WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2012

Well...I am back...with 10 kilos more! Expected, not a big surprise.
My name is Yam, I live in Argentina with my American husband and my mom. My kids and grandkids live in other country, what makes me sad. I just came back from the wedding of my second child, and got to know my new grandson I didn't see and he is a year old now. Not easy to leave them and come back "home"...I am a little depress.
I have a cold too...
I reached this weight now that crippled me, hard to move, or walk...pretty miserable, and I asked myself why I let myself suffer so much? ABSURD...so I am back, to try one more time.
Happy to be here, God knows I need help and friends and support :-)

My goals for June:
Log in as much as I can and keep my food diary
To drink SOME water!
To reduce the quantity of food I am eating way too much!!!

have a good weekend everybody

I have the <----GGS for the night and just put him down to sleep. He isn't happy about it but he's staying there. He does that when he is too tired.

mkvilmin - Welcome! I used to live just down the road from you in Yorkville, IL 30 years back when it was just a little village. My friend who still lives in the area keeps telling me about all the changes in the area and it's hard to believe!

Michele - I second the motion on posting the good for you chocolate muffins. I must have missed the recipe the first time around.

Jackie - Nice to hear you are back from your travels and back with us.

DH is wanting his dinner and I am getting hungry too, so that's it for now.

Faye

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the site as a few others are. I turned 50 last December.

I usually do Weight Watchers most of the time, but I lost 15 lbs last year on Nutrisystem and felt so good. Got to within 5 pounds of my goal, then had some really stressful things happen so I turned to food over the last 8 months and put it right back on.

I started here about 8 days ago and weighed in this morning to see absolutely no loss! not a single pound!!!! I stayed within my calories, exercised 6 of the last 7 days and tried to do low carb because that's what I've heard works best for us at age 50 (perimenopause and all)! Darn scale!!

So discouraged... I'll keep at it though!! Hope to get encouragement from you all...:happy:

Happy Friday everyone!

fitz - I'm so glad your family loved the muffins. Maybe deep down inside I don't WANT to share them because I like them so much and they are low in calories, and make me want to drink lots therefore getting full. Who knows? I agree, Chris sounds super, wish I had someone like him.

I ordered and paid for the pizzas for tonight, but I also got myself a grilled chicken salad.

Kathy - all the best to you. Have you ever been to the computer museum in Boston? My kids thought that was pretty neat. Yes, the MFA is neat, too.

Did 30 min of walking on the treadmill sideways and then 30 minutes of HIIT on the elliptical today. Tomorrow...yoga

Went and exercised, then came home and finished breakfast, then left with Vince to go to Sears. We got a new vacuum cleaner, it's one of the most lighly rated for pet fur by Consumers Reports. That's what we needed. We'll take the old vacuum down to the condo. It really is on its last legs, but at the condo I only use it about 4 times/year so it's good enough. Then went to the healthy food demo (the topic was herbs), then ordered the pizza, then went bowling some (just 4 games), then to WalMart since it's on my way home and they price match. One store has butter on sale for $1.99 so I got WM's brand. Then home to FINALLY skim the paper, just now logging onto the computer, will have to leave in a few to get the pizzas.

Viv - sorry you're feeling so badly, hope it goes away quickly. I hate when I get dizzy.

Welcome mkvilmin

barbie - the recipe for the bran muffin isn't something online. Basically, it's 3 cups of wheat bran, one egg (for the binder) 1-1/2 cups of water, a box of low fat brownie mix. Bake it at 350 for 30 minutes. I've found that it works best if I use nonstick spray on the muffin pans rather than the muffin liners since it's so low in fat. The calories, etc. are on MFP, under something like "recipe from a friend".

The guys just called, can't come tonight but Ken & Lynette will be here.

lyselyn - I've ridden on a rails-to-trails lanes and have loved it each time. It was so serene.

welcome rosiecotton - I love the Big Bang Theory too and loved Desperate Housewives. Unfortunately, for some reason, I didn't DVR the last episode. Turned the TV on when it was 1/2 over. BooHoo.

Kathy - have fun with your son and DIL!

Jackie - welcome back!

rowanctg - welcome back! What about water aerobics? That's no to very little impact. Bikeing? Elliptical?

jb - thanks for the recipe. Sounds good, I'm going to print it out

Yam - welcome. Your goals sound real good

Rose - congrats on the loss! Some days you will go over, just so it isn't all the time (and I'm sure it won't be) you'll be fine. It's important to enjoy yourself, too

Off to take a shower then get to bed. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Happy Saturday my lovely ladies -

I'm at work today and it's going to be a long one as we have an exhibition to go to straight after we leave. Not sure what I'm going to do about eating tonight, but I've logged all my food choices for the day and will stick to it as well as I possibly can. I always log my food in the morning for the whole day and then just delete it after I eat it. It's a back to front way of doing it, but it works for me.

I had a little talk to myself last night re clothing. I splurged £800 (that's a little over 1200 US dollars) on a designer jacket yesterday and then felt guilt pangs. However ..... I am now the size that I intend to stay at forever, so I may as well buy quality clothes that I love and will get lots of wear (and pleasure from). For too many years I wandered around looking like a bag lady, only able to buy clothes because I could actually squeeze into them rather than because I looked good in them. I remember so well buying a jacket for my DD's wedding and I had to get a size 30 (UK dress size which is about a size 28 US size). I hated it, but it fit - kind of. I compensated by buying an enormous hat and looked positively awful. Now that I wear a UK size 8 with ease, I can feel more confident in what I buy and wear. So I'm letting go of the guilt and I'm going to enjoy my purchases from now on (or at least until I bankrupt myself!)

Thinking of it, all those years when I worked in the diamond trade, making tiaras etc, I always felt out of place because I looked such a mess. I would either try to make myself invisible or make a joke of myself - the typical 'jolly fat girl' puttng myself down before others got the chance to. Now I feel that I can hold my own with anyone. It's really such a shame, because the person inside me is the same - I'm still the little fat roly poly girl - just with less of an outer layer. I will never let that fat girl go though, she had just as many good qualities as the slimmer girl, she was just scared and holding herself back. I will try to remember her with kindness - she made me what I am now.

Right, enough introspection for now! Time to work.

Have a good weekend my friends.

Love to all.
Amanda x

Hello everyone! I'm fairly new to the computer, joined MFP in April 2012 and am just learning about this thing called "posting".
I think it's a great idea to set goals and be accountable to others. These are my goals for June:
: drink water (lots of it)
: walk 20,000 steps a day (thus far, my only form of exercise)
: log in every day and record food intake accurately
: smaller portion sizes (as once I start it's hard for me to stop)
: decide on some strength training exercises and get started
Thanks everyone.
Wish me luck!

Susan

Hello Ladies :happy:

Just marking my place and will post later tonight!
have a grate day and welcome to all of the new commers happy to have you!

Back to work for now!

Here is the birthday list. As always, if you aren't on here and want to be, just send me a message! Mary

50+ thread Birthdays
January:
5 – csally01
6 – barmbord
13 - Qpeace
17 – grabbit97
22 - celticmuse
25 – zuback55
28 - genealace
29 - ritamerlot

February:
2 – doobiedoo
7 – 2youngatheart
7 – jeqrosen
9 – AHealthierSuzyQ
15 - anotheryearolder

March:
1 – auntiebk
3 - arborsong
4 - heartrw
6 – jeanne3651
7 – DebKRN
7 - vypeters
8 – pmjsmom
8 - deb_rn
8 – Cando055
12 – glendaaus
14 – cj1234cj23
15 – joylaut
20 - spaniel60
21 – cjwil01
25 – barbiecat
26 - kilime50
29 - deluda
30 – BirdieM
30 - Blissfuldrake
31 – wizzywig

April:
4 – Lyn54
4 - frogmama
8 – grandee47
11 – smelliott
11 – kel7298
14 - ildi59
15 – laporter62
17 - Cindyw7
22 – sceck

May:
2 – gracete
2 – janemartin02
4 – chicletgirl21
5 – Debma1010
6 – smwert
7 - walker001
13 – lovediets
13 – jberberian
14 - myjourney2
20 – mimi7grands
23 - debieanne
25 – jam0525
25 – wehavethestars
25 - sissygok
26 – vickim26
27 - rjadams
30 – msh0530

June:
3 - eotrg
4 - Caminogirl
4 - Shirley61
8 - SueGeer
12 – Ldspill
13- tiarapants
20 - fibrogirl
23 - goldwingrider
27 - Donna56
29 - westernjoy
30 - RebelRenny

July:
3 - Iojoi
7 – Lindaj07
8 – BarbieCat1
9 - yvonnemfp
20 - TeresaSavage
27 – mynyddisamrs
31 - randylevy

August:
7 – MacMadame
15 - CathiAnne
18 – bkrbabe57
24 – cherubcrnp
24 - Kckramp
27 - corqueen

September:
2 – Laura80111
14 – ItsTerriC
22 - gloriaandison

October:
3 – shiddelson
3 - katiejarr
8 - djdreger
15 – Jolandolfo
21 – peepocheck
21 - Pinecovers
23 – rjnandjosh

November:
11 – kackie
15 - brunsda
19 - Benson
30 – SallyCC
30 – topaz2986

December:
6 – cucoyannie
24 – frogmama
30 – caharleygirl

My 50th Birthday is July 6th. You can add mine to the list. This group is fantastic. Thanks for all of the advice, recipes and support. I need more very low sodium ideas and more friends.

Robin- Your dog story was so funny and reminded me of my dog Binky. He ate everything! He had no preference; everything was yummy to him! He ate my husbands favorite pair of boots, peeled and ate an entire basketball (the orange on the outside of the ball) and all that was left was a black rubber ball, (couldnt even tell it was a basketball anymore!) Ate the stucco off the garage wall. We didnt have any stucco around the garage from the point of where his his head could reach. Luckily, he was a Boston terrier, a relatively small dog. Can you imagine him being a Great Dane and what the garage would like?:noway: He even ate the white decorative stones in our yards to decorate the flower beds. I remember when that happened, that evening he had a difficult time going to the restroom. I thought he was constipated .....but no, just having a hard time pooping out rocks!:laugh: And of course there was the "normal" things he would get into, like chocolate. I don't know how many times I had to give him hydrogen peroxide to make him vomit up the chocolate! That dog was a pain in the butt, but I loved him so much. To this day he is my favorite dog. He was the most loving dog I ever had. He took such good care of his toys which we stored in a box for him and he would take out what he wanted to play with and when through would put them back. He LOVED his toys. Never at those though. Just the house in general.

The things we put up with for our pets...our 4 legged children. Although like your dog, mine was always getting in trouble with my husband. He was much less tolerant than me.

Thanks for sharing your dog story. It brightened my day!:flowerforyou:
Chiclet

:bigsmile: Hello Lovely Ladies!

:bigsmile: Amanda wow! I love what you wrote, I love that you bought that outfit/jacket (now that Im typing I can't remember exactly what you of bought :blushing: ) anyway I agree that you should treat yourself now to what you want and should be proud of what you have accomplished and how far you have come, and you haven't forgotten the women you once were...you brought tears to my eyes.

Went to PF Change last night, really didn't want to because I was convinced that their was nothing there for me to eat, I had only 600 calories for my dinner, but DH and I looked at the menu before going and went through my favorite chicken dish (Changs spicy chicken)and discovered that if I ate 1/3 of it and 1/2 of the brown rice and 1 dumpling(Lemon Grass chicken steamed dumpling) and 1 cup of the hot and sour soup I would be right under 600 calories (about 527)...and I did and I was actually full...oh and I had a spoonful of my DD and DS 's veggie low mein...but it told me that you really can go out to eat at what I thought was one of those IMPOSSIBLE restaurants and as long as you can find their calories on line and you PRE PLAN...you can do it :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

OK Ladies, have a wonderful day!!

Love Kat

:grumble: This week, despite my full intention to hit a loss, ended up a disaster...

so I thought, forget it...I am going to cancel my MFP account. The last thing these ladies need is my lil stories about defeat!!!!:explode: :explode: :explode:

Then I log in and lo and behold JACKIE is writing, and ROBIN is telling a funny story about her BAD lil mutt!!! And Barb, aka AuntieBK writes and I sooo like it when she writes...anything, it does not even matter what...because she is such a reality check for me.

And then a new person called "Jacks97" shows up on the thread who happens to share my birthday (this month). And Chiclet writes, and Viv and Barbie; and then I think of Joyce, Laura, Rose and Amanda and "OMG" my friend Mimi (!!); and I remember the posts of Michele, Kathy and Kackie...

Sigh, sigh...:noway: no way that I can delete my account. I will keep going.

Rebel

Rebel... You have to stay. We all need each other. I like this thread because its so honest and newsy. If only the young ones knew what we now know. But of course they won’t even listen. I like that on here we all understand each other and we are all not perfect.
:laugh: Jackie... ‘stripper’ love it.
Kat... well done with the dinner out. I will have to be more mindful of this, and put a little more thought to it when we go out.
:drinker: Joyce... how wonderful to have to get the small clothes out and I like ‘god’s closet’. I drink god’s wine (water).
Chicklet...pets, they are just so lovable, no matter what.
:flowerforyou: Jaks97... You are eating healthy that’s the main thing and the weight will come off,,, eventually,,, at least that’s what I keep telling myself. I mean really, I have changed my lifestyle so much that it should be dropping off but like you it’s not. I was also thinking of doing low carb to see if that would help. Let’s hope this helps.
:laugh: Robin... poor Ritter. Don’t you feed him.:laugh: Pets we now have just 1 cat and she rules us. I have so many unfinished projects here. One day it will all get done. (wishful thinking)
Laura... Burn The Floor was fabulous. My daughter and I were perched on the edge of a seat all our way through. She loved it and is even more inspired and motivated to reach her dream. To be a Dancer at the Moulin Rouge, Paris. Dinner was not so good, Pizza. Which actually was good, my taste buds had a party.:drinker: But time was short and so we had to choose a cafe close by the theatre and we were all hungry. So basic instincts took over. Feed thy self. Near us were a young couple who enjoyed a large pizza each and entree’s I had noticed. I was sort of envious. Then we soon realised why they could. They were 2 of the dancers in the show and sure would have burned off the calories. My daughter is hoping to go two classes this morning to burn off hers. I will have to work on mine. I was pleased though because not so long ago we would have ordered a large pizza each, last night we shared one between the 3 of us. My husband was with us. He didn’t come to the show but walked off his around the city looking at VIVID a light festival on at the moment.
What are these 6wk bran muffins you spoke of. I like to cook and am loving doing some healthy dishes.
PS... I am not a great cook I just like to cook.
:flowerforyou: Garnet56...welcome. This is a great group and I am so glad that I too found it.
Amanda...Thanks for giving me another great reason to lose weight. I can then buy good clothes I intend wearing a long time. I know what you mean about feeling out of place. I have worked in a dance studio as a receptionist for about the last 10 years and felt a fraud and not giving a good message with being obese. But now that is going to change. In fact this week if I am brave enough I am going to do an exercise class with the teenagers. I am still obese. But a little fitter, I know it will be tough but I want to give it a go.
:flowerforyou: Barbie...Weatherproof your workout. I really like that. I believe you should always have a back up plan. Today I hope to move my exercise clothes into the spare bedroom. I started last weekend by clearing out some drawers which still had my daughters school work in them. She left school 3 years ago. I often wake way before my husband especially on weekends his only chance to sleep in and then I am often stuck if I have forgotten to get clothes out the night before. Like today. But that’s the best thing about exercising at home you can wear any old thing. Pj’s etc.

So its Sunday already here in Sydney. I have woken to a cold, dreary, grey, overcast day. I am feeling the cold much more this winter, is it because I am older, or have 21kgs less fat keeping me warm. I wore 2 singlets under my blouse last night and a big warm coat. Singlets :noway: :noway: I never even use to own a singlet, now I love them and don't know how I got by without them. I think its a sign of age I will soon be asking people "where is that draft coming from?" I am not against old age in fact I love it. I love the freedom it gives you. I love visiting my mum at her nursing home, and seeing her neighbours enjoying their own ways. She is in independent units. But it saddens me when I go into the hostel. A very different story.
Its a long weekend here, Queens birthday holiday, and the offical start of the Snow seaon. We nearly always stay home to many cars on the roads. My daughter has emailed my mum and asked her if she would like to go for a drive tomorrow. Mum still has her car, but Samara will drive it and most likely take her to the National park and do whale watching. Weather permitting. Oh why does my daughter email her nan you ask, well nan is a bit deaf and refuses to wear her hearing aid, which then makes a phone call long and difficult. Nan is good on the computer. I hope we at least visit my husbands brother sometime today. Might make baked apples to take with us.

Have a great day / night everyone.
Jenni one of your aussie friends.

:flowerforyou: RebelRenny, you can not leave us:frown: . I have been disapearing and returning for 3 years now, and as far as I can remember you have been there giving encouragement to the rest of us. Whatever is standing in your way, this too will pass and you will be on the road again. I have my 2 year old grandson Conner spending the night and he has wore mommom out. I am going to bed now. Everyone have a great Saturday, Rose Love ((((HUGS)))) and prayers for all and remember to drink:drinker: drink:drinker: drink:drinker: drink:drinker:drink :drinker: drink:drinker: drink:drinker:drinkdrinker: drink:drinker: drink that water (Drinking all this water...... sometimes I think I should eliminate the middle man and just pour it right in the toilet:laugh:)

Good morning Ladies

Just having a lazy Sunday morning lay in catching up with all the posts. It took me ages to find my last post - is there an easy way to find it?

I'm afraid I haven't been too good with my food, quite a few extras have been creeping in, we've been eating with friends quite a bit and the wine always flows, even just a couple of glasses adds up to quickly.

We've had beautiful weather for a few weeks now, the jubilee weekend was so sunny and hot here, I felt so sorry for everyone in London with all the celebrations in the rain.

We've had eggs in the incubator again and over the last few days have had lots of new arrivals, 10 ducklings and 2 chicks so far, they are so cute! Winston is now 6 weeks old and very much a house duck, he follows me all over and makes a lot of noise if we leave him on his own, it's like having a toddler again. Our two Welsh Harlequin ducks have taken a dislike to him (or her, we still don't know) and chase him quite viciously so they have to take turns being in the garden.

Well, busy day ahead, pond cleaning and duckling photos and the Canadian Grand Prix to watch tonight.

Cath x