August Chat
 

Good morning chickies! The board's been really slow so I thought maybe we should try doing a monthly chat thread...if it doesn't work well we can change it : ) And if it gets too long we can split it up. There's a new challenge thread up for August as well. I see lot's of lurkers on the board, stop in and say "Hello"! I promise we won't bite, and you don't have to wait for a new thread to start before you jump in. This is a great forum for support if you're in your 40's! For our regulars, please pop in for a minute and let us know how it's going : )

Kathi

Hi Kathi,

Wow it is August already, this Summer if flying by! Will be back on later just stopping in.

Hey Kathi, Hey Dee and everyone else. I will go where ever ya'll are. School starts this week here in TN, geez where did the summer go? My daughter has 4 more semesters left of school until she is ready for University, not sure if I am ready for that.

I was a bit frustrated this morning but I am trying to not be so inpatient and take this one day at a time. I have the first part of this week off from work but I have a court date tomorrow so I am hoping I don't stress eat.

Have a great day ya'll

A new month & I have new resolve. I have gotten out of shape this summer & the weight is creeping back on. I set up a spread sheet on Google docs to track my weight, eating and exercise. I have decided to do early morning exercise for here on out. It's the best way to fit it in. I got up early and ran 3 miles.

This weekend, I went on two dates. One guy was almost too perfect. He was great, but I know it won't work out. He wants to have children & I absolutely don't. The other guy is less than "perfect." He disclosed he has chronic health issues, which freaked me out but I'm going to take it one day at a time. The guy is a total sweetheart & I want to give it a chance.

Hi everyone! Just popping in to say I have not fallen off of the face of the earth. Had a 4 day weekend w/ lots of fun/hard work/family time and just didn't get online that much. I will be back later to fill in...

Kathi-Good idea on the monthly thread.

P.S. I got a spam e-mail this a.m. for Hoveround....I guess they didn't see me doing my 3 mile Boot Camp DVD this morning....:mad::dz:

Happy Tuesday Chickies! Back with the high heat indexes today, excessive heat warning again starting tomorrow. So many of us asked for our global warming when it was colder than normal over the winter....that will teach us to be careful what we wish for! I got to the farmers market saturday and cooked a great meal of roast chicken, mashed taters and corn on the cob - enough to eat as leftovers for lunch for a few days! Tonight I'm going to make my mixed fruit crisp with peaches, apples and blueberries. Major yum! I replace some of the flour with ground flax and crushed walnuts to make it healthier. : ) Hope everybody is getting a great start to your week!

Good Morning, everyone have a good day for me as so far it has started out crummy. Heat indexes are high here in TN also so I am heading out to run errands before it gets too hot. Have a good day ya'll

Hi! I am back and re-starting. My weight is not too much of an issue when I am busy at work but being slow these last few months it is back up there. Anyway, I am back on track and glad to see something going on on this 40's board.

Hello Everyone!

Here's where we went last Thursday:

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Turner Falls in Davis, OK. Gorgeous day in our little oasis in southern Oklahoma! Took a picnic and enjoyed spending time with my two fav teenagers.:)

I've been up a couple of pounds, which isn't surprising after the way I ate over the long weekend. Back to exercising as of yesterday and now I seem to have an unusual problem. I didn't sweat nearly as much this morning as I usually do?? We have had terrible heat here lately. I am wondering if I need to step up my exercise? Even though I am more physically fit now (and I'm thankful for that), I honestly don't know if I can find the time to add in more exercise. I'll watch it for a few days and see how I do. Really need to get back to losing!!

Annie - Those waterfalls are gorgeous. What a lush, verdant area.

Sorry to hear about the excessive heat in the South. It's "only" getting up to the low 90's this week, which I am considering cool. I opened my windows last night, which was wonderful. Unfortunately, I had to close them again because it's not too safe where I live. Oh well.

I wasn't on plan yesterday because I ate too much pizza last night. But I did a lot of exercise, which I'm feeling today. Tonight, I plan to eat dinner and go to bed early. I don't want to tempt the binge monster.

Good Morning everyone, WHOHOOO school started today for my little chickadee, hahaha she was up with me at 4:30. They changed her bus location so now all she has to do is step outside our front door and theres the bus.

Anyhoo saw the 161 this morning for the first time, I can see the 50's on the horizon. I know in 1996 I dieted down to 119 and then gained it all back and then some when I went on meds. In 2004 I was really sick for about 5 months and lost an incredible amount of weight (my high I think was close to 2 C notes) anyhow in Feb 2005 I broke my arm and had to have surgery. I know they weighed me then for prep. Do you think it would be really obsessive if I send for my med records just so I can see what my weight was. I didn't step on a scale again until this past June..Okay I know none of that makes ANY sense what so ever and I am rambling lol

I hope everyone has a great day, today seems to be a bit better for me. yesterday I was really down and out

Losing It-Congrats on the 161! You'll be in the 150s before you know it!:carrot:

I slept really hard last night and forgot my cell phone.:mad: I'll have to run home at lunch and get it. I've really been stressing too much about this move. So much to do, but I know I have to get it done, so there really is no reason to make myself sick over it. I am staying home from fiance's this weekend to work on culling some of our junk. The boys will be gone for a week and a half on a trip to Colorado with their Dad and grandparents. I think it's easier working alone on things like this.

Hope to see my 156 back again tomorrow or Friday. Really want to get below that and finish the weight loss thing and concentrate on maintenance.

Have a good day everyone!

Just popping in to say hi. Can't stay long. I am having some troubles with one of my Foster kids this week. I'm not working this week & I am trying to help her learn how to deal with some things. It is so hard to be a teenager especially when your home life is a mess, she loves being with me but it is so hard, she loves her family & she knows it is a horrible situation, wish I could make it easier for her, I know she misses her family. Whatever happened to the idea of putting your kids first, loving them & protecting them?

Hope everyone is having a good week, I'll be back at some point.

Annie - I'm rooting for you with your move. I'm living vicariously through you although right now I am grateful to be a renter.

Dee - Wow, that's amazing you are a foster mom. I think that's so great that you are supporting a teen ager who has been through so much.

I was POP yesterday and the scale is down to 134. It's gratifying to be back on plan. Not much is new with me. I've been going to bed early & running in the morning. I'm surprised how out of shape I've become. I'm so sore from short runs (2-3 miles).

Hello friends!

IOAB-I hope things are going much better with the kiddo at your home. You are doing a wonderful thing.

Chickie-Keep runnin'!!

I have another virus and/or malware on my home computer. I am taking it to the shop again today. Grrrr.:mad:

Still have those two pounds following me around!! I did a different 2 mile WATP workout this morning and sweated much more than I have been and felt some muscles get used more and really had my heart rate up (huffing and puffing). I am going to mix it up and see if I can't get back to losing. Thanks to my buddies over on the WATP thread for the suggestions.

Been depressed and upset the last few days. You would think with the excitement of the new house that I would feel happier. I've always hated change and I am also having to deal with years worth of crap stored away at my current home. I am not enjoying it. Also stressing over things I need to get done, but can't until after closing. I need to take a deep breath and get done what I can now, i.e. cleaning out the stuff that I can't/don't need to take with me. I'll feel better once I get that over with. Plan to really work hard this weekend on that.

Hey everyone, I am thinking the axis of the earth is off

Thanks Annie, I am hoping to see 150's by Monday morning, love the waterfalls..ahem scuse me while I run to the little girls room..lol

Dee, you get the big KUDOS award from me today for being a foster parent. I can't imagine what a child goes through in situations like that


Yesterday was really hard for me, a good friend of mine is really sick and she was having surgery. So I was very tense and testy, not much fun to be around.

I have stayed true to my healthier eating habits and exercising, the exercise seems to help me forget the stressors for about 30 mins althought now my left knee is acting up. I have placed myself on an incline walking surface as I have heard that an incline is less impact on the knees.

Well back to work for me I will check in this weekend, stay safe and stay tru ladies

MC: you're out of shape but you just ran 3 miles?! sounds like a marathon to me! keep it up : )

Annie: even good changes can cause conflicting emotions. hang in there, it will be so worth it. the house is adorable!

Dee: fostering kids, especially teens is huge!

Losing It: hope your friend is doing better. sending you hugs to relieve the stress and crankiness : )

Happy weekend chickies! My young workout buddy had 2 days without painkillers so she thinks she's ready to start again. She's going to be picking me up in the mornings so we can hit the gym before work. And she's planning on hour-long workouts. She'll be picking me up the same time I usually leave for the bus anyway so it won't be a major change schedule-wise. (I will lose that morning mile I usually walk though) I'm hoping a good increase in workout time/intensity will rev up my metabolism and get that dang scale moving again! Heat index has dropped to 105 today. I just don't have the ambition to get to the farmer's market - but still have goodies from last week's trip : ) Gotta get to an actually grocery store for some of my greek yogurt. I'm hooked on that stuff! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Hi guys. I know I have been MIA for awhile. I'm not sure what I've just been through yet. Some of you know I met a man a few months ago and fell madly in love. And so did he, I think. At any rate, things seemed to be going well between us until earlier this week when I made a not so tactful comment about money and he totally freaked. It doesn't seem to me this should have been enough to ruin everything but who knows. At any rate, we are supposed to exchange what little stuff we have at each other's houses today. He says he needs some time and space.........whatever that means.

Much to my surprise, I got on the scale this morning for the first time in several weeks and I've only gained 2 lbs despite the fact that my diet has been anything but structured. I am trying to get back to the things that grounded me before-I went to a yoga class last night, I worked in my yard some this morning, I've started using my fitbit and logging my food again and of course, I am back to see you all. And I think I am done with men for a little while. I have a big test coming up in Oct. and I will try to focus on that for now.

Dee - I was a foster parent for years, took in teens as well, actually we were therapeutic foster parents. Most of the kids we took in were boys with big time problems. Its a great thing your doing!

BTW - Im Renee, I frequent the MRC board, but was looking around the site today and saw the 40's board, thought I would check it out....Nice to meet you all:hug:

Good Morning everyone,I hope everyone has a great day and a great week.

My friend is holding her own she is still in SICU but off the ventilator. She has been battling a cancer for the past 5 years.

I am trying to be optimistic and still hoping that tomorrow morning when i wake up the big 1 5 9 will be on my scale..

Keep focused on your goals and today, never look back, nothing can be done about yesterday just today

Good to see the foster parent here. I was raised in foster care from ages 6-18.

Yesterday went better than expected for me. When I went over to my BF house to take his things back to him, we had a chance to talk about some things and it looks like we are going to be able to work things out-just spending less time together which is probably a good idea for right now to be honest.

Planning another yoga class today and maybe some more work in my yard and studying for my test. Hope everyone has a peaceful Sunday.

Petra - good to see you back, but sorry to hear things are a bit complicated. Hope you really get to understand each other and where the blip came from, and it makes you stronger going forward.

Losing it - must be awful having a friend so sick. Hope she's doing well today.

Renee - welcome!!

Kathi - good luck with the gym for next week. What are you planning on doing with your hour when you get there?

Annie - cute house!! I'm sure you're doing the right thing (i know, i know, it's ages since i've done personals). Maybe the fact you're dealing with crap is good in the broad sense because it needs to be dealt with sometime. It means you can move into your new place with a fresh start and everything that's in the new place is there by choice.

Anyway I've finished my work in Texas which went well and am in Toronto for the weekend before heading a bit further north in Canada for my next assignment!

Just found and went to a cylcle class down the road this morning and i'm exhausted now, but that's all good because i ate far too much bad stuff last week so i have some serious energy-in-energy-out payback to honour.

Feeling a bit guilty being away from the husband because he's still sick. He had pneumonia a couple of months back, then shingles. Well, turns out that somehow that was all caused by the fact that he has TB!! Very few cases in Australia so don't know how he's picked it up, but now he has to actually go to the hospital 3 times a week so they can watch him take a plethora of pills. Poor bloke. And no alcohol for 6 months whilst he's on the medication which he's not overly enthused about. Still, it means that i have a driver to hand!!!......

Welcome Renee, and welcome back Mary!

Ange: how was texas? I sooo miss it!

Losingit: I'm a cancer survivor, I'll keep your friend in my prayers.

Mary: love is a rollercoaster at times, hopefully you can work things out!

Hi Kathi, Texas was good. I was down in Corpus Christie and working in Port Lavaca (er, not sure of the spellings there). Everyone really friendly and made me feel very welcome. It was also nice to get a bit of warmth seeing as it's winter in Aus (although i know most people are fed up of the heat by now!). I know know what a cotton crop looks like, and how to pick it!!!

Good morning. I ate a bit too much yesterday but no junk so I guess I can't be too hard on myself about that. I forgot to get on the scale this morning. DBF and I are having lunch together today-a vietnamese restaurant so there should be some healthy choices for me there. He has been much more optimistic about our ability to work things out the past couple of days.

I'm not sure what kind of weight goal I have for myself for August but I think I've decided I would like to be in Onederland by the end of the year and that seems doable to me.

Good Morning everyone, well I didn't see the 150's this morning but I did have about a 2lb weight loss since last Mon, so I am not complaining.

Petra: I think that is a great goal, just keep looking forward and imagining it in your mind

Ange: I do believe cold/hot is relative, I can remember just 6 months ago complaining to some of my friends one night that we were freezing but in 6 mos we would be complaining about the heat. When do you go back to Australia?

Renee, welcome to Forty something, I just found this board about 3 weeks ago myself.

Everyone have a great day, stay focused and remember to enjoy life, it goes by WAYYY too fast

Hi everybody. I am mentally exhausted. I kind of read through & caught up with everyone, but honestly I will probably have to do it again later, I can't even think. My girl Ree is doing better, but it has been several sleepless nights sitting up talking with her, trying to make her understand why life is so unfair & just being supportive. When what you really want to do is start off telling her that it isn't her with the problem it is her Mom. Then tell her that "your Mom had 7 kids so she could live off welfare, she is on crack & she is ________________. " (fill in the blank, anything really bad would fit there). But I can't do that, no matter how frustrated I get I won't say anything bad about her Mom, she knows, she tries to ignore it but there are times she really hates her Mom & other times she wants to go home so bad. She is 14 and starting high school next week & it is just hard.

I also think my scale has issues, which might be a good thing. I lose a couple of pounds & it gets stuck. Stays stuck, but it doesn't go up, so still hanging in there at 189 which I really wish was lower but then I wonder with no sleep, my house being in total chaos at any given minute, kids in and out, I guess I am glad it is stuck instead of going up. Maybe I will lose another pound or so soon & it can get stuck there for a while. :D

Hope everyone is starting the week off good. At least I think I will or I plan to be around this week.

So, so true.

Petra - I'm glad you and your BF were able to talk it out. I believe that if a relationship has a strong foundation, it can endure a lot.

Annie - I think home buying is one of the most stressful things a person can do, so I hope you can be easy on yourself.

My battle with summer depression has made things difficult, but I am still trying. I still get out and dance when I can like I did this past Friday. :carrot: I felt confused last night and pulled a tarot card for guidance. It said that change will come gradually for me. That cheered me up. I'm not in the mood to do drastic things with my weight loss or love life. I want to relax and make the changes I can and let the rest go.

Ange-I about had a stroke when I read that your husband has TB and that you have been traveling all over the world!! Please tell me that you have been tested and are negative!!! If not, please get to a doctor and discuss this. I'm very worried.

Petra-So good to see you back and that, after the drama, things are evening out with your BF.


I'm sorry I don't have time for personals to everyone, but I have caught up on reading your posts.

I spent the entire weekend cleaning out my backyard storage building. I cannot begin to tell you how stressful and physically and emotionally exhausting it was. But I am so glad to have it over with.....on to the interior of my home and packing up to move on 8/27!!:carrot:

On the food/wt. loss front....I am still up and down with the couple of pounds that are trying to creep back on. But I am fighting it!! My boys are out of town this week with their Dad, so staying on plan shouldn't be too difficult.

Honestly, people and their comments!:mad: "Ewww! That doesn't even go together." (Referring to my cottage cheese w/ sliced banana.) Says the woman I work with who ate Bean w/ Bacon soup (in a can) for BREAKFAST and Spaghetti-Os for lunch.....

Prayer please!

Just talked to my sons. They left Sat. for vacation in Colorado with their Dad, uncle and grandparents. They were headed home because their Dad (my ex-husband) is having heart trouble. They had to stop in New Mexico and their Dad is staying overnight in hospital to check for heart attack. Their grandparents and uncle are with them. Please pray for their Dad and for them that they aren't too scared. I will update when I know anything else.

Thank you all.

No word from the boys yet today on their Dad or when they will be home.

Otherwise, things are going good here. Stayed on plan pretty well yesterday. I did have an extra 100 cal. snack last night, but that's better than a handful of Double Stuff Oreos (my old habit). I did eat 4 stale sour gummy worms. :?: Been keeping up with my exercise each morning.

Am continuing work on getting things purged from my home before my move. I really need to start packing things in boxes.

Wow, Annie, sorry to hear about your ex. That's a tough thing for your boys. I hope it was only a scare.

Glad to see you are keeping busy with your move. And keeping up with your exercise. I see that as a sign that you are able to take care of yourself in a crisis. You are in my thoughts.

As for me, nothing that dramatic. My big decision is whether I should go to a dance party or not. If I go, I'll be really tired at work tomorrow. On the other hand, not going isn't good for me either b/c it feeds into my isolation and depression. Ah, decisions, decisions.

I do have luxury problems, don't I?

MC-luxury problems? I never heard that before but it is funny.

Annie-sorry to hear about your ex. Hope it all turns out okay.

It is unbelievably hot down here right now. I think we probably got to triple digits today. I think BF issues are more or less worked out. He needed a few days to sort some things out for himself and I think now that he has, he feels more comfortable with what he wants. I'm still trying to be more accountable to myself for my eating. I've been logging my food everyday pretty consistently.

Hello everyone! My boys got home yesterday with their Dad. I have no details, but since he was well enough to travel home from New Mexico (with someone else driving, I assume...) that it wasn't too serious. Thankful my boys are home safe. I will see them on Friday.

I just got an e-mail from the bank saying everything is approved for the home loan! So relieved. I close on 8-18 and move on 8-27. LOTS to do before then, I hope I can stay on plan. So far, so good....

He wasn't diagnosed until after i'd left home, so of course i've not been tested, but apparently it's some rare type - 'Primary' which means its not infectious, so i'm told i'm not at risk....?? Even he's back at work etc, so the doctors are obviously believing that he's not able to pass it on.

Work has been nuts the last few days. I'm setting off at 5.20 in a morning and getting back at 10 at night. The rest is sleeping! No exercise, no internet, no nothing except work stuff. On night shift tomorrow though so sleeping is the next thing on my agenda for the rest of the day!

Ange-what on earth do you do for a living that requires those kinds of hours! That's crazy. Get some rest.

Annie-good to hear the boys got home safe. I know I missed the whole discussion about the house. Are you and finace moving in to this one together?

Spending the weekend with BF so I think we are back on track. However, I have found that is not usually good for my waistline, LOL. Will have to find a compromise. We are planning a trip to visit my family Labor Day weekend. I'm looking forward to that.

petra - i'm on a phosphate mine, and trialling a new chemical, so it requires round-the-clock attention. It's been stopping and starting and so we haven't quite got the 24hr coverage thing sorted yet! I don't normally have to work that much. Having said that i'll be working all weekend too :o( But did manage to get a good sleep-in this morning :o)

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In case it is actually here on this site, but I haven't found it yet, forgive me, but there are so many links to go through anyway. I was wondering if there was a particular area where the goal achievers/maintainers offered a one on one match with a newbie, kind of like a step sponsor?

It would be really nice to connect with one specific inspiring person who has greater knowledge than I about weight loss and could provide insight when I needed it or just simply support whatever method I chose to use in my weight loss journey.

Anyone?

P.S. I am the least patient and observant person that I know. I haven't even figured out how everyone gets that neat weight measure bar as their signature.