WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015
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Sondra...I know what you mean about wanting to do exercise with a purpose. Besides walking the dog, perhaps you can take a walk to a store, post office or somewhere that you would normally drive. I have "learned" to do pure exercise. I put my elliptical in front of the tv and watch shows on netflix that I love and only allow myself to watch them while I'm on the elliptical. This has been working for me because I
Gotta get some beauty sleep.
Chris in MA
Hi Chris, I appreciate the tips to make exercise more like "accomplishing something". I can see myself walking rather than driving. I love the elliptical idea.....now all I need is an elliptical0 -
Selena, I am sorry to hear about your son in law!0
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All of a sudden I'm having quotes from others posts appear in my reply box constantly that I have to delete; no idea why. Does this happen to anyone else?
Spent three hrs. at Goldy's house doing inventory of t shirts and sweatshirts for one of the volunteer groups this afternoon. Gemma had a play date at the dog park at 7p.........but mostly they just panted at each other.
I certainly hear you on the temp and humidity, Janet. I loved S.C. when we lived there but it's hard for me to imagine more humidity than we had today! Saw 93 in the backyard........and higher expected the next few days to come.
Selena.........I am so sorry for your loss.......Hugs to all and safe travels. How awful for your daughter.
Terri.........Great on your increased plank time! Hope the girl learns the right way to lose weight and lets you alone.
Welcome newbies!!!
Caitwin.......Welcome; interesting article.
Mary........Fun plans for your new bike. Please keep us posted on how it goes.
Vicki..........Hope things went well with the new boss.
TN Toni........Feel better!
Have a good night!
yanniejannie
midAtlantic
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There's been so much going on. Too much. I should be packing up the house for a move. I'm packing a suitcase instead. My 30 yr old daughter called this morning. Her 34 yr old husband died. No cause known yet. I'm not sure why I'm telling you... I probably won't be back for another 300 posts or so and will never catch up. But maybe for the prayers of strangers who've become friends? Hugs to all.
Selena in Utah
Headed to Alberta
I'm so sorry, Selena, for you and your daughter. {{{{Selena & daughter}}}} I hope you can help her get through this.0 -
Selena, I'm so sorry! My sympathies to your daughter. So very sad.
Today I took my DGD#1 shopping in Joplin. We had so much fun! I got a few new summer clothes, shorts and tops, for the kids, plus a set of sheets and a years supply of toilet paper at SAMs. At Target she tried on a really pretty lilac purple and white summer dress. It was supposed to be a little below the knee, but she is so short that it was a maxi dress. When she came out of the dressing room, she was beaming with happiness, and the attendant and several other shoppers gushed about how cute she was in it. So, it came home with us. Then we went to the local candy factory and enjoyed a couple of samples. It was a very pleasant day. And I got some huge hugs when I dropped her off. And even more when I brought DGS home from t-ball practice.
I walked at the mall this morning and got very close to my 10,000 steps. Later tonight I noticed my Fitbit battery had run out. Boo hiss. I'm sure I made it though, with all that shopping.
Sondra, my son has Alpha 1 Antitrypsthen Deficiency. It's a genetic lung and liver disease. Very severe form of it too.
Well, I'd better get ready for bed. Have a great evening!
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stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 13.13min, 13.3amph, 2.9mi = 88c
jog- 9.03min, 2incline, 6.8speed, 9.04ap, 1mi = 84c
other, floor exercise- 15min, 16knees bent, 16knees up, 16legs straight up, repeat 5sets, 240total, on back knees to chest, legs out 10, sit ups legs straight, 10, 2 sets each = 37c
ride gym 2 dome- 7.08min, 12.1amph, 1.4mi = 53c
ride wk 2 tan- 55.22min, 11.9amph, 10.9mi = 467c
ride tan 2 hm- 5.46min, 9.9amph,.9mi = 55c
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There's been so much going on. Too much. I should be packing up the house for a move. I'm packing a suitcase instead. My 30 yr old daughter called this morning. Her 34 yr old husband died. No cause known yet. I'm not sure why I'm telling you... I probably won't be back for another 300 posts or so and will never catch up. But maybe for the prayers of strangers who've become friends? Hugs to all.
Selena in Utah
Headed to Alberta
I am so sorry... my heart goes out to you and your family. I was 36 and my husband when he died as well. although I knew what he died of, I didn't realize he would go so quickly.... hugs to you all
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I didn't eat any of my exercise calories for a long time until the day I was on a long walk in the morning and thought I would keel over before I got home and realized that I was running out of fuel. I consume more calories on a day when I am more active. I walk my dogs for about three hours total each day, and go to two hour line dance classes, work in the yard, and ride my exercise bike for 10-40 minutes at a time. There is no way that 1200 calories of food will fuel me for that. I agree that MFP and exercise machines probably overestimate the amount of calories you burn, but I think there is a happy medium between the two extremes. We just came back from seeing "Spy"--a very funny movie. I have been reading a series of books set in North Carolina and think of all my vitamin F friends from North Carolina.
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.
Stats for today:
22,000 steps
three hours of dog walking in beautiful spring weather
two hour line dance classtwo hour line dance practice for the performance
35 minutes puttering in the garden
20 minutes on the exercise bike
Barbie from beautiful sunny NW Washington
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There's been so much going on. Too much. I should be packing up the house for a move. I'm packing a suitcase instead. My 30 yr old daughter called this morning. Her 34 yr old husband died. No cause known yet. I'm not sure why I'm telling you... I probably won't be back for another 300 posts or so and will never catch up. But maybe for the prayers of strangers who've become friends? Hugs to all.
Selena in Utah
Headed to Alberta
So sorry to hear such heart wrenching news. I will remember you and your family in prayer.0 -
Pip and Selena so sorry for your loss. MNMargaret 0
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Hello everyone, my name is Joyce W. And I am new to MFP, and new to posting ( got a lot to learn and hope I am doing this post correctly ). Glad to know there's a group of ladies in my age group. May I join you all? Again, I am new to posting and hope I can find you again. I'll have my June Goals ready for posting on tomorrow.
Joyce certainly you can join us. We are glad to have you aboard. You will quickly learn to get around the site. Welcome and let us know how you're doing.
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Hi all this will be short because it's late. Had a busy day today and lots of errands planned for tomorrow, We got nearly 3' of rain between last night and today. Otherwise quiet. I need to pick a sink and faucet tomorrow for the sort-of-new kitchen
TNToni: I usually have summers totally off, but I didn't do clinical this spring because of my knee, so I had to make up my hours somehow. So it's assessment lab and an online nursing history course,
selena: I'm so sorry for your loss
DeeDee: yes between my kids and the animals we do live in a zoo! Benny is sleeping sweetly right now but he had us up at 2;40 last night because he hates storms.
Welcome newbies!
OK that's all I can manage tonight! Take care, Meg from wet Omaha0 -
Sylvia: Your son and his children are always in my prayers. I googled his lung condition and was saddened by the difficulty of the challenge he faces. You are likely the best grandma, and most courageous mom I know. :flowerforyou:
Michele: Thanks for your sympathy. I’m sorry our friends didn’t get the house next door, too. They want to know right away if another comes on the market. I don’t know when that might be, but you never can tell. The good news is that our neighbors (also friends) will be able to stay put in their home until the one they’re having built is ready for them. The buyer was willing to rent back it to them for the next 5 or 6 months.
Selena: I am so sorry for your daughter’s situation. What a terrible tragedy. Travel safely. My prayers are with you and your daughter.
Joyce W and other newbies: Welcome to an amazing group of women. :flowerforyou:
I went to the eye doctor today because I have an itchy, swollen eyelid. I thought it might be a sty, but it is something called a chalazion instead. The handout I received says that it occurs when a gland in the eyelid becomes clogged. I’ve used drops and hot moist packs and it is feeling quite a bit better already. The swelling is going down, too. It still itches a bit although not as much as it did.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
June Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
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Selena - my thoughts and prayers are for your daughter and you. Safe travels.
GUESS WHAT!!! It is raining!! It has been raining for 2 hours already! We so do need it. We had minimal snow last winter and we have had one rain previous to this one and that was only a 1/2 inch here for us.
That was a really cool bike I seen back a few pages. Too bad I live on a gravel road.
Heading off to bed, stayed up way too late last night catching up on posts, didn't sleep well and did a lot of gardening and yard work today.
Night all
Lillian in Rainy West Central Saskatchewan
Opps... I better get everything ready for the power outage tomorrow morning 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Good think I have a gas stove and my mom's Pyrex coffee pot. I can perk my coffee in the morning just like my dad used to do.0 -
Selena- we are praying for you (((hugs)))
TNToni - I hope you heal quickly! Becca is right about the bag balm. It's kinda like Vaseline. I'm sorry you have to stay out of the pool. Get a spray bottle and lay next to it.
Metallaxi - welcome to a great group of friends. I also do the fasting, I do some of the concepts from the 8 hour diet. I also lift every other day since March. I do Strong Lift 5x5.
Jroll001 - welcome! There is a star on the right side of the screen that you click on to highlight it and it turns yellow. That will bookmark the page. What do you like to be called?
Jan - the quotes appear if you accidentally touch it and they reappear even if you delete them until you sent a reply. So if I accidentally hit a quote I will delete and send a short post. Or ignore it lol
Sylvia- your DGD sounds so precious! What a fun life you live!
Barbie- I haven't heard of that movie. I will google it. I love comedies. You are extremely active and very inspirational.
Pip - great burn as usual!
Katla- that was a very quick sale! Hopefully your friends will find a place close by.
Janet Myrtle Beach- I need to take my bike to a large parking lot to practice. I almost fell over side ways! It's like learning all over again!
Have a great night everyone!
Mary from Minnesota
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Hello Everybody, I like this page. It is like a room where people drop in and say 'hi'. A busy hub. I guess that is where we are all at in our lives. I get lost at which person I am looking at, trying to follow the conversation. I guess that gets better with time.
Lisa, the other day you gave me some great advice about my husband. Just wanted to say thank you for it. Lots of women gave some good advice, I just don't remember all the names to thank.
Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. Someone on here said to log, log log. Logging, is my careful constant and kind reminder to make good choices about my food.
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Dreamwriter, Dad is having a dance recital??? maybe you didn't catch an autocorrect.
Lillian, I hate those updates. When I get them on my laptop, they appear just as I am ready to shut it down for the night but on my desk top I just get them whenever my computer decides to send them. I don't know why but I got 3 yesterday and another 3 today. It just totally cuts me off of what I am doing. How rude!!!!
Jules, you are so right about the doctors. Oh the books we could write about them. We have a family practice residency program at our hospital. We had this one guy who was the sweetest thing and had the most impeccable hand writing. So when he finished his 3 years, the hospital was just then changing insurance which was going to be a big change for us. So he got a lot of the staff, that's how much we loved him. I am still with him after zilions of years.
Lisa, I use a browser (Safari) on my tablet exclusively to get on the forums. I use the app to log anything.
Mary, Minnesota, where do you sit on that thing. And how do you pedal. Update, I watched a u-tube video. Neat. It's like if I took the screws holding the eliptical at the Y onto the gym floor out, I could just ride it down the street. Did it cost a pretty penny? I see you live in a bi-level also. I hate the stairs! If either Charlie and I get to the point we need to have a mobility chair put on the stairs, it will have to be for up and down. It was real hard on my Mom and now it is for my sister. I just see it as a challenge for me now. I hope DH and my health stay good we don't need it.
Carey, my DH was offered cardiac rehab after he had his heart attack two years ago but he refused. He is not one who takes some one telling him what to do very well. The day after discharge he was at the mall. But he had his own personal private duty nurse walking with him with a blood pressure cuff. I would stop him about every 10 minutes and make him rest. I also made him go home after 1 mile. He walks 2 - 3 miles every day still. Of course now that he has Parkinson's, he has more of a reason to walk.
Katla, no the car will not be fixed. It is a 2002, we have the basic required insurance on it. The door closes OK, I'm sure where the exact point of impact was it will have some rusting through the years but it runs fine and that's the car that takes us all on vacation. It's a 7 passenger extended length minivan with a luggage rack on top. If we are on a physically active vacation I rent a mobility scooter here and take it. So that takes a lot of the luggage area inside. DH says he isn't upset since he knows it was a stupid mistake. That is a WOW moment for him. I think it is because his stupid mistake actually took the door off.
Sylvia, when my girls were young and we were in a public place and they misbehaved, I took them to the bathroom to have a discussion. They knew the next time I had to take them out of the situation ad go to the bathroom it would not to be to discuss anything. So that rarely happened. Only problem was that if it was just them and their Dad he ignored that behavior.
Allison, Why didn't you stop at my house? I'm sure southern Indiana was on your way home.
Selena, I am so sorry for your loss. Does she have any children? I know that shouldn't make any difference but it sure makes it hard on the kids and Mom when Mom has to pull double duty. Prayers for you for a safe trip and being with your daughter through this trying time. Don't worry about us at all.
ydailey, wish you well in cleaning up the mess. Am so glad your Father's house was intact. I have never been in any kind of disaster so I con't even envision what it is like to either go through it or clean up and try to pick up the pieces of your life again.
tngram, this lady in the iron lung was very interesting. She could be out of the lung 1 hour 3 times/day. I am sure she got very tired of explaining how the lung worked. Eventually her insurance stooped paying for home health nurses
but the nurses continued anyway, just off the clock. They would take their lunch breaks at her house and her Mom would fix them lunch.
Welcome to our newbies, Gramzies1234, toniwilson47, sisterpam, mjones1029, metllaxi. and Joyce W. metallaxi, we had a lady join about a week ago from Greece. I think her name was Stephani. Joyce,W did I see an RN on your name pin??? I am an RN also. I guess I am going to have to add a K to my name as I have been the only Joyce here.
Going to see the new Jurassic Park movie tomorrow. So this week, several stations have had the 3 previous ones on. So now we are caught up. I have no idea if they will be using any of the same characters or plot line in the new one. I wanted to go to the 11 AM showing. But DH has medicines to take at 12:30 and he is afraid he will miss them so we will go to the 1 PM. I'm just afraid that the line will be long enough we won't even be able to get tickets. And I don't like a crowded theater. Talking about temperature, it is 80 degrees and almost 2 AM here!
Joyce K, Indiana
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(((Selena))) What a shock to lose a loved one so suddenly and at so young an age. My heart goes out to you and your daughter.0
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Good morning everyone!
Selena: so sorry. Thinking of you and your daughter.
Vicki: good to see you!
Michele: sorry Bryan is causing you pain.
Sylvia: lovely day with your granddaughter. I remember those days with my grandmother; enjoyed them so much.
Finally slept pretty well last night, but I had gone to bed too late. I’ve been exhausted since the bronchitis a few weeks ago. Hope I do better tonight.
It will be a warm day today. Little buddy and I are going to the holistic vet later. He gets seen every few months. It’s a different person this time, so I hope she’s good.
Hope we all have a good day.
Cynthia :flowerforyou:
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Morning ladies~Boy I am out of shape
I was bending at the waist instead of with knees picking for an hour .. Oy I am sore this morning...
Michelle if we were closer I would buy the kayak from you. that is something that I want to do when I move to florida..
Selena~ my thoughts and prayers are with your daughter and your family,just heartbreaking..
The contractor has put off the kitchen until the 23rd, of the month and has to get all the cabinets in by june 30th so that they can measure for countertops as that is the last day of the sale...
Tom will have to go see his dad tomorrow,and the electrician has more work to do so he will be here again Saterday, we are going to a graduation party saterday afternoon ... so we will leave Tony here to work0 -
Selena - Hugs and prayers for you and your daughter.
TNToni - Ouch! Keep saying no, but no pool for two weeks - OMG!
Sisterpam - You sound as if you are in the same position as me. I also have about half of me to get rid of. It is lovely to see all the people on this site who have worked so hard to reach their goals but also wonderful to meet someone who is at the beginning of their journey. I swim as cannot run ( even difficult to walk sometimes). Heather is such an inspiration. I have only been on the site for a few months and have only know her as someone who exercises all the time and is up for anything. Reading today about how she started was such an eyeopener for me.
Caitwn - I am also a motorcycle accident survivor, one of the reasons the knees are so bad.
Terri - Rant away! I can take it. I love hearing about everyone's lives and struggles. I don't tend to write much about my life as so little happens. Work-home-work-home, bit of swimming inbetween, and ofcourse the occassional trips up to the West Midlands to see family.
Alison - I echo Cynthia, so nice to hear things are going nicely for you.
Sorry for all the people I have missed. Like I said I do enjoy reading all the posts and am with you every step of the way. Just so much going on. Prayers and hugs for you all and hope everything you do is enjoyable.
Gilly, Suffolk UK
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Selena I'm so sorry to hear about your DSIL :brokenheart: I was 39 when my hubby died. Prayers for your daughter and you❤️ 0
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SelenaP63 wrote: »
There's been so much going on. Too much. I should be packing up the house for a move. I'm packing a suitcase instead. My 30 yr old daughter called this morning. Her 34 yr old husband died. No cause known yet. I'm not sure why I'm telling you... I probably won't be back for another 300 posts or so and will never catch up. But maybe for the prayers of strangers who've become friends? Hugs to all.
Selena in Utah
Headed to Alberta
Selena:
My prayers and thoughts to you and your daughter.
Colleen in PA
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Marking my spot :flowerforyou:
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Selena, best wishes to you and your daughter - cant imagine how you both must be feeling. Hang in there.0
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Morning everyone! Happy Friday from NE Ohio where it is going to be near 90 degrees today! I may have to start walking in the local mall to get my steps in at these temps.
Needing some encouragement in the pounds lost dept. as the scale hasn't budged in 2 weeks. I have been on MFP for 14 weeks and have lost 12 pounds. I have a 1300 calorie budget. Walking and strength training are my exercises of choice. I don't eat back my exercise calories for the most part. I must say I feel my body changing shape and most of my size16 pants are now wearable. I just wish the scale would move a little each week. Trying to be patient with this process. I am in it for the long haul!
Here's to a great day everyone!
Cheri in Fairlawn, Ohio
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All caught up reading! Extremely happy to report the most unusual.......a great nights sleep!!! About seven hours worth, believe me, that is amazing for me. YAY! It is soooooo great to feel like I actually slept!
Watering finished. Breakfast next....in summer, usually a hard boiled egg followed by 2 % plain Fage yogurt with fruit....raspberries today, I think. More 90's in the ten day forecast than eighties...yuck, too early for those temps. DD off work today until 2:30pm, asleep yet.
Mary.....thanks, I guess I was doing the right thing, just deleting, then doing a post....it never happened until recently, but I never used the iPad so much either. Hope I haven't been sending everybody random quotes from their posts, if so I apologize.
Cynthia.....may you feel better every day!
Donna.....if you have the time to hang around, you will learn everybody quickly.
Sylvia.....nothing like a little girl in love with a new dress! And maxis are in yet again!
Wishing a great day for everyone.......yesterday that came out that I hoped we all had "Google" days,go figure! These things really do have a mind of their own!
Yanniejannie
MidAtlantic
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Hello! Glad to find this group! I want to lose about 30 pounds.
My name is Deb aka alliebug42560 and I hail from west Michigan0 -
Selena - sometimes the comfort of strangers is best of all, as it's pure, without thought of return or need for anything more than acceptance. I am so sorry for your daughter's loss, and your own. I hope you are there safe, and while I know you won't, indeed can't check back this far down this thread, I hope you can feel all of us reaching out to support you when things are so tough right now...
GRITS/SLUTS - the thread does change every month, but the amazing Barbie always puts a link right at the end of the thread to the new one. I appreciate it, it feels like being able to cast off the old, start anew... It's OK, breathe, you've got like 18 whole days!
Newbies - all of you, welcome to this amazing, busy, comforting, busy, bustling, busy thread full of love and support,
and some kick-assery
and tons of folks who just reach out to make sure everyone's OK... I love this place, and I do think of it as both place and community, in ways I had almost given up on the Internet supplying after so many years.
Donna - you're welcome. Trying to lose weight without the support of your SO (significant other) may be the hardest thing any of us try to do. Ever. The visitor I had this last weekend confirmed for me that my ex sabotaged me and all my efforts to diet in ways I thought I had exaggerated in my memory... She also showed me a current picture of him ( I haven't seen him in five years). Karma can be... exquisite. Just sayin'...
Alison - I am so glad to see things becoming closer to normality for you and your DH. And renovations are so stressful... Hope it's over soon.
Heather in the UK and all the other break-a-leggers and well-wishers - thank you! Yes, "break a leg," means the same thing out of the theatre world here... My book signing was not a bust...but had less than 25% of the attendance I had hoped. Ten attendees, sold 14 books, got pre-paid orders for three of the next book. Learned a lot about what to do, and what not to do. The best part is, now the first one's done and dusted, and the next one will be much less stressful, one hopes! Funnily enough, out of all that publicity, exactly ONE person showed up from the write-ups in the paper... which may say more about the paper readership than me, I hope.
Today is that inevitable let-down, you know? Trying not to second guess the whole process, or indulge in the "if-only's" or "I should haves." It's always temporary. The best part about being over 50 is knowing myself better and knowing this aftermath feeling is not permanent. It's simply a symptom that this means a LOT to me -- I have chosen to commit my life to making writing my career, and I do not wish, nor intend to fail.
Time to go run and shake off the day-after doldrums!
LisaH from West Texas
Picture of me from last night in full-on performance mode... happily signing a book...
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