WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR SEPTEMBER 2015
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Happy September to all.My fav time of the year.
Sure a lot of ppl needing hugs & prayers.
Joyce,so glad your DH is doing better.You take care & try to rest every chance you get.
Even a light stroke can take time to recover. My hub has a buddy whose wife had a major stroke Monday. One side along with speech is affected. Dr thinks she will be in a wheel chair from now on......as one side isn't able to handle both sides.Her hub is staying at hospital all day,till she is asleep in eve.Sitting around there makes a person feel like they did a day's labor.
Carol,I recognized you in the picture. Hope the shoulder is better.
Pip....best of luck with your surgery.
My plan is just to keep on keeping on,no matter how slow & losing is super slow! Can't complain,not losing beats gaining.
Almost bedtime .....Goodnight all.0 -
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Greetings all. left work early with a migraine; slept for a while, now going to bed. Hope to see you tomorrow. Healing prayers for those who need them.0
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I've had night meds already so may fall asleep mid-post...
Hard workout at PT this morning. Sure wish I knew how many calories I burn during those sessions.
Terri - The hand bike and I are getting well acquainted! I start my session with 10 minutes on that before I move on to pulleys (weight lifting for my right arm), isometric moves with my left arm, Pilates moves to strengthen the scapular and sub scapular muscles, then passive exercises where they pull my arm over my head until I am almost doing a back flip to relieve the pressure. Summary: OUCH!!
Carey - CRS means Can't Remember S**t. It's mostly an old folks syndrome.
I made a breakthrough with the depression today--I saw a sign it is getting better anyway. I found a bike ride that goes from near Atlanta down into Alabama on rails to trails pathways, biking 64 miles on Saturday, camping overnight, then biking back to the starting point on Sunday. It is done in mid-October so the weather should be great. I know I can't do it this year but I think I want to do it next year. I emailed my son to see if he might like to go with me. I can't think of the group's name right now, but they do a summer ride that goes from California to Maine and they stop along the way and do home repairs. There is a middle of the road for distance ride but I didn't get to check it out yet.
Has anyone else had the strange phenomenon of waking up during the night with your mouth dry--like you've been breathing through your mouth for hours, yet your mouth is closed? Makes for a rough night and I don't know what's causing it.
My eyes are closing so I will say good night before I drop my phone on my face!
Carol in NC
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening Ladies,
Cheri, good quote. Thanks for sharing.
Heather, so glad you had a grand day with your friend. It’s a good tired, isn’t it?
Mia, you are so true that we become well trained owners of our Fur Babies. How did they get so smart??? ROFL
Joyce, you are giving back by keeping us informed!!! You know we care about you and want to know how things are progressing so you are doing your part. You have bigger fish to fry right now than worrying about us. Take care. (((((Hugs)))))
Terri, sorry to hear about your DD. I’m surprised you didn’t arrange to get her a cake? LOL It’s so hard to see our children hurting for any reason.
Sue, sorry for problems with previous owners. Kudos for the strength and baggy britches. :_) (that’s pants, in case you don’t know)
Linda, thanks for sharing the Life Prospective Thoughts. I really love and believe in #3. Happiness is a choice - Find something to be happy about in the morning: ANYTHING!
Pip, glad you are going to California! Your sister is so right.
Vicki, have fun at the Fair and enjoy all those steps.
Becca, I can understand why “that person” gets your goat but I hate to see you spend even an ounce of negative energy on her. She is not worth it. Like you said, it’s not a contest. You are competing with yourself and your current weight. I know it’s not easy but try to let it go and just concentrate on you. You are the one that is important to us. I love polka-dots, so would probably love the suit. Gosh, I probably just got rid of some that you could have worn.
Annie, welcome. You will find this a great place for support and information. Many of us did/do stress eat and it’s a habit worth breaking. It just takes work. Come often and post when you like.
Beth, that is interesting about wanting to give your son Metformin. I guess I am the only person in the world that didn’t lose some weight when I went on it. I was just so pleased that I didn’t gain any when I went off of it a couple of months ago. My doctor warned me that I could.
Mommabird, welcome. Good for you on wanting to become more fit. Trust me, it’s easier at your age than at 68.
Michelle,WA, I was just getting ready to post my sexy picture of me in a bikini, but if you don’t think that is necessary? Or eh, what??? I won’t look sexy in a bikini with all this flab and lose skin? What do you mean, this is not for modeling? ROFL Thank goodness I haven’t run across most of your friends. The truth is, some of us stay so busy trying to keep up with the posts in here that we don’t often even look at our home page. My real friends on MFP are in this room so I just don’t bother. Very impressive steps you are taking. Keep up the good work.
Barbie, when I read your steps I did do a double take! LOL Good for you. It didn’t even break your pedometer, did it? Hope you are feeling better each day.
Update on my friend with the cyst on her hip. I spent some time with her today and this very strong woman is pretty freaked out. I hate that for her. She has another MRI tomorrow and then doctor’s appointment next Tuesday. Then she will find out the results and hopefully schedule surgery. This not knowing has been going on for 31 days now and once the doc mentioned cancer to her the days are dragging. Please keep her in your prayers.
All of you wonderful ladies are in my thoughts and prayers daily. I appreciate you so much and love reading about what’s going on in your lives. Going nighty night now.
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
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Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Took my aluminum to the Humane Society, went to Bi-Lo, then Food Lion (they didn't have the chickens I wanted), did an hour of deep water, went to the Salvation Army, went in the pool, then powerwashed two more sections of the driveway. Just have two more to do. Had dinner, then ceramics. I finished my duck, they'll fire it, put the clear glaze on the inside of my sign. Boy, is that thing big!!!
Probably just going to skim tonight....where DOES the time go to?
After ceramics stopped at Lowe's Foods. Vince got upset that he had to wait for me. Well, they were having trouble with the coupons. It was worth $4 for a few minutes.
The plan for tomorrow is to do the Extremely Ripped and Chiseled DVD
janetr - sorry for the macular degeneration. Let's hope it's slow. Good that you are taking the vitamins, that might help slow it down, too.
Nikki - where in NC are you? There are a few of us on here from NC. Hey, I see you're in Gastonia. That's not far from me at all. Have you been to the new Ingles in Lincolnton?
terri - you KNOW that pip will be back to her normal self in no time at all as soon as she can get there. There's nothing that keeps her down. Good for you refusing that pizza and having a snack ready. I'm finding more and more that I need to have something that I can just grab or else I grab the wrong thing
barbie - When we have an event where you need to bring food, I usualy have something at home and then just pick and nibble on the decent stuff. Last night at Mexican Train I didn't have anything at all to eat, which suited me just fine. I usually would take a dessert plate and fill that. Maybe I'll start not having anything to eat. Brought most of the veges home, that was fine by me. Sending good vibes that your hip is better real soon
DJ - the cats love to pull the feathers out of their toys. Or maybe Vince does that and blames it on the cats??????? How sweet of you to try to repair your daughter's toy.
Rita - such serene pics. Wish I had been there. Thanks for sharing
Welcome everyone new
Sue in WA - The people who bought our house in PA threw out the freezer we'd left (it worked fine) and tried to get us to pay for the removal. Vince had to call the garbage co. there and explain that we didn't even own the house, we weren't even in the same state
Linda/IA - wonderful thoughts
pip - I like Kirby's sister's thinking! So happy that you're going to CA
Becca - your posts are such a breath of fresh air. Congrats on that find. I got a Halloween shirt at the Salvation Army today. It's pretty cute
Carol in NC - oh, I do love those rails to trails
Michele in NC0 -
Just popping in for a short whine. I Can't Sleep.
Was tired so went to bed at 10:30. Doze, wake up...doze, wake up...stay awake...toss..turn...grrrrr. Finally got up at 2:00 and took a sleeping pill. Now just waitin for droopy eyelids. Hope all of you are sleeping soundly.
Love ya,
DJ0 -
morning sweet friends~
sorry I didnt check in last night, it was another crazy *kitten* day yesterday at work..
looking forward to the weekend and going to new hampshire. we are making peach ice cream the old fashion way with a crank ice cream maker, it was a tradition for many years.. will have a taste. also will go out for seafood ,but fresh yummy seafood, and I will find out when low tide is and walk the beach.. my FAVORITE ...
going to feed DFIL and then grocery shop.will check in later0 -
Off to work. Have a good day, everyone!
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Hmmm. I was trying to make a signature. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks
Maryann in Michigan0 -
Waiting for everyone to arrive so I can chauffeur them down to the 1 day cricket. England v Australia. Great excitement! DH has made his cheese rolls, packed his fruit cake and has 5 homemade ginger shortbread biscuits to share. I expect they will have a few beers. It ends around 21.45 when I shall be called to collect the gang.
I will watch my film and maybe something I recorded. My cleaner will be here until 15.00. Can't decide whether to do a quick bit of shopping after I've dropped them off.
I can have anything I like for dinner! Choices, choices!
Pip - Kirby's sis has definitely the right idea. I keep trying to persuade DH of the same thing.
Yesterday I made the appointment to talk about our wills. :drinker: Just ignored DH's lack of enthusiasm for the subject. Will also broach living wills and POA when we get there. As a second marriage our estate is complicated.
DJ - hope you eventually got to sleep. :flowerforyou: I was awake from 3.33 - 5.00 last night. Went in the spare room and read my book.
I have cleaned the bathrooms as I expect the old boys will want some relief when they arrive here! ! ! ! !
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Waiting for everyone to arrive so I can chauffeur them down to the 1 day cricket. England v Australia. Great excitement! DH has made his cheese rolls, packed his fruit cake and has 5 homemade ginger shortbread biscuits to share. I expect they will have a few beers. It ends around 21.45 when I shall be called to collect the gang.
Love Heather UK
Wow! It sounds like they are ready for a great time! Your DH is lucky that you take such good care of him. It sounds like you have a very relaxing day scheduled. Enjoy your film.
I also had a rough night sleeping. I am going to get up and go for a nice long walk this morning. Then I am going to go visit my DS I L she has poison ivy from head to toe. She is not doing very well so I will try to cheer her up.
Have a great day everyone!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
Maryann what kind of icon do you want. If you make a space then colon : they give you choices. To find more make a : then a first letter like h in heart and the heart pops up. Some of the other icons can be found in the sending mail to a member if you make a : then type in the words in this site you get that icon like drinker in colons gives you :drinker: Barbie uses another site just click on on of her icons and it will send you to that site.
Heather here is the States. Depending on your situation a trust is a better way to go. Living in Minnesota and for tax reasons we went with a trust. A trust trumps a will. Having the power of attorney is for me as important after having a son refusing us access to his medical team. We have a Hippa (spelling?) law that the person if they are over 21 they has to give permission for his/her medical team to tell us about their patient. I believe with power of attorney we would have access. It does not stop us from telling them what we know about his conditions, so they have more information to make better decisions to help him. It just leaves us in the without all his information and we have to best guess how to help him on our end. Fortunately I have access to his mail. With this info we can at least keep his service charges down and make sure his medical insurance premium gets paid. (protects his credit and his medical insurance)
Off to get routine maintenance done on my car.
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Morning every one!
We are heading off this morning on vacation - do I know where - really !! No !! seems that DH hasn't decided. he wanted a mini vacation - but driving all day isn't a vacation for me!! I will check in when I can.
Have a good week and if you are in Canada - Happy Labour Day Weekend!!
Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan0 -
How can you make a signature so you don't have to type your name and location every time? Thanks
--Maryann0 -
Quite a while ago I bought a pair of capris without trying them on. They were too small I kept them hoping someday they would fit. Today I am wearing them!
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Here the other advantage of a trust is it keeps your estate out of probate. A will does not do this. If you own property in more than one state. Both states will go through probate unless you set up a trust. It is not cheap to set up a trust, but for our estate it will save it thousands of dollars that we can choose where that money goes and not the courts and taxes. Probate costs more than setting up a trust.
Maryann The only way I know of saving your signature is to save it to word or to copy it and paste it. For awhile I had a document that I would paste from word and make changes as I saw fit. In that document I had my goals, word of the year (Strength), and favorite quote "Just because you see the hook does not mean you have to bite", I had a rose icon like DJ"s and my signature. Now I rarely use that word document. MNMargaret 0 -
mparker1216 wrote: »How can you make a signature so you don't have to type your name and location every time? Thanks
--Maryann
I have a word document on my computer that I can get to easily. It includes the code for my weight loss ticker, my name and location with some cute graphics, my resolutions for the month, a favorite quote or two and some smiley icons to use in my post. That's where I compose my longer replies and then copy and paste it to the reply box. Or else I write my reply in the reply box and copy and paste parts of the document.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington 
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Morning Ladies,
Allison, it sounds like you have a wonderful day planned. Do enjoy!!!
Heather, you enjoy your day while the guys are out. They can drink up since they have you as a chauffeur. Good for you on making appointment about the wills. When we did ours, we also did the POA, Living Wills and something else that I can’t remember? Dang those Power Surges and Senior Moments. Lol
Mary, bless your DSIL’s heart. Not a fun experience for sure. Tell her next time just don’t roll around in it. Hope you can cheer her up and take her mind off the situation.
Lillian, enjoy your surprise mini vacation, even if it is just riding.
Maryann, congrats on wearing those pants! Woo hoo. I keep a Word Document on my desktop that has my signature and as I read the posts, I make my comments here. When I am ready to post I just copy it and paste into MFP. That way anything I want to repeat each day is already on it. Hope that helps.
Pat, good to hear from you. You are sooo right that not losing beats gaining.
Meg, hope the head gets better!!! (((((Hugs)))))
Carol, how cool that you want to do that ride next year. A very ambitious goal and I’m sure you’ll do it. Glad you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
Michele, how big is that sign? It’s hard to tell from the picture. I look forward to seeing it and the quacker. You are so good about your water exercises along with all the others you do.
No wonder you are such a tiny thing. 
to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.
Ladies, be kind to yourselves. Do something special for yourself even if it includes someone you care about. We have to take time and intention to do this. And we all deserve it. Prayers and hugs for those that need them and a big Congrats to those with victories.
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Hello, I'm new to the forums but not so new to MFP. It's awesome to see this group of people on here. I'm Susan from MN. I'm married and have one son in college. This is my time to get in the best shape both mentally and physically. My family has a long history of diabetes, and I know being almost 100 pounds overweight, I'm heading down that road as well. It's time to turn that train around so I can enjoy this " second " half of my life to the fullest. My September goals are:
Log everyday
Show gratitude daily
Workout daily
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MORNING PEEPS SKIS
cityJane - sounds like a good time!
lilymay - mystery vaca huh, good luck, i hope you end up somewhere fun.
mparker - YEAYYYYY FOR FITTING INTO THOSE CAPRIS !!!!!
A couple of my nails have chipped, whaaa.... when I get closer to the ride, i'm going to have them colored that neon orange again (color of my bike). it's coming up. this is the first time in 3 or so years that Kirby and I haven't ventured out on at least one training ride of our own but that's cool. a lot has been going on lately so it's understandable.
Got the team shirts ordered and they should be ready sometime soon. when we were riding this morning I thanked Kirby for booking the trip to California and I told him I will try to make up the lost 8 hrs (thought it would be 4) at work. he said that was ok, I didn't have to. I still might, I dunno, we'll see.
my calorie burn on my bike trainer should be interesting and the walking I know won't be much, but oh well.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »
Yesterday I made the appointment to talk about our wills. :drinker: Just ignored DH's lack of enthusiasm for the subject. Will also broach living wills and POA when we get there. As a second marriage our estate is complicated.
Love Heather UK Heather, congrats for taking this first step....a professional in estate planning will be a big help in letting you know about different contingencies to plan for. Our first estate planning was a big struggle with a lot of decisions to be made, but once completed, the subsequent updates were easy. Jake has children, I don't, his children have biological children and step children and we wanted to be sure that they were all addressed. We had charities we wanted to include. Along with everything else we got health care directives and POA for health care. We are fortunate that we know each others' wishes about health care and end of life. You are not a stranger to hard work and soul searching so you will handle this with grace. Barbie
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Hello, I'm new to the forums but not so new to MFP. It's awesome to see this group of people on here. I'm Susan from MN. I'm married and have one son in college. This is my time to get in the best shape both mentally and physically. My family has a long history of diabetes, and I know being almost 100 pounds overweight, I'm heading down that road as well. It's time to turn that train around so I can enjoy this " second " half of my life to the fullest. My September goals are:
Log everyday
Show gratitude daily
Workout daily
Lose a pants size!
Welcome, you have come to the right place...among us are women who have lost 100+ pounds, battled diabetes, live in Minnesota (not as far north as you), and have children in college, so you'll find kindred spirits. We are all facing the challenge of healthy living in the later chapters of our lives and have found solutions that we love to share. Keep coming back. Barbie
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Barbie: Being agreeable is likely an excellent, but very challenging goal. I'll need to think about it for the future. I enjoyed yesterday's yoga class very much. Today, it is spin class while my neighbor dances. I just read your comments to Heather. Regarding wills. We must get this done! How did you choose your attorney? :huh:
Rita: Lovely beach photos. I love it when we have the beach to ourselves. :bigsmile:
Heather: Your day in Portsmouth sounds wonderful. :flowerforyou:
Mia: Your pets are very entertaining.
Joyce: You are here. That is all that we need. I can't believe they confiscated your paring knife. Can you get it back and send it home with one of your children? :huh:
Margaret: I think that birds are a great deal more intelligent that people give them credit for. "Birdbrain" is supposed to imply stupidity but the stupid don't survive. They've discovered that crows communicate warnings to one another, tattle on which people are bad or good, hold funerals,,,. The list goes on. :flowerforyou:
Mary: I also live a long way from where I taught. I miss my teaching friends, but visiting is difficult, and helping in a classroom has never been a practical possibility. I could have volunteered at a local school here, but have volunteered in other ways, instead. :flowerforyou:
Sue in WA: I'm sorry the sellers did not keep their word about getting rid of their trash. Changing locks was an excellent plan. I hope we see you more often. :flowerforyou:
The salmon has been smoked and is in the refrigerator. DH will need to get together with his fishing firiend to divide it up. It came out very tasty. :bigsmile: I have spinning this moring while my neighbor dances in Zumba class. After that? I'm sure we will fill up the day. I hope to have fun in addition to the spin class.
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
September 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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Hello, I'm new to the forums but not so new to MFP. It's awesome to see this group of people on here. I'm Susan from MN.
Hi Susan and welcome to this wonderful place of motivation and support! I am also from Minnesota. I live up in Walker. Margaret Gayle and Toni Live down in the cities.
Katla- interesting information about birds! I had no idea that they were that intelligent. I did see it interesting video on two of them protecting one of their fallen. I'm glad that the salmon turned out so tasty!
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DJ Myrtle Beach, SC – Nope, you are not the only one who did not lose weight while on Metformin. I didn’t lose weight while on it and it barely kept the blood sugar in check. My doctor also tried me on something else that I cannot recall the name. It wasn’t covered by insurance and was very pricey but it was also supposed to help lose weight as well as keep the sugar under control. After 3 months it didn’t do any better than the Metformin so the doc moved me back to Metformin because at least that one didn’t cost an arm. I’m so happy to not have to be on the Metformin any longer.
Beth – I hope the Metformin helps your son.
Mia in MI
September goals:
Continue to honestly log food every day
Weigh and measure all food that I prepare at home
Get at least 15 min per day of aerobic exercise
64 oz. water (or what counts as water for my program) daily
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Pip[/b. I've missed everything about your bike ride. Where are you riding? How long, etc?
Maryann/Michigan0 -
Mary I was in Minnesota a few weeks ago. New Hope.0
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