WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2016
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morning peeps - only one minor cramp last night. spap is doing it's job. yesterday i soaked my clothes full of sweat, i had to put them in the spinner to wring out the excess sweat. ( machine for swimsuits ). usually sweat off about 2#'s of sweat after a workout like that, i think that was more like 3 or 4!e1
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Chris in MA... I ordered from the company I always get my jeans from, and the same style I always get. So I thought just getting a size smaller was good. I have a hard time using the sizing charts anyway. My body is so weirdly shaped (think German peasants) that even those aren't very helpful. And as far as wearing cute shoes "again", I have NEVER been able to wear cute shoes. They do not make cute shoes in size EEEE width! If I wear a woman's EEEE width shoe, I still fall over the sides of the footbed. Only in men's EEEE do the footbeds come as wide as my feet. It gets VERY frustrating!0
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Popping in to say hi. I'm back from Florida, (no internet connection where I was staying) and trying to catch up. Wow, lots happening!
Larisa, congrats on winning the competition!
Chris, BF sounds like he is wonderful! Keep us posted! Congratulations on your new job!
Joyce, sorry your jaw is still so painful. Hope the high dose ibuprofen helps!
Lisa, congratulations on the success of your sale!
Pip, nice bike!
It was 80-88 degrees every day in Florida - glorious weather! I could learn to live there! Went for some long walks by myself, and despite using sunscreen and large RayBan sunglasses, I managed to get a very significant burn on my face, complete with an entire lower lip of sun blisters (sigh). Not the look that I was planning on when going for the 2 job interviews that I have scheduled for this week. (but Florida was wonderful)
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Joyce: Your dad is not the only man to come back from the South Pacific with nightmares. My dad did, too. His ship was attacked by Kamakazi fighters in the South Pacific, and he was in an area where flame throwers were used in the jungles. Both were horrible experiences. Back in those days, they gave the returning veterans a big hello & a parade, but no real help dealing with what they'd been through. Dad's brother served as a fighter pilot & bombed Germany. He was also left with no way of dealing with the horrible memories. He had a volatile temper and drank too much as long as I knew him. I didn't witness any of his anger episodes but a cousin told me about them after spending a week at their house.
Penny: Technology is amazing. I love the picture of the hares. I've never seen one before. We've been in areas where there are feral rabbits, but they were small & bunny sized. :flowerforyou:
Heather & Lenore: I agree with the advice you and Peach gave to Lenore. "Friendships and free professional tasks just don't mix." It is time for her to find a professional tax person and pay them the going rate. Bea is adorable. :bigsmile:
Anniespruce: Welcome to a great group. Exercises that are easy on the knees include swimming and riding a bike or recumbent bike. I also recommend yoga. You need a teacher who can help you modify the positions that are not right for your knees. I wouldn't do a video or app with yoga. You need a live teacher who can see what you're doing and help you get in the correct positions. In regards to comments from friends and coworkers, they may not know what to say. I had a coworker who was on a diet with Weight Watchers for a long time and lost a lot of weight. I never knew what to say. I finally thought of something I was comfortable about saying & told her that she looked wonderful. It put a smile on her face and I felt good, too. :flowerforyou:
Barbie: I'm sorry about the loss of your lovely tree, but the safety of the house is important. Perhaps you can plant a new tree in a better location. Thanks for the update on Vicki. 
Pip: 12 miles in less than 2 hours is an amazing accomplishment from my point of view. WTG!!! The wooden bike is beautiful. :bigsmile:
Charleen2: Congrats on the too small dress slacks fitting again. This is proof that you are succeeding.
janetr: I'm so sorry about the loss of your stepdaughter. What will become of her 18 year old son? Losing his mom while still a high school kid must be horrible for him. Horrible for your DH, too.
Heather: If you ever convince your DH to travel to the west coast I hope we will get the chance to meet in person. It would be wonderful.
Newbies: Welcome to a great group of supportive women! :flowerforyou:
I slept well last night and have a decent amount of energy this morning. We had a long drive up the Oregon coast from Newport to Astoria, and then home. The whole coast portion of the trip was daylight but overcast. We got home in the dark. It is amazing how long the days are getting. It was close to 9pm by the time we got home and not fully dark.
Our dog wasn't feeling well by the time we got home and is still not feeling well this morning. We have no idea what he might have gotten into to cause this. He threw up this morning's breakfast. We're going to feed him white rice cooked in chicken stock for a bit and see how he does. If he's still under the weather later on, I'll call the vet for advice.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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Good morning! Today is the one-year anniversary of my first swim class. I'm celebrating by going to swim class.
Have a great day, my friends!
Larisa in Seattle3 -
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Wow! Too many names for an introvert to learn quickly, but I'll get it. Thanks for the replies. I think swimming is a great idea and reminded me that my daughter in law and granddaughter were talking about doing that every other day at the local pool or maybe the Y. I live in Wyoming - there aren't a lot of pool options around. My granddaughter had gained about 60 lbs (she's 15) due to inherited back problems mostly. She's the big winner so far in this competition; she's lost 17 lbs so far (Yippee!). Once she gets to weight where she'll wear a bathing suit, maybe we can go together. She lectures me regularly (i.e., every day) on what I'm doing wrong :^) and I love it, she makes me stronger. We are getting a recumbent bike and I have my long distance cycle, but it needs tuning. It has thousands of miles on it. A Bianchi cross trainer (from 1993). Twenty-one gears and many times I wished I had a couple more (on mountain passes). I never rode on a sponsored ride, just a group of friends on a biking mission every summer. All of our bikes had names (our leader's bike name was "Bucky.") My bike's name is Spirit (as in "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."). My knees get better when I ride; I don't know why except building up the muscle support is helping keep things aligned. I just don't have anywhere to put it in the house (I have a trainer I can put it on). Now that the weather is getting better maybe I can start there, slowly.
Katia: Your comment to your friend was exactly the right thing to say. Interesting - I've never been brought down by comments on weight loss; they've always been inspiring to me. I mean, like long distance cycling or skiing - many people asked me why I did it so often, waste of money (skiing), and time, but it's just sheer fun and nothing else. I hope it isn't oppositional (haha), but when something is good, you know it in your heart, and anyone who wants to mess with that for their own reasons must be treated with gentle respect, but you can't let them alter your course, you know? My thyroid changed all that by itself.
The diet I'm on is low carbs, upped a bit for my age and based on my current BMI, height, weight, age, sex. My daily goals are 1430 calories a day, 143 grams carbs, and everything else that I don't pay too much attention to. I absolutely love the way MFP lets you enter your exercise and adjusts our calories and carbs you can eat (again!).
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a quick hidee ho~
Tom is being miserable today, (most days) gonna see if I can get an answer why out of him.... went and fed DFIL and then came home, went out to my dads for less than an hour and am back, made 2 kinds of muffins and homemade chocolate chip cookies, took some of the muffins up to dad, and the funny papers.. things he likes ...
Told Tom that there are other people who need my help too, and think that got him in the nasty mood... oh well...
off to do laundry and get dinner made.. that is the good thing when he is not here, I dont have to run hell bent for election constantly....
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Annie in Wyoming, None of us is that great with remembering names....that's why we sign our posts with a name and location. You'll notice, also, that many of us don't reply to a lot of people, or just talk about ourselves. We do whatever works for us...just like finding the right food and exercise program that works. I walk my Standard Poodles for several hours every day. I live in a 55+ manufactured home park with tall trees, smooth private roads and big green spaces and a view of the Olympic Mountains. I go to line dance classes three days a week, do weight training in the living room while watching TV, and ride the recumbent exercise bike that is in the middle of the living room so I can watch TV. Barbie from NW Washington 0 -
BTW thank you kind ladies who are offering to root for me in the national competition...but you have to pose in a bikini (even at our age), to win nationals. And I posed in leggings and a fitted shirt. I just didn't need to win, in that way. I have already won in the way that I cared about.
And actually? you all were a big part of my getting there. :flowerforyou:
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It's cold today, there were snow flurries early this morning. So I warmed up the house by baking a potato while some chicken thighs were roasting. Nice lunch.1
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grandmallie wrote: »a quick hidee ho~
Tom is being miserable today, (most days) gonna see if I can get an answer why out of him.... went and fed DFIL and then came home, went out to my dads for less than an hour and am back, made 2 kinds of muffins and homemade chocolate chip cookies, took some of the muffins up to dad, and the funny papers.. things he likes ...
Told Tom that there are other people who need my help too, and think that got him in the nasty mood... oh well...
off to do laundry and get dinner made.. that is the good thing when he is not here, I dont have to run hell bent for election constantly....
will check in later...
You give so much to everyone. I admire you, but worry about you. ((((((hugs))))
Becca
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I must have a face that screams: "SUCKER!" Have you ever wanted to snatch a knot in someone (family member, close) that tells you they 'asked "PP" and he said 'ok'; when you did not hear it (and you were sitting right there)' ... it would NOT have been 'ok'; and, they tell you this looking off in the distance. MMmmmm, I am 'glad' that I did not have to raise girls. But, ... won't be watching out for them again either. Not if I am expected to keep in doing or not doing what parents expect. I even got the 'I did not say that' when I brought up her doing something that made this other person react they way they did. When I asked DH ... he agreed with me. Ain't gonna happen (again); next time they'll have to go with them.0
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To Annr - what you're doing are cardinal acts of mercy - utter kindness. Just remember the love and that to give is what it's all about. I sometimes wonder - what if everyone in the world did what you do for everyone else in the same way? The face of the world would change in an instant. You are a blessing to them.
annie from wy
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Purchased n planted a new variety tomato plant, "ketchup n fries". From one plant you can harvest tomatoes n potatoes, sounds fun ! Gayle Minneapolis2
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GritSand - I had to smile when I saw your post! My mother was an english teacher, too, and how we love to slum. We mispronounce words all the time on purpose and try to get as many negatives as possible in one sentence. For us it was fun because we learned it so early. We're all big readers so we picked up as many slang words as possible. We'd see an old western with some grizzled old miner and go around verbally mimicking him for days. Mom used to say, as a writer, that it was more important to write than to worry about the rules. It was the universal communication of thought and feeling that was most important. I miss joking around with it (brothers all live far away and all in separate parts of the US). So I had to laugh when I read what you wrote. Great memories and Mom sighing, and then laughing.0
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Afternoon Ladies,
Heather, sometimes a lie like you told is the kindest thing to do. That way it protects all concerned.
Jo, welcome. This is a wonderful place for support and information. Most of us don’t do “diets” but have taken on a healthy lifestyle of eating right and exercise. And yes, MFP is an easy and effective way to track our intake. What part of NC do you live in? I moved here from Charlotte.
Klanders, good for you on posting honestly to MFP. It is for your use, after all. Glad you get to take the trip to DC and hope you have tons of fun.
Lisa, glad the sale was a success and that it’s over for you. Now how often are you going to be doing that now that you have a full time job? LOL
KJ, great buy on the wagon! Don’t you just love a bargain. Cool beans on your participation on the pilot program. I know many parents use tablets to baby sit their little ones so it will be nice for them to be used for learning.
Anne, I hate that the book ended up being a downer for you. We all think you’re great so try to squeeze those negative thoughts right out of your head. ((((Hugs))))
Teresa, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Just work on getting that logging and exercise whole heartedly in the future and you’re on the right track. Come often.
Chris, how nice to get all those new (to you) tops from your friend! Well worth helping out, huh?
Carey, so great to see you!!! I’m sorry work is keeping you from us but I understand. I get behind and I don’t even work…well, er, ah, not at a paying job anyway. Tee hee hee
Nikki, welcome back. Sorry about the sunburn. Good luck on the interviews.
Katla, I know you are glad to be home even though you had a good time. That was a good statement to your friend that lost the weight. We don’t want to say something that makes it sound like they were fat!! Although I knew I was fat when I weighed over 200 pounds.
Larisa, way to go on the swimming. Keep it up. I don’t blame you for not posing in a bikini! I think you should find one of those old flapper swim suits with the knee length legs and sleeves and pose in that.
Annie, how wonderful that you have your granddaughter as your coach. It’s way easier to go on this journey with someone else.
Gayle, I saw one of those plants on tv the other day. Can’t wait to see how it does.
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.
Need to get outside in this beautiful weather and help DH with the yard work. I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
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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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Got all my beans and seeds planted and did a bit of weeding. Still more weeding to do, but it will wait. Pots watered. I'm trying not to get too attached to my plants this year as we are going to be away.. Let's hope we don't have a heatwave!
Made a stir fry with the left over guinea fowl. Tasty and low in calories.
Now for bed.
Got my crime book to read. Looking forward to seeing my friend tomorrow. She has changed the venue to a restaurant in Portsmouth. That's fine by me, but I will have to trim the calories. I'll have to think of something slimming for dinner. :ohwell:
In 5 days I will have done 100 days of Duolingo Norwegian. I think it's finally making sense. :laugh: I definitely can't remember all the vocabulary, but the structure seems more familiar and when I revise I can remember some of it. They have a lot of "polite" phrases, which is nice. Always oils the social wheel. I hope I get the chance to say more than, "Two coffees please"!
Love Heather UK1 -
stats for the day:
jog- 29.28min, 6.2-7.0sp, 136ahr, 147mhr, 9.31ap, 5k= 305c
rope pull- 20min, 1726ft, 68ftpmin, 126mhr, lvl7, topset= 122c
rowing machine- 15min, 48aw, 108ahr, 142mhr, 2339meters = 111c
pt @ gym- 21min, 125mhr, 102ahr, various = 120c
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5:45 and im pooped.. gonna go to bed..2
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Margaret - I don't have any lilacs and have not had any since I moved to Oklahoma. I think I need to go buy me a nice size bush and plant in my yard. Do they need partial shade or are they all right in full sun. My back yard faces west and there is not much shade out there during the hot summer
Janetr OKC
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DJ, interesting question. Much of what I did this time won't have to be done again ( like building tables), but thankfully, my sis and nieces are bringing the next load sometime around the beginning of the month, so I have time to decide after that one. Probably not as often as I'd like, but much will depend on my energy levels, too. I offered to pay for their gas, because they're saving me $600 and three days, not to mention, all I'll have to do is unload, and I'll have help!
Margaret, I miss lilacs and camellias, and all the green and flowers from our years in Oregon... thank you!
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Wonderful beautiful Sunday afternoon. It's in the 60's but that's OK. All of my 'Sunday' outfits are sweater sets. I don't do sleeveless of even short sleeve clothes. We have a lady in the choir whose husband is the one who when he comes in in the morning sets the thermostat for the sanctuary. And she is having hot flashes. So the very large fan in the choir loft is pretty cool.
Michele, I just don't like the term skinny jeans. It denotes that being skinny is desireable. Skinny people are to skinny. Personally I like the boot cut. But misses boot cut doesn't fit my huge thunder thighs. But a womans size is a little to lose.
I think I am gaining weight at an alarming rate. It as about 2 weeks ago that I was around 205. Today I weighed 219.8. My legs are huge. I really need to measure my ankle and calf when I wake up and then again when I go to bed. I know there was a huge difference when I came home from church and that was only a 4 hour difference. I thought about what Heather said about when she could hardly walk up the steps to her flat and now she does wonderful. We have 2 flights of steps going up from the choir rehearsal room. They are about the same amount as our steps here at home, just steeper. It is quite difficult for my legs and lungs to make that climb but I quickly recover. I do have a little bit of cough for no reason. Time for me to call and get appointment with nurse practitioner.I want to know why my jaw suddenly went from no arthritis to severe, my hips really bothering me, the bursitis never stops. My body seems to be attacking me.
KJ, good luck with the new learning system. I agree with the kiddos having to much electronic time but if we can use that enthusiasm for learning, why not.
Karen from Virginia. Thanks for the 'why' statements. I think we all need to go back and look at our 'whys'. Mine is to be able to be able to get to know and be a part of the life of my DaDgreat grandchildren. My oldest grand child is only 14 so I think I have a while to get to that. I also know that I may need to physically care for my husband in the future and I have MS so I need to be in good condition. I also need to be in better health which means better weight in order to be proud of myself and maybe in the process be an inspiration to others. Does that sound self centered???? But as a child of God, my body is His temple and I should take better care of it.
Teresa that is one house full of dogs!
Lenora, the main reason I was concerned about my grammar is that I know how those trolls can be. I already had more than my share of them calling me an embicile, stupid, don't know how in the world I am even smart enough to use a computer, etc, etc. So I didn't want to add anymore fuel to the fire.
Katla, my Dad came home from the war to live in a chicken coop with my Mom. That's how poor they were. Now granted the chicken coop was 'renovated' into a studio apartment.
My Dad called that a pomato and you get a bumper crop of of tomatoes and potatoes.
Margaret, thank you for letting us enjoy your lilac bush also.
About the Target post on face book. As I said last night, my daughter's were worried about me doing that and being involved and how I would be attacked. So I made one final post and said that my job was done, I had a purpose in writing it and had fulfilled that purpose. I thanked all of the respondents for all of their 'lively' discussions and that I would not go back to it. They should feel free to continue in it if they wanted but I was not going to be there. There has not been a single post since I said goodby to it. So I am very proud of myself in how I handled myself, calmly and respectfully, did not insult anyone, never let myself go down to their level.
Charlie starts his colonoscopy prep in a few minutes. Fun times here!
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Janet, check out this site for information about shrubs, including lilacs in OK.
http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-5816/HLA-6439web.pdf0 -
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anniespruce – Yeah, I would not ‘give up’ my ‘upbringing’ for the world. I did not ‘like’ to read for ‘pleasure’ until I was an adult. NOW, I can’t seem to be without a library book in hand or nearby.
Joyce – I know what you mean about not wanting to add fuel to the fire when posting, and having someone ‘correct it’ … I can’t believe that a total stranger would call some names, i.e. imbecile, stupid, etc. That only show lack of ‘class’; my mother also taught us that you ‘can’t buy class, it is something that you grow up with, with someone ‘showing’ it. I learned more class from the ‘colored woman’ who my parents had for us to come home to after school, while they worked (or out of town) and I was ‘expected’ to treat her with respect and dignity. She was, after all, the next best thing to having my own mother there. She placed her 5 young sons in the care of someone else … to ‘teach them right from wrong’. In some areas of the country, “The Help” was as important as anything. The only 2 that I had growing up were ‘aunt and niece’. Gee, I loved when my Daddy would take me out to the farmland, so I could place around and get ‘spoiled’ by the sharecroppers. My Daddy was an attorney, and many times I would witness Wills so that nobody could take away a piece of property that had been ‘given’ to them. When it came time to Probate the Wills, I was always able to tell him where we were when the signed it. He taught me so much and I am ‘thankful’ that I had the parents that I did. Good for you, for not allowing them to ‘drag you down to their level’. One of the reasons I ‘deleted’ my FB account was (smart@$$ remarks & DRAMA). Do you think that maybe you have an issue with your ‘thyroid’? That is always good to have checked out. It is the ‘thermostat’ of the body. When ‘it’ is out of whack, the entire body is out of whack. That seems like an excessive amount of weight for such a short period of time. Do you think that maybe your MS has anything to do with your weight (or body holding on to fluid)?
I 'love' this site; so many friends to help me over my 'humps' and to give me 'different ways to look at issues'.
THANKS!!!!!
Lenora
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Joyce sounds like a call to the doctor is in order. You could be retaining fluid.
I think lilacs like our cooler temps up here in Minnesota. I don't remember them so much in Missouri where I grew up. I miss the huge azalea bushes they have down there. We are too cold for those. Our bush is in a part shade spot, but I notice it reaches out to the sun. This bush is a French lilac which is a deeper purple. Always a treat and simple pleasure.
I remember going to a retirement party here and that was the retiree remark was now they had time to enjoy the lilacs when they bloom. They only bloom for a couple of weeks.1 -
@jmkmomm Joyce, not self centered, just honoring your body. We ask a lot of our bodies. They serve us pretty well, for the most part, and for a lot of years. Our bodies deserve to be honored and cherished and taken care of. My mom, who had bilateral mastectomies, used to say her body had served her well even with parts lopped off and that was pretty amazing. I have to agree...and take a lesson from my dear mom...
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