WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2012

: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

Good morning everyone:flowerforyou:

No headache yesterday!!!! I'm really grateful for that, don't have a clue what might have been causing them!
Tonight I'm having dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, and I'm having the fried oyster salad , and two glasses of wine , a slice of Italian bread and olive oil, and I still have left over calories!!!!!!:bigsmile:

I had something last night I have't had in a long time, a couple pats of butter on my sweet potato, I usually eat it plain or with the no calorie spray butter, I am down 1.1 lb. this morning, of course I had (TMI sorry) a really good poo this morning!!!!!:blushing:
I'm thinking I might need to add a little butter back in every once in awhile!!!!!

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: come often and let us get to know you!!! This is a fabulous group of women, lots of good advice and information, support and motivation!!!!

Hope everyone has a most fabulous day:bigsmile: , drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: , log your food!!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Good day -

I finally got out to the new Whole Foods store yesterday thinking since it was during the work week, insanely hot and RAGBRAI would have people drawn to another portion of the state that shopping there would be easier. Ha, parking lot was pretty full, and several aisles in the store were so full of people and carts that I had to give up, turn around, and try another aisle. Very interesting store, I looked at quite a few items and some things that I send for are found on their shelves. Gluten-free items and lower sodium things, natural items, super produce section......all pluses and will draw me back again. But Trader Joe's is still my main store. It's small, friendly, accommodating and you can make a trip through it fairly quickly.

Enough about food right?

Still no service call regarding my Internet connection. I'm a pretty wimpy individual and I cannot bear the thought of trying to call this company again to try to get them out here.

Enough rambling for today. I am wishing everyone the best today and everyday.

Here's to you. :drinker: :drinker:

Lin

Happy Hump day from steam-steamy Omaha! It's going to be up in the 100s again today, but then "only" in the low 90s tomorrow, so yeah for some cool air! Who knew we'd ever be hoping for the 90s!!! :glasses:

Yesterday was a crazy day. I went to work for the first time since mid-May and spent nearly 4 hours dealing with almost 380 emails. Bleh. I did get organized and began work on a big project for my October class, so I got something done. My boss also added some time to my workload, so that means a little extra money starting in August. I just adore my job but I am getting to the point of wanted to cut down, but as the primary breadwinner, I can't. But the boss and I explored some things that could change next year to get me out of the clinicals in my fall class....3 10-hour days that just kill me.

It was soooooo humid last night we only got one plant planted outside....you just couldn't even stay out for more than about 10 minutes unless you were sitting in the shade. One of our sprinklers was not working, so that got repaired this morning. That part of the yard is rather crunchy! :sad:

Well even with my Jimmy John mixup, I was 14 calories under my goal. I got a turkey tom sandwich and a bag of chips. I thought there was only 1 serving in the chips (aren't most small bags 1 serving) and AFTER I ate it , noticed there were 2 servings...so 300 calories on jalapeno chips! I again said no to ice cream last night to keep under my goal. :bigsmile:

Robin: well all I can say is YAK lol :laugh:

Lizmil: I think sometimes hubbys don't want us to be successful in losing weight, either intentionally or unintentionally sabotaging us. Some of them are threatened by the thought of having a nice-looking wife that other men might want to ogle. Or they may feel bad because they are overweight themselves. My wonderful DH (he really is) used to bring me treats when I had a bad day (all those 10 hour clinical days!) until I finally asked him to stop because that was contributing to my weight. He was truely upset at the thought of helping me be unhealthy and for the most part, stopped. Now he asks me if I can have a treat, and it's only once in a great while. He treats me in other ways by helping to stretch my back or rub my feet. I'm so lucky to have him!

Michelle: are you getting a pool at your house??? Lucky you!

Linda: I'm sorry; I thought you were in London. Where are you? For most people 3000 mg sodium a day is recommended, but most people in AMerica get way more than that. A "low sodium" diet is 2000 mg and very low is 1500 mg. I don't have any medical issues, but because heart disease runs in my family, I try to eat less than 2000 mg a day. Usually it's not too hard because we don't eat much processed food at all. But occasionally there are things like Joe's Crab Shack where one steam pot has over 10,000 mg of sodium. When I over indulge in sodium, I drink extra water the next day hopefully to flush it out! :drinker:

Amanda: what a great feeling to get into old clothes! Good for you! :flowerforyou:

BigPal: I am wondering why you can't exercise? For joint problems, water aerobics or even just water walking is great....no stress on the joints. Do you have a pool nearby? I just went through a 3 year spell where I tore my left calf muscle twice and had to pretty much stop exercising...not even swimming or water aerobics....no movement of that calf at all. It was tough to start it up again. Do you have other medical problems? Or is it a time thing? Can you walk around the block once a day...that would only take a few minutes. Be sure to drink lots of water! They say 1/2 ounce per pound of body weight. I practically drown in all the water i have to drink LOL :laugh:

Laura: still on the grandbaby watch? I 'll be praying for an easy delivery and healthy baby!:flowerforyou:

DeeDee: no head ache today! Yay I hope that lasts and that you have a great day :flowerforyou:

Cindy: 2 pounds a week is a reasonable goal. You go for it! :happy:

JV: for joint problems, I'd say water aerobics or water walking :flowerforyou:

Darcy: such an exciting time in your life...a whole new beginning. It's easy to eat when you are anxious, so be sure to stash healthy snacks that are easy to get to. Good luck on the job search! :drinker:

2young: I'm so sorry to hear about your head injury. I hope you are well on the way to a full recovery now. :flowerforyou:

Well I am sure I missed some of you, but I hope we all have a productive and healthy day. Take care, meg

Hello Ladies ! Stumbled across the topic today and would love to join in! I am not familiar with the message boards/topics. How do I enter, or start or be a part of ???
Thanks and good luck to all. We can do this journey - together !!

Happy hump day!very stressful day,was in court with a friend.
Did my pool,got the ok to add the squats,etc ex after the shin splints.
Moving day is coming soon.Can`t wait.
Hope everyone had a great day.
Anyone under the weather,hope u are feeling better soon.
Exhausted,calling it a night.
HUGS
jane