WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2012

I'm back after most of 3 weeks gallivanting - to the Bay Area to help celebrate my dad's 90th
Mimi SVQ

I just celebrated my dad's 90th on Sunday with about 20 of his new Seattle friends (he has only lived up here for 5 years)

I am glad to see you back.


So I am still in the running for the job. I am on to the next step of meeting all the managers I would be working with. Then hopefully and offer will follow. Thanks for wishing me luck and I hope you can keep your fingers crossed for me just a little while longer.

I received my kettle bell and work dvd's last week. Now I just need to start using them.


Much love ladies,

Robin, Bodi boy and Ritter bit.

Wow! I love you ladies! I haven't been able to get on here much lately but I did just spend the last hour catching up. (And yes I am at work).

Things are going ok for me. Still not working out as much as I should. Starting to do some arm exercises with the weights. Can sure feel it. Yes, BarbieCat I am going to go buy the book. I really need to stop being so lazy. My cruise is in 26 days (but who is counting) and I was hoping to be at 190 because that is where I was last May on my cruise. But I came back from the cruise and stopped eating healthy and working out. Gained almost 25. So now if I lose 7 more pounds I will be back to cruising weight. Hope I am better about everything this time!

First of all and of the utmost importance - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO BARBIECAT!!!! How was the cleanse? I have never done one, but feel like I could use one.

KatDuck - Mammy is cute. My grandson is almost 9 months old and I wonder daily what he will end up calling me. Congrats on 6 months of blissful happiness!

Virginia - My daughter graduates Medical School in June, but I remember so clearly when she was 16. Just be glad you raise a smart responsible girl! And I can't wait until I way what my license says. LOL.

Kacki - How did the 3-year-old do at skiing? Hope you got pictures.

Smichaud1 - You sound like you enjoy running. Wish I enjoyed it that much. We keep signing up for runs hoping I will start to love it.

Jb - Wow, what a garden! I am happy with a few tomatoes. I can't even get them to grow long enough for me to enjoy the fruits of my labor.

RealPure - Glad you enjoyed the movie. My daughter is going to see it again this weekend. I might have to read the books. I also think the book is almost always better than the movie. But the Green Mile was an exception for me.

rjadams - It is great that your dad is still so active and traveling. I can only hope hubby and I are like that too.

Vivki and Kilime - welcome, this place is addicting. I find myself in bed wondering how everyone is doing if I haven't visited for awhile.

Vickim - good luck with the 5K. Do you run them often?

Nancy - Did yous say you ran an 5K race, or do you just run 5K? Either way, Congrats.

YClayton - Hope you are doing better.

Jane - My prayers to your friend

Sally - Hope you are doing better too.

Have a great week everyone!

Nancy - that's great that you found your wallet!!! I have this Bubba mug that I take when I go senior league bowling. I got one of those extra long straws to go in it. While we were driving to see Jessica, we stopped at this conveniece store to buy gas (and I went to the bathroom). I saw these straws so I took some. Now...for the life of me, I can't find them. they don't sell the extra-long ones in the store. Looks like we'll have to go up to see Jessica again just so I can get those straws. So I know what you mean, I keep hoping that one day out of the clear blue sky I'll find them, but so far no luck.

Did 20 minutes of yoga before I left for the extreme pump class (Mon). Tomorrow there is a board meeting for the Newcomers so I'll probably walk on the stairmaster for a bit before we go.

We went to the post office to mail our tax form and send some packages and we saw Lynette. They are coming for dinner tomorrow night. So I had to hurry up and buy the meat, make the stuffed shells, now I'm making the dessert. It works out well because Lynette doesn't care much for cooking and I love to cook.

JipsyJudy - exercise is a good addiction. I think I'm somewhat addicted to it, too. There are certainly much worse addictions. I left the house at 7:30 this morning (Tues) just so that I could get my exercise in before the Newcomers general meeting, because I knew that if I didn't get it in early, it wouldn't get in.

yvonne - take care of yourself, ya hear???

It's Tues now. Did an hour on the Stairmaster walking up the stairs sideways. Then there was a board meeting for the Newcomers, then did a bit of shopping and then played mahjongg (I maj's three times!). Friends of ours came over for dinner, I made beef stuffed shells, a chocolate Rice Krispie bar for Vince and Lynette and an apple cake for Ken and I had some. Gave them some of the apple cake (the rest I'll take to the bowling alley and to the Y). Tomorrow I'll do the deep water

Jane - lots of prayers

mimi - so glad to see you back!!! I missed your posts!

Sally - feel better fast!

barbie - how long have you had your PUR water filter? We haven't had ours that long (probably only a few years) yet lately when I change the filter, the water not only comes out the filter but it also trickles down the side. Then it'll start to spray lightly while coming out. I'm just wondering if it's a matter of having it for a few years.

jb - keep working that upper body and it WILL get stronger

JamCubeChi - of course there's always room for one more! Glad to have ya. What an interesting name, there must be a good story behind it. I knew someone would answer your question about finding us again. It's really quite easy (as said by a very un-computer-savvy person) Just know that when this link reaches 500 posts, it gets locked out, but you can always find the continuation at the end of the posts. Or....if you must, this is listed under "motivation", just click on that and you'll find part 2. But you shouldn't have to do that, just go to the end of part 1 and there'll be a link to part 2

Going to take a shower now.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Yes, we are baaack! :happy:

My Grade 6’s are studying data collection, graphing, etc. I don’t, as a rule, give them candy but today was an exception. Each student got a bag of jelly-beans. They had to estimate the total, number of colours, number of each colour, etc. Then count, then make bar and line graphs showing the differences between their estimates and totals. Then…yes, they got to eat the candy. Good thing we had lunch break right after math. :ohwell: I have to write report cards and get everything in order for my replacement, so have been very focused on the record keeping and paperwork side of the job. It’s so much more fun when I can play too.

Those of you working on the New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women will appreciate this…I finished the last workout of Stage 1 today. My progress is posted over on the NRWLW group “Stage 1” thread. Suffice to say I feel powerful :explode: and I am quite comfortable on the “boys” side of the gym (but I don’t look like a goddess yet – despite the sub-title of the book.)

A note about strength training and metric confusion: I was doing lunges with 20lb dumbbells in my hands. Hmm, I figured, today I’ll up those weights a bit. The dumbbell rack was across the gym but beside me were the new kettlebells. “Let’s try 16 kg, that should be good,” I said to myself. Three sets later I was just about falling over. :explode: “Holy hopping bench presses and barbells, Batman, this is tough!” Later I saw the football players using the same weights for their lunges. :noway: At home I did a little conversion and found out that 16kg = just over 35 pounds! Whew.

Barbie - Funny story about Jake’s wallet, and it does sound familiar. It’s a good thing I decided to set the table properly for Sunday dinner or that wallet might have been in the linen drawer until the next time my parents come to visit! :laugh:

JB “Weaker on Weekends” is my theme song. :bigsmile: Something does kick in and say “eat, drink and be merry” on those days that begin with F or S! I have just decided we need a strategy. Hmmm???? OK, for me, I am beginning by making Sunday a “clean day”. No wine with dinner and no going over my calorie goal. If I can make that a habit I’ll be hitting 5 days out of 7 squarely and fairly most of the time.

Push-ups kill me, by the way, I still can’t do enough of the manly style from the floor for my regular workouts (3 sets of 8 pushups) but I’m getting close.

Laura I hope the fires stay far from your home. Did DH have fun with the grandson?

Realpure, Yippee for you & Spring Break. :flowerforyou:

JipsyJudy, I want a treadmill desk! :happy:

RJ, good, good wishes on the job hunt, great lost clothes story.

Tallen, I couldn’t run 5K to save my life! :laugh: I “do” 5K almost every day though, a combination of walk/run intervals.

Michelle, I am glad I am not the only person who can loose things in a completely empty room. In fact, I noticed while helping DH with the construction project that he can loose a hammer or a screw driver in plain sight too, so at least it’s not just us.

J'Boy is home from band practice, DH is at choir and I am going to get one more load of laundry into the production line before I give in to the desire to read a book and relax. :yawn:

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Wow...I am soooo behind. Having a 3 week old and 3 year old in the house certainly throws lots of things out the window...my routine being the very first to go

Lyla, our darling 3 year old, had her first lesson on skis yesterday. She did just fine, but was a bit of a "pill" with the instructor. ( Her nose was running, she didn't like her helmet, she wanted a snack...oh, my....there is a good reason you need to pay an instructor to do these thing! My patience would not have made it through her routine!) In the end, she did well and today we took her out with some neighbor's children and they had fun together. She has another lesson tomorrow. We shall see! I am having fun with the 3 week old, but had forgotten how tiny they are! The 3 year old is SO small for her age, but looks like a giant next to her!

Mary: SO happy to have you back!

Barbie: Happy, happy Birthday, dear friend. You are such an inspiration to me and the rest of us here. Thank you for all you do to "keep us together!"

Nancy: Oh, I would have love having you as a teacher! What a great way to make graphs FUN! And I have the "weaker on the weekends" thing too! Can't wait to get the "New RUles of Weight Lifting" book...you ladies are inspiring me!

Oh, heck, my brain is mush. There were so many more of you I meant to comment on individually. Sorry. I need to get to sleep. Everyone had a nap after skiing except for me. I cooked dinner for all of us and our neighbors with 4 little ones. It was WILD here, but fun.

Take care, All. Kackie

Nancy, the first step to getting a treadmill desk seems to me to be to start by working standing up. According to the Livestrong website standing rather than sitting burns an extra 50 calories per hour. Since I work on laptops, today I converted both of my desks to standing desks by putting things on the desktops to raise the laptops up to elbow level (all you need is a crate, actually). I worked at least three hours standing today. It might have been four. It felt good. Well, I used to teach, and teachers stand most of the day. My lower legs feel a little bit tight tonight, and my hip tendons or muscles are a bit sore, but it's within my comfort zone.

Tonight I'm celebrating. I got my second quarterly blood tests since starting the insulin resistance diet. Between September and June, my fasting blood sugar dropped from 110 (prediabetic) to 95. Between December and March, it dropped again from 95 to 89. The diet works! I also got tested for Mercury, because I eat seafood nearly every day. My mercury levels were LOW. I also got liver and kidney function tests, because I have wine with dinner most nights. My liver and kidney function tests were great. Also my cholesterol and inflammation tests were normal. Phew. My program here is working. Diet and exercise can be the best medicine!

Good morning, Ladies - happy Wednesday!

All of your posts are great and I look forward to reading them every day. I've never done much online and have never joined a discussion group, plus I'm not very tech-savvy, so this is all new to me, and I can't stop thinking about all of you. Knowing that you're there and we're all going through the same thing helps keep me motivated to really lose weight. Barbie, Jullian and others, thanks for the warm welcome, and I look forward getting to know all of you more.

Jane, I'm praying for your friend.

Jillian, water does come in flavors :happy: I'm like you and really don't like plain water, but my husband found a couple of flavored waters and I drink them all the time. Nestle Pure Life is one, and Adirondack is another. Neither has calories and both come in many different flavors.

talle3987 - you WILL those those 7 lbs before your cruise - I know you can do it!

JipsyJudy, thanks for the tip on how to follow this converation into the new month. I know I would have lost you all! And, congrats on the great bloodwork results - good job!

Love the running is my drug of choice t-shirt! I don't run so mine would say "execise is ..." It is definitely habit-forming and does give you a wonderful high. I exercised daily since I was in my early 30s, but when arthritis in my hip got so bad that I couldn't do weight-bearing any more, that's when the pounds started packing on. Then, a hip replacement in late '09 followed by polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) since then, I've slowed down even more. Some mornings it's tough to move at all. Hip is great, though! Best thing I ever did was to have it replaced. With meds PMR is getting under conrtol, and now I'm walking again, a little more each day. I found a great walking DVD (in New England, there's much of the year when we can't get outside to walk). It's Leslie Sansone's Walk at Home 5-mile Fat Burning Walk. It's at a 5-mile an hour pace and you can walk one mile, the whole 5 or anywhere in between. And she gets your whole body into it with arm movements, twists and lunges. I'm up to 2 miles now.

Cold an dreary and showery today, so I'm going to go do 2 miles, take a shower and hang some new curtains (have the day off from work).

Have a great day, all; and good luck on your goals!
Diane

:flowerforyou: Sunny Wednesday,

jb- I do so love boysenberries...and the only place that I've ever had them was through Knott's Berry Farm in S Calif. In Oregon we had wild blackberries and those were the closest to boysenberries that I've ever had. Your garden / flower project will keep you pretty busy. Back in 1980 when we lived in the country on five acres I talked my hubby into helping me plant a garden, I was pregnant with Son #2 and our garden turned into a giant free meal for the deer and bunnies:sad: so hubby said never again because I didn't do my part:blushing: so I just enjoy hearing about all of you that are so garden inclined

Last night when I got home we left right away to take hubbys truck to the repair shop for work needed, and so this am he brought me to work...not used to getting ready with him up and about and sharing the bathroom...reminded me of how it used to be when he had a job and I would love for it to be that way all the time But with the running around last night then I didn't get in my exercise :grumble: and when I got home I had other things that needed to be done before bed...hoping tonight I will be able to get right to it when I walk in the door

The fires are still going in the foothills, yesterday the winds weren't as bad and they have a lot of extra firefighters today so I'm hoping they are able to get some of it contained. We are really a far distance from it but the "campfire" smell seems to be all over the city...marshmellos anyone

Hubby was behind me when I was walking into my office and commented on seeing that the back of my jeans were a bit baggy not as skin tight as he's used to seeing:noway: so it must be time to wash AND dry my jeans in the dryer:drinker: The scale maynot be moving at the pace I'd like but it's moving in the right direction:drinker:

Everyone have a good day, I've got to log my food for the day (planning ahead what I'm going to eat makes all the difference for me), drinking the water even as I type this:drinker: and let's all move our bodies today.

Laura80111

Happy Wednesday! Have I told you all how much I love it here? I'm down another half pound. Won't log it in until it is a whole pound, but I feel like I might make my mini goal. Still haven't got the book yet, but have started to carry my 3-pound dumbbells around with me. I fit in a few arm exercises when I can at work. Part of me says that isn't good enough, but the other part says it is better than nothing.

dlpappas - Thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks to all of you for the inspiration to keep going in the right direction!

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Congrat on your 10 lb star Meg! Hope you enjoy the concert--I love the Moody Blues too. Saw them once with a full orchestra backup--awesome!

Bad food day yesterday, but today was much better. I don't know if it's just a coincidence or an actual benefit of healthier eating, but my fingernails have never looked better!

Have a good rest of the week :flowerforyou:

Thank you, Michele! Those quotes made my evening. :bigsmile:

Yep, yoga instructor and chiropractor both remind that knees never should go past toes, whether its squats or even just SWSY Chair Stands. My chiro warns me to keep knees wide too, but then my right knee falls inward, gets injured then goes out.:ohwell:
You gals amaze and inspire. 100s of squats! Knee-pushups too easy! Running! Kettlebells! Exercise as drug of choice!
As for me... :noway: I still loathe exercise in all its forms... BUT...I do love Line and Scottish Country dancing... and if some mat work or SWSY routines means my knees let me dance... well, then, I'll just have to suck it up and do it! 2nd session of Strong Women Stay Young today. Minimum wetights for Knee Extensions and Side Hip Raises, but the Standing Leg Curl... wait for it... was TOO EASY... so I tried to add another little bag into the pocket. What a nuisance! Barbie, what brand of ankle weights do you use? Are the weights metal bars or sand bags? Fronts of thighs were sure sore for 2 days after the first SWSY session, hoping the Chiro recommended quad stretches minimize soreness from today.
Michele I loved your quotes.
SMVQ so glad to see you back! Me too!
Robin and SMVQ 90 yr old Papas = great genes!
Judy we prayed for your friend at tonight's Taize service.
JB what great gardens! I love to look at seed catalogs, but frequently fail to water and weed. Some years I even forget to order seed!
Joy loved the beer comment.

All, I love reading your posts, but if I try to reply to all, no matwork gets done!
Wishing you all pleasant dreams,:yawn:
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!!!

Barbie - a very happy belated birthday.

Sorry I've not posted much for the last few days - I'm really struggling to fight back against this dreadful cold that I have. Just when it seems to be going, it comes back with a vengeance and my head will be full again. I'm taking extra vitamin c and lots of other good stuff, but this has gone on for more than two weeks now. Still, it will be gone soon!

I am having a rare day at home today and want to have a good blitz on the house. Yeah, I say that now - but I guarantee that the enthusiasm will have left me before I've finished one room! I am not a born housekeeper!

Anyway my lovely ladies, I'll get started now and will probably be back to post more later on - unless I remember how to use the vacuum cleaner :laugh:

Love to all.
Amanda x

Happy Thursday to all. Enjoy the day. :flowerforyou: