WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Good Morning ladies,
I survived my ladies night out with a large salad and lots of good company. I plan not to weight myself until Thanksgiving Day so I will be more motivated until then. We have missed our workouts all this week except Monday. Plan to get back in swing today or tomorrow.
Barbie, I cannot even imagine what you went through. I think of that all the time when Kenneth goes out of town that I will have to get on a plane alone and travel to some strange place because he is sick or hurt. I am glad he is okay and you survived. To everyone else have a good day. Keep up the good work. We are taking grandkids to Lafayette today to see Disney on Ice so I may be awol for while. I am bringing computer but may not have much time. Talk to you later.
Vicki M

:flowerforyou: Greetings to all of you! Barbie, yay for you not turning to food after the news about your husband. I think that is what I would have mindlessly done. You continue to be an inspiration.
Well, I continue to make more steps forward than back, but I'm not moving any pounds. I need to be drinking my water and that will make a difference. It is good to be back on the tredmill and it was even nice enough yesterday to go for a bike ride! My two youngest boys went with me. It's always fun to do things with my children.
Well, off to school. We have half days on Friday so we can clean the house in the afternoon. Have a good weekend ladies!!:flowerforyou:

Good Morning,
I have finally got off the 163 mark and lost 1 lb.
Birdie M... thanks for the tip on drinking more water
Swissmiss.....good tip about eating more low fat protein as I do not eat a lot of protein. Usually some skim milk with my cereal and then meat with dinner. Oh yes I do eat a south beach protein bar in the afternoon.
Happy Birthday to Heather. Love having birthdays!!!
House cleaning day for me and bathing the dog.
Good day to all.
angl:bigsmile:

BirdieM: The step work outs are available on VHS or DVD . . I use VHS because it’s an old machine we have set up in the garage. Just “google” or search online for Step Reebok. I have some other step tapes that are good too – Jane Fonda has one – but Gin Miller’s are my favorites.
My weekend commitment . . . drink water, exercise, and WRITE IT DOWN!! Good luck everyone . . . never give up!! :glasses:

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How do you like the new look of the site? I don't really mind however one thing I noticed is that I actually have to log out. Before when I powered down, I would have to log in the next time and today when I booted up I didn't have to. Good to know when you are using a work computer. Kind of a privacy issue because anyone could have accessed my personal info. Unless I'm mistaken. Before you could look up general stuff but to get to other info you had to password in. Oh well to be safe I will just hit the log out button before I sign off......


Have a great weekend ladies.

Heather

As far as I can tell, the version of the MFP website you are viewing should not affect whether or not you have to log in the next time you bring the site up on your computer. What DOES effect this process is the little box in the login window that you check if you want it to "remember you next time."

Barb

Afternoon ladies;

Husband just left for his 2nd shift job. I've done well so far today. Exercised 30 min this morning and am already on my 3rd 16 oz bottle of water.

Speaking of drinking out of water bottles. I have a friend I bowl with (she's almost 79). She came over to me this past wednesday and told me she had started drinking out of a cup because she read in Prevention Mag. that puckering up to drink out of a water bottle produces the same kind of lines around your mouth that smokers get. She said she told me this because she doesn't want me to get mouth wrinkles! If she is concerned about them at 79 do you think I need to be at 53? She's not bigger than a minute and can hardly throw the ball down the alley (oh, she used to bowl with Linda Petty, Richard Petty's wife and she loves to watch racing, Said Jeff Gordon's her man now!)

My question of the day is, I am consistently going over in my Fiber column. Is that a problem?

And Laurel, yes I am having trouble drinking my water now that the weather is colder.

I'm off to the Library and maybe a little shopping.

Hope you have all had a good day.

Barbie: I'm glad your husband is okay have you heard from him today?

Renny, I hope you get to feeling better soon.

Cindy

Speaking of drinking out of water bottles. I have a friend I bowl with (she's almost 79). She came over to me this past wednesday and told me she had started drinking out of a cup because she read in Prevention Mag. that puckering up to drink out of a water bottle produces the same kind of lines around your mouth that smokers get. She said she told me this because she doesn't want me to get mouth wrinkles!

Cindy

I was told that also by someone on another thread when I suggested drinking with a straw. When I drink with a straw I drink so much more, so it's easier to get lots of water in. Hmmmm...maybe I should rethink my strategy seeing as I am 61!!!!:noway: :noway:

BirdieM:embarassed:

Hi Everybody,:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Thank you all for your kind and encouraging words. Hubby is still in the hospital. They changed some of his meds and wanted to keep him one more day to monitor his reactions before sending him back to his workshop. Somebody from the group brought him his cell phone, clean clothes, a book to read, and some other stuff and he’s out of CCU into a regular room. I’ve been able to talk to him and see that he’s OK. :bigsmile: I made an appointment for him to see his cardiologist when he gets home.

:bigsmile: Angl, one of my inspirations to start this journey was that you don’t see fat old people and I want to live a really long life….after losing all this weight, I feel healthier than I ever have. Like Birdie, I’m in my 60’s and can’t wait any longer. I haven’t been to the movies since I started this weight loss journey so no temptation to eat that naughty popcorn. We buy a lot of DVDs and watch movies at home. Congratulations on losing a pound…….one at a time, they add up…..your dog is darling.

:bigsmile: Cindy, Since I’ve lost weight my cholesterol numbers have gone way down. One of the keys to low cholesterol cooking is more veggies and less meat which is also the key to lower calories. It’s good to hear from you again. Check in with us a lot……..I get a lot of motivation from the great women on this thread. I am always way over on fiber and it’s working well for me……..I think MFP sets fiber too low…..fiber is great for keeping you regular which I think is very important

:bigsmile: Heather, you are so smart to have a plan for going out to eat…..I’m just learning to eat in restaurants and planning ahead is the key…..and of course, miracles like having a reason to not eat the offending sandwich. Congrats on reaching on new levels in your exercising.

:bigsmile: Nanapami, I love your idea about going walking after Thanksgiving dinner……of course, you don’t live in NW Washington where it will probably by raining all day. Congrats on losing another pound.

:bigsmile: BradyBrookes….I looked up Gin Miller on the internet and she has some great workouts….I previewed a couple of them……now I know what to get when I get tired of Leslie and Richard

:bigsmile: Vicki, I love how focused you are. Have a great trip…..Disney on ice sounds fabulous

:bigsmile: Birdie, thanks for reminding me to stay in the moment….just like you, I plan to focus on what I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving instead of thinking about all the tempting foods that I don’t need to eat.

:bigsmile: Susan, My husband is at a 5 day personal growth workshop connected with our business. He is in Santa Barbara, CA and we are in NW Washington about 1800 miles north. He is in the capable hands of an able cardiologist and a great hospital and good medical insurance.

:bigsmile: Becky, how awful for your Zumba instructor’s daughter….. I hope she’ll be OK soon.

:bigsmile: Kathy, you are faced with a bunch of hurdles in your life. ….just jump them one at a time and keep on keeping on………it’s a blessing that you’re not juggling a job along with all that other stuff.

:bigsmile: Renny, hope you feel better soon.

The animals are chasing each other around the house trying to get my attention. It must be time to feed them.
Hugs, Barbie

Barbie, you are an inspiration! I am glad your husband is doing well. We all know how easy it would be to give into our emotional eating urges. I am reading everyone's post and trying to keep up. You all are so supportive. I will be off work for a week so I am hoping to log on daily. Tomorrow's plan: Execise!:bigsmile:

Hey ladies !! Had another good weight loss week. Lost 3 lbs !!! I got on and off the scale several times to be sure and it recorded the same thing every time. I was a little worried about the weigh in because a lady came to work this week with home made peanut brittle one day and home made peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies the next. Both of those are addictive for me and of course I indulged. I ate a light dinner both nights hoping to counteract the calories and I guess it worked.

Have a happy weekend ladies. I have to work today.....UGH !!

Morning everyone!

Shelia & Suzy; Great going on the weight loss numbers!!!

I fixed an egg white omelet for the first time today. I thought I wouldn't like it but I was hungry and it was good! I'm really going to try & eat more veggies. I have a grill pan so I grilled peppers onions & mushrooms to go on it. (When I want to use the grill pan on the stove I take my wok ring and put it on the burner and put the pan on that. Yeah grilled veggies in the house!) We also had some FF cranberry orange muffins that I added some ground flax to the mix). A little bit of greek yogurt. I'm good to go.

Not much going on for me today. Hopefully I can get out for a walk later today.

I don't want to get too bored because then I will want to start grazing. My daughter left all her jewelry making stuff over here. Maybe I'll try my hand at some earrings.

But right now off to straighten the kitchen

I hope you all have a good day.

Cindy

Greetings all, from a sunny and mild Rhode Island!:noway: Got lots of cleaning to do today and errands. Tomorrow hubby and I are looking for a Nursing Home for my MIL so I'll be out for most of the day!
We had a scare last night, as my daughter Lisa had been running a temperature of 103 - 104.5 for the last few days and didn't want to bother any of us, or tell us! :noway: She was afraid we'd go over and catch what she got I prayed like I never have before, after insisting she go to the doctors again. This morning her temperature is down and she seems back to normal. Praise God! Still she needs to monitor her temp, because the worse cases of the flu are the ones that came back with a vengeance after getting well! :noway:

SusyQ, thanks for the tip on looking up old posts by clicking on the number of posts under the date you joined. That will be very helpful as I usually remember who said something....but can't remember when!:laugh:

Have a great weekend all, and if I don't have a chance to post again.....talk to you Monday!!

BirdieM:smooched:

Hi ladies, thanks for all the well-wishes. It means a lot to me. It helps me keep my spirits up and get this flu behind me. This morning I weighed 172.5 lbs! So Yay for me....:flowerforyou: I managed to fold the laundry and did a bit of ironing. Now I'm exhausted but happy that I got that done.

I'm a bit older than 50+ (61!) and am very encouraged by your posts. I just joined earlier this week. Since I have some congestive heart issues, I can really yo-yo where the fluid weight is concerned, and this can be very discouraging. I know I can reach my goal of losing 35-40 pounds. We're expecting our second granddaughter in April and I'll need all the energy I can muster. I've read about so many of your successful losses. Hurray for all of you!

SuzyQ:

What is the name of the shoe that you bought that is supposed to be good for toning your muscles? I was intrigued by one of your posts that said your back side didn't look like cottage cheese any more. Thought I might put those shoes on my Christmas list.

Shapeups by Sketchers. Just look to the left of this post under my name where it lists the number of posts. Click on that number and it will bring up all my posts. You can scroll down through them and read all about them.

Hubby has been off for the past 3 days. For some reason it is next to impossible for me to get on here while he is home. :ohwell: But I'm back now ... at least for the next 6 days. Good news is I got lots of deep cleaning done and the tree in the house and fluffed. I figure with no one coming for Thanksgiving it was a good time to get a head start on decorating.

Planning on spending most of the day Christmas shopping in my Shapeups with a girlfriend today while he tries to sleep. He starts back on nights tonight. :yawn:

I'm down another pound. Yippee!:happy:

Susieque: Thanks for the info. I'll put them on my Christmas list.