WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

Hi Ladies! I turn 50 this year!

It is my goal to be nifty at fifty!!! It is a change in life style for me. I am in front of the computer most of the day as a full time online student at Liberty University. (Which I love) I also home school my 10 year old daughter who is enrolled at Liberty academy online. (she loves it).

I have begun by cutting out all obvious sugar and flour. Which is my weakness. However I can already tell a difference. I also have begun walking every hour on the hour for 10 minutes.

This forces me to change my lifestyle not only work out. I am becoming more aware of what I actually am eating with MFP and it is amazing how little water I was drinking when I started actually counting. (I thought I was drinking a lot).

I am also wondering if my thyroid needs to be checked? I am 5'9" and need to lose 150 lbs. I tend to hide it well because of my height. However when I look back at High school pictures (when I was really in shape and physically active) I weighed 135 and was very healthy and not skinny at all. So I want to get back to where I was before I allowed non activity and the weight of the world to attach to me.

I am a Christian woman and love the Lord Jesus with all my heart. I want my body to represent the change He has so graciously done in my heart. I have spent the last several years walking out my faith focusing on the Jesus and His Word, now its time to allow all that He has done in me to show on the outside!

Thanks for Joining me in this journey.

Made my own recipe of Pasta & Vegetable Salad this morning, thought a few of you might like to try this.

Makes about 7 cups, keeps well in the fridge.

3 c. cooked pasta shells, 1/2 c. cooked frozen baby lima beans, 1 c. cooked frozen peas, 1 c. chopped parboiled zucchini, 1/2 c. chopped red onion, 1/2 c. chopped red bell, 1/2 c. reconstituted sun-dried tomatoes (not in oil), 22 medium black olives, 10 pieces marinated artichoke hearts, 4 cloves minced garlic, 1 T. extra virgin olive oil, 1/8 t. salt, dash each dried thyme, parsley and basil.

Per 1 cup serving: 184 calories, 4 calcium, 6 fat, 6 protein, 312 sodium, 296 potassium.

Just got the book my masseuse has been telling me about for months in today's mail: "Mastering Your Metabolism" 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones... What are you reading?

Hi Ladies:

I had an amazing day today!! The other law clerk in my office had decorated my office this morning all full of balloons and streamers, all in my favourite colour - pink, it was fun; then she treated me to lunch and bought me a beautiful sweater. The only downside was, I ate more than I should have and I said no birthday cake, but she brought cupcakes and I had one :grumble:

Barbie - I love your picture, it is amazing

To the Newcomers, Welcome!!

This was just a quick visit, I only wanted to make sure I logged on and did not get too far behind in these numerous posts :happy:

Have a great evening, Everyone.

Take care.

Love, Cathy xx

Hi all,
I working on mixing up my cardio work outs. Today was 30 min circuit training with light weights. I read about the workout in a book written by Olympic Rowing Medalist Brad Lewis. There are 7 exercises done in continuous sets of 10 reps with light weights. The idea is to keep your heart rate up and work specific muscle groups. The reps should not be done so fast that you lose technique. It is fun to do to bouncy dance music. Gotta watch that my heart rate stays in the target range. The exercise log shows this as strength training, but with the light weights it should be cardio.
I find that if I plan my food for the day and enter it on the log, I can stay on track better than if I have to go back and remember each thing I ate. Does that help any of you?

Does that help me? Would I be too bold if I said that your workouts put me to shame?
I just checked my local library. They don't have any of Brad Lewis's books. (Didn't he write Assault on Lake Casitas?) I'm trying to not buy so many books these days, but I am sure I know someone with a copy.

Happy New Year!! Have been missing in action for quite a while. But here I am, back again. Meanwhile there are 10 pages of postings. Wow.

ttyl
Rebel

Welcome back Rebel.

I keep reading in the post about the 17 day diet. What does consist of.

74 degrees today. Raked leaves and ate a lot. lol But it was a beautiful day.

Just stopped to read the posts.
Happy Birthday Cathy,hope it was a good one.
Busy day and in the am.
have a goodnight.Welcome all the new people.
HUGS
jane

Boy, miss even one day and I'm so far behind.

First, let me welcome all the newcomers. What a wonderful thread you've joined! So happy to have you!

Suz - thanks so much for the comparison of sweet potatoes to white potatoes! Whenever I've logged my food, sweet potatoes always seemed to be so high in calories but they're really not when you start comparing them to white potatoes. Thanks, especially since I LOVE sweet potatoes. "If you can grown your own veges and eat them the same day, they are healthier"....may I add that they taste better, too??

Nancy - I take a bag of chickpeas, (I prefer the dry ones to the ones in a can since the canned ones are higher in sodium, and even if you rinse them, there will still be some sodium that soaked into them so I get the ones in a bag), let them soak overnight, then put them in the oven at about 450 for about 15 minutes (I check to see that they are brown and not burned so sometimes the time is a little different). Then I portion them into 1/2 cup servings, and that's IT. Good snack, high in fiber, high in protein, makes you want to drink water (I usually have about 24oz) so it's filling, and not high in calories. Win all around!

I'm so proud of myself, I went to WalMart today and looked in the bakery section, they had samples, but I had absolutely no desire for any. I'm so happy

I don't know what it is...but during dinner tonight, suddenly I got so very tired! I couldn't even finish my dinner (not that I had that much anyway)

genalace - I sure hope everything works out for you. Let us know what they say at the ER, OK?

yellowrose - I remember one time when I made this spinach manicotti. I thought it was good. But Vince wouldn't eat it unless it had meat in it, no spinach. So I made some with beef for him and the rest with spinach for me. Do you know that he expected me to cook them in separate pans??? I just said "it's bad enough I have to cook two different dinners, but I will NOT use two separate pans." Another time I was roasting mushrooms in one pan and in another I was making something for Vince. He SAID he could taste the mushrooms -- but I doubt it highly.

Susan - I'm in the same boat as you. Ever since Vince retired, we don't have dental insurance. Long story short -- I had a root canal (that I don't think I needed, but that's another story), to the tune of a few thousand dollars. Just what I needed! Then the tooth got infected so I had to have it extracted and a bridge made. I, too, started my day off in the dentist's chair! Not fun, that's for sure!

Question for anyone (especially the "gadget" people) - is there any type of item that you can take with you when you go for a walk that tells you how fast you are walking? The treadmill does that, but I'd also like to walk outside but I want to be sure I'm walking at a decent pace.

Pam - PJ became diabetic and it got to the point where he'd actually come up and meow for his insulin! He had no problem with getting it. Hope Roscoe turns out to be the same way. I think PJ somehow understood that getting the insulin made him feel better. At least that sounds good to me!

Robin - good luck on those interviews!

Susan - good for you not getting into that ice cream!

Cathy - happy birthday

mixdouble - I do a mixture of pre and post logging of my food. I find that at times it's really good to log my food BEFORE eating it as sometimes I will go over and not even know it. By logging before eating the food, I can adjust and either eat something different that's lower in calories or not have that item at all.

Did 50 min of Jillian Michael's Shred It with Weights DVD today, then went to the dentist, stopped at WallyWorld, came home and logged in, but before I knew it I had to leave for the Newcomer luncheon. I just had the soup. Well, part of that was because I had just been to the dentist and my gums were somewhat sore from the cleaning. The other part was that I really couldn't find anything that was decent, everything had all this cheese or dressings on it. Tomorrow I'll do an hour of deep water aerobics, then go play mahjongg.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Had a nice evening out with my knitting friends. I was looking for what to take because I've been making socks and I'm right at the toe on two of them so knew that wouldn't be enough to keep me busy. I was rooting through a bag to see what was there and came across a bit of knitting so pulled it out. It is a little bolero that I was making for my great niece. I counted stitches and found it was size 2-3. She is now 5 so I pulled out all that was done and took it with me and started it again doing size 6 because I won't see her until next year when I go to UK.

Tomorrow I need to spend some time and read the instruction book to download some stuff on to my MP3 player that I got for Christmas, then I'll have something to listen to when I manage to get on to my treadmill.

And so to bed.

Well I should fit in with you all just fine. I am 54, almost 55. I am new to MFP, joined in Dec 2011. I never had a weight problem until I went through menopause and now I am fat!! I could stand to lose at least 30 lbs. My goal for January is to lose 5 lbs and become more consistent with exercise. I tend to give up easy, so I need the group motivation. I am not real good at figuring out how to stay under my daily carbs/proteins/fats yet. I tend to stay under calories, but sometimes go over in these other areas. I hope this gets easier with time. I want to thank whoever started this group...the graphics are adorable!! I am excited to get to know everyone. Terri E :flowerforyou:

Question for anyone (especially the "gadget" people) - is there any type of item that you can take with you when you go for a walk that tells you how fast you are walking? The treadmill does that, but I'd also like to walk outside but I want to be sure I'm walking at a decent pace.

Michele... when I started doing my C25K thingy I was running outside and using the C25K app with gps... at the end of my session it told me my average speed as it could work out the distance I went.... if you have a smartphone there are apps to track your walk and tell you the speed, etc.... like this one for iphone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imapmywalk-walking-running/id307860824?mt=8

G'Morning, up n adam here since 4am. Dang dogs woke me up, lol. That's ok, it's not out of the ordinary and although my eyes are a tad scratchy, I'll be fine as the morning wears on. Going hiking with a friend around noon, I think we'll attack the steep trails over at Tryon since it hasn't rained overnight and the ground won't be too muddy. Hiking in NW Oregon can be a mucky trek this time of year.

Salad Sistas Day 4. It's paying off.....I'm down a pound this morning. 1200-1250 cals a day since starting the challenge on Tues, big salad for lunch, decent daily exercise. Stomach is on "E" this morning and grrrrrrrowling.

Happy Friday!