WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

What a great group.To the new grandma`s you`ll love being a grandma.I have 3 grandchildren.2 live out of state and my 3 1/2 year old lives 20 min away.I spent today with her.We went to Fl,had a tea party,she sang a concert for me.I enjoyed every minute.The favorite part of the day was a song she made up and sang,I love my grandma.They are so precious.
Happy Birthday!
rebel,enjoy Mexico.
Everyone have a great night.
HUGS
jane

Virginia >> I'm in the Northwest, Portland to be exact. Fairly temperate climate but boy howdy was it cold yesterday when we went out hiking. Freeze your patootie off! (Probably 40 degrees, what a wimp, lol) By the 3rd hill I was peeling off layers.

Another good recipe here if anyone's interested. Spinach and Feta Stuffed Pork Chops from Cooking Light. Very good, made them tonight. I'll find the link and post it, but you can Google it. I think it's on myrecipes.com. It's already in the MFP database.

Happy weekend, or as someone said "holiWEEKEND!"

:^) jb

P.S. Here's the link:
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pork-chops-stuffed-with-feta-spinach-10000001599621/

Good Morning

Tried to have a bit of a lie in this morning, but the kittens had other ideas! They decided it would be a good game to "attack" my feet - their little claws are sharp even through the duvet. I shooed them out of the bedroom and went back to bed for another hour!! :bigsmile:

The kittens are getting bigger, but still seem very small compared to our old cat Wiz, I forgot how much hard work they are, (not quite as much work as a puppy though I'd imagine :bigsmile: ) they are so small and move so quickly that I have to be careful not to fall over them. I forgot that they can climb up things! (Wiz never jumps anywhere now - apart from a comfy chair) many a time I look up and they are on the mantlepiece or climbing up the curtains.:noway: :noway: Maggie the girl is very brave and likes to be into everything. Logan the boy is always watching from the sidelines, but they are so entertaining.

:grumble: My weight is either staying the same or going up. I know I need to get back on track with the exercising, but I seem to have lost all motivation. I'm cross with myself, I was doing so well, but it seems I need to do lots more than just go walking with the dogs to lose weight. Another thing I think I need to watch is portion size, I'm often getting too full.

:ohwell: I need to get off the computer and go get the housework done, then I might take a walk up to the shopping centre to the £1 store and buy a few things. That should burn off some calories.:bigsmile:

Take care everyone
Chat again soon.

Viv

New here. Need support on this journey. I was struggling with my weight last year, and then broke my foot in August. Still in PT, the pounds have really crept on........ No more excuses. Love seeing so many of us 50+ girls. Good luck!

Virginia - wow! What a weight loss. Are you looking to lose more (pretty soon you're going to be invisible) or are you maintaining? To me, maintaining is really hard.

Hey Michele! Look, another pound. At this point they're coming off slowly and I'm so excited.

I'm looking to lose another 3 pounds minimum to hit my initial goal of 175 lbs. After that I'd like to lose at least another 5 to give me a cushion but if I don't, if I never get below 175, I will have done what I set out to do and it will be one of the greatest accomplishments of my life. I'm 5'8" so 175 gives me a BMI of 26.6 but my body fat percentage is consistently measuring around 22% right now which is a healthy range - I'm large framed and pretty muscular.

So I'm in no danger of becoming invisible, but the goal was always a healthy weight I could maintain comfortably not "thin". I have huge amounts of loose skin, so I'll never wear a bikini, tank top or shorts shorter than Bermuda length but to be able to hike and run and do whatever I want without gasping for air is just huge for me.

Hi Ladies:

Happy Saturday. It is freezing outside today, in fact, Environment Canada has issued a Cold Weather alert it is so cold!!! I don't plan on going anywhere today :happy:

genealace - I know you in Ottawa got hit with a lot more bad weather than we did, I hope you are okay

Virginia - you have given me inspiration to go and dust off my video (not dvd) of Sweatin with the Oldies!! I remember it was such fun to dance to :laugh:

KC - hope you have fun with the family :happy:

Rebel - I hope you have an amazing vacation

scomption - Happy Belated Birthday, sorry I missed it :blushing:

Welcome to the Newcomers. I am looking forward to getting to know you.:flowerforyou:

I didn't lose any weight but I am losing inches, which I am happy about. The girls at work and I are starting (seriously) the 17 Day Diet as of Monday, so we will see how that goes.

There is not too much else new, so I will go for now and I will talk to you later.

Love, Cathy xx

Happy Saturday to you all. :drinker: Here in the west it's just beginning, those of you further east and over-seas from me, it's just about over. I love thinking about the connections this ongoing conversation gives me with people all over the world. Thanks to logging in and sharing these little snippets of your lives.

Looking for reasons to exercise? Hah! :laugh: Seriously. I am listening to "Spark" by John Ratey on my iPod. He discusses the research than links changes in our brains with aerobic exercise, particularly the positive effects of exercise to prevent/alleviate dementia, depression and ADHD. As a teacher I'm fascinated by what we are learning about how the brain works and try to apply it in my classroom. Hearing him explain how exercise really, truly does improve and protect brain development is inspiring. I am not sure if my students are so thrilled when I have them doing 5 minute classroom workouts a couple of times a day. They look more like this: :grumble:

The boys are home from their trip to the big city dentist and I must get myself busy planning next week's menus and shopping. The gym opens at noon, I'll be over there for a while too.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Nancy

Susanpv – hope your recovering well from dental surgery. J’boy and DH got home last night, the boy ended up having 4 wisdom teeth removed as well as two eye teeth and prep for braces. Poor dear! He’s eating lots of gellatto, and playing computer games.

Virginia – just looking at your ticker is an inspiration, :flowerforyou: I’m sure you’ll make it down the last few pounds. And you look great in those Bermuda shorts, too!

AHealthierSuz – disappointed at a pound a week? :noway: That would be victory for me. Pat yourself on the back! What’s evoo?

Jb and the Salad sistas – nothing in the house yesterday so bought a grocery store salad for lunch. Chose the plain green salad with grated cheddar cheese on top. Pretty dull compared to our usual concoctions, but better than the ones soaked in dressing and croutons. Orange-chipotle chicken sounds divine, I am going to look up the recipe for tonight.

Genealace – glad to hear you do not drive when you did not have to. We’re having real winter in SE BC too – cold, wind, snow and all. I hear on CBC that it even snowed in Vancouver! Bless their hearts they’ll be having fits and traffic jams.

Vypeters: Rockin’ to Richard Simmons! :laugh:

Rita – How’s that gym routine? I did a quick stop and a ½ hour on the treadmill Friday after work, it was a rest day from strength training. I suppose I could have a treadmill at home, but I think it’s more fun to go to the gym and see the other folks, even if I don’t socialize much.

Exermom – I didn’t do the dishes while the boys were away, I read magazines and ate in the living room! :drinker:

Mary: supervising detention? That’s pretty intense. The students are lucky to have your support. :flowerforyou:

Good Saturday everyone

Thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday.....58...yeesh

The last couple of days I have tried to catch up on my goal of 360 minutes of exercise a week since I missed a couple of days so I've logged 195 minutes in two days. Tomorrow it looks like the X country ski trip will be a go as they got snow up north....can't wait and that should defintely get me well past my goal and I'll have fun too, and maybe counteract the extra calories from my birthday.

Happy Belated Birthday, Sarah...

I just started exercising again, and I have seen a few posts where the minutes are provided as weekly goals. Congratulations on your mindset and moving forward. Have fun on your country ski trip...brrrr... lol...I love the outdoors and that sounds like exercise AND a winner! Take care, Debbie

:flowerforyou: Loving that it's Saturday!

Glad to see so many newbies and all of you really getting into that exercise:drinker:

Last night hubby and I met our #2 & #3 sons and families that live here for dinner at Red Robin. #2 DIL is expecting grandchild #3 and has a touchy tummy right now so we go where she thinks she can eat and burgers seem to agree with her, although she still looks a bit green:sick: I was able to have the Turkey Burger wrapped in lettuce and a side salad so was able to stay within my calories which is always a good thing when you go out.

Yesterday after noon we were out doing our grocery shopping and did a stop at IKEA, that place is HUGE:noway: it was a great way to get my walking in, and then when we came home hubby and I headed to the basement to get our "official" workout in. What I'm finding is that during the work week I really can't get anywhere near 10,000 steps in, as a matter of fact I'm lucky to get in a fourth of that, but know that once warmer weather arrives and we are able to get back outside it will be easier.

Well I'm crusing my light, low cal, low carb cookbooks for some creative cooking this weekend. Everyone have a good day and don't forget to drink your water:drinker: :drinker:

Laura

YIKES!!! Genealace...that's COLD:huh: :huh: STAY warm and be careful out there!!!

Welcome, new Ladies! We are happy to have you and look forward to getting to know you better.

Mazaron: Your book sounds interesting. If you can get children today to exercise ANY you are helping them a ton. I am reading, "Younger Next Year for Women". The studies on the effects of exercise are pretty amazing and the LACK of exercise causes some very scary things to our bodies, minds and emotions. I am a former teacher so I applaud you for what you do.

Cathy: How are your headaches? Any luck with any suggested methods of avoiding or treating them?

Good luck on the 17 Day Diet. I am on day 14 of the first cycle and have lost 5 pounds. (almost 4 were from the holidays!) This is great for me since good for me is normally half a pound a week. Sally CC is doing it too and has been longer than me. I'll be curious to hear what you think and how it goes. I do think it is healthy and certainly helps you cut the cravings for sugars and carbs.

I will need this help as I TRY to lose this last 10 pounds. The body starts to fight back about this time often:explode: :explode:

Have a good rest of the weekend, dear ladies Kackie

Brand new to this and MFP. My husband and I have been on it for 2 weeks. He's lost an impressive 7.3 pounds. I haven't been as lucky. I'm hoping it was being sick and now "women's issues."

Found it!

Snow. :ohwell: Glad we got the Costco trip done before it started coming down. Things are really covered. Ritter is not quite sure what to make of it. Bodi loves it of course.

Hope you are all well. Have a great weekend and gooooo Broncos!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, barbie....:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: