WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2012

Hello - Writing a few thoughts before I go sit for awhile with my dog and watch some TV (doesn't happen very often). Hope you all have a great weekend......going to the ballet with my female grandkids and my daughter...Sleeping Beauty....should be fun. Sent out all the valentines today. Have a good Friday!!

Issyfit...Never heard of Silver Sneakers. I relate to your comment about joining a "group thing". Through my employer I have a membership to the company fitness center for hubby & I for $6/month...can't remember the last time I was there...although it did come in handy when our power was out for 4 days due to a storm, and I wanted a HOT SHOWER! I guess that counts as being at the fitness center. huh

Hubby and I were just talking about the shower potential because we are subject to a lot of power outages and are on a well. I did get a very complete reply about Silver Sneakers from a lady who teaches classes in the program. I think I might go and observe a class or two.

Oh well :grumble: So much for our beautiful weather. Been cloudy and cooler all week – new cold front with rain about to hit, temps will be below freezing by morning (but fortunately, the rain will have moved on by then, so no ice)

@ohmicki – I have a bad habit of doing exactly the same thing with logging food. Made a pact with myself at the beginning of the week to log everything I put in my mouth each day. So far so good!

@schmogo – Glad you’re back on track!! Me too!

@kackie – Enjoy your trip. What part of MT are you visiting? I have a cousin that lives in Whitefish, not too far from Glacier Nat’l Park. It’s beautiful up there!

@fitnessfreeky – I think our husbands may be twins. My DH had to start meds for rheumatoid arthritis about 2 yrs ago. He’s gained quite a bit of weight – not 100 lbs, but probably 40 or 50, and it’s all around his middle. He drives a truck, so he’s sitting the whole time he’s at work. He works nights, and doesn’t get very restful sleep during the day, so he claims he doesn’t have the energy to exercise. All he does is sleep, sit in his truck, and watch TV when he’s at home and awake. I tried to get him to walk with me too, but no luck. I’m afraid he’s just not going to see the need to make any changes until something catastrophic happens. If you find anything that works, let me know!!

@marcelyn – Never got to say “Congrats” on the half-marathon!! Well done! My sister and her husband ran in their 1st one just before Christmas. I’m still working my way up to a 5K. Congrats on the soon-to-be new grandbaby, too. Daughter and son-in-law are expecting #5 for me, but it’s not due til the middle of June.

@issyfit – Glad you found out about the Silver Sneakers. Our YMCA has a group there, but that’s about all I know about them.

@ mukamom – Thought spring was almost here too, but apparently not. :mad: We’ve got a few trees budding out too – don’t know how the freezing temps the next couple of nights will affect them.

Big CONGRATS to all who’ve made progress this week – in weight loss, exercise, recovering health, etc!! Tomorrow’s weigh-in day for me – we’ll see. This week’s been much better than the last couple of weeks have been, so I’m hoping to see some results!

Pumpkin time – got to get in bed!! :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

Linda

Its been a rough week. Hubby was down with the stomach flu for two days... now its my turn.

Get well soon, thinking of you and sending some good vibes for a speedy recovery :flowerforyou:

Oh and well done passing the driving test too, great news :drinker:

Its been a rough week. Hubby was down with the stomach flu for two days... now its my turn.

sorry sweetie, having gone through last week i feel for you and hubby, feel better very soon:flowerforyou:

Day 7 of my personal 21 day chalange to exercise daily, log in my food and stay under my net calories. I choose 21 days because i have been told it takes 21 days to develope a new habit. I allowed myself to be derailed in Demember with a visit from friends for a week. I know I do well as long as Ido not allow anything to get in the way of my goals. It is really hard toget back on track, when I get off. Thanks For Listening!

Down 1 lb this week! Finally feel like I'm on the right track. Tragically, I'm convinced the abstinence from wine was the turning point. Those little alcohol cells just grab onto those fat cells and scream, "no, no, I don't want to let you go -- stay here and let's party and eat more crud and drink more and just stop worrying about that healthy lifestyle nonsense-- what's the point, anyway?" And, of course, the fat cells are not ones to ignore a request like that! Since I'm not going to give up drinking entirely, my challenge for the weekend will be to m-o-d-e-r-a-t-e.

Linda, I have a good friend in real life who is a truck driver and is on MFP as Commander 38. He recently wore his heart monitor all day to measure the calories spent in a typical day driving and posted the results -- it was shockingly low. He was suffering from sleep apnea and diabetes and was at risk for losing whatever certification he needed to continue work, which was the impetus he needed to make major lifestyle changes. He's increadibly upbeat and very inspirational, and talks often about the challenges of eating well and exercising when he's on the road 10 hours a day (starting at 3:30 a.m.). If you send him a friend request and mention me, he'll be glad to accept. We own the same classic boat -- a 38' Chris Craft Commander -- and are planning to attend our annual rendezvous in Detroit in August this year looking absolutely smashing.

I love reading all your posts, and especially appreciate the discussion this week about alcohol. It's been most helpful.

Eileen

Good Morning, Dear Ladies,

I am now on top of the mountain in Montana (Big Sky) and the snow is falling. We are all so happy as the snow has not been as plentiful as previous years. I've put my skis outside to get cold and will be heading down the mountain when the lifts open! I do love to ski and it will be fun to be with DS as well as DH for the day. (DS is only out for a couple of days...heads back to Chicago tomorrow)

I did my walking through the terminals yesterday as my exercise. I had a 2 hour layover so time for a long, fast walk and a healthy non-fast food lunch.

Stomach flu sounds awful...hope it passes quickly.

JaneMartin: Hope the surgery gets done and helps you. Keep us posted!

Linda: Whitefish is lovely. We are south of there, closer to Yellowstone Park in Big Sky. Montana is a huge state and we still haven't explored all of it...by a long shot! We ski in the winter and hike and fish in the summer. I also paint a lot out here. More than I do "at home". Since DH has retired, we spend about 2 months Feb-March and 2 months late summer into September here. We'll do that as long as our health and others' health(my parents) allows us to!

My goals for my time out here are to: LOG EVERY DAY EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!! Limit my wine consumption and replace the second glass with hot tea...at least that's my goal!!! And keep with my weights 2x or more a week. OK...I wrote it...I need to DO IT!

Sorry not to comment more. I love reading everyone's posts and feel so inspired after I do. Take care everyone and am so glad you are here:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Kackie

I made the phone calls about the hair colour and it wasn't available except a place across the city. I specifically asked if they had the colour I wanted and was assured that they'd just had a big order and had lots. So I drove across the city only to find that they didn't have it in stock. I managed to contact the person I'd spoken to on the phone and she said that their computer showed they have 2 in stock, but obviously not. She phoned to another store, much further out of town and they had 6 and I heard her say - would you go and check that they actually have them on the shelf and I need 2. So she was going to go to the store after work and bring them back to her store today. So it means I have to cross the city again to get one. When I left the store, I got back onto the freeway that crosses the city. Hadn't gone very far when the traffic slowed because of an accident. Finally got past that one, when the red "Low Fuel" light came on in the car - don't usually let it get that low, so have no idea how far I can go. Joined the end of a line of stop/start traffic to go past another accident and then of course I was in to rush-hour hold-up because I was about centre town. By the time I got to my off-ramp I was getting worried that I was going to run out of fuel, but I made it to the gas-station ok.

This morning I had a phone call from DBF. He was full of vim, vigour and vitality because he had slept all night from about 9:30 to about 6:30. I think I must have sent him my sleep because I was awake from about 4:30. I'm concerned that he admitted to me this morning that he doesn't get a wash every day, and he has been wearing the same disgustingly dirty gown since Tuesday. He won't have had his teeth cleaned last evening because I didn't visit, I get all the bits sorted out for him so he can do it (brush, toothpaste, glass of hot water, towel, and a dish to spit into). He said he was going for a shower this morning. I said I can understand that they can't all get a shower every day, but a bowl of water to be able to wash themselves and a clean gown should be standard practice. I also told him yesterday that I was concerned that he is in bed so much. His dinner arrived just as I was leaving, but no-one had come to get him out of bed so he could sit in the chair and eat. I asked him why he is in bed so much. Other people who still have their dressing on their chest (i.e. less than 1 week after surgery) are sitting out for a good chunk of the day, and he (3 weeks after surgery) is lying in bed. He said he is turning over a new leaf today. I hope he does because I feel he has got quite institutionalized and is happy to stay there and let everyone do things for him. He talks about what we are going to do when he gets out, but it is in some ethereal future that doesn't have much reality. If it was just his knee surgery he would have been leaving the retirement residence this weekend after the 3 weeks he had booked.

Down 3 lbs this week!! :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile:

Now, just have to figure out how to hold onto it over the weekend

Going to the store with my DD; hope everyone has a great, active day!

Linda

Not a very big list, but doable for me. I get a little overwhelmed if I put too much down.

Very smart. I've found that the times I put huge goals out there I tend to get discouraged. Keeping it reasonable and exceeding the goals make it a whole lot more encouraging!

Hope everyone is having a great day! My time with my grandsons went well and we had a good time. It is so fun to have them living in the same town! (If only my other grandson were closer, I would be in heaven on earth.)
I read all of the posts and think of all of you, but only seem to be able to individually respond to one or two. In my next life, I plan to have more time. :laugh:
Sherry - I looked at your diary, and it seemed to me that you are eating a fair amount of protein already. It appears that you have set your goal to about 50% protein. Is this what works for you? I doubt that I could get that much in, but if it is what you need, I hope you find a way. Just curious what program you are following. As far as fruit goes, I had never been much of a fruit eater. I finally decided to tackle that, and the only thing that worked for me was to narrow it down to the few fruits that I actually enjoy eating. I started keeping those in stock, and packing it in my lunch, because if I am at work and have no other choice available, and that is what I brought, then I will actually eat it. The fruits that work for me are gala apples, red grapes, fresh pineapple, and peaches and pears when they are in season and actually taste decent to me. I swear that pears have a 30 second window of opportunity when they are really good, outside of that, they are either too crunchy or too mushy for me.

It is once again Friday. My students entered the room playing the Friday song, so I know it is true!

It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend

Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend

Here's hoping that all of you are looking forward to the weekend! Mary

Hello ladies, we are getting some flakes, not sure if we are to get more than 2cm.
MEG, hello, not too sure my body counts the housework calories though. Seems it is just a non eventful thing. But at least I am moving.

JB, HI, I have followed my calories down to the 1000 mark that seems to take some weight down, to loose it on a regular basis though I would be bouncing from 800 to 1000 during the week. At 800 I do not get all the nutrition I need. and at 1000 I get the nutrition but sit on a plateau. So to keep track, I have a list of all food and the nutrients they provide that are important to me, for example the best concentration of calcium, iron, and B vitamins. I can compare other foods nutrient labels with my list to see which foods I can substitute and what are not good enough for me. Until I get a few memorized it feels like I am a list maker forever. My best intake is 875 to 945, that will give me a pound a week or better depending on the water I drink and the activity I do. I also use a protien and vegetable/fruit supplement to drink at lunch. This launches a good flow of nutrients to my body and takes the hunger away so I can concentrate on making a good supper.


JAKS 97, hello. I love my fruits, and vegetables raw, I get better nutrition and digestion. For added fibre I put a sprinkle of bran buds in my salad, a tsp of fish oil, and olive oil and salad herbs. If you can make up the lack of fruit with different vegetables then you will get your 6-7 servings per day. I used to eat firm tomatoes just like an apple. Keep eating the fruits you like and now and then add a bunch of grapes or banana. Grapes go good in a vegetable salad and banana and peanut butter on melba slices.

Hope all is well here, keep on track, and make the best of it.

Marilyn

Happy Friday all!
One more day with no snow- though the weatherman says it is coming! Finally able to drive after surgery so I took a trip to the mall. I got a few bargains at the Lands End section in Sears. DH went for a walk with me today. It was much easier for me that he had the dog.Only thing was, the dog doesn't pull him! Maybe it was the new longer leash.

Mukamom- so nice to hear you have blooms on your trees. I can't wait, but it will still be another couple months before we see that here.

Michele- Your DH sounds worse than mine in the exercise department.

Meg- you are seeing pollen too? Lucky you. I know you said that you lived in NY for quite a while. So you can appreciate how nice winter has been for us with very little snow. Lake Erie still is not frozen so we still could be in for a lake effect storm. I hope not.
Jane- good luck on your surgery
Davetecsgirl_ hope you get over the flu quickly
Abqann- you are 1/3 of the way to your goal. Keep it up!
Nancy- I think you got the better deal watching the 6th graders, rather than having to go to the dance. I spent way too many times at 7th grade dances, then I moved up to high school dances. Though the kids were a bit calmer, we had to make sure they weren't crawling down each others throats.

Hope everyone has a healthy week-end.

Lynn

i started in January. It was a slow start, I lost 4 pounds and gained back one. I am hoping for 4 pounds in February. This week I lost the pound I gained back and one more. So I am down 6 pounds now. I know at age 62 this won't be quick, but I am trying to change for good. I wish all of us luck.