Women Ages 50+ for the month of July

Hey Ladies,

My name is Susan - I joined MFP in early spring - lost 10 lbs., then gained 4 back. I am back now until i get to my goal weight. I need to lose around 20 lbs. I have gained and lost this same 20 lbs so many times over the last 10 years. A couple of questions - how do handle cooking for you husband - if he doesn't need to lose weight. My husband weighs THE EXACT SAME THING he did when we married 28 years ago. He was thin then and can't really afford to lose any weight. I hate making 2 meals. Also, do ya'll eat your exercise caloreis?

Welcome, Susan----
my husband and I have been losing weight together, but he reached his goal two months ago. i fix him exactly the same meal I fix for myself and he has a lot of snacks throughout the day. the way we eat is "clean", healthy, nutritious, and we decided not to go back to food that wasn't healthy (white sugar, white flour,chips, etc.). You could give your husband a larger portion or add a yam or sweet potato or brown rice to his dinner. Fruit, whole grain crackers with peanut butter would keep his calories up without sacrificing nutrition.I hope you'll both stay focused on health so you can live to be very old together.

Yes, I eat some of my exercise calories but not all of them. It has been working for me so far, so I'll keep doing it.

I look forward to hearing from you on this thread:bigsmile:
Barbie

Good morning Ladies CONGRATULATIONS:happy: to Vicki and Susan on the weight loss. I have the reverse problem with my husband, as I've mentioned before, he loves to eat and does have a weight problem. I have to either make two meals or just eat small portions of what I fix for him. Most of the time he either cooks or gets take out :grumble: ( I watch my grandson almost every day after working my full time job so I don't prepare many meals ) There are days when I eat some of my exercise calories. Or rather I exercise more because I have gone over my 1200. What happens is, when I log in m y food, I may have gone over. If I do then I will take an extra walk or do a DVD. Seems to work for me. Well it's raining cats and dogs here:grumble:
guess I will be doing my exercising indoors today. Gotta get to work . Everyone have a woderful day:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: remember to drink that water :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Rosemary

Morning

I would definately consider 77 a hot one. Today it is 13C (55 F) and light drizzle. It been cool much more often than not. The positive thing is the central air is rarely been used this summer. That will be nice when the electric bill comes in.:happy:

I walked a bit yesterday and almost stayed within my cals. 117 over Unfortunately my heel is very sore just from a 30 minute walk. I see the doc in one week so I will hopefully get some answers or start the diagnostic route for my heel, my ribs and my arm - I have notes so I don't forget anything!!.

I still need to remind myself to eat more fruit and veggies. All in all, I am getting better at eating healthy. The mindless eating has stopped and I don't "graze" like I used too. Every little step in the right direction right?
I picked up a couple of dvd's at Wal-mart and want to give them a try tonight - at least one. One is Kathy Smith and is about gentle exercises for the mind, body and soul. Sounds like something I could use!! I only paid $4 each for them so I won't mind if I can't do them. I'm just trying to find different things that may work for me and my ailments:laugh:

Today I will:
try to exercise
drink my water
have a big salad for supper

Have a great day

Heather

Good Afternoon,

So of course, I start talking about HOT weather, and here it is almost 1p and it is only 64 F degrees and overcast. Actually got a little mist on the windows when I drove to work @ 4:45a,:yawn: AKA "oh dark thirty" :laugh: :laugh:

The tv weather says we will make 79 today, but not if the clouds don't go away. This is the marine air layer they promised would keep us cool for a day, then we go back in the 80's on Friday, the 90's on Saturday and Sunday, and we are supposed to be pushing 100+ on Monday and Tuesday,:glasses: :glasses: I may not be doing afternoon walks the first part of next week!! They might be more like afternoon "melts!!":laugh: A great excuse to drink lots of hefeweizen:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: ---er- I mean WATER, yeah thats it, good old H20..... :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

As for me, I am maintaining my loss of last weekend, so I plan to hit the trail on Fri and either Sat or Sun to do a couple of long (6 - 8 milers) and see if I can outrun about 3 more pounds. I would like to be down 30 lbs. by the time I visit my doctor's office on August 4th.

Hope everyone is haviing a happy day. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Congrats to all who are "losers"--or should we say "winners?" or those who are "winning at losing"?"

If circumstances or motivational or health issues are interfering with your relationship with your scale. Take comfort --Tomorrow is another day, and plan that it will be a better one!!

Barb

I think maybe I have finally gotten the hang of this. It feels so empowering to log those last few calories of the day and know you didn't go over.... Drinking enought water has all but become second nature.

Just out of curiosity today I tried on a size smaller while I was waiting on my prescriptions to be filled. Not quite there yet. I could get a size 12 on but I looked "melted and poured." So for now I'll continue to wear my 14s a bit too big.

Made history tonight. Hubby actually went walking with me after supper. He only lasted 15 minutes, but I figure that's at least a start!

Now that we have two Susans on this thread I'll start signing off as SuzyQ so it will be easier to keep us straight. Goodnight all :yawn:

I am new to this site. What program are you using to get 3.5 lbs. off per week? I have tried every diet out there. Thanks!:blushing:

I wouldn't really call it a "program." In my case, I watch my calories, get my carbs from fruits and veggies, limit my fat intake, watch my sodium (sneak stuff shows up everywhere), drink my 8 - 10 glasses of water, and those who have been on this site know that my login should probably be "walkin fool." I do 20 - 30 miles per week, with probably 2/3 of those miles on Fri, Sat and Sun, because of my work schedule.

The speed at which you lose is affected by consumption of calories and amount of calories burned through exercise, AND by how much you have to lose. In my case, I figure on losing 120 pounds by the middle of 2010. Consequently, since I am still in the 1st "quarter" of the game, so to speak, my loss is fairly rapid. Your results will be different than mine.

One thing that I have taken from Suzzeque, who has also recently posted on here is the idea of blasting through a plateau of weight loss by doing a one or two day veggie, fruit, and water regimen. I got "stuck" after 4th of July, mainly because my walking program was put on the back burner due to my having to deal with helping a seriously ill friend who was in and out of the hospital.

I wanted to get back on schedule with my losing, so I decided to try it. It isn't as hard as it sounds. Veggies are very filling, and if you choose the right ingredients (soybeans, for instance) you will still get enough protein. You can eat and stay comfortably full and not consume many calories. I only did it for about a day and a half, but that combined with about 12 miles of walking over two days, and I was down 4 pounds. I did go up one for a couple of days after returning to my customary healthy eating, but within two days, I was back to the lowest weight.

Using this site, taking advantage of the tools available, drawing information and sharing ideas with others has resulted in a very effective result for me. I started in April and have lost 27 pounds in 13 weeks.

I hope this answers your question.

Good luck with your efforts.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Barb

marking this thread to read later. needing some new motivation but not enough time to read right now

Thanks Barb for posting Suzzeque's suggestion. I am once more at a plateau. I hit more and more of them as I get closer to reaching my goal. I will be trying the fruit, veggie, water for a couple of days. I hope this jump-starts things for me.

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I'm reading an article in a magazine about why people fail to lose weight and the #1 section is about not counting on your girlfriend's diet----that you have to find the one that works for you. I think that fits in with being open minded to new ideas rather than jumping on any new fad and assuming that because it worked for someone else, it will work for you. I've been through trial and error for the last six months to get to where I am right now. I can't compare myself to anyone but me. I can get ideas, strength, and inspiration from others.

:flowerforyou: SuzyQ---I've watched you persevere through good and bad and never give up. Keep trying on those small pants, they'll be fitting soon.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Welcome, IndianaGranny

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this is a great group. Congratulations on your weight loss so far:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Welcome, Susan---this group has lots of great ideas from the inspiring (never give up) to the practical (keep paper and pencil next to your water glass and keep track of how many glasses you drink every day)---these ladies have helped me so much

:flowerforyou: Debbie--I hope you have a great time in R.I.---walking in the sand is great exercise for your legs

:flowerforyou: Becky, I'm so glad you checked in this morning. I was just about to start worrying about you

:flowerforyou: Barb, it was cool here yesterday and I thought I'd be able to get a long walk, but the computer fixer came over and spent the whole afternoon with us. By the time he left and we ate supper there was only time to go to the dog park (as you know, dogs are the most important people). It may be cool again today so maybe I can take a long walk after I get my hair cut

:flowerforyou: Rosemary, you continue to be so upbeat and so encouraging. You are so right about us sticking together. If I only had my "face to face" friends, I'd be back to my old ways in no time.

Yesterday I taught a new dance at line dance. This is the third time I've done that but only the first since I lost weight. I felt much better in front of the group thinner this time. I was still scared but I lived through it. :laugh: :laugh: I'll be teaching the same dance at the class this morning.

Thank you all for starting my day off right. Now it's time for breakfast.
Hugs
Barbie

Hello, all!
I'm back from vacation. Diet was so-so...exercise was excessive walking for two days and sitting in the car for the other two!:grumble:
Well, back to a better routine today.
Bonnie