WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2012

Happy April Fool's Day,

March goals were met. I got back to the gym on a regular basis, got back to some weight work, knocked off a few pounds, and finally met my weight loss goal.

For April, I would like to move my goal to lose another 2 pounds. That would make me feel like I have a "cushion" I will continue to get to the gym as often as I can. That means no less than 4 days but hopefully 6 or 7. I do want to try to increase the fruits and vegetables too.


The last few days have been pretty busy. We have been out looking for a new car. Friends of my husband's told him of a place about 60 miles away in Rochester, NY where he could get a good deal. We went there Thursday evening, and came home the owners of a new Toyota Camry. The price was $3000 less than the price we were quoted at our local Toyota dealer. The trip proved to be worthwhile. Yesterday we went back to pick up the car.

Today I made a trip to Toronto with a friend to go to "One of A Kind" craft show. It is a great show. Of course I had to buy some new jewelry. I also bought some flavored soybeans for a healthy snack.

Birthday week is approaching- DH is April 4, Daughter #3 is April 7, Daughter #2 and my sister are April 10. We are having only one cake and that will be on Easter Sunday.

Hope everyone is off to a good start for the month!

Lynn

Hi everyone! Brand new to this I joined yesterday.

My April goals are : to drink more water and less diet Pepsi
exercise at least 4 times a week...I am using the Wii fit.
I would like to lose at least 6 pounds by the end of April.

Good luck everybody!

Gatherings are the toughest. Plan ahead. I know that sounds easy but it's not always. If I'm asked to bring a dish....I make sure it's something I can eat without guilt and just teaspoon on other's contributions......it helps. :flowerforyou:

Hi everyone

The start of another Month - the year is flying by. Thanks Barbie for starting the April thread.

Starting April with new determination - hope it lasts!! I think I have said this every month since Christmas and somehow my determination disappears during the month :embarassed: :embarassed:

My April goals are to:

Exercise every day
Walk at least 15,000 steps every day
Have a salad for lunch at work and not sandwiches
Log food

Sorry I'll have to dash I'm at work and need to get on with some :bigsmile:

Good Monday morning Salad Sistas! I fixed a wimpy little salad to go with dinner last night (homemade Italian meatballs with pasta & homemade sauce, yum yum) so today I'm back on track with a large plate of greens and vegs penciled in on the lunch menu. Today's motto: Eat more vegetables. :bigsmile:

It's SWSY strength training day for me. I printed out a chart to keep track of progress, and have been checking the book for details of every exercise, making sure I have correct form.

Yadda, in regards to sugar, there are certainly different opinions on the subject. Andrew Weil says "eat more fruits and vegetables" several times throughout his book "Eating Well for Optimum Health". He doesn't say sugar from fruit isn't healthy. Other people say don't count sugar from fruit when tracking sugar on MFP. And then there are others who feel sugar is sugar no matter the source. I heard a radio program about sugar not to long ago, and found it quite interesting. The concept being that at one time in history, before industrialization and all, people ate fruit once a year, when it fell from the trees in the fall. Then they gorged on it, causing them to store lots of fat which in turn would see them through the winter months when food was scarce. Point being, sugar causes us to store fat. Other ideas are to only eat fruit that's in season, always include a protein when eating sugar, and use fruit for a dessert or treat rather than including it at every meal. It's all very interesting. I've been tracking sugar recently, too, and even with having just 1/2 piece of fruit with a little yogurt daily and no processed sugar at all, I'm usually over in sugar a tad, maybe 3 or 4 grams. But last year when I'd check sugar levels, I was over many times by 30 or 40. Like salt, I've become super-sensitive to sugar so I try to keep it to a minimum. Filling up with vegetables is a good alternative, at least for me.

Alrighty, must get busy here. Good day to all! Eat less, move more, and let's drink that water. :drinker:
jb

Wow! I have to agree with Judy. Already three pages! I was able to read it all, but I know I will miss some newcomers, so I will just say welcome to you all now.

Goals? Well it is kind of a short month for me eating wise. I leave in 19 days for my cruise and I will eat all the good stuff then. But I do have goals.

Walk the dogs at least once every day. We have been doing that for the last few days, but four of them is a hand full even when they are small dogs. My hsuband and daughter (she will be home for a month next week) are helping me keep that goal. It is good for both them and me. AND my backyard. LOL.

Lose three more pounds before boarding. That might be a lofty goal, but one can only hope.

Walk or run at least three times a week. I read an article that said walking fast burned more calories than jogging. Not sure I believe it, but my body wants to.

Stretching. Don't do any where near enough of that. It would be great to be semi-limber again. What am I saying. It would just be good to put my shoes on in the morning without my legs screaming at me.

I wanted to add squats here, but they hurt. I think I need to go to the link that Barbi posted awhile ago and see why they hurt so much. I must be doing something wrong.

Keep up with the weights on the arm exercises. I know I need to buy heavier weights, but that will probably have to wait until I get back.

Sherry, Congratulations on Paisley! I think the Photo books are a great idea. My grandson is 9 months old. We have hundreds of photos on the computer/camera/phone, but need more printed.

Kackie - I love the photo of the three-year-old on skiis. What a great time!

Amanda, what does the new handbag look like? I went for 21 years without buying a purse other than what was required in uniform. A few years after retiring, I acquired a purse and shoes addiction. I think it is because I was gaining so much weight that I wouldn't buy clothes. I put a halt to purse buying a few months ago. But thank goodness I passed that trait on to my daughter. She had three purses in her room that she switched out of after a month or so and one she never got around to using at all. So I am going shopping in her room.

Jane Martin - Congratulations on the grandbaby.

Barbara - Thanks for the encouragement

Robin - Your dogs are gorgeous!
JB - Congrats on the four pounds.
Pigote - Batwings! That is why I picked up the weights. I think that must be the hardest place to firm up.
Nancy - One of the reasons I love this thread is that I don't feel bad for wanting my wine. There are so many people out there that say you must give it up entirely if you want to lose weight. I think I started losing my weight when I realized I don't have to give it up.
Susan - Welcome back! I did the same thing last year. Was losing weight steadily, then went on the cruise. Only gained 4 pounds on the cruise, but I gave up all efforts. So I gained 22 pounds back. In December I realized I was only hurting myself and how unhappy I was (plus my best friend didn't give up and looks way better than me) so I started back. I am now 4 pounds away from where I was when I boarded the ship last year. I only hope I don't do the same thing this year.
Workmum39 - I have a pool and think I have used it for exercise about 4 times. Maybe this is my summer to change that!
Lynn - You have family members that share my birthday, 4/10. I also have many relatives celebrating birthdays in the time frame from 3/30 - 4/15. Yea Aries!

I hope everyone has a great week! Thank you Barbi for keeping us all together.

Hello all,
I haven't been here for most of last month. The days are busy and they just got away from me. We also lost our dog 2 weeks ago and that really put me in a funk. I'm still losing but for the last 4 weeks it's been 1 lb a week. I'll take it as long as it's in the right direction!
It's been incredibly warm this past month leaving us with one of the driest March's on record. March is usually a very snowy month for us here in the front range of Colorado. The weather is changing tonight though and we are due for cooler temps and maybe a little snow as well, although the ground is so warm I know it won't stick.
My goals for April:
Walk a minimun of 10,000 steps a day and at least 10 flights of stairs
Lost 8-10 lbs
do strength training at least 3x a week
drink all my water everyday


I'm at work so can't really stay on but wanted to mark my place in the thread so I can find my way back later! I hope you all have an awesome day!

xoxo
Janice

I usually use the moblie app MFP, but recently logged in to the fullsite and realized there is a community here! I'm excited to start posting and making friends! Hello everyone! I will be fifty in December. My body is going wacko with changes!! I'm confused and I'm contributing it to age.

:flowerforyou: Windy, Cloudy Monday,

Miss the weekend and you are behind by 5+ pages, especially if you started reading the end of March:noway:

Saturday we went to Golden Gate Canyon State Park for a picnic and to check out tent camping sites for the summer, the weather was so wonderful here in Colorado. We walked up and down paths all over and it was a good time of being outside and exercise. Then we stopped at Black Hawk on the way home for dinner and some playing the slot machines. We aren't big gamblers I usually like to play the penny slots to see how long I can make one dollar last, but we couldn't find two seats together so I did $10 in the quarter slots and won $75.50 so after I played and spent my additional one dollar we walked away with $64.50 it paid for our gas and dinner plus a little extra...made for a fun Saturday.:bigsmile:

Sunday I woke up with my Meniere's and too dizzy to get out of bed:grumble: It was beautiful outside and hubby took Peanut for a walk and then he went on a bike ride...I wanted to do that:sad: but being dizzy on a bike would not be a good thing. By about 7pm I was finally feeling better ... it takes being still in the bed for me to get better, just glad I caught it in time before it turned into a 2-3 day bed stay:ohwell: We cooked a turkey breast for dinner, so much better than any processed meat.

Well I think hubby is finally getting the message where my eating is concerned. When he was waiting on me yesterday before he cooked anything he asked me what I wanted, how much I wanted and was very supportive of what I wanted prepared. He BBQ's mini burgers and I could smell them cooking since he had opend the sliding glass door to the bedroom so I could at least see the sunshine:glasses:

April goals:
Continue to log food fathfully
Drinking plenty of water
Exercising at least 5 days a week with two days per week in Kettlebells.
Losing 1/2 lb per week

In March I lost 3.4 lbs....I would have loved for it to say a solid 4 but I will take all I can get. It's a slow process but I am aiming for winning this race.

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

Laura80111

Happy April everyone!

marking my spot.

Jeannie

Happy April Ladies.

Since I was only on here for 2 weeks, I am not too disappointed with the 5 lb weight loss. Plan this month is at least 10lbs. MOre cardio, more strength training.

Will check in later, have to get back to work now.

Jillian

It is April already?
Well my goal for April:
Keep going to gym as much as possible.
Stay focus
Keep logging - the good and bad
Don't beat myself up when I do have a rare day off my menu

Hoping to lose more than the 8 lbs I have been averaging the past few months!

Water, Water, Water
With 98 lbs to go.............
Ivy

April is already off to a rough start. Spoke to our DS last night and he will be deploying at the end of this month..this is our first deployment (USMC) ...hopefully I can channel the worries into exercise. The good news is we will see him for two weeks before he goes. Stayed on target with my food today but only short walk at lunchtime, but tomorrow will be a fresh start

Happy April! Goals for the month:

1. Try 2 new healthy recipies
2. Eat 5 a day fruits & veggies
3. Start strength training again

Have a great week!

I did 15 minutes of yoga this morning, then about 50 minutes of extremepump. Tomorrow I'm planning to walk on the treadmill backwards (haven't done that in a while)

determined - I'm thinking that maybe I'll bring a veggie tray. Bet no one will bring that. I'll check with the lady who is running it and see if that's OK. Oh, her hubby wants to make brats, hot dogs and have beer. Vince is going to love that. Doesn't appeal to me one bit.

yadda - the sugar from fruit is fine. I think I'd die if I had to give up my fruit. That's one reason I could never go on the South Beach diet. To have to give up my fruit for two weeks -- couldn't do that. Honestly, I'd prefer to have a piece of fruit for dessert than a piece of cake. Lately, for some unknown reason, I've gotten into wanting to have a grapefruit every night. Well, that kind of craving could be worse....:)

JanuaryJan - my deepest condolences on the loss of your dog.

Dynamicwom - welcome! Same to you, Ellie

Mary and anyone else - speaking of Facebook, how can you see someone else's timeline? For that matter, how do I see my own?

Laura - I'm so sorry for you. Being dizzy is no fun at all, how I hate it when I'm dizzy!

Yea susan! I always bring my own snacks into the movie theater. If we go to the $2.50 shows, even then I might bring in a little something. I feel bad on one hand because I know that the way they're making their money is on the concessions, but on the other hand, at least I know that what's going into my body is something decent.

Well, off to finish watching DWTS. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele