WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2012

Here's to a totally tantalizing terrificly titilating Tuesday.


Robin, Bodi Boy and the infamous Rit Bit.

You crack me up!

Hi there. I new to MFP ( since last Thursday). I've enjoyed reading through your posts. It's very encouraging. Although June is half-way through, my goal is to return to walking/ running 3-5x a week. I'd like to do a 5K in July. Earlier in the year when training for a 10K I developed hip pain. My primary care couldn't find anything wrong but every time I start up again it kills me. Any advice is welcome.

Oh, Rose...What FANTASTIC news:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: GOOD for you and I am so happy you got the recognition that you deserve...(AND the paycheck!) Thank you for sharing your happy news:drinker:

Robin: YES, you crack me up too...and I appreciate it:flowerforyou:

Birdie: Thank you for your nice post. Good to hear from you too!

AManda: HAPPY birthday:flowerforyou:

Sunsportsmom: WELCOME!! Glad to have you here! I hope that your hip gets better...I am sure that you are stretching very well after each bit of running, walking etc? I have to do hip openers and have also found that some good Fish Oil supplement helps with things like that! Good luck!!!

Well, DH has booked us an ocean front room in a lovely resort not far from us for the next 2 nights as a "Get-away" and as a special treat for me(His Caregiver), so that I don't have to cook or clean up for a couple of days. It will be a great time and I will enjoy being able to walk the beach and he can sit on the balcony over the ocean and read while he continues to recover. (If I posted this here already, forgive me...I am so sleepy right now:yawn: , I cant' remember who I have told! Can you tell that I am EXCITED!!!??? ) So...I will try to walk enough to make up for eating restaurant food, but at least there is lots of good fresh seafood to order. And I LOVE not having to cook the seafood...but just...EAT it:-):drinker:

Off to iron clothes:grumble: :grumble:
Have a great week, Kackie

Well I did 10 miles on the bike this am and am back to "normal "eating...already feel better...and the scale # wasn't too bad..hoping mostly water, will find out tomorrow. DS is still home and I am so happy to see the man he is becoming...I KNEW he was in there during those tough, dark days..so to those with teenagers...hang in there and keep talking to them and hugs whenever you can give or get them!!!

Love the DIY stories...only way we get things done. We are working on the kitchen (I use we very Loosely) and the Monday before the fam reunion DH sanded the new walls...the walls were redone in MARCH...needless to say I spent all day Saturday cleaning...nothing like a deadline to get stuff done.

Well off to bed and reading time for me...had the menopause insomnia last night...hopefully the exercise will help me sleep tonight.

:flowerforyou: Hugs and prayers to all who need them and high fives to us for being here!

Have to share another DS story...when he was in 4th or 5th grade he decided he would not hug or kiss me good night anymore..he shook my hand:laugh: ..and tonight he was leaving to go out and meet friends and not only volunteered his plans but gave me a hug good night ...full circle??

Thanks for listening

Jen

Hi ladies, it's been awhile since I posted, you know life just got busy. Still busy I have a conf. the rest of this week, but decided I needed to say HI to everyone. I am trying very hard to get all my calories in, some days are better than others. I have lost 15 lbs. since May 20 th, I'm so excited about this!!!
BirdieM, thank you for those lovely words of wisdom, when life gets busy we tend to forget.
To all the ladies caring for others, Wow, I know it can be hard but you will never regret a moment of it. Wish my mom was still here, I would do it all again!
Thank you all for the motivation I get by just reading your stories.
Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

DeeDee

:mad: :explode: ............

As I finished posting ......:noway: a little damp patch appeared above my head ........we're waiting for the ceiling to collapse!!
Roofer required soon methinks and wellies!!!

BFN
Jackie

Morning all!

:bigsmile: Jen I love you story about your DS shaking your hand!!! That made me laugh!!!! And with the morning Ive had I really needed a laugh so thank you!!!!! When my DS was in third grade he said he was not going to hold my hand anymore when I walked him into class and "oh by they way Mommy from now on Im calling you Mom, Im too big to call you Mommy!"..I told him it sounded like he was calling me "Mrs Weaver" it sounded so formal!!!!

But today he's 19 and gives me hugs and kisses and tells me he loves me and my 21 year old daughter stills called me Mommy :bigsmile: because she knows I like it! Daughters are different I guess!

Well today I woke up with a migraine :explode: first one in 6 months ugh! And we are headed to the beach today because DS is playing a gig tonight and we want to see his band play tonight:explode: ...so well stocked with my meds and hope they kick in (fingers crossed :grumble: )

AND.....this morning when I woke up stumbling around with my migraine I could not figure out why my eyes were itchy and I COULD SEE EVERYTHING??? What is going on???? OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!! I SLEPT WITH MY CONTACT LENSES IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sad: :sad: :sad: In 30 years I have NEVER don't that and I don't have the kind of contacts that you are suppose to sleep in! What is menopause doing to my brain YIKES!!!

Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful day...Im off to the beach to enjoy the waves and watch my DS and enjoy his band :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Love to you all
Kat

Hi all have been mia for a few days sorry I read all the posts but don't have time to reply to them I have been struggling a bit lately been difficult to keep up on the strength training due to the back issues so laying off for a week then try again have a great day all and will be back later today hopefully

barbie - do you know of any yoga DVD's that are about 15 or 20 minute segments? I have Rodney Yee's Yoga for the Week (is that the name?) and also his tape with Mariel Hemingway. Sometimes I need shorter tapes.

banded - I don't wear capris because I have "cankles" and just look terrible in them. Every night (especially during summer, not every night in winter) I need to wear compression stockings. The blood just pools in my feet. I don't have any circulation problems or heart problems (as a matter of fact, one of my biggest problems when exercising is that my heartrate comes down SOOO fast). One of the activities on the WiiFitPlus is super hula hoop where you can set it for 5 minutes to the right and then 5 minutes to the left. Wish there was some way to make it so that you don't have to constantly stop and it tells you the time, I'd like to just keep going and maybe have the time recorded only at some intervals. Oh well.....still want to check out the games on the My Fitness Coach. Looks like you can regulate the time. So far, I've only used it for the yoga. I need to see if there are other games on it. As far as handmade quilts, my aunt (the one who made great handquilts) made one for each of the kids before her eyesite went and Denise didn't really care for hers, she wanted one from WalMart (1001 Dalmations). I just told Vince "there is no way that I'm going to donate a handmade quilt to the Salvation Army and keep one from WalMart". So I still have that quilt. It may never have been used, but I won't get rid of it. Now Jessica's I've requilted and even had someone make her another quilt. Each of the kids got a quilt and my aunt used a flat sheet for the top sheet. I didn't realize just how hard it was to quilt throught that fabric. She also made us a quit for our kingsized bed.

welcome lilylight - many times it's good to have small goals. Then you don't get frustrated when you don't make all of your goals. So starting out the way you are can be a good thing.

For some reason got up extra early this morning so did yoga, now going to check out My Fitness Coachr, then buy gas and go to the extremepump class. Run to WalMart (since they price match, going to get things that are on sale at other stores), do some bowling, and give the bowling alley and the Y the rest of the lemon poppyseed cake that I made for Ken. I really don't need all those calories. Gave him some to take home yesterday, now going to give away the rest.

Did the yoga and then an hour of the extreme pump. Today I tried increasing my weights on the bar in that class. I was able to do it for most of the large muscle groups, but I did have to eventually go lighter on the biceps portion. I started out heavier. Well, it's good to try new things.

Welcome pauli - so glad you joined us. Keep coming back!

Jackie - tell me more about this mystery shopping. I love shopping, so many times I feel that I could give good constructive ideas but don't know who to give them to where they might be acted upon.

You know, looking back on my records, for the last few YEARS (yes, years) my weight really hasn't changed. Some weeks up, some down. But always in the same ballpark. Yet, I also check my body fat percentages. Now THAT has gone down in the last few years.n So that number on the scale really doesn't tell the whole picture.

Jenni - I'm assuming you have all the nutritionals for the bran muffins in the database, right?

deanordorothy - welcome! I'm sure you'll add lots to this forum. Don't worry about your age, that's minor.

We played mahjongg last nigh (Mon)t. To be honest, I was asked mainly because they needed at least three people to play and one lady couldn't make it. They did ask me to go every Monday night, tho. I maj'd twice.

Now it's Tuesday. Got up, had yogurt with honey for breakfast and then went and exercised on the stairmaster for an hour. Then went to the post office to mail a package to a friend of mine in Switzerland. I told Vince we should use those priority boxes but he insisted that the box wasn't heavy enough. Sure enough, had we used the priority box we would have saved about $7. Admitted, its not a whole lot. But I just like being right....lol Then I went to CVS to get a prescription for him. This afternoon I'll play mahjjongg. Update: I maj'd twice!

Tomorrow I'll do a downloadable spin workout, then we have a Newcomer general meeting and then the senior bowling

Oh, there's a bakery that's opening in my town. I've already sent them an email saying that I would like to work there. I'm only looking for two or three afternoons a week. Maybe that safe-serve certificate I just got will come in handy! And to think that the only reason I took the course was because I thought it sounded interesting, I was about the only person there who wasn't taking it for their work.

Jenni - thanks for the laugh. Vince looked at me like I had something wrong with me....lol

Trish - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Ouch on the root canal! How did he find out that he needed one, was he in pain?

Amanda - I do so hope you get your birthday wish

joyce - are those nutritionals for full size muffins or the mini muffins?

sunsportsmom - welcome and good luck on your running. Sorry, no ideas here. I'm not a runner. But I'm sure someone on here will be able to help you out

Rose - big congrats on the raise. Good for you!

Suz - so glad to hear from you! I was wondering about you! Your "diet" sounds pretty borning...no offense. But I understand, you don't want to get sick. Good luck with your gallbladder. Keep us informed.

maradot - welcome! Those are great goals. Wish you all the best

Now where am I? Let's see, it's Wednesday. Did an hour of a downloadable spinning workout, then had the Newcomers general meeting, then senior bowling. Tomorrow I'll do a DVD LaLoFit (weights)

Do we have any members who are in New Mexico? I have a friend from grade school who lives in Riodoso and am wondering about her.

katie - so sorry about your migrane

Forgot to post last night, so I'd better post this now before it gets too long!

Hope everyone has a great evening

Michele