WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2012

It is hot and muggy here in SO CA, not what we are used to. I am leaving tonite with my DS & DIL with 2 grandkids, they are going to Legoland tomorrow and Grammie is going to relax at the hotel. Got some vegies and snaks to keep me occupied.

Will be nice to get away. Was so excited as my boss is going to let me change my hours and be able to work from home when I need it so I can take care of the grandkids. This will be a trial basis, and hoping all goes well. I am an office manager for a surgery center and thank goodness I have employees who are adults and don't need micro managing.

Enjoy Ladies move and drink your water

Sherry

jb, Laura, DeeDee Good suggestion about reading the MFP success stories at night. I like that idea! Also, jb, you're right, sometimes it's thirst. I promise to drink more water, especially after 7pm. Thank you all for responding back to me. BTW, I exercised yesterday AND today... that's, let me see, where's my calculator, that's TWO days in a row!!! :bigsmile:

Jen- My stepson was in Iraq for two tours. I couldn't watch the news for weeks after he was deployed. At the time he was there and where he was, he was only able to send some letters. I understand what you are going through. Will be praying for his safe return.
Deb A

You know, yesterday I was thinking. The scale really isn't moving, but yet, I had on these PJ's that I like, What I like about them is that they are short and sleeveless with an elastic waist. I could probably get away with them, but I'm going to be looking for new ones in a smaller size.

cathyb - welcome, you'll get lots of support here

Deb - your story is very inspiring. Did you have WLS?

Robin - good luck to you on the new job!

lauralind - welcome. So sorry about your dog, what kind do you have now?

Did an hour of the Bob Harper Inside Out DVD. Tomorrow will be water aerobics. Then I have to come right home to give Loki his medicine since Vince needs to go for a (never heard of this) nuclear stress test, I have a healthy cooking demo,

What interesting stories everyone has of meeting in places you wouldn't expect. I'm truly enjoying it.

Vince and I are feeling much better. It was really weird, but at least it's over.

Raysfan - you've peaked my interest. what kind of job do you do?

DeeDee - I didn't realize that Nasonex was more expensive than Sudafed!

rfsahae - two days is the beginning of many days, good for you!

Jen - I usually count decaf tea in my water consumption. Caffeine dehydrates, but as long as it's decaf....

kmmealey - welcome. Sounds like you have a great start. Pop in here lots and you'll get so much support you won't know what to do with it all

Off to do some crocheting and then get to bed. Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hi Everyone,
Just checking in. It is 0152 am and I must go to bed. I have one more day of work,and then the weekend off. I will reply to the comments on my next post.
Thanks for all the sharing and keeping me motivated and going day by day. Next time before I am hungry in the evening,I am going to sit and read all the posts! Much better "mind" food , better than any food can taste! Blessings, Linda aka SundanceB

watch drinking that water after 7pm...you might be up all night peeing...i know i am

:flowerforyou: Happy friday the 13th.....:devil: sorry i am not supersticious (sp)

:bigsmile: well right before i went to be last night i just wanted to dive into a pile of food....i ate a few nuts...and went into the junk drawer to find something else.....but i shut the drawer and sat down...opened my book and started reading...i knew i was at about 1300 calories so i told myself do not start this crap....i have been doing so good with my night time snacking but i am not sure what happened last night and i am so glad that i put my food down and did something else,....now i do not have to feel guilty about eating too much...i stopped after a few bites of trail mix...so i did good....right?

:happy: i heard a few of you talking aobut jogging in the pool...i have been doing that...does it burn a lot of calories....i never really looked it up...actually i do not even count it as exercise....

:drinker: ok i need to get ready for work...hope you all have a great day today

Nancy :drinker:

Good morning everyone, Happy Friday !!!

Ive been grumpy the past couple of days. Have some issues with my daughter (break up with the BF she was living with etc) and other stuff going on that I cant control either. The thing that has changed since Memorial Day is that I CAN control what I put in my mouth !! I did wake up today tired of having to think about food, tired of trying to pack healthy stuff to bring to work and oh did I remember everything and just all of it. Stopping by McD wouldve been sooo easy today but I didnt do it ! yay me.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and remember, do something today that your future self will thank you for !

Good morning! I hope you won't mind if I join this thread in mid-July and a few months shy of 50. My goal was to get my weight and health under control by 50. At this point, I need a few more months....more than a few!

:flowerforyou: TGI Friday!

Meg- enjoy your time away, yep keeping busy is a great way to keep from eating when you shouldn't:drinker:

Raysfan- your job sounds interesting and fun...what is it you do with all those teams:huh:

DeeDee- TAG you played tag:noway: I pretty much try to find games that when I play with the grandsons I'm the one saying "on your mark get set GO":blushing:

Jane- take care of those shins so that they will heal and then you can get back into the exercise,:flowerforyou:

Sherry- ahhh Legoland, my three sons would love to visit there (35, 31, 28) they are still upset that they built that park after they had grown:laugh: Getting to work from home, what a wonderful boss you have letting you see if this will work hope it does:drinker:

Nancy2- we ride our bikes at the Cherry Creek Resevoir or on the Highline Canal trail. Denver has a lot of bike trails and the only problems are that sometimes they seem like a freeway with all the bikers, joggers, dog walkers and just plain walkers so we try and get out early on the weekends and then just hope we are hitting a break in the crowd after work:ohwell: :ohwell: Eating all those veggies is paying off...even if you are feeling like you may turn into one:flowerforyou: Drinking water and heading the the bathroom all night is just something I've come to live with:laugh: it's the small victories that turn into big ones....keep away from those snacks...you can do this:drinker:

rfsahae- Two days exercising is a great start:flowerforyou: we all start somewhere.

Jen- glad you heard from your DS. Hey you can use his time of deployment as an incentive to want to show him all the changes in his mom when he returns...he will be surprised and you will be reaching for all those goals you have set:drinker:

kmmealey- welcome:flowerforyou: sounds like you have jumped in the right way and are doing a great job with the exercise and a personal trainer.

Michele- new pj's...I love getting new ones even though no one sees them just Peanut and hubby

Barbie- good for you calling your cousin, even knowing there will negative words coming back at you:flowerforyou: You are so postitive I'm sure it has to affect your cousin in a good way.

Elizabeth- logging in and checking in with friends of like minds is what keeps us going on this journey. Keep coming back and you will get in the habit of logging your food and getting into some exercise.:drinker:

Linda- yes reading the posts is a great way to keep from raiding the frig:drinker:

Amanda- I wondered why "Charles" last name had been ****:laugh: it's amazing what people seem to think needs editing. How fun to see your son in a play. Sorry the weather is just not being what you want...it seems to be summer here over the pond...hope that your change of clothes brings you some summer weather

DebA- What a great Dr you have that would walk you through this journey and then continue on to see your life style completely turned around...great job on that loss:flowerforyou:

lauralind- :drinker: congrats on NOT stopping at McDonalds! It's those victories that will help you keep going (if you can do it once you can do it again). Sorry you are having issues with your daughter, but I know what you are saying when it's out of your control but what you can control is what you put in your mouth. That's how I'm living right now, I can't control hubby not employed or my work situation or my parents house not selling, but I CAN control what I eat.:flowerforyou:

Lin- I'm pretty sure what you will receive here is very positive encouragement...even when you vent and struggle...hang in there and keep us up to date on all you are doing.:flowerforyou:

kathyszoo- Congrats on the pants :laugh: falling off:laugh: It's those NSV that keep us going.

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Last night I totally was naughty, will post about it later...food got the better of me:sad: We have company this evening and we are BBQing chicken.

Have to get to payroll or there will be riots in the yard this afternoon and I don't want the boss calling me to ask about why it's not done:blushing:

Have a great day all.Log it, drink water and move the body:drinker:

Laura80111

Meg, what looks like a critter is actually a lady's head! The pic was taken at a local quilt show.

So, I'm all packed for our trip to Allen's graduation. Projects to knit in the car are ready and all necessary supplies and accessories are in the appropriate bags. I cannot sit still in the car and not do anything for 900+ miles!! (and Steve, being a GUY, will want to do most of the driving, which is fine with me). The hardest part of traveling will be making good food choices along the way. My husband is supportive of what I'm doing here, but doesn't get it for himself. Several of our overnight stops were chosen (by him) because of their proximity to places we've seen on "Diners, Drive-in's and Dives" and other similar food channel shows. Charlie Parker's pancake house for breakfast in Springfield IL tomorrow...The Rendezvous in Memphis TN for dinner Sunday night. It's going to be hard to make good healthy choices. I debated packing the bathroom scale but I don't think he'd go for that! The good news is that there is an exercise room and pool just about everywhere we are staying so I should be able to swim and ride a stationery bike every night.

I have MFP on my smartphone, so that should help with choices.

50 snuck up on me and it started out depressing. Now that I have been exercising on a regular basis, and in general become more active I am embracing it more fully. My goals for July are:

- Live a more active life and retire my TIVO subscription.
- Get back to my normal weight (10 more lbs to go).
- Strengthen my core.
- Enroll in pilates and do one of those insanely unnatural poses!!!

:flowerforyou: good afternoon all, just a quick check in while on my lunch break. Welcome to all the new ladies, how wonderful we keep growing. Today was weigh in. I was surprised with a one pound loss. I really thought with all this constipation I was going to have gained.:blushing: Better get back to work. Everyone have a wonderful day. Love ((((HUGS)))) and Prayers, Rose
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arewethereyet - welcome! You sure don't look 51 to me, that's for sure!

ejnancy - I didn't even realize it was Friday the 13th until you mentioned it! Good for you shutting that drawer!

Deb - I'm glad you didn't have WLS. I guess it works for some people, but I do feel that WLS just forces you to have better eating habits, and that's what's needed. I have a friend who had WLS. Before she had the surgery she would complain and complain about how her knees hurt her, etc. We went out to eat and you should have seen what she had! A tuna melt (all that mayo, cheese, ok, the tuna is ok, but that's all) and lots of french fries. I had what they called a diet platter, basically fruit, cottage cheese, deli meats (not the greatest) on lettuce. After her surgery we went out again, I couldn't get over how many pills she had to take. Yes, she'd lost weight. When we were ordering, she said "I have to have the salmon for my protein". I think what she really needed all along was just watching her diet. Now WLS worked for her because it forced her to monitor her intake of food. My apologies to anyone who had WLS.

Laura - good for you not stopping at McD!!!! I'm proud of you

Had a bit of time before water aerobics class so instead of sitting around the house eating, I went to a food store to get the nonrefrigerated items. Did an hour of dep water today, then went back to the store to get the refrigerated items. They're still looking for someone to replace the gal they fired, but the gal who was there today had taken the class and has a great personality. I do hope she gets to do it more. Tomorrow is yoga then I told this lady I'd stop at the store on the way home for her to get cherries for $1.99/lb. She said to try freezing the cherries, I just might try that. She said she freezes her cherries pits and all, and when she takes them out of the freezer, they just fall off the pits. Well, I'll give it a try.

needamulligan - everyone is always, always, always, welcome! Post often.

Kathy - I hear ya about Olive Garden. I usually get the chicken spindini. It's usually on the lunch menu, but they will give it to you for dinner. Also, their minestrone soup isn't all that bad. But some of their other foods! You did great! Sounds like it's time for you to be buying new clothes (can you tell that I like shopping?)

barbie - there was a time when my father was really negative, I dreaded calling him. So many times he'd go on and on complaining, that I'd hold the phone away from my ear. Thank goodness we didn't have video phones....lol Eventually, he wasn't doing that any longer.

Oh....we got a call yesterday. our preconstruction meeting (for the pool) will be either July 23 or 24, they start excavation on the 26th, the pool and spa will be delivered on the 31 so depending on when it's delivered, it'll be placed in the ground the 31st or 1st.

cjspensley - I'm with you, when we're taking a long trip somewhere and Vince is driving, I ALWAYS have something to do in the car. The only time I don't is when I'm doing the driving, like when we go to FL, Vince takes his SUV and the cats, I take my car and the luggage. But I still bring a craft with me. If I don't have something that I'm not working on at the time (which doesn't happen very often) I will start something. I usually take a bag of food that I have. Vince will go into McD's or BK or one of those places, I will go in but have my 1/2 sandwich, veges and what I brought. He just doesn't want to eat in the front, he wants to be where not a lot of people will see what he calls my "contraband"

Nancy - a friend of mine grew basil and rosemary last year. I froze some of the rosemary, just finishing it up now. She's growing more so I'll restock

littlecesar - welcome! So sorry to hear about your cousin, but the bright spot is that it brought you here.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele