WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2012

Today was one of those running days. Did 20 minutes of yoga, then went to drop off the donations from the church at the food pantry, then off to an hour class of extreme pump, then went to one store on the way home because I could have sworn I saw that they had rye bread. They do, only it won't be there until tomorrow (boo). Came home to find out that the company we ordered the slide for the pool from didn't put it on a truck with a liftgate (the box is 7 feet tall and weighs well over 200lbs) so they'll deliver it tomorrow. Bowled 5 games, came home and took Loki to the vet to have his blood checked, he's so lethargic. We had a 3:30 appt, didn't get to see the MD until 4:30. One of the MD's was out so they were covering for her. Got home, warmed up dinner, played mahjongg (I didn't maj once!), now I'm on the computer.

Tomorrow I'll walk sideways on the stairmaster. I can't see where you can adjust the resistance on the treadmill, and I think the stairmaster is just harder. On the treadmill it looks like you can only adjust the incline or the speed, not the resistance

Viv - maybe one reason I can't seem to get under 130 is because I love to cook and bake so much and I have to try some, even if it's just a little and I give the rest away.

Well, we're going to have the preconstruction meeting for the pool Wed. morning. Normally, I go to water aerobics but I'll go on Friday instead. There's no way I'm going to miss this.

We've been invited to friends house tomorrow. Not sure what they're going to be serving. I'll take some cheese sausage balls with me along with some chocolate cookies that I made.

I'll probably be doing a fair amount of baking for the guys who are installing the pool.

Jessica wanted me to come up this week, I was planning to go up Wed. and come home Thurs, but as it is I have no idea when the meeting will be over. I would guess not until early afternoon, so by the time I could get up there it wouldn't be until around 7 at night and then I'd have to turn around the next day and come home. Jessica is coming here Thurs. A friend has asked us to meet her and her hubby nearby, but we're not going to make any plans until after this meeting. The only day she can get together with us would be Sat. and what if they're planning to work on Sat?

Amanda - I don't have the Birkenstocks just yet, I think they're going to be delivered in the next few days. I'll let you know how they are.

Laura - oh, I do hope you get to the hospital! How exciting!

Well, off to beddybey for me. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Wow, exermom you sure have a lot of energy! I cant believe everything that you did today! All I can say is wow, wow!

Meg , your doing good! You have a busy life too! What is the recommended sodium intake/day. Is is none or ?? I know that when I eat salty things I feel yukky the next day.

Can anyone recommend a good recumbent exercise bike, that is not too expensive. Who ever recommended the exercise video's that are good for folks with joint problems, can you please tell me again? :blushing: :blushing:

Check your area for a "Play it Again Sports" I found my ellip at this shop brand new. I had $400 at the time to spend, and Kmart was not getting it. The stuff I could buy was flimsy to say the least.

I ended up paying the same thing for a $1200 brand new Ellip. I guess a sporting goods store sold them the last one.

These shops are full of "Towel Racks". All of the equipment I purchased throughout the years and we never used. Just hung our towels up to dry :laugh:

If not then check your area for other second hand sports equipment, they are all over the place!

good morning ladies i increased my calories as said by site and now im gaining weight i dont know what to do i dont get to excise much but do every chance i get im upset right now dont know what to do

Bigpal I guess I was typing when your post came in. I'm pretty new at this and I'm sure there are many more women on here that can give you better advice than me. How many calories did the site increase you to and how long have you been eating at that amount? I went from 1200 calories to 1410 and I'm still losing, I usually don't get to 1400 calories usually around 1300. Maybe if you just started you could give it another week or two. Like I said the other woman on here who have been doing this for awhile will probably have much better advice. Good luck!!!:flowerforyou:

Hello and Good Morning fellow myfitnesspals! I have just joined the club because I had the shock of my life weighing in at 208 pounds. I feel terribly guilty and am in pain with my joints and scoliosis. I have yo yo dieted all my life and am now just plain greedy. I am 58 years old with 3 grown up children and 6 Grand children:happy: I don't have a partner but don't mind that. I can't exercise due to joint problems but I am sure if I can get some weight off life will start to get easier:grumble: I am very fed up with myself for letting myself get this big:sad: Hope you all have a good day today x

This is my first post! I have only been a member for a month. It is wonderful to be able to comment and continue to travel my path to the healthier me by being part of this community and thread. 50+ women is just where I am at :-)

I have so many changes happening in my life, sold my house in NC moving in a couple of week to Ohio to be closer to family. Looking for a job.

Excited but scared and it is difficult not to turn to excess food for comfort and to help with the fear. Thanks for sharing everyone, it is helping me a lot!

Darcy :flowerforyou:

Hello all - good morning or afternoon or evening depending on your location.......

Still tired, still have a wonky Internet connection! Ha, some things never change!

I got so nauseated reading about the wiggly things that I'm still gagging. ACK.

Good tips on looking for exercise equipment. We use to have two stores---Play It Again Sports AND Second Wind Sports that offered very good quality used equipment. It's always worth a look.

Michele, have you always been a very energetic person? I am always just simply blown away by what you accomplish in a day!! I sooo wish I had been born with the predisposition to be energetic and get lots done.

Barbie, I manage all the financial affairs, medical, etc. for my father and 100% keep up with all of his bill paying etc. Now, my things always come second if at all. One month I didn't receive a cable bill and I didn't even think about it (always pay online when I receive the bill) and I was soooo horrified when they sent me a notice saying it was late. Argh.

With that in mind, time to get on the online banking for myself!!

Hoping everyone has a healthy day. Take care. Love having your support.

Lin

Well ladies, I managed to eat a few bites here and there last night. Not much though. I did just finally have some breakfast at the cafeteria here at work. I am starting to feel better. Doug spent the evening removing all appliances from the counters and washing everything down with bleach so that I may be able to cook dinner when I get home tonight. We shall see.

Robin, Bodi and the The Rit Bit.

Good morning and welcome sunshine!! Yesterday was a long day. Taking my food really helped me through the day. So will keep doing that. It also gave me a break outside in the sun when it was shinning. Much warmer in Portland then here at the coast so I enjoyed it. Good news for my hubby as we are scheduled for more chemo for the next month. He was down on his blood count, but still in the ranges that are acceptable for the treatments. Meant another woman who had been married 51 yrs, going through much the same as myself. I think we both helped each other just admitting how difficult this is to go through watching someone we love so dearly having to deal with this insidious disease. Thank you for all your prayers and good wishes I felt them all day long yesterday. Well today was my first weigh in. So a significant drop for me. Yeah!! I do know that this is the beginning and the results are always significant in one who weighs so much as myself. But, I patted myself on the back for a job well done, and look forward to the next weigh in in two weeks. I love all the sharing that everyone does regarding their journeys. You all inspire me and others on this site. Yeah team!!!! Well on to chores. Have a great day. Hugs,

:flowerforyou: Just time to pop in and say HI, have had computer problems at the office today. Will try and catch up tomorrow.

DIL#2 is still pregnant:sad: :sad: Her labor went from 3-4 min all day Sunday to 10-12 min yesterday. So I guess it will be more waiting for grandson #3 to show up. My DIL called to give me the update this am and I gave my 2 cents worth of what this grandson should be named...I guess my Son is giving her a hard time about a name...she liked my reasoning and is hoping it will work with my son....we can only hope:huh:

Will check in tomorrow and hoping that I have more time.

Log it, drink it(water that is) and Move it...cause that's what it's gonna take to get us in shape

Laura80111

Good Evening All,

On a positive note-dropped another .5, I'll take it! Also, gave blood today-that wasn't on the agenda for today but got a text that the type I am was low so went ahead with it. Always feel good afterwards! My veins are very hard to find but the supervisor got it right the first time!

I notice a few people are mentioning joint problems and therefore having trouble finding suitable exercise. I have horrible knee problems but thanks to someone on here mentioning it, I've found that Youtube has a variety of seated exercises videos-ranging from 8 min.-25 min apiece. Just found a neat seated Yoga workout there today. Best of all it's free! Hope this helps! The sparkpeople ones are good ones on there too.

Love, love my Birkenstocks-my feet problems have improved alot after getting them. Not cheap but worth it-I live in them, don't even wear slippers anymore. My crocks help my knees more though. Hopefully after surgery for my toe (next week-ugh), I'll finally be able to wear gym shoes comfortably again.

Enjoy what's left of the evening! Don't forget to remember to be grateful for the small things!

Kathy

Still working on that crossstitch bookmark. I figure if I can get a little done each night, it'll get finished.

One of the things I really need to do (but don't seem to be able) is not to eat in the evening. Even tho for the most part I eat healthy things, I need to curb that snacking. Some of it is because I'm busy during the day and, literally, don't have time to eat. Maybe one of my goals should be that after dinner I work on that bookmark.

Walked sideways on the stairmaster today for an hour. I wonder....you can't regulate the resistance on a treadmill, but I wonder if the resistance is increased if you increase the incline? Not sure what exercise I'll do tomorrow since we're having the preconstruction meeting at 8:30. I probably should do something at home, just not sure right now what I'll do. Think I'll do the bosu DVD tomorrow

There was the Newcomers Board meeting this morning, we had to leave early. Want to be sure to be here for that slide!!! (some things are VERY important)

Linda - I'm sorry, I can't give you any motherly advice. I lost my mother when I was 9.

Amanda what you have to say is so inspiring, how you were able to pull something out of your closet and know that it fits. My father was quite overweight and he lost a lot of weight mainly by eating smaller portions. He'd always tell people "I eat anything I like, just a smaller amount"

Welcome to all the newcomers!

Darcy - congrats on selling your home! Where in NC was it?

I got a mini-trampoline at Play It Again Sports at a reasonable price. Yes, many times they seem to have real good things at a good price. I did find out, tho, that I put my name on a mailing list for them to call me when they got a step in (for step aerobics). They never called me, yet when I went there they had one. Not sure why they didn't call, you would think they'd want to make a sale. But oh well...I've learned not to rely on that wait list. I did one time sell them a DVD, now they aren't buying them but they will take them on consignment. I left one with them and every time I went into the store, I couldn't find it. I was always given one reason or another why I couldn't find it. Then I was about to ask for it back and was told that it was sold so I got the money. Not like it was a lot of money

Sounds like the slide is here. I hear a big truck. Gotta run

OK, we now have a water slide in our garage!!!! It's interesting, on the box it says that you have to keep all the packing material in order to return anything. Yet, for the life of us, we have no idea how you were supposed to get that slide out of the box without cutting it open. We took the parts out just to be sure there wasn't any damage (there wasn't) and that all the parts were there (as far as we can tell, they are)

petalsandpaws - you are such an inspiration! Continued prayers for your hubby.

Kathy - congrats on giving blood. What a wonderful thing you did!

Went to a friend's house for dinner tonight. had two of the cheese sausage balls I took, tried one flax chip with spinach dip that the host made, a chicken thigh, some (about 7) shrimp, 2 zucchini fritters that another lady made, a piece of blueberry pie a lady made, a bit of salad (it had dressing on it, but I didn't want to be rude and not have any) and some of the chocolate cookies I took. Had 64oz of ice tea. They were trying to be nice and bought this diet iced tea. I usually don't buy the diet, but on the other hand I didn't want to hurt their feelings. After dinner we played bowling on the Wii. That is the first time I ever did it, it's not bad at all. Tried the tennis, but I don't know the first thing about tennis. Don't know how I won so I had no idea what I was doing....lol

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hi everyone

I thought I was feeling a little better when I woke up this morning, but I've been out with the doggies and just had breakfast and I've had a coughing fit and feel exhausted again. So no work for me again today :drinker: :drinker: Honestly joking apart I still don't feel well enough to go.

I went to the doctors yesterday - was in two minds with having this dreadful head cold, but went anyway. Basically he said he'd arrange a blood test to make sure I'm not anaemic and to check my thyroid, but he thinks the symptoms (feeling in a fog, moody, no energy everything too much effort, dizzy) are all due to the menopause! I'm having a blood test tomorrow so I'll wait to hear about that, if all is clear I'll look into going on to HRT. Has anyone tried HRT I've heard lots of negative things, my friend thinks the menopause is something to "go through" without medication - she's done it herself, but as she said she didn't seem to suffer too much with any symptoms. I'm not sure I can cope with another 10 years of feeling like this!

:flowerforyou: Linda SundanceB sorry you are having problems with your MIL but you sound as if you are handling it well. Would she come to your house if you invited her over? Or could you maybe meet on neutral territory - a shopping trip or something with you and your girls with lunch thrown in.

:flowerforyou: Hugs and best wishes to everyone - I'd better phone work and tell them I'm not coming in.

Viv xx