WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2012

Hi- didn't know there were so many 50+ women on here. I'm so glad to join ths group! I'm 52 from NJ and looking to meet other women my age fighting to get their fitness back! My goal for July is to continue exercising at least 5 days a week and to lose at least 1lb per week.

Any other NJ women around? Would love to meet up for a beach day / walk.

Jeannie - sending positive happy thoughts and energy your way to help you thru this trying time. I remember it like it was yesterday even though I lost my mom about 5 and half years ago now. I am not sure it ever gets easier but at least we learn to live with it and one key is to focus on all the positive memories.

DH's kidney stones acted up yesterday so he spent the day curled up in a fetal ball. I walked on the dreadmill and we didn't end up bar-b-queing so I didn't eat too much. today we begin the yard work.

Sedated both dogs last night and so it wasn't quite as stressful for them both with all the fireworks.

Have a happy day.

Robin, Bodi Boy and the Ritter BIt.

Hi everyone, Thank you for the warm welcome. I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July. It was quiet at my house. I am an eleven month employee at a high school in NC so I am off for the month of July. I answer the phone and sign the students in and out. Can I say CRAZY??? I have arthritis in my knees so all my exercise is done on machines. It's amazing I can ride the exercise bike and have no problems with my knees while on the bike. If I go shopping and there is not a shopping cart to lean on I have to use a cane. I have been exercising since the beginning of May so hopefully eventually I will be able to walk without the cane. This is one of my goals. The doctor said I need to loose 50 lbs. and that is just to start off. Today I rode the exercise bike for 8 miles then worked out on the rest of the equipment (upper body and lower body). Is anyone having the problem of not eating enough calories? The food section after I enter everything for my day says I am not eating enough??? I am not hungry and I am eating around 1200 calories. When I enter my exercise I do then I gets worse on the calories because it subtracts the calories burned. This is driving me nuts.How does everyone handle this??? I hope very one enjoys the rest of their day. Thanks for listening!!

Lin, Thanks for your reply. That sounds right to me. I feel fine with the amount of calories I am eating. I was just a little confused since I joined this sit a few days ago.

Jeannie- So sorry for your loss.

Got up and went to the gym first thing this morning before life could get in the way. Felt good and seems to be helping me to feel more energetic even hours later.

I just finished making a quinoa salad for supper.It looks good- can't wait to try it. I'm not much of a cook, but am looking for different ideas for healthy meals. I am very fortunate to have a sous chef for a husband, however some of the foods he cooks don't work for me and my new-ish healthier life style. He also appreciates it when I cook at home. He is willing to try anything- more so than me- so there are few limitations as to what I can try.

I love the idea with the resistance bands. I'll have to move mine as well.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Deb A

Dear Jeannie, I'm so sorry you lost your mom. I'm sending hugs to you.

Sissygok et al, yep, squash for breakfast. it was good for my morale if not my tastebuds. I've done it twice this week and probably will opt for something tastier next time. I've had spinach (cooked) with a little lemon juice when I was at a restaurant. It was pretty good. Maybe that's worth a try.

Chiclet, I know what you mean about getting in the groove. After yesterday (more later), I felt myself wavering. I didn't stick with my plan but (BIG but) I ate moderately, stuck to limeade (made with Stevia) instead of booze, and skipped dessert. Overall, it felt pretty good.

One thing that helped was being able to retreat to my own space to make my salad, etc. That got me away from the appetizers, which was a very good thing.

Today started out well then I made tuna salad with all kinds of things in it for everyone (DD, 2 DGD's, and myself) for lunch. Figuring out the calories seemed too difficult. I had a taste or two too. Uh oh. Not a good thing. I then had some of the dessert I skipped last night. Worser and worser.

It was a close thing but, instead of continuing on the mindless path, I decided to take my best guess at calories and log what I'd eaten. I feel amazingly more in control.

What it seems to come down to for me is I can survive a (short) detour without too much damage but it's risky. I've wanted very much to be able to take a weekend off from logging and still eat moderately. The reality is that I can't do that. Maybe someday (maybe) but definitely not now.

Knowledge is power (they say!) I guess this is power.

Mimi SVQ

First thing this morning we went to the courthouse to support my niece on divorce day...but again it didn't happen...he has asked for delays so many times now the judge is getting pissed off at him...good let the judge get pissed and maybe it will benefit my niece at settlement. WE met with her attorney and with several of of there to witness for her a lot of things came out that she had not told her attorney...she has unfortunately enabled this man for many years, supported him when he said he was physically unable to work and then after 28 years of marriage he found someone else...and now wants half of my nieces 401K, house and also to be paid spousal support..:devil: ..sorry I went into all that but I am seething. :mad:

After the dismissed court we went to the gym and I worked out with a new fervor due to anger. :explode:

Kept on track foodwise all day today too. I am trying as hard as I can to stay off the scale until next Monday....hard for me to do because I have always been a daily weigher...is that even a word? :blushing:

Hotter than hades:devil: here to day and more humid than last week..heard that Oklahoma might be in for another dust bowl...Oh, great, just what we need.

Have a good evening ladies.
xoSissy:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Amanda - the only problem about regifting the crossstitch is that there aren't a whole lot of people that I can give it to. That book that my "secret santa" gave me (Grill This, not That), I'm sending it to the gal who I have as a secret santa. She's into health, nutrition, etc. Not a whole lot of people are. I'm going to go buy tomatoes today (we need some for salad and for me to munch on as I pass by) and I'll ask the guy who sells them to address the envelope for me. I'm sure he won't mind. then I'll go to the post office, need to mail these permits for the pool anyway (I'll do whatever to get that pool) I know that it's so hard to buy for me, clothes have to be a petite size and there aren't a whole lot of stores that carry petite sizes, and the stores that do have a very limited selection. I have a wish list on Amazon, I wonder if I give next years' secret santa my password if they can view my wish list and then know what DVD's I'd like. The only problem I can see is that in order to get the free shipping, you need to spend $25. However, they might want to order something for themselves. I remember one time when we took Jessica to get her hair cut, she was problably around 4 or 5. Vince was holding her, she was VERY upset. Suddenly he felt this warmth on his legs. Yup. When she was little she had no problem getting her hair cut, then she went thru a phase when she would get upset. Glad your grandson had no problem. They ARE cute so that hairdresser was right!

We're supposed to go to a social with the Newcomers this Saturday. It's at the ballpasrk. Personally, if it were up to me, I wouldn't have a problem at all missing it. But I know that Vince wants to go, so we sent in the money. I remember from last year that the food they served wasn't real good (at least to me). Typical hot dogs, hamburgers, there was this chili that was VERY greasy, potato chips, ice cream. I did learn last year that I'd better take a few bottles of water while they have them out so I can drink them during the game. In a sense, I do hope it gets rained out. The temp is supposed to be something like 98 and I worry about Vince.

Did an hour of Jari Love's Ripped to the Core DVD today. Tomorrow I'll use the stairmaster. Then take a quick shower (I always get so sweaty when I use the Stairmaster) and go play mahjongg.

dooleyrg, keckelstafer, drkatiebug - welcome

yougojo - welcome. What part of NJ are you in? I'm in NC now, but I was raised in northern NJ. Just thinking about those Jersey tomatoes......<sigh> Theree's nothing like a Jersey tomato

swkittrell - what part of NC are you in? <hopefully, my part so we can get together> I handle the "problem" of all the extra calories from my exercise by not recording the exercise, so MFP can't add back in those calories. Otherwise, I know that I'd wind up eating junk food just to get my calories up, and that isn't the thing to do.

chicklet - does your housing community have a board of some sort? Maybe you could suggest to them that everyone be assesed some and it would go towards purchasing a solar cover for the pool? Depending on how many couple are in your community, the assessment may not be that much

Rose - first off, warning: delicate matter. anyway, a few years ago I had a hemmerhoidectomy. At the time, the MD said that to make my stools softer, I should take a tablespoonful of mineral oil every day. It DID help. Fortunately, I didn't take any of the pain killer, but I still needed to be "soft". Maybe that will help you.

Well, hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

doesn't have to be a competive pace, just go out there and finish the thing. its all about finishing

TO JEANNE,

I am so very sorry for the passing of your mom!

I lost my dad a year ago -- I am so very sorry!

I have such fond, fun memories and I revisit them quite a bit!

Connie

Happy Friday Everyone!

In just a few minutes, I'm off to water aerobics class! Haven't gone for a month because of my ****knee :grumble:. Here's hoping I not only last the hr but don't pay for it for the rest of the day! But, I honestly do miss it and the great group of people that go also!

Anywho, once again, I enjoy everyone's posts!

I do have a question for you all-Does anyone have any good ideas/recipes for incorporating more veggies? I do salads sometimes and have veggies on sandwiches, when I have one (which isn't often). Other than that mostly do frozen steamed ones with dinner. I know i could do more stir frys but with the heat haven't been cooking as much and really sick of fresh broccoli and carrots! Now that I've been logging for a month, I see that's the area I could improve on. Don't feel like I do enough of them on a daily basis.

Hope everyone has a good day and a great weekend!

Kathy

Want to lose 4 lbs. or more
Worked out at Sweat 3 times a week for hour (with nothing yet for the first three weeks) any thoughts? I would have thought I would have seen something. No didn't eat any differently. Around 1300 to 1500 calories. I am getting a little discouraged.

Hello from the sunshine of the Creston Valley! :laugh:

Oh, yes, food that I can’t stop eating, aka how I got to be obese.:noway: Recent example: I bought a new cookbook (vegetarian, must eat more vegetables) and it included a recipe for Rosemary-Garlic Foccacia bread. Yes, I baked it. :noway: Last night we had it with our supper of grilled steak & greek salad. I am sure I ate at least half of it myself, dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar! It’s a very good thing I decided to have an AFD (alcohol free day) or I would have really gone over the top. Funny thing, I also made a “dessert bar” – something like a matrimonial cake but filled with homemade jam – and I haven’t even been tempted to try it. It’s good bread and crackers that ruin me!

It could be a coincidence; bust the scale is up a pound this morning. :blushing:

I have 5 more pounds to loose to get to my goal and I have not lost an ounce or a gram in two months. Sigh. JB, I recall you writing about plateau-land some months ago.

Jeannie, so sorry to hear about your loss. :flowerforyou:

Mimi, you sound very confident and powerful – in control! I enjoyed reading your post and it’s inspired me to “stay in the groove” though the temptations are many and varied these summer holiday weeks.

Barbara, congratulations on “two light beers” instead of what you really wanted. :flowerforyou: Summer time is booze time for me, and I am trying really hard not to over do it – glad to know I’ve got company!

DeeDee – throw out the cake. Just do it! :laugh:

How to eat more vegetables….I leave fruit and things like raw carrots out in the kitchen (rules of food safety carefully observed) and that's what we snack on. Seems to work.

I have switched from New Rules of Lifting for Women to New Rules of Lifting for Life. I can’t do all the exercises in NROLFW anymore because of my fused toes. The …For Life book is a “build your own” book, selecting from categories of: core, power, squat, lunge, hinge, single-leg stance, push, and pull exercises for each workout. It looks good and I will be at the gym today trying out my latest combination.

Five days to freedom! (That is when I reclaim my foot!). I have already got a new battery in my pedometer, I am ready to run!

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

Goals for July:
Work back up to 5 K a day
1/2 an hour of aerobic exercise every day, NROLFL 3x a week (or variations when at camp or cabin!)
Play with J'boy!

Hi from HOT CNY!

It has been too hot to do too much actual exercise today, but I did stay off the couch! My sister came out and we both worked on quilts all day. Mine is cut out and ready to sew. May do some more tonight. We ate very healthy and drank lots of water.

I will go for a 2 mile walk in a little bit. The breeze has picked up, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Tomorrow I will hit the gym first thing and then run some errands. Once I get home I will need to finish up some housework and laundry before getting back to my quilt. The quilt is for the bed in the room that my mother-in-law uses when she visits for the summer. She will be here in about 10 days, so I really need to get going on it! It is a rag quilt, so I won't need to quilt it.

Mimi- I would love to learn how to make a good limeade. Can you share your recipe?

I too have hit a plateau. I still would like to lose about 10 pounds, but I seem to be stuck. I think I need to up the exercise (am trying to even with the heat- I hate the hot weather!) Other suggestions?

Need to get going if I am going to walk. Have a great evening!
Deb A