WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

It was cold and wet today.Got out to take of the animals. I did get a DVD from the library Getting fit after 50(yoga) Made it through the stretching.Boy I'm out shape. Will try more tomorrow. Do have some good news I can now fit into size 12 jeans. I haven't lost alot But I'm losing inches. But I have to go and get winter tops. Only have t-shirts. Just going to get a few things.

Viv- Have to see how much those lights are.

Rebel -enjoy every moment they grow up so fast.

Michelle- Sounds like a very long day but you were prepared.

Jane- Nice picture way to stick with what you can do.

Barbie- I understand how your friend fills.

Marilyn-Glad to hear you are liking your image. I hear that is hard sometimes.

Robin_ sounds like you are having a nice time.

Joyce

Hello all you lovely ladies.... gosh, a couple of days of being busy and not reading the thread .... and sooo much to catch up on!!

Too much for my tiny brain to name you all and give individual messages.... but I love reading about all your lives:bigsmile: and feel so much a part of all that is going on.... and I feel for all those with health issues and wish you well.

I've had a few busy days.... and not being very disciplined with either food or exercise..... so much for my fresh start for November!! I feel like I am teetering on the edge of slipping into old ways.....

Started with my husband's birthday on thursday although I handled that day really well with heaps of exercise early to keep within goal.... but friday I worked all day sitting at computer.... so no exercise, quick not good lunch, and then drinks after work with antipasto platter..... oh dear.

Saturday no better.... went with friends on a cafe crawl through a multicutural area of the city.... lots of coffee, some cakes, some pizza.... oh dear again. (but had a great day).

Today (sunday).... worked hard around the garden after going to the markets.... but feeling very slack and disorganised with food and the croissants I bought at the markets for my kids were still sitting on the bench.... so they ended up in my stomach (on my hips)..... and then it rained unexpectedly and heavily and all the good work I had just done sealing some stone pavers was washed away.... so now I feel very low.... was going to go to the gym this weekend but actually I just feel like sitting and having a glass of wine!:drinker:

Think I will just go with it for now and wake up to a new day tomorrow and make sure I go to the gym very early and do my C25K and get the week off to a good start..... I really want to hang in there and not repeat my usual patterns.
:yawn:

Hello Dear Ladies,

Hope that you are all having a nice weekend. It is windy, windy, windy here so DH hasn't been out in the boat so he isn't too thrilled...but I just got back from a nice walk/jog and feel great. Down half a pound for the week...had hoped for more but will take it. Slow and steady, right?

Jeannie: CONGRATULATIONS on your win and I do hope this is a sign of good things for you and your family.:drinker: I don't have an IPad but DH and my sons do. Even our 2 year old GD can use it, so you are right...it is very user friendly

Joyce: Way to go on getting into the jeans and I am sure that the yoga will get easier. Way to go for being persistent.:flowerforyou:

Rebel: Your GS is darling and I love the pic too

Barbie: So glad you are enjoying time with your best friend. Time spent with special friends is very precious! Enjoy!

To those who are struggling, I hope the week ahead is a good one for getting back on track. I am the poster child for that up and down and the best thing for me is to keep logging in and reading. I get such inspiration from all of you! Thank you for being here:flowerforyou:

Kackie

Welcome, 79Smudge! You sound like you have really jumped in here with both feet. You will find lots of support and friendship here. Good luck on this journey and look forward to getting to know you. (Darling profile picture!) take care, kackie

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. We had a nice day. My husband seemed to feel better—the swelling in his leg went down and he was able to move it more. I hope we get the results of some of the bloodwork tomorrow. My medical degree from WebMD is leaning toward a type of gout…time will tell. I am so relieved that he seems a bit better.

In the meantime, I have had some time to read through a book I got out of the library ( The 17 Day Diet). I don’t like the sense of “diet” but it reading the book it made me think about how little by little, I add processed food into my day. I have been whining about my difficulty in losing anything consistently. I decided to follow the plan and after this first day, it feels great.

Michele….I hope Vince is feeling better. What a tough day that the surgery kept getting moved back. That happened to me when I had my gall bladder out many years ago and my poor parents were so upset.
Kackie…What a nice day…to get to visit with your parents. I miss my parents so much—we had lots of good memories.
Robin…Enjoy Vegas and your daughter!
Rita…A three day birthday—that’s a good way to celebrate!
Jeannie…Congrats on the win..what fun.
Welcome 79Smudge
Janet…Congrats on the weight loss!

Have a good night!
Sally

Just a quick post. I am very busy, and still not feeling real great, so I have just skimmed your posts. By the way, if you remember MacMadame, she posted to us, but accidentally put it on the November 2010 thread. I sent her a message and hope she finds us.

I will be gone the next couple of days, and I can't wait. My daughter who lives in Kansas City has bought me a ticket to see PAUL SIMON tomorrow night!! I will be calling in sick to work for the next two days - don't tell on me! (Should be pretty convincing, since I have been so sick recently.) I think I will be driving in the rain, but plan to leave early in the day, as it may turn to snow here, and they only have rain forecast, so I want to get out of here before it gets colder and freezes. Anyway, I am sure that the concert will be wonderful.

Have a good week all!

Hi Everyone:

I have been away for days and boy, does it show - so far behind in posts, I don't even know where to start!!!

I was up north this weekend spending the weekend with my best friend/step sister as she was having a 60th surprise party for her husband and then I went to spend some time with my step mother. It was a good weekend.

I had my weigh in on Saturday and I lost 2 more lbs last week too, so I am so happy about that too and it gave me the incentive to stay on track through the party as well, which I did do

I sure hope that all of you that are feeling poorly can get well :flowerforyou:

For those of you that had losses; Yay :drinker:

To all the newcomers, there are so many, sorry, I will try to get to meet you shortly and hopefully we can become friends as well

I am staying on goal with the girls at work, we are still doing well together and I am determined to lose this time and so far, it seems to be working for me. I have lost over 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks. I sure wish it were possible to keep that up, wouldn't that be great, Ladies? :noway:

Anyway, I have to go and get myself orgainzed for tomorrow. So much to do. Hope you all are well.

Talk to you again soon and I will try not to be away so long

Love, Cathy xx

Count me among those who look forward to the daily workout. I don't know what's up with me, but this a.m (Sat). when I went to do my yoga, I got so dizzy, that I didn't do it this morning. I'll try again and see how it goes. I like to get my workout in in the a.m. and get it over with, but I just couldn't today. Not sure how I'll feel tomorrow so I'm not planning anything at this time.

barbie - you eating sweet potato fries and tuna/cheddar melt really helps me to constantly remind myself that it really isn't necessary to be 100% perfect all the time. We're all human, even the mighty barbie has a tuna/cheddar melt (on occasion). Thank you for posting this, it really helps to read it knowing how good you are most of the time.

Faye - talking about your brother who is squeemish about blood, I have a cousin who when she was a teen was VERY squeemish about blood. She even had a hard time changing her menstrual pad. Know what she became when she got older? An OR nurse! Yup, the same gal who couldn't change her pad from her period! Zumba isn't for me, either. I'm so uncoordinated. I could probably do it if there was a class that was small, I'm talking 3 or 4 people. There used to be one at the Y near me, but because the class was so small (which I would have loved), they cancelled the class. And I was just about to try it, too! I know the one time I took it when the instructor said to go right, I went left, when she said to go left, I went right. Of course, I wound up bumping into people.

Joyce - congrats on wearing the size 12! Awesome!

Am starting to do some baking for Thanksgiving. I think I told you all that Jess wants to have Thanksgiving at her place, which is fine only she's working the day after (when we're going to go) which translates into mom does all the cooking etc in a strange kitchen. So I'm starting to get the cookies made and I'll freeze them. Now is the absolute worst time of the year for me. One thing I just can't resist is raw cookie dough. When the cookies are baked, then I have no problem leaving them alone. But the raw dough....THAT I have a problem with. I'm going to try to make not as many cookies as I have in the past.

Last night I had this DiGorno 200 calorie pizza. It was pretty good (and filling)

Jeannie - how wonderful that you won that iPad!

Didn't do any yoga this weekend (thought I might get some in Sunday but it really wasn't meant to be). Did go to the extremepump class today. Still a bit light headed, but took the class anyway. I'm planning on doing some HIIT tomorrow. Then I'll return the social box (has the plates, etc in it) so it can be refilled for the next social (which is the 19th), then go to mahjongg.

Mary - have a great time at the concert

Gonna go take a shower and then watch DWTS.

Have a great evening everyone!

Michele

I forgot to mention that our seats for the concert are near the front. I told my husband that if Paul Simon tosses me his hotel key, I don't care if he is 70 years old, I am going! :laugh:

GOOD EVENING, DEAR LADIES,

TODAY WAS OFF AND BUSY ALL DAY..(.I DID GET A FAST SHORT WALK IN THIS MORNING AND ANOTHER, LESS BRISK ONE IN THIS EVENING, BUT IN BETWEEN WAS GO, GO, GO.) I REALIZE WHEN I GOT HOME THAT I HADN'T HAD AS MUCH WATER AS I USUALLY DO OR AS MUCH FOOD. NEITHER ARE A GOOD THING FOR ME. IT REMINDS ME OF HOW I FELT AFTER WORKING ALL DAY, SO I FEEL FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL PUTTING IN THE LONG HOURS!:flowerforyou: IT'S HARD TO MAKE GREAT CHOICES WHEN YOU ARE EXHAUSTED. I DID OK, BUT NOT THE BEST. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY

SALLY: SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOUR DH IS FEELING SOME BETTER. I HOPE THINGS GET RESOLVED SOON!

CATHY: WTG ON THE LOSS...THAT'S FANTASTIC!

SWELTEWISHER: SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A FUN TIME...

RITA: SORRY ABOUT YOUR SON'S CAR, BUT GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP AND ENJOY THE TIME WITH HIM!

MARY: HAVE A GREAT TRIP, AND SHHHHHHHH....WE WON'T TELL A SOUL:noway:

I DON'T KNOW WHEN I HIT THE "ALL CAPS' BUTTON, BUT I'M TOO LAZY TO REDO THE WHOLE POST!

HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE:flowerforyou: KACKIE

Hi everyone - where did the weekend go :noway: :noway: :huh:

:flowerforyou: The Indian meal on Friday was lovely, probably too many calories, as it was quite creamy, but it was tasty rather than spicy.

:flowerforyou: The kittens are settling in slowly, we've thought of a name for the boy "Logan" but keep changing our mind for the girl. So far she's been a sooki, Abby, Maddie and Maggie. We'd better make our mind up soon or she'll think she's called "little girl" :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Hope everyone is doing well, as I said not quite sure where the weekend went but it's Tuesday already and I need to get myself organised and ready for work.

Have a good day everyone I hope to be back later

Viv x

Hi ladies

I had a great day with the grandtwins today. We chose a rocking horse for their birthday, plus a shedload of other presents. I can't believe that the next time I see them they will be a year old!! The time has gone so fast.

We were looking through some photographs of them when they were newborns and I was shocked to see how much bigger I was back then. I think I've only lost about 30 pounds since they were born, but it has certainly made a difference.

One thing that my mind has turned to lately is new year's resolutions. This is the time of year that I normally start thinking about them. My standard resolution has always been 'lose weight' but I no longer need to do that, so I'm looking for suggestions for next year .... other than maintaining my weight of course.

Tomorrow I am working at the gallery, so I want to go and prepare my lunch to take with me.

I hope you are all doing well. I have only skimmed the posts today, but will try to read more thoroughly once I have time (perhaps when I'm traveling on the tube tomorrow).

Love to you all.
Amanda x

techno - once a few years ago I was dizzy, but I know that was because I was really trying to lose weight, and I felt like c***. As soon as I got back to normal eating, even tho I wasn't losing, I felt so much better. That dizziness has gone now, don't know what it was. Maybe it was just my body's way of telling me "slow down". Took an extremepump class yesterday, did an hour of HIIT today, and am planning to do a downloadable workout on the spin bike tomorrow.

Rita - sounds like the broken down car was a blessing in disguise. I'm so happy for you

Got a question for you all. I usually have some books on my iPod that I listen to while exercising, like "The Body Fat Solution". Does anyone have any suggestions for other books that are weight-oriented?

genalace - you have no idea how many times I've wished that we could have a clothes line, the sheets and blankets smell soooo good. Maybe in the future things will change with interest now in conserving energy. I'm so jealous of you getting to smell those sheets!

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day, exercise, then the Newcomers general meeting, then the senior bowl, come home for a few hours, then the Newcomers bowling.

When I go to "my topics" the forum for this is listed twice, it's not like one has been locked out. Does anyone know why this has happened? Just clicked on the other November listing....it's at page 15! There's no way I'll be able to ever get thru it, so I'll have to suffice to say welcome to everyone who is new, congrats to all the losers, and I'll see you at page 15.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening

Michele

:bigsmile: Might want to add the year to the month for next month's thread. Eliminates confusion. :bigsmile:

I had a PD day. It was a mixture of boring-entertaining - boring- interesting- long- and- glad- it- was- over day.

I have set my weight goals to maintaining for now and reset my ticker to reflect actual weight. Until my medications are balanced out it is too stressful to try to lose weight.

Rebel

Congrats to all the losers. I'm trying to vary my eating more because it seems to help move the scale and also do more protein and less carbs. Is there a way to "reset" the counter to change the fat-carb-protein ratio?

Treated myself to shopping this weekend and was able to buy some smaller clothes. I know it is wasteful to replace clothes now because I have so much more to lose. But buying any non-X clothes was a treat.

Trying to do some Zumba at night in addition to the morning workout--but there are weeks when I'm not home until after 9 for several night. I need to figure out something to do at lunch other than work at my desk.

Scale wasn't friendly this morning, despite a very good counting and exercise week so far. I need to stop weighing every day but compulsively do---only when I'm "dieting" though. never when I'm overeating...

Happy Hump Day.

Sveltwisher: Brooklyn! Lived there for most of the 17 years I lived in NYC and still miss it every day. Now confined to the suburbs of D.C.