Morning everyone we got up early this am as i thought i had an apt to see the a social secutity rep at the senior center. as we were having coffee steve asked what time so i looked at the apt card and it said June 20th ooopppps a very senior moment. he went back to bed. we are finding it really hard to make ends meet so im checking to see if i can apply for my ss early. i could get diability but on my income its such a small amt and i want to be able to go on steves income so need to find out how, it should help alot. yesterday i went with dh to his pt. his therapist is the one that came to our home 3 days a week after i had been in the hosp for 5 months. i hadnt seen her in several yrs and she was so excited to see me and i her. ive made so many friends in this journey i have been on. then we took his mom to the senior center for lunch. she used to live there befor she went into assisted living and wanted to see some of her friends. even tho its difficult to get her out the look on her face was worth it. so today i have a ton of laundry to do. my dd brings her's here(instead of a laundromat yucky!) best get at it, hope you all have awonderful day ttfn rosey

Hey question...I went to Bio's to see when I joined GG and I'm missing. Then noticed a bunch of us are missing? Jane! Now Girl where did they put us? karen3

Junuary has left and June is with us, finally. Lovely warm day. YES!!!

I've got a pile of things to do so I'm just waving and running through. Love you all. xoxoxoxo

We spent 1/2 of our day running around and now we are tired. Started at the gym then did some shopping for groceries etc. I thought about the fact that I was giving to my body while I worked out this am. I hope it appreciates it as I am not losing, just maintaining..2# up, 2# down. Guess it is better than gaining.

I am thinking more and more about what I am eating even if I often still eat it.... Today after my workout, I was in Walgreens and noticed a Cherry Mountain bar...remember those? Not really a "bar" more like a big chunk or ball. 200 calories and almost 2 carbs...I read the label, thought about it but still bought it. Shared one bite with dh (who didn't like it) and ate the rest. Guess I'm not quite ready for good healthy food...but at least I'm thinking about it. Our diabetic nutritionist/nurse said to watch for these things: how many carbs (of course), move the decimal in the amount of fat so if it's 2.5 you make it 25 and then calculate the percentage of fat (from calories) in the food you are considering (the cherry mt bar was a little more than 1/2 fat, we are to try for no more than 45%, better 30%), and the sodium should be no more than double the calories (difficult to find in many foods but my mountain bar was fine). So, yes, I'm thinking and even sorta want the healthier foods but it is still oh, so hard to give up my long-time favorite treats!

I try to remember how far I've come. I used to weight at least 15# more than I do now. I used to never read the nutrition labels, now I almost always do I used to hate to exercise. Exercise is no longer a struggle, I actually enjoy it. But it seems like I've been fighting this battle a very long time...I would have lost my weight a long time ago if I'd just figured out how to do it and then done it instead of losing and gaining over and over again! I'm glad I can vent all this to you GG!

Bobbi - Loved the story about the old couple! And while I can't imagine hating the person I shared so much of my life with, I know, sadly, it happens.

Good evening GG’s,

Day off over ~ back to work tomorrow.

Had a pretty nice day today. I was able to get in to the dentist and she smoothed off the rough spots on my temporary crown. Now, I will hopefully be able to get back to eating better. I had gotten tired of applesauce, yogurt and mashed potatoes. I look forward to my salads again.

Got to go to the pool this afternoon with Maddie and DH. Maddie has gotten so she can hold her breath and float and kick a little and try to swim. She is really excited about that. Would have liked to stay longer, but the skies got gray and soon there was some lightening ~ so the cleared the pool. The weather just kept looking worse, so they were going to close. We got the to car before it started to rain. It was a down pour. Raining so hard that it was hard to see to drive sometimes. Branches and trees were down all over the roads. I was glad to get home.

Hope you all are doing well. Have a good rest.

Take care

I went to see the surgeon yesterday, and I am discharged. No more dr visits, no more nurse. My wounds are finally healed. My belly looks really funky, but I'm not going to be wearing a bikini anytime soon. LOL I am keeping an eye on things because I know that it's possible for these seromas to open up again, but the nurse said she doesn't think they will. The doctor informed me that he is leaving at the end of the month, to work at a hospital out of state, so if I do need further treatment I will have to see a different surgeon.

Maryea - You are doing so much for your body when you go to the gym. It might not show up on the scale, but there are so many other reasons to exercise. It firms your muscles, increases your flexability and endurance, works your heart, lowers your cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar and blood pressure, increases your lung function...... These are all things that are important to your health and longevity.

I don't think giving in to candy once in a while is a problem, expecially if it is an occasional bar bought at the checkout. You eat it and it's gone. It's far better than buying a bag of candy with the intention of eating just one piece here and there, then you end up eating the whole bag just because it's there. This is a lifestyle change and I don't think you intend to go the rest of your life not tasting candy, ever. It's usually only the first bite that you need. Next time, try taking one bite and thowing the rest away. That might make you think twice about buying it, realizing that you are going to waste it.

Freda - I feel the same way about eating...hunger rarely has anything to do about it. I have to work at waiting until my body starts to feel hunger. If left to my own devices, I would nibble my way through every day. That would be ok if DH didn't come along and want dinner, too! LOL So many diet books instruct you to gauge your hunger before you eat. If I only ate when I was hungry I don't think I would be overweight!

Cajun - The 1 lb loss shows that you are still losing. Many times when you first start losing you will have a big loss the first week. That is mostly water weight. Everyone loses that first. The lb here and there than you lose after that is fat loss. I think if someone continued to lose 6 lbs per week they would be doing harm to their body, because it would mean they were definately not eating healthy. Keep up the good work!

Hello GG,
How's everyones day going? We have been getting rains everyday since Friday. It's hot and dry and I know we need it but yesterday I found myself in a dreary mood. I've increased my exercise and I feel it. I'm so sore in my legs. Yesterday I went to my mother in laws and she had family that came in. A couple of weeks ago we went to their daughters graduation party and they took pictures of us. I hate pictures. They brought a copy for us. I ve lost 63 lbs but when I look in the mirror I still see the same big person with the exception of my face. That's where I see it. Last night looking at the pictures I was very surprised with the way I looked. Now I see what everyone else sees.
I'm looking forward to my next size jeans. Hopefully it won't be long as the ones I have on are starting to hang.

CarolSue-I think you're right about the big losses. The only thing I can see for the 6 lb loss was I was coming off of a plateau.

Gayle- we often go out in the boat fishing and never stay when we see a thunderstorm brewing. Over the weekend we had a local little 10 year old boy that was struck by lightening trying to get out of the water. He's in critical condition. It entered in the chest and came out in the leg. Glad to hear that you got your tooth fixed.

Maryea-I never thought I would enjoy exercise like I do. The fact that you are not gaining is fantastic. Very interesting tip about the carbs and fat. Thanks. Just think where you would be if you had never started on this weight loss journey. So maintaining is better than gaining. Weight never gained back is a success.

Isabella. Hi. I see you finally got warmer weather. Would love some cool air.

Rosey-I understand about laundry. Never ending thing. I look at you ticker and that amazes me. You've come so far. Congrats to you.

Bobbi good luck on the sale of your place and hope you enjoy your new place.

Jess1. How are you?

Freda I try to plan my meals also. When I eat bad it's due to not thinking ahead.

Lady in weighting. Thank for the laugh.

Rie how's your day going?

Karen hello.


Have a good day goldies. I'm off to jog.
Cajun.

Hi everyone! I'm so tired right now,....just got home from shopping for a new microwave plus a log splitter for dh. Got the log splitter for Father's Day as it will help him so much. He works so hard splitting all the wood and it's hard work doing it all manually. He's done it for many many years so he really deserves this gift. We didn't get the microwave yet, just looked at several and came home to measure and descice which one we want. I want to do more research online too. I want the sensor kind and those that have it are all bigger than we wanted. We have a larger model now and were hoping for a smaller one, but also don't want to give up features. There is one at Costco I think I like but it is deeper yet is less wide and high than what we now have. Strange that it is so deep..there is about 6 inch behind the turntable that is just empty space. If I could cut that off it would be perfect.

I also got a new phone from AppleCare...they couldn't find anything wrong with my phone but because it has been acting so wierd they decided to just replace the hardware just in case. We plan to upgrade sometime Dec-April anyway but I'm glad to have this replacement as it was getting very frustrating not having my phone working properly esp since we no longer have a landline.

Our gs (12) called and pranked dh telling him he'd won the lottery. Dh believed it at first despite me telling him it was our gs! Then he realized he said the ticket was bought at Walmart and he doesn't buy from there. Duh!
There for a minute I think he was planning how he'd spend it! I knew it was our gs because he's made prank calls to me before but he knows he can't fool me.

Anyway right now I'm so tired I feel like crawling in bed pulling the blankets over my head and bawling. So guess I'd better get some rest. Sure don't feel like making dinner. We shared a Chinese 3 entree lunch at the mall and I had a mocha soon as I got home. I'm still ok with my cals and carbs though as long as I don't overeat tonight. But again my schedule has been way off today...at least I did get to the gym and got a good work out (for me)....walked a mile+ on the track, 15 min on 3.3 on treadmill, 15 min on bike at 7, and 2 sets of 12 reps on 3 weight machines. Plus all the walking around the stores.

No personals today...I hope you all have a good evening...I've got to lay down for a few minutes.

Mary

Good evening GG’s,

Sorry, out of time for personals tonight. It is hard to fit in every thing I want to fit in.

Had a good day at work. One day down, two more to go then off the weekend.

I am in such good spirits today. I got my crown worked on yesterday, I can now eat and talk without my tongue hurting. So, I could eat things I enjoyed more. Got to have my salad tonight for supper. I love my salads. I passed up the left over birthday cake at work.

I do a lot of thinking about how I can get myself to be more regular about exercising. It doesn’t seem to do much in helping me to lose weight (probably because I don’t do it vigorously enough). Seems that someone else here mentioned that the exercise didn’t help them much toward weight loss ~ sorry, can’t remember who else felt like that. I want to do it because I have read that there are other benefits to exercise besides weight loss. I guess I am wanting to do it ~ because I am prediabetic and have read that the movement helps your body use the insulin it makes.

So, I borrowed an audio book (one that had a positive upbeat message to it) from the library and am going to try again to do the walking. I started tonight with 15 minutes ~ I walked in the hallway at the “Y”. It is too hot now to walk outside ~ walking in the hall is sort of as silly as it was walking around the grocery store parking lot with the little cart ~ but what ever works I guess. I think I am going to concentrate on just the 15 minutes in the evenings after work at first and see if I can’t get into a routine with that, then add a 15 minute chunk in the mornings before work. Baby steps.

Well, it is almost time for bed. Hope you all rest well tonight.

Take care

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday was our Book Club meeting - none of us liked the book very much (The Forgotten Country). For next month, we can read either Wild (book about a young woman who loses her mother, has a downward personal spiral and decides to hike the Pacific Trail from LA to Oregon) and/or River of Doubt (book about Theodore Roosevelt who loses an election and decides to explore the River of Doubt in South America).

I am reading and enjoying both. I read Wild on the bicycle and River of Doubt on the treadmill.

Tomorrow, my DF and I are going into Philly to visit the newly moved Barnes Museum (impressionist paintings). We LOVED the original museum & am hoping we will like this one.

Saturday is my 5K with my former students. Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather.

Have a GREAT Thursday,

Lynn

Huzzah, everyone! Just stopped in to say that wave, have a long day ahead and need to go do stuff! Woot! :jn :dn :wn

Hi Golden Girls -

I thought I posted here but turns out it was on the challenge tread and I don't know if all of you check that. I mainly wanted to thank everyone for thier thoughts and prayers. I t meant a lot to me. And to say I've missed you all. I've been helping DH figure out which treatment he wants to do for the prostate cancer. Lots of consults with doctors and research. I've also been busy with the parents. I was feeling depleted and mentally and physically. I've been kind of maintaining - Lose 2 lbs - gain them back. I had chocolate binge or two. And it culminated a few nights ago with a couple of martinis. Just plain old vodka martinis. I didn't want to add the sugar/carbs but then had chocolate. I should have just had my favorite, lemon drop martinis. Can only do that once in a while - it was kind of fun but would have been more fun with the lemon drop martinis. I've briefly read through the posts and wanted to say:

Karen 31 - very sorry about your DS's seizures. How frightening. Glad he is feeling better.
Isabella - glad your DH's surgery went well.
Bobbi - getting one's house on the market is so much work! Our last house, we got it looking so good we decided to stay another year. My house and my parents' house and condo never looked as good as the day we put them on the market.

I've got to run. You chicks are the greatest. Hugs to all!

My parents are in an over 55 community and love it. They are in their 80s and are declining mentally but they have so many more friends.

My book club read a very good book, "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It is very sad at times but I think you will all enjoy it - especially if you like gardening and flowers. While it is a serious book, it is a quick read.
I will try to get back soon. Thanks again

Morning everyone i had a crappy day yesterday. i have decided after a very hurtful comment from the person that means the most to me,that im ok as i am,that i like myself and am proud of my progress. the comment was hurtful,and made me second guess myself. it made me sad mad and all that and yes tears. then i realized i cant change anyone else. ive have reinvented myself to many times to please someone else. now i choose to please myself, im loving the way i am now ,i wish id learned this yrs ago, with age comes wisdom. but the comment caught me off guard,so spent a frustrating day until i realized im ok and its his problem not mine. do anyof you have this happen,esp with wgt issues. thankyou one and all for letting me vent and hope your day is awsome (((hugs))) rosey