Women 50+ for October

I am a caffeine junkie, and I swear, all those diet sodas in some way wreak havoc with my blood sugar and create hunger. Has anyone else experienced this with diet drinks? Also, how important is it to consume 8 glasses of water daily? :ohwell:

Welcome to our over 50 thread. :flowerforyou:

As a former caffeine junkie I can agree that diet drinks make me feel hungrier too. Now all I drink on a daily basis is unsweetened tea or water. (I DO still have an occasional diet soda, but this is the exception now, rather than the norm.)

As for your question on water, most nutritional experts agree that even 8 glasses of water a day MAY not be enough. Instead they say you should drink half of your weight in ounces per day. For example if you weight 100 pounds, you need to drink at least 50 ounces of water per day.

:drinker: Here are 8 really good reason to drink LOTS of water:

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%. (When you're trying to lose, the LAST thing you want is a slower metabolism.)

4. One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

5. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen.

8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

WOW! Although I am a big water drinker, I never knew about some of those benefits! Thanks Susan! And heres to drinking more water!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
BirdieM:bigsmile:

Cindy--

If you discover something in your post that needs to be changed, you have access for about 20 minutes after the original post to choose the "edit' button and correct it. That is why you will notice some posts where it will say "edited by" and the name of the orginal poster will follow, with the time of the edit.

This can be handy for those of us that are "typographically challenged":laugh:

Barb

Suzzeque-

Thanks for the great post about water. Amazing stuff that H2O.

Lianne--

I sometimes hit the doggy park with my two. If you read the post I did from the beginning of the week, you will see why I don't do it too often!! Between Mai Li--whose idea of "working out at the doggy park" is parking her bones in the nearest shady spot and ignoring everyone, and Pepper--who becomes the most contrary little cuss, won't obey ANYTHING mama says, and goes out of his way to try to escape until it is time to leave and has to be dragged out--it is no wonder I don't hit the doggie park too often. :laugh: :laugh: We seem to do better walking on leash for exercise. I do fine walking "off leash" (by myself) :laugh: :laugh:

I am posting to avoid doing housework, so I better get off of here and do something even if it is wrong!!:laugh:

Barb

Thanks for the advice Barb! I'm not too good at using the computer. I had to get my 25 yr old son to help me get my weight loss ticker to show up. He says now I need to post a pic because people don't trust you very much if you don't. Is that true?

I told him I tried to do it the other day but couldn't figure out how to import one from my files. He'll have to help me with that too! He just loves to tease me about it.

I am a caffeine junkie, and I swear, all those diet sodas in some way wreak havoc with my blood sugar and create hunger. Has anyone else experienced this with diet drinks? Also, how important is it to consume 8 glasses of water daily? :ohwell:

Welcome to our over 50 thread. :flowerforyou:

As a former caffeine junkie I can agree that diet drinks make me feel hungrier too. Now all I drink on a daily basis is unsweetened tea or water. (I DO still have an occasional diet soda, but this is the exception now, rather than the norm.)

As for your question on water, most nutritional experts agree that even 8 glasses of water a day MAY not be enough. Instead they say you should drink half of your weight in ounces per day. For example if you weight 100 pounds, you need to drink at least 50 ounces of water per day.

:drinker: Here are 8 really good reason to drink LOTS of water:

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%. (When you're trying to lose, the LAST thing you want is a slower metabolism.)

4. One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

5. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen.

8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Suezzzque,

This was very informative, thanks for the great post! Peschuntz

Hello Everyone!

I haven't posted in a couple of months. The last couple of months have been terrible. :grumble: Budget season hit at work - with unbelievable demands and since I got my garden planted late everything came in during August and September when I was working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week.

After I presented the budgets in Atlanta (my husband usually goes with me on my trips) I drove down to Orlando to visit our daughters for a few days and wound up working the whole time:frown: so it really wasn't much of a vacation but at least we got to see them.

My wonderful neighbor took care of the garden while we were gone and canned me 12 quarts of tomatoes and froze a gallon of okra for me. When we got back I canned 24 pints of pickled beets and 12 pints of carrots and shared with her. We try to take care of each other. :happy: My diet pretty much went out the window for the last two months :embarassed: :embarassed: - I have lived on M & M's and coffee. Since budget presentations we have had to revise them about 5 times and all of the supporting schedules with very short deadlines. Twice I've had to work until 3 in the morning to meet the deadlines. Still canning tomatoes, peppers and making relish.

I have been exhausted and wound up with Shingles - very painful.:sick: I worked from home for four days because they were on my waist and back which made it very difficult to wear regular clothes. As long as I have an internet connection I can work from anywhere in the world so it was nice that I could work in my gown. Hopefully we won't have to revise the budgets again then we get to start on doing the standard cost. Yea:frown: I still haven't recovered fully, but I did go back to work last week with it being the end of the month. A lot to do and of course short deadlines. I had to work yesterday so I can meet the 11:00 a.m. deadline tomorrow.

I am planning on taking two weeks off at Christmas can't wait:bigsmile: . I am going to try to behave myself this month and try to drink more water:drinker: and eat healthier . I'm still dragging and know I just need some rest both mentally and physically. It's been cool and rainy here today. I made a pot of vegetable soup and basically haven't done much of anything else since I got home from church.

Good luck to everyone on their goals this month!

Nancy

Grammymax,
Thanks for the welcome. I had a very tough time yesterday, especially when my husband and daughter were eating hallowoween candy (yes, there won't be any left for halloween). After I couldn't stand it any longer I ate one reece's cup and left the room. I knew if I stayed in there with them I'd do my share of polishing off and entire bag.
Today I went to a baby shower. I passed up the chicken salad croissants, nachos and cheese, cream cheese dip with crackers and potato chips. I ate a small plate of raw veggies with maybe 2 TBS of ranch dip and a small piece of strawberry cake, with icing of course. Only had water and coffee to drink. This evening, and for the next couple of days I will be out of town (away from my candy eating family). For dinner I had a large salad and 5 slices of deli turkey. If all goes well, that will be all I have for today. That one piece of cake threw me over my calorie limit by 55. Hopefully, by the time I get back home I will have mustered up enough will power to be able to stay in the same room if someone is eating sweets.
Thanks for your support.

Welcomd back nancy,
Sorry your time has been so bad. My mom had shingles and I know how painful it is. It is also aggravated by stress so your job doesn't help much. Hope things settle down for you so you can get back on track. If you dont mind me asking what do you do as your job. Good night ladies.
Vicki M

hello,

Anyone there? I've been off line for a week. I feel so deprived of my motivational partners. I thought I did well, but got on the scale and am up 5 to 7 pounds. I figure some of it is water but don't know. I do know I've been really active and thougth I was burning stuff off. My big mistake.

I don't know why I do so well and then relax and try to act and eat normal and gain it all back in a weekend. This has been going on for years.

My goal was a great loose for my birthday. Now I am stuck. I've got 6 weeks to do something encouraging. God Help me, kc

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
We are home safely and glad to be here. It's quiet because the four pets can't be picked up from boarding until tomorrow and chaotic because of unpacking, doing laundry, and trying to get Jake packed to fly to see his mother in Ohio tomorrow.

I had high hopes of a long post but it got much too late too early:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I did watch TV and ride the exercise bike :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

hugs
Barbie

Look at my ticker, look at my ticker, look at my ticker! I weighed this morning, and yes, I met my September goal of 8 punds! I'm so excited! Now join me in praying that my hip has improved enough that I get released from PT today.
Have a marvelous Monday!

Mary that is awesome. 8 pounds in a month and 70 total. I want to get to that number. Good for you. Keep up the good work.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Vicki M

Wow committed. That sounds very impressive and very exhausting. Good Luck

Way to go Mary!

I weighed this morning and was down .5 lb after a week of being strict with myself. Maybe I was a little too much so. I'm going to try & eat all my exercise calories this week & see if that helps.

I'm also going into menopause and haven't had a period for 2 months but this morning there was a little there. So disgusting, I so want to be completely through with that phase of life!

Sheilajane- Candy suggestion. I buy candy I don't like, but my family does like. I can't stand things like starbursts or toffee/mocha kind of stuff, so I keep it around for my hubby and kids to munch on and it is no threat to me. It helps me learn to ignore the candy jar in general which helps when there are things in it I like. This time of year is the hardest with all the holidays coming at us over the next few months. Gratz on stopping at just one.
Jeannie

I do the same thing with soda too. PTL for hubbies whose favorite soda and candy is different than ours! Makes eating right a teeny bit easier.

Just finished my strength training. It never ceases to amaze me how much lifting weights whips my butt! Excited about a getting massage this afternoon! :happy:

Hope all are doing ok - I got released from PT today, and have to fly to get dinner ready, as I am playing in a concert tonight. Have a great evening, all!