WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

Just had to pop back in b/4 work. Thanks for all the support. This is the best site EVER!!!! Doing good today and sticking to it. I will try to get back on when I get back home. That way I will keep on track.

Kathy (plantlady)

Can't believe it's WEDNESDAY! I caught up with everyone's posts finally and glad to hear how everyone is doing.
Our House is empty now and I think I slept 9 hours last night...I was exhausted. It was fun to have such a houseful, but it is so wonderful to enjoy the peace and quiet now!

Faye: I thought of you with the storm coming mostly through your area. We did not get as much rain as they had predicted, but we did get a bit to help our drought too. How much did you end up with? I had heard 11 inches predicted for the Jacksonville area...that's a LOT! And glad you got your power back!

Manly Push-ups! WTG, Barbie and you other strong women. I am working on them but I canNOT get my nose on the ground without the rest of me coming down too! I'll keep at it though! I have been doing plank holds for as long as I can...several times a day when I am not in a push-up frame of mind. Hopefully, I will get my nose to the floor one day!

Rebel: Come on Girl...you CAN do it! Don't fret about the past...just deal with right now!!!

mom2boys: Welcome and glad to have you here. (I am a Mom to boys too...but now have 2 granddaughters, so all of a sudden I have gone from being the only "girl in the house" to one of many! Come back often and let us know more about you! I can relate to your complaint...I have always exercised a lot and I have always eaten pretty healthily...but at a certain point I realized I had to really monitor more closely the "extras". I recommend a book many on this thread have read..."Younger Next Year for Women". It got me to take a closer look at my lifestyle and also got me to exercising a bit differently than I had in the past. Anyway, you might find it motivating...it was for me!

Birdie: You look FANTASTIC! And how fun to have so many sisters!

Jane: good luck with your knee healing...you've come a long way!

rrphillip: WTG for getting walking in around your work schedule!

Gotta go! Take care, Dear Ladies Kackie

The last few days have been very busy so I haven't had time to post. Monday was my birthday. 53 Years Young...yeah whatever. My closest work friend told me I had to clear my calendar in the afternoon so I did. Her another friend from work took me to a beautiful restaurant called Earl and Angelo's for lupper. I had a salad and two glasses of pinot grigio. Yummy. Then we wandered around some of the boutiques downtown. No one bought anything but it was fun. Most of them were far too high end for this gal. I don't generally spend $245 on a little cardigan. But they were beautiful things. Then at 4 I left and headed to hot yoga. It was a great class that worked all the kinks out. It was 40 C in that room so when I left 30 c outside didn't feel so bad. Went home and had a nice quiet evening with DH. Both kids called and chatted.

Tuesday got to work and found a box of Belgian Truffles on my desk. One of our construction techs just got back from Belgium so darn him for leaving me the chocolates. Luckily I had boot camp that night. It was hard again but not as bad as last week. The trainer paired me up with a girl and paired DH up with her husband. He said I don't want to be with Jeff. Haha. Tomorrow we go through the fitness testing. She says the biggest improvement will be in this 4 weeks rather than the last 4 weeks. I see big improvement in others but not sure how much I will gain as I've been doing a lot of things for a while.

Tonight I'll be doing a little more planting and maybe a run if I can fit it in before the hockey game starts.

Amanda, Wow your weight loss really impresses me. That is awesome and you should be very proud. I don't know that many people who have been able to accomplish what you have.

Jellyfish jen, My daughter is 26 and I still help her. Of course now she requires a lot less but when she first graduated school 5 years ago she was living in Toronto on low wages. i still bought all her clothes but now if I see something special for her I'll get it. I work for a big corporation and work has product sales where I get cheap prices on detergent, soap, paper products, razors. I still stock both kids up on supplies and almost everyone I know at work does the same for their families. So dont' sweat it. She sounds like an awesome girl with and awesome mom.

Nancy

Kathy - you WILL do it again, that's for sure -- and we'll be right there with you

Well, my day started off with my dropping off our aluminum at the Humane Society (they use it as a fundraiser). Then did a little bit of food shopping, then an hour of deep water (the water felt soooo good), mailed Denise's package, stopped at the Salvation Army and got a shirt. See, if I don't like what I bought, I don't have a problem redonating it. then home to get ready for the senior bowling. Took my mug (54oz) of water with me and got another 22oz cup of water while I was there which I had, also took some baby carrots with me (this way I'm not starving when I get home). While I was home, I put in a load of laundry in the washer and then into the dryer. I dried them after bowling. After bowling ran home to get some of the fudge cake to take back to the bowling alley to give this one gal. She's really great to me. Tomorrow I'll do the 30 Day Shred DVD. I've found that levels 2 and 3 take about an hour to do.

When I was very young, I had 4 teeth pulled to make room for my braces. I still remember that mask coming over my face. To this day, if I need a mask, I always tell them to first put me to sleep, then they can do what they want. If I were to feel that mask over my face, I would probably freak out.

Laura - don't worry about your post taking up too much space, I enjoy reading notes and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Believe me, the first time I did HIIT on the elliptical, I thought I was going to die!!!! I think I probably only did it for 15 minutes. Don't know about your hubby, but mine is Mr. Picko. How would white vinegar in the potato salad work? You have no idea how many times I make two different dinners. Usually we have the same meat, but (like tonight) he'll have rice (that I want to use up, the rice in a package that's butter flavored) and I'll have a red potato. He'll only eat corn and carrots. I'll have cauliflower and broccoli.

Oh, I found these veggie burgers that I like around here. They are lower in sodium

Oh, got a question for anyone: I'm trying to come up with an oil substitute that I can use in white/butter cake batters. When I make a chocolate cake/brownies, I many times substitute pureed prunes for the oil. What Vince can't see, doesn't hurt him. If he ever saw me putting prunes in it, he wouldn't eat it. So I just don't mention it. But the prunes turned the yellow/white cake mix a light shade of brown. Just enought that Vince could tell there was something else in it. I've been looking at Healthy Cooking (Taste of Home) magazine to see what they use as a substitute for the oil, but so far I haven't found anything. They just seem to reduce the amount of oil.

Nancy - let me know what you think of "hunger Games". You know, parts were filmed right near me. The parts about their home, etc. You are so lucky that your mother is a retired dietician. So so lucky

Today we did some yoga in the shallow end of the pool. I'm constantly amazed at how much more flexible I am in the water. On land, there is no way on this green earth when we're in "tree" pose that I can put my foot on my thigh. But in the water I was able to.

mom2boys - I hear ya about the pics being a motivator. when Jessica went to her prom (she's 28 now) Vince took a picture of the backside of mel I was horrified to see how big it was!!!! That was the thing that made me want to get in shape. That must have been about 10 years ago. Oh yea, it seems to take so much longer to lose the weight. But it does come off -- eventually. You'll get there, don't get discouraged.

kel - the Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 DVD. Is it a total body workout, does it use weights or is it a combination of cardio and weights? How high in the impact? I see that there are 4 workouts, are two of them aerobic and two of them mainly weights? I don't have this one, it looks interesting. I would like two of the workouts to be aerobic and the other two to be only weights, this way on the days when I want to do aerobic work, I can. On the days I want to do weights, I can. Also, can you program the DVD so that you can do, say, workouts 2 and 4 only? What I mean is, will it automatically do one and then the other or do you have to go back to the main menu to do the second workout?

Nancy - I'm with you, I have a hard time spending lots of $$ on something, and if I do, then I feel so bad when I have to give it away. It's just me, but for some things like clothing I'd rather spend a little and have lots of different, say, shirts. Now when it comes to appliances and things like that, you get what you pay for so I'm not so willing to skrimp.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Michele, I'm with you there on purchasing. I guess I also feel that I get just as much enjoyment out of cheaper items of clothes and I'd rather have a larger quantity too. I did however buy my daughter a very expensive parka last winter cause all I could think about was her freezing to death out walking her dog. Funny thing is we never really had much of a winter last year. I'd rather spend a bit more on appliances and furniture to get the quality because those items are around longer. Off topic but the microwave I have is almost 29 years old. Got it when my first was born and the thing just won't die. It was probably 5X more expensive when I bought it than they are now.

Thanks Barbie, I'm sure you would love hot yoga.

Hello ladies



Happy birthday to those enjoying a special day today.



It's much cooler in London - in fact it's decidely nippy-noodles (as my DD would say). I didn't put a jacket on before I left the house this morning and I really regret it.



I have just had my fix of grapes - honestly, I can hardly make it through the day without them. I suppose there are worse things to be hooked on.



Having had a couple of days at the start of the week when I kept to a liquid only diet, my body is definitely thanking me. I feel altogether less sluggish and full of energy, which is just as well as I have a lot of running around to do today. Although I stuck to fluids, I still managed to keep my calorie level up as I realy don't want to lose any more weight if I can help it. The problems that come with being underweight are almost as bad as those which plague the obese - especially as one gets older.



Last night I was chatting with DH and I finally told him exactly how much weight I had lost. He knew approximately, but was still astounded when I told him the number. As he said, that is slightly more than the combined weight of him and my grandtwins put together. Can you even imagine the stress that carrying those 'extra people' around put on my body? It's no wonder my poor old ticker needed a new valve!



Better get going. Want to continue with my running up the 3 flights of stairs once an hour whilst I'm working.



Love to all.



Amanda x

Checking in. I am in the city with my daughter and this morning was up much earlier then she needed to be and as its a studio unit was trying to be ver quiet. I was sitting catching up on sll your posts Nd got so inspired got dressed and went out for a walk. It was beautiful around the botanic gardens the opera house on our harbour and back through the city streets.
To Our cake maker sorry have forgotten your name and trying to type this on my iPhone try using apple sauce in your cakes.
TO all of you thank you for sharing. Now to spoil my daughter staying an extra night this week.

:flowerforyou: :happy: Hello ladies!

I was up untill mid-night last night working on a slide show for my Great neice's graduation from High School.
have been parking in the back 40 LOL that is what I call the parking lot here because it is so far from the hospital. I wanted to add more steps in the morning, as you know I have a sit down job. I watch heart monitors and can not just get up and leave when ever , I have to have one of the other techs or a RN sit in for me and if they are busy oh well it might be a long waite. :grumble:
sorry I didn't meen to go on like that.

Fay : so you live in the top part of FL, we have a frined that has a condo in St. Peat and we spent a couple days at Treasuer iland when we went down last year and then on down to DH's moms house. she is closer to Fort Meyers about 2 hrs, inland.

Kathy; so happy to hear you are feeling better

Nancy; My DH and GDs have read all of the Hunger Games books and they love them. My oldst GD for her 16th BD this year instead of a party took 3friends , one cousin and one sister to the opening of the movie and they all loved it. I have not read them yet.

Bariecat; thank you for the encouragement and I will not give up untill I can do it ! those planks will not defeat me, what do you think is a good goal to start with?

Happy Birthday to you Mary hope you have a wonderful day!:

Michele; My DH is not what I would call real picky, but I have made diference vegs, for me because he hates broccoli and cauliflower, and peas which I love.
here is a web sigh you can use for the cakes www.buzzle.com/articles/oil-substitute-in-cake-mix.html
it has a lot of diference ideals:happy:

Amanda; you are amazing! have a good day and I looked at the web sight for the Anti-gravity Yoga and it look intereasting , let us know if you try it and how it goes.:bigsmile:

Jellyfishen; Nice walk, sounds like you are have a good visit with DD , have a wonderful day!

well Ladies I had better go for now , will try and check in later have a great day!

Michelle – I don't know if it would work for your cake, but you might try applesauce. I used ½ applesauce and part whole wheat flour in a zucchini bread and it turned out just fine.

Mary – Happy birthday!:happy:

Nancy - That IS good news about your foot! :bigsmile:

Have to make this short. Too much to do, too little day.

Oh, the push ups - couldn't do them when I was a twenty something and a normal weight and still can't as a pudgy sixty something. :laugh: But I'm going to keep trying. DH was kind and said some people's shoulders just aren't built for pushups even if they are strong enough to do them. Good hubby brownie points for him.

Take care and keep moving. :drinker:

Faye

Kackie -- thanks for the recommendation on the book. I've just been on the Amazon website and ordered it -- can't wait to get it. I tried my local Barnes and Noble but they didn't have it.

Thanks to all of you for the nice welcome messages! I'm glad to be here with you. I would like to lose 30 pounds and made myself that commitment yesterday. I plan to do a combination of Chalean Extreme and Slim in 6 for exercise and maybe even throw in a few days of TurboFire here and there.

I live in Iowa (Des Moines area) and work full-time. My husband and I still have one kid at home -- he is almost 15 and will be a 9th grader in the fall (yes .... I was 40 and pregnant .... on purpose! :laugh: )

Thanks again to all of you for helping me feel less alone in this frustrating journey of after 50 weight loss! I'll talk to you all again soon!

Shirley (mom2boys75)

Oh, got a question for anyone: I'm trying to come up with an oil substitute that I can use in white/butter cake batters. When I make a chocolate cake/brownies, I many times substitute pureed prunes for the oil. What Vince can't see, doesn't hurt him. If he ever saw me putting prunes in it, he wouldn't eat it. So I just don't mention it. But the prunes turned the yellow/white cake mix a light shade of brown. Just enought that Vince could tell there was something else in it. I've been looking at Healthy Cooking (Taste of Home) magazine to see what they use as a substitute for the oil, but so far I haven't found anything. They just seem to reduce the amount of oil.

Michelle regarding above Ive heard that applesauce works but Im not sure about the amounts...you may have to google that

Love Kat

I am new to this site (two days), I am navigating posts as best I can but looking for motivation and friends! Hope I figure out how to do that as well. Hot, muggy day here in North Carolina but I am at work in a very cool office. Have a great day everyone!

:bigsmile: WELCOME Dalbrown!!!

You will love it here!!!

Love
Kat

Nancy: SOOOOOOO happy that you can start putting some weight on your foot...You have been SO patient! WTG!

Michelle: I have used applesauce in things like muffins to replace PART of the oil and sugar, but I would google a recipe. I don't do too well guessing on replacement amounts! Let us know how it turns out!

Barbie: If we want to join your Plank challenge, how do we do it? It says you must be a member. I have been doing about 3 planks almost every day and can hold them for different amounts, depending what other exercises I have done that day. I like having a challenge to force me to do more than I would otherwise!

Always Nancy: Wow...the flesh eating thing is very scary to me. I didn't realize it was as common as it seems to becoming! Yikes!

Kat: Yoga has helped me with strength in my upper body too, but I still find it difficult to touch my nose to the floor! Can you do that? Enjoy your "quiet" time!

Dalbrown: Welcome! I am in SC and YES, it is muggy now, isn't it? Look forward to having you here!!

Mary: Hope you had a wonderful birthday!

I ran this morning and made it 2 miles in 22 minutes! That is a bit faster than I've been able to do before, but this humidity will likely put an end to my running. I went early enough that it was ok, but I was still rather wet when I got back home.
But I felt like I needed the "run" after an over-indulgent long weekend!

Better go start putting dinner together! Take care, All Kackie