WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015
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janetr7476 wrote: »Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC
I lost 125# total. You're right it's not easy, but my weight just rolled off. I couldn't keep up with it. But I am thrilled and feel so much better. I have been able to get off of meds for Type II diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I had a right knee replacement just over 4 months ago. I breezed thru it, I'll have the left knee replaced in September. None of this would have happened 125# ago. I WILL keep it off. Thanks for the encouragement. Hang in there, the rest of yours will come off. I did start adding more activity/exercise than I'd ever done before on a regular basis.
How did you manage to get that weight to roll off? I have a vision of if rolling down a hill!
Chris in MA
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Good morning, y'all. It's hump day! I've lost 3 pounds since my last weigh-in - I've got at least 50 more to lose but I'm headed in the right direction.
With all the $$@^ that's gone on over the last couple of years, I got behind on a bunch of health related stuff. In addition to putting on weight, I'm overdue for my mammogram and colon cancer check, and need to find a new doctor since the old one didn't accept the insurance we finally got via the ACA. Starting to deal with that now that we've moved into the new place because I'm almost out of blood pressure medication. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a new doctor; I'm bracing myself for a lecture about my weight and hoping BP is controlled enough that I won't have to change meds. At least I can tell her I've lost a few pounds!
We're finally starting to see Texas summer temperatures. None of my bras fit anymore and they're all uncomfortable as a result. As soon as I can make the trip to Austin to appeal to the specialty bra goddesses, I've got to buy some new ones... I barely want to go out in public lately because I'd have to put on a bra!
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I'm new here! Time to get back to the right path - no more excuses! I'm off work all summer so my goal is to be active every day! I have found it so difficult to lose weight after 50. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude, and accept that a healthier lifestyle is more important than a number on a scale, and I hope this group will keep me on board with that!
Sharon0 -
Katla- Apple Jack was 18 years old. We got him at 1 1/2 years so he was a member of the family. The sad thing for my DD is that her horse Faancy is over 20 years old and is the one we thought we would have to be concerned about. God could be just preparing her heart.
Mary from Minnesota0 -
K in NEGA - Great analogy about mopping floors. However, I think I will take it as p[ractical advice. I'm feeling a bit down regarding how messy my house is getting. I've been putting in extra hours at work and don't have the energy to clean lately. I think I can manage 15 min. a day. Won't clean the whole house in one shot, but a little at a time will make a difference in the long run.
Mia in MI0 -
Carey-Edmonton - What fabulous results from your Dr visit. YAY!!!!!!0
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mornin ladies, havin some oatmeal and taking a walk. gonna be a great day. Love all the LOVE!0
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Good afternoon! I don't think I actually posted yesterday. I kept up with reading, but never got around to typing. I had a really bad day with food yesterday. I couldn't seem to get enough in my stomach to fill even remotely full. Hope that's gone for a long time, if not forever!
Meg - You can't leave! It is simply not allowed. I can't always keep up either, but we still want to hear what's going on in your life.
The boys vacated my house yesterday. I got home late and didn't even try to put the living room back together. I was a little irritated with my son that I went into the downstairs bathroom and there was no toilet paper to be found. It's not like he doesn't know where the extra is stored!
One good thing that I did yesterday is take my second pair of walking shoes to work with me and wore them to walk for thirty minutes (that got me the rest of my 11,000 steps) before I left the building. I plan to leave them in my office so that I can walk inside the building while it is so hot outside.
My male best friend left this morning for a business trip and then vacation. He won't be back until 6/28 and I will miss talking to him and getting that male perspective on so many things. Once his vacation begins he is unplugging and won't be accessible by phone or email.
There is a meeting at work scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. As a result, I will be putting in a 12-13 hour day and I am not at all happy about it! I already feel like I need a nap!
I've read/skimmed all of the posts and am thinking of you all.
Carol in NC0 -
My DH e-mailed me this from Minnesota. He knows me so well and that I need to keep things in perspective
Think you are having a bad day?
Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section
of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The
deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba
tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask.
A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from
massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive
identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully
clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire.
It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off
the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking
to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of
helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the
ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire.
You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the
Pacific, the next, he was doing the breast stroke in a fire dip bucket
300 feet in the air.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. but keep reading....
Still think you're having a bad day ?
A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in
the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally
slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was
dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.
His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut
and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called
for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill,
went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and
escort them to her husband.
While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to
right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up
the spilled petrol with some paper towels and tossed them into the
toilet.
After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the
shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went
into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while
attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between
his legs.
The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her
husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his
trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she
once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was
dispatched.
As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance
they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them.
They started laughing so hard, one slipped, the stretcher dumping the
husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.
Still having a bad day ?
Just remember, it could be worse..
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil
spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most
expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid
cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a
killer whale ate them both.
Still think you are having a bad day ?
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking
frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire
running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt
him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank
of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had
been happily listening to his Walkman.
STILL think you're having a bad day ?
Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending
pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand
pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly.
The two hapless protesters were trampled to death.
What ?!STILL having a bad day??
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter
bomb. It came back with 'return to sender' stamped on it. Forgetting
it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
There now, feeling better ?
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Mary in MN: my previous horse was put down at 25; the horse I have now will be 23 in August. So there may not be much reason to be worried yet!
Meg: YES, STAY!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:0 -
MARGARETTURK thank you. I was feeling sorry for myself, having my own pity party (and thinking of eating anything to feel better) and you made me laugh. Thank you so much0
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Margaret ... Very funny! Thank you!
Many of you have been complaining about location/orientation of your photos... Just so you know, they've been perfectly fine on my iPhone.
Beth
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happy hump day.not liking this rest and taking meds.Still painful and knee arthritis is hurting today also.
HUGS jane0 -
margaretturk wrote: »My DH e-mailed me this from Minnesota. He knows me so well and that I need to keep things in perspective
Think you are having a bad day?
Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section
of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The
deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba
tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask.
A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from
massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive
identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully
clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire.
It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off
the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking
to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of
helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the
ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire.
You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the
Pacific, the next, he was doing the breast stroke in a fire dip bucket
300 feet in the air.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. but keep reading....
Still think you're having a bad day ?
A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in
the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally
slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was
dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.
His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut
and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called
for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill,
went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and
escort them to her husband.
While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to
right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up
the spilled petrol with some paper towels and tossed them into the
toilet.
After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the
shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went
into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while
attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between
his legs.
The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her
husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his
trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she
once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was
dispatched.
As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance
they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them.
They started laughing so hard, one slipped, the stretcher dumping the
husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.
Still having a bad day ?
Just remember, it could be worse..
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil
spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most
expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid
cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a
killer whale ate them both.
Still think you are having a bad day ?
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking
frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire
running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt
him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank
of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had
been happily listening to his Walkman.
STILL think you're having a bad day ?
Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending
pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand
pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly.
The two hapless protesters were trampled to death.
What ?!STILL having a bad day??
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter
bomb. It came back with 'return to sender' stamped on it. Forgetting
it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
There now, feeling better ?
Thanks for bringing up my spirits from 'great' to 'ecstatically laughing' for the day; I had heard about the 2nd one; but, the others were funny (except for the diver found dead in the woods) . . . I did not know they would dip so deep; or if they had gone out on diving expedition that they would have dipped anywhere near any boats that carry divers out. Usually, there are a large group of boats and with diver flags on them as well. But, that is true of the Florida Keys and Bimini, Bahamas. May be that divers can go out from a beach in California. I always laugh at the one about the motorcycle accident. I had earlier sent it to a former HS friend of mine (who has about 7 Harleys).0 -
MNMargaret - Thanks for the jokes! I sent them on to a few people that I thought might also appreciate them!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
@terri_mom - are you opening them up in your picture program and turning them right-side up and then saving them before you browse for them on your computer for uploading them? I had some that I had done that to; and they still turned side-ways. If that doesn't help, I guess I can't give any more suggestions. Sorry. :huh:
Today I worked my program like my nurse/MD told me to . . . added my exercise; so although I ate more calories than I should have - after the MFP program deducted my exercise from walking on the treadmill . . . my calories were less than my limit. Yay; I don't know if she will say 'Yay' or not but maybe she will. I am still going to try to get at or under my caloric intake for the day and then let my 'exercise' be separate. At least when I take the print-out to her, she can see the exercise I have done. I could have been under if I had only eaten half of the steak burger I cooked . . . but, it was just too good! Either that, or eaten breakfast and count it as my meal. Today I drank a shake for breakfast and then drank some water as well. She said doing that would keep me from being hungry until the next meal/shake/snack. DH said he thought that I should eat my 'meal' during the middle of the day, since he does. That way it will be better. I guess that means that if he plans for us to go 'out to eat' he will have to tell me ahead of time so I can look up what I can eat at supper/dinner. I'm hoping that I can continue to 'up' my water intake. She keeps saying that it is 'good' for me. Guess my small bladder will just have to get 'use to it'. When I first started upping my water intake, I was having to be near a restroom/bathroom. Did not want to have any accidents. LOL!
@margaretturk - I really did not mean to copy the entire email message from your hubby . . . I forgot that I really did not have to unless it was older and I wanted the person to know that my response was to her.
But thanks for sharing it will all of us. :bigsmile: 0 -
K in NEGA - Great analogy about mopping floors. However, I think I will take it as p[ractical advice. I'm feeling a bit down regarding how messy my house is getting. I've been putting in extra hours at work and don't have the energy to clean lately. I think I can manage 15 min. a day. Won't clean the whole house in one shot, but a little at a time will make a difference in the long run.
Mia in MI
Two things I do that make me, at least, 'think' my house is relatively 'neat' is make my bed as soon as I get out of it and put any dirty dishes (hidden) in my dishwasher. I can't stand to get into an unmade bed. Call me 'crazy'. :laugh:0 -
Hope everyone is having a great day. It is very hot here today so I'm taking it easy. Played golf in the heat yesterday and we were out there over 5 hours. Mercy Me. I love to read the posts but like many of you, can't keep up.
MeG - you don't need to comment, just tell your stories. I still remember the one about your undies slipping down at work and you had to duck into rooms to pull them up. LOL
Kim - maybe I will see you on the streets of Seattle this weekend. Looks like good weather for us.
Have to fix DH some lunch. Have a great day.
Sue in TX0 -
Margaret ~ loved the bad day stories and passed along to my email buds.0
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