WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2012

Just a quick in and out for me. I tried to catch up a bit of what I missed last month. I didn't go all the way back but I got a few pages read.

Amanda - Hopefully time, some distance from the SIL and a talk with your daughter will help.

Kackie - I DO feel your pain. Did you know that apple cider vinegar will stop the burning and keep fire ant bites from festering? I am constantly getting bitten by the little monsters and if I get right inside and douse the area with vinegar immediately, the bites stop burning and I don't get the white pustules from the really bad bites. It has worked for everyone I have shared the tip with, although no one has been allergic to the bites. It might not work for you, but you could try it next time.

I have been lazy today except for a bit of garden maintenance and helping DH with a bit of tree trimming. The oak pollen is making me suffer today. At least I was feeling good while preparing for, and enjoying Easter.

Faye

Hello My Friends:

Hope you are all well. I have been packing most of the weekend; I got a lot done, actually and yes, I am really purging junk too :laugh:

Kackie - Glad that you found your dress

articknitter - Good luck with your concert :flowerforyou:

Jane - Sounds like you are doing so well, so glad to hear that

jellyfishjen - Loved your Easter cartoon. I actually laughed out loud, thanks :laugh:

fitz1191 - I have never heard of a deep tissue massage :noway:

Barb - You have some good words of wisdom there, I hope Amanda's daughter is not being hurt by this jerk :mad:

Michele - I laughed when I read about you and how you reacted with your "treasures" as I have been doing the same thing :noway: I have to keep telling myself I don't need it if I have not used it for the last 8 years :laugh:

Karen - Congrats on your win :flowerforyou:

Yvonne - Grandkids are wonderful, but they DO tire you out :noway:

Sissy - Welcome back, glad to see you

Kathy - Hope to see you regularly

chica23ck - Just by posting, you have already joined. Welcome.

Well, better go. Talk to you later. Take care,

Love, Cathy xx

Nancy - good idea about pushing the icing thru a sieve (I don't have a ricer). I never thought of that! Thanks

For those who are on facebook, can you tell me how you can view someone else's timeline? I can't seem to figure that out

Barb - I've found (or maybe it's just my imagination, but I don't think so) that if I have a lot of caffeine at dinnertime or later, then I have a hard time if not impossible time falling asleep, so I'm with ya. Thanks for the suggestion of the noodles. No, for me it isn't too late for this year. Jessica is coming here this weekend (she worked last weekend) so we'll be celebrating this weekend.

Did 20 minutes of yoga this morning, then went to Wal Mart and got M&M's on sale. I just realized that I usually use the mini-M&M's, but maybe these will work. If anything, we can eat them (I've already opened a bag for Vince...not that he really needs it) then did an hour of extremepump. Don't really understand it, but I was really sweating! Then stopped at the Salvation Army, found a shirt that I liked and it fit, so I bought it. then went to order Jessica's Easter baskets (and took the chocolate bunnies, wine, and cat treats to be put into the baskets), stopped at another store to see what they have. I got a Christmas shirt for Jessica which was REALLY expensive -- I paid 33 cents! Stopped at the Y but the guy I wanted to see wasn't there, then practice bowled 4 games. A while ago the bowling alley got new pins and I took 20 of the old ones. You may remember me asking about ways to use them for crafts. Well, I cleaned them up (as much as I could) and I think we're going to make up certificates to give to each of the bowlers. Tomorrow I'll do a Jackie Warner Personal Training DVD. It's been so long that I'm not sure if it's more aerobic or weight. Guess I'll find out.

I'm planning to make a tunnel of fudge cake for Jessica tomorrow night. She liked that when I made it for her birthday. I'm also going to make a pineapple angel food cake. You know what, I'm not going to bother with the bunny cake this year. Two cakes is enough. Jessica can take home the rest of the tunnel of fudge cake, and I can give some of the pineapple angelfood cake to the bowling alley and some to the Y. Yup, that's what I'll do.

Karen - congrats on winning the fruit basket! I love to get fruit baskets!

Welcome everyone who is new! This is a very supportive group. It's great to read that people are getting back on the bandwagon

I can't explain this, but for breakfast this monring I had some barley (I had some that I wanted to finish up). Boy, did that ever fill me up!

This Wed. is the last time Newcomers bowling league meets. I don't think we'll do the summer, but start up again in the fall. One of the ladies wants to have an end-of-season party at her house. They're planning on the brats, burgers, and beer. I'm thinking that I'll bring shrimp and some veggies that go on a burger -- lettuce, I'll slice up tomatoes and onions, pickles. I have no idea what would go well with brats.

Off to watch DWTS! Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Cathys01 I have only had a couple of these it's lots of pressure if you run your hand over your muscles some times you feel bumps and it gives a tingly sharp pain there is clump if you will put constant pressure on it and you can feel it kinda melt away then it flushes out of your system it can be painful but beneficial especially if you are trying to build muscle So I have been told by many massage therapists which I am not Usually I go for the relaxing kind but I knew I had alot of scar tissue kinda build up in my muscles from breaking down the tissue to build more thru strength training This time it was a bit rough I actually asked my husband to see if I had bruises on my back lol I did not

Hope you all had a great easter we deffinately did Grankids and Kids were over played all day ate good had strawberry short cake made with splenda was delish

Welcome to the newbies see you all soon

Wow such beautiful inspiring people here and so interesting to read about other areas.

Someone please tell me what is brats? Obviously something you eat. We call naughty children brats.

I think or hope I am getting over this pneumonia. Had to work a full day at the studio today and I got through it. Very tired now but always tired after a full day and I don't think I am any more tired. Not adding exercise to my day yet but am starting to be able to control my eating. Not so much comfort eating. It's a shame I don't have the energy to exercise as due to work I stay in the city for the week in my daughters tiny cosy studio unit. It is right in the middle of Sydney city and it's great walking around the harbour. Also I work at Sydney dance company which entitles me to free classes. I like to do stretch or ballet which i haven't done for such a long time. My daughter (20) has been away on holidays returns tomorrow to her frantic life. I quite like staying in her unit feeling young and free again. So after I finish defrosting her freezer (things a mother does) I am going to bed early and watching tv.

As I think about the month of April I'm a bit more positive having taken this step to join MFP. I've been talking about losing some more weight for quite some time and I'm hoping this month to make some progress. With everything becoming so green and the world waking up from a not so bad winter my outlook on life is pretty good. There will be some challenging weekends this month but I just have to stay focussed and away from the chocolate store that as far as I'm concerned is the best in the world. Hope everyone's day goes well and that goals are becoming more clear.

Hello and happy Tuesday - in the sunshine here.

We had a lovely time at the cabin over the weekend. Saturday night was "opening night" at the local restaurant and we enjoyed the food and the live music. Sunday was a sunny day and we spent as much time as possible outside reading and chatting. DH and I both got sunburns! :noway: Woke up on Monday am to find out the pump had stopped in the night and we had no water. Woops. That means no toilet and no coffee. Thank goodness we could pack up and come home, planning to bring tools and more time to find & solve the problem on our next trip.

Michelle, how’s the storage unit clean-out going? Do you feel like an archeologist discovering your family history?

I might just try the overnight oatmeal too. I like my porridge for breakfast.

Wow, Judy, real chickens for Easter! That would make an impression at show-and-tell. :happy:

Barbie, 45 seconds of running is fantastic! I do 1 minute runs followed by 2 minutes of walking. 140 lunges? Ah, I get it – 70 on each side, right? At the gym I sometimes do lunges with my foot on a bosu-ball. I have terrible balance, so it’s a challenge to keep myself upright as well as forward on one foot. :laugh:

“Happy Easter, don’t sit on your keester.”:laugh: Oh, JB, very funny. Sit is just what DH and I did on Easter Sunday – sat in the sun with books and enjoyed the view of the lake. We did our time in the gym yesterday, though, so it’s a balanced life.

Barbara, I often lead prayers in church (Anglican) and the words in the Book of Alternative Services or the more traditional Book of Common Prayer are so beautiful that I seldom stray from them. Bottom line – if we speak from our hearts, in faith, the right words will come.

JipsyJudy, I like the idea of a dog friendly outdoor café at Easter time - also the idea of corned beef salad.

Barb, your hike sounds like fun, and the payoff was a yummy Easter meal.

Karen, welcome back to the classroom. :flowerforyou: Hope you had a super spring break. What do you teach? Is it your school district that’s running the workout contest?

Kackie, I am 5’1” and I have the opposite problem when dress shopping – everything is too long. :ohwell: Good to know you found the right dress in the end. Fire ants? Yikes.

Robin, a 20 minute kettle bell workout in the morning! Wow. :explode: Kettle bells kill me.

Woops, the morning news is on the radio and I had better get J'boy and the rest of the family on the road to work.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Michelle - Timeline is the new home page on Facebook. So, if you go to some one's profile you see it. Not everyone has it yet and it is not very popular. I don't like it at all. My account was switched over a couple of weeks ago. It's also what use to be your wall. Have fun with it. Jeannie

Jen - Brats are actually Bratwurst, which you may have heard of. They are sausages which most people grill, but can also be panfried or cooked in liquid or beer. Here are some pictures of what they look like at the store. http://www.johnsonville.com/lines/brats.html

I hope everyone is doing well. I had a busy but fun Easter, and am now settling back into reality. This weekend I will stay home and do housework and hopefully get some flowers and a tree planted. (We bought a blue spruce on Saturday.) I have tried to grow a blue spruce since we moved here, but this will be try #3. My husband says it is the last shot. The first one did well for several years, but died over the winter unexpectedly. I am a little odd in that I name my trees that I plant, and his name was Hank. I still miss him. Last year I bought a very small (2 feet tall) replacement named Hank Jr. (His nickname was Bocephus, like Hank Williams Jr). We had a horrid drought last summer, and he didn't make it. So this year I have found a large (6 feet tall) replacement. I may call him Hank the sequel, but I will see what he tells me when he is planted. Anyway, I hope that he is a hearty lad. I also would like a weeping willow, and have killed 2 so far. (Gracie and Gracie 2). Anyway, I will wait another year before I decide to try that again.

Barb, I agree that the powdered creamer is nasty. In some convenience stores, I don't know if it is old or what, but it doesn't even mix in and just kind of blobs up and gags me. I always say I will never take it again. Time will tell if that is true.

Everyone have a wonderfully springy Tuesday! Mary

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Had a very nice but quiet Easter weekend. Moved some pachasandra (probably not spelled right:laugh:) from one bed to a different one..I love getting my hands in the dirt..somehow it eases my mind. I went over my target on the weekend,but finished the week with calories to spare, so is that ok? I am still learning the system. I hit a new high long distance on recumbent bike - 12 miles in 45 minutes. I keep a white board calendar of my workouts and when I hit a new threshold, I put lots of circles around it. Perhaps a little silly, but gives me a sense of accomplishment:laugh: . Today I did 20 minutes of kettleworx resistance and treadmill hills for a mile.

Someday soon I will figure out how to respond to other people's comments, but by the time I post this my brain is usually shutting down! Hope everyone had a great day!
Jen

Nancy - I skipped mahjongg today and we are OUT of the storage unit. Saving $100/month. It's truly interesting the things you find. Now to find room to store things. Well, we're getting new shelving for the downstairs storage room so a lot of the things will be put on them.

We have the Newcomers general meeting tomorrow morning. I usually have egg substitute and an egg that day because they are pretty low in calories and they really fill me up so I'm not tempted by the (usually) high carb snacks. Guess I'll have an orange, too

Oh, I just realized that we're going to have our Easter this weekend and I'm supposed to serve at the mass. Wish I knew this in advance. Jessica usually doesn't mind eating dinner later, tho

Robin and Nancy - I'm really lucky, I don't have a problem dress shopping. Mainly because I don't dress shop. I have thick ankles so I tend to wear pantsuits mostly.

Jeannie - so not everyone is switched over to the timeline, that's why I can't see someone else's. Thanks for letting me know.

I bought the ham for Saturday, I just can't get over how much sodium there is in it. One kind did have less sodium, but it also had more sugar.

For that apres-bowling party, I'm going to bring shrimp and the fixings for the hamburgers -- lettuce (Romaine), tomato slices, pickles, onion slices.

Did 40 min of the Jackie Warner Personal Trainer DVD. It's mostly weights. There is a 15 min total body workout, another segment that is 15 min long for the lower body, one that is 15 min long for the upper body, and one that is 15 min long for the abs. I did the 40 min total body workout. Tomorrow, I'll do a workout on the bosu

Jen - 12 miles! You go girl!

kackie - whenever we go away, I always bring snacks, not only for my lunch or to have in the car (even on the airplane) but to have in the hotel.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele
who is off to watch DWTS

Hi! I joined in March- but this is my first post to a group. I would like to join if there is still room. I had a success today that was not scale related- but I am so happy that I want to share. I got upset with my husband and the first thing I wanted was chocolate. Instead I grapped a piece of gum. First time I came to the reality that I have to change habits that are hard- it's not just the calorie counting. Life style changes are hard but necessary. Hope I can figure out how to get back to this topic after tonight. Thanks for listening everyone! Have a good day tomorrow!

Someone please tell me what is brats? Obviously something you eat. We call naughty children brats.

The BRAT diet is foods relatively bland and low in fiber: bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. Its what you eat after a bout of nausea and diarrhea to rest your digestion. Brats are what lots of folks call the German sausage bratwurst. My son is always "grillin brats."

I've been feeling pretty good lately and getting caught up on gardening and housework. I still have to be very careful what I eat. I tested the waters by trying a few bites of beef at supper last night and had another attack about bedtime. I don't understand why I can get by with eating meat at lunch, but not supper. Guess maybe I'll find out when I finally see the dr next week. Meanwhile no fried foods, caffeine and carbonated drinks, pork, and anything with butter, milk or cream in it. Restrictive, but its either that or feel like poo all the time...

We are expecting thunderstorms today so better get outside and get some gardening done. Happy Wednesday ladies!

Just doing a drive by today to say good morning! I've got to get to work updating grades and studying more polar graphing. I hope that you all have a terrific Wednesday! Mary

Almost forgot - to whoever asked if we still had room for someone else to join us, and to all newcomers, Welcome! We have Plenty of Room! (Check out the song that describes our group!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1naCnQBxrU