WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2012

I eat hummus every day. I've been a vegetarian since I was a child and I reckon I've done just about everything with hummus. I've made several different types over the years and one of my favourites has a slightly chunky texture. It's my go to food!

Back in a while to type more. x

GLad to see this group - will have to post later when I'm not at work

Kettle bells are killer machines! :explode: They are the newest thing at our gym and whew! Hard work.

My weight and body fat % are both down a little this week, that’s a good thing. All that "heavy lifting" is paying off. My WW scale gives me a bone density reading too. Is it possible to increase bone density or are we stuck with what we’ve got? Hmmm – must google that one.

Great progress is being made on the downstairs renovation - base cupboards are installed and countertops are in place in the rental suite kitchen. We still have to finish the counter tops. DH has ordered the in-floor heating for my kitchen upstairs - which he will install from the basement, and then we can finally put a ceiling down there -- oh, progress. :happy: I have spent a lot of time being a construction flunky, sweeping floors and scampering up and down the stairs with tools and other bits and pieces.

Jeannie – sorry to hear life is stress-full for you right now. Exercise really does help, so don’t forget to take care of yourself. :flowerforyou:

Joyce, how are the hummingbirds? Still confused by the snow? :ohwell: We keep getting promises of spring here and then it snows again. Sigh.

Lynn, enjoy your haircut & colour. I always feel so good after the pros get their hands on me. Send us a picture?

Jane –Great to hear your knee is healing well. :flowerforyou:

Michelle, I agree with you about the people who attend meetings end up being “tapped out” for donations. The challenge is always to “widen the gene pool” and get $$ from a broader base, and it doesn’t sound like yours is a fundraising organization.

JB how can you have too much cheer? Or too much salad! I too had an evening with friends last night and quite a lot of red wine. I stayed within my calorie count, but I feel a bit slow this morning and actually slept in until 8:30. The trouble with being on vacation is it's too easy to stray from the straight and narrow path! I will have to get Buster-the-Poodle out of bed soon so we can do our 5K and wake each other up.

Barbie, I just realized that your two dogs, combined, weight almost as much as you do. No wonder you burn so many calories walking them!

Issyfit & Deirdre – When the picture of Deirdre’s very fit husband came up I just about jumped off my chair in surprise! I instinctively took a quick look around to make sure that DH and J’boy were not close by :blushing: they already wonder why I spend so much time on the MFP “chat” page. Thank goodness I wasn’t at school.

Meg – Loved your lessons from the treadmill post. I use one at the Rec Center that has a view of the soccer field and the swimming pool. No crooked curtain rods. No soccer players either, this time of year. My favourite thing is the miles per hour reading, it gives me the illusion that I'm actually going somewhere. :happy:

Salad Sista's - my salad yesterday was grilled chicken breast, greens, cucumber & red pepper with Dijon mustard & low fat mayo. Today will be something along the same lines but with poached salmon.

I made hummus yesterday too!:happy: DH loves it. I put tahinni and hot pepper flakes in mine. Another way to boost the flavour is to sauté the minced garlic in the olive oil for a few minutes before you add it to the mix. When garlic is in season and I have lots on hand I roast a whole head in the oven and use that. Now that’s yummous!

Laura – sorry to hear you have such difficult decisions to make & I hope your back is OK. I am just beginning to understand how closely our bodies and brains are linked. Research makes it pretty clear than emotional stress will impact your physical well-being, and improving your physical well-being helps relieve emotional stress. :flowerforyou: You are right - keep moving!

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

I just got done with 30 minutes of kettlebells, and yes, my heart monitor shows I burned 300 calories! What a work out.

NSV Many comments this week that I have lost weight, when in reality the scale has not moved, so the kettle bells must be toning down my body.

Hi all!

Internet's back up after another "overuse" crash -- we have a satellite system here (NO high speed, NO cable, NO other system available) which severely limits our daily capacity, and then cuts us for 24 hours if we go over (15 year old in the house, warning, warning!). Needless to say, we go without from time to time!

It has been a good month so far. It is the first time since seriously getting serious about all this exercise and logging stuff that it has felt easy. Time to upgrade, I suspect! I went to see the trainer who helps me set up workouts, and she gave me a whole new series for the next 4 weeks. She also helped with some new stretches for those places that get too achy and sore. Since I'm a professional flutist with several concerts coming up, the sore places in my arms are a concern. Keeping up with 60 minutes 6 days a week is feeling good! Adding more stretching to that now, though.

So between dogs, construction projects, warm weather for some and cold for the rest of us (sigh) it is good to catch up with the many messages.

Have a great Thursday tomorrow! I'll be going horseback riding with my daughter who is now back from British Columbia where she was visiting the boyfriend. That will feel great! Friday I'm off to the Royal Military College for a visit with my son who is considering going there and wants to see for himself what it is like. should be interesting...

tally ho -

liselyn

jb - I can imagine how great the feeling was when your firneds complimented you on your weight. Congrats

We had the Newcomers general meeting this morning. They had the 50/50 and the treasury got $32. I'm surprised how many people came to the meeting, maybe it was because for the first time ever the budget was approved. We'll see how many people come to the next few meeetings. Especially in summer, I'm betting not too many.

The meeting ran LONG -- I just barely got to senior bowling. Actually, when I got there, they'd already started practice bowling. Now I'm home for a little bit, (did laundry, took out the garbage, had dinner) and then go back for Newcomer bowling.

Laura - oh, I'm so sorry to hear your hubby didn't get the job. I know you'll make the right decision.

Did an hour of Leslie Sanson walking DVD, tomorrow if we have time, I'll do a weight DVD. Not sure what time we're leaving for Jessica's. I'll log in on my phone.

Well, going to watch some TV then go to bed. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Spring is busting out all over down here in Kentucky. Maybe I should call it 'Fring', because we seem to have skipped Winter all together and just melded Fall and Spring together.

I have a new infatuation...polyclay. Oh, man, it's keeping me up at nights and distracting me away from my workouts. At least, I am keeping my calorie counts below the goal. I have soooo screwed up my March goals...except for the one where I wanted to weigh 210 by my birthday on the 30th. Made that goal at last weigh-in. Now, I just hope I can hold it there! LOL It was a three pound drop in one week, and I didn't really do anything to deserve THAT.

Falling over now...terminal case of the Sleepies.

Night all!

beautiful day here in nc...:glasses: hope to ride again today...that lazy mare really needs work, but she is a bit stiff in her neck from spring vaccinations...maybe i will go easy on her today....and on me, the nasty old CFIDS seems to be rearing its ugly head today.:ohwell:

is anyone else out there on fosamax? i take it once weekly and it seems to make me feel really crappy the whole day that i take it...anyone else notice that or is it just me? :frown:

liselyn - wlcome back...60 min 6 days a week? wow! you go girl! :drinker:

beth - weight is just a numbe, its more about how you feel and how you look, great NSV! :drinker:

nancy - great job with body fat etc. i think you can actually increase bone density, not sure tho. :drinker:

joyce - my hjummers are not back yet...so warm i am expecting them any day now!

diedre - good lookin' hubs!

cathy - congrats! :drinker:

renny - glad your sister is ok...hope additional test turn up nothing serious :happy:

jeannie - hope things are going better

kackie - have fun with those grandbabies! they are the best! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

to those i missed...happy thursday we are doing a great job of taking care of ourselves! :happy:
yvonne

ps yes, that is my grandaughter with her ribbon! she is so proud of it, she is going to take it to show and tell at school! i wish she lived closer (2hrs away) but i guess i should be glad it is not farther! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Oooo -- great recent topics. Arm flab! Horses!

We have a great laugh here in Québec. There is a really great word for arm flab in our local French. They are called "hibettys" because the rich anglophone women used to have quite a bit of the flappy stuff, it seems, so the working class francophones named it for the ladies waving "Hi, Betty" across the fence! It's a great name for them, in any case, and we're always glad to see them gone. Get the weights up soon -- you can do it!

As to lazy horses, my gelding is getting a lot of time off these days... It's too icy and muddy to ride out on the gravel roads yet, and we are sick to bits of the indoor arena. hmmph. I'll be in North Carolina in a week -- maybe I can get some riding in while down there! Whereabouts are you, Yvonne?

JB -- I'll be starting all my plants soon too -- it is wonderful to hear about yours. We can't plant outside until early June, but will get the little germinators going soon.

So I joined the salad sistahs today and had a lovely salmon number for lunch. Yummy.

Well, no internet at home again (curse those teenagers who use up our capacity!!) and I'm in a café avoiding the goodies but drinking too much caffeine. Home, home -- it's time to exercise.

cheers, all!

liselyn