WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

:bigsmile: Barbara, I think one of my line dance friends was at the line dance workshop in Pasco…..she told me that she and her husband were going to Richland and later someone said that she’d gone to a line dance workshop……I’m glad you had a great time there.

:bigsmile: Amanda, I am so happy that you will be spending time with your grandtwins….have a wonderful time.

:flowerforyou: Rpphillip, when I walk my dogs I walk them in the big grassy meadow for about 15 minutes each, then after breakfast I walk them together first on the roads and then on the trails and grassy areas of my neighborhood…..we walk a similar route every day, changing direction because of deer, other dogs, cats, cars, and birds, as needed……the usual morning walks combine to between four and five miles…..the afternoon walk is usually about twenty minutes long….we live in a beautiful neighborhood and the walk is always interesting….the changing seasons add to the variety.

:flowerforyou: Jb, I cut pasta, bread, and rice almost completely out of my food plan years ago and have found that I can eat a lot more for my limited calories with veggies and protein instead…..it’s raining up here, too.

:flowerforyou: Laura, I have a pedometer that downloads data to my computer so I have a record of my steps for over a year including averages for the week, month, and year…….I love it…..it challenges me to walk more and be more active.

:flowerforyou: Nancy, when I was working I always wondered how long I could stay home before I’d had enough…….it looks like you’re getting the chance to find out…..even when I had pneumonia it was only for five days but your recovery has been really long…you have been amazingly focused and motivated and I’m sure that today’s lethargy is only a bump in the road….one day at a time you’ll make it until the end of June and probably learn some amazing spiritual lessons that you couldn’t have learned any other way.

:flowerforyou: Mary, your math story problem card made me laugh……it reminded me of all the situations in life that are like the story problem of the fox, the goose, and the grain and trying to get them across the lake two at a time in the boat but the fox can’t be alone with the goose and the goose can’t be alone with the grain…..moving from one classroom to another was always one of my nightmare experiences as a teacher….best of luck to you.

:flowerforyou: Jugar, I am doing two challenges right now----100 lunges a day for 100 days and a plank a day for the month of May…..the groups for these challenges have over 100 members each and only about 5 people are actually posting LOL….I did 100 squats a day for 100 days and then moved on to the lunges…..I was doing planks as part of my weight training and then hooked up with the challenge group and started at 60 seconds and have added 5 seconds a day since I started in the middle of the month…I’d love to do a challenge with you (I don’t ride a bike, so that won’t work for me) and if you have knee problems, then squats or lunges won’t work for you.

:flowerforyou: Kat, your story of envying others reminds me of a story I read about people putting their troubles in a big pile and learning about the lives of the others who had done the same and at the end, they picked up their own troubles and were happy with them….thank you for the great reminder.

:flowerforyou: Cath, don’t eat just so MFP won’t scold you….and occasional day under 1200 calories won’t hurt and remember that the calorie numbers can’t possibly be 100% accurate.

:flowerforyou: It has been raining today canceling all the plans I had to work outside so I used the time to take care of a long list of little chores that have been piling up on my table and to spend time with my hubby doing some things we never have time for….the dogs can’t decide whether to be on the bed or the couch or the carpet and keep changing places. After lunch I did my weight training routine and moved up to 10 pound ankle weights.

Barbie from NW Washington

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