50+ WOMEN for the month of JUNE

Welcome to all the newcomers:flowerforyou:

This is a great bunch of ladies. We are a varied group but we all have one thing in common we are going to lose the pounds :bigsmile: :bigsmile: and it is so much easier when you know you have others that care and are rooting for you. I have found this thread to be such a motivator because I want to change my ticker in the right direction and I finally was able to do this after several weeks. Now you can see Bosco's face:bigsmile:

Today was successfull - weeded my garden- planted some more lettuce burned a lot of calories:bigsmile: drank 80 oz. of water,:drinker: :drinker: ate 2 full meals and still have 600 calories left. I think I may try the sugar free ice cream I bought and reward myself for behaving today:laugh: :laugh:

My son and daughter in law came and picked up my grandson about an hour ago. He was sound asleep :yawn: - he and "Grandma" got lots of exercise this afternoon, he loves being outside so we walked and walked and walked and he was starved. He has such a healthy appetite for a two year old not picky so Grandma made chicken, peas, asparagus, mashed potatoes, fried apples, biscuits and gravy I didn't eat the biscuits and gravy or the fried apples that's why I can have ice cream:laugh: :laugh:

I received my new cookbooks although one isn't a cookbook after all but it's a wonderful book titled "Eat This-Not That!" It's a full color book that shows as it states "Thousands of simple food swaps that can save you 10, 20, 30 pounds or more." It features a menu decoder for any restaurant, best and worst meals at 60 fast food and chain restaurants, grocery store items showing you on one page the good choices vs the facing page the ones you shoud avoid. beverage guide, holidays and special occasions, what to eat when you're tired, stressed or in different moods. This little book is wonderful I'm actually glad it isn't a cookbook. :bigsmile: This will be a very good reference. One of the other books is "Cook Yourself Thin" Just glancing at the recipes and the calories first glance they appear to be higher in calories than I expected, but I need to take a second look. The Hungry Girl Cookbook looks like it has a lot of recipes that I will definitely try. The book has 200 recipes under 200 calories and lots of dessert recipes most of them 113-150 calories:bigsmile: :bigsmile: even a recipe for a mini microwave triple chocolate cake- I'll think I will try this one out.: Mix 2 tablespoons Cool whip free with 1/2 Tablespoon of Hershey's Lite chocolate syrup and put in the freezer. In a small ramekin use 2 tablespoons of devil's food cake mix and 1 tablespoon fat-free vanilla yogurt - mix together and microwave 1 minute. Take your "chocolate cool whip" out of the freezer and spread on top and drizzle with 1/2 tablespoon of the Hershey's syrup. This sounds like a perfect chocolate fix and only 130 calories:bigsmile: I think this book is definitely going to be worth the $10.00:bigsmile:

Need to prepare my Sunday school lesson I usually do this on Sunday morning, but now that we have early services I don't have a lot of time - so I must get on it tonight.

Nancy

Good Sunday Morning to All!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

A quick WOO HOO!!! is in order, as I just weighed, and I am down another pound. Only 6 more to reach my 4th of July goal of down 25 lbs.!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I guess my 5 miles of walking yesterday paid off!! More later.


Barb

Thanks everyone for all the great ideas. :flowerforyou: I bought a new bottle with a straw that is small for work. This should help me drink water all day without spilling on my desk - made a meal plan for most of the week and will go shopping in a few minutes to make sure I have everything to stay on track. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I see those of you who have lost significant amounts of weight - you make me believe I can too. :smooched: Thanks for sharing.:happy:

Brenda

After church this morning I helped give a baby shower for friends and was in such a rush I didn't have time to fix lunch. So I grabbed a slice of deli ham, wrapped it around a cheese stick and a stalk of celery and that was it. It's after 4 p.m. and I'm not yet hungry. There were lots of goodies at the shower, part of which I made but my glass of ice water was it for me. I was really tempted by Kumquat cheese cake pie but didn't give in.
So, I think I will go make a big salad with sliced roast chicken breast. (I'm thinking I'm getting hungry now!)

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:flowerforyou: Congrats to you also, Barb. How long have you been working on that 25 pounds?

I started the week after Easter. As of Monday it will be 9 weeks, so 19 lbs. in that time, and if I ever get my walking in today, maybe it will say 20 by tomorrow. I tend to only weigh on Sun and Mon, because my most active exercise days are Fri Sat and Sun.

Today has not gone as planned. A friend with ongoing respiratory issues ( COPD) recently had pneumonia, and while in hospital for 2 weeks, coughed so violently that she broke at least one rib. She had been home doing better, but started having troubles last night and called me this morning to take her back to the hospital. I was at breakfast at the time w/my neighbor the calorie tempter, and I haven't been home since. I am at my parents at the moment and couldn't help looking at the thread when I got on here to post my breakfast.

I am waiting to hear from her as to whether she needs a ride back home or is going to be admitted, so I can't go walking until I hear.

Glad to hear we have people finding solutions to their water drinking that work for them.

Oh, almost forgot to mention, I put on a pair of jeans two sizes smaller than the ones I was wearing in April that haven't fit in at least 2 years, and they BUTTONED, and still do AFTER breakfast!!:drinker: :drinker:

'til Later...


Barb

Hello!
This is the ticket for me! I'm 55, Mom of 2, Mimi of 4 with a new little one on the way. Are any of you lap banders? I'm Laurie from Maine....

Hi everyone,

This is my second day for posting. I just love this board! I really love the customized tickers! They are soo fun!

Barb, you are doing a great job! Congrats on your 2 pound loss!

Ester, I have the Omeron pocket pedometer and it is really great! We ordered it on line!

It is really hard to post when you can't refer to the other posts, so I guess I will have to take notes. No way I can depend on my memory! LOL

Barb, you are doing so good. My weight isn't coming off nearly as well as yours. I will be praying for your friend. That must be terribly painful.

Becky,

Thank you for the prayers. They may come in handy. Since my post of abt 3p PT today, I picked Linda up from the hospital. They said she had a "touch" of pneumonia and her rib was sore because she had re-injured it. She got home about 5:30p.

I went home and did a little kitchen cleanup and managed to start a dishwasher load before meeting my neighbor Joel, AKA the calorie tempter:devil: for dinner at TGI Fridays. I like going there because there are things I like that are not super high in calories. Anyway, we got home about 8:15 & I took my doggies out for a quickie, and decided, since I never did walk today, (because of waiting to find out if Linda needed to come home from the hospital or not) that I would get 3 miles in before I quit for the day, so about 8:30p I took off. I had to do something to work off that Margarita!:drinker:

My route takes me within a block of Linda's house, so when a fire truck went by with lights on and no siren and turned ahead of me into the street that eventually leads to her house, something told me to call her. One of the roommates answered, and confirmed my fear that the fire truck was for her. She was having a bad asthma attack. I was about 1/2 a mile from her house at this point, and started walking as fast as I could without running. When I got to the corner and the ambulance turned just as I got there, I started jogging, and to my amazement, I was able to jog almost 5 blocks and was still upright and not in need of oxygen, myself!!

At least 2/3 of the "jog" was an outright run. My knees didn't protest, but they may let me know in the morning how they really feel about it. As for Linda, they put her on oxygen and sent her back to the hospital. Her roommates were going with her, and I told them if they try to send her home again, she should refuse to leave until her own doctor can see her tomorrow.

I will find out in the morning what happened, unless someone leaves me a message after I am in bed, as I asked them to. Since my lap has acquired a canine visitor, & I am typing one handed, that is all for now.


Barb

GOOD MORNING ALL :flowerforyou:

I AM AWAKE SINCE 3:45 AND HAVE HAD A BAD START TODAY. I WAS SOAKING MY FOOT AND WENT TO PICK UP THE FOOT PAN TO EMPTY IT WHEN IT JUST SEEMED TO DANCE RIGHT OUT OF MY HANDS. WHAT A MESS TO CLEAN UP. THEN THE CAT JUMPS ON MY LAP UNEXPECTEDLY AND KNOCKS MY COFFEE SIDEWAYS ON TO MY BED. I PROCEEDED TO CLEAN THAT UP. I PUT BENGAY ON MY KNEE AND FOR SOME STUPID REASON I TOUCH MY EYE AND HALF BURN IT OUT OF THE SOCKET. :explode: THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT. LITTLE THINGS, BUT SO EARLY IN THE DAY AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

BARB, WOO HOO, 1 LB DOWN AND GETTING INTO A SMALLER SIZE,OR SHOULD I SAY 2 SIZES SMALLER ,PANTS. DOUBLE WOO HOO. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
I BANGED MY TOES HARD AND IT CAUSED PAIN AND SWELLING. PAIN IS PRETTY MUCH GONE,BUT CANNOT SEEM TO GET THE SWELLING TO GO DOWN. THANKS. I WISH YOU WERE AT THAT DINNER TO TELL THAT ICE PRINCESS OFF. THAT MARRIAGE ENDED IN DIVORCE AFTER FRANK HAD A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE ARGUING WITH HER. HE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH. THE FIRST WIFE WAS SUCH AN ANGEL. YOU OUT DID YOURSELF WITH THOSE JOKES IN THAT LONG POST.:laugh: SORRY ABOUT YOUR FRIEND, LINDA. HOPE SHE WILL BE OK.

HEATHER, ANOTHER POUND LOST :flowerforyou: KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGY, TWO POWERFUL WORDS. WHENEVER YOU FEEL DOWN AND HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT YOU
CAN SUCCEED, CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR JUST A MINUTE AND PICTURE YOURSELF
FEELING GOOD, LOOKING BEAUTIFUL,IN CONTROL AND EVER SO SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING THIS WAR. I
WANT YOU TO REPLACE THAT "HOPE" WORD WITH "WILL". "I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE
THE HIGH ROAD". YOU ARE DOING GREAT.

NANCY, 2LBS GONE AND SO FAR ,DOWN 2 SIZES, YIPPEE! :flowerforyou: YOUR REWARDS,
M & M'S AND SUGAR FREE ICE CREAM, THIS SEEMS TO WORK FOR YOU, BUT HAVE YOU
EVER GIVEN A THOUGHT TO OTHER REWARDS BESIDES FOOD? FROM WHAT I HAVE
READ , IT IS BETTER TO FOCUS AWAY FROM FOOD TREATS? KEEP GOING GIRL, YOU ARE
DOING SO WELL. THE BOOKS SOUND EXCELLENT,ESPECIALLY, EAT THIS NOT THAT.

WELCOME TO PATSI, SANDI, BALLRED AND MIMI. THIS IS TRULY A GOOD PLACE TO BE.

BARBIE, HAPPY TO HEAR YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME.

VICKI, GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR TRIP. WONDERFUL THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO
FOCUS ON YOUR HEATH PLAN.:flowerforyou: TRIPS ARE THE HARDEST TEST OF ALL.

MARTHA, CONGRATS ON LOSING A TOTAL OF 9LBS AND 2 INCHES OFF YOUR WAIST. :flowerforyou: THE MC D CONE IS A FAVORITE TREAT OF MINE WHEN I AM OUT AND ABOUT. IT HAS ONLY 150 CALORIES AND TASTES SO GOOD.

DEBBIE, KEEP GOING, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SLIPPING BACK INTO OLD HABITS.:noway:

MARIE, GLAD THE SCALE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.:flowerforyou: THANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS.

MAKE 2009 YOUR YEAR TO FIGHT OFF THE
VOICES THAT DICTATE YOUR MOST PRIVATE
CHOICES, PUT YOURSELF IN CONTROL.

FEELING HEALTHY AND FEELING GOOD
ABOUT YOURSELF IS NOT A LUXURY - ITS
A NECESSITY.

WHEN YOU DISCOVER IT'S YOUR CHOICE
AND YOUR ATTITUDE, THINGS REALLY
START TO HAPPEN.


BECKY, YOU ONLY HAVE 4 MORE POUNDS TO GOAL ACCORDING TO YOUR TICKER. THIS IS THE HARD PART. HANG IN THERE, YOU WILL MAKE IT.:flowerforyou:

LIANNE, WHAT AN INSPIRING POST. :flowerforyou: I HAVE HEARD THE EXCUSE,"I WANT TO GET MY MONIES WORTH" MANY TIMES. YOU KNOW THAT YOUR HEALTH IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE.
ALSO HAVING HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND CAN BE A SET BACK. YOU ARE READY TO GO
FORWARD AND HAVE A PLAN. I KNOW EVERYTHING WILL BE OK FOR YOU.

SUSAN, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU REALIZED YOU COULD NOT EAT JUST ONE OF THE TREATS AND CUT THEM OUT ALTOGETHER. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT IS TOO DRASTIC,BUT I THINK WHATEVER IT TAKES IS WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. THERE ARE WAYS OF ADDING THE TREATS
BACK INTO YOUR LIFE LATER ON. IT TAKES SOME STRATEGY, BUT WITH PLANNING WE CAN
ALL HAVE THE FOODS WE LOVE IN OUR LIVES. WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO FEEL DEPRIVED.

TAKE CARE MY FRIENDS, MAKE THOSE GOOD CHOICES.:flowerforyou:

ANNE