WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015
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Peep - I'd say the improved time is more important than the place.
Nancy - I have no idea which "animal" I am. I couldn't answer most of the questions. The only thing I've noticed about my response to food is that if I eat a lot of sugar (say, a big apple fritter), it puts me to sleep.0 -
Janet, it sounds like Justin has some frontal lobe damage from that stroke. Those are all symptoms of frontal lobe damage. I had a cousin who got encephalitis from a mosquito bite at the age of 2 with severe brain damage. His seizures were so severe and so frequent that when he was 10, doctors removed his left frontal lobe. He sounds just like Justin. He had a memory that was incredible- could give you TV and movie trivia facts or sports statistics to no end, but could not figure out that when he counted semi-trucks by tens, when he got to a thousand it didn't mean he had seen a thousand trucks. No motivation and no empathy and totally self-absorbed. When his parents passed, he moved close to me and I helped him out and then when he got too lonely, he moved in with me. At age 54 he got a brain tumor where the frontal lobe had been removed. He didn't have the usual symptoms since there was no pressure, so when we figured out why he started having balance problems and weakness, it was too late to do anything. Hospice was wonderful and he died in my home.
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Pipster - Second always sucks, sorry (apologies to those of you who reassure folks who don't win... I HATE not coming in first, and have a feeling Pip does too...
) On the flip side... when your eyes are better next year, considering your time is also better year over year, you'll probably kick some wrinkly booty. So rock on with your bad self, and you and Smiling Boy can take 'em all by storm next year. We'll root you on from the sidelines... 
My first 5K in more than 20 years is a Powder Run on July 4th... yeep!
Kari - sorry about your back!
Penny - thank you for the amazing pictures... such courage when you don't like heights. Proud of you for that, love to surmount those challenges...
Nancy - I ended up as an Otter - protein-oriented, some veggies, best with low carbs. Which I kind of knew. While I can eat some potatoes now, which is good, since they have lots of vitamins, etc., and are pretty darn low in calories as long as you aren't frying the little buggers, rice, pasta, even whole grain breads are essentially a sleeping pill for me.
And I take supplements daily because pretty much every vegetable tastes nasty to me. I do eat what I can bear to, but to me they have always been and pretty much will always be foul... unless one dumps a load of cheese or other high calorie sauces on them. Or deep fries them in batter. Ever deep-fried cauliflower? In the right batter, tastes just like chicken. But, of course, this is not an option.
Not necessary to beat me for it or suggest ways to eat the blinking things, I've tried them all. My husband's an amazing cook, and loves vegetables, and cooked or raw it just doesn't matter. He even grew fresh ones this spring. Ick. Still. Then again, if I were perfect, I'd be annoying as all creation.
Anyway! Wiggly Otter is going to go find some protein and eat it for dinner - pork chops in the crock pot. Small whole golden potatoes for the side. We (OK, my husband will) boil them until barely done, then cut them up and crisp them up in a dry skillet... very yummo... Have good night, folks!0 -
Pip, love the photos! Kirbys earring is great. And the shoes! Do you wear headphones while you are running? Congrats on such a great finish. We are all proud of you! You are such an inspiration! I downloaded the couch to 5k app yesterday, but it's been too hot to try it out. I'm hoping in the morning when it's cooler I'll try.
Penny, your photos are so beautiful! But do you miss trees? We went to California on sabbatical several years ago and lived in a town in the Mojave desert and we thought we would miss the trees. After a while we came to love it BECAUSE there weren't many trees to obscure the beauty of the desert.
Kari, I hope you feel better soon!
Leslie, more hugs!
We swam our laps this morning, then took the little guy to yet another tball game. They have a few rainouts to make up, so they are cramming them in together. We are out at the lake cabin now. The dogs are all sound asleep. It's REALLY miserably hot outside, and the humidity is very high, so we probably won't be doing much but sitting inside under the a/c and relaxing. We will go walk the dogs across the dam about 8:30 when its a little cooler. At least the rain has stopped for the next week or so.
Well, I should start thinking about making dinner. I hope you are all having a great Saturday!
Sylvia
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happy sat.
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Thanks for all of the gorgeous pictures! Awesome mountains, lakes and beautiful / happy people.
Janet R - Congratulations on your 125# weight reduction--and maintenance. That's AWESOME!
Congratulations to EVERYONE here. Cheers for any and all lbs. and/or inches shed. Hooray for all of us. Even when we plateaued or haven't shed anything, we're becoming healthy and fit for LIFE.
Welcome Newbies!
Aubrey yorkie and I just went for a brisk 15 min. walk. We both Loved it! Feels great. My pants are much looser since I started walking 4 hours weekly, beginning on 6/1. Just 2 more lbs. to go and I'll be out of the dreaded obese category and into the overweight BMI category. Working my way back to healthy and fit!
BTW, to the nice lady who was 5'2 and 125 lbs., that's 22.9 on BMI. You were definitely in the healthy range.
Thanks to those who have taken the Diet Type quiz and shared your results. Please keep it coming. It's so interesting to see which diet type you are!
Hugs to All. - Nancy-1 -
Penny~ stunning pictures!!!
Pip~ love the pictures of you and Kirby!!!
went down to see the DFIL he kept telling me he missed me the last couple of days
I had to work early yesterday and the the contractor's started thursday.. at least I know he cares .
going for the blood work monday.. and then back to the Dr on July 22nd, Iam part of a PKD group on facebook and they seem to say not to go crazy worrying that they will get to the bottom of it.. so makes me feel a little better.
well it is a bit raw here in Ct. have the heated mattress pad on lol. gonna have a cup of tea, and hit the hay early..0 -
Yikes, Poop! A 5 k race on a beach? Does that mean on a boardwalk or gravel track or will you actually be running that far in sand!? My legs scream if I just think about doing that!
I got some good calorie burning in today. It was a 3-hour walk with my husband and we only covered about 1½ miles, but most of it was either steeply up or giddyingly down. I'll have to get back with a pic or two when I've downloaded them.
Penny
that was on the actual beach, the sand is packed hard but getting on and coming off of the beach, THAT was loose sand and slowed everyone down.0 -
lhannon062709 wrote: »Pipster - Second always sucks, sorry (apologies to those of you who reassure folks who don't win... I HATE not coming in first, and have a feeling Pip does too...) On the flip side... when your eyes are better next year, considering your time is also better year over year, you'll probably kick some wrinkly booty. So rock on with your bad self, and you and Smiling Boy can take 'em all by storm next year. We'll root you on from the sidelines... My first 5K in more than 20 years is a Powder Run on July 4th... yeep
Have good night, folks!
U will do great on your 5k!!!
I thanks, I'm not gonna lie, does suck a bit coming in 2nd. I knew it was going to happen sometime. Now that it has, doing 10k next year. I have to wait for the results but I think she passed me by seconds, not minutes. I did feel good about that.
Yes, I do run with music, the headphones on. The Music is the pace I am trying to stay with, that's how I did so good. I played the same song on repeat0 -
Nancy, I'm afraid I had to guess on that quiz. Honestly, I've never noticed if I get sleepy after a particular meal or if I have more energy in the morning. I'm not really in tune with my body.
And I haven't had a caffeinated drink in 35 years, so had to guess on that too. My results were Bear though, which kind of feels right somehow.
Sylvia
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Here are the jokes for today:
A young man was trying to park his car between two others.
He put in reverse, and bang -right into the car behind him.
He then went forward and bang - right into the car in front.
A young woman watching the maneuver couldn't contain herself, "Do you always park by ear?" she asked.
A dog went to a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote:
"Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof."
The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog, "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'Woof' for the same price."
The dog replied, "But that would make no sense at all!" 0 -
Pip, the woman who took first...did she run in those shoes? They look like house slippers.0
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mollywhippet wrote: »Pip, the woman who took first...did she run in those shoes? They look like house slippers.
Those are slippers. What test r u guys taking. She may have gotten first but I like my legs better than hers, especially the quads, take that! :0P0 -
A friend of mine works for an ad agency and they have a large chain restaurant as a client. She works on their menus and told me that there is a new law that requires chain restaurants to post the calorie count on their menu. I don't know if it is a national law or just here in Massachusetts. I also look at the menu before eating out to decide what I am going to have and how I have to adjust the other meals in the day.janetr7476 wrote: »Agnes - When we went out to dinner two weeks ago, I looked up nutritional values for the restaurant before we left. Knew exactly what I was going to order. It helps to plan ahead. I also like that some of the menus are now including the amount of calories, etc.
Went bathing suit shopping for upcoming Mexico vacation, it wasn't pretty. Did not buy one, enough said.
Will catch up later.
Chris in MA
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Getting on here late today. Woke up and first thing my husband says is : This is what we are doing today! Not too bad though. Painted our second bathroom (2 coats), break for lunch, watched the movie Still Alice (about early onset alzheimer), return movie to Redbox, eat dinner at TGI Friday's, yarn purchase at JoAnn's then home to walk the dog. Phew! Didn't get a fitness walk in today but I figure painting the bathroom used up a ton of calories.
Miriamwithcats
Cheri- I am a big book reader too! I buy myself about 20 from Hamilton Booksellers (cheap!) for my birthday once a year (no one else gives me any presents). And I am in heaven when they arrive!
I love, love. love reading! Books are my best friend! Real books, audio books, e-reader books! Always have a few going at the same time.
Damitjanit
Cheri, when I read that your find your DH lack of confidence unsettling, I can’t tell if it truly is bothering you or if you were just making a statement. I hope it doesn’t really give you any stress. I think his support is wonderful! And how nice that when he gets home and mentions a walk, you can say, “I already did it”. *smile* You are doing great so just keep it up.
Honestly it doesn't stress me out anymore. In the past yes it would get to me but I am in such a better place within myself that I can handle it better. He was diagnosed with Aspergers as an adult and it brought a lot of things in our relationship into focus and relieved a lot of stress about what was going on with his behavior and reaction to my "failing" at "dieting". It's involved but I am good now and so is he. Couldn't have a better supporter in my corner!
Ssc1958
Cheri: Just wondering if there are any better reporting functions in the premium version of MFP that you know of?
Things you can do with Premium:
Macronutrients by Gram-Set macronutrient goals by either gram or percentage
Quick Add Macronutrients-Track grams of fat, protein and carbs, whereas currently you just quick add the calories you can break down the macros for more accurate reporting
Different Goals by Day-Set custom calorie and macronutrient goals for any day of the week. So for instance if you wanted/needed to consume a higher/lower amount of calories on certain days/weekends you can set this up to reflect that goal.
Exercise Calorie Settings-Decide whether to increase daily goals when you exercise. You can toggle on or off the exercise calories and you can also assign exercise calories to macronutrients.
Nutrient Dashboard-Choose a view that best helps you achieve your personal goals:
Select a summary
Calories Remaining:Food calories, exercise calories and calories remaining
Macronutrients Remaining:Carbohydrates, fat, protein and calories remaining
Heart Healthy:Fat, sodium, cholesterol and calories remaining
Low Carb:Carbohydrates, sugar, dietary fiber and calories remaining
Custom Summary:Select any three nutrients you would like to track
I really do not need to go into such a detailed level with my logging and seeing results at this time so when the beta testing for premium is up I will not be paying for the service.
@pipcd34 Great job today! Love seeing your smile on that podium!
@Penny at the Pole Gorgeous pictures! I would not be able to do the height thing either. Once an escalator was too steep for me and my husband had to come back up and escort me down. The kids were younger then and had a good laugh on mom about the whole thing. It was REAL the fear I felt. Don't get me started on elevators and claustrophobia!
To everyone else-hope your Saturday was a good one. Continuing to keep all those in need in my thoughts and prayers.
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Sunday here and my scheduled Rest Re-feed and cardio only day.
SO glad I can post FOOD again and spread sheet redone for Tom's site, geesh
I did Jeannette's Kick-box party for cardio before breakfast, will go for drive and walk Blaize today
Had Vitarium Hot chocolate before bed last night and slept at 93% efficiency, MUST remember that.
Sunday brunch cooked by husband and 2 Carman bars for lunch lol
My favouriet exercise is Kick-boxing, LOVE it
So glad daughter is talking again, took her to be ill to reach out
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For all you runners out there, especially if you listen to music while you run: Please be careful and alert to your surroundings. Three days ago, a jogger was hit by a car along the side of the road here in small town Iowa. Five in the morning. She has moderate to severe brain damage, and is still in a coma. PLEASE be careful! There are idiots behind the wheels, messaging, eating and drinking, chatting on the phone, and not paying attention to the road.0
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i'm a bear, but some of those questions didn't qualify for me. i rarely eat pasta n breads. so how can i say how i feel when i eat them. oh well0
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miriamwithcats wrote: »For all you runners out there, especially if you listen to music while you run: Please be careful and alert to your surroundings. Three days ago, a jogger was hit by a car along the side of the road here in small town Iowa. Five in the morning. She has moderate to severe brain damage, and is still in a coma. PLEASE be careful! There are idiots behind the wheels, messaging, eating and drinking, chatting on the phone, and not paying attention to the road.
oh trust me, i'm aware and i know how people, drivers can be. when i ride i used to wear earphones and listen to music too. i was very aware of cars, etc (i'm a road rider). i kept wearing them out so now i have a speaker that i use, no more earphones.0 -
preliminary results -
stats for the day -
beach to chowder run 2015 (according to strava) - 25.46min, 8.19min. mi, 5k = 399c
walk - 13.53min, .71mi = 111c
total cal 510cal
according to the timed chip on the bib i did 25.29min and 8.15minute mile0 -
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Penny I agree with Alison stunning!
Pip Congrats on the race.
The garden tour was more of an architectural tour than garden. Homes built between 1840's -1904. This is an example of one on the homes we looked at. I do think they tried to cover too much in the time we had.
Still it was fun to see an urban garden tour. MNMargaret 0 -
mollywhippet wrote: »Pip, the woman who took first...did she run in those shoes? They look like house slippers.
Those are slippers. What test r u guys taking. She may have gotten first but I like my legs better than hers, especially the quads, take that! :0P
Pip I like your legs better too.
Janetr
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mikesmom1983 wrote: »
A friend of mine works for an ad agency and they have a large chain restaurant as a client. She works on their menus and told me that there is a new law that requires chain restaurants to post the calorie count on their menu. I don't know if it is a national law or just here in Massachusetts. I also look at the menu before eating out to decide what I am going to have and how I have to adjust the other meals in the day.janetr7476 wrote: »Agnes - When we went out to dinner two weeks ago, I looked up nutritional values for the restaurant before we left. Knew exactly what I was going to order. It helps to plan ahead. I also like that some of the menus are now including the amount of calories, etc.
Went bathing suit shopping for upcoming Mexico vacation, it wasn't pretty. Did not buy one, enough said.
Will catch up later.
Chris in MA
I saw that too on the news. It will be a Federal law.
Janetr
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Pip, I'm not very competitive so just finishing the race would be enough for me, but I understand your disappointment at coming in second.....you are first in my book....thanks for the great pictures...you and Kirby are darlingPenny, I love your pictures....if I had my way, I'd live much farther north than I doNancy, I tried the quiz but since I don't eat meat, pasta, bread, or pizza, I couldn't answer very many questions....I'm glad it worked for youLesley, I am so glad you are back....I love reading your posts about your exercise program...good news about your daughter's progress.Cheri, I am a big reader and get my books from the library, paperbackswap.com, and half.com.....I just learned how to download audio books to my phone from my local library. I rarely order anything that's actually on the menu at a restaurant (except Mexican--no rice or beans or Asian--no rice), instead I see what ingredients they have and order salads without certain things (croutons, cheese, meat, dressing) or grilled fish with sides of steamed veggies and sliced tomatoes. It's usually the sauces and dressings that are the big calorie offenders. I never order dessert.
Stats for today:
22,000 steps
three hours of dog walking in beautiful spring weather
over an hour on the exercise bike while knitting and watching golf on TV with hubby
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington 
My word for 2015 is "now"---I won't wallow in the past or waste time worrying about the future
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Just marking my place.
Carol in NC who seems to be a bear0 -
Cheri, I am a big reader and get my books from the library, paperbackswap.com, and half.com.....I just learned how to download audio books to my phone from my local library.
I was so happy when I learned how to download audio books from our library onto my phone. I was in treatment with a physical therapist for my chronic tension headaches and when he learned that I was laying in bed at night reading for up to 3 hours holding my tablet (e-books) or a hardback books he was not happy. I was told to immediately cease reading in bed! Glory be that was the only way I could fall asleep for heaven's sake! He said it was not good for my neck as evidenced by the fact that I was waking up with these tension headaches 4-5 of the 7 days in a week. I learned how to download the library's audio tapes to my phone and I now listen to them at night before bed. What a difference it has made! I also listen to the audio books during my fitness walks. I get so involved in listening to a good book that I can just walk and walk and walk!
Cheri
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Did 1 hr Jari Love workout -- 30 min of Extra Ripped 1000 (I didn't realize that she also did cardio DVD's) and 30 min of her Body Rock DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do her BootCamp DVD.
Exercised, then went to the farmers markets (didn't get anything), then went to Food Lion to see if that one carries things that I need but they don't, then went to Hamrick's. They had bathingsuits on sale, I got one for about $13 and another for about $20. I think I'm going to return the $20 one since what I use it for I can get away with even buying one at WalMart where they are cheaper. Came home and we cut the grass in the backyard then I went into the pool. I need to leave to lector at the church tonight then tomorrow I need to be there to serve. I think they made a mistake and put me on Sundays because I usually go on Saturdays. Update: I just realized that I totally forgot to take out that paper liner in the bathing suit
At Food Lion I found this iced cookie cake. I usually don't get them, but it's in a NASCAR theme. I think Vince'll like it. At WalMart I got him this battery operated fan since they don't turn the a/c up very much at this bowling alley and once he was complaining of the heat
As I was finishing up weedwacking, I felt a few drops. sure enough, as we were putting the extension cord away, the drops got bigger. Guess we couldn't have planned it any better. The only thing we really didn't get to was sweeping the sidewalk, but that's OK
Lesley - so glad you came back! You've been missed a lot. Best wishes for your daughter. Thanks for turning me on to Jeannette Jenkins' DVD's
Lillian - worked outside today and wasn't nautious
bkrimpet - I remember I was very worried the year I turned 42 since that's the age my mother was when she died. Once I got past that, I was fine, but 42!!!
JanetMMc - I one time got Vince a cake decorated like Cookie Monster. Of course, there was lots and lots of blue icing on it. Well, after he had that blue icing his pee was green! Then we realized it was because of the blue icing. You do have a miracle auto repair guy there -- honest and reasonably priced. Don't let him go
Joyce - I feel bad when I bring my own food, but at the same time I know that if I didn't, I'd be sick. Like when we had the bowling party. I know the guy was making hamburgers, hotdogs, or brats. I also know that should I have one full one, my stomach would be saying "now just what the **** are you doing?". So I did bring my own sandwich and really enjoyed it. Sometimes people think I'm a vegetarian, but I'm not. I just don't care at all for deep fried food or food with lots of mayo dressing.
Alison - so glad you got your earring fixed
Lisa - here's hoping everything goes well with your grandchild and you get to see him in July
poop - all the best for your run (and take care of those eyes, we want you around for a long time). I can't remember ever NOT wearing glasses. Update: congrats on the run. I don't think I could ever do that, so I admire you for it. Hope you keep your first place spot. I'll be looking forward to reading about it. Update Update: Oh no, dethroned. Well, you just can't let that happen next year, that's all there is to it
Carey - the thing is (about the electrolytes) when we were putting down all the riverrock, I was shoveling and hauling riverrock. Let me tell you, that's no light work. And sweating! I usually would finish off a 54oz container of water. I'd be out in the hot sun for hours at a time. And not once did I feel nautious. One time we went to lunch with friends of ours and he said to Vince "who's that black lady sitting across from you?" I went thru more sunscreen than you could even think of.
Lenora - Vince is on a pool forum and he asked people in places like Texas and Arizona how they keep their pool cool. They told him about this "chiller" that you can make out of PVC pipe. Let me know if you need more info about it. We have an autofill on our pool, when the water gets too low it automatically fills it. By the same token, if the pool gets too full, there is a drain that takes it out.
drkatiebug - how wonderful that you got so much in your collections. That was such a thoughtful thing to do
Carol/peach - I hate it when I have to take my glasses off at water aerobics and can't see the clock or some other things. But on the positive, I'm terrible with names and I just say that I really can't see since I don't have my glasses on.....lol
Kat - hope you get that job. Great goals
CynthiaT - I'm with you, I'd prefer not to put any sweenener in my body rather than an artificial one.
DJ - will having a stick of gum be enough for you? A few years ago we had a 50/60's social for the Newcomers. I could really relate to the 60's but I had a hard time with the 50's since I didn't live thru them.
Beth - I always say "I'll be dead and buried and the dirt will still be here". And it will! Great bp
Agnes - where did you go for dinner? Maybe it was the dressing, was there cheese on the salad, croutons, bacon?
janetr in OC - congrats on hubby no longer having to pay
terri - sounds like you have a good plan for eating the next few days
Penny - breathtaking. thanks so much for sharing
yanniejannie - *We* didn't get much rain, not sure about DeeDee
Miriam - so glad you got the girls! You sure do have one big heart. One of our cats gets one pill in the a.m., a capsule around dinner time, and then 1/2 of a pill in the pm. Actually, when he gets the pills, the other cats see it as "treat" time so cheapo me buys a bag of Fancy Feast and portions that into bags. They don't get that in their dishes so to them it's a "treat".
kari - how wonderful that your daughter is coming home
Chris in MA - if I'm not mistaken, that law goes into effect for any restaurant that has over something like 15 outlets
hmmmm...everytime I click on the link for the quiz (I'd be interested in it), I keep getting the page that asks you for your email. Is there something that I'm not doing right?
I forgot who but someone mentioned terriyaki tofu. Well, I bought some. How do you eat yours? Do you put it in a salad, or use it like a veggie patty?
Michele in NC0
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