WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2012

Oh I forgot to tell you all it's a comedy cruise to no where. We leave Sydney Friday head out into the ocean and do a u turn and arrive back Monday. Our very first cruise and am so excited and just as nervous. Not sure if I have sea legs. But a good way to find out. My neighbour says we will love it and will come back and book a longer one. Summer one I hope. It's winter here so I don't think we will be spending much time on deck.
Jenni, in Sydney Australia

hello Ladies ,

well it is back to work today and I walked in from the parking lot , I call the back 40 LOL instead of the parking garage. I plan on walking on my lunch brake as well.

it is good to be home , but I love helping out at the camp and I think it was just the thing to get me out of the slump I was in. A kind of kick start to being more ative you might say.

rjadams: your time at the beach sounds wonderful! I bet the dog where happy to see you!


fitz: sounds like you had a busy weekend and yes you are truly blessed.

Barboecat: Happy Birthday to Sash , is she the one in the photo?

jen: I know what ya mean about missing the kids when they ar gone, and loving the peace when they leave. I always say happy to see them come and happy to see them go. realy kind of bitter sweet to see tham go. anyway a hight five to you also!

jaks97: the soul is just as important as the body, a good balance is what it is all about. have fun with thouse grandkids.

Jane; so happy to hear your DH is feeling better , have fun swiming !

Nancy: so funny you said you are re-arranging your kitchen cupboards, I re-arranged my family room last night while waching tv , I told myself that when I got home from camp , I would not spend so much time sitting at home because of how much I have to spend sitting at work. My DH did not know what to think, when he ask me about it , I told him that I had been thinking of doing it for a long time , but been putting it off. it did feel good when it was all done.

plfeery : way to go! one step at a time.you have a great smile!

Tremendous Tuesday!

Plfeery – great job on the rowing machine. Start where you’re at and keep on going!

Hi Laura, it sounds like you had a good time at various events with your sons over the weekend. Salad and lots of water…a recovery plan! :laugh:

Welcome, makalinger. :drinker:

Oh Jackie, you have worked so hard & now you get the rewards of a comfortable lounge to relax in. Sorry to hear about the ironing.

Jen, you said “when I click on the diary button it makes it easier to stop thinking about food” – the same thing happens to me. :ohwell: It makes an “end” to the day.

Jenni in Sydney, I hope your cruise was fantastic fun! :laugh: Full of good times & lots of laughs.

JB, I have missed the Salad Sistas. Today I am going to the Grade 7 “graduation” lunch, but plan to eat before I go so I can control my meals. It will include greens from the Farmer’s Market and, perhaps, one or two of DH’s radishes if I can sneak them out of the garden.

Ah, you should all come to visit just to appreciate the work I did yesterday. :laugh: I wander in and open the cupboard doors just to marvel at how tidy and organized everything is!

Last night I made a “Persian Chicken” dish – it involved a sauce of pomegranate juice and ground walnuts. J’boy and DH both had seconds, so I count it as a success. Tonight I am going to experiment with tofu.

The scale is moving in the right direction again, I am only .5 of a pound over my posted weight. I am on Laura’s recovery plan = salad and lots of water.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Goals for June:
At least 4 aqua fit classes - something new to shake up the routine. (:blushing: I have chickened out of this goal because I'd have to take off my walking cask and I am afraid I'll fall in the change room or pool deck.)
24 hours of exercise including weight training - I'm half way there! :drinker:
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination! Woops, suitcase from trip to Calgary still on the floor. :noway:
Act the way I want to feel. Be kind.

Hey all!

jb: Just had to make a quick reply to you. I do the same thing in the spring and summer because of my garden. Then I am extra tired and tend to eat more. I made myself a promise this year that I could not go into the garden until I had gone for a fast walk or other type of "real" exercise. I have found that now that I am in that habit, I get just as much work done in the garden and I have more energy too. I am far from perfect with my eating some days, but at least the scale is friendlier to me when I have gotten my heart rate up for a length of time. BONUS to this is also that the time spent in the garden tends to burn WAY more calories AFTER I've gotten my heart rate up first. Maybe that's some motivation for you. You have done an AWESOME job with your weight loss:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: WTG:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Take care everyone. Off with DH for lunch in town:bigsmile: Kackie

Working long hours plus then doing bookkeeping for DHs business in the evening so very tired plus we've got a visitor so busy busy. Not heard from DD for a few days, will tell you more when I've more time.

I'm not logging my food ATM but staying in touch with you all will make it easier for me to get back on track next week after the dratted dentist visit. But b4 that, we are seeing some friends at the weekend that we haven't seen since December so looking forward to that.

Cath x

Did a lot of exercise today...7 miles on the bike, 500 meters of intervals rowing, lunchtime walk and tennis after work with my sister!! 2nd time playing tennis in30 years...maybe by the end of summer the pros will have something to worry about! lol ! My sister and I have set a weekly tennis date at least for the summer...I'll keep you posted..next goal - win at least 1 game!

I closed the food diary again today...hopefully I can keep to the program..one day at a time becomes one week at a time and hopefully becomes the habit!

:flowerforyou: good luck and prayers to the grandbaby that needs surgery - I am sure it is a very nerve wracking time.
Michelle -my hubby installed our pool...it came out great...but the agony of watching him get things set up just so...actually most of our home improvements are like that..I am not "allowed "to help...which I am pretty ok with..i provide food, beverages and cleanup, we all have our talents! LOL!

Have a good night, keep logging, posting, moving, and drinking (water, my friends!)

Jen

Well, did 30 minutes of stepping on the ATM machine. Not quite sure about it yet, tho. It IS something good for a change. Then did 30 min of HIIT on the elliptical. Then did 10 dips and 10 chin ups on the assisted dip machine. Haven't used that machine in quite a while. I'm not a fan of the machines at the gym, but this one I think is worth it. To me, most of the other machines isolate the muscle, they are good for rehab but to me not for a full body workout. But the dip/chinup machine you need to use your full body. Tomorrow...water aerobics then the senior bowling. The Newcomers is having a beer tasting, I won't go since I'm not a beer drinker. But Vince will go. Asked two couples over for dinner tomorrow night, one said they couldn't come since they were having company and I've never heard from the other couple. Maybe next week. I'll check with Vince to see if that's OK with him.

The guy about the pool came here today. I missed mahjongg, but there was no way on this green earth I was going to miss this meeting. Anyway, neither Vince nor I realized it, but he wrote out the contract today and WE SIGNED IT!!!! Yup, TARGETED start date is in 4 weeks. I say *targeted* because you know that mother nature has a mind of her own. Sometimes things happen (like for one reason or another one of the workers can't make it). But we're a step closer, not a big step but a step just the same.

Had bunco here tonight. Really, it seems to be about the same 6 people, the gal who is head of it said that she won't be doing it next year. I honestly don't mind having it here. We wound up playing Mexican Train Dominoes.

I don't know what it is, but I'm having one of those "pig out" days. I'll get it out of my system, and then kick myself tomorrow when I see the gain. I do this every once in a while

Laurel - good luck to your grandson. I'm assuming he's going to A.I. duPont children's hospital? From what I understand, it's a very good place and has a great reputation for cardiac items. A teacher I had when we lived in Kennett Square (PA) worked there.

Jen - Vince read where it's a good idea to provide snacks and drinks (water, Gatorade) to the workers, which works for me since I love to cook and use my new mixer. I'm already getting together ideas of things I can serve them....lol Well, I did the same thing when we had the garage built, gave the workers all sorts of baked goods.

barbie - tell me more about this row pose exercise. I may have done it, just called it something different. I have the tightest hamstrings on this side of the earth, so I'd be interested to know more about it.

Off to bed. I bought some Milky Way bars (I like them) for the soup kitchen and gave them to them. Now I'm so glad that I did because I know me, and I would have had them tonight. But they weren't here for me to have, which is good.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

:flowerforyou: It's overcast but still going to be about 80 on this Wednesday the first day of Summer:flowerforyou: .

Nancy- cleaned out and organized cupboards:noway: I can't remember the last time mine were that way.

kateblue- I hear you on those portion sizes sometimes getting a bit bigger than they ought. I bought these measuring/serving spoons from Avon (yep the perfume make up company) that measure out what a serving size is and it's really helped...of course I sometimes wish that the serving size was a bit bigger:grumble: Sorry you are getting so much rain, hubby was looking at the weather map on Sunday and saw that it had sunshine in Oregon and was talking with his sister in Lebanon and she said they did have sun so I guess it just didn't extend all the way to Portland:glasses:

Jackie- you met people that were on a 62 day cruise:noway: I can't imagine being away that long to say nothing of being able to afford it...it would really test the will power with all that food too:blushing:

Cath- you sound like you are pretty busy, with company and work. Will be thinking of you next week when you have your dentist appt...I so do NOT like going to the dentist:blushing:

Rose- Prayers for you little grandson:flowerforyou: It looks like you will be burning up the roads for a few days, be careful and we will check with you when you get back.:drinker:

Jen- keeping to your plan:drinker: great going. A goal of winning a game of tennis...hummmm...I can't remember the last time I picked up a tennis racket..good for you doing that with your sister:flowerforyou: My hubby would like me to help in somethings and in others just keep out of the way...but then I have a way of saying "We did it "....and then it's the "royal We" not the actual We

Barbie- hubby and I saw "the best exotic hotel" too and we loved it. it's great to go to a movie where the whole audience is of the same mindframe and all laugh at the same things:laugh:

Michele- I'm sure that your "pigging out day" is just a one day thing...you are so busy with all you do I'm sure you really don't have time to do that all the time

jb- good job on the workout:drinker: and then planning a good day today...sounds like you are making positive progress.

*****

I lost .6 since last week so that's 20.5 gone...of course MFP ticker shows it as a full pound but I know that it's a half pound off because these last #10 hang on and are really hard to get rid of:grumble: But the NEVER EVER GIVE UP is part of my life and I'm so into that saying.

I'm hoping to be able to get in an outdoor bike ride after work since it's overcast today and a bit cooler. It's supposed to be back in the high 90's over the weekend so if we get bike rides in at all it will have to be early in the morning.

My bookkeeper is supposed to come in today and check some of the things I've been doing and I'm going to be taking serious notes so I will know what to do next month. I have a lot of reports that need to be done today too, so I'd best get moving.

Everyone have a great day, log it, drink it and move it:drinker:

Laura80111

Wonderful Wednesday! :happy:

First day of summer and the sun is almost, almost shining. :flowerforyou: I have high hopes the clouds will blow away.

Hi Kateblue, feeling good in your jeans! :drinker:

My parents were raving about the movie “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” when I visited them. I am looking forward to seeing it when it comes out on video or Netflicks. I doubt it will ever make it to our small town theatre.

Michelle, I agree about machines at the gym, one of the few I use is the assisted dip/chin-up machine. My long-term goal is to be able to do an unassisted chin-up! :explode: Cheers for your pool!

Salad Sistas – today’s menu is salsa & veggies left over from last night’s tacos stirred into 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and served over a pile of greens. It's going to be great. I am making blueberry pancakes for J'boy, but won't sample anything but the berries.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Goals for June:
24 hours of exercise including weight training. I’m at 10 hrs 30 minutes - will be up to 12 by the end of the day.
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination!
Today is laundry day, and if J'boy doesn't make his bed I am going in to tidy up his room. Wish me luck!
Act the way I want to feel. Be kind.

This am I did a kettlebell core routine and the scary lady book exercises for tricep, chest, shoulder and biceps...felt good since I haven't done enough strength training lately. :blushing: I read this book (free on kindle) about goals and exercise. It was interesting, but the author must spend several hours each day doing various exercises...she was recommending 30-40 minutes of cardio 5 times a week plus weights 3 times a week plus Pilate's or yoga a couple times a week and also a 8-10 minute ab routine 5 times a week. I guess I am not quite that dedicated plus I have a fulltime job and a life. I have 45 min to an hour that I usually get my workout in before work about 4 days a week...:noway: I was feeling like an underachiever, but we all have to do what works in our lives.

OK sorry for the rant, but I am not ever, ever going to give up!:happy:

:flowerforyou: Laura - congrats on the weight loss, you are an inspiration to me because you just keep at it, have a strategy for your weekends and manage to fit the treats in! Keep it up!

Well our 100 degree heat plus humidity has managed to make my brain mush...I am in NYS we aren't supposed to get this hot!!

Have a good night all..hugs, prayers and high fives because we are a fit and fabulous group!


Jen

Hello Lovely Ladies!
Sending prayers to you Rose and hope all goes well with the baby xoxo

All quiet here in the desert, just getting into the lovely HOT HOT summer, in the 110's here today and it is so hard to stand even for 5 minutes outside, ugh. I have to walk down the street to my mailbox and that is hard to do on a day day like today :glasses:

Tonight was nice, DD and DS and DD's BF were over for dinner, BBQ's some nice chicken sausages that were only 110 calories each along with baked beans and a quick cole slaw made for a nice low cal dinner that everyone seemed to enjoy, plus I water till the sun was over the other side of the house tot BBQ int he backyard so I was in the shade so it was not so bad :bigsmile:

I weighed myself this morning and I was 134.5, I have not been this low in years! In fact I didn't even get this low 3 years ago at Weight Watchers, I quit at 136! Then I almost immediately started gaining again! So I'm feeling like my goal weight is actually becoming a reality, I still have a way to go because my goal is around 105 - 110, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and I actually beginning to feel like a thinner person and not a chubby person, its a mindset really, I having a paradigm shift in my thinking of how I persieve myself...am I getting too deep????:blushing: But really I think its all about how we see ourselves sometimes :flowerforyou:

Well time to watch some TV and get some sleep.

The week of July 4th I will up in Barbie and Laura's neck of the woods! Going to visit the in laws, they live in the PNW, Southern Washington State! Yay! We get to leave the HEAT!!!!!

Take care Lovies!!!!

Love
Kat

First time here. I'm 53 yo and am fascinated by what y'all are doing to take care of yourselves.

I think I'm supposed to add some sort of tracker thing, so here goes my experiment:


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Good morning everyone,

Doctor is sending me for knee MRI after doing x-rays and letting me know (once again) how severe my osteoarthritis is. Guess I also have a shallow knee groove with bone where there isn't supposed to be any bone. Suspects a sprained ligament after he pressed on the spot and I about kicked him in the face it hurt so bad:sad: Trying to stay positive but missing my water exercises, even though I suspect Water Zumba wasn't the smartest routine to do and my be what caused this mess!

Done rambling, I actually have a question for you all! Does anyone know any good routines or DVD's for upper body workout? . I may be in a leg brace for awhile and can barely move right now. I don't want to stay completely inactive! I've seen some chair dvd workouts on Amazon but don't want to just get something random. Any suggestions are welcome and in the meantime going to try to eat right and drink, drink, drink water!!!

Glad for all your support! Kathy