WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

"the medication needs to continually be taken to keep it in the bloodstream"

That sound about right. But it depends on the medicine, of course. The insert for the medicine will tell how many hours/days it takes to reach a steady state in your bloodstream.

Barbie, i read your post. I would love to hear in detail how you did it.

You know every time I go and work out, the next few days I am starving and I ruin everything I did. What is wrong with me?

kc, when I started this in January, I made a daily plan of what I was going to eat and stuck to the plan, no matter what. There were times when I had to force myself to keep busy while I waited for the next time I could eat. Deviating from my plan was never an option. I ate according to my plan, not according to how i felt. Early in February I found My Fitness Pal and that made planning my meals even easier. I made a rule for myself that I would eat nothing that was not on my plan, no matter how benign (not even carrots or celery). I put a lot of energy into staying on track. MFP helped me learn how to eat only nutrition dense foods. that meant "clean eating" mostly and no extras that added calories without adding nutrition. I eliminated caffeine, sugar, artificial sweeteners, processed foods, and aimed to keep sodium very low. I made a decision to "say no to birthday cake" and "pleasing others"

I brought my own food to events where food was served and ate only what I brought. I declined invitations to join friends for meals and asked them instead to do things with me that didn't involve food. I decided that "recreational eating" had no place in my life. I made staying on my eating plan as important as prayer, bathing, and caring for my family.

I've been taking it one day at a time. taking baby steps, and staying open minded to new ideas.

There's a lot more, but these are the basics. I wish you the very best on your weight loss journey
hugs Barbie

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Thursday is my long day. i get up at 5:00 to go to a 7 AM spiritual meeting followed by line dance from 9-11. I can't go to bed early because I have a 10PM phone date with my best friend who lives in California. I always promise myself a nap and then I forget. :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Vicki, I like how you're working on this early gym time by doing it one day at a time. Your body is thanking you for making the effort.

:flowerforyou: SuzyQ, I am one of the many dog lovers on this thread who appreciate the darling picture of your granddog, Chloe.

:flowerforyou: Heather, I am so sorry you are sick. Feed yourself healthy food and get rest and you'll be better soon. Think about the early class in a few days when you are feeling better and it may seem more possible.

:flowerforyou: kc, you'll probably be very tired at first from working out at the gym, but don't give up, it will get better.

:flowerforyou: marie, thank you for your kind words. we don't have snow yet, but I have a great jacket for when it comes. shoveling snow is great exercise.

:flowerforyou: Lynn, you look great in your picture. Don't let all the compliments deter you from continuing toward your goal.

:flowerforyou: Terri, how exciting that you can get rid of some of your clothes. Just keep taking it one day at a time, and you'll be able to discard more clothes. You have worked hard to get to this point.

:flowerforyou: Rosemary, congratulations on reaching your first goal and setting a new one. Your new clothes sound fabulous. Enjoy them because the way you're going, they will be too big pretty soon.

I took the dogs to the dog park in what I thought was a "window" in the storm but it started raining again as soon as we got there. we didn't stay long and when we were walking back to the car, Brandy got so excited at seeing all the ducks and birds that she pulled the leash out of my hand and ran off after them. I put Sasha in the car and went off yelling "Brandy, come" until she finally heard me and stopped running after the birds. It was not a fun time, but I got a lot of exercise running after Brandy:laugh: I came home and did my Leslie Sansone "Walk Off Your Hips and Thighs" (two mile walk) and the 25 minute toning and stretching.
hugs Barbie

Barbie,

You are so motivating. Thanks for posting.

Healthier4me – I love your picture. Where is it from? What are you doing?

Barbie- No, my kids are just fine with the dogs eating baked chicken. Lol

Vicki M- Good Luck getting the morning Gym routine down.

SuzyQ- I saw those shoes of yours advertised on TV and thought of you. Good Luck with them.

Ester- Absolutely, your son-in-law has to be consistent in taking the meds. We learned that the hard way with our son’s meds. Why is he not taking it? We use pill boxes that are filled out weekly then it’s easy to see if your skipping.

To everyone sick – get better and if you get a relapse treat it as an urgent matter. Advice I got yesterday from our CDC liaison.

Also, our nurses all lectured me on how good dark chocolate is for you when you are sick and kept giving me some. (seriously) It was not pretty when I added my candy calories in, but I did feel better. The other advice from the nurses was to not eat less than 1400 calories a day. While they liked the tour of MFP I gave them yesterday, they all expressed concern over my 1265 daily calorie allowance.

On the YMCA- We are thinking of joining the local Y. We’ve been summer members before, but never over the winter. I’m glad to hear it’s been a good choice for many of you as far as the workout and exercise programs go. I was wondering about that. We just always joined for the outdoor pool.

It’s time for me to go to work now. Have a great day all!

Jeannie

Good Morning everyone:flowerforyou:

Another Friday is here and I cannot quite believe how fast the week flies by.

:flowerforyou: Jeannie the picture of me was taken when DH & I visited Mt Rushmore in September. I had to use my walking sticks to get around because of my knee issues but it was a wonderful time nevertheless. We did lots of hiking and the walking sticks work great.

:flowerforyou: Vicki congrats on getting that darn scale to move. I understand your frustration because I am going through the same thing. However, I am not going to give in and you aren't either are you..at a girl:noway:

Exercise today consists of a walk and some floor exercises with a side order of stationary bike thrown in for good measure:laugh:

Hope all have a great day:flowerforyou:

Marie

On 1400 vs. 1250 vs. some other number:

There really isn't one magic number for everyone. I'm pretty short and have a small frame so what works for me isn't going to be enough for someone who is Amazonian. But their calorie recommendations would cause me to GAIN weight. In fact, before I got into endurance sports, my daily maintenance calories were around 1400, maybe 1500 tops. So clearly 1400 wouldn't be a good number for trying to lose weight for me!

But now MFP says my BMR is something like 1100 when it's higher than that. So I have to adjust the activity level to one that gets me to my true maintenance calories without exercise (around 1600-1700 these day). If I didn't do that, MFP would be telling me to eat less calories than I need and I'd still be losing weight.

But even though MFP is just an estimate and you may have to play with the numbers, if you are losing 1-2 lb. a week, that is generally agreed upon as a reasonable rate of loss if you aren't on a doctor supervised program.

Plus, nurses who ply you with dark chocolate under the guise of being a health food clearly aren't the most educated on nutrition. :laugh:

Hi everyone,
I am enjoying reading all the shares. I am back on crutches with the other knee and I have surgery scheduled for December 18th for my knee.:noway: :noway: I am also having a somewhat unexpected hysterectomy the 24th of this month.:noway: :noway: I would of liked to get everything done at once but that isn’t the way it’s done. I have lived my whole life with no surgery and bam things are giving out :huh: or falling from their rightful place:huh: left and right! I must be getting some kind of exercise on these crutches but it isn’t the same as walking 4 miles on my lunch hour with my Leslie Sansome CD. I am determined to stick to my clean eating and food tracking. I will continue to lose weight but with little or no exercise except hand weights and abs I have to adjust my loss expectations. I still plan on losing just not as fast. I did it through my last knee surgery so now I know it can be done. Next week is our 6th wedding anniversary and we are taking a trip up to Gold’s Beach the week-end. I found a lovely place, on the beach that takes dogs so the boys are going too. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I will take my shakes and choose wisely when we go out to our special dinner.
:flowerforyou: Barb-wow 30 inches of snow! Have a safe trip. We have been having a bunch of rain here In Fieldbrook finally.
:flowerforyou: SuzyQ- How do you like the Shapeups?
:flowerforyou: Marie-How are your knees doing. Sounds like their working enough for some good exercise.
:flowerforyou: Barbie-Your amazing transformation speaks well for the program you are following. I haven’t really investigated BMI yet. Sounds like something good to know about.
Well that is all for me. The rain is really coming down and all cats are curled up throughout the house and two dogs are on the bed and the other one is sleeping on his pillow on the floor. All is well.

Lianne

:bigsmile: Susieque: what are shapeups ?

I've done pretty well this week. Actually lost 2 lbs. Been exhausted since I've been back from vacation and back on the job so I'm doing very little physical exercise.....maybe getting in a short walk, that's about it. I work as a temp and this job will be over in a couple of weeks and I won't be working again until after New Years. So I'm hoping I'll be able to get back into an exercise routine while I'm off work.

Sounds like all of you are doing good.....congrats to all.

Lianne- Good luck with your upcoming surgeries. Trying to loose weight and being on crutches has got to be hard. It will just come off slower. Your dogs are lucky they get to go on vacation.

Suzy- We've got some of that good weather too. So, we will both be outside working in the yard today.

SheilaJane- Gratz on the 2 lbs!

I got up early this morning and already did 40 minutes of strength training and yoga. I plan to work outside today and get rid of some weeds around the house. Hopefully, the day will include walking the dogs.

Have a great day,

Jeannie