WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2012

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.

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Today is my birthday and I am 66, an age I never expected to see. I feel better, happier, and healthier today than I felt at many times when I was a lot younger. I give a lot of credit to what I learned from all my friends on MFP and the encouragement and support I’ve gotten to challenge myself to be stronger and more fit.

happy birthday, barbie,....you are an inspiration to me....thanks for all your suggestions and recommendations.....hope you had a great day.....:flowerforyou:

Today it was chilly so I stayed inside and cut down two more tablecloths. Two more to go and I'm finished (for now, that is...until I find some more tablecloths on sale cheap).

Barbie - congrats on the great choices at the lunch. I'm not crazy about breads or desserts, either. That is...unless dessert is a piece of fruit....which it usually isn't. Today it was chilly so I stayed inside and cut down two more tablecloths. Two more to go and I'm finished (for now, that is...until I find some more tablecloths on sale cheap).

Barbie - congrats on the great choices at the lunch. I'm not crazy about breads or desserts, either. That is...unless dessert is a piece of fruit....which it usually isn't.
happy, happy birthday. May you have many many more!


realpure - let me know what you thought of "Hunger Game". I've heard mixed reviews about it. Of course, everyone around here (NC) is going "Hunger Game" crazy. Have a great time, and don't forget to take your own snacks!!!

jb - my aunt and uncle lived in onion country. If you go to the store, you'll find that most of the onions were grown in Pine Island, NY which is where they were. My uncle and cousins used to work in the onion fields. hmmm...radishes...haven't had those in a while. Thanks for suggesting them to me again. Whenever I do lateral arm raises, I don't use more than 5lb weights because anything more and I lose my form. Guess those delts just aren't as strong as the anterior and posterior ones.

Did an hour of balance games on the Wii today. Wish sometimes that each segment was longer. Tomorrow I'll do a bit of yoga and then take the extremepump class.

Yvonne - that's awesome about your sister!

I can't believe how Easter has snuck up on me! Went to buy cards for the kids (thought I had more time to send Bryan his, but oh well) Bought two Dove solid easter bunnies to put in Jessica's basket and another one (she may give it to Zac, or to someone else). By the time I was done, I paid $1.54 for both of them. Unfortunaely, the card store is close on Sundays. I was thinking that maybe they would be open since the store in the mall closed and it was open on Sundays, but no dice.

Vickie - welcome! And thanks barbiecat for pointing her here. Keep posting, we're all here for you.

Why is it that it seems so very easy to put the weight on, but it seems to take FOREVER for it to come off???

kilime - welcome! You'll get to that Great Wall! And we'll all be there with you, even if it is just in spirit!

diane - welcome! Fortunately, I haven't had any need for any experience with predisone. But I'll be keeping my eyes open

Say, I know people on this board have a Wii. Does anyone have the game "fit in Six"? I bought it but now am wondering if it's worth the money

Well, going to watch "Desperate Housewives" and then get to bed (I tTiVo it so that I can fast forward thru the commercials)

Michele

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Today is my birthday and I am 66, an age I never expected to see. I feel better, happier, and healthier today than I felt at many times when I was a lot younger. I give a lot of credit to what I learned from all my friends on MFP and the encouragement and support I’ve gotten to challenge myself to be stronger and more fit.

Happy Birthday, Barbie! You continue to inspire.

Have been MIA and no way can catch up on the posts but had to announce today is day 1 of Strong Women Stay Young ('nother Barbie inspiration). My Chiro advised against the Overhead press, but did the other 7. Was surprised at how hard some were, and delighted at how others were so "easy" I had to add more weight for the second set. Can feel it already, good thing 2 days off between sessions is recommended...

Cloudy but warm today so dragged my lazy butt outside and messed about in the raised beds. Planted carrots, beets, turnips, lettuce, mustards, arugula, easter egg and watermelon radish. Seed is all more than a year old so we'll have to see what comes up Will check at the Co-op for pea seed (both snow and shelling), too late to order. Also need to find (and till) an out of the way corner for a parsnip bed. Love those parsnips, grilled on the Foreman. Yumm.

After skipping 8 days of mat work, finally got back down on it yesterday, but not today. Tomorrow for sure!

Loved all the NSV's related to bra size. Expect back pain to reduce as the burden does
Hugs to ALL,

Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day
March: get down on that mat EVERY day. Average 10K steps/day. Let it be. Really.
2012: dance more, bark less and CHECK IN!!!

Today I am soooo sore from all the laughing from Saturday. I can't believe how much my I hurt. It was an absolutely wonderful weekend and I am motivated to have a great week.

Have a great day ladies,


Robin, Bodi boy and Ritter bit.

Belated Happy Birthday, Barbie! I missed that yesterday, because I only looked at MFP on my iPhone, and the iPhone MFP app doesn't show discussions.

You inspire us all! (Cheering!!!!!)

I sit at a computer more hours per day than I like at work, and it's nice on the weekends to avoid that thing.

I woke up this morning thinking about which exercises I wanted to do first when I got out of bed. I do believe I have become addicted to exercise. That's a good thing, isn't it?

Barbara, that's a pretty awesome raised bed vegetable garden.I would have never thought of cooking parsnips on a Foreman grill. Do you use any particular spices for that?

Nancy, my son did the same thing with his wallet on Christmas Day. He had moved his car from indoor parking to metered space in front of his apartment building while he ran upstairs to get an armload of gifts. When he got back downstairs, his car window was broken. He assumed he must have left his wallet in the car after he took out his card when exiting the lot. He canceled all the cards in his wallet and ordered a new driver's license, and then .... a week later he stuck his hand in the pocket of the jacket he'd worn on Christmas Day, and there was his wallet.

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:

:flowerforyou: Happy Windy Monday All,

O hubby and I just love Jeff Dunham, we have most of his DVD's, a Peanut bobble head Doll and a Walter bobble head Doll as well as his book. We were able to see him last year and laughed all evening and all the way home:laugh:

Barbie happy belated Birthday:flowerforyou: only you would do a cleanse on your Birthday...you dedication really puts a lot of us to shame...and then inspires us to be bettter:happy:

Welcome to those of you that are new:flowerforyou: glad you found us.

Not really time to respond to everyone this morning as I got to work late due to an accident on the freeway:grumble:

Well once again my weekend wasn't what I wanted but was a bit better than past ones. One of these days I'm going to manage to string together 7 whole days in a row of eating right, drinking plenty, and logging it all with a dash of exercise

Son #3 & DIL came for dinner Friday night for hot tubbing and movie watching (watched the latest Clash of the Titans) then they spent the night. He took her to breakfast Saturday morning to celebrate their 5th Anniversay...I'm wondering where the time has gone it seems like it was yesterday that we were in Alabama with the family for their wedding. So much has happened since then:ohwell:

Son #2 spend last week in Dodge City KS with his Army Reserve Unit for his Spring break and he was pretty pleased with how they are coming together, I'm happy for him, just wish he'd have a full time place then I wouldn't worry about them so much:huh: I'm sure it's a Mom thing.

Yesterday hubby was "checking me out" and said he could see where my exercise and food watching is paying off:bigsmile: every bit of encouragement helps.

Everyone have a good day, let's keep moving, logging our food and drinking plenty of water:drinker:

Laura80111

Evening ladies,

I want spring back, c.c.c.cold here today! I still did my walking but my hands were frozen. I even managed to do 3 sets of push ups today, first time in months.(years?)

The twins were so funny today, they got these cute little binoculars over the weekend and insisted on taking them with them when we went out to go to their friends house. They were bird watching! The birds were only 3 feet away and the kids kept taking the binoculars down to figure out where they were supposed to be looking!

Well, have to get going, meeting some of the girls for b'day drinks. Just how many calories are in a glass of scotch anyway...?

Why oh why can't water come with flavour? It would be so much easier to drink the 8 glasses!!!

Catch you tomorrow.

Jillian

HI!Making slow progress with the knee .See the ortho dr tomorrow.
If you pray,please pray for my good friend who is having her kidney removed because of a tumor.
Have a good night!!
HUGS

Happy Birthday, Barbie...so sorry my greeting is late!


It's been a rough few days. I think I have a pinched nerve in my neck--pain, like a toothache is going down my arm. It subsides and aleve helps but I feel grouchy and naseous. I have an appt with a chiropractor on April 4th. I am frustrated with getting my exercise in and not aggrevating my shoulder/neck/arm. Being on the computer was very uncomfortable...that is a first!!

I will be back.
Sally

Happy Tuesday good news day! :bigsmile:

Always a good day, Tuesday is, due to the fact that the scale goes back down after being up a little from the weekend. Just when I think I've overcome my tendencies to overeat, a weekend comes prancing in and proves me wrong. :grumble: Not sure what it is that kicks in and says EAT MORE on weekend days. Subconciously congratulating myself for doing so well through the week? Could be. Silly thing, celebrating with food. But it's a concept quite deeply ingrained from childhood, eating just for the fun of it. My dear dad loved cookies and of course I was right there next to him with my paws in the cookie bag. I still have issues with sweets, once I start, well, you know what happens. :blushing:

:Barbie, happy belated! :flowerforyou: Hope your day was wonderful. You had a small farm and grew your veggies, oh how nice! Whereabouts in NW Cal were you? I spent many years there, Santa Rosa area, and Point Area, and even farther south in Santa Cruz and Salinas. I grew up in So Cal. My hubby and I both enjoy the heck out of gardening, we try to grow just about everything we can think of from asparagus and artichokes to edamame and eggplant. In the summer we're always busy roasting peppers and eggplant on the BBQ, which we freeze afterwards for use during the winter. We usually grow about 40 pepper plants, several varieties, make our own chili powder, and canned diced green chilies. I do a mountain of canning in late summer and fall.

Michele, how interesting your aunt and uncle working the onion fields. I'll tell you, growing them in NW Oregon is a challenge, but we've managed to have some excellent results in the past. Giant, beautiful bulbs that store for 6-8 months. The last 2 years, however, the cold spring temps caused 80%-90% of the crop to bolt, which meant no long-storage onions, and the mildew was horrific as well. I get so upset when a crop fails! :sad: I've had to chop pounds & pounds of onions for the freezer on years like that. Which is ok, I use them all year in cooking. Years ago when I helped an old-timer with his gardening in Montana, he told me, "'Taters and onions, all a feller needs." :laugh:

Yesterday's strength training went very well, using the ankle weights was no problemo. First thing I thought of this morning when I woke was that I forgot to do the lunges! :noway: I'll do those this morning, can't leave those lil babies out of the routine. :bigsmile: Push ups, though, ugh!! I did 8, took a rest, did 4 more, took a rest, then forced myself to do 3 more. Why are they so damned difficult! :explode: Geez I can't believe how weak my upper bod is. But it'll get better, I know. Maybe I should do 3 or 4 every morning with my other exercise routine.

Spent all day gardening in the sun yesterday, woohoo! Wearing a T shirt even, wow what a treat. My neighbor came out to say hello, said "You look great, Joanie, I hardly recognize you!" which of course put me on cloud nine and dissolved any leftover guilt I had about minor overindulgences on the weekend.

Sorry to hear a few of you have had accidents, ouch! :flowerforyou: Ice helps. I tripped and fell (hard!) last July, still have a sore shoulder. I found a bicycle helmet out on the street the other day, and thought gee, not a bad idea for me to wear a helmet when I start riding my bike, in case I fall down go boom. God forbid. But I'll take finding the helmet as a sign. If no one comes to claim it, I guess I'll give it a try.

Nancy, SO glad you found your wallet, yay! What a relief. Hope your week back to school goes well. We're on spring break here now and I'm loving having a lighter schedule. I do have to teach a few make-up lessons this week.

Welcome to everyone new, and good day to all. Salad Sistas! Don't forget your dark, leafy greens. Ever looked at the potassium levels in a cup of swiss chard? :noway:

Peace and carrots,
jb

:flowerforyou: Happy Tuesday all!

MacMadame, so sorry you are having Insurance issues:grumble: hope they are resolved soon...me I just wish we had insurance...hubby no job..no insurance:sad:

yclayton- OUCH:flowerforyou: sorry to hear about your fall, hoping you aren't too sore.

Jillian- so were you able to find out how many calories are in scotch?:huh: :huh:

Jane - prayers for your friend:flowerforyou: glad you are doing so well with your PT.

Mimi- it's always good to see you back, it sounds like it was a wonderful trip. :glasses:

Sally- oh neck pain can be the worse there is, hoping it goes away soon:drinker:

Nancy- YEAH! the wallet is found!... BOO it was found after you replaced everything...doesn't it seem that when ever you lose something it's always after you replace what's been lost that you find it...seems to happen that way everytime:grumble:

jaks-we look forward to hearing when that baby arrives

jb- I completely understand your weekend issues:sad: and then dealing with it on Monday and glad for Tuesday to see that you are back where you should be.....it seems like I always have the best of intentions on Friday and by Sunday I'm kicking myself...unfortunately it's not been enough because I just keep doing it:blushing:

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Yesterday the winds were awful here and there are some fires in the foothills. Last night the house smelled like a campfire and we had to turn on the air conditioning to clear it up....this is NOT a good sign if we are having fires in March:noway: Our house is quite a ways away from the foothills where the fires are, about 45 minutes away, so we were quite surprised that it was that bad at our house. I just looked out my window and the trees are starting to move...so it may be another windy day, they are expecting 450 firefighters here today to help fight it too.

Today Hubby has volunteered to watch our youngest grandson while our DIL goes for her monthly OB/GYN appt. He was putting together a game plan, put up the kiddie gates to keep him in the family room & kitchen, pick up the dog food and anything else that he tends to get into and keep cheerios handy for snacks:laugh: :laugh: They ought to have a good time.

All of you doing the weights is quite inspiring....we do have free weights and a weight machine in our basement with all the other exercise equipment....I'm guessing I should get to doing some lifiting too...I used to do that years ago...so I know it's good for me...it's just getting started:blushing: :blushing:

Everyone have a good day, let's keep moving, logging the food and drinking all our water:drinker:

Laura80111

Hi ladies- I read over your posts & was wondering if you're a "group" -I searched but could not find you all lised under "groups" . Of course I'm fairly new to this and definitely not super computer savvy. Wondering if you have room for one more over 50. I 'm a 56 year old mother of 3, no grands yet. Looking for support along this very difficult journey. Please let me know how I can find your posts again since you're not listed as a group. Wishing you all continued success. :flowerforyou:

Welcome! This isn't a group, so the best way to make sure you can find it easily is to make a post (as you just did). Then it will appear whenever you click on "My Topics". When we get to the end of month (coming up) Barbie always posts a link to the new discussion she starts for the next month. Then you have to post something in the new discussion, so that one will also pop up in your "My Topics" list.