WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER

Good Morning, Dear Ladies,

Well, I am changing my ticker up 3 pounds. Not excited about that, but it is where I am. I've had a good week back home so hopefully I can get rid of that extra quickly! DH comes home tomorrow night, and I'm ready to have him home.

We have had rain, rain, rain along our coast. We are down for the year, so this should be good for us going into the fall and winter. Still, I've missed my outside time. I've been doing Leslie and Jillian DVDs inside, so it's a good change up.

Cynthia: Good for you...you are making great progress here! Keep up the good work!

Michele: I try some of the suggestions in the fitness magazines. Some are good, but I agree, some just seem to be too strange to make sense. I think they are just trying to get us to do something different, which is a good idea in general!

I went online last night and looked again for dresses for our son & his fiance's wedding next summer. Her Mom has had her dress for a while. We do not have good stores near me for this kind of thing, so I ended up ordering a dress from Nordstrom that I THINK I like. They only had a size 8 or 14...and I am a 10 now. So I ordered the 8. Ha! I'll let you know when it comes. I don't usually do things like that, but that is where I intend to be one of these days, so we shall see. I have a few 8s still in my closet and I can't seem to stay in that size, but I intend to try, try, try!

Have a great day, everyone!
Kackie

It's weight in day - and I'm up a pound. I seem to be sliding back into old habits - not planning meals, not taking the time to do what I need to do for me. Just one more week of everyone else coming first and then I promise myself I'm back to being selfish sometimes! BF's dad is being flown in this morning because he can't be left alone and her mom's in hospital, flying out to see my Mom (80) on Friday, back Sunday and going to another friends dad's funeral on Monday. On the other side of the age spectrum my youngest (17) had his "career counselling" session at high school and says it's a waste of time because they couldn't tell him what he should be???? Do any of you remember being told what you should be? He has no idea what he wants or how to figure that out. The oldest never had that problem.:grumble: :grumble:

Hi Everyone:

Well, we had a glorious Thanksgiving weekend here. The weather was absolutely amazing; people were actually swimming, which is almost unheard of in Toronto in October!! Great though. We truly enjoyed it and I loved having an extra day off work too :laugh:

I was down 1.6 lbs so I am finally on a downward treck again, which I need to be. Lots to go but at least I lost some :drinker:

I am still having a lot of pain from the root canal, not as much as before but still quite a bit so I have to get in to see the dentist again and find out what is happening. Now cold drinks are really bothering me something awful and that never happened before so something is still not right in this silly mouth of mine and the pain I am getting now is behind a crown, which is not good :sad:

I went for my CT scan on Friday as well on my sinuses to see what is happening up there and I should find out next week if there is anything abnormal as I get constant sinus headaches (which in conjunction with the migraines is not good)

I see there are lots of newcomers, Hi, it is nice to see you and I can't wait to get to know you all a little better :flowerforyou:

There seems to be always so much going on around here that if you don't post everyday, you get so far behind and that is where I seem to be right now. I would love to send comments out to so many of you, but there is just so much to say to so many of you, that there is just not enough time (or space, I imagine!!!!) :noway:

I hope you all are doing well. You keep me so encouraged and feeling good about things. I am not sure where I would be without you all and I truly mean that. I love your stories and your rants in some instances because a lot of them are the "been there, done that" sort of thing and it feels good to know you are not alone in this journey we have undertaken :happy:

So, my wonderful, Friends. Take care and talk to you soon

Love, Cathy

Hello again everyone .............

I've been AWOL I know!!
I've missed popping in here for sure. I haven't backtracked on the umpteen posts I've missed so will no doubt be in the dark as to how you all are. I hope you're all doing well.

DH and I are just back from our Alaskan cruise ....and I only put on 2lb. I need to get back in the fold and lose some more....HELP!!

We have a houseful (4) of Danish students from the local college here at the moment. I've forgotten what it's like to have teenagers in the house!! HOW MANY showers and wet towels?? They're here 'til Sunday and it's been fun.....good job they speak perfect English!!

While I've been in silent mode we've found out more news on additions to our grandchildren!! Grandson #3 is due to #2 son &Co on 15th Nov...getting excited now!! AND .......#1 son had announced a new arrival next April. That was revised today to....arrivals!! Yep...twins. Will need some advice from Tiarapants!!! As the two children already in the family are 13 and 9 , even one was a surprise!!

Anyway folks .......I'll say BFN

Jackie

Hope everyone is doing good.The weather is so nice.Suppose to start raining tonite and tomorrow and get cooler.
The weather was so beautiful and trees changing.
Have a good night!
HUGS
jane

Evening Everyone!

I'm happy to say I did NOT eat any of the cookies I had to take pics of today.....60 cookie pictures. I didn't eat a crumb...didn't even lick my fingers! I knew if I did my willpower would have instantly crashed. And....I fixed my treadmill. That's my favorite exercise so I'm pretty thrilled about that.

Congrats to all who saw the scale show lower numbers! Mine is holding steady sadly.

Cathy...I used to get horrible sinus headaches. My dentist was the one who helped. Since I grind my teeth so much, he gave me a bite guard. My face pain and headaches were coming from the grinding. The guard helps alot. Now I just get tension headaches from putting up with Eric, my kids, the dog, my house, etc.

Benji...When my son was in high school (he's 27 now), the guidance counselor gave them all a test to help them figure out a career they might be suited for. My son said it was a waste of time, too. His came back that he should be either a CEO or maitre'd. (?) I wouldn't mind the CEO. He'll have plenty of money to spoil his mother like I spoiled him most of his life!

Chat w/you all later. Time to wake up the hubby and send him off to work. He works overnights...and that's fine for me cause he snores and keeps me awake when he's home. :laugh:

Rita

Cynthia - your salad sounds really good. Congrats on the loss!

Jackie - congrats on your expanding family!

yes, the tooth and sinuses are related. I remember once a while ago I had this terrible toothache, went to the dentist. He took an x-ray and it showed that my sinuses were pushing down on the tooth, the sinuses were so inflamed.

Rita - what willpower you have not to have any of the cookies. I know that sometimes when pics are taken of foods, they "enhance" the food, sometimes they'll put oil on the outside to make it look shiny, things like that. Did they do anything to the cookies?

It's better to have your weight holding steady than to be gaining, that's for sure

The battery is going on my heartrate monitor and I had to reset the time on the watch. I really don't like when that happens. Anyway, as a result, I guess I spent probably about 15 minutes trying to reset the time and then get my heartrate displayed. Therefore, I only did 45 min of spinning today. Tomorrow I'll do a chest and back DVD from that series that I have, shall see how long it is. My goal is to exercise for an hour, so if I have to do two DVD's that's what I'll do.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

I'm happy to say I did NOT eat any of the cookies I had to take pics of today.....60 cookie pictures. I didn't eat a crumb...didn't even lick my fingers! I knew if I did my willpower would have instantly crashed. And....I fixed my treadmill. That's my favorite exercise so I'm pretty thrilled about that.

Congratulations on your outstanding will power Rita.... what a feat!:flowerforyou:

I always relate to things you write.... tension headaches ... from husband (who snores but has been away for last couple of weeks.... yea good nights sleep), kids (youngest doing HSC final school exams and the other with a mad girlfriend who lives with us for the moment and has lots of eating issues - that's a migraine on its own:explode: ).

My older son also did the career advisor test thing at school a couple of years ago and he was very indignant that they didn't have a category for world famous soccer star which is what he intends to be (but now at 20 and having tried his luck in UK and back home he is finally starting to get a bit more realistic):laugh:

Glad your treadmill is working again..... I can't get the scales to move either.... I guess its just a matter of time.... hopefully I will stay strong in the meantime.

Lisa

I went online last night and looked again for dresses for our son

This is what you read at night with tired eyes.

Saw the cardiologist yesterday for the MRI results. I have a thickening of my heart muscle which can either be genetic or caused by high blood pressure. Genetic is not good as it can result in sudden death. Whoever interpreted the MRI etc. concluded I have the genetic problem but the cardiologist doesn't agree. :ohwell: So he wants me to repeat the tests - 24 hr heart monitor echo-cardiogram & treadmill. The last treadmill test was stopped after 5 minutes as my BP was dangerously high.

He recommended a low calorie, low fat eating plan & gentle exercise. I asked if I could go back to 1 hour gym sessions but he said to stick with the 30 minute sessions for now. He is tweaking my medication to get my BPdown by the time I take the tests again but told me that if I don't loose weight & get my BP under control, I will die. Plain & simple.

I'm struggling to get back into the swing of things after my holiday but that provides motivation I need. I need to weigh myself, re-set my ticker & get on with it!