Women 50+ for October

Day one of our trip a great success:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Easy drive once we got the animals to boarding (Bernie, the young cat, hid under the bed so close to the back of the nightstand that I didn't find him until the fourth time I looked and then I found him only because of his white paws) , :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 20 minutes of walking on the ferry, and lunch at Red Lobster where I had grilled salmon, two servings of broccoli, and salad with no croutons and dressing on the side.:bigsmile: shopping at the huge mall. I found a red down vest that fits (small instead of the extra large ones I've had for the last five years). We had snacks during the day of apples and wasa crackers with hummus then we fixed our usual shakes for dinner and went to the fitness room to use the stationery bike and the treadmill and will have cereal and almond milk for a bedtime snack.

:flowerforyou: It's great to see new faces on this thread----keep coming back, we need you

:flowerforyou: It's great also to see continued resolve from all of us. Never, never, never give up

:flowerforyou: Vicki, when I fit into size 12 it was the first time in years that I didn't cry in the fitting room at the store. I know you'll reach your goal. Just don't buy too many size 12s because with your focus and determination you'll be moving on and you don't want to have too many new clothes to give away.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Esther, have a great trip. We'll miss you :sad: if you can't get to a computer while you're gone.

:flowerforyou: MadMadame. you have some amazing challenges ahead of you. I wish you the best as you train and then participate in all the upcoming races. It must be the greatest feeling for you to have gone from carrying so much weight to being such a focused and capable athlete. I'll be cheering for you from up north.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Susan, I know what you mean about singing because that's how I feel about dancing. Is there a singing group you can join or can you buy a Karaoke machine for yourself :laugh:

We're headed for bed to get rested for the big activities of the weekend. Unfortunately they are ones that will keep us sitting most of the day which means more opportunities to think I'm hungry and fewer opportunities to get any exercise. My brain will get all the exercise and I can't find anything that says that thinking burns calories :sad: :sad: :sad:

hugs to all
Barbie

I just started. It will be two weeks on Sunday. So far I am doing well. My father died in April and my boss of 31 years left so I have had a stressful year. I hit menopause and gained 15 lbs since Christmas.

I decided to get healthy again. I started zumba class on Tuesday, belly dancing class on thursday. Fun ways to get in shape. And new bone density weight training class today. Very cool. Use your own body weight as resistance and some small 5 lb weights. Good for old grannies.

So hopefully I can keep it up. My weakness is the weekends. I lose 2 lb during the week and drink it back on the weekends. Have a wedding this weekend so I hope I can control myself. Wish me luck.

susan

Hello All,

My September was my start of not getting on here steady for about 4 months. Something I do not recommend to anyone.

I did finally lose 1 pound last week. :happy: and plan to keep on going.

Kathy

Just checking in. I have a wedding tonight! The last time , as some of you already know,:ohwell: my food was perfect but the wine was a little too much on an...almost empty stomach:sick: Today I have had a very light breakfast and lunch, and tonight I will make sure that I have cheese with the wine and only 2 drinks all evening. I will eat what's served but only half of it and skip the dessert. If that puts me over, so be it. :ohwell: I can't exercise because of a temporary stiff back :grumble: so I will make the best choices I can, enjoy my beautiful niece's wedding:happy: and dance as much as my back will allow:laugh: :laugh: My family is huge and gatherings like this are so much fun. :laugh: :laugh: Not only do we all love to sing.....we all love to dance!!!
So here's to fun and discipline tonight and to an extra squeeky clean day of eating tomorrow:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :smooched:

BirdieM:smooched:

:flowerforyou: Good evening all. I found you. Did pretty good on goals for September I am leaving my bike in the shed with that darned snake until the spring and am going to do a walking goal instead.
My goals for October are:
Walk 150 miles
Lose 4 lbs
Lose inches: I have lost a shoe size, not exactly where I want to loose inches
Continue to drink 4 16oz or more bottles of water a day
Thank you Esther for starting the October thread
Welcome to our newbies you will love it here.
Suezzzque; your stew sounds yummy
Esther and Barbie have safe trips
Gotta go for now, spending the night at my daughters.
To all of MFP family have a great weekend, Rosemary
And remember to:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: drink that water

Good evening ladies,
Well after tonight I know I am back on track. We went out to eat for my sons birthday. I had grilled chicken, veggies, some potatoes and side salad with no dressing. I drank water. There was a biscuit on my plate which I was thinking of eating. My niece asked if I wanted it and I said yes so please take it and she did. they had cookie cake which does not even tempt me when I am not watching what I eat so I have enough calories left to have a little snack. Welcome to newcomers. Dont be ashamed to share with us. This is the one place I feel I can share my good, bad and ugly and get no criticism or negative feedback. Only positive good encouragement comes from this thread. See you tomorrow ladies.
Vicki M

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I was given a huge gift basket tonight as a thank you for my part in this event we're attending. The basket has a lot of candy, cookies, and other goodies. I'll figure out someone to give the sweets to when I get home. There were also several apples and pears so I revised my bedtime snack plans and had a pear with peanut butter and came just under my calories for the day.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Welcome Sissy, Cindy, and Sheilajane, you've come to the right place. I've gotten so much support from this thread. They have changed my life. I hope we'll hear from you often.
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Hi all. I have been using MFP site for several months now but have not been active in posting. My Fitness & Lifestyle Improvement Plan (FLIP) ended. I still have an long way to go but plan to make it. The idea of turning 50 was what got be started last year (which fizzled out) but I am going good now. My October goal is 5 lbs, cardo atleast 45 minutes 5 times a week and weights at least two. I have done 30 minutes treadmill, a 60 minute yoga class and weight circuit today. Good start. Everyone have a great weekend.