WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2012

Happy Saturday ladies, scale went up this week, have been in a funk the past couple of weeks, not much exercise and wrong food choices. Need to start over again today, more water more moving. Spending the day with my 3 yr old grandson while mom catches up on work. DIL is due soon with his baby sister, so this will give her a little break before she has 2 kids to deal with. Can't wait to meet the little princess. Haven't had any girl babies in the family for a while.
Wanting to check out the book, Strong Women stay young. Realizing I need to build up strength in my upper body.

Eat Healthy, be safe
Sherry

Happy Saturday :flowerforyou:

Nancy - Congratulations on 28 years together. I was wondering if you explained to your husband that retail therapy is part of your wellness plan that he would understand it a little better?? :laugh:
KC - glad to hear your daughter got her first choice. I'm with you about the sounds of the waves rolling in and crashing onto the beach. One of the most wonderful sounds to me.
Jane - sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your exercising. Hope your therapy continues to help you. You will get there even if it seems like 2 steps forward and 1 back right now. Hang in there!
Michele - We saw the Lorax. it was a cute movie.
jb - Know what you mean about buying something for improved health but still having to get it out of the box. Ha Ha. I bought a pedometer and finally opened the package this morning. I am not saying how long it sat unopened. :blushing:
Sherry - Hope your funk is starting to lift. The last couple of weeks have been a struggle for me too. I don't know if it is the time of year, hormones or what. It sure can get frustrating. I haven't recorded my weight this week because it is still up from my poor food choices (holding water big time).

My plan for today is:
Learn how to use the pedometer I bought and test it out by going for a walk.
Get a bit of Spring cleaning done.
Make good food choices and drink extra water to try and get rid of the puffiness.

Have a great day ladies!
Dawn

I finally have a fun filled busy weekend. tonight we drive to the tacoma dome and see Jeff Dunham.:laugh: :laugh: He is soooo funny I can't wait. Then tomorrow is my father's 90 birthday party at a great seafood restaurant. This is a much needed break from the monotony. :bigsmile:

Howdy all, and happy weekend. After several days in the eighties here, it's in the 60's and rainy. Actually feels like **gasp** March!!

As of this morning I'm less than half the woman I was. I've lost 160 lbs and weigh 158.8. In other news, I was so proud of myself on Thursday. I got a new driver's license. In VA they list your weight and I have always (ALWAYS) lied about it. My last one said I was 250 and I know for a fact I was at least 280 when I got it. Well this time, I put down my real, honest weight. Then chuckled.

My daughter (almost 16) has started dating in a limited way. Hard on Mom's nerves, but she's a good responsible kid and I like the young man.

Mazaron - to your Thursday post on figuring out why you weren't losing, DH has been unemployed since July. He does some odd jobs, but the job he lost was a very physical one. He mentioned the other day that he had gained 10 lbs and couldn't understand why because he wasn't eating any different, in fact was eating less fast food lunches than he did when working. Well, dear, I said...perhaps you were burning more calories? So he's compromising by trying to move more and eat a little leaner. Poor dear. Since he has always had physical jobs, he's been able to eat whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and is not used to this.

Glad your foot is recuperating. Happy anniversary.

Realpure - funny, I was having hot flashes when I started losing weight, now I'm cold all the time (have a heated throw blanket on my lap right now). I think it's the combination of the weight I've lost and the fact that I seem to have finally completed menopause at the ripe old age of 50. I take B-12 and a multi and haven't noticed any impact. But different folks body's react differently to things.

Tiarapants - congrats on the atlas sale, now how about pouring me a hot blackcurrant drink? Never tried it, must be a UK thing, but it sounds lovely.

Laura80111 - I've done a lot of research and about the only thing that helps with loose skin is to build some muscle to fill it back out again. Mine is pretty extensive. I'd use the term "horrible" but I try not to look at it like that because I feel so much better and look so much better (at least with clothes on). I've found some really lightweight shirts with 3/4 sleeves that I push to the elbow and some lightweight Bermuda shorts and I just plan to cover it. They also make cool open weave cardigans that you can wear over no-sleeve shirts that kind of hide loose skin on the arms.

megathome111 - LOL at "Bengay stinks". I have discovered that creams do not work for me unless they stink. It must be a placebo effect: I smell the stink and my brain "knows" it's gonna work. Bengay, IcyHot, gotta have the stink. DH rolls his eyes.

ExerMom - the C&O Canal Towpath is a very long, skinny National Park. The C&O Canal ran along the Potomac River and mule teams towed barges up and down it. The towpath is the path that the mules walked along it, hence the name "towpath". http://bikewashington.org/canal/

jb_2011 - there is serious research that shows we lose less (or even gain) weight when we don't get enough sleep. I'm guilty of that one now and then myself.

Brunsda - hope you like the pedometer. Maybe consider wearing it all the time? I find it challenges me to walk more when I do that - I find myself parking farther away, taking the long way 'round, stuff like that to build my steps up.

katduck8 - actually the best workout is the one you enjoy. Grandkids are a great exercise device! They sound adorable.

Have a great weekend. Off to buy grocerys for DH to cook. The one thing I love about him being unemployed!

Virginia

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I'm back! Been in a funk for a couple of weeks. The really strange thing that did it, I think, was the fact that I accomplished my March's weight loss goal in the first week of March. I thought it should be harder than that...LOL So...exercise went out the window for the most part...and with the loss of the endorphins, my good mood fluttered out, too. With the good mood fluttering out, I didn't sleep enough. I was entranced with my new love, polyclay crafting, and there just weren't enough hours in the day for sleep, too. With the sleep deprivation, I ate more and struggled to keep my calories to goal. Didn't make it a few times, there. It was especially bad at night, when I was fighting the terminal sleepies the most. I haven't weighed yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if I lost another pound this week. Wouldn't surprise me if I gained one, either.

I just finished a good, long, fast workout and feel really good again. Yippee! I need to keep all this in mind the next time I want to skip the exercise. Although, I do agree with JB...Burpees are not my thing right now...LOL

Drink your water, ladies, and keep those muscles moving!

Ciao...

Beth

Happy Monday, dear Ladies!

It is snowing, snowing, snowing and the temperature has dropped, so maybe we'll have a few good ski days left this season after all. I'll find out soon!

Jaks: I am so sorry you are struggling...put one foot in front of the other and keep going! We're here for you:flowerforyou:

Tallen: WTG on the running! I am sooooooo impressed!

jb: Thanks for the link to the 7 smart stagegies for fat burning and metabolic health...I will read that for sure.

Westernjoy: Good to hear from you and your horseback riding/walking sounds so nice! Glad your weather is good!

Regarding dinner last night. My dear friend served Yorkshire pudding with beef, english peas, potatoes and mashed rutabaga...then apple pizza(which I LOVE). Sooooooo, at least there were a couple of vegetables, which I tried to fill my plate with, but it was not exactly health food! Thankfully, I had LOTS of exercise yesterday and hope to do the same today.

Off to get out the door! Take care Kackie

kc-hearty congrats to your daughter. It's so great to hear someone get what they want, I'm so happy for her. You have a lot to be proud of. Do you think she will continue in Chicago after experiencing one of their winters? It's a far cry from SC. I remember when Bryan went to RIT, we knew that he wouldn't like the winters (even tho he grew up in the Poconos in PA), but what do we know? So we didn't say anything. Even before the first semester was over, he called to tell us that he wanted to transfer.....lol And where did he go? To Elon in NC!!!

Mimi must be away. I don't remember, when is she going to be back? I miss her and her lovely posts. Anyone hear from Chicklet too? Wonder how she and her "gentleman friend" are doing. Lots of others, too.

I signed up for a food safety course next month. It's only for four nights. Should be interesting. I bet some people have to take it for a certification, I just think it'll be interesting.

Meg - thanks for the bowling pin suggestions. I'm going to check them out. No, I'm not artistic in any way. I can only make a straight line with a ruler, and even then sometimes it isn't straight! I really don't want to get into the electrical stuff and drilling them to make them into lamps. I'm just trying to think of something to do where they can be used as "give-away gifts" at our end-of-year bowling party. Someone else suggested to me that one thing they really treasure is a bowling pin signed by all her coaches. Of course, this isn't the same thing, we're not sanctioned or anything. For some reason, and this I really can't understand, Vince doesn't think we should spray paint them. I think a few spray painted would make neat table centerpieces. He did suggest cleaning them as much as possible and then making up a "certificate of authenticity" to certify that that pin was knocked down by a certain person.

frogmamma - congrats on the loss and passing your testing for certification.

Robin - have fun at the show at your father's party

Welcome katduck! So glad your daughter steered you here!

Virginia - I didn't realize that VA put your weight on its license! I'll have to look at Jessica's. Oh, speaking of VA oddities, we just found out that VA vanity license plates don't use the number 0 but the letter "o". Her license plate is C7 Pecto and if someone wants C7 Pect0 the state of VA won't allow it.

Beth - when you didn't get enough sleep, did you crave carbs?

Right now I have two TV's, one can record two shows at once, the other one. We've decided that we're going to get a Charter (our cable company) DVR. Admitted, it only records two shows max at most, but honestly I can't remember the last time I needed to record three shows at the same time. Also, with this DVR (I know because Vince has one) you can see how much memory you have, with the TiVo's you can't do that. Once it deleted a movie that I definitely wanted to keep. I didn't realize this until much later.

kackie - have fun with those little girls! I know you will.

Went to church earlier tonight and then to a food store for two items. There was this lady there who evidentally was trying to save money. She bought dented cans and meat that was going to be out of date tomorrow. Yet, interestingly, she was in front of me in the check-out lane, yet she didn't bring her own bags. At this store if you bring your own bags, you get 5 cents credit. Admitted, it's not a whole lot, but it's better than nothing, that's for sure.

Going to watch some TV then get to bed. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Ahh, I just love Sundays. Love Saturdays, too, especially yesterday since it was sunny and warm. Hubby and I worked in the garden for hours, setting up rows and beds for our 250 onion plants. We planted some Red Pontiac and Yukon Gold potatoes, too. Good to have to onions in the ground finally, it's a big job but oh such fun to be digging in the dirt. We grow Walla Walla Sweets for eating in summer, plus 2 kinds of storage onions, yellow and red, and 200 garlic as well. July is garlic-braiding time. They're so pretty. We use lots, give some away, and keep some for seed to plant in Oct. I planted some shelling peas yesterday too, and French Breakfast radishes. I put just a couple dozen seeds in about every 2 weeks throughout the growing season, love munching on those babies! First big gardening day of spring, ahhhhhhhh, finally! Needed it, bad. Now I think I can face the week of rain that's predicted. Yup, Oregon. :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Barbie, I did buy ankle weights with removable packets. I'll start with 1 lb and increase from there. My hand weights are 3 lbs, they seem fine for now. I really feel it while doing the upward row and side arm raises. Whew. :grumble:

I have some perennial plants that need dividing and relocating, I think I'll get busy with that project this morning. The housework can wait for a rainy day.

Peas and love,
jb

The show was awesome last night. I laughed so hard last night I am actually sore this morning. If you don't know Jeff Dunham you should look him up on Utube. We didn't get home until after one in the morning. I haven't stayed up that late in ages.

Now today it is off to Daddy's birthday. I am glad he quit traveling long enough to have a birthday at home. So far this year he has been to south africa, florida, the panama canal, then they just went to palm springs to celebrate their 5 year meeting anniversary and they visited freinds in california and Arizona. I am so thankful that he has the means and the stamina to enjoy his senior years so much. I can only hope to be half as fortunate.

Have a great day ladies. And in the words of Peanut "Dat's good, dat's good, dat's GOOOD!

happy sunday ladies!
i have been super crazy busy the last few days....unexpected overnight guest, may fave sil, on thur night, then friday working like crazy on barn catch up, having a friends 2 kids over to play on the pony and planning my sisters 50th bday party....she is surviving stage 4 breast cancer and is doing so well they call her sort of in 'remission', except the drs say they will never SAY remission of stage 4, but....close enough! then on sat down to the lake to celebrate my brothers new lake house. lots of bad weather, wind, rain (4 inches in 2 days), hail, etc yesterday and today. our pastures are flooded and our trainer is frustrated by the weather b/c we can not ride or work on this squishy ground.
missed so much on posts...so

good job to all that are feeling good and looking good!

hang in there for those who feel they are not quite getting it right now!

sending lots of prayers and white light to those you are sick, injured or down (including joyces horse)!

the next couple of weeks are going to be busy for me as well....this coming week hope to make it to charlotte to see a new friend, farrier is coming, lily is coming on friday for her second horse show on sat, then on sun we will meet her mom, dad, and bother luke at the zoo for an afternoon of fun, then both children will be coming back home with me for a week! lots of planning to do, menus for the kids, easter projects for us to try, pony riding, etc.

i took the pony out to trail ride this week on wednesday, as it had rained alot and trainer wanted an advance notice of the trail condition before she took out one of the really green horses to work on trailing....got down to the creek which is usually only about knee high on me when i am wading....yikes! it was running high and fast. we started to cross, but when i got all four of thunderbolts feet in the water, about 1 length in, the water was up over my knees while mounted! thunder was not impressed, and as the creek does get deeper towards the middle, we just decided not to cross on that day. i was afraid that if he lost balance, or stepped in a hole, we would be swept downstream! it has been many years since that creek has been that high. we used to take our larger horses swimming across it, but htey were used to it, and had much more milage on them, plus it didnt used to run so fast. so....looks like no trials for a feew days til it calms down. arena is flooded too so no riding today!
havent done great on my calories, or my exercise either, but so far the scale isnt telling....it isnt going down, but not up either so i will take it. muscles are feeling 'itchy' to work out!
another storm blowing in about now, first day in weeks it has had a bit of a chill in the air (and by that i mean not 80- degrees!)
gotta run feed and clean before it starts hailing again.
hope everyone has a good week!
yvonne

The show was awesome last night. I laughed so hard last night I am actually sore this morning. If you don't know Jeff Dunham you should look him up on Utube. We didn't get home until after one in the morning. I haven't stayed up that late in ages.

Now today it is off to Daddy's birthday. I am glad he quit traveling long enough to have a birthday at home. So far this year he has been to south africa, florida, the panama canal, then they just went to palm springs to celebrate their 5 year meeting anniversary and they visited freinds in california and Arizona. I am so thankful that he has the means and the stamina to enjoy his senior years so much. I can only hope to be half as fortunate.

Have a great day ladies. And in the words of Peanut "Dat's good, dat's good, dat's GOOOD!

How lucky I love Jeff would love to see him in person

Hi Ladies

Have been reading some of the posts and you all sound so connected and motivated!! Room for one more? I am new on here, just 5 days in and looking for somewhere to connect. I am going to be 51 tomorrow and I need to get a handle on my life and weight. I have been logging my food for the last few days and started walking further every day.

Marking my place. I will check in with you tomorrow.

happy birthday barbie!.