WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER

September already! The days are just flying by.

:frown: Sorry I've not logged in to check with you all for the last few days - is it almost a week ?:embarassed: I'm so fed up with myself, I can't seem to shift this extra weight I've put on over my holiday. Almost a year and half to lose weight and 5 days to put it all back on!!!! :explode:

:flowerforyou: I need to check back to last month to catch up with your news, but wanted to say thanks Barbie for starting the new thread, I always look forward to your first post of the month, it motivates me - now I've got it right in my head, I now need to put it into practice (and not in my mouth :bigsmile: :bigsmile: )

I hope you are all doing well - if you are like me and going through a "phase" keep on keeping on.

Chat again soon.

Viv xx

Good morning ladies - Happy September!

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things from today. It is almost six months since I had my heart surgery and now is definitely the time to up my exercise. As of next week I will be looking after my gorgeous grandtwins on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays as my DD goes back to work part-time. The babies are nine and a half months now, maybe that's where I'm going to get my extra exercise!

When I had my bloods taken last month, they found that I'm deficient in B12 and vit D. I had injections for the vit D and I'm taking extra B12. I've upped my protein intake too. I have heard about B12 patches that you can wear, has anyone tried them?

Time to move my body - catch up with you all later.

Love
Amanda x

Well lost 11 pounds since July 25, hope I can keep going. College football starts tonight and I am so excited. I won't be going but will be watching my Wisconsin Badgers on TV. The temperature right now is 62 and at 5:00 it will be 92. The game time temp is going to be in the 80s at 7:00 p.m. Can't wait. I will have to DVR it because I might fall asleep. Anyway..... ON WISCONSIN and JUMP AROUND tonight. The GB Packers play too, it is their final preseason game. G-FORCE RULES. GO PACK GO.

Hope everyone has a great day. Enjoy.

Bumpity bump bump. Still lurking :laugh:

:flowerforyou:

Just throwing my hat in the ring to see if you all have given up on me. My life has been insane for the last two months, and it has been all that I could do to try to log my food regularly. The good news is that I have not gained during this time! I am hoping that things return to a semblance of normalcy (albeit a new normal) next week and I can jump back in with you. I know that I have missed a lot of news, and I apologize, but hope to return to you soon. Here's to smart choices!

Barbie,

Thanks for the link to the new thread and for starting it.

I am busy updating my goals, weight and measurements for my new start to the finish. Putting pounds back was depressing, but when I think of where I was when I joined MFP, I become energized because I know I can do this.

Jeannie

I am well enough, after my dog bite incident, to head back to the pool! I am going to continue this as long as I can into the cooler months when the pool is closed. If they stop the water aerobics classes, then I will go and swim until the weather prevnets it. That is my September goal. I start in about an hour!

After all the work, painting, cleaning decluttering etc. to move to a smaller and less expensive house…..we decided, at this time anyway, we are going to stay in the house we have and try to pay off our mortgage:ohwell: . Because we were going to take some of our savings and put it towards a new house, we realized (after looking at all the scenarios and the $$$$$.....bottom lines) that the wisest thing to do would be to take that money and put it towards our own house, savings tons of money in interest, and work on paying off the rest in the next few years…..THEN see about selling the house!:bigsmile: The market for buying houses is so bad, that after crunching the numbers, we discovered it would cost us MORE to move than to stay!! :noway: ! What the realtor could get for our house is an insult and, for some mysterious reason….our taxes went down almost a thousand dollars!!!:happy: Must be that after assessing everyone’s house to be over 50,000 less than they were in March….had a positive effect on the taxes. All the work we have done….we can now enjoy…at least for a few years hopefully. We are going to continue fixing the house, as it is really looking good! :bigsmile: And, honestly not having to deal with the sentiment involved in making such a huge change….is a weight off my back:bigsmile: . So I hope to be popping in more to post.
Hurricane (Tropical Storm Irene) raised havoc on folks around here but we are fine. Lots of trees, wires and branches went down and we were out of power for 2 days.(Some people are STILL without power) It wasn’t bad, for us though, as I had hot water (gas heater), a gas grill and we have sewers, so we could flush our toilets. Having 2 days alone with my hubby by the candlelight was in some ways quite nice.:blushing:

I have continued to track my food and exercise.... and suspect I always will, because knowing what you’re eating is the half the battle, even in maintaining. My weight has remained within a pound, up or down, so for all the drama going on, I’m pleased and grateful for this website.

Haven’t read the posts for a while ......browsed a little.......so I hope everyone is well. Seems like a lot of people MIA are popping in besides me…..been a crazy 2 months….hasn’t it?!! Hang in there all and stick with MFP (My Favorite Program!!!!)

BirdieM :drinker:

Birdie, Yahoo on keeping the house. I know it means a lot to you. I think you're making a wise move (or anti-move as the case may be!)

Thanks for the advice about logging. I know you're right. I got that same advice on my Home page and am taking it to heart. I do hate showing it when I blow it but being honest with myself - and getting back on track - is the most important thing.

Gonna post this asap so that I can mark my place. Did an hour of a Jari Love DVD (weights). Tomorrow there's been a change in plans, they're playing mahjongg at 10, so I'm thinking that I'll just change things around and go. I haven't been on a Friday in a long time. So I'll probably do some incline intervals at the Y near me, then go play mahjongg. Maybe I can piggyback that with some other errand.

Had our monthly luncheon with the Newcomers. This place is really nice. The food is very good. I'm just concerned that it's a bit out of the way so people might not go there. The prices were reasonable, too. Had a nice lunch, had the spinach salad again. Boy, do you get a lot of salad! Spinach, hard boiled eggs, grilled shrimp, cukes, peppers, carrots. It was interesting how they had the carrots. It was in a long strand but curly-cued. The only thing I can think of is that they cut the carrots, then wound it around something like a pencil and put that in cold water until it curled. Looked really nice. Wish Vince would go to places like this.

mimi - I read on my homepage about your feelings. I know how you feel. When I had this medical scare I turned to carbs, baked like no tomorrow, now I'm wanting to get things out of my freezer so that I'm not tempted. Actually, I'm trying to think of people who I can give things away to. I don't think I've really gained weight but what I have gained is a low feeling. What I really mean is that when I'm eating veges, I feel so much better. So why don't I have them all the time and just forget this carb stuff? You know, I have to at least measure things out. If I go for a while not measuring, I know that eventually I won't be able to tell what's a cup or whatever. I hate to show it, too, when I blow it. Yesterday before I could get back on the computer I blew it, but I'm going to really try hard to get back on track.

Gotta go make my salad and get dinner ready. Be back soon

Mary - hope you come back real soon. Glad you haven't gained.

Birdie - so glad you weren't badly affected by Irene! You're right, a few days of candlelight and having to go to bed early and having to find something to do is such a big shame, huh? <snicker> So glad you are able to keep the house!

This morning just before I went on the Wii for the body test, I went to the bathroom and the water was pink-ish. I vaguely recalled Dr. Oz saying something about if your pee is pink, then he worries about lukemia and something else. Well, that about freaked me out. Remember, I was half asleep at the time! Then I remembered that I'd had beets the night before and I seemed to remember that the red in the beets will turn your urine pink. Has this happened to anyone? How long was it before the pink went away?

Have a good evening everyone

Michele

Hi, is there room for one more 50+ retired school teacher here? I want to be accountable and motivated by joining a group. Hope to meet everyone soon! My screen name, Melyhegedu, is Hungarian for viola, the instrument I play. I taught public school for years, now teaching at a private music school. I want to get back into exercise and planning meals in advance. All support, welcome and encouraged!

:flowerforyou: Hi guys!

Mimi: You know I went to the doctor the other day, for myself, and told her that I had not been eating as well as I used to and it was driving me crazy!:explode: I was berating myself in front of her and was pretty much discouraged and disgusted with myself. You know what she told me? She said, "I honestly would be more worried about you if you were doing this and not being aware of it or caring about it. The fact that you do know, shows leaps and bounds about what you know about healthy eating. The fact that you are kicking yourself and telling me that the minute you take a bite of this or that you know it is bad or you know how many calories you are eating, is a very good thing. You won't allow yourself to go back the way you were."
When I walked out of her office, I thought about that. She was right. Before, I would eat junk and just say, "Oh well, I've blown it this far, may as well eat the whole thing now" or while eating (more like stuffing my face) I would just sit there and feel sorry for myself. I noticed that on the occasions that I have gone off, I have done neither of those things. I am totally 'aware' of what I am doing, and at times even calculate how much I have gone off and compensate for it with eating less later or making an effort to swim longer, etc. I never used to think that way.
So Mimi, I am proud of you for admitting it, showing it on your ticker, and being accountable. Because if you weren't doing those things, then you would have something to worry about. I am glad you are back with us. Maybe, and it is just a suggestion, but maybe you might want to post daily on here for awhile to help you through this period, just until you get back on track. I noticed that when you were on more frequently you were helping others and in turn it helped you stay on track.

Besides we just miss our Veggie Queen. Girl, if you charged for the information you gave on roasting veggies and knew how many people I have turned on to it, well you would be rich now!:bigsmile:

BirdieM: I am so glad that you decided to stay at your home. It sounds like you put a lot of thought into it and have made a good decision. I had a fixer upper and I was almost completed with the remodeling and renovation of it, when my husband decided to leave me. I loved my house! It had everything I ever wanted in it!. It was truly beautiful....and new. At least I got to live in it and use it for 6 months. But it tore me up having to sell it. I'm glad you didn't have to do it. You sound much more relaxed and at peace with your decision now. Congrats!:drinker:

Chiclet:flowerforyou:

Thank you for starting this thread. I've lost 9 pounds so far and am going strong. For the next month I'd be thrilled to be able to maintain that rate of weight loss, more or less. I've started this round of weight loss with a set of Self-hypnosis CDs I bought in a moment of real desperation and franticness. Much to my more stable self the things seem to be working! Gradually I seem to be modifying the voice in my head that tells me I can't do this, or I"m addicted to sweets and that I'm helpless to do anything about food compulsions--where I eat a ton of fattening things in breathtaking time. So for the next month I'm going to journal, stay on my plan, keep exercising and listen to my CDs. If nothing else they are relaxing:)