Ages 70+

day 28. Walk 45 min.

Another sunny day! I am giving in too much to sweets and must get back on track during the week. Otherwise I am happy with the exercise portion of this month’s challenge.

Good luck ladies with your goals this week!

nsk great planning for your Octoberfest meal. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to several dishes, like cornbread dressing, candied yams, sweet potato pie, all in moderation.

Lazy day, not much done or finished.

I had company for dinner tonight. This is only the 2nd time since I moved here in mid-March that I've had the privilege of hosting someone for a meal. The first time, I served spaghetti and meatballs in a homemade pasta sauce. I don't recall what I did for dessert that time. Today I served sausage and onion/peppers on roll sandwich, homemade creamy tomato soup and hot chocolate pudding with whipped cream topping.

Now to get more guests for supper so I can cook a tasty meal and not have to deal with leftovers. Plus, I get to fancy up the dining table and have soft music in the background … and eat at the table instead of off my lap while watching a TV show! It's such a mood lifter! Not eating alone and sharing a meal with other people.

Melody, I grew up on pierogies nd stuffed vegetables, beet and also cabbage soup as regular parts of our menu. Yep, Eastern European food with a big smattering of German dishes as well. Love that stuff all my life.

GR8, Thanksgiving is a lot of tasty food. I don't really have a favorite holiday, but if I had to choose one it would be Easter.

nsk I guess all of the holidays are my favorite. I enjoy good food anytime. 😁

Thank you all for joining me during the September Challenge

Soooooo…. I have decided on My October Challenge

48-64 oz. or (6-8 8 oz. glasses) of water per day (I really need to drink more water)

15 minutes of meditation or quite time per day (How I plan to start my day)

I’m going to keep with my treadmill walking as my challenge. Exercise is my area of weakness. I know I need to move more and setting a 25 minute per day challenge on my treadmill will help.

I am 77 and just found this group! I am from the Atlanta Georgia area and am interested in meeting other ladies my age.

Carol from Ga

I joined this group last month but dropped out due to health issues. Hope I can join again

My current weight is 207 pounds.

I made it to the gym and rode the istep for 40 minutes.

I’m a night iwl tonight. It scenes I missed my sleep window.

Day one of October: I did good on my calories, not good on walking. Today I had (still have) very sore legs from the knees down to the toes and stepping on my feet was excruciating so I have hobbled all around the house as little as possible and sat a lot.

My son brought over the new upright Rollator he ordered last week and put it together. I’m afraid we might have to send it back because the hand grips are raised up from the fore arm support so I have to twist my hands up at the wrists to hold the grips;&# and that won’t do. We are going to make a decision soon how to proceed I looked online for other brands and did find a couple that seem to have a better gripping system, but there are other things with those machines that made them questionable I wish that they had them in locall stores, but they don’t. We will figure it

Onward and forward with hopes and faith.
Welcome to Carol and Netti. Titus , ii will look up my simple recipe for spatzels and post it later. I don’t have a dedicated instrument for it and simply run the batter through the holes of my stainless steel calendar set over a pot of boiling broth or water. The batter is loose enough that it flows through as I stir it around with a spoon. Sometimes I make the batter thicker and use it for dumplings in my chicken and dumpling soup.

Ocean Melody ~ What a beautiful photo of the place you walk!

NSK’s Spatzels ~ I have never had spatzels and must admit I am not much of a baker. Grew up with old fashion Southern fruit cake.

Ladies ~ My husband has been in the hospital for the last 10 days with complications from heart failure that led to blood clots in his leg and lung. Prayers appreciated.

Carol in GA

Hi all - my name is Margaret, I’ll be 72 in December, am pre diabetic and overweight. I have been on MyFitnessPal for years as my weight has fluctuated. My doctor tells me I need to lose 20 pounds at a minimum. I exercise six a week, drink lots of water, always eat a healthy breakfast and lunch, but boy! does my eating take a nosedive later in the afternoon and evening. I also enjoy alcohol, which makes all of this more difficult. Anyway, I hope I can become a part of this group and follow all of your ups and downs so I won’t feel so alone. Thanks. (I love to take pictures of the sky, and to see all the different colors of nature.)

day 2. Walking 60 min.

Carol, I hope your DH will improve and come home asap—so stressful!

Welcome, Margaret, and lovely sky picture!!! It is nice to see this group grow.

Margaret, beautiful pic. Welcome to our group.

Thanks for welcoming to the group! I live in northern Colorado and it’s supposed to be 85 today before - finally - a week of cooling temperatures. Water aerobics class for me this morning then running errands.

day 3. Walk around the neighborhood 60 min.

Scale is slightly better.

Sorry about all the labor actions in Canada! Here with this stupid shutdown one of my blind friends who works for the govt may lose her health care, and she is young with multiple other health issues. Some days it all seems hopeless.

Trying to get ready for a brief fall car trip and there is so much still to do.

You all are doing well with exercise!

Enjoying the good weather, started a few projects, now to only finish them 😀

Day 3

15 minutes rode stationary bike (much harder than walking 30 minutes)

15 minutes meditation

water 🥛🥛🥛 (it's not that I don't like water I just forget to drink water throughout the day)