WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER

Cynthia - welcome! Come back often so that we can get to know you.

Plans are in the works for an awesome Monday here. Healthy lunch and snacks brought to work, divine leftover vegetable soup for dinner (I love it even more the second day), finish sewing some school bags to send to underprivileged children, then off to church to meet and study with my sisters there. Oops - I have the lesson for that study - the day may be more awesome if I go and get it ready! Okay, add one more item to my to do list. What are your plans? Have an awesome Monday!

GOod Monday to you... yesterday was SUnday, a quiet day for us. We ran around so much on Saturday it felt good to do nothing. I have been triouble falling asleep, so I phoned the doctor for a prescription to Lunesta... my friends take it, and once you fall asleep, you stay asleep, unlike Ambien, which puts you to sleep, but you wake up 2 hours later... or in my case, it has done nothing for me. Hope I can get a full nights sleep. This started about a week ago when they took me off the pain meds.

I got on scale this morning, I had put 3 lbs back on with all the eating we did at the football game on Saturday (tailgating, then presidents tent, then skybox).. all had food and more food... an eatathon...

I am down one of those pounds, I am sure the rest will come off in the next day or 2.. not worried, got to get past this and go on..

Natalie

Cynthia- Welcome I'll find myself once I retire

Amy- Way to go reaching your goal

Jeanne & RJadams- We all have days like that.

Jane- If it is weather related I understand. My knees have been throbbbing.

Cathy- Alittle is better than none.

BirdieM- I use a web site CaloriesperHour.com It has alot.

Jam- Best of luck with SS

Thank you all for making me feel so welcomed!
Michelle asked about my fitness routines- mainly I workout with a trainer 2X weekly and the rest is martial arts- Jeet Kune Do 2X week/ TaeKwon Do 2-3 hours/week- Otherwise I try and walk the dogs once a day. I gained most of the weight I'm trying to get off about 8 years ago. I went thru menopause then quit smoking . I put on 50 pounds. I've lost 20-25 of it 3 years ago but have had tremendous trouble trying to shed these last 25. I could also prob lose another 25 after that but I'll think about taht after I lose this 1st 25!

Thanks for the great welcome, ladies. I have a hard time remembering names and normally have a pad and pencil when I read posts, but not this time.

I have a friend with severe headaches that is getting experimental treatment right now, as in shots to the head. I think it is a similar thing used in botox. She has to cycle in and out of it, but it has been a great relief for her during the time she can get the shots. Otherwise she has constant migraines. Keep looking until you find the best treatment for you.

As for literally working your booty off and not getting the satisfaction at the scale, remember we are not linear machines. It can take a while of fat to release, or water to release, or whatever it is. It's best to look at your weight trend over a much longer period than a week. Monthly averages help me. You'll need to remind me of this at a later date as well, lol.

As stated in my first post, I am a full time student. But it's graduate school so I'm not always at class. I do have class Mon - Wed from 4:00 - 6:45, and then one class online. I'm pretty busy reading for those classes, plus having to read tons of research on various education factors. I'm also relearning to play guitar, used to love it when I was a teen and it kind of slipped away from me. Plus it will keep my hands busy and make it more difficult to eat in the evenings, lol.

Oh, a yoga studio that I really liked just had a Groupon, 15 sessions for $46. I'll be using that at the beginning of the new year and can't wait. I know I'll be too buys to commit to it until then, but sure am looking forward to getting into yoga again.

Good Evening!
just a quick post.Went to the dr the back injury is worse then he thought originally.the knee is the arthritis and weather changes.
Dr is awaiting for the approval of an MRI for a definite diagnosis.based on my pain level and inability to sit and bend,he`s thinking a small fracture of the tailbone and possibly disk damage.I`m on stronger pain medicine and told to rest and let the body heal.I was thinking if I push myself,it would heal faster,found out I`m doing more damage.
So I`ll post when I can as it hurts to sit even with pillows.
On a good note,i`m finally under 200 lbs again.The dr did increase my calories and said for now,my body needs the extra protein etc to heal.So The wt loss is on hold.
thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.I`ll pop in when I can.
HUGS jane

Did 45 min of training games on the Wii and then 15 min of balancing games. I get bored so fast! Tomorrow (Mon) I'll do an hour of the extreme pump.

Gonna go make dinner for most of the week so all I have to do is heat it up.

Pam - It never ends, no matter how old the kids are, I'm up until they get home. Hey, I was in my 50's, living in my third house, had three children, and STILL whenever I went to visit my father I was told "now call when you get home". One time I didn't call the minute I got home because our cat was hit by a car and killed, my father was upset that I didn't call! It never ends!

Cathy - I hope you get some answers about your migraines. Altho I've never had a migraine, from the people I know who have had them they are bad. ((((hugs))))

jane - hope you feel better fast. Back pain is no joke.

Cynthis - Welcome! There's always room more and more and more

Amy - Yeeaaa for you! <doing a happy dance>

jeannie - I had to laugh when you said that you didn't know red could be so bright. I hate to see that, but really, sometimes it's a help (as long as there aren't three digits). How did you like "the help". I've heard so much about it, I'd really like to go see it but I know that Vince feels it's more of a "chickflick" and won't go. I have a "going to the movies" pocketbook. Honestly, it's a mini-suitcase but it looks like a pocketbook. I take snacks with me into the movies. Yes, you're not supposed to. But I still do, and when the lights go down, no one knows the difference.

Off to take the extreme pump class and then senior practice bowl for 2 hours (it's free!). I can usually get in 3 games during the practice. They like 4 people on the lanes. Well, when you're getting it for free, you can't complain too much. It is nicer to be able to have two lanes just to yourself, but I can also understand their point. Tomorrow (Tues) I'll do a downloadable spin workout then there's a board meeting of the Newcomers. Vince has to go for his MRI so I'll take his report with me. We usually pay mahjongg on Tuesdays but now we need to have someone who lives in the community there to use the clubhouse so I don't know if we will.

Pam - every morning I take the body test on the Wii. From yesterday to today, it says I gained 1 lb. I was within calories, you know that I exercise. A lot of it has to do with daily fluctuations, when did you last go to the bathroom, those sorts of things. Honestly, I really don't pay that much attention to the number that the Wii gives me every day, I go more by what the number is in my weekly weigh-in. From last week to this I didn't gain, and I didn't lose. But at least I didn't gain, so that's a positive. Since you're working out so much, maybe you need to either cut back on the duration of your exercise or up your calories?

Minerva - big congrats on quitting smoking. That's an awesome feat.

jane - feel better fast. Keep us updated

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello, All!

I am in Jackson Hole with my girlfriends and am having a great time...very sleepy but wanted to check in quickly. did pretty well yesterday avoiding the temptations sitting around, but not so very well tonight...too many snacky things! At least we walked over an hour this morning along the Snake River, I passed on some cake at my friends house, didn't have a margarita at happy hour, but I did have some malted milk balls while we were playing bridge tonight! Don't know why...I don't even really like them!?:grumble: Tomorrow is a new day, right?

Barbie: Your retreat sounds lovely...I like the box in and boxed out idea of foods. I should have boxed out the milk balls!

Welcome to our new members...I look forward to getting to know you. this is such a great place for support!

Sorry not to touch base more...I am so tired. :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: Good night, dear ladies. Hope everyone has a good rest of the week, Kackie

Morning all, about to start my day once I finish this post. Got on the scale for week 1 of MFP and am down 4.5 lbs, nice :happy:

@Jane, sorry about the back injury, it sounds so painful. Yay for being under 200 but listen to the doc.

@Barbie, <snort> at having your husband log in. You had a good excuse and I hope the retreat was restful for you. The walks sound lovely.

@Kackie, Jackson Hole has one of my favorite brew pubs, Snake River. I love that area.

@Mary, sounds like you have a plan for tonight!!

Today is about catchup on reading and writing response papers. At least I don't have class today. It's interesting how they mingle technology with the regular classroom. My stats class has a quiz today so we get to take it online at home. It is open book/open note. But most importantly I don't have to drive to campus, yay!!.

Okay, headed out to the elliptical. Today is 50 minute with 40 sec intervals every 10 minutes, starting at 5 min in.

Cynthia

Happy Tues.To you all.
Doing what the dr says.Not crazy about the pain medicine,helps with the pain some,but don`t like how it makes me feel.
But I think that`s the idea.Make me slow down and rest.Started my 1st day of increasing my calories to more protein and fiber.It was hard to add calories instead of decreasing them.
Hope you all have a good day.And for those who are struggling with health issues or financial or whatever,you`re in my thoughts and prayers.
Take care
HUGS
jane