WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

Getting ready to start my day. My weight was up this morning and when I reviewed yesterday I can see why. I did a Bob Harper Cardio DVD yesterday and my knee and hip are really talking to me. I tried this DVD last week and it was great. Last week, my heart rate was up there and I felt like I had worked but joints were fine. Yesterday, my heart rate was like a slug (I think I had "real" coffee before the other workout) and my knees were hurting. Last night I kept waking up with pain in that hip and knee.....so frustrating. I know today I will be gentle. There is my strength training class this afternoon...I will go easy...but I will go!

Have a good day everyone!

Sally

Kathy- Yeah you for the loss:drinker: your Fit-traxx sounds interesting, do you think they patterned some of it after Curves? I've never been to Curves but I've heard it's stations and you work at each one for a set time and then everyone shifts.:huh:

Laura80111

Laura - I did try Curves about 10 years ago and I guess it is similar to the stations and timing but Fit-traxx is soooooo much harder and better. With Curves when you go there you just start where and when you want and finish whenever - with this Fit-traxx it's an actual class you can't start whenever you want like Curves. I am sooooo loving it!

I need some advice and what better place to ask then here.

My daughter seems to attract drama. Today at one her jobs, (she has a few casual jobs), her boss blasted her for a mistake that was made. He went over the top (he is a drama queen) . I also work there so know him, however, his reaction to this error was quite overboard but regardless. I am hoping it will blow over although i have my supisicions that she and I are being sabotaged by another worker out of jealousy (maybe). An older woman who no matter how hard we try to be friends with is just unresponsive. This is a task that is easily sabotaged by the lift of a piece of paper at the next shift. But to suggest that the task could be preformed in a more effiecent and safer manner wont go down well. They don't like to think that we may come up with a better idea. So suggestions are not welcomed. My problem though is how do I learn to cope with the mother protecting the cub. I am up comfort eating :mad: :mad: :mad: You know if the child is upset or hurt so are we. Mind you before when i have spent countless hours awake and worrying i find out that my daughter is quite at terms with the situation. I suffered terrible and probably still do empty nest syndrome when she first moved out almost 12 mths ago. How do I learn to cope, can't do anything about it at midnight so wouldn't I be better sleeping, but how to put it out of my mind.

Any suggestions?


Jen (a worried mum.)

Hello Everyone,

Well I had a good weigh in 5 1/2 pounds and 10 1/2 inches. My next weigh in will be on the 22nd of May then we are off to Cannada for my sil 50th wedding anniversary. I do love this group so inspiring and Barbie what an inspiration you are. You have been so faithful I remember your posts from the past when I was on here. Thanks for everyones support.:flowerforyou:

Jen - I would love to offer you some advice, but I am coming up empty at the moment. I'm sure that some of our dear friends on here who have had similar experiences will jump in soon.

Michele - BUMMER! What a let down! I hope you can reschedule.

Cath - Home grown home cured bacon? Aren't you the survivalist! I loved it when I had chickens, but had to get rid of them when moving to town. At least I have a friend who keeps some, so I can still enjoy fresh eggs. Reminds me, I need to call her and see if she has some extras as I am low.

Have I mentioned that it's Friday??? I have a busy Mother's Day weekend planned. Tomorrow I am having another sewing day with my daughter and several of her in laws, while my son in law smokes pork to serve to all of us on Mother's Day. Can't wait to make some major progress on my quilting projects! I have been working on them almost every evening lately.

Well, I best be off to work. I don't know that I will be on much this weekend; we'll see. So have a great Mother's Day! Mary

Lynno713
Congrats on your 5 1/2 pounds loss , and wow 50 years!:happy: that is great!
have fun in cannada :drinker:

:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: I just finished editing this post and during proof reading I hit a random key and lost it. :explode:

Anyway...

The surgeon says my foot is healing well and I have the robo-boot, though I'm still under orders not to put any weight on it until after my next check-up, which is in three weeks. I did not anticipate how painful it would be, or how careful I have to be not to re-open the wound. That's why I was not on line yesterday. I was in bed with my foot in the air. The return to the gym will be postponed until Sunday when DH can come to spot me.

Remember the three things I wanted to do in the city (aside from foot related requirements?). #1: Conversations, coffee and crosswords with the parents. Check. #2: Visit the Italian deli for pasta, cheese and balsamic vinegar. Check. #3: Go to LuluLemon to buy sweet summer workout clothes. Check. :laugh: DH must have been feeling really sympathetic because he took me there without protest after the Dr's apt., came in with me to catch me if I fell off the crutches and approved of the tank top and flippy little skirt-with-built-in-shorts. I even snuck a matching head-band into the bag. Having the clothes is inspiration to stay on track while I can't workout.

To add to the geographic data for Jen and AlwaysNancy: I live in Creston, which is in the SE corner of British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada. We are located 3 hours drive north of Spokane, Washington, in the US. Ninety minutes east of Nelson BC (where the Steve Martin movie Roxanne was filmed in 1987) and five hours drive west of Calgary, Alberta, home of the famous Calgary Stampede and the 1988 Winter Olympics. As you can tell, Creston is in the middle of "nowhere" unless you give it context from "somewhere". We like it that way! :drinker:


Hi Mary msh0530: Radium Hot Springs is a 3-4 hour drive NE of Creston. What’s your route coming south?

Jeannie, Our summer road trip is being planned, and I’ll post it here to see if we come close to you (or other MFP pals along the route!)

Faye, aka anotheryearolader, Oh yeah, those fast food calories can sneak up on us big time! :noway: I could not believe how many calories are in even the food that seems “healthy”, such as bagels and egg-salad sandwiches. It’s too bad you weren’t even in the mood to enjoy the indulgence.

Speaking of fast food bliss, on the way to the city to have my foot attended to I ordered, and enjoyed, a Dairy Queen Blizzard. Oh me, oh my. 600+ calories worth of bliss. I made that thing last for about an hour, or 100 km of the drive. It isn’t worth indulging very often, so when I do….

Sarah, I wish I could start the New Rules stage 2 with you. :grumble: It will have to wait a couple more months, I am afraid. I agree that the muscle ache feels good, though, when it comes from an intentional workout.

AlwaysNancy: I looked up the Horseshoe Valley Warrior Dash and read: “participants (will be) jumping through fire, crawling through mud pits, climbing over vehicles and working their way through nine additional grueling obstacles. :explode: ” Part of me thinks, “that could be fun” and a greater part of me thinks, “you must be crazy!”

Kackie “If I don’t make a plan I plan to fail” :drinker: That’s going on my wall of quotes.

Laura80111 I love the image of the clothes in your closet cheering you on! :drinker:

Michelle, You are definitely not invisible, I like reading your entries. As for long…I think I take the prize! It gives me a giggle to read about the ways you slip veggies into Vince’s treats. My mum used to make the best chocolate zucchini bread in the world! When the season rolls around I will make some for J’boy and DH, but I won’t let them in on the secret ingredient either.

Oh no, no, no! :sad: :sad: I am so sorry to hear about Vince and your trip. That’s a tough one.

Viv: “So today I am back on track. I feel as if this flipping track keeps running away from me…” Oh yeah! It’s a marathon for sure.

Amanda, thanks for the link to “hidden causes of overeating”. It has got me thinking… I have a collection of coloured plates. Blue it is, for lunch today.

Katieblue72 – I read the posts from my last entry to the most recent post, and I have split screen with a word document open on one side. That way I can comment on what I’m reading as I go along. Then I cut and paste the word document into the MFP thread and add all my happy faces!

KathyGSM: Your Fit-traxx program sounds like the group circuit training I attend. It’s fun, yes? We do 10 stations, 60 seconds each, 3 times around the circuit. I’ll bet you are seeing muscles you didn’t know existed, with all that working out.

JipsyJudy I am glad to read that you are feeling better now that you have upped your calories and balanced out the carb’s ratio. Aren’t our bodies the most amazing thing? :ohwell:

Robin, Congratulations on getting your steps in by pacing the hotel room. You gave me a flashback to last summer when I was jogging around a hotel parking lot in Salt Lake City, working toward my own fitness goals. :drinker:

Jen, Daughter drama, oh sigh. My DH (dear, darling, dramatic daughter) is 25. It never ends. What surprises me these days is I tend to get more worked up about the ups and downs in her life than she does. She’ll call me for comfort and advice when she’s really upset. We talk. I worry. Next time we talk I’m still worried, but she’s moved on! :noway: I hope thinks work out for the best for you & yours.

Lynn0713: Where’s your destination in Canada?

Well, ladies, I am not lingering longer on this because I can't bear to loose it again. You might not be able to bear it if I add anymore, either. Thanks for the company.

From my chair,

Nancy

Michelle:sad: so bumbed for you how disappointing I know your hubby is a lucky guy and he must appreciate you so much hope you get to France soon I too agree you deserve wife of the year. I'm not sure I would be able to handle the dissappointment as well as you seem to be.

Jb sorry about your plants I was wondering how they faired going to be a hot one this weekend so happy replanting :grumble:
Sorry to hear your hubby is out of work hope it turns around for you soon

Lynno713 congrats on the loss and on the 50 years I hope we make to our 50 we are at 26 years today

Mary happy sewing My Mom quilts every day and she loves it I made a couple of them a few years back man what a project so much love and time goes into them and isn't it fantastic you can share that with your family sounds like a fun time

Well after a long crazy week at work I am finally off today Hubby and I are going to a movie tonight to celebrate our 26th anniversary then fishing with #2 son and his family on Saturday And mothers day on Sunday we will be having a very full weekend

Jen it's so tough to let your children go after all the years we spend caring for them I had the hardest time being an empty nester sounds like you have done a wonderful job teaching her to be self sufficient and she seems to be handling it well so good job to you mission accomplished I would try to find the joy in knowing she can handle herself well while facing adversity. I bet the gal at work is going to figure out her efforts are futile your daughter is going to land on her feet.

By the way I live in Banks Oregon it is a very small town nestled between the mountains and the coast about 20 miles outside of Portland we are a farming community and surrounded by wine vinyards Long ago Banks was a logging community as well as farming most of the people here have been here for generations and they all know eachother and eachothers ancestors so its very tight knit and I love it We are what they call transplants ( that is we didn't grow up here) we moved to Banks over 20 years ago and it was the best decision we ever made.

Hi Ladies .....Is there room for one more? I'm 54 years young and live in Upstate NY. I started my journey to fitness several times, most recently last August on WW at 196.6 pounds. I switcded over to MFP about 5 weeks ago...it's been a SLOW process, as I get nearer to my next goal, 150. CW 152.4. I've never been thin so I don't know what my ultimate will be, other than to finally be fit enough that I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to.
My May Goals are to strength train 3 days a week, run the Chase corporate challenge and hopefully break that barrier of 150 !

I'd love to hear what has worked for you, I get confused with the information overload about calories and if I should be eating more, exercising less.....head spins...lol. I did recently up my calories to 1350.

Lookin' forward to getting to know you all.

Greetings All

A triple TGIF from me.....I am exhausted!

This week, my Bistro class asked for a week off from doing the bistro so they could hang out with their friends at lunch and I agreed because they more or less agreed to volunteer to run the bistro this semester rather than it being a scheduled class (one semester a year I do have the Bistro class) Anyway, I thought this would be a great opportunity to do some cake decorating so they could all bake and decorate a Mother's Day cake to take home and we wouldn't have been able to do that with the bistro running. It was a great experience for all but exhausting. Because of the new nutrition guidelines for schools introduced this year, I haven't done that much baking with them so it was starting from scratch with cake baking, icing, piping and fondant flowers. Some of the cakes were really really amazing, some of them looked like a 4 year old's dream, but I was running all week and feel like I have breathed in so much icing sugar that I have eaten a pound of it straight! Yesterday, the school boiler went on the fritz so I was boiling large pots of water for washing....perfect timing with all that greasy butter cream, no? My room looks rather like a bomb went off in it so Monday will be a major cleaning day with hot water running, God willing, or more pots of water on the stove.

We also started baking for our local farmers' market which we always do through the Month of May and early June (which runs once a week on Wednesdays) Our school has a greenhouse which grows bedding plants, herbs, some perennials and hanging baskets so we share a booth with that class. It's great school/community building and the kids love it but it is a lot of work. My classes make pies, fruit breads, butter tarts, brownies and date squares. The self-contained classes actually man the booths and they have to figure out the money, give change and learn to interact with the public.

So, as a result, I have skipped working out today and yesterday but I have two group bike rides this weekend, both only 25k but that will get me to an 80k total for the week which does get me up to 170k after only 2 weeks....over half of the way to my goal. Somehow or other I will have to get another strength training workout in, but I think I will miss yoga again. Sometimes, there is just not enough time or energy. However, the bike rides give me double points for my healthy and social goals for this month!! I also hope to get in some more gardening. My kids are all scattered but I think I will get phonecalls, though maybe not from my son teaching in Mexico as he is away this week.

Michelle: I admit, I would be weeping with frustration at having to miss a planned trip. Two years ago, I also had to bow out of a European student trip I was supposed to help chaperone as my aged aunt, who lives in Montreal (6 hours away) was quite ill and moving into a nursing home, and I had to close up her apartment during the March break I was supposed to travel. I did weep, more than once, but it was the right decision. I will be leading the same trip I missed (Canada and the World Wars) in March 2014. I hope you, too, can reschedule your trip.

mazaron: good for you. You seem to be even better than me at working out recently, even with the bum foot.

jellyfishjen: I have no words of wisdom but I do agree with those that say that our kids often handle their ups and downs better than we do. I am also an emptynester and get calls when the kids are in crisis. I listen, give advice when asked, and then fret at home alone. When next we talk (and I don't talk with any of my kids daily) they are way past it and have moved on. I honestly think that I worry more than they do. I have said before that I think, in some ways, it's harder to be a parent of adult children than when they are little when a squeezy hug and kiss fixes almost everything. The philosophy I have tried to maintain is that I have given them the tools, I have to trust that they will use them. I also remember being annoyed with my mother when she tried to fix my life when I thought I had it under control. I am more sympathetic to her worries now.

I did Curves very briefly at one point, it didn't demand enough nor could you increase your weights when you got fitter. It can be a good stepping stone but I think it's very limited. I loaned my copy of the Happiness Project to someone but I think Fit traxx sounds like what I remember she does.

Lynn0713: Congrats!

Cath: What kind of smoker does your DH use? Is it a cold smoker and home made? I have a small smoker I use both at work and home, but it hot smokes. Would love to do some cold smoke.

On the geographic front, I live in Hamilton, Ontario, fondly known as The Hammer. Hamilton is about 40k west of Toronto and 60 k north of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, right in the middle of what is called the Golden Horseshoe (agricultural). Hamilton, on the edge of Lake Ontario was a manufacturing and steel town, like Pittsburgh. It has a horrible reputation as a dirty, blue collar city....often called an armpit, but actually has so many beautiful natural places (35 waterfalls down the Niagara escarpment). With industry moved for the most part offshore, Hamilton struggles to decide what it will be. What it is becoming slowly, and with a not a lot of support from the local government, is an artistic and innovation centre. Beautiful and comparatively cheap housing close to Toronto. Hmmm, I sound like promoter.

Sorry for the ramble. Have a great weekend ladies

Sarah

OK, what happened to MFP? I logged in this morning, and everything was fine. I log in tonight, and the changes! Is there any way to go back to the old way? What I used to do was log all my food under "snacks" and then put it under the correct category like "lunch" or "dinner". Can't do that now. And I readjusted my daily calorie needs, I think MFP put that back to where it says I should be, but when I figured it out, it was a different number. Can it be changed?

Thank you, everyone, for your sympathies for Vince. Jessica is here right now, and I know that she's disappointed that we're not going over to Europe. Being 28 is hard to fathom being in a lot of pain. So she really doesn't understand how uncomfortable Vince would be going transatlantic. On top of that, a good friend of hers was in a car accident. We went to the vet today for one of her cats, and while we were there he texted her a pic of himself in a neck brace. Just what they need, his father has Altzheimers and doesn't remember him and is losing control of his bodily functions.

Yuk....the posts are all right aligned so the lines are weird. Yuk, I don't like these changes at all. If they're going to make any changes at all, why not make them to the foods eaten? I'd like to have one list where *I* have control over it. Some things are listed "generic" or "homemade", I'd like to change that to "asparagus-steamed" (for example) I'd also like to delete foods when *I* know that I'm not going to have them any more, not when MFP decides to delete them. Keep things, even if MFP thinks its too long, that I know that I'm going to have again.

I tell you, I am having such a hard time reading the posts the way they are now.

I did give in and have one Chips Ahoy cookie today. I'm taking my "going to the movies pocketbook" so I'll be able to log my food beforehand. Just emptied my pocketbook that I was going to take on the airplane, I had it full of snacks to take, so won't be needing those. I also emptied my bag where I had sardines for eating on the way home, some soy nuts, cereal (in case the hotel didn't have anything decent), won't be needing those. But at least I am getting my pool. I know Vince feels bad.

How do you enter quick add calories? Today I went to a healthy cooking demo and since I tell them that I have a nut sensitivity (really, I just don't care for nuts in foods), I held the grandchild of the lady who was next to me while she ate. Oh, to be holding a baby. But I'm not going to say anything because I don't want Jessica to feel that she needs to hurry up and get married and have babies. I'm just afraid that she might feel that way. When one of her friends gets married, she always feels sad. I try to tell her that the best marriages (for the most part) are ones where people got established first (established in their careers), got an education, and THEN married.

Nancy - so glad you got your roboboot. Your new workout clothes sound awesome. Pretty soon you'll be wearing them!!!! As far as putting everything in a document and then cutting and pasting it, that's what I do, only I don't go back over it to put in the smileys

I wish I'd known that MFP was going to mbe making these changes, I would at least have written down some things. As you can tell, I DO NOT like them at all.

Jen - Shopping seems to be helping the disappointment, but I must admit that when I talk about how I'm going to miss going to see Bryan (I haven't seen him in over a year) and Rome, the tears do start. But I do try not to let Vince see them. Jessica and I are going to go to the movies tonight, so that should take my mind off if somewhat (at least for a few hours). Jessica said I could pick the movie, so I picked "Hunger Games". she'll be seeing it for the 3rd time, she's reading the book right now.

Did an hour of deep water today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga

Had to go food shopping some today as I was trying to get down on as many perishable foods as possible. So I got some more asparagus that was on sale (which reminds me that I need to steam it). Hmmmm...bet we'll be needing milk, I only got a 1/2 gallon because we WERE leaving, but now that we're not, I'd better get more.

Kathy - what I wouldn't do for a real Jersey tomato. Vince doesn't understand, as a matter of fact, he'd never heard of a Jersey tomato until he met me, even tho he grew up in New Jersey. Well, his mothing wasn't much of a cook so that's probably why (but I'd never tell him that)

hazymary - welcome! Bryan at first attended RIT, we knew that he wouldn't like it, but who are we???? Before even the first semester was finished, he called to tell us he wanted to transfer. Vince at least talked him out of transferring mid-semester, but he never went back!

needmorewillpower - welcome! Sometimes I suck on a piece of hard candy or chew a piece of gum when I'm trying to curb those cravings.

Sarah - I took a cake decorating class a while ago, but I have a hard time getting into it. I'm sure we'll be able to reschedule the trip to France and Italy. It's just that I was so looking forward to it, especially since I haven't seen Bryan in so long and don't know when the next time is that I will see him.

Well, if I don't gat back on, hope everyone has a great evening. Hey, I'll get to see the season finale of Desperate Housewives!!!!

Michele

Just Got back from a 2 1/2 hour horse back ride and walk. Trails are great bike riders keep the trails cleared, so Any way I walk 15 minutes ride 15 minutes. That way I get my walking in and the horse is getting conditioned for longer rides.
Just a quick check in have to finish getting the weed eating done. Everyone have a great weekend.
I too like jb have to replace a few plants. Frost got them.
Joyce

Hi WesternJoy! Glad to see you on this blog.

Hi All!

Having a great time visiting my daughter in her lovely college town. DH and I Got to see her dance performance tonight which was really fun and my son was here too! Unfortunately my poor daughter looks like she is getting another bout with Bells Palsey which she have when she was 12, she will be 21 tomorrow and I can't believe she is getting this again!!!!! Tonight after her performance we were all laughing and her face looked crooked and I knew exactly what it was, plus her contact lens fell out of her eye earlier because her eye was dry (another sign) ugh!!!!! I just don't want her to have to go through this again and she has finals next week and tomorrow is her birthday!!!!! So tonight I get to worry about it all night because thats what I do :sad:

And of course because she turns 21 at midnight, tonight is when they all go out and have drinks so I just hope she doesn't overdo it...worry worry worry :sad: I guess thats why we have Mothers day, to pay us back for all the worry :flowerforyou:

Anyway at least Im not breaking into the mini bar and eating all the chocolate candy :bigsmile: or all the cupcakes I brought for her!!!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Love
Kat

Wasn't as many posts to read as I thought there was :laugh:

So far so sunny! Let's hope it stays, it's still quite chilly though .... mind you it's early so it may get warmer during the day.

:frown: Logan was at the vets last night to have his stitches removed and vet said to leave his collar on for another 24hrs to be on the safe side. But we took it off this morning and now he's tried to "clean" it and made it look quite sore, so the cone is back on his head for another few hours at least. Might have to ring the vet for advice.

:flowerforyou: Pleased to report that I am down 1.5 lbs this morning! Anything could happen though as my weight can go up and down during the day. I need to be strong today to keep within my calories. I've noticed the past few days I've been consuming far too many "empty" calories. I'll keep drinking the water too because as I mentioned earlier for some reason when I force myself to drink water (I don't drink much water normally) I lose a bit of weight.

I'm back at work on Monday :frown: and just found out that my colleague who was going to be on holiday for a week now needs an extra week to get her mum settled into a care home. Hope it's not going to be too busy whilst she's away, but as long as I don't panic and prioritise my work I'll get through it ..... can't promise I won't make any mistakes though ...

Well I've lots planned for this morning, I'm going to take everything out of the back room give it a good clean and then decide what to put back in. Try to make it look less like a junk room back into some sort of spare room :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Wish me luck.

Wonder if MFP is going to stay like this or if it's just gone a bit wrong. It sure will take some getting used to if it stays with all the posts aligned to the right instead of the left.

Have a good day everyone.