this is a good place to start ...

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/brain-injury-websites-967801


    Machka in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,356 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Evelyn great start! Yay you for logging. YAY!
    Rebecca Vanilla Sleepytime is my fave for just that reason. So glad you got some good sleep.
    Sue in WA love the daffodils in goat pen. Surprised they haven't been munched ;)
    Suebdew jealous of your rosebuds, but grateful for our crocus, hyacinths, daffs and the two tulips that are poking up.
    pip I don't say it often enough but your stats are always amazing!
    Betsy would love to hear how you're teaching Ella not to pull. My little Tumble thinks she's a malamute and I'm her slegde.
    Barbie :love: your stress relievers :heart:
    Sharon working OT when you should be retired? :noway: Hope you got to celebrate your birthday a little.

    Welcome Karen from N. Idaho. SWSY = Strong Women Stay Young strength training workout. We have two Barbaras, Barbie who starts this thread and wisely guides us and me, Barbara who lived in Boise for 20 years but is happy to be back to the coast.
    Welcome M71157, let us know what you to be called and your general location?
    Welcome KarenScofield, Laura in Miami (we'll want to see pics of your Ukranian Easter eggs) and Natasha in Canada.

    Mild rainy day, got loads of laundry done and drank champagne with Joe all afternoon. Good times.
    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 1/30, 60 g protein 1/30, rx/vits 1/30, meditate 1/30, knee exercises 1/30, SWSY 0/30, play with Tumble 1/30, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 0/30.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD!
    04/01 LT: cut sheet squares-Y MT: Make vet appointments-Y ST: Laundry x 5-Y

    Thx for noticing :0). Sweet of u to say that
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited April 2019
    Penny

    First...your husband leaving messages on the steamy mirror after his shower is charming and lovely.

    Second, the race you are preparing for is "only a half marathon" ?

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    Karen in Virginia
  • cmsavells
    cmsavells Posts: 257 Member
    Yesterday was a busy day at work. Apparently college students "think" they can tell the instructor how to write the exam and what questions should be on the exam. I've never had a group like this. I think they are just tired because we have 4 weeks left in the semester.

    My daughter is on spring break this week. That means the ballet school is closed too, so less driving all over for me.

    I felt great about March...until the end of the month. I did great logging into MFP, but the allure of Easter candy got me about 3 times the end of March. To my credit, I didn't buy a big bag and eat it. That's what I would have done last October (Halloween was tough!!). Darn those Reese's eggs are hard to pass by. I did continue to exercise and make good food choices so I still had weight loss.

    April goals...to continue the momentum I have with MFP. Continue using the gym. Hope for warmer dry weather so I can walk in our Waterfront Park. It's so beautiful along the river. I'd like to lose 10 more pounds by the end of the month. That means no more Easter candy!!

    Connie in KY
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