WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012
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Barbiecat – you are an inspiring leader, my goal is to be as active as you.
Sandi – great attitude, you will be awesome by your 53rd
Joy – this is a chatting bunch. Love it.
Whizzywig – hope your kitten heals well
Judy- hi, you know it took me a long time to work out what this onderland everyone was talking about on here , now I want to be there too. Have had to learn to convert kgs to pounds and kms to miles and grams to ounces and autumn to spring
Sarah- so close to 160 how exciting. You will get there.
Jlyn0316- boy do I know how I will make it up tomorrow doesn’t work. Lets have a good month together.
Pamperedchris- zumba 3 times a week. Wow thats great.
Jane- stick to the exercises the dr has given you and I’m sure you will see great improvement.
Laura-15 min mile wow!
Glenner – to feel great in a dress is a great goal
BPSvalerieOt- 100miles = conversion time for me
Hellsbells61 – hope you get to that class at your gym even on your own, I know that can be hard but sometimes if we don’t do things on our own we miss out on a lot.
Rjadams- the wagon always detours for pick ups from faires and other events. Hop back on.
Jb – amazing exercises plan and I love the salad sistas plan.
A healthierSuz – hope all is well with you
Laura80111 – I’m with you going to make May a lot more successful them April.
Mary – thanks for the flowers.:flowerforyou:
AZDee- big congrats on 90pounds loss. Awesome.
Mazaron- good lesson about the wheel chair and brakes, learnt the hard way, hope you are ok.
Lynn- Hi, I’m newish here, just joined this group in the last month, Have been with MFP much longer, love the support with ladies in the same age group.
Hope I didn't miss anyone. If I did I'm sorry.
Some wonderful Quotes from you ladies, love them.
IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME
Act the way I want to feel
"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
"The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."
That is certainly attainable if I keep my head in the game...(and my mouth closed at the appropriate times... LOL)
:yawn: So I have been up since 2.15am, woke with pesky cough and headache tried getting back to sleep but at 3.30am gave up. So now having had a cup of tea and been able to catch up on all your news I will try and go back to sleep or just read for a while. its 4.30am really, is it worth trying to go back to sleep. oh well. I often have these nights, doctors appointment next week think I will discuss this. (Could it be hormonal?)
Wednesday here, enjoy your day, move it and lose it.
Jen0 -
bumpity bump bump until later! :drinker:0
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Sounds great and motivational!0
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In April I lost a net 5 pounds. However, I seemed to be up and down every day - kind of frustrating, but all-in-all, I'm happy with the five. I have been on the road a lot lately, and that always makes it difficult to stick to the calorie count. I'm really trying - getting out and walking when I can, too. I'm refocusing for May and hope to shed another 5.0
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Happy MAY DAY!!! A new month and a new chance to start fresh....LOVE it
April: I did pretty well most of the month. Lost 1 pound for the month, which is really good for me at this point. But mainly I really upped my exercise time and intensity, joined a 3 month challenge which includes some good and different exercises every day. I RAN for over 40 minutes one day, a bit over 3 miles....a GREAT milestone for me. So I feel pretty good about April!
MAY: Walk 3 miles every day. RUN ...well...JOG...20+ minutes at least 1x a week
Add More weights to my weight training 2x weekly (my copy of SWSY is on it's way!)
WALK AWAY FROM the kitchen after dinner!!! ( I have had the evening munchies recently for some reason:noway: )
PLAN my foods ahead and log each day
12 glasses of water daily
30 Day Shred DVD at least once a week in addition to other type of interval training every other day
Count my blessings, EVERY day!:flowerforyou:
Have a great month everyone!!!:drinker: Kackie0 -
Hello everyone,
I am looking forward to May! I will really be 59 this year and wondering if I will stay at that age for a while or be glad to see the big 60 next year.
April - I got done what I wanted to do which was to get back to logging everything and to start back with exercise.
May - Joined a 30 minutes of walking a day for 31 days challenge and got two friends to join with me. It is a Face Book thing, not a MFP thing.
There is a pretty good chance my DD and I will be doing Tai Chi again. We found a class we can afford and we go to check it out on the 11th. I hope this instructor is as good as the one we had two years ago when we did Tai Chi after DD's hip surgery.
Welcome to all the new comers and welcome back to all the lovely ladies here.
Jeannie0 -
I love the friendliness, support and encouragement of this group...the bonding is awesome! Okay, now to set my goals for May!
Well, my May is not to accept the May-be's...maybe I'll be accountable, maybe I'll track, maybe I'll sneak an extra bite or two and
get by with it...uh, no!,...been there, done that and look where it's gotten me, oh and maybe I'll exercise! No more excuses...out
with the old attitude and in with the new! I'm "going" to be disciplined and successful in what I didn't accomplish with my
maybe's. It's always so easy to say "tomorrow" I'll make it happen, only to find that the scale doesn't care about tomorrow's
intentions and is not going to give me a pardon on my today's weight gain. No more excuses!
Thank you also ladies for the compassion you bring to this group. You celebrate with those who are joyous and are compassionate with those going through difficult circumstances.
Congrats to all those weight loss successes!
Turning my May-be's into May postives,
Debbie0 -
April didn't quite work out as I had planned. It was a frustrating month where even when I met all my goals for exercise and diet, I just wasn't losing anymore, and worse, I was feeling depressed and struggling with cravings for foods I shouldn't eat, especially chocolate pastries and wine. I started doing searches on weight loss plateaus and on depression produced by long term dieting. I searched the message boards here and also searched the web in general. I learned two things. First, long term dieting does cause our metabolisms to slow down, and long term low-carb diets do cause depression. The recommended corrective actions are: (1) to speed your metabolism up, eat more, up to the point of your maintenance level for net calories (which is 10 to 11 times your current body weight) and (2) eat more carbs to fix diet-induced depression.
The problem for me with the second recommendation is that I'm prediabetic, and I wasn't able to get my blood sugar levels down until I started following the Insulin Resistance Diet, which limits me to 30 grams of carbs per meal. What's a prediabetic, depressed gal to do? So I searched a lot more on carb limits for prediabetics, and finally decided to up my net carbs per meal to 45 grams.
I've now been eating more calories and more carbs, and I feel about 1000% better. I'll jst have to try this for a while, and I'll find out in late June, when I'm due for follow up blood tests, if the higher carb limit will mess up my blood sugar or not.
So, my goals for May are up in the air. I guess I could say I just have one : do what's working best for me.0 -
Bump will post later...Good luck to all as we travel down this path...0
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I'm all over this in May. I'm finally SEEING a difference which is hard when you are tall and have a lot to lose.
It is slow going but I know this is the way to make it last. Record everything you eat and for the rest of your life. It worked for me in the past and the weight stayed off for years. It only came back when I stopped recording.
I'm motivated and sticking with it.0 -
Viv - there was a cat at the Humane Society who had to have his eye removed. He did adapt very well.
Judy - welcome, I look forward to getting to know you better. Have fun in NYC
Welcome too jlyn, paperedchris, HellsBells, wb Lynn and anyone else I may have missed
Did an hour of speed intervals on the stairmaster today. Tomorrow...water aerobics
Need to have something to eat, then Mexican Train Dominoes tonight. I'm taking a tunnel of fudge cake (I'm not a dessert person, but Vince likes it) along with some shrimp.
Want to post this to mark my place.
Hope everyone has a great evening.
Michele0 -
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: Just checking in to mark my spot! Happy May Day Ladies!!!! Will check back later
Love Kat 0 -
Checking in to mark my spot, too! Can't post now .. but .... bump!0
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Ilove all the goals for May..very inspiring . My goals for May are to keep within my calories limit and when the limit is reached..to just STOP...a tough love moment for me, but trying to make life style changes. Exercise is becoming easier and more second nature for me. I want to continue to take a walk at lunchtime 3 times a week (good for mental health too) and bike 30 miles a week...I was able to do that 2 weeks in April so now I am going for 4. I am also trying to continue with kettlebells and upper body strength training. That should make for a very full month:laugh:
Have a good evening everyone!
Jen0 -
Barbie – thanks for your thread – I signed up for MFP end of March and started reading and posting to your group in April, unfortunately I was not as committed to reading and posting on a regular basis but I think it’s a wonderful link and one of my goals this month is to check in and post daily. I am really interested in getting to know everyone on here. Everyone seems like a family.
In addition to my commitment to posting daily the rest of my goals for May are:
Workout at least 5 days a week – I started a new routine on 4/30 – Monday & Thursday: Fit-traxx / Tuesday & Friday: Spin Class / Wednesday: Yoga – that is the minimum I will work-out, if I can do more I will.
Track my daily food – my goal is to lose 8 lbs. in May.
**Wizzywig – So sorry about your kitten:sad: , hope it all works out.
** Sarah – Hope you hit your mark this month!:flowerforyou:
** Jlyn316 – I do the same thing when I go out to any kind of gathering I find myself not having the willpower to stay away from the food that is bad for me . Good luck to us all in the Month of May that we can do away with these bad habits!
** LauraJWSteven – YES YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!:drinker:
** BPSValerieOtt – How do you like the fit bit? I was checking into it but not sure if it would work for me. Does it track heart rate for cardio exercises?
**HellsBells61 – Weekends are difficult for me too – I do great all week then lose it on weekends and I don’t mean the weight either…..
**jb – CONGRATS on your 60 lbs. lost. I may try the Salad Sistas Challenge – sounds interesting!
**AH – praying for you to get better!
** AZDee – CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 90 LB LOSS –WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!
** Judy – hope your new diet plan works better for you!
Good luck to everyone - Happy May!!!!
Kathy0 -
Happy Birthday tomorrow, Jane!!!
Here is the promised birthday list. I post it in its entirety every month so that you can see if you are on there. If you don't see your name, and would like to be on here the next time it is posted, please just send me a message! Mary
50+ thread Birthdays
January:
5 – csally01
6 – barmbord
13 - Qpeace
17 – grabbit97
22 - celticmuse
25 – zuback55
28 - genealace
29 - ritamerlot
February:
2 – doobiedoo
7 – 2youngatheart
7 – jeqrosen
9 – AHealthierSuzyQ
15 - anotheryearolder
March:
1 – auntiebk
3 - arborsong
4 - heartrw
6 – jeanne3651
7 – DebKRN
7 - vypeters
8 – pmjsmom
8 - deb_rn
8 – Cando055
12 – glendaaus
14 – cj1234cj23
15 – joylaut
20 - spaniel60
21 – cjwil01
25 – barbiecat
26 - kilime50
29 - deluda
30 – BirdieM
30 - Blissfuldrake
31 – wizzywig
April:
4 – Lyn54
4 - frogmama
8 – grandee47
11 – smelliott
11 – kel7298
14 - ildi59
17 - Cindyw7
22 – sceck
May:
2 – gracete
2 – janemartin02
4 – chicletgirl21
5 – Debma1010
6 - smwert
13 – lovediets
13 - jberberian
20 – mimi7grands
23 - debieanne
25 – jam0525
25 – wehavethestars
25 - sissygok
26 – vickim26
27 - rjadams
30 – msh0530
June:
3 - eotrg
4 - Caminogirl
4 - Shirley61
12 – Ldspill
13- tiarapants
20 - fibrogirl
23 - goldwingrider
27 - Donna56
30 - RebelRenny
July:
3 - Iojoi
7 – Lindaj07
8 – BarbieCat1
9 - yvonnemfp
20 - TeresaSavage
27 – mynyddisamrs
31 - randylevy
August:
7 – MacMadame
15 - CathiAnne
18 – bkrbabe57
24 – cherubcrnp
24 - Kckramp
27 - corqueen
September:
2 – Laura80111
14 – ItsTerriC
22 - gloriaandison
October:
3 – shiddelson
8 - djdreger
15 – Jolandolfo
21 - peepocheck
23 – rjnandjosh
November:
11 – kackie
15 - brunsda
19 - Benson
30 – SallyCC
30 – topaz2986
December:
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just marking my spot, April was not a good month I am getting frustrated.0
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Hello all,:drinker:
Goals for May? I find it discouraging to make specific weight loss goals because I can’t really control it. I can control how much I do and what I eat, so that’s what I focus on.
I am going back to keeping a spreadsheet and logging my daily fitness activities, I want to get 24 hours in the month. I’ll alternate chair aerobics and floor exercises. Both routines include a bit of weight lifting, but only up to 25 lb because that’s the limit of the old-fashioned bar bells DH brought upstairs for me. Well, I suppose it’s not big deal to ask him or J’boy to bring more weight plates up, so no excuses! :explode:
I go back to the surgeon on the 9th of May and get the staples taken out and fitted with my "robo-boot" which is, :happy: I think, the modern version of a walking cast. I'm still not allowed to put any weight on the foot for another three weeks after that, but I should be able to get out and around more. The gym will see me then!
No classroom stories :sad: do you miss them? I miss the activity and excitement of working with my students, that’s for sure. My replacement is a young, energetic and innovative teacher so I am sure the children are having fun. My job is to stay out of the way so she can make it “her class” and get things done. Sigh.
Lessons from the wheelchair? Always put the brakes on when I stand up! I was hopping around the kitchen on Saturday, lost my balance and grabbed for the chair. It rolled away and I ended up in a heap on the floor with my foot in the air. :noway: Gasp!
Barbie, I think you got to the essence of “The Happiness Project” with your added goal of “Act the way I want to feel”. :flowerforyou: The other thing I took away from the book is the benefit of doing the small things promptly. When I do I’ve got fewer things nagging at my conscience every time I turn around. Instead of “I forgot to pay the hydro bill” or “I should have made the bed” there’s space for other, more positive thoughts. Of course we all know that procrastination and avoidance are not a recipe for happiness, but in my case it’s a lifetime of learning, re-learning, learning…
Sandi, Eight weeks is a good length of time to finish a weight training circuit or exercise program – fly at it!
Hey Jen, you got May 1 a whole 24 hours before I did!
It sounds like you had one of those productive, errand-clearing days that make a person feel so positive and in control of life. Well done!
Hi Judy, I’m on the other side of Canada, in SE British Columbia. Keep logging while you travel, it’s the best way to stay on track.
Sarah, congratulations on making the 160’s, because you will. How are things going in the cafeteria now that the sun is shining and students are thinking of anything but their commitment to course work?
Robin: No shame, no blame. :blushing: What happens at the Faire stays at the Faire! What kind of characters did you meet?
JB The salad sistas live on! DH is delighted because his radishes have germinated. He planted "french". :happy:
I'm off to update the spreadsheet for May and make the bed!
Hasta pronto,
Nancy
OHHHHHH Nancy!!!!!! Be careful in that wheelchair!!!!! I had a few near misses with mine too last year and almost fell myself!!!! Be careful 0 -
Hi All
Well I would say April was successful because I broke through my plateau and am finally in the 130's, ok the very high 130's but still...and I did make it to yoga and the gym this week so Im sticking to my goals so far this week.
Next week will be more of a challenge because end of the week we will be traveling to see my daughter and then up north to visit friends, but I will be able to get exercise in every day so that will help.
Welcome to all the newbies :flowerforyou:
Hope you all have a good evening...for some reason Im very tired and cranky this week...:grumble: not sure why???maybe hormones
Maybe I need to sleep...so I will get to bed early tonight...night all
Love
Kat 0 -
Hello all,
My goal for May is to
Log into MFP everyday
Stay under my goal
Exersice 6 days a week
Loose 5 pounds
Please help!!!!! I have been craving chocolate, endulging some even though I am under my goal, but really want to get rid of this craving. Why is it you can go a long time without cravings, then all of a sudden they hit you a couple days in a row?0 -
Hi barbiecat,
My May has started off great!!! I weighed in today and lost 3 lbs this last week. One of my goals for May was to lose at least 5 lbs....well I got a good start on that!!!0 -
hi :flowerforyou:
I've been following this group for several months now. So much info and support. Thanks for being here!
Posting now so I can find y'all later. :blushing:0 -
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
I love the first day of the new month. Starting a new thread brings so much enthusiasm and new beginnings……I hope everyone who has posted today will continue to post and make this month the beginning of a new way of life.
:bigsmile: We need all of us on this thread---beginners and those who have lost huge amounts of weight and reached their weight goals……..women with lots of pounds to lose and women with only a few pounds to lose…..fitness newbies and fitness experts…..question askers and question answerers.
I’ve decided to keep most of my April goals for May but I’ve added one new goal from “The Happiness Project”. I didn’t do well with my yoga goal but I haven’t lost the belief that it’s something I want to do……I’ve consistently had trouble with anything that required getting down on the ground.
:flowerforyou: I am absolutely loving “The Happiness Project”. I’ve started my own list of commandments for happiness……I don’t know if I’ll distill them to only twelve because I love all of them (I have seventeen right now)….of course, the fewer there are, the easier it will be to remember them.
:flowerforyou: It is important for me to compete against myself and not against any of you…..we are all on different places along the path…each day I’d like to be a slightly better me…..the first of my happiness commandments is “Be Barbie”
:flowerforyou: The line dance teacher I substituted for took me out to lunch today. I don’t like eating in restaurants but something I learned from reading “The Happiness Project” told me to accept the invitation and be enthusiastic about her choice of restaurant so the result was that I had a great time, enjoyed my food (a bit too much, but I avoided the breaded and fried and noodles), and still found time to do all the things I wanted and needed to do today. When Hubby asked me if I wanted to watch a movie with him, listened to the three choices and chose one enthusiastically and it turned out to be funny and I got to do my weight training while watching.
:flowerforyou: Next I’ll have my planned evening snack and get ready to watch the DWTS results show. We called and texted on our cell phones, called on the house phone and voted on the internet, so we did the best we could for our favorites. Barbie from NW Washington state where the rain is making everything greener.
May goals:
*walk the dogs for an hour or more every morning
* Yoga three days a week
*100 lunges a day
*strength training three days a week
*17,000 steps a day
*act the way I want to feel0 -
Please help!!!!! I have been craving chocolate, endulging some even though I am under my goal, but really want to get rid of this craving. Why is it you can go a long time without cravings, then all of a sudden they hit you a couple days in a row?
My daughter and i both have issues with this. Doesn't help that there are 4 speciality chocolate shops on the doostep of her unit. I visit her weekly, so very tempted. My daughter is a dancer (skinny) and also works at a gym she tries to eat healthy all the time. But the chocolate craving each night gets her, one of the PT's at the gym suggested keeping good quality dark chocolate in the pantry at all times. We have both found this to be helpful, it is there if we want it and we just allow ourselves a small piece. I thought having it there would be hard but because I have not denied myself and its there if I want it, I sometimes choose not to.0 -
So good to see all the new gals and all of you familiar to me. I was dedicated to mfp all last year and lost 20lbs. Gained back 6 this year. Last fall my life turned upside down. Briefly, My 88yo mom in NJ very suddenly became ill. I left everything here in CA to be with her (I'm an only child) and take care of her. With in 2 months she was gone with liver cancer. She had been completely independent, driving, enjoying her life -- then suddenly, gone. Hard to reconcile. Especially since we spoke often of her coming to live with me so that we could have quality time together during her later years. And especially with Mother's Day looming ahead.
I came back to CA in January and it's been tough to stay focused on healthy behaviors, consistently. However, I have been sticking with my walking.
My May goal is simple, get back in balance.
Its good to be back at mfp.
Joy0 -
May is going to be tricky I'm hauling a fifth wheel to my son in ND. (1700 miles one way)
Grandson wanted to come along so we decided I would take him to Yellowstone.
Going to pack all the meals for going over there. Hopefully everything goes according to plan
Welcome to all the newcomers
Congrats to all the ladies who met their goals.
April was so busy. I'm happy lost 1 pound.
started having my large meal at breakfast.
High protein seems to keep me full longer.
I found a guote that I believe is so true
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy
person has no time form.
My goals for May
1250 calories
SWSY 2x week
Salad everyday.
12000 steps everyday.
Lets stick to our plan
Joyce0 -
Another good day that's 3 in a row. Tomorrow will be the real test. It's my weakness day. I go into the city to work. I do a shift at a dance studio reception with my daughter. That part is great. But there is a cafe there and the staff like to bring us a treat. I am going to take a container to put it in for later. I usually stay overnight with my daughter but this week I will come home away from the evil temptations of the city .
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Good morning Ladies
On April 26th, I began a one study program with the Univ of MN for Type 2 Diabetics and weight loss. I met with a dietician and thus began my new life style of eating and exercising.
I am 50, soon to be 51, currently a Fulltime student and on track to graduate in Spring 2013. My new career will be as a Medical Assistant and I cannot wait to get started. My goal is to be a whole new me before I get to that 8 week externship that I will do with my possible new employer (here most get hired by facility that we do our externship with).
I am amazed that in one week I have lost 6 pounds!!
A little about myself: I have two wonderful girls 20 and 19 who are both studying that the U of MN, one in Nursing and the other in Architecture. We have a every active dog and two cats. I love going for long walks with her and my husband and we try to do this as often as we can.
This week most of my exercise has been in the garden: here is MN it is early but growing season is here and I have much to do to get those garden beds ready. I cant wait to have fresh veggies from my own garden. I have not gardened in about 15 years as life just got to busy working a FT job and raising two girls.
I hope everyone has a great May - the weather is getting beautiful so put on those walking shoes and get out there and it enjoy anyway you can. 0 -
"Tra-la, it's here, that shocking time of year..."
Good morning lovelies!
Barbie thanks for keeping us going.
Fell off the wagon many times in April, rolling back on today.
WILL start EVERY day with at least ONE healthy behavior, mat work, SWSY, chiro appt OR spa soak. Yesterday it was the hot tub :bigsmile:
WILL average at least 10,000 steps and work toward that as a minimum every day even weekends.
WILL scan the posts at work, don't tell:noway: , but now must get out that MAT!
Thank you all, you inspire me,
Hugs to ALL,
Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day
May: mat, SWSY, chiro or spa EVERY day. Average 10K steps/day. Let it be. Really.
2012: dance more, bark less and CHECK IN!!!0 -
Joy - I am very sorry to hear about your mother. Glad to see you back though!
I don't usually repost the birthdays, but got a new one from a new member coming up soon, so here it is! Off to work now ~ Mary
May:
2 – gracete
2 – janemartin02
4 – chicletgirl21
5 – Debma1010
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7 - walker001
13 – lovediets
13 - jberberian
20 – mimi7grands
23 - debieanne
25 – jam0525
25 – wehavethestars
25 - sissygok
26 – vickim26
27 - rjadams
30 – msh05300
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