WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

Hello Dear Ladies!

Welcome to MZBehaven: Where in MT are you? We spend about 3 months there late summer into fall and then again Feb through March to Ski. I love the state and it is BIG!!! We are in Big Sky. Look forward to getting to know more about you. You have found a supportive, helpful group of women!

Celticmuse: Welcome. You have done great and we're glad to have you here!

Faye: OH...I am SOOOOOOOO jealous of your first tomato! I have little baby green ones but I am a long way off to a REAL eating tomato. I am eating blueberries however!

Cathy: Good to hear from you and hope the packing goes as well as it can! Take care:-)

jb: I just got my copy of SWSY today. I'm looking forward to getting to it this evening!

I got my RUN in this morning followed by a walk. It is getting more humid each day so I am feeling it right now...as I SIT on my butt! :ohwell: I think I need a relaxing afternoon. I've been pushing the exercise up and up and my body is asking me to rest...I think!!! BUT...I tried on a size 8 dress this morning and....IT FIT...easily! (It was too short for me...I'm TALL) BUT IT FIT!!!!!!! That felt awesome! My scale is holding pretty steady but I can tell that things are looser with the increase in exercise.

Enough...Off to ready and relax. Company over the weekend so I better do it now so I'll have some energy for them!
Kackie

Kat, SWSY is the book "Strong Women Stay Young" which includes a series of weight and strength training exercises. The main routine calls for using hand weights and ankle weights, then farther on in the book is a routine for additional strength training including crunches, push ups, back extension, pelvic tilt, lunges and side arm raises. It's quite a workout if you do both routines. Speaking of which, I'd better get started! :bigsmile:

WOW sounds awesome!!!!!!!

:flowerforyou: Just popping in before I head home.

Welcome to all you newbies:flowerforyou: This is the BEST place for encouragement and venting frustration

Kackie Size 8 dress WTG!

Faye- hope you enjoyed your tomato:drinker:

Mary - Son #2 will be in Dodge City with the Army. He's in the Army Reserves and that is where the unit that he oversees is stationed. In August he will be getting his promotion to Captian...when he joined back in Fall of 2002 as a lowely Private seems forever ago:ohwell: He joined the Army as a Jazz Piano player and for a time was stationed with NATO in Belgium and has played all over Europe for heads of state and top military & civilian personnel. Now his job is in Personnel and I understand there is a lot of paper work:noway: in the military.

Kat- Survivor:noway: "being 22 and not too bright" should have been the title of last nights show. Amazing that Christina and Tarzan are still there....and it's amazing that so many think they are running the show when it's totally Kim:huh: Kind of makes you wonder what is on the cutting room floor that we are missing. Do you go on line and watch the Ponderosa clips? Hubby will have them up on the computer for me when I get home tonight and I will be interested to see what Kat has to say about her getting blindsided...I'm sure she wasn't very happy that it was her but would have had no problem if it was someone else

It's time to shut down the computer. Everyone have a good evening...I'm headed home to my workout, some dinner and a little TV before the BEST day of the week hits

Laura80111

:happy: Hello I am a newbie to the group. I just started my journey and I know I will be needing motivation and words of encouragement.

I havent been here for awhile was in a car accident April 16th . Havent been able to excercise. Broken foot and torn rotator cuff. Hard to stay motivated when there is nothing for me to do. I am starting to log in again, But I think I am in starvation mode and scared to eat and ruin the hard work I have acheived thus far! Could use some encouraging words!

Hang in there. One of our ladies here is in a wheelchair at the moment, post operation and is doing loads of upper body work. So maybe you could do something like that. Or use the time in a positive way and research healthy foods, write up a menu plan. Don't not eat. It will not help you to heal, in fact there are foods you could probably be eating to help your body heal. You will be strong again. Be positive, Do positive.

Now a shopping I will go. Don't mind the shopping, lots of fresh vegies on todays list, I just really dislike the unpacking when I get home. Oh well. On the positive, its not raining, it's a lovely sunny day. Easy shopping day. I have had 4 good days in a row now to make it 5. Taking it one day at a time and building a strong foundation.

Well it happened again, almost finished mypost and the battery died on my kindle and:grumble: lost the post. One would think I would learn...:noway: oh well...had my annual physical with the doc today and didn't get yelled at...if I lose some more weight I could get off my high blood pressure meds ...that is my true goal for all of this. I am fighting genetic predisposition, but if the doc thinks I can do it I am going to give this my best shot.

Did 12 miles on bike yesterday and today did kettlebells and upper body weights. I took Friday and Monday off so I am hoping to bike tomorrow as well...will see how the body feels.

Will watch the rest of Idol, snuggling with cancer Kitty (can't believe she is still with us) I think she gets cold so likes to sit with us and a blanket.

Have a good evening. Hugs to all who need them and high fives for all of us for logging, moving and drinking that water

Jen

Hello everyone, I'm an old newbie. I haven't check how long it has been, logging on to this site. But, I'm back and going to keep trying. My eating habits are just terrible. I was out of work for about two years and now I am an Art Instructor at my local Boy's & Girl's Club. My hours are from 2-7:30 so that had drastically changed my eating habits, plus I have not gone to the gym in months. So, Hubby, is trying so had to get me on track and I must follow him. I will have to make the effort to get to the gym. I"m probably rambling but this is it this is the way I feel.

But, So HAPPY TO BE BACK WITH ALL MY SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS.

REMEMBER WHEN i WAS FUNNY AND POSITIVE WAY BACK IN THE STONE AGE!!!!

WELL, I WANT TO GET THERE AGAIN.

KATHY (plantlady) By the way, haven't planted in years or at least cared to. Wish I could change my name. But, maybe I'll get into it again.


Thanks to all who sent me messages.

Top o' the mornin' to ya! :bigsmile:

Whew, the storm's pretty much over. It's a relief looking out the window this morning to see trees that aren't bending halfway to the ground from gale force winds like we had yesterday. The poor lilac lost almost all of its blooms which are now scattered all over my back yard. I figured the winds would blow this storm away, but alas, the sky's still cloudy and dark. :ohwell:

Barbie, your strength training episodes are always so inspiring. :flowerforyou: Yesterday my SWSY routine lasted 40 minutes and boy did my muscles ever know they'd done something!! I upped the ankle weights to 2 lbs, and hand weights to 5 lbs. What a difference!

I felt the effects of the increased weights for several hours afterwards, boy howdy. I had a piece of chicken and had a small can of V8 pre-workout which really paid off - I wasn't starving and craving protein like usual when I was finished, but I do notice I'm hungrier all day on strength training days. Managed to do 22 push ups, plus all of the additional strength exercises in the book. Today it's back to doing 50 jumping jacks, squats, a few push ups and squats for my Merry Month of May daily exercise committment.

Took measurements yesterday, I've lost 2" in the upper arms and 2" in the upper thighs since I last measured in the beginning of March. That seems like a lot, maybe I pulled the tape a little tighter than when I measured last :blushing: but still, things are shrinking. I guess the 5 lbs I've lost in 2 months came right off my arms and thighs - everything else measured the same. I can actually feel nice little biceps starting to form since doing push ups and weights over the last 6 weeks. I'm awfully darned happy about that!

Happy Friday everyone! :drinker: Keep those potassium levels up, get plenty of Omega-3s and drink that water.

jb

No but I do remember that person as well so we must have been on at the same time.

Hello and Happy Friday from the rain soaked Creston Valley,:drinker:

Reading all the posts about chocolate got me going – I counted one square of good dark chocolate on my menu yesterday. Yummy!

Genealace, It’s so good to hear from you, I was worried about you. An escape to the UK and Spain during the slushy end of an Ottawa winter sound like the best kind of relaxation after a tough season. Looking forward to catching up.

KathyGSM, it sounds like you have a great workout routine :explode: maybe you can’t see results but I’ll bet your body is changing and getting stronger. How nice to have a workout buddy.

Kat, Glad to hear you’re feeling more cheerful. As Gipsy-Judy mentioned, there’s research that links depression with a low carb diet.

Which reminds me again of my mother’s advice – eat a variety of foods in moderation! :drinker: She’s a dietician and raised us on the Canada Food Guide, which you can find on the internet at Health Canada. There’s got lots of good, practical advice there that’s not aimed at selling any particular point of view, specific diet plan or exercise routine.

Barbie, I know what you mean about trees being a mixed blessing!

We have a 55 year old house surrounded by trees that were planted when it was built. The star of the show is a big split-leaf maple in the front yard. It’s the biggest tree in town. DH complains about the leaves, the moss on the roof, the “volunteer” maple trees in the garden and the damage from roots growing into the water pipes, the foundation, etc. He sometimes threatens to get it cut down. I say he does not want to deal with the emotional repercussions he’d get from me! Besides being beautiful it shades our house in summer and I set the dining room table under it for special meals when the weather is nice. I am very fond of that tree. Our daughter used to climb it, and then haul up a thermos of tea and a book using a bucket on a rope, I’d find her perching there when I got home from school.

I have a mental image of you doing lunges while you brush your teeth. :laugh: You must be well coordinated, I don’t think I could keep my balance doing both at once!


Amanda, your job sounds fascinating. I love books, travel, maps…old books and old maps even more. Now the Latin, :noway: that would be a problem for me!

JB, slugs! Ugh! We used to live on the coast. The big banana slugs are the creepiest, don’t you think? I shall pass your radish advice on to DH. Congrats on the “no wine after work”. I think 4 days in a row is something like Olympic gold medal worthy, is it not?

Kat AKA Katiejarr – if those of us with “brown thumbs” did not exist, who would shop at the Farmer’s Market? :huh:

MSH0530: Yes, there’s not much to keep high school students motivated when they have just a couple of weeks left in the year. Aren’t numbers just the most amazing thing? I have a deep respect for math teachers who can see the patterns! Therapy for frustrating students? Medicine ball slams!

Cathy, I’m so glad to see you back. I was afraid you’d been buried under boxes of things you’d packed for your move and we’d never find you again.

Faye, your description of your trip to the north and your enthusiasm make me nostalgic for my own years along the Alaska Highway. You can dream about it while you push-pull on that elliptical.

Kackie, congratulations on the size 8.:flowerforyou: Doesn’t it feel good? I put on the skirt I bought in March to be my summer “go to” and it’s too big in the waist. Dang.

CTL10157724: Welcome! I sent you a private message from my wheel-chair!

JB congratulations on the muscles! Don’t you love it? I want to have “shapely shoulders” this summer.

J'boy just got out of bed. I said "I'll make you something yummy for breakfast" and he growled at me. Literally. :grumble: I am getting tired of 14 year old boy moods, it hurts my feelings too. Oh well, can't change that so might as well "be the way I want to feel" which is happy. Off to make him a lovely egg and cheese omelette. While standing on one foot. And ignoring his grunts.

DH just brought me another cup of coffee :drinker:

Adios, hasta pronto

Nancy

Goals for May:

24 hours of exercise including weight training (no squats or lunges, gotta keep off that foot until the end of the month!)
4 sets of 25 left leg straight lifts, bent knee lifts, and kick backs every day (can’t have my right thigh turning into a noodle now, can I?)
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination!
Act the way I want to feel.

NSV of the best kind - J'boy talked! and smiled at me! The omelette turned into an egg & cheese tortilla roll because he was running late and had to eat while walking to school.

Yes, I do feel happy. :happy: Lighthearted, even.

Nancy

A good Friday morning to all of you, my friends! I made it to the swimming pool last night, and hope to get a little yard work in for exercise this evening. What are your exercise plans for the day?

My day has started out well ~ there was no homework in PreAlgebra yesterday, so I didn't even have to see the young man! (Proof that there is a God who looks out for me when I get in a mood!) I did make the mistake of saying good morning to another boy who apparently was not having a good morning, and am now applying tourniquets to myself to stop the bleeding from the tongue lashing that he gave me, but at least I am not in charge of detention today and won't have to supervise him. However, I do fear that he may have a bad enough day that he may still be serving on Monday when I am in there.

Faye - Thank you for your suggestions. I shared them with my husband, and we are trying to decide if we can swing the cost of the boat trip and find somewhere to board our dog for the day.

Kathy - I am glad to see you back, and I am sure that you will be able to get back into the swing of things soon. Just remember that it is easier if you only try to change one thing at a time; then you can build on that.

Welcome to the newcomers!

I have got to get back to my students and the math book. Have a great day, all! Mary

Thanks for the "no wine" congrats, yes, I do believe I deserve a medal. :laugh:
Lord help me not to overdo it tonight :blushing:

Sign in front of a wine shop:laugh: