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Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2025

Books: unfortunately, Libby doesn’t have all that many ebooks. I’m also registered for the library down in FL. It’s interesting –here in NC I have access to all of the NC libraries (or so I was told), down there I only have access to that county’s. Anyway, my question is: does anyone know any way I can get access to other libraries?

I can access all sorts of both reading and audio books via Libby with my Tasmanian Library membership.

But if I wanted to access other libraries, I would have to get a membership with those other libraries.
The key is the library card number.
In order to get the library card, you'll have to go to the website for that library and see what requirements they have in place.
Most of the ones I've looked at require a person to go to a branch in person and provide ID and proof of address before they will give you a library card.

https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6103.htm

The cruise situation is interesting: I think we are at 45 days out. The lady I am rooming with doesn't really reach out with any sense of excitement…she doesn't reach out at all. And so I try to maintain a boundary. I ask if she knows other people that are going and she is rather vague about it.
I am prepping myself that I might be alone on the cruise. I feel alone now! I would feel better if I had just done it all on my own. I feel no sense of expectation or control!
The agent says she will have a zoom meeting and then set up a WhatsApp for the group to discuss plans. I did put something on Facebook over the weekend. I simply asked how many hours we would have in Rome. I Hate to stick out by asking questions. The agent has like 6 cruises between now and then my cruise.
I grew a little frustrated.There is nothing to look forward to. Everything is up in the air. I went ahead and booked a tour of the Sistene Chapel in Rome and then for the cruise i booked 6 excursions. The tour and excursions can be canceled.
I changed my flight so I will be going home through Paris. The agent really didn't leave enough time from the boat to the airport in Rome.
I don't see night activities planned too much. The room itself seems nice and has a lovely view!
I read tourists in Italy wear their jeans. I don't wear jeans much because of the GA heat. But I found 12 pairs and tried them all on! Some are over 20 years old! All different sizes! I am decluttering 6 pairs..but keeping the rest…but Why??? At 3 am last night i got up and decided I wanted some wide leg jeans and ordered these at 3 am in the morning!

Rosemarie — I am never excited about things prior to doing them. You could set up an all-expenses paid year-long round-the-world trip for me, and I'd be carrying on with life as normal. If anything, my stress level might increase.

Once I'm on the way … once I've boarded the plane, started driving, or whatever, then I start feeling excited.

I am very much a question-asker! I always have a million questions about everything … unless I can find out myself online.

Jeans are rarely among my travel items. They're heavy, they take forever to dry, and they can be uncomfortable to walk in. However, if they're somewhat lightweight and stretchy, they can be nice.

Machka in Oz

Machka9

Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2025

Grandmallie: I am at a loss for words. I am so very, very sorry. Your daughter doesn't seem very aware of your health. She must be extremely stressed, though her children are perfectly delightful. Sounds like she is at her wits end.

Probably safer to antagonize you than her DH. Any idea who can give her the respite she seems to be craving??

My mother never once had any grandchild overnight. And the only time I slept at my grandparents was when my mother was having another child or my parents were moving to another house. She is lucky your not moving to FLA!

But again she is beyond stressed. She probably should see a counselor. Does she have ADD and is overwhelmed with time management?

Rosemarie from GA

Rosemarie2972

Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

@ReignFromAshes

The following revelation that you shared with us on 13th has been in my mind ever since.

"I feel like I have been dieting my whole life and if I died tomorrow, I think that would be one of my biggest regrets. I regret how much of my life I have spent "dieting" only to always still be overweight. ..…..... I had gained so much weight since Covid and I was feeling so miserable lately, worse than ever. And then I had a thought. I realized that I could change that. I know, it sounds silly and "duh", but it really hit me that if I wanted to be in amazing shape, nothing was stopping me but me. I am physically able to workout. I have a choice to eat whatever I want. I have complete control over this and if that's what I want, I can have it. There is absolutely NOTHING stopping me! So this so-called "Epiphany" has me excited now! If I put this work in, there is no way I can fail! 😁"

So each time I've been tempted to stray off track I've said to myself, "The only thing stopping me from getting what I want is me".

Thank you for that revelation, I hope it's worked for you as much as it has for me this last 6 days. Looking forward to taking it forward to the next round 😁.

musicsax

Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

~~8/09~~ - 166.0

~~8/10~~ - 167.5

~~8/11~~ - 168.3

~~8/12~~ - 167.0

~~8/13~~ - 167.1

~~8/14~~ - 167.8

~~8/15~~ - 167.1

~~8/16~~ - DNW

~~8/17~~ - DNW

~~8/18~~ - 168.8 - Woke up both days very early - before sunrise- due the pups and didn't bother with weighing in since I was planning to go back to sleep on the couch. Saturday I didn't fall back asleep and ended up going grocery shopping before BF woke up since I knew we had an event to attend early and I needed to get that done. Sunday I ended up sleeping 12 hours! Completely unheard of for me to sleep more than 9 hours at any one time - after the dogs woke me up and did their business outside, we all fell back asleep on the couch and I needed it. I felt like I was seconds away from faceplanting concrete all day Saturday. I'm feeling bloated due to the event (it was hot and water was limited. I drank more than a gallon of water, but it wasn't enough) and Sunday's food wasn't ideal, I was just filling gaps in my macros, honestly. The scale is reflecting all that added water retention but I'm confident it will drop off. I under-ate macros Saturday - food availability and honestly I was too hot to eat. I felt sick the few times I did make myself eat because I was overheated. I knew I needed to, though. Food this week is prepped and pre-logged. I'm ready to be fully back on track and for this new round!

CamandJarvis

Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

It’s fun to see all of the graphs! Mine shows a complete inability to maintain a loss. I was going to say that my highest weights were logged when pregnant. However, I noticed that my first weight above 150 was only like 6 weeks into my pregnancy! I really cut loose after I did a triathlon in 2017 I guess! Just glad I’m cutting this rebound off a little earlier.

pezhed

Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

I’m Amanda, serial starter in JGMTD 🫣 5’2”, 40F, in Virginia (US)

NSG (tracked for prior day)

🏃🏻‍♀️ movement - 7/10 days

🚫 no alcohol - 7/10 days

SW Rnd 305 - 134.0

RGW: 132.0

8/9 - 133.4 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️Yesterday was good! Ran sprints assigned by my Garmin training plan. Stayed on track through the day so I could indulge in chicken tikka masala that I made for dinner. Today will be more challenging at a local agricultural fair and a night out at a small concert. DH is playing trombone in a band for a couple of songs! Happy Saturday! Glad to be back with you!

8/10 132.8. This is a fake number. I waaayyy overdid it last night and I’m sure the beers left me dehydrated. It was a fun night but today will be a struggle. And I’ll see the repercussions on the scale tomorrow. I just have a 30 minute easy run to do today and I’m taking the kids to a community production of The Wizard of Oz. Not sure the 4 year old will make it through but we’ll try it.

8/11 - 135.6 🚫 Whoop there it is! The overdoing from Saturday plus a giant bowl of salt (restaurant ramen) for dinner last night. My water retention is so extensive that I hardly had to pee when I woke up this morning. I took the boys rock climbing and bike riding today. I ran while they biked, and I got to do a few climbs! We had Mexican food for lunch and I feel I made pretty good choices (grilled chicken) but I probably had more chips than I needed.

8/12 - 135.0 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️ I thought maybe some additional water would push through but no such luck. Perhaps I’ve gone more off the rails than I realized. Today I have a run and have to prep for the first day of school tomorrow! Need to meal plan and shop, too. Feels like I’ve been stringing things together too much which leads to not-great choices.

8/13 - 133.8 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️There we go. Still a long way to the 132 I was hoping to achieve this round, but I deserved this upset. I grocery shopped enough to get us through the next few days and did a very hard threshold run yesterday. Today I’m planning to strength train. My 6 year old starts 1st grade today! The summer flew by! I’ll admit I’m looking forward to being in more of a routine now, and having some capacity to think, especially after the 4 year old starts part time preschool on Friday.

8/14 - 133.2 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️I think I pretty much ate maintenance yesterday. I did my strength workout. I’m currently at the gym after having completed a recovery jog and 20 minutes of Peloton yoga for runners. Tonight’s dinner is a seafood feast - shrimp, clams, and oysters from the seafood truck that comes through town. This is my 4-year-old’s requested meal 🤣 I might have some white wine with dinner since I’ll be cooking with it. My only other planned drinking night this round is Saturday for a friend’s birthday party. I’m sure I won’t go too overboard after what I did to myself this past Saturday and the resulting after-effects (2 days of bad food choices and 3+ days of anxiety).

8/15 - 132.8 🏃🏻‍♀️ Both kids in childcare for the first time since May this morning! The time before that 12:30 pick-up ticks by verrry quickly, though. I did manage a dog walk and a treadmill run this morning. My seafood dinner last night was delicious but a bit of a production. DH shucked a dozen oysters and made cocktail sauce. I made a New York Times shrimp pasta recipe, from-scratch baked french fries, mussels in wine, garlic, and butter sauce, and boiled some delicious fresh corn on the cob. I'm so grateful my kids like food. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with elaborate dinners. Of course that love of food is only going to increase in price as they grow into young men. We tried protein pasta (inspired by @Chapter_3and other friends) and it was not a hit unfortunately. It also made me very gassy last night. Ah well, it's good to try new things! Tonight DH is going out for dinner so I may take the opportunity to do breakfast for dinner with the kids (DH HATES breakfast for dinner but I love it and grew up doing it at least once a week). Hope everyone's weekend gets off to a strong start!

8/16 - 132.0 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️ Very pleased with my weight today! Unfortunately it’s Saturday and my good friend’s 40th bday party. I’m going to have to strategize if I want to maintain my week’s loss. The menu is tacos and cake and, of course, booze. I think I’ll bring seltzers to alternate between drinks and go easy. I’ll also try to save a bunch of calories for the evening, but the most exercise I’ll do today is probably walking the dogs. I’m also planning to canvass for a local political candidate so I’ll get some walking in that way too. Boy, weekends are tough!

8/17 - 130.8! Fun number but I can’t trust it after a night of drinking. Had a blast at my friend’s bday party! All women, dressed to impress, pot luck taco bar and karaoke in our friend’s living room. Couldn’t ask for a better celebration of my “sister wife” (we co-parent a ton since it takes a village)! I moderated fairly well so I think the after-effects will be minimal this time other than the dehydration today. Today is chore day and I’m supposed to go for a run. May take the kids swimming since that’s the only way I can spend any time outside in this heat 🥵

8/18 - 133.0 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 Okay! Down a pound for the round! I’ll take it. Two splurging Saturdays there. Hopefully the damage is done from the recent one! I’ll probably have the same goals as last round. I’ve already planned dinners and grocery shopped for the week today so I’m feeling good heading into R306. See everyone there!

pezhed

Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

SW Rnd 303 297.6 EW 296.5 (-1.1)
SW Rnd 304 296.5 EW 301.1 (+4.6)

SW Rnd 305 301.1 GW for round 296.4
8/9: 300.7
8/10: 298.3 - My goal for this round is to get lower than my SW for round 304 which was a complete disaster. Having said that, it is normal for me to gain 5 during my TOM that isn't real gain, yet I still get shocked by it. Regardless, I'm back in the 200s and today I did something very good for me. I used to ride my Peloton religiously and it was so good for my weight loss. Since we moved cities in May I hadn't been on the bike in our new house, but that's changed now as I rode for 30 minutes this afternoon. Going to spend the week focusing on better habits for me. I travel on Friday for the weekend so I want to make the start of this round count!
8/11: 298.2 - I know it's only .1 down from yesterday, but it feels good. My mind is in a positive space and while no feeling lasts, it'll ride this as long as I can. I am about to get back on the Peloton for a ride, this will be day two in a row! Yay.
8/12: 297.2 - Tonight's activity will be donating plasma. I have done lots of whole blood donations but never plasma. I've been treating my body nice to prep for it. I need to keep that mentality more just for me! I am happy things are resetting and that I'm back to below where I started Round 303.
8/13: 297.3 - My first plasma donation went well last night, but holy crap am I wiped today! I also had an extremely busy day at work. Letting myself off the hook tonight as I need rest.
8/14: 295.7 - Delighting in this number. Today is my last day of work for the week as I fly to Vancouver tomorrow to meet my husband who is at the tail end of a work trip. We are going to a concert and to the PNE (their version of a fair). Can't wait.
8/15: 294.8 - I have weighed under 295 since July 3, so this feels like a good moment. My flight today is delayed so I have more time on my hands at home. I think I'll use some of it to get more movement and exercise. I won't be able to weigh in for the next two days, so I'll be back just in time for the end of the round!
8/16: DNW
8/17: DNW
8/18: 299.2 - The last two rounds contained two of my major weight retainers: TOM and flights. This uptick wasn't as bad as the first. Will be working on it!

ashleycarole86

Re: Unpopular opinions

I’ve seen a lot of you don’t have to eat “bland” food while dieting on MFp lately… mostly vilifying chicken breast and broccoli…

My possibly unpopular opinion… simple chicken and broccoli can be great!

Cant fresh & quality meat and simple garden vegetable taste good without covering it up?

Also- I’m quite grateful to be able to have meat and veggies on the table … which leads me to-

My 2nd possibly unpopular opinion - only in first world countries do people complain about having to eat a chicken breast and a vegetable.
Oh the torture!

SafariGalNYC

Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2025

Thank you guys so much for the Bob & Brad mention yesterday. I went and looked up their Epley Maneuver, and doing that plus keeping my chin up and looking forward for most of the day after seemed to have done the trick for now. No swirlies when I laid down, and none when I got up. Am putting the video here, Rebecca, if you want to try it. If it's the left that's bothering you, you do all these things the opposite way.

I've always tried the one with my back over a pillow, but over the edge of the bed appears to work better, and for only 15 seconds in each position. I think going through most of the day afterward without moving my chin down in front of me (you can move your eyes and look down, just not dropping your chin) may be the key to making it work. Easy and cheap and not painful at all for me. I didn't need to have someone holding my head, but Lee might be able to help.

https://youtu.be/K4S4CbuN6QA?si=i03970ZNyRu6pYUu

Oh. And I'm up early. And feeling better, can you tell?

Later,
Love,
Lisa