WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Goals for October? Not so well.

I am done with my non-stop schedule for now and recommitted to my goals.
To live more simply, more gratefully, and with a greater focus on health.

Happy November!

Welcome to November Everyone!! :flowerforyou: We need a turkey emoticon for the season, don't we? Maybe I will email Mike....:laugh: :laugh:

Well I had hoped to lose more than I did in October, but 4 lbs. puts me in the same neighborhood for monthly loss as Barbiecat, and we all know she can do no wrong!!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh: So now I don't feel so bad. Since the only walking I have done lately has been with doggies, it hasn't been as strenuous or as long, so I am thankful I can still keep losing a little.

I went to dinner last night at Newport Bay, a regional seafood chain restaurant in my area. They are famous for taking good seafood and adding breading or sauces to make it a calorie disaster, but they do excellent salads and take directions well. I had a seafood Cobb salad that had grilled salmon and beef tenderloin in it. Told them to keep the blue cheese dressing. Unfortunately, didn't know it came w/ blue cheese crumbles (which I would have had them put on Parmesan instead). There was also a big wad of french fried onions on the top, but they removed easily, as did the blue cheese and what remained was an excellent salad on which I put a smidgen of balsamic vinaigrette. (I confess to nibbling on some of the onions after the fact, :blushing: but I still posted a loss at weigh in, so once my ticker is updated, it will display 43 lbs. GONE!! I was hoping to be down more than this by 11/7, but if I can make it to 45 down, I will still be pretty pleased.

Bradley the Yorkie and my other two are settling in. Mai Li, aka "Diva Girl" is being herself, so that means she is trying to make sure Bradley knows she is "in charge." Bradley is no fool. He simply ignores her!! (Just like a man!!):laugh:

Walks are a lot noisier around here, since Bradley starts barking and won't stop 'til we are leashed up and out the door. This has inspired Pepper to become more vocal, so now I have those two having a "bark-fest" and Mai Li stands there and looks at me as if to say "Hey mom, where are the earplugs??" She doesn't get hers til I find some for ME!!!:laugh: :laugh:

I was ready to leave for church this morning when a "bark-fest" broke out and I knew these three would not settle for a walk when I came back, so "plan b" was go to the service an hour later at a different parish. Then I got back and logged on to post my new weight and made the mistake of stopping in here, and the next thing I knew it was too late to go to the next service!!!:grumble: :laugh: So now it is on to "plan c" which is go to the evening services at 5:30, which is followed by the dinner I was planning to take a friend to anyway. Can you imagine, baked chicken, green beans, salad, and a dessert (choice of cake or a fruit plate) for THREE DOLLARS??? It is the best deal in town. As they say, "the Lord will provide"

I hope everyone has a great and successful November and a Happy Thanksgiving!!

And Welcome to any newbies that I haven't acknowledged due to my hit and miss posting!!

Barb

Good Morning ladies,
welcome to November 2009. Wow time is really flying. I met some of my October goals. I lost 4 pounds instead of 6. I ate very well, and did a lot of exercise. I would love to be further along but I am content for now.
For November I am not setting a weight goal. Instead my goals are:
Go to the gym daily and take 1 day off a week from gym.
Drink my water which I usually always do.
My big goal is to get up early and go to gym each morning before girls come.
Mainly I just want to keep eating healthy and keep up this good lifestyle.
Now I need to figure out again how to change my ticker. Have a good Sunday.
Oh we went Christmas shopping today and I got about half my shopping done. Hope to finish soon.
I like to enjoy all of the activities and not have to fight the crowds.
Vicki M

Hello November !!! Where did our summer go ?? It is beautiful here in Bowling Green, KY today. The sun is shining and it is going to reach mid 50's. We are going to grill out today.....I guess all the stores think summer is over so trying to find charcoal for the grill was a real challenge after church this morning.

This is my second month with you ladies and I truly LOVE this website. Thanks to all of you for your inspirational words of wisdom and your helpful suggestions.

I'm not setting specific goals at this point. My main objective is to stay away from sugar and carbs. My doctor seems to think that is better than watching fat grams. So I guess that is my goal. Just to be able to go to the grocery and always check the label for sugar and carb content before I throw it in the cart.

Heading outside to take a walk before it gets dark. With daylight savings time it starts getting dark around 4pm. I just hate it.

Have a beautiful Sunday ladies and good luck to you all for a successful November with MFP.

Hi Everyone,

I am so thankful that my scale is moving in the right direction again. I still want to keep my goals reasonable and maybe I can actually reach them. I did reach my goal for October losing weight instead of gaining.

For November my goal is to lose four pounds, exercise regularly, drink my water and stay with in my calorie range.

Thank you all for the support,

Lynn

Birdie- I hope your MIL gets better and comes home soon. It will take some work, but hopefully, she can get back where she was before the stroke in a couple of months.

I saw the spinach / pasta recipe too and can't wait to make it. There are a lot of good recipes on this site and I've been stocking my kitchen like some one who can still cook. lol

While I will try for loosing 3 pounds a month, I will be happy just not to gain anything back this winter. The Wii Fit does help there as it is something easy to do inside while we watch TV.

:drinker: Salud! A toast to all of us this month that we are well and meet our goals.

Jeannie

Hello, everyone,
As of this morning I had lost 5 pounds so I rewarded myself with a McDonald's Sausage & Cheese Biscuit on my way to visit my Mom in the nursing home. OMG it tasted good and blew my sodium for the day!

I decided to see what it looked like if I changed my goal to "maintain my current weight" just for today, and even with the biscuit I can stay within those limits (well, not the sodium).

I had a nice visit with my mother. After church I took her to an Italian restaurant for lunch. I had a salad with 1 tsp of oil and 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar, and a small order of spaghetti with marinara sauce which I split in half right away to take home with me.

I didn't set any goals for October - just wanted to get under way - and I lost 5 pounds! I would like to say I will lose another 5 in November, but that's unrealistic what with going to visit my sister in Austin for Thanksgiving.

Lynn, I like your goals for November: "For November my goal is to lose four pounds, exercise regularly, drink my water and stay with in my calorie range" (I can't remember how to do the quote thing so I copied and pasted.) I'm going to borrow them for myself if you don't mind.

Vicki, I'm so jealous! Half of your Christmas shopping done already. I've barely begun to think about it!

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:flowerforyou: Good luck with those goals, ladies! The holidays are upon us, but supporting each other we can make it!

Karen

:flowerforyou: Good evening ladies, I am home.....what a busy weekend
Did OK on my October goals:
:drinker: Fell a LITTLE short of my goal to walk 150 miles
:drinker: Lose 4 lbs -I think I did, I can’t remember how much I weighed at the beginning of the month……..
:drinker: Lose inches: I went from a 44DD to a 42DD
:drinker: I continue to drink 4 16oz or more bottles of water a day
:flowerforyou: I had a very exciting weekend. Went to Baltimore to visit my father on Friday night. He took me to dinner at a very nice restaurant. Stayed within my calories for the day thanks to a little extra exercising. The food was incredible. The place was so fancy they didn’t have prices on the menu. I felt like such a hick……:embarassed: LOL LOL LOL When we got back to my fathers I put in my Leslie Sansone DVD and exercised. My father is 76 and said I made him tired just watching me.:laugh:
:flowerforyou: On Saturday my sister had a birthday party for her granddaughter. They had goulash, pizza, BLT dip, banana pudding, homemade southern pumpkin pie (made without sugar), taco dip and nachos and of course birthday cake. I went prepared. I stopped at Subway and bought myself a nice veggie salad topped with turkey breast and 1 packet of low fat ranch dressing. I also took baby carrots with me. The only thing I ate there was about 2 tablespoons of taco dip for my carrots and a small sliver of the pumpkin pie instead of birthday cake. With roasted chicken breast and carrot sticks for dinner, I was below my 1200 calories for the day.
It was so wonderful when everyone told me how great I looked and wanted to know how I lost so much weight. I told them about myfitnesspal.com and that I try to stay at 1200 calories, exercise alot
and drink at least 4 16oz bottles of water a day. I think they were expecting some miracle drug or something...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:flowerforyou: Today was my daughters baby shower.
:noway: I didn't do as well today as yesterday. My sister in-law makes the most spectacular and yummy cakes and of course I had to have a little piece. Because her cakes are so moist and flavorfulI I like to eat the cake without the icing. I did take a bag of salad and mixed with lots of raw veggies off the vegetable tray, a little low fat dip ( I made with low fat sour cream and packaged ranch dip mix) two pieces of ham and 2 pieces of swiss cheese. I was still within my calories for the day with my exercise calories.

November goal:
NOT to gain any weight over the holidays. I am at 176 as of this morning, November 1st
Continue to exercise every day
I am going to try walk at least 100 miles

Congratulations to those who met their goals
Welcome to the newbies. You have found the best place for support and encouragement on the internet.....
to those who are struggling. It is a new month, a new day and we know you can do it. Just look to the most amazing women on this thread and they will encourage and support you through the hard times.
prayers, hugs and love to all, Rosemary
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:drinker: Lose 4 lbs -I think I did, I can’t remember how much I weighed at the beginning of the month……..
... prayers, hugs and love to all, Rosemary
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Since you have been recording your weight in your "check in" area, or else you wouldn't have any info displaying on your ticker, you should be able to go into check in and choose the edit function and look back at the weight for a particular time period.

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Well, in my earlier post I mentioned a chicken dinner and how "the Lord will provide." Well how about "easy come easy go" or "the Lord giveth and taketh away."

We went to the Mass, and at the end of it, an announcement was made to come over to the hall and have "hamburgers and hot dogs with fries" ...HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS WITH FRIES???!!:noway: :grumble: Not exactly the same menu I was quoted when I phoned the church office on Thursday!! And the people taking the money for dinner didn't have a clue as to why the menu was different than what I was told.

After I looked at the church bulletin, I figured out what must have happened. Although I was explicit about what event I was asking about, when I called, the person on the other end of the phone admitted to being a stand in for the regular receptionist. It appears she gave me the menu for a luncheon to be held the middle of this week. Ironically it is for 55 and over, but it doesn't start 'til noon and I work that day at one, so that takes care of that!!:laugh: :laugh: I still got my chicken, but it came in a salad and was my dinner at the restaurant that we ended up going to instead of staying at the church.

I also had a fantastic walk in the sunshine this afternoon, first one in a few weeks without the doggies. It got a bit chilly at the end as the sun was getting low. Lots of people out with their doggies, and I got sniffed pretty carefully, since I carry "evidence" of the three of them on all my clothes no doubt.:laugh: :laugh: There was a black Lhasa Apso who looked so much like Pepper it was a little unnerving. The owner thought I was exaggerating, til I showed him a picture in my cell phone. Both dogs are black, except for white on their chests, and white on the tips of their feet. One of these days I have to get the pics out of my phone and in to my pc so I can post them.

Well, unfortunately, I have to work on one of my regular days off--namely Monday--so that I can take next Saturday off without using any vacation time. On Saturday I drive to Seattle with my parents to attend a lunch in celebration of my aunt and uncle's 60th anniversary. I thought it was smart of my cousin to have it during the day as so many of those in that generation don't like to drive after dark. I suppose the day will come when that describes me, but I am not there yet!!

It is bad enough that I am working, but I start at 6 am!! So that is why I have to say, "bye" for now.:yawn: :yawn:

Barb

Good Morning everyone:flowerforyou:

It is a bright, sunny but very frosty morning here today:happy: Isn't it amazing how ones whole outlook can be effected by the weather. Yesterday I went for a bike ride and even though it was on the cool side I bundled up and leisurely scooted along. My knee was none the worse so I did some yard work and even vacuumed and cleaned the inside of my vehicle:happy: Hubby is away again for the next couple of weeks so I have lots of time to putter at all the things I chose to do.

Today I plan on doing a workout with the BLBootcamp, another bike ride and get some errands done.
Gotta get that scale moving anyway I can:laugh:

Cheers to all:happy:

Marie

Good morning to you all,

I got to go get the kids to school. you know, I welcome the ideas. I do have videos but I guess I want more hard core stuff like the elliptical and that machine might be worth the 39.00 bucks at the Y. I just don't want to start it if I'm not going to go.

To all of you. this is the start of a new month. My BDay month. I love the fall and for me it is like spring for someone else. i love the cooler weather and the colors. let's stay on track of health. The rest is sure to follow. Let you know what I decided to do as far as the y. Be blessed each one of you. kc

To all of you. this is the start of a new month. My BDay month.

Hey mine too What date is your b'day?? I'm on the 19th. Yep Scorpio - that's me:bigsmile:

Heather

Wow Terri That is some great work for October. Way to go:drinker: :drinker:
It seems like you have a good handle on 'behaving' and tracking so you should do fine while you're away. That's so exciting for you to go to another country to see your son. Mine lives in his bedroom down the hall:laugh: :laugh:

A quick note as I have to teach CCD tonight and am just getting out of work. Last night I was a little undisciplined. :ohwell: Instead of counting out my mini rice cakes, I was eating them out of the bag. Doesn't seem like something that bad, accept it leads to other "undisciplined" behavior. Because my mil is in the hospital I worked in her kitchen cleaning out food etc that might go bad and THERE WAS THE COOKIE JAR! It had the most decadent cookies in it.... and even though I haven't been tempted.... because I was not in control of other things, I got into the cookie jar.:noway: I ate one and then I took a second one. My husband saw me and knowing how good I've been doing announce (after I had left her kitchen) that the cookie problem was solved and that he hoped the birds would like them as he emptied the jars out into our back yard so I wouldn't be tempted:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: If I wanted another cookie I would have had to take it out the grass:laugh: :laugh: It worked! I went to bed and today I have had my discipline back. (Thank you God.....and Russ )
BirdieM:smooched: