WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

I don’t know where to begin to express my delight at all the sharing on this thread today. I hope that we all can maintain a momentum of regular posting. When I started, I posted every day and responded to everyone on the thread and when I didn’t have time to do that I felt rotten and guilty. I think now I’ve found moderation and post a few times a week and occasionally spend the time to respond to everyone.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: It’s great to see new faces and new enthusiasm. I hope those of you who are new will keep coming back and take the time to get to know others. I don’t think any of us can build a relationship with everyone on the thread but connecting with a few women who say something that strikes a chord is a good way to get started. I used to think that if I responded to only a few people that everyone else’s feelings would be hurt so I’d respond to no one and that felt terrible because I things I wanted to say about what I’d read. Yes……I do over-complicate things.
Mimi, I’m glad you’re back even if you aren’t posting your food right now. You know the right way to eat even if you can weigh and measure and control the way you did in your own kitchen.

:bigsmile: Nita, congratulations on getting into jeans that didn’t fit before----the size on the label doesn’t matter---on my first shopping trip after losing some weight I bought two pairs of jeans in two different sizes and the ones with the smaller size were bigger than the ones with the bigger size.

:bigsmile: Lisa, reaching small goals and being glad about it is much more sustaining than feeling despair about not reaching big goals……slow and steady wins the race……take baby steps and you’ll get there

:bigsmile: Joyce, when we got ready to move we spent a lot of time going through stuff and discarding so that we had a lot less stuff when we moved into the new house. It was a very satisfying endeavor.

:bigsmile: Michele, I was so grateful this year that we knew that we’d have no trick-or-treaters so we bought no candy at all.

:bigsmile: Ronna, where do you live? I love your picture by the ocean.

:bigsmile: Kathy (plantlady), keep doing what you’re doing

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getting below 160 will happen soon

:bigsmile: Rita, I love the picture of your dog and I love her name.

:bigsmile: Elaine, I’d love to hear more about your raw vegan eating. Consider opening your food diary so we can see what you’re eating. There are many vegetable lovers on this thread who are always looking for new ideas.

:bigsmile: Faye, I am very impressed that you butcher your own meat…….the best I can do is cut up a whole grocery store chicken.

Kackie, visiting with friends makes me sleepy, too. I actually dozed off for a few minutes this morning during the after brunch conversation.

:bigsmile: Janet, you are an amazing inspiration to us----using being laid off as an inspiration to get active and eat healthy

:flowerforyou: My goal for October was to work in the yard no matter what the weather. We had good weather almost every day and I got a lot done. I slowed down on yard work when I started making applesauce every afternoon during the time I would have otherwise been in the yard.

:bigsmile: My goal for November is to continue with my daily 90 minute walks with my frisky poodles. I started these morning walks in May when the days were long and the weather was mild. Now I am facing much shorter days and the advent of colder weather so my goal is to continue and not let darkness, rain, or snow deter us.