women 40+ would like to share progress

Pinbotchick: wishing you a Merry Christmas! Safe travels.

Missou: So glad that everything checked out fine with your test. Good job on exercising, you certainly had a good reason not to.

Today was busy and I am under on my calories and water. I will pay closer attention tomorrow. Spent the day cleaning and laundry and such, I am exhausted tonight! Glad that it is close to bedtime. Take Care.

:bigsmile: Hey Everyone...Just a quick note to send everyone Cristmas wishes...I have been so busy, I knew it would get this way, too many Christmas parties, but lots of laughs. I bet your all in the same boat! Grandkids are coming over tomorrow and I have 2 dinners to plan and shop for, then I have 1 more gift to buy for my son, and I can start to enjoy the season. I need to get groceries in the house today, or my kids say they'll starve:laugh: :laugh: , yea, right!
I did get off my butt :laugh: and got some exercise in yesterday, but I have been bad about logging the calories, I hope I'm not in for a surprise when I weigh in. Not sure if I'll weigh in Friday...or give it another week....
Missou, glad things went well and I'm glad you like your new cycle!
Merry Christmas everyone, I'll check in when I can, hope everyone makes time for themselves to break a sweat...You so deserve it!

I bought myself an early Christmas gift, a new sony walkman mp3 player, I busted my old mp3, back in September when I ran that 5K and I just can't run without tunes...:laugh: :laugh: ,Santa knows...I've been a good girl...LOL

Good morning ladies!!!

I have decided to start a new countdown, I find they are very helpful!! There are 9 days left in 2009 and I will work on doing a 9/9 by then. Today, I want to go on the rowing-cycling exerciseur, on the Gazelle, on the AKP, and in the stairs.

After that, I will go to the market to get what I need to prepare my holiday's treats. I will have a busy, busy day!!!

You always inspire me....I'll join you...but I better get off of here if I am to get day one done:laugh: :laugh:
Good luck!!:bigsmile:

Great!! I don't want to beat you, I am us both to obtain 9/9!!!

Hi Gang!
Was at a meeting last night and didn't get back home until after 10pm. That's just too late.

Had a great day, though. Planned my foods ahead of time, brought "safe" snackies with me so I wouldn't be tempted by holiday carb-porn. I made sure I got on the elliptical in the AM, so I had no excuse later in the day. Good thing too!

Today is a split day for me at work, so I wanted to check in to say I'm liking this site more and more and this forum is a lot of fun! I really like the thing that tells you after you've logged in your food, "kkep this up and you'll be ## by whatever date'. Nifty information there, and a good positive reinforcement.

Have a great day, powerful people. I'll try to check back later.

Peace,
fran

melhealthy: Welcome! This is a great group of ladies. Using the food diary faithfully has helped me a lot, seeing in black and white the numbers compared to so much guesstimating. Also drink the recommended amount of water, continue your exercise and you will see results. Looking forward to getting to know you.:flowerforyou:

fransfit: Good job on planning ahead. :flowerforyou:

I am finding that the sweets are not tempting me too much, I can have just a taste and that is enough. Sure hope that this sticks. I am doing better at saying 'no thank you' and not even attempting an explanation. This is huge for more. I LOVE food,:blushing: :noway: all kinds, and never in the past did I turn any away. I'm always eager to try something new. :huh: In my journey I am really watching portion size and being more selective on the food I get my calories from. We can do this! We are here to help each other. Itsbella said it best the other day that we are STRONG women.

Awesome Bella!!! I bow to your cardio vascular health :bigsmile:

Not too bad today. Long day at work, so yoga stretchiwas my exercise of choice tonight. I usually do work out in the AM, but I had just gone to a conference on insomnia, depression and anxiety, and the woman said working out later in the afternoon to early evening could help with insomnia, a thing I've been having a little trouble with lately. And don't think this is super wimpy yoga tape. I always feel like I have a waist after I'm done with this workout. Muscles I haven't been in contact with since 6th grade i think. :embarassed:

Well, off to load up the rest of my food for the day, and call it a night. Have a restful night everyone!

Peace,
fran

Good morning ladies - I am very happy with DH... He finally got the wireless router hooked up at his parents (its only been sitting around for 2 years). He wouldn't do it for me but he wanted his iphone to work faster - I guess I'll take what I can get. We arrived safely and had good traveling weather. I only managed a quick 15 min workout yesterday - can someone invent a way to workout in the car - we spent 5 hours driving :grumble: I did well on calories yesterday and was 200 under for maintenance mode - again I have to thank DH. I was eyeing up all the good food (you can only eat so many salads) and DH said lets share a meal So we got a Blue cheese hamburg, fries and chicken noodle soup but only half the calories. The scary thing was, I was actually full. Today we are going out for Middle Eastern food - I intend to pre-log my choices for hummus and falafeel (?sp). My running shoes are on but it's awfully cold outside 22 F - How do you do it Debra? I know, I just need to go out and try.

I want to join in on the 9/9 (if my 15 min yesterday counts) otherwise I will try to make it 8/8...

Good morning Ladies!!! Hope everyone is in a good mood!

Welcome in our family Myaka. Make yourself at home!

Pinbot, Hubby and I often share our meal at the restaurant since I rarely finish my plate. It is a great financial decision and a great way to cut back on calories! Welcome to the 9/9 group. We will count your 15 minutes yesterday, it is better than nothing and it is what I should be able to do today

Boubou, I am glad you are feeling better. It is a good thing you found a good way to get your running shoes without busting your budget. Be carefull not to over do it in the gym.

Fran, stretching is also a great exercise, way to go!!

Bella, way to go!!! Working out in the morning is a great idea, you are sure to have done it at the end of the day if you are tired from a busy work day. Keep it up!!

When I woke up this morning, I was really sore. The rowing was not so easy on the back. I intended to do the Pilates videos today, but I don't know if my back will take it. Instead, I'll try the treadmill, the Gazelle, the bicycle and the AKP. If all is well, I'll also go in the stairs. If it is too hard today, I'll try to do at least 15 minutes of something.

My daughter decided to join me in the 9/9 club. She did 5 miles in 21 minutes on the bicycle yesterday and she went for a 30 minutes power walk outside today to go see her boyfriend. She will have to do another 30 minutes walk to come back later today. She is now up to 2/9. Way to go Vicky!!!

We are doing great ladies!! If we keep it up, we will lose weight on Christmas time. It will be a first for me.

LET'S GO EVERYONE... WE ARE GOOD AND WE CAN DO IT!!!

Hello Bella, yesterday, I decided to start a new countdown, I find they are very helpful!! There were 9 days left in 2009 and I am working on doing a 9/9 by then. Yesterday, I got 1/9. Today, I will go in my training room even though my back is really sore.

If you want to join the 9/9 club, you are already up to 1/9. If you did workout this morning, you are at 2/9.

Welcome doit4me.


Missou, I guess I'm 2/9 since I did another hr on the elliptical this afternoon!!

I don't know what shoveling heavy wet snow is worth, but I did about 30 minutes of that. I've had dinner too. I'll grab 2 glasses of water and then get on the Wii. I see 4 more pounds in my future! It's exciting to see progress!

I LOVE all the people on here! What did I do without all of you folks!! We can do this! 2/9, yeah, we can do this!

Just a quick Hello Ladies, Hello to the new members, when I have a few more minutes I'll check all the posts and get to know you:bigsmile: Today was a busy day of cleaning/cooking and the family here for Christmas....my oldest daughter and my 2 grandsons....it's been a really fun day, but I'm exhausted.
Missou, only 1/9 for me....unless you count the never ending dishes I did today or the constant walking from stove to island....I didn't get any exercise in today but my middle daughter says if I just give her the computer now, I could go get some exercise in!!:laugh: :laugh: She's so funny!
I will try to make things up tomorrow.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Hi Everyone,
Welcome new people! I just recently joined this group, and was warmly welcomed.

Tonight is a friend's party full of yummy goodness, and you know what my plan is? To keep a glass of seltzer in one hand and talk with the other. Hey I'm half Italian, I think I can pull it off. :happy: My ohter thought is that the chips and salty things that seem to jump in my mouth at these things aren't as quick as I am now. I've been training baby! I have hours of TurboJam and elliptical -ing and I can whoop potato chips. WE ARE POWERFUL PEOPLE, RIGHT? Sorry, got carried away. :embarassed:

My contribution to this shin-dig is a cream cheese and cranberry spread, made with lowfat cream cheese, and dipping with celery sticks and peppers. Colorful, right?

Going to drag the elliptical in front of the the tv and get that over with. Then some last minute touches on a pair of mittens I'm making. Hope to check back in later.

Peace,
fran

Several things yet to get put together for Christmas Eve dinner, after rolling out the rolls around noon they will raise for a few hours and then we are ready. Left overs tomorrow, we leave for our 20th Anniversary get-a-way on Saturday. Looking forward to some quiet days after this hectic pace.

myaka0801: welcome to our group. The tools here have been very helpful to me as I have been working towards a healthier weight. Best wishes on your journey.

doit4me: glad that you found our group. Logging everything thing you eat, every day, putting it in black and white is such an eye opener for me. Welcome.

fransfit: is your cranberry spread made with fresh cranberries? Sounds delish and colorful too.

Wishing you each a Merry Christmas and a peacful New Year!