WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

So glad I stumbled upon this group. It's great support for 50+!

Hello everyone,
I just found MFP by accident and i am so happy I did. I am still finding my way around the site and need all the help I can get in this journey. I turn 50 in December 2012 and want to enter 2013 being 50 and fabulous. Please friend me Thanks

Viv - When we had PJ, he was sooo very laid back. I could give him his insulin and he'd sleep thru it! Now that we have younger cats, like you, I can really see a difference. PJ never jumped up on the counter, etc (he couldn't) so now I have to get used to cats jumping up on things. He liked to be brushed, the kittens think that brushing equals play time. It's just so different when you had older cats and then get a kitten. Kittens are so full of play.

Well, weighed in today. Haven't lost, but haven't gained, either. I know that if I want to see a loss, I shouldn't eat at night. Last night I had 2 small Dove chocolates. You wouldn't think that would have an influence, but it does. Guess just having two is enough for me not to lose. Oh well.....

Just downloaded the book Master your Metabolism and put it on my iPod. Now to listen to it. It's a bit over 3 hours long.

Off to yoga. Think I'll do the hula hoop on the Wii tomorrow. Maybe that'll burn more calories.

Welcome realpure, robbyn, determined, idginn,ehunte, gkcimino and any other newcomer that I may have missed.

Virginia - what an inspriation you are! Congrats on all you've accomplished

Well, we finished taking everything off the tree, just have to disassemble it. We have one more set of lights that need to come down (they were over the garage and we were waiting for better weather) so we'll probably do that tomorrow and maybe take the tree apart. In a way, it's funny. When we were putting the lights on the tree, Bonnie, Clyde and Loki were playing with the lights so we put them in the bedroom until we were finished. We just couldn't have them playing with the wires. Anyway, Vince was taking the lights off and Loki "helped", well, Vince raised his voice and I went into the bedroom with him (I turned on the TV since he was staying by the door). Vince said Bonnie and Clyde just looked at the lights but didn't go near them. It's as if they knew that Loki played with them and he was put away, they didn't want that so they didn't play with the lights....lol

sissy - what a great idea cleaning out your closets. You won't need those larger sizes, that's for sure. Isn't it maddening how companies change the ingredients in their foods? I would sometimes buy the Select Harvest Light soups just to have on hand in case of an emergency. Seems they've reformulated and the sodium that's been added!!!! I remember when Dannon Fit & Light (I think that's the yogurt) only had sucralose in it, now it has aspertame. There's another liquid yogurt, I can't remember the name since it's been so long since I've had it -- probably at least 5 years) has aspertame and HFCS (probably to mask the taste of the aspertame). I can hardly imagine what you go thru.

Nancy - evoo = extra virgin olive oil. Good for you eating in the living room!!!

Sarah - I, too, find that it takes more to get my heart rat up, and also to keep it up. It comes down sooooooooooo fast. A few years ago I had a stress test, you know where you walk on the treadmill. They told me that my heartrate was 140 - it really didn't feel it. Anyway, the nurses were so surprised at how fast my heartrate came down.

I made some snickerdoodles today for bunco Tuesday. I just put them in the freezer. Really, I like this recipe better than the one I had been using.

barbie and Jake - happy anniversary

Off to take a shower right now. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello all! So glad I found this part 2!!

I was just wondering if anyone else had problems with their joints in their hands? Seems it's been fluctuating with me, sometimes it's worse, sometimes it's better - just having problems opening jars and such. Sometimes the thumb joint gives me a terrible pain, and at other times I have no problems at all! I read somewhere that Grape Seed extract pills would help with it - has anyone here tried that or know anyone who has?? Just trying to verify and/or try something OTHER THAN the glucosamine route - something a little more natural, I think...

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! :flowerforyou:

I hate when I wake up at 3 AM and can't get back to sleep....:yawn: Ran across this and I thought it was so true:

As I grow in age, I value women over 50 most of all.
Here are just a few reasons why:
A woman over 50 will never wake you in the middle of the night & ask, 'What are you thinking?' She doesn't care what you think.
If a woman over 50 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She goes and does something she wants to do, & it's usually more interesting.
Women over 50 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.
Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated.
Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 50.
Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 50 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk or if you are acting like one. You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her.
Yes, we praise women over 50 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 50, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize.
For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’ Here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!”
Andy Rooney was a really smart guy!

Today will be a busy day...catch up day for me..house cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, preprepping meals for the week and hopefully a NAP.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

I am discouraged. only lost .2 of a pound this week, I walked 2 miles on Sat, Sun and Mon, did a workout on the bike, bow flex and treadmill on tues, went to zumba on thurs and did not drink alcohol except for one night and all I lost was .2 of a pound.

I did not eat after super either. discouraging! I am trying to find a reason to keep on denying myself. I guess no Sunday morning hang overs worth it.
Smwert

I'll be 50 this November... Can I join?

Happy Sunday all! Did "Sweatin' to the Oldies" again yesterday, probably will again today. Enough to burn calories and tone, but fun enough I want to do it every day. I do need to do my 5 mile walk at least twice this week, but not today I think.

Other than that a kind of lazy day going today. Everyone needs one once in a while.

Exermom: I have an evening snack every night. Two rules I use are - no more than 150 calories and protein rather than sugar. I do that because if I don't have a planned snack in the evening I'll end up having an unplanned snack (I get very evening snacky). A piece of cheese or a slice of ham, a handful of almonds...stuff like that.

Tiarapants: Having lost my wedding ring, I'd suggest you consider having yours sized if you want to wear it. Use a good quality jeweler and they can size it without damaging it. Hope the back feels better.

I have fallen in love with spaghetti squash. It's like eating a starch but it isn't a starch. Marvelous!

Happy Sunday to all.

Virginia

Tiarapants - regarding your rings - there is a little gizmo that the jeweller can fit inside the ring to make it smaller without actually cutting the rings. I can understand how you don't want to change them. I wear my dad's signet ring. My sister has my mum's wedding ring (that had been her mum's) - she got married soon after mum's death.

Don't know what we are going to do this afternoon, but it is such a lovely day albeit very cold, it would be a shame to stay home.

A baby shower yesterday and today spending with my 3 yr old grandson so lunch wasn't chicken like my daughter and I wanted. He won, we had pizza and crazy bread for lunch Guess today is a cheat day will try to be good for dinner. He is the boss

My goodness..... I wrote the following post and tried to post it and then realised that the thread was already closed!!! So have just found part 2 ..... and its already 5 pages long!! I haven't read them yet but I will just copy and paste and read all the new ones later.... gosh its getting hard to keep up!


Hi everyone.... finally getting through reading all these posts.... soooo many new faces, welcome .... what a wonderful pot pourri of women we have here!!

I had the most wonderful 5 day holiday in Vanuatu.... a brilliant resort.... very very small so it felt like we had it to ourselves all the time. I did eat and drink quite a lot but I balanced it with lots of exercise.... kayaking everyday, snorkelling, swimming ... the pool water was so warm it felt like a bath.... I was even swimming by moonlight after dinner on my own, palm trees swaying in the moonlight with the sound of the waves lapping.... sorry just drifting off there trying to relive!! I have put a couple of photos on my profile for those who want to see. A wonderful girls only holiday.

So now its back to reality... and to finally put the holiday season behind me and get serious about losing weight. I have been logging everyday now since October and have been exercising but really just exercising to balance the indulgent eating.... very very slowly losing weight... and actually fluctuating up and down a bit... the last time I altered my ticker I was having a very low fluctuation... still trying to get back to that but haven't bothered altering it... so when I finally do I know I will be back on track... hopefully next week....

Love the photos of gorgeous dogs!

:flowerforyou: Feel so much for those of you with big struggles in their lives.... so glad you are able to share your stories here.... it is very humbling to read and it certainly puts life into perspective and makes me thankful for all I have.... big hugs to all of you!

I love being on this journey with all of you... lets have a great week... lets get up and move and make some good food choices!:happy:

Take care, Lisa

Hi Ladies:

Hope you all had a great weekend. I was down with a miserable migraine again yesterday but I am okay today.

Barbie - Belated Happy Anniversary :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Michele - I learn so much from you - what is a snickerdoodle :noway:

Amanda - I hope you can solve the dilema of the rings. I think genealace has a good idea with the insert that can be inserted into rings to re-size them, you would never want to lose them, so you had better do something and soon, with the amount of weight you have lost

Virginia - I saw that you posted a caloric burn amount for doing the Sweating with the Oldies dvd/tape. Where did you get that info from? I did the tape today and just counted it as dancing, aerobic because I didn't know where else to put it

Well, I am going to try the 17 Day Diet starting tomorrow, so hopefully I can get the scales moving again :laugh:

Take care, Everyone, and talk to you again soon.

Love, Cathy xx

Virginia - I saw that you posted a caloric burn amount for doing the Sweating with the Oldies dvd/tape. Where did you get that info from? I did the tape today and just counted it as dancing, aerobic because I didn't know where else to put it

Cathy, before I answer I need to be clear that I don't eat back my "calories burned" so I work comfortably with very rough estimates. If I did eat them back, I would probably get a heart rate monitor or some other measure to be absolutely sure they were accurate.

That said, below is an article from Livestrong estimating that someone 185 lbs moving at a fast clip (and more importantly full intensity) can burn 622 an hour. I estimated that I burn about 450 doing the routine (I do go all out, but the whole thing is not fast paced). Then I do energetic toning to burn another 75. I just lumped the calories for easy logging.

Who knows, exactly. But do remember that I will burn more calories than you at the same activity due to my heavier weight.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/551119-calories-burned-during-sweating-to-the-oldies/

Virginia

Outstanding results Vy. You look great.

The only thing I like about all this snow I got is that it makes it easier to find my little piece of chocolate when he is outside running around learning how to go potty outside. He and Bodi are becoming such good friends. I have some more awesome pictures I am going to have to download.

Have a great day.

Virginia: WOW...awesome photos. You look like a MUCH younger version of your former self. You have done SOOOOOOOOO well and are a great inspiration to everyone here:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Robin: LOVE to hear the puppy stories. Keep us posted and please post some photos when you can.

Everyone have a great day:-) :-):heart: Kackie