WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2015

DamitJanit

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Afternoon Ladies,

*Barbie, you and I have similar dental routines. Gotta save these teeth we have from the Gum Gremlin! I am so not ready for winter. Don’t even want to break out a light sweater yet!!!

*Gloria, I have met some good friends online and then in real time. (Not for dates) Just like some of you. I think we always have to be careful and trust our gut in any situation. Good for you, but I don’t think we can let that keep us from moving forward.

*Joyce, I like having a niece that wasn’t born into the family but choose it. My favorite kind of family! What a wonderful get together at Christmas to have a huge crowd!!! Okay, yes, I’ll admit I’m jealous. It’s extra wonderful that you don’t have to cook. Woo hoo

*Heather, you know I don’t mean to hound you about writing but I know that it is something you want to keep working on. I’m so proud of you for working through it. I did realize you had been a tad busy with birthday preparations. You must still be beaming at what a success it was.

*Kimses, I have found that if I even start thinking about the kitchen at night any time after dinner, it’s time for me to move upstairs and as far away from it as I can get. There is something sinister about being too close to that room around 9 PM. Lol You are doing great so keep it up.

*Beth, a big CONGRATS on losing weight. Especially if you don’t think you were making good choices. I like to freeze little tidbits, too. If nothing else, I can throw them all in when I make a pot of soup. I love my winter soups.

*MicheleNC, does your cheesecake have any kind of crust? It has been so long since I’ve made one but I don’t recall having a problem. Mine did have a yummy crust that you had to press around the bottom and sides. Don’t think I could do it now with fingernails? Let us know how the flipping it over works out. Could you cut it in half to move to the plate? Just thinking…

*Linda, good for you on improving your time. Who cares what anyone else’s time is, you only need to compete with yourself. Way to go.

*Lillian, glad you enjoyed the scrapbooking retreat. Yes, it’s good to get out in the sunshine before it gets too cold.

*Heather, it was funny that you mentioned putting your face on today. As I put on my makeup this morning before my doctor’s appointment. I said to myself how nice it is that I can do it so quickly now. Part of it is that I use a powder based foundation that is in a compact. It goes on so much faster than any other makeup base I’ve ever used. I can do eye makeup very quickly after soo many years of practice. And I use brush on bronzer under my eyes and a brush on blush that only take a sec. When I’m not going out, I don’t always do it but will often just put on some eye shadow and blush along with lipstick. Then if I happen to pass a mirror I feel better about myself. Plus DH is worth a little extra effort.

*Miriam,. So sorry about the cat. That is so hard to do but often it is time. ((Hugs)) for your cat and your depression.

*Lenora, you have a bed for Cracker in the same room with the crate? Not saying it’s right, but we always just had the crate and when she was tired she would go in it to lay down on her own. We did that with 3 different dogs. Glad to hear you are making progress. The Feta Spinach Pie recipe is on SkinnyTaste.com. Here is the link: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/03/easy-crust-less-spinach-and-feta-pie.html. I certainly hope this is not taken the wrong way but I am saying it out of love. When I read your post about the retreat, I just want you to know that I still hear lots of judgement about your DDIL. All I want from telling you that, is for you to take a look at it and just be honest with yourself. It’s not something that is easy to change overnight since it has evidentially been the case for ten years. And the truth of the matter is that most of us won’t change anything because of something someone says to us. The desire has to come from within. I know it was true for me and my weight. For sure, the best thing you can do when she does things you don’t agree with is to smile and keep your mouth shut. I do hope you can learn to love her for who she is.

*Pip, only you would walk that far in the rain. You are such a trooper!!! You go girl.

*Vicki, glad you are home and really happy that you had a good trip. When we travel, it’s not so important to check in here as it is to think of this group of ladies. I know it helps me stay on track.

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.

At the doctor’s office this morning I got another great report. All numbers are good. My A1C is 5.3 after being off of all diabetic medications for 3 months. I was very happy about that. I am going off my cholesterol medication to see how it does. It’s been in the low normal range for 6 months now and good cholesterol keeps going up. Yeah! I had fun trying on clothes to pick what I will model in the style show. We each do a casual, business and dressy outfit. If we want to buy any of them, we will get a good discount. Time to go get ready for my Moose meeting so see you ladies tomorrow.

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

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

cityjaneLondon - I don' know about where you live; but, most of the time, the Rx is written for the hospital's pharmacy for a patient and given to them upon discharge; but, a Rx needs to be called in to your pharmacy to get it elsewhere (unless they gave you the actual written Rx). You might need to call the MD who wrote the Rx and tell them that you did not use the hospital pharmacy and had sort of expected that it would be called into your regular pharmacy. That should do it. Pharmacy cannot fill it without a written or called in Rx order by the MD. I would not 'wait' expecting it to happen after several days. I'd call the MD today, if it isn't too late (your time). Another thing to ask the pharmacy is whether they have it on hand, or not; if you gave them a written Rx you ought to be able to get it and take it elsewhere or have it transferred from one pharmacy to another (and then the refills can be transferred back to your regular pharmacy. If they have the Rx and don't have the medicine - I am surprised they did not tell you they'd have to order it and how long it would take to get in. I usually get my medications (all but one) automatically refilled and a lot of times, if I have run out of it, they'll call the MD; and if I have been to see them recently, they'll give a verbal order. One is a 'controlled substance' so I have to have a written Rx to refill it, or I have to call to get it refilled; because I specifically have to sign for it. If it is for BP, even in a small amount, it isn't good to go off a medication like this even for a few days. Better safe than sorry.

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Lagopus

I remember Kraft mac & cheese, too, used to eat it all the time. I got off it cold turkey when I moved away from the US. I'm not sure how I would like it if I tried it now but I sure loved it when I was a kid!

All this week I'll be run off my feet with these courses I'm teaching. I always provide my students with cookies during the coffee breaks. Sounds dangerous, but I've been doing it for so long - 15 years! - that the cookies no longer hold any attraction for me. They're more like props.

But I need to eat properly and finding time for that is tricky. In addition, my kitchen here consists of a fridge, two burners, a coffee brewer and a counter space no bigger than 12x18 inches. I'm stocking up on protein bars to have in an emergency.

There's been talk about the cost of food. Protein bars are dirt cheap in Sweden, at least compared to northern Norway. I can get one with 22½ grams of protein for just $1.45 here. Back home each one costs $5.15! No way I'm going to buy them there! We're used to high prices, though, and some things you just have to buy if you don't want to starve. A quart of milk costs $3.25 and the store actually loses nearly a dollar for every quart they sell.

Sorry I'm writing like a scatterbrain today. I AM a scatterbrain today!

Back home the sun went down yesterday for the last time this year. I thought I'd post the weather forecast. It's in Centigrade so the temperatures aren't as bad as they look. What I wanted to share is one of the symbols they use. If the sun doesn't ever go above the horizon, it's pretty mean to use a sun to indicate clear skies, so they use a sun below a black line. You can see it in the the lines for 11 am to 4 pm. That's when it's a bit light. When it's dark they use the moon to show how clear the sky is. (That round yellow thing with no rays is the full moon.)



Gotta go to bed. Early rising tomorrow!

/Penny, currently far, far away from the

janemartin02

happy mon,hugs

Katla49

Meg: I'm so happy that you've recovered from the Plague. It is good to see you posting again. :flowerforyou:

Heather: I absolutely agree that emphysema is a horrible way to die. It was hard for me to endure all those years of me having bronchitis & nagging mom to quit smoking. Smoking was more important to her than her health, or mine. My dad was a chain smoker, too, and he died at age 72, of heart disease. He'd just had his birthday. I had bronchitis almost every winter until I went away to college and believe that I was vulnerable to it because of all the cigarette smoke in my home.

Leonora: My weight loss program is MFP and it is free. I counted calories and followed thier suggestions for goal setting. I invested in a food scale and dishers to help with portion control. I'm still using both. The dishers were more expensive than the food scale. I got them from a restaurant supply business. I can't say enough negative things about my opinion of Dr. OZ after I tried one of his miraculous weight loss ideas, green coffee extract. It gave me the opportunity to spend a few days in the ladies restroom at the marina where were staying aboard our boat. The weight loss disappeared with the first glass of water. :mad: :devil:


I had a wonderful time at yoga this morning, after missing nearly every class last week. Our teacher also had us doing some new, more difficult moves and transitions. I worked hard, and enjoyed the challenge even though I wasn't in great form.

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

October 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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terri_mom

Happy Monday ! ! !

Someone else logged me off my computer, so the e-mail where I was typing notes is in cyber-space, and I will get it back when I am home again. So sorry that this started recently, and does not include anything from the weekend. I will try to post my earlier narrative from home later.

Gloria – Hugs and Prayers for everyone regarding the little one with his heart surgery. // Isn’t it amazing how hard some people will work to not work? I have had the same “lady” contact me stating she wants to purchase Avon products because her modeling agency will be “in the area” for a photo shoot. I have now told “her” both times to get a job.

Kim – the only foods I noticed that had a severe spike around here are regarding chicken. Eggs are about $4 per dozen, which is more than I am willing to pay. And I really have to look long and hard for chicken meat prices that are still reasonable. It also makes it tough to feed the growing teenage boy in my house who lifts weights most days, and eats more protein than anything else. Hugs for you !

Allison – sending Karma to wrap her hand around the mouth of the troll, so work may be tolerable for you. Hugs !

Miriam – So sorry about your cat. How lucky for both of you that you found each other and had wonderful years of love to share.

Grits – I used to be able to tell my Mom everything, and she never would hold a grudge. Now, my Dad asks that I not tell him anything negative, because he is unable to separate himself from anything bad that is told to him. Since my Mom passed 5 years ago last week, I only have my youngest sister to talk to about problems with DH (oh, and you guys here, who don’t judge yet tell me what I need to hear). My sister is afraid to tell me her opinion. I can tell my DD some things, but other things can be too deep to dump on a daughter, even an adult daughter. Everyone is just so different. As long as you have forgiven, your heart will be lighter. I wish I was at that place by now, but the old ghosts continue to surface on occasion (usually when I’m not exercising enough). I offer you continuous hugs ! ! ! // My DD is extremely overweight (my guess would put her about 300 or more), and has rebelled against it her entire life. I didn’t use the “f _ _” word until she was almost 17 and said “I’m so sick of being fat”. I said “me too, let’s get healthy together”. She burst into tears and ran out of the house mad because she thought I called her fat. What’s a Mom to do (or mom-in-law) ? I just keep loving her, and telling her the healthy things I do, hoping that eventually something will click, and she will finally be interested in listening. The old cliché , you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.

Fitgranny – Don’t give up ! ! !

My DD spent a few hours today with many grieving friends at another friends funeral. Of course I will only hear 1 side of the story, but apparently a young man was sitting on the couch with his girlfriend and son when someone knocked on the door. It is rare to lock doors when home and awake in that town, so they said "come in", and when the other man entered, he shot the man, slammed the door, and drove away quickly. I don't even know if the girlfriend got a good look at the shooter, because the kids aren't ready to tell me that. So, I'm sending hugs and prayers to all of them today.

DS struggled at bowling this weekend, so I'm glad we just did leagues and not tournaments. In fact, his 466 series earned him 3 out of 8 points, so it was tough conditions for everyone on Sunday. Hopefully he will get the hang of these new balls soon, because these scores make it hard for him to behave and enjoy bowling (he's the perfectionist, not me). He also procrastinated with the yardwork again, so he has to get it ALL done next weekend, in addition to all the bowling and such. That's going to make him crabby, too.

Now my workday is almost complete, and I have my fourth-ever cold sore, so I need to rush out and get a bunch of yogurt so my body can fight it.

Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

bjkidfun

klanders30

DJ- great report from the doc! it must feel so terrific to know that you lowered the bad ldl and raised the hdl as well as the a1c # being so good without the meds. Being off the meds is my goal...you are an inspiration. My next visit to see if I can stay off of BP and Cholesterol meds is in two weeks. I have really tried to stay focused to get a great report.
Reading all of your posts helps me so much.
Miriam - so sorry about your beloved cat, she sounds like a wonderful loving pet.
Karen from NY

TerriRichardson112

GloworminWA wrote: »

My little one year old great nephew Alexander underwent open heart surgery yesterday. He was born with a heart problem and has had a number of surgeries since he was born the first when he was just a week old. His mama knew about the problem while she was pregnant. Prayers, praises, good thoughts for him and his family would be appreciated as he recuperates. I tried to copy the picture from FB to here but no luck.

Gloria

Will keep him in my prayers.

If you save the photo from Facebook rather than copy, you should be able to post it.

Lisa I do NaPoWriMo in April. I am more of a poet than a novelist, although I do sometimes write short stories.

Irish Terri

GodMomKim

Katla - Thanks!! Do you cut into pieces? Or just long spears? Either will fit in my freezer.

Lisa – without this forum there are days I don’t even speak 1800 words in a day! Some days its just me and levi, so not much to say LOL

Beth - Me too!! And I have to eat out of the freezer regularly or it gets too full. But I had never frozen asparagus.

Michele – I just leave the bottom of the spring form pan under the cheese cake.

Linda – our local 99cent store doesn’t have food except for some candy at the registar.

Miriam – my heart goes out to you, the hardest thing about pet ownership is making the end of life decisions.

Mary and Pip – so funny I also love mac and cheese, but ONLY homemade no yucky box stuff!

Busy day today, 2 clients, sewing, and tonight is book club so made banana muffins – did mini ones – I had bananas in the freezer that were getting close to a year of living in the freezer it was time to get them out.. I really am not fond of banana muffins/bread without chocolate chips – so this was a good time to make them and take them away for others to eat.



October Goals -
Attend yoga each wednesday evening
Walk everyday - increase over 140 - would like to see 160 miles
continue counseling and hold my weight where it is as I deal with my current set of emotional issues
weekly fun things
W1 – hike, high school football
W2- go to Angels Camp to visit a friend, high school football
W3-
W4
Kim from N. California

Katla49

Kim: RE cutting asparagus: I like to make it into spears but if it is too frail for that, I cut it into pieces. The pieces usually end up in soup.

Annr

@GodMomKim In 20010-2012 I worked at a grocery store in California, and one of the first things I asked my manager was if I could #1 sing for the customers, and #2 hug the customers. He said yes on both, so I have sung in an isle to a lady that it was her birthday, and also sung at customers to sample my samples, (I was a sample lady, then a baker). There was a couple of "residence buses" from local senior complexes, and I would hug them, (asking them the first time though). Everyone needs 5 hugs a day for survival!
Becca
the hugger (not trees though..ANTS) from Oregon

barbiecat

csofled wrote: »

barbiecat wrote: »

Today was a relaxing day that featured a fire in the fireplace, laundry, TV, and a delivery to Project Linus of three blankets that I knit...shared the dog walking with hubby and rode the exercise bike for awhile

Sounds like a wonderful day. I'm interested in Project Linus. I love to crochet and my husband wonders who I could possibly be making another afghan for as we have so many. Would love to make them to donate.

Cheri in brrrr, chilly NE Ohio

Cheri, there are probably lots of ways to donate blankets. If you use the search engine on the internet, you'll find some....if you look for Project Linus, they have a place on their website that lists local chapters. I looked at it just now, but I don't know exactly where you live but there is a chapter in Akron which I know is NE Ohio and maybe others in locations that I don't recognize.

At one time I knitted mittens and hats with wool yarn and sent them to a collection place for "Afghans for Afghans" (they only accept items made with wool or other animal fibers).... then a friend gave me a huge box of cotton and acrylic yarn so for now I'm knitting with that.

kimses2

Who brought up mac&cheese!?!? I'm all for the box stuff. But, alas...the kitchen is closed.
Took an hour yoga class this morning. First time since May and I'm going to be a good sore.
Tracked everything. Upstairs now and away from the food calling me.
DJ -- your note about going off meds is inspiring.

p.s. found the credit card. Went to yoga and came back and it was sitting on the kitchen chair. I think it got stuck in a crack on the table. DS admits fidgeting with it yesterday at the table. Last time he lost something it was his eye glasses and I found them in the shoe bin.

Annr

This week should be AWESOME. Ok on Sunday I pre-cooked: oven baked with some olive oil thickly sliced zucchini, sliced turkey kelbasa with Royal Select rice and spices, some left over beef broth with a huge sweet yellow sliced onion and baby carrots, AND some teriyaki chicken cubed. Spanning that out with 5 portions for EACH of the items, I can pretty well have a great base of a meal, then add fresh spinach and sprinkled here and there with those amazing Baby Bells mini cheese thingies. Today I used the roasted sliced zucchini with fresh spinach, a cup of whole wheat spaghetti and used scissors to cut up the baby bell packet. Tonight is a container of my carrots, onion slices with the beef broth, and a slice of dense olive bread, (to dip into the beef broth). I am still using that method of telling myself I have had a gastric bypass in my brain. I don't mean any disrespect to those that have had that done though. For me, that idea came to me from watching those "600 plus makeover" shows. It's just a mental tool I use to help me with the portion control.

Today I swam like I was being chased by a zombie... I didn't scrape the top part of my toe while at the shallow end either. I was a dummy and did that last friday... Scissor-kicking in the shallow part...um, not the smartest thing... I swam so hard, that at the end of some of the laps I was gasping. My core loved it though, and right now my body is still humming from the workout. I even walked around the dressing room nude, like my all that hasn't YET gotten up and left! There were only a couple of ladies in there, so I wasn't PARADING around mind you, just airing myself abit. Also my toe had started to bleed, from the skin SANDED off from the week before. Its hard to heal!

After swimming we went grocery shopping and I got more spinach, (I think I am addicted to fresh spinach...), milk (which I don't drink), jumbo butterfly breaded shrimp (that my 16 yr old has JUST discovered he loves...the nut), and more of my Crystal Light lemonade...(oh to freeze my water container a bit and put that in....its like a slushie!). Oh and some shitaki mushrooms...(I AM addicted to those, but I only buy 5 at a time)...I can't really tell when those GO BAD, so I just keep buying fresh. Silly Becca....

This morning I did weigh in, and my added lbs that I put on from when sons came are OFF. (mentally doing a cartwheel!!) When I weigh in on Wednesday I HOPE...no wait...I SHALL...get into the 220's range. I have been loitering around the 230's for so long ...at least a month. Time to pack up and move on down...(ok I am typing to myself)...

Everyone do GREAT this week, be kind to yourself..
my motto this week.....TO SAY WHAT I MEAN AND MEAN WHAT I SAY!

no sidestepping this journey, Im in it to win it.

Becca
Oregon

oceanmelody

Hey ladies, I have been out of commission with a nasty cold. It is gonna take me a while to read these 300+ posts. I am not feeling one hundred percent yet. And now DH has some mystery leg ailment...we did manage a bit of auto leaf peeping yesterday, but otherwise there is no story to tell here...hope you all are doing better than me and I will try to catch up so I know how all the sagas are going. Hugs!
Betty

lhannon062709

Heather... on the web, you'd go to www.dropbox.com, and enter the original email. If you're on a tablet, though, I'd try to find the drop box app in your app store and install it on your tablet. Should be free. Then use your old username and password.

fanncy0626

Betty- hope you feel better soon (((hugs)))

Mary from Minnesota

margaretturk

Turns out DH has small blood clots in his legs his major symptom was shortness of breath. The first doctor just attributed it to a virus. He was also having muscle pains in his legs. Thank goodness he went into the doctor again today. I have a feeling the first doctor will be talked too because they missed this diagnosis. Hopefully he will suffer no lasting effects to his breathing and health.

I said to him last night that this difficulty in breathing was hard on his heart and I think that helped convice him to call the doctor again.

Margaret

Gardengail

How nice to see so many familiar names still here -- I've been away far too long! It has been a crazy year for my health with surgery, etc. I also have had my own form of 'plague' to battle since June or so, with bacteria in my blood and endocarditis. Spent lots of time @ doctors, then some days in the hospital and finally came home with PICC lines to self-administer antibiotics for 6 weeks. (Which was way better than staying in the hospital.) I didn't gain any weight, but need to get moving more again, both for weight/tone and balance. Especially with holidays approaching! Back at work again, but unfortunately one of the drugs has affected my vision and balance, so exercising is a little problematic since I haven't figured out how to do it without moving my head. (The jury is out as to whether or not this is permanent.) Mostly I'm just trying to walk more inside the house, where I can turn on all the lights (think airport runway) and cruise along in familiar territory and touch walls, furniture, etc., as needed. No 2 million pounds lifted at the gym this year!

Hope to follow along again and chime in every now and then.

Gail
metro Atlanta

megblair1

Hi gals. Well I ended up coming home early today; too exhausted to do anything after about 2:30 and had a nice nap. Now just sitting here kind of in a daze! I hope I sleep tonight after that snooze!

Rosie: sometimes I find that I have to embrace those low energy times; usually there’s something behind it that needs to be worked out

Heather; as usual your dinner sounds fabulous

Vicki: I don’t know where you went but it sounds like you had a great time and I’m glad you are home safely

Grits: I love my homemade mac and cheese but can’t tolerate the boxed kind, but boy do my kids love them!

Miriam: did you lose a cat? I’m so sorry, it’s so hard and I’m sending you hugs

Dj: so proud of your A1C! Mine had always been under 6 and now all of a sudden the last three times it has been between 6 and 6.5. Still good but not ok by me. I just increased my evening meds but then got sick, so no exercise and I think for me that is the best glucose control ever.

Katla: so glad you are enjoying your yoga class!

Terri: what an awful story about dh’s friend! People are just crazy these days and think the solution to everything is to shoot someone. Hugs!

Gloria: prayers to you and your family!

Becca; I would have loved seeing you sing and hug your customers! Sounds like a great workout and a successful trip shopping

Betty: get well soon! My “cold” has been here for over 2 weeks now

Margaret: sending get well wishes to dh!

Gail: so glad to see you again. I’m sorry about your recent health problems but glad that you are on the mend. You have been missed here.

Well I think it’s time to start heading to bed already. I had my A1C drawn today so we’ll see what it shows Thursday. I’m pretty discouraged that it has been higher than where I want it. I hope I can start exercising again here in the next couple of days which will help. Take care all, Meg from chilly Omaha

fanncy0626

Margaret - we will be praying for you and your DH. It's a good thing you were persistent!

Mary from Minnesota

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

My mother always made homemade macaroni and cheese, with real milk, real cheese, several other things that I can't remember; and baked it in a pan than sometimes got used for brownies and/or lasagna at our house. I just can't eat the boxed mac & cheese. Been a long time since I've had it. I even like cooking spaghetti noodles and adding pesto and parmesan or Romano cheeses. It's just difficult to cook a little for myself during the middle of the day. Another thing we had at the retreat was zucchini, with tomatoes and parmesan cheese sprinkled on top and baked. Yummy! Love so many different kinds of mushrooms, too.

Annr - gee how I miss getting in the pool for my exercise. Walking on a treadmill is the pits. I can't get motivated. Got to do 'something' for exercise! DH does not want me to walk around the farm because of moving snakes finding holes to go into; yet, warm enough for them to sun themselves.

terri_mom - I used to be able to talk to my MnL a lot easier than to talk to my own mother. Middle sister over oldest sister; but, now more to my oldest sister. My MnL was the one who came and stayed with me when my sons were born; my mother did not even offer to help. My MnL was a "Nannie" by profession and my Mother did not know squat about little boys. Of course, when I lost my first pregnancy (mole pregnancy) which I was told occurred every 1:2000 pregnancies - I wanted my mother to be with me. I almost died because of it; but, I really have huge kudos for my OB/GYN who read for hours after work hours to figure out what was going on with me. I was able to get pregnant again (after a year) of having 5 tubes of blood taken every week that was sent to Duke University Hospital who had an entire section that dealt with this particular problem. My HCG level were so high they thought that I was carrying a multiple birth until I could not feel the baby moving and they could not get a heartbeat. It was ended at 5 months and had spread to other organs and attached itself and had to take chemo to get rid of it. Not until my HCG levels went back to Zero was I able to try to get pregnant again. Then we moved to Macon during the middle of my pregnancy - I was NOT happy about it but my OB/GYN sent me to a classmate of his and I saw him every week until the last 6 weeks; and then rotated to the other 5 MDs. The only one I never saw was the one who delivered DYS. I had been at a Women's Club dinner and sat next to him. He asked when baby was due and who my OB/GYN was and I told him his group. I was scheduled to see him the next week and he was 'on call' when DYS decided to show up 3 weeks early; but even my DOS arrived nearly 3 weeks early.

I am praying for those of you going through difficult times.

I know that my heart has been lifted because of 'forgiveness' in my judgmental ways towards my DDnL; but, I know it won't come easy; and there'll be times when I want to pull her hair out and 'hurt her feelings' just to do so. I can be quite harsh (according to her). Right at the moment, she isn't open to any suggestions about dieting, she feels like everybody is working against her. She does not understand portion control and that you can't go back and get another portion without making sure that you keep up with those extra calories. Today I had 4 Oreo Thins as my 'snack' for the morning; a BBQ sandwich for lunch and then 'worked' my plan for the rest of the day.

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margaretturk wrote: »

Turns out DH has small blood clots in his legs his major symptom was shortness of breath. The first doctor just attributed it to a virus. He was also having muscle pains in his legs. Thank goodness he went into the doctor again today. I have a feeling the first doctor will be talked too because they missed this diagnosis. Hopefully he will suffer no lasting effects to his breathing and health.

I said to him last night that this difficulty in breathing was hard on his heart and I think that helped convice him to call the doctor again.

Margaret

Omg!! Thank god they found this!! This happen after lunch or today?? Prayers with you. Gayle Minneapolis

pipcd34

stats for the day:
spin at hm- 30min, 113ahr, 125mhr = 208c
walk hm 2 dome- 45.05min, 3.3amph/pace, 105ahr, 133mhr, 2.5mi = 273c
walk dome 2 hm- 44.04min, 3.4amph/pace, 93ahr, 121mhr, 2.4mi = 226c
total cal 707

exermom

Linda in CA - there's a lady who raises chickens so I always give her my old egg cartons.

About asparagus: right now what I do is snap the asparagus off and throw out the woody end. Is there something you can do so make it not-so-hard? I feel like I'm throwing away half of what I pay for. Miriam - you were so lucky to get it for free. Never knew that asparagus grew wild

Miriam - tears to you. I know how hard it is to have to have a cat put down. We've done it one too many times. One time I will swear on a stack of bibles that the cat looked at me as if to say "it's ok". I was a wreck but the look in his eyes as he was put to sleep really helped me.

Mary - now it makes total sense to me why you would use the cardboard. Thanks for telling me about it. Oh, what does your hubby have to say about using FF cream cheese but then adding unflavored gelatin for "body"? Would that work? Is there something special that you need to put the gelatin into before adding it to the cheesecake or can you just add it in? Please also ask him this. The situation is that I have a recipe for a chocolate tofu pie. It's very good. But the original recipe calls for "silken firm tofu". What is that? I was afraid the silken would be too "runny" so I used firm tofu and put it in the food processor. Vince thought it was a bit "gritty" (well, that's because the tofu didn't get liquidy). I put it in the refrig and it did firm up, but Vince still thought it was "gritty". Please ask your hubby if I can use the silken tofu and put unflavored gelatin in it. Now this pie isn't baked (unlike the cheesecake), so would I need to put the gelatin in a bit of water first or can I just add it to the tofu (silken) and mix that up. Will it firm up?

Vince has gotten into his "I want to lose weight" kick. Sometimes he goes thru this. So what's the problem? I made fudge for him and there's still one piece plus I made a chocolate cake for him. He's eaten 1/2 of it. I'd really like for him to finish it up, even if it's just a little at a time. I won't be making anything for him for a while but I do wish he'd get this out of the house and away from temptation for me. Update: he finished the one piece of fudge (YEA) but there's still half of the cake I made him. I'm really not into the cake so it's not a big temptation for me.

pip - I understand how sometimes it's just too much to type your abbreviations all out. But I would think that some of the new people might get confused. I remember asking you a while ago what some of your abbreviations meant. Guess you must have a HRM. Spinning is the only time when I really find that I need mine. It's just so easy for me to get my HR up too high. What brand of HRM do you have? I used to have a Polar. It was much more comfortable to wear. Right now I have a Timex. It was rated one of the highest by Consumer Reports, but it does have a full piece that goes across the chest to get your HR.

DJ - that cheesecake had a crust that you make. I used graham cracker crumbs, you add butter and sugar, then put it in the pan. I try to avoid cutting it if I can. Mary's suggestion of flipping it would probably work. Looks like I'll have to try it. Great report at the doc's. Proud of you.

Penny - thanks for posting the weather chart. How very interesting!

terri in Milwaukee - how terrible for that man!

Kim - I would leave the bottom of the pan if I weren't giving the cheesecake away!

kimses - so glad you found your credit card!

Betty - hope you and dh get better fast

Margaret - I would never have thought of shortness of breath being an indicator of blood clots in the leg

Michele in NC

fanncy0626

Michele- do you heating the gelatin first? The gelatin needs to be activated by heating in hot water. You needed to use the silken tofu to because of the interaction with your other ingredients. To be certain can you send the recipe so that he can look at it.

Asparagus is woody because it was left to grow to long. Try to buy smaller stalks.

Mary from Minnesota

Sunnygirl_2015

Meg- thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

Good night all.

❤️ Rosie

margaretturk

He has the blood clots in his lungs. He started feeling sick on the 16th. He went in on Wednesday the 21 and the doctor said it was a virus. DH is rarely sick, so he thought he had something like the flu after initial diagnosis. The flu can take a week to ten days in severe cases to recover. He just got so short of breath after a walking a short distance. He went back to the doctor today and the doctor had him go in for tests. They are keeping him at the hospital until they are sure the clots are dissolving. After looking up more information on the condition recovery will take time. At least we now know what is wrong. Thank you for the prayers for him.

Doctor just called as I am writing. He said sending him into today saved his life. This condition if not treated can be fatal. He did say his other health indicators were good. He does think he will make a good recovery. We did discuss how this can be attributed to the flu initially. It was the lack of getting better and worsening symptoms that was the key.

Gayle he wanted me to come yesterday because he wanted the peace and quiet as he was trying to recoup on his own. We found out today this was not possible.

Gayle, Toni, and I met at Gayle's yesterday and had a wonderful time. Considering what happened today I really need that, so again thank you.

Margaret