WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2016
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Beth: The snowy view from your living room is gorgeous and reminds me of my ill-fated walk in the snow and broken wrist. Enjoy the view, but be careful if you decide to take a walk. :flowerforyou:
Kimses in MA: I love both of your quotations today. The ageless one could become my new mantra.
Pip: You and Kirby are amazing. I admire you both. :bigsmile:
Mindy: We ride adult trikes and they are amazingly fun. Ours have two wheels in front. The ones with two wheels in back can be a bit tippy in turns. DH had some rollovers turning a corner on hilly locations riding his so it isn't immune. Enjoy your ride!
Donna in WV: So 55 is the new 45? I'm more than a decade beyond that. I'd rather choose a different time zone than my mid forties. Talk about stress and self-esteem issues. Yikes! I'm actually liking my sixties better than any time I can remember other than college years through about 32. This is a HUGE surprise that I didn't expect but am very grateful for it. It is mostly better confidence and attitude on my part that is such an improvement. It all points toward my happiness goal as a game-changer. I pay better attention to good things now. :bigsmile:
Mindy: Love the photos. You look happy. :flowerforyou:
Dr. Katie: Your exercise class leader reminds me of my least favorite yoga instructor. She was a cheerleader in High School and still has that pov. I am laughing about picking up a blueberry with your nether region. As if that was EVER possible. :laugh: Can you find a class geared for the 50+ crowd? My yoga group is mostly 50+ folks with a few as young as 30 something because of the time period midmorning. The younger crowd is there after 5 pm.
Heather: Great job with the Norwegian! I'm learning Spanish but haven't practiced aloud because DH is irritable about noise. I really enjoy Duolingo. I'll need to scout out a time and place where I can practice speaking. I hope your DS and DDIL find just the right place to live. :flowerforyou:
Leonora: It is frustrating when you know you could help a person if they would just listen. My DD is quite over weight. She knows about MFP but doesn't use it as far as I know. Readiness is so individual. :ohwell:
Sylvia: It sounds like you are making the best of a tough situation. You and your family are in my prayers. If I could send you an energy boost I would, but I seem to use up all of mine.
Your son's decision to leave the hospital is worrying, but the good news is the kids will stay with you. Congrats on the weight loss! :bigsmile:
Becca: Give your DH a thump for his ladies of the evening comment. Perhaps you could make a snarky comment regarding the male of the species. :devil:
Barbie: I hope Brandy leaves things alone long enough to heal. :flowerforyou:
Rori: We watched the dog show & enjoyed it. I wanted to see the agility competition, too, but haven't found it so far. I really like the agility competition better than the beauty contest but just about any program centered on dogs or horses makes me happy.
Michele: I am so glad Vince was with you for the Skype session. I'll bet that made a difference in Bryan's behavior. I hope Vince will be there for every session from now until things improve. I hope you're feeling better and your tummy is behaving. :flowerforyou:
DJ: You look lovely in the cruise picture. Your friend looks nice and like she'd be a lot of fun. :flowerforyou:
Gloria: You are amazing and I admire you for taking on the children when they needed you. :floweforyou:
Sue: Good luck at the tack sale. I hope it goes well for you. Would feed nets keep your horses from fouling the hay they don't like? A woman who boards her hose where I ride has a mare that has become Miss Piggy and feed nets were recommended to her to slow the eating process down to a better level, but it sems like they might be helpful in your situation.
I had my first appointment with my new doctor today. I really, REALLY like her. She's a person who listens well, communicates well, and takes prompt action. Yesterday I learned that the medication I have taken for years to combat acid reflux has been linked to an increased Alzheimers risk, so it is now in the garbage never to be taken by me again. She has recommended Ranitidine, which is an over the counter medicine that needs to be taken two times a day. I'm willing and able, and have had my first dose. I have a bottle in the kitchen and a smaller bottle in each car so I'll have it along when I travel. I plan to take the second dose about 45 minutes before bed to keep me safe from tummy acid while sleeping. I'm supposed to be getting bone density medicine, fosamax 10 mg, but this morning the pharmacy said I needed to come back for that. Does anyone have comments about it, one way or another. I've been told it will increase my bone density.
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
February Resolutions :
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. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
Goals
1. Find a place I can learn to fall without getting hurt once my doctor says it is ok to try. NOTE: Doctor says I need to grow bone instead.
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
February Resolutions :
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. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
Goals
1. Find a place I can learn to fall without getting hurt once my doctor says it is ok to try. NOTE: Doctor says I need to grow bone instead.
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klanders30 wrote: »Mornin' I am experimenting with attaching a photo of DD hands after she had henna applied on her trip to india. she has to wait one hour before peeling of the treatment (like clay) and then left with only color which she says will last 2-3 weeks!
Oooh nice Mendi! I am a henna-holic, which when I have a tube of the stuff in my hands, I can just go nuts. During the summer my kids would laugh because I would get a tube of the heavenly scented stuff and mix it up at the nudist resort, and doodle. I even followed a vein on my wrist once and was up to my elbow before I ran out of henna!!
(at an Reniassance re-enactment event)
Becca
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Sylvia, I don't know why but you are on my mind an awful lot lately. Maybe it's because of my good friend that has a son with the same disease. Has anyone sat down with the kids and told them that adults can do some really bad things as times but it doesn't mean they have stopped loving them. I also wonder if your son is intentionally acting out like he is so he can start the process of having his kids consider you the parents? He could be distancing himself from the for a reason. Also as they stay with you they need to get used to the idea of routine chores. Chores include helping you fix meals. This is a strength they need to have when they are living with their Dad. They need to have some kind of control in their lives and chores can be one of those.
I had my labs done yesterday These were ordered when I had my physical. I was supposed to get my every six month labs for my neurologist in March so the lab lets me get his a month late and hers a month early so they let me do a compromise and get them like this. So everything is pretty much normal. My blood sugar and A1c is even normal. As far as my sore throat, muscle soreness and malaise, I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with a nurse practitioner.
I will have to go back and check out this picture of Barlie's dog. I guess I missed it.
Joyce, Indiana0 -
Awww thx katla0
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wooooohooo I get to thump my husband, Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon said I could!!! He does say alot of snarky comments, but I tell him often that not many women would put up with him, (and he agrees!)
My mind has been pondering on a friend from California who's marriage is exploding in front of our eyes on the pages of Facebook. As a recovering addict of that site, I know and recognize the power of validation and 'ego strokes" it gives you. But I also know (now) the liberation of feeling happy or sad or whatever, and not feeling the need to splash it across Facebook. Your feelings are all that matter, not the connection of telling someone about it to make it seem more important. I told my husband I am afraid she hasn't gotten to her lowest point yet, and hopefully she will figure out the world doesn't revolve around her. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.... She has threatened her friends that either we have to make a decision to either keep her as a friend or unfriend her husband. We feel that is plain ridiculous because we are friends with both. Anyway, its a soap opera, and plain sad. I used to look at their relationship and idolize them, and yet here we are making it work while theirs involve police intervention, and the like.
So today at my TOPS meeting I was up .4 lbs. I should have pee'd just a bit more, or worn something lighter. Usually I wear my yoga pants, but they were in the wash, so I did spend a couple of minutes before getting dressed picking my clothing up like a loon (weighing them with my brain). I know I am still on "track" so I am just being silly. My weight buddy has a birthday this week so I bought a cute container of those Cherry tomatoes. She loved my cherry tomatoes when I was growing them last summer. She has been a gem since I moved here, paying for months dues if I was short on cash ($3 a month, but when you need money to do laundry it was such a help). Once when I told her that my teenagers birthday was that weekend, she slipped me a twenty and said, buy him something from me. I mean who does that? Well my friends in Warrenton Oregon do... and I love them. When I joined in 2012 I think all I did was cry when I attended the meetings. My safe haven to do so. I don't cry anymore, but I know these ladies mentally adopted me from the start, and being from "cautious California" it was a refreshing thing.
Listening to "big band" music presently.
Blues Machine
by The Jazz Ambassadors
on The Legacy Of Sammy Nestico
I need to grow my hair out and do "victory rolls", and wear my saddle shoes!
((hugs)))
Becca
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aww thx[ b][/b]katla[/b]
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flees and giggles....bwah ha ha ha HA0
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Katla - I go to the bedroom, shut the door and lie on the bed with my tablet to practise out loud. My DH would be the same. At the moment he is annoyed because I am speaking Spanish and Norwegian to him and he doesn't understand me. For some reason the Spanish seems to annoy him more than the Norwegian, which he thinks is just funny and sounds a bit like Anglo Saxon, which is his speciality. :bigsmile:
I can now say - The elephants love ice cream and the women do not like the bears who eat the meat. The cooks drink beer and love horses. A bird is an animal. Birds like turtles. The village has several sheep. They do not like wolves. The boys love pasta, cheese and eggs. The teachers drink wine, read many books and love women. The girls read newspapers and do not like some men who eat moose. I am drinking juice and loving the cats. I do not like the elephant. He eats the cat.
Heather, going bonkers in her bedroom.UK
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Heather: Thanks for the idea of going into another part of the house to practice Spanish aloud. That is exactly what I plan to do next because DH is upstairs napping & I know I won't bother him. :flowerforyou:0
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Heather, that was me recommending Trollhunter. Fair warning that it is not everyone's cup of tea but it will be good for Norwegian culture. There was a really fascinating book I read about the Nordic countries with their similarities and differences--I will try to track down the title.
Michele, so glad you had backup on the Skype! It is a slow process but now that Bryan seems commited to it you might have a shot at a breakthrough.
Mia, sorry about the class scheduling problem--I notice that at the local Y too. Not enough variety in the evenings and weekends.
Sylvia, you are truly an inspiration!
Well I seem to be eating more lately but also exercising more. Still too nervous to get on the scale...
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DJ, you look fabulous thanks for sharing the photo 0 -
Katla - ouch!
Janetr & Lillian - hahahahahahaha re: the mustache and reprieve for the end of the world!
Lenora - so proud of you for continuing and succeeding on your journey even while struggling with difficulties where others may have thrown in the towel!
Miriam so glad to see you back - prayers for both mental and physical healing.
Welcome back to those who have been missing and to all the Newbies. It's always great to see old and new faces!
To those of you lucky enough to travel - as Gene Autry used to sing "Happy trails to you - until we meet again!"
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Strong Lifts with dumbbells
sumo squats 5X5 @ 44 lbs
deadlift 5X5 @ 46 lbs
overhead press 5X5 @ 30 lbs
calf raise 5X5 @ 26 lbs
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Heather, the book is The almost nearly perfect people, by Michael Booth, 2015.
Betty0 -
After all that diahhrea yesterday I was pretty wiped out so instead of the Jari Love DVD I did a Tony Little express DVD which is only 1/2 hr. I did have to stop halfway thru and go to the bathroom. the plan for tomorrow is to do a Kathe Friedrich to the Max DVD
Heather - I never thought of Google Translate! So sorry about your tooth
Terri in Milwaukee - my stomach feels much better, thanks. Vince said that his stomach is a bit upset today. Personally, I think he's a bit of a worrywort. The only thing was that I was REAL tired.
Welcome everyone new
Carol - I haven't had a seizure in YEARS. It's been well controlled with medication. Maybe my body is changing and over tthe years I've built up a tolerance. Vince wants to put off the FL trip until tomorrow
DJ - for diahrrhea don't they recommend the BRATTY diet -- bananas, rice, applesauce, tea, toast and yogurt?
Kim - I agree, I'm thinking the reason Bryan didn't want Vince there was because he knew that he could bamboozle me but not Vince so much. Vince is a lot like Bryan (or like Bryan was) very logical. Was I ever go glad to have Vince there! I just said that I thought it only fair that the therapist meet BOTH Bryan's parents, not just me. Also, there were somethings that I really don't know about videoconferencing, Vince did it all the time at work. Vince did mention the fact of "how can we move on, the past is the past" but there's still a part of me that wants the therapist to know that the things Bryan wrote in that letter were really convoluted.
Vicki - so glad you decided to post and not lurk. Boy, you sure have had a lot on your plate! Vent all you need
Lenora - Bryan lives on the Island of Reunion. Don't worry if you've never heard of it, I hadn't until he went there. It's in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar. It's a province of France (like Puerto Rico is to us) so that's why everything was in French. Yes, this no driving is a PITA, but I now that it's something that needs to be done. We need to know that the Lamictal works. Can't wait for Aug 2 to get here! With Vince putting back going to FL another day, it sort-of makes it difficult for me. I need to have something for dinner, and clothes!
Becca - you have such a wonderful friend! I thought WW dues were more than $3/month.
Michele in NC0 -
Gloria, I have been here, just not very talkative. This winter I struggled with depression November through January. My mood started getting better in February (which is usually my WORST month- go figure). I started the month off working really hard at getting more exercise and activity in, and logging all my food. I was really hurting in the joints from doing more. And after two weeks I stepped on the scale and I had GAINED! So I got major discouraged. My weight fluctuates so much from day to day that it could have been water retention, not remembering to take my diuretic, or who knows what. But it was discouraging. Then I got a nasty cold on Friday that I am struggling with. So I just haven't felt very chatty.0
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stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 11.33min, 15.4amph, 151mhr, 2.9mi = 130c
spin- 35min, 90ar, 105aw, 10-15g 148mhr, 15.5mi = 313c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.39min, 12.9amph, 148mhr 1.4mi = 89c
ride dome 2 hm- 17.10min, 9.1amph, 149mhr, 2.6mi = 188c
total cal 7200 -
Good evening ladies.
Glad to hear some of you are feeling a little better. Always tough to stick to a goal when you don't feel well.
Exermom props for trying even when you don't feel 100%. More motivated than I would be.
Barbiecat nice workout.
Silvia you have been in my thoughts and prayers.
Katla glad you feel good about your new doctor. I left my previous doctor because I felt he never listened. Have a great doc now. Feel like she actually cares about my health.
Have a great night or day if you are getting up soon.
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yeay to barbicat and fanncy !!! get on with yo bad weight lifting selves!!0
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Apparently she is ready for bed. I am still packing for my cruise. The walk must have tuckered her out.
Anne from Wisconsin0 -
Betty - Takk! I've just bought it on Kindle. :flowerforyou:
We've been watching a series on rail travel in the US. The presenter has an old Appleton guide and started off in NY, ending at Niagra Falls. He's been through Buffalo and Washington DC and is currently in Mount Vernon. All very fascinating. It's every night at 6.30.
I've also been watching loads of programmes on China, both historical and modern. I know a great deal more than I did. :bigsmile: I'm wondering if I can drag DH out there. :ohwell: The way this usually works is that I mention it casually and plant a tiny seed then gradually let him get his head around the idea. It takes him a while, but he often manages to wrap his head around it. But just adding it to my bucket list for now.
Scored a victory today. The cover I bought for my new tablet in October has chipped at the bottom edge and wasn't holding the tablet. I went back on Amazon and found the order and complained by email and sent a photo. They have just replied that they are sending me a new one! Result! It wasn't expensive, but it was the principle.
Not sleeping. Over excited about the kids coming. Will do some calming focus exercises.
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Katla - which med were you taking for acid reflux? I also heard recently that some of these type meds have been linked to kidney problems - however I will not stop taking mine without consultation with my doctor. When I was finally diagnosed with acid reflux they found Barrett's Esophagus which is a precursor to cancer. Thankfully the next time I had a scope done there was no sign of it anymore. For that reason I was told that I would need to take this med for the rest of my life. I don't believe any trials that are discussed in the media anymore because sometimes the trials and results they tell us about are not reliable. In other words they have not been done in a way that will determine a true unbiased outcome. BTW I take Prilosec.0
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