WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2011

Happy New year everyone!!
Gonna spend the day with family.Son`s birthday,celebrating 33 years.Spending the night with my 3 1/2 year old gran daughter.Gonna have a few tea parties.
For the New year I just want to focus on being as healthy as I can.Do what ever exercise I can and eat the best I can.
Try not to let the stress in my life get the best of me.
Looking forward to 2012 with all MFP.
Have a great day!
HUGS

We are aiming on an early night to see in the New Year. Neither of us are feeling on top form - chesty coughs all round here.

Whatever you are up to, be safe. Have fun and let's all look forward to a healthy, happy 2012.

God bless.
Love
Amanda x

Hello Ladies,

In case I don't get much time for logging in over the next day or two....Happy New Year to everyone. Please be safe, have fun, and look positively toward the new year!

My main objective for this year is to be more consistent. I figure that will take in so much of what I'm looking forward to....better health, better bod, more exercise and better food choices....cleaner house. I have too great a tendency to go full steam over something and then fizzle after a bit. And I usually start to fizzle just when I'm beginning to see progress....WHY IS THAT???:huh:

Not that we need a new year to start anew...but I think we might have all been conditioned to think that way...so here's to a new year full of peace, happiness, health and all the fun things in life!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Rita

Well today was rather odd weather wise, even for here in north Florida. I spent the afternoon outside enjoying the beautiful day. It was probably near 80 today for a high. It's 70 degrees now and it's 6pm. (Well, it was 6 when I started this...I stopped to make dinner.)

I spent some time taking pictures of my beds and pots of flowers and also cracking out some of the black walnuts we brought back from Michigan. It was fun sitting in the yard doing that and watching the birds at the feeders.

I want all you northern bird lovers to know that we are taking good care of "your" gold finches. It doesn't seem quite fair that they show up here with almost all their color gone and just as they are turning bright yellow and green again, they leave to go back north to you all. The robins have not arrived here yet. It seems that they come all at once and just invade the yard by the hundreds sometime in early January, stay for a few days, and travel further south. We don't see them again until the same time the next year. It seems odd to me that we don't see them on the return flight north. They must not flock up like they do on the way down.

I'm glad DH and I got the cold frame ready to go the other day, as we are due for our first freeze on Monday. The forecast says we will have a nighttime freeze both Monday and Tuesday. Everything that I have planted can take some freezing temps except the lettuce; it will need protection.

I am having a concoction of left over turkey with quinoa pasta, onions, ancho peppers, tomatoes and eggplant from my garden. The veggies are from the garden via the freezer of course. Maybe I'll use cumin to flavor it up. DH is having venison, brown rice and green beans.

We aren't New Years revelers either; we never have been. DH is watching football and I will probably watch a movie on Netflix and maybe work on a cute ear flap hat pattern that I found for DGGS. Mom hinted that she would like one for him. There isn't too much need for one down here, but I will take any excuse I can get to knit something for someone.

I am fighting the simple carb monster like many others. I usually don't have a problem with sugar; flour is a whole different subject! However, a nibble here and a bite there over the holidays has gotten me into a position that I am craving sugary stuff. What's left in the house now is not all that appealing to me and DH will have it gone shortly anyway. I have to learn how many bites and samples I can allow myself during the holidays before the carb monster kicks in. It's obviously fewer that I thought! I am fine through the day, but in the evenings the cravings start. Tonight, I plan to keep my hands busy.

I ordered the yoga DVD that Barbie was talking about and am looking forward to getting started with it.

I wouldn't call it a New Years resolution by any means, but this year, in addition to getting healthier by losing some more weight, I intend to work on my flexibility. I need some of improvement in that area.

Talk to you all next year! :laugh:

My main objective for this year is to be more consistent. I figure that will take in so much of what I'm looking forward to....better health, better bod, more exercise and better food choices....cleaner house. I have too great a tendency to go full steam over something and then fizzle after a bit. And I usually start to fizzle just when I'm beginning to see progress....WHY IS THAT???:huh:

Gosh Rita this is ME!! ....and I have the same goals for the new year.... in fact I am spending the day doing some tidying up today!

Happy New Year to everyone:drinker: ..... see you on the January thread.

Lisa

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year! Of course my resolution is to get rid of the last 33 lbs - want to be in shape for retirement!

Hi Suzy,

Excuse my ignorance, but could you please tell me what a simple carb is as opposed to a complex carb?
And what high fiber, healthy things you filled your cupboard with please? I am looking for ideas.

Thanks, Kathie :flowerforyou:

Basically simple carbs are sugary and/or white. Things like fruit juice, sugar, flour, and things made from them like bread and pasta, white rice and white potatoes. Simple carbs are quickly turned to sugar in your body.

Complex carbohydrates provide a slower and more sustained release of energy than simple carbohydrates. A few examples are oatmeal and fruit.

I'll try to list my favorite healthy snacks for you tomorrow. Almonds and apples are at the top of my list.

Okay Kathy, Here is what is in simple carb-free my pantry these days Hope this helps :flowerforyou:

VEGGIES: Almost any vegetable except white potatoes.I try to eat broccoli and/or spinach every day.
FRUIT: Berries, cherries, apples, pears, plums.
FATS: olive oil, nuts, nut butter, avocados, dark chocolate
DAIRY: cheese, cream cheese, Fiber One Yogurt
MEATS: Eggs, Chicken, Fish, Crisp Bacon (I eat lean red meat once a week)
GRAINS: Whole grains only. Oatmeal, not the instant kind, Whole grain pastas and breads, Brown Rice
SUGAR: Stevia,

NO SUGAR, WHITE FLOUR, CORN, CORNMEAL, FRUIT JUICE, MILK or FATS OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE.

I have a few high protein staples for my go-to afternoon snacks or on the run breakfast: EAS AdvantEdge Protein Shakes, Ezekiel Bread and Oh Yeah Fudge Brownie Protein Bars

Just remember the higher the amount of fiber, the more complex carbohydrate the food contains. A good guide is the glycemic index which you can find online or You can google simple carbs.

Thanks a lot Suzy. That's a great help. See you on the January thread :-)