Women Ages 50+ for the month of July

Hi everyone --Happy Sunday!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

And it definitely is a "sun" day around here--The current temperature on my back patio is 92degrees F, and I think we are going for a high of about 95 today. I am happy to report that it is 70 inside my condo.

Today has been a relatively lazy one for me so far. Went to church last night. I am not sure who decided that a Catholic could go to Saturday Vigil Mass, and have it count for Sunday, but they certainly have MY blessing!! I HATE to get up early on Sunday,:yawn: and I don't like waiting 'til a late service to go because it seems like the day is half shot and you just got out of bed. :grumble:

At the same, time, I am torn because participating in my faith is one of my priorities. The Saturday night service is very handy for solving all those problems, and now a parish near mine has a Sunday night one as well, to catch all the procrastinators and people with non-traditional schedules like mine.

After my naughtiness of Friday night-splitting a brownie with ice cream and caramel and chocolate sauce dessert with a dinner companion--I figured I was going to have to walk to Seattle (about 160 miles from here) to work it off!:laugh: So Saturday, my good friend Thomy invites me to her house for a barbecue--it was SUPPOSED to be an opportunity for me to show her the finer points of propane barbecue grilling, since I just sold her my propane barbecue grill because of the fantastic deck her new place has.

I am tired of shagging a propane tank to be refilled, and since I no longer have an SUV, the grill is not easy to move around. I used to frequently take it to other places to supply the cooking equipment, but now it only gets used at home. Since entertaining is not something I can afford to do as much of these days, I decided that I could get the George Foreman model that can be used indoors or out and simplify my life. It is also very portable. It also helped that a local store was nice enough to have them on sale for about 40% off!!:drinker: :drinker:

I know the Foreman won't cook the same as a flame broiled system, but it will still enable me to grill and is a lot easier to clean and maintain.

So, I show up at Thomy's with my friend Linda, (who is doing much better now, out of the hospital over a month now, and only occasionally having to use her oxygen) and we discover that Thomy's other guest, a cousin of her Jordanian husband, has taken over the grilling and the menu. By the time he was finished, there was grilled salmon, steak, and chicken kabobs. He also made a wonderful cucumber tomato salad with fresh mint in it. That has been a favorite of mine since Thomy's husband introduced me to it about 3 years ago.

So there is all these grilled goodies flying around, and I had a little bit of everything. Came home and logged the calories for the day and found out I was still 300 under what I could have had. Got weighed this morning and actually was down a half a pound from the previous day, so it appears I didn't hurt myself too badly after all.

This morning once the doggies were walked, I decided to hit the trail again myself. I SHOULD have started earlier. It was already about 77degrees when I started at 11:30a, and I did another dumb thing. I have "racing stripes" on my ankles:noway: .:laugh: When I walk, I wear shorts and socks and athletic shoes. Since it is summer, I also wear sandals most of the other time, so my legs are tan, and my feet are tan, but over the last couple of weeks, my ankles have becoming lighter than my feet and the leg above my ankle.

Today, I figured I would "even things out" by putting some moisturizer w/sunscreen on the darker spots and wear s andals to walk. Unfortunately my most comfortable Birkenstocks gave me a blister from one of the straps. By about mile 2, I was beginniing to regret my choice of footwear. Then I remembered I had a bandaid stashed in my daypack, and it definitely saved the day!:drinker: I managed to hobble back to the starting point, and when I got home, that lukewarm bath water was very refreshing!!:happy:

So far it is too early to tell if I have reduced the contrast on my "racing stripes." I think there may be a bottle of sunless tanning lotion in my future-would certainly be easier on my feet!!:laugh:

For what it is worth, if anyone is a Mt St Helens buff, click on my name to view recent posts, as I have done some reminiscing on the Golden Sneakers thread over in the Fitness and Exercies category, that I got some positive comments about.

I am going to have to get out of my chair and go take clothes out of the dryer as I have a philisophical disagreement with the concept of "ironing.":laugh: :laugh:

Barb

Thanks for the invite. I have done good today in eatting just need to improve on exercise some.

So, school starts back a week from tomorrow. I'm nervous about trying to apply my new learning to a l..o..n..g.. workday. Somehow, I've got to do better with breakfast before leaving the house and also fixing a lunch.


Bonnie

There's a fairly recent thread under "Recipes" called "healthy packed lunches" that might have some good ideas for you.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Morning all, Welcome newbies.
This is a great and very forgiving and supportive thread. Perhaps because of our age, we all have been done a lot of roads and learned the value of not beating yourself up at shortfalls and just getting back to it. I really appreciate that about all of you.

My best friend does Weight watchers and says how important the group is to her. I agreed and said that this thread was a real support group for me.

Still got the runs, new medication not working. Going to a GI specialist this week. Actually had to up my food intake in order to keep nutrition up. I know that sounds like a dream, but appetite is not good and I'm losing weight too fast. I'd trade this situation for the old days of bemoaning how little it seemed I could eat in a second! OK that was my whine for the day.

Be well all. Be strong and remember that love counts for more than calories.
Diane

Good Morning everyone and welcome to the newest members:flowerforyou:

We returned from our camping trip yesterday afternoon and managed to unload the perishables and dirty laundry from the trailer to the house between rain storms. Despite the rain we had everyday we had a fantastic time, but now to get back into routine until our next music festival in a couple of weeks. It is always so enjoyable to relax and visit with one another. I know that I certainly did not drop anymore lbs but I really didn't expect that I would....maintaining is ok with me and for I know that now I will concentrate on dropping a few more. All our camping friends that haven't seen me since last year gave me so many compliments on how great I looked:blushing: Talk about that being a motivator I didn't get too walk too much because my other knee is now acting up:grumble: Now I really do have a matched pair:noway: Hopefully I will soon get some answers and get back into the exercise routine that I have come to love. Who would have thought that you could miss exercising so much:laugh:

Take care everyone:flowerforyou:

Marie

Thanks, I'll check out the lunch section.
I did exercise this morning before I left and I also ate breakfast. However, I worked through lunch and didn't eat until 3:30 p.m. I'll have to try to get my afternoon exercise done this evening. Time to establish a new routine.
Bonnie

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: It is so hot today that my hands feel sticky on the keyboard so I won’t write much.

:flowerforyou: Rosemary----congratulations on your weight loss---your mom will be very pleased when she sees you

:flowerforyou: Diane

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I hope they find out what’s wrong so you can be feeling better soon.

:flowerforyou: Heather----I hope your back is better soon and stays that way----it is very cool that there are two Heathers from Ontario

:flowerforyou: Marie

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you are right that maintaining is always better than gaining. I hope your knees will be better soon. How great that your friends noticed your weight loss. That is very motivating.

:flowerforyou: Debbie----keep on doing what you’re doing and you’ll reach all your goals and have looser and looser clothes then your kids will really have something to laugh at.

:flowerforyou: Bonnie

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getting into a routine is so helpful---I hope you get there faster than I did----good luck on your healthy lunches

:flowerforyou: SuzyQ

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congratulations on the birth of your new great niece---how great that you could be a helpful part of the process

time to drink some water :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Barbie

good morning everyone. i hope everyone weeks is starting out good. can you believe that its the end of the mth already. i am happy to say that i have been pretty close to keeping my goals. having this site has been my rock and having the wonderful freinds here just reading all our storys. someone should put it in a book . oh my grandson is here so this is a short one everyone have a good morning and i send out prayers to all love debbie and family

Good Morning all,
Not sure if I will get back to this until later today. Have a busy day today. 4 grandchildren today. Daughter has to go to 3 days of new teacher orientation classes. Also have bible study ladies coming today. Went to gym late last night. about 8 pm. first chance all day yesterday. was very busy. started on ellipitical and then planned to do treadmill after. Only needed cardio yesterday. Gym got very busy. Did 30 on ell and looked around all treadmills, bikes were taken. Kept on ell until one came available which it never did. Ended up doing 45 min on ell. I was tired. Hope it pays off. Going to have to do magic to find time to go today. Baseball tournaments start for both grandchildren. Hope you all have a good day. Have fun with new baby susie q.
vicki m

Hey SuzyQ, :laugh: Just got back from my lunchtime walk and boy is it hot:devil: as.........I am going on the netflix site as soon as I get home and order that DVD. :happy: Thanks for the 411:flowerforyou: Rosemary