WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

Hi

I've seen a few people mention banking calories. Is there somewhere on MFP that you bank calories?

Cath

Hello ladies



Something strange is going on! I can see blue skies and sunshine. Wow, first time in what seems a very long time. Although it's still not particularly warm and I think I could have done with an extra layer of clothes on the way to work this morning.



So far it's been a busy day. I have been proof reading our new catalogue and my eyes feel as if they are hanging out of my head. It doesn't help that I am having to switch between English and Latin, with the odd ancient spelling thrown in for good luck. It will be worth it in the end though - I am looking forward to seeing the end product.



Yesterday was horrible. Simply horrible. I'm not going to go into it too much but it mainly concerns my daughters and my gorgeous grandtwins. Most of my troubles stem from SOB son-in-law. It's his birthday today and I was even nice enough to send him a card and gift. No doubt I will not be thanked for it. Anyway, I spent the first half of yesterday in tears (Michelle, believe me, I know what you are going through). Finally I got myself dressed and went for a long walk around the village, including visiting every single shop and having two cups of coffee and a skinny hot chocolate in the coffee shop (not all at once, I made three distinct visits). I ended up spending far too much money on a dress and some books, but it kept the tears away for a few hours.



I totally hate being at odds with anybody, but it's not getting any better. It looks unlikely that the rift between myself and SOBSIL is going to be breached which in turn means that I am unlikley to get much time with my most darling grandbabies.



Change the subject Amanda!!! No time for tears at work.



Tomorrow I am going to have a day free from caffeine and stick to fluids only. My body needs a bit of recovery time and I think a good cleansing will help.



Better push on with some work now.



I hope you lovely women are having a good weekend. Do something just for you today please.



Love to you all.

Amanda x

Hello All,
I'm not new to the group, but new to finally getting around to some boards and motivation help. Been struggling with some health setbacks since October and need to start refocusing on me!! Please feel free to add me as a friend!

Ok, dahlings, no mega-post today. I'm caught up. :happy:

Did you know that Panago Pizza delivers a rather good salad with roasted peppers, olives and feta cheese? :noway: As you have heard before Friday nights are always pizza and wine nights around here. However...last night I substituted the salad for my portion. Held the wine at 1/2 bottle too. Now, I could have made essentially the same salad from what I have in the fridge, and might, next week. There's something decadent about having food delivered, though, that makes it feel like Friday!

Today's project is to cheer DH and J'boy on as they load the spring rakings and trimmings to go to the recycle depot, plan next week's menus and grocery list, and get ready for the last Dinner Club evening of the season. We are a group of 6 couples and meet for dinner at each other's homes 6 times over the winter. Each couple chooses the theme for the evening. Tonight's hosts are NASCAR fans so the evening's theme is "Tailgate Party: Southern Hospitality, Northern Style". :ohwell: That does not sound like a very MFP friendly menu. Portion control, portion control.

I left a planter full of lettuces (variety pack) and a bottle of fine balsamic vinegar at my parent's place for my Mum's mother's day gift. She's an MFP'er too, so she appreciated the message. Not only that, but all the different kinds of greens look really pretty growing in the lime green planter. Apparently, if she just clips off the tops of the leaves they'll re-grow and she can have fresh salads all season.


Hi Mary! Cranbrook is an hour’s drive east of home, for me. It’s not at all like our valley, though. The environment is warmer and gentler here! There are no orchards or vineyards near Cranbrook.

Fitz, I hope you had a great time at your wedding anniversary movie & fishing & all. :flowerforyou: We’ve made a couple of road trips down the Columbia and the Oregon coast. I wonder if we went through Banks?

HazyMary, welcome. What kind of strength training do you do?

Sarah! I know how greasy my kitchen can get during one extravagant baking project. Can’t imagine a school kitchen with a dozen or more in progress. I hope your students do clean-up with you. It’s all part of the job, right? :bigsmile: Your school greenhouse & Farmer’s Market projects sound fantastic! That’s something we could do here if we had a dedicated & inspired teacher like you to get the ball rolling and keep it going. You say “the students do the work” but I know how big a role you play too. I don’t know if I’ve been in Hamilton, but DH is from Oshawa and he knows the area well.

Kat, I hope your daughter is OK. :flowerforyou: My dad and a friend of mine have both had Bells Palsey. It’s not much fun.

Wizzywig, good job on the loss! Yes, calorie dense foods are better. I have completely given up fruit juice. It’s too “costly” in calorie terms.

Jen, I’m looking forward to hearing what you decide to do for your DD’s 21st. 90% healthy food is pretty darn good, I’d say. :drinker: Well done.

Amanda, I’m sorry to hear the drama with SOBSIL goes on. :flowerforyou: Good for you, limiting the damage to coffee and skinny hot chocolate. The new dress is a good idea, because you know you look good, it's less tempting to fall for the food comfort!

Jeannie, It sounds like you are the “stuck in the middle” generation for sure. Fingers crossed for your son’s successful GED.

Happy Weekend, Happy Mother's Day. :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Great news, ladies Mark (DS) is NOT going to Afghanistan...I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am..he of course is disappointed, but for once I don't care!!! I did ride 12 miles on bike today and had a massage, so all that plus our news...I am thinking I have had an awesome day.

Happy Mother's Day to all.

Jen

I've been at this since January, but didn't join up with MFP until February. Anyway, in April I finally made it into healthy range by my BMI which was a major accomplishment. My son is getting married May 26 and I set a scale number for that date. I am 4 pounds away at the moment. Would love to get there, don't know that it's doable, but I'm gonna try.

Good Morning, the sun is shining which makes a nice change. :glasses: :glasses:

I'm feeling good this morning, was down half a pound. Got 3,239 steps on my ped so far. (I'm aiming for 15,000) and I have just ordered SWSY and SWSS from Amazon. Time to walk the walk! I can spend money on crisps and biscuits so why not "treat" myself to these books. I've heard quite a bit about them from you dear ladies so thought I'd take the plunge.

Had a good day yesterday cleaning out the back room, it looks much better now. Still a bit of junk in there though :bigsmile: baby steps for me as I hate to throw things out. Now I need to have a de-clutter my bedroom. I made a start last week in putting clothes not used for one reason or another out to charity but need to do the same to the wardrobe I have dresses in there that I'll never wear. In fact I can't remember the last time I wore a dress!

MFP is still looking strange to me, not sure if it something to do with my computer, but it seems Michele is having the same trouble, is it only us two? Is everyone else's looking normal. Another thing I can't do now is when I enter some food I had the option of looking up the nutritional value so I could add the amount but now I have to post it to my food diary to show the calories ..... this is not always accurate and I need to add to the weight. I'm probably not explaining it very well :ohwell: :noway:

:frown: Back to work tomorrow, I've really enjoyed my week off ..... can't wait until I retire but I've recently found out that I will not get my state pension until I am 67yrs. A few years ago women could get their pension at 60 yrs then it was changed to be the same as men at 65 yrs now they've moved the goalposts again! How depressing!

:flowerforyou: Time to move .... need to log my breakfast and plan for the day.

Have a good Sunday

Viv

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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. The weather is georgeous today so I will be enjoying it with DH and we are making mexican tonight. He makes the best fresh salsa and we are doing skirt steak and shrimp fajitas for dinner. It my kind of day. :bigsmile:

The fitbit is really working for me. I got over 11,000 steps yesterday and I climbed 16 flights of stairs. It keeps me moving all the time. I want to see those numbers climb. I love the fact the MFP and Fitbit sinc so I don't have to post food and stuff in two places.

Ritter is in full puppy force. He just destroyed my favorite flip flops. I took them off after coming in from the grocery store and he had them chomped up in about 5 minutes. Oh well, such is the price of unconditional love form a puppy.


Much love to all,
Robin, Bodi boy and Ritter bit.

Viv and anyone else who is experiencing problems with MFP right aligning everything, etc. I looked at some of the posts, and someone mentioned the "compatibility view". So I figured, "hey, what do I have to lose?" so I clicked on it. Don't ask me to explain it, but somehow that righted everything. Really, I don't care about the technical stuff, just that things are back to normal now.

Did an hour of hula hoop on the Wii today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the extreme pump class.

Last night I put some balsamic vinegar on my salad. You know something, the vinegar squelched my cravings for snacks at night. I only hope it continues. According to the Wii (which I don't consider the actual weight since I take it daily, I go more by my weekly weigh in), I'm down almost a pound. Eating after dinner always does me in, regardless of how low I might be on calories for the day. But the vinegar on my salad made me not want to eat anything. Think I'll do it again. Well, the apple cider vinegar works to squelch the carb cravings, so I'm not surprised.

I did make a tunnel of fudge cake to send to Bryan. Today would be the day we would have left for France and Italy, so I'm really going to have to be careful, it would be so easy to just say "oh, what the heck" and drown my sorrows in chocolate. I've already done enough

Viv - I seem to remember that I had to click on the "compatibility view" a couple of times, but things are back to normal now. It WAS frustrating not to be able to see the nutritional values or to be able to click on a food and increase the quantity.

Jessica will be leaving her cats here while she's gone and then when she goes to Tennessee.

Vince ordered a new mixer for me, a KitchenAid. Honestly, I wouldn't have ordered it myself, I thought there was free shipping and there wasn't. But I think he felt badly because he didn't get me anything. I'm not really concerned. I have been watching these KitchenAid's waiting for a decent price. This was lower than Amazon, but I still wouldn't have paid that much.

Patchwork - maybe it was on the Tech Support site that I read about the compatibility view. Whatever...it worked! Congrats on becoming a grandma

I never liked to have breakfast in bed on Mother's Day. I felt so "apart" from the kids. I know Vince was thoughtful and did it for me one year when we lived in PA (Pennsylvania), and I absolutely hated it. Our bedroom was upstairs and I felt so apart from the kids.

Robin - love your pic! She's so adorable!

Michele

Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes to my daughter

We had a great time and the Palsey seems to be very light this time TG! She and I suffer with Cold sores occasionally (Herpes Simplex) on the lips and Bells Palsey can come from that so we immediately got her tailing Valtrex and that seems to help keep it at bay so fingers crossed this will help!!!

Ok Im confessing...I had a yummy coconut cupcake, beer and champaign last night and it was all delish!!!!!!!! Very fun celebration had by all!!!! Now back on track :bigsmile:

I hope you all have a wonderful Mothers Day!!!!
Love Kat

How do you post a picture???

Well I made my profile pic a pic from last night so you could see DH and my Katie from her 21st BD dinner :bigsmile:
Love Kat

Princess Olivia

How do you post a picture???

upload your picture to photobucket and then copy the image code. paste that code in your reply post and change the capital IMG to lower case img. then your photo will show up.

I don't think this works on a MAC? I don't have an option to copy the image code???