WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016
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Becca (((Hugs)))
This was my afternoon project. When I was going to Home Depot to get some landscape fabric someone was getting rid of some of the wrap you use on a home before you side. I thought why not try this first. It was free and the color brown. Since I didn't have to pay for the landscape fabric I splurged some on the plants. I didn't plants anything in the first few rows because the plants in front are tall Salvia and they will get that tall. I also decided to insert pots rather than fill it with dirt because of the weight and It would have been hard for the dirt to stay in the planter
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Becca - I have been thinking of you all through my Svalbard trip.
Tough stuff to go through.
Strangely enough DH and I have been arguing over dinner about this thread. We have twice been the last people in the Dining Room and still going at it! I can't quite work out what his problem is. Jealousy? It's like he doesn't trust me to know the difference between real life and online relationships. He says he has explained it a hundred times, but I still haven't worked out what his problem is. ( This has nothing to do with Penny, because he thoroughly enjoyed that meet up). All I know is that you ladies are important to me and if he doesn't understand it then that's his problem,.
Is it just men?
Still having very, very happy memories of our meet up with Penny
Heather, now motoring on to Tromeo.3 -
Penny: You are far braver than I am. Heather, sounds like an enriching trip and I am delighted for both of you.
Becca, Joyce and MargaretTurk: Sending healing energy for your DHs on a daily basis.
I've spent the entire day on my porch scrubbing the concrete floor. Cleaned up alot of water stains and gunk. Enjoying the results? Not yet. Have to shower and go buy a wholesome take out meal cause my back is sore.
I'm big on Quest bars, which come in a plethora of flavors. Also like Health Warrior Chia bars alot.
Has anyone else read The Calorie Myth? I've got the audiobook on my kindle, but having a hard time getting through it. Only so many 'rat' studies I can tolerate. Well, hopefully I'll get to the real meat of the message soon.
Rori
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Hello all, I'm Louise from Ireland. I've been losing fifteen and gaining 20 for years but I feel in a good place now. I've been checking into MFP for 36 days and I have lost about 7 lbs. I'm very short so I lose very slowly. I'd be happy to weigh 40 less than I do now, but I could lose 50 and still not be super skinny. One pound at a time. Looking forward to getting to know you all2
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PS - That should be Tromso with a cross over the last o.
Internet so patchy so I can't say what I wanted to say.
Magical time - a one off. Glorious snow scarred mountains. Old abandoned town. Warm and wise hearts. Lucky, lucky me.
Heather , on her way across the Barentsburg Sea to:Tromso. In the Midnight Sun2 -
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welcome Louise. Logging and checking in and of course moving are the reasons I have not regained this time. Keep on checking in with MFP!
Heather r u jealous when DH is wrapped up in watching sports? The double standard is so unfair. As long as social media isn't a persons entire life, I don't see how checking in with the forum is overdoing it. Just sayin'
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Becca: You and hubby are in my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for taking the time to check in with everything going on.
DJ: Thanks for letting me know that logging in advance didn't work for you
Margaret: I love your planter - it is so creative!
Louise: I'm very short too and also have difficulty losing. Welcome!
Carey-Northern Alberta1 -
Becca - Gosh darn it, your husband is having a tough time. I hope he doesn’t get pancreatitis from the ERCP - it’s a good sign that he could eat and is not in pain. The bile duct nick is a pain in the patootie. I hate to think of the surgeons having to do a laparoscopy but that may be necessary if he has a lot of scar tissue…stupid stone, anyway…and I cannot believe that your car was towed to another level of the parking garage. That’s a little unsettling. Twilight zone-like.
Kat in Illinois & Janetr OKC - Have you tried the Premier Protein shakes? Sometimes I work some crazy hours & after a long day I am much more susceptible to grazing, behavior I engage in when I am tired & stressed. A Premier Protein shake in the car on the way home from work does 2 things for me:
1) it is on plan, so I feel more in control as I start to shed the day, and
2) its 30g of protein is filling
(It tastes as good as any protein shake, I like the chocolate best.)
I also like, though am not currently relying on, Atkins bars. Some of them are downright delicious, and again, have protein in them, which helps curb cravings.
Charro - yummy doggie, what a sweet girl
GLo on the North Shore of Ma - I should like to be a guest at your house and put my cheek on a pillowcase that has been ironed and smells of lavendar.
RE in TX - I can relate to needing the non-scale victories more than needing to weigh less. I get obsessed with the scale, so am weighing at my doctor’s office every 6 weeks and am delighted to notice signs of improvement such as looser clothes, better exercise tolerance, and more energy. Sleeping a little better too. I feel happier. Good luck to you, and thank you so much for posting that experience in which you saw your older self sitting in the wheelchair. Pretty sobering, and a powerful tale.
Irene Irene Irene - I used to be you, but in a different field of work. You are undoubtedly better at planning and taking your food with you so that your insane schedule isn’t a reason for eating poorly. Me, not so much. I would not have had success during my previous weight loss venture without having a case of Premier Protein shakes and 2-3 Lean Cuisines in the freezer at work for back-up. This time it is easier because I have put a cap on my hours so I have more time to plan & prep food. You are one busy lady!
Carol - I used to have a Pom/Chihuahua mix named Dusty. She was my sweet baby, it almost killed me when she died. Still hurts me more than 40 years later.
We put in Zoysia plugs 3 years ago. Labor intensive. We have a couple of areas we need to patch but I think I will just get a few rolls and
Joyce - You made me laugh about killing a forum thread by posting. You haven’t succeeded with this one yet, you Cyanide Susie, you!
How’s your husband’s wound care coming along? So great you can do it for him, so many people would be averse. Hope the mall-walking works for him. Thinking of you both.
Lisa in West Texas - I remember when my son quit a job he was really good at, but really hated, and the 4 of them lived on his wife’s teacher’s salary for 5 months while he devoted himself to a full-time job search. Now that he has a great job and is highly marketable, it seems obvious that it was the most efficient way to make the necessary change, but at the time it was like the “leap of faith” scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
I do hope your hubby can find the job he wants without quitting the one he has now, so your warehouse reno can go forward as planned.
Heather & Penny - You have warmed our hearts, all the way from the North Pole!!!
Debbie in Texas - I went on Optifast a few years ago under medical supervision. I was dragging butt. I had no strength to lift weights or do much of anything other than what I was obligated to do. My doctor upped my protein and my calories and it made a world of difference. Thankfully, it wasn’t a medical condition. Good that you are going to see your doctor about your fatigue.
Kelly - Thanks for the kind words about being a newbie. Who knew you are, too!
NYKaren - That’s a neat story you told about your fan at the party. You probably gave her the oomph she needed to get on with her own journey. Glad nothing awkward happened while there.
Alison - I love Mary Chapin Carpenter. Glad the two of you have plans to do something together you both enjoy.
Cheri - wind beneath your wings for your trip back to Ohio.
Everyone else
Karen in Virginia1 -
Kim: MFP puts me on 1750; I decided on 1500. I drink at least a gallon of water each day. To drink half my weight would be over 2 gallons a day. Not sure I could do that and still eat enough calories. I am full and really can't eat more than I am.
Becca: Glad to hear from you. Do take care of yourself!! I know it's hard when procedures don't go as planned. That has happened to DH a couple of times. Am praying for you and DH.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Becca - I have been thinking of you all through my Svalbard trip. Tough stuff to go through.
Strangely enough DH and I have been arguing over dinner about this thread. We have twice been the last people in the Dining Room and still going at it! I can't quite work out what his problem is. Jealousy? It's like he doesn't trust me to know the difference between real life and online relationships. He says he has explained it a hundred times, but I still haven't worked out what his problem is. ( This has nothing to do with Penny, because he thoroughly enjoyed that meet up). All I know is that you ladies are important to me and if he doesn't understand it then that's his problem,. Is it just men?
Still having very, very happy memories of our meet up with Penny
Heather, now motoring on to Tromeo.
I think my husband was having a few questions about this group, too, but he was keeping that to himself pretty well. Two things really stood out for him and put him at ease. The first was your Sourdough Rye Bread recipe, which we've had fun making and he loves. The second was when he got to meet Rori in person while we were visiting our daughter in Colorado last fall.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon2 -
Becca,add me to the list of your friends who were worried about you and your hubby...how stressful for both of you....medical uncertainty, missing car, and the nasty drive...you are my hero, handling all this with alacrity balance.
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Great cycle Challange, 223,6mi done 176.4 miles to go1
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Thanks everyone ((((((((hugs)))). The nurses were able to find a gurney bed and wheeled that into my husbands room. I stayed there both Thursday and Friday night. I helped him disconnect his legs from the compression machine, untangle his IV tubes, and speak for my husband when he was asleep. At least once a day we had the nurse come into the room with little cups filled with laxative medicines. The fact that instructions were to have the cups be poured thru the feeding tube. Um....if you give him laxatives you REALLY will have a problem nurse....and he doesn't even HAVE a feeding tube! Both husband and I are thinking there is a patient around there with blockage and no one giving them medicine!
I just sent updates to both Navy sons, so they are in the loop. I hope they don't freak out too much. I did tell them that he was in no pain, except for the tube site, and has made the nurses blush once or twice. How you can make a nurse blush is beyond me, haven't they seen it all for the most part? I mean all my husband was doing was "fanning" his gown a bit, because he was airing out...hahaha. I looked at her and stated plainly that he was a kilt wearer as well. Enough said.
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Oh my, I lost it all!!!!
Becca, it is so good to hear from you. Only your husband would wear a hospital gown like a kilt. That is terrible that some nurse was trying to put something in him like a feeding tube. So glad you were there to keep an eye on it.
We went to the mall today and we walked v e r y s l o w. He said he could have walked longer but it was hurting me to walk that slow. I remember several years ago on a mile walk for her dog rescue that I couldn't walk with her because the dogs were stopping everywhere to discover the smells all the other dogs had left. So I walked the rest of the mile quickly. Yeah, it does not bother me to change his dressings. I went straight from eating supper to change it. When we were at the office on Wednesday and they gave us some supplies, the bottle of Iodiform gauze was an opened one. What they gave me yesterday was unopened. I am hoping that the vast difference in the Iodiform infused gauze will make a big difference in how quickly I can get that hole healed up since that small area will now heal from the inside out.
Joyce, Indiana No if only Sylvia would check in. Maybe we need an area where we leave an email.1 -
Karen in VA- I sure do use the protien shakes, I use EAS 100% Whey Protein shakes, 30 grams of protein, 7 carbs. Since I started doing weight training, I usually have two a day. I had gastric bypass surgery 2 1/2 years ago so half of my caloric intake is supposed to be protein and only 20% carbs. Not easy for me, but I get pretty close most days. I'm finally beginning to see the scale move downward again. I've lost 125# but would love to lose 10 more. I also use Premier Whey Protein powder to make pancakes, add it to oatmeal, etc.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Becca - I have been thinking of you all through my Svalbard trip. Tough stuff to go through.
Strangely enough DH and I have been arguing over dinner about this thread. We have twice been the last people in the Dining Room and still going at it! I can't quite work out what his problem is. Jealousy? It's like he doesn't trust me to know the difference between real life and online relationships. He says he has explained it a hundred times, but I still haven't worked out what his problem is. ( This has nothing to do with Penny, because he thoroughly enjoyed that meet up). All I know is that you ladies are important to me and if he doesn't understand it then that's his problem,. Is it just men?
Still having very, very happy memories of our meet up with Penny
Heather, now motoring on to Tromeo.
I think my husband was having a few questions about this group, too, but he was keeping that to himself pretty well. Two things really stood out for him and put him at ease. The first was your Sourdough Rye Bread recipe, which we've had fun making and he loves. The second was when he got to meet Rori in person while we were visiting our daughter in Colorado last fall.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
I have to add my thots, I DEFINITELY consider all you ladies here MY friends. You are real, have real problems, real struggles and really terrific ideas and really wonderful successes too. My husband totally "gets it" as one day I struggled to explain to him my feelings for our group he said I know and understand how important they are to you and I'm glad you found them. You all are as much a part of my life as my blood sisters and I love you for it. Hang in there Heather. By the way, Penny I would never been brave enough to cook for Heather. Which means, Heather, we all think you are the cook extraordinaire. I've really only started cooking much since my gastric bypass surgery. I'm very inept, but I keep trying and I'm learning
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Linda/IA – If you get too far behind with reading posts; you are just about better off to jump in to the next to the last page (or the one before that) and pick up reading. We are so back-and-forth among us that it is like picking up on a (excuse my example) ‘soap opera’ … in the few days you will almost know where you left off. If you have a question about someone in particular … just ask; we don’t mind repeating. This site is so huge and world-wide that it is difficult, well … impossible to know everybody on here. Some have been posting for years, others are newbies, and still others have come back from a long period of not posting. Don’t ‘fret’ over trying to ‘keep up’.
Carey – Northern Alberta – MFP can also reset your days so that you won’t be starting over, if you miss a couple of days for not having internet service. I’ve written down what I have eaten when we go to DYS’s house because he no longer has internet service at the lake house.
Kim from N. California – I did not mean for it to sound like it was just grandparents; just using it as an example. Could be a neighbor. Just mean that all children ought to have someone that they can go to and feel like what they are being told is the truth. Little ones learn what they live. I have rules at my house that are not necessarily the same they have at home. Making their bed, for example. I want them made up; I don’t want to hear, ‘but, we’ll be getting back in them tonight’. It just makes Nana’s house look straightened up.
Kat02092015 – I think the closer you get to your goal, the more you tend to ‘yo-yo’. I’m on that last stretch and it has been difficult. You find us, you need to ‘bookmark’ it; to do that look for the outline of a star in the upper right-hand corner of the page and click on it, it will turn yellow. The next time you open up MFP, you will click on the gray star between the gray bell and gear. Barbiecat will post a new link every last day of the month for the next month. You’ll have to ‘bookmark’ the page again when that happens. Sometimes you will see a few posts in the previous month … you can click on that month and see what has been posted in the time from when she posts it and when you come back in. This will come down as a dropdown screen. Also, you have an hour to ‘edit’ your post; go to the upper right-hand corner of your post and there will appear a black gear which will drop down with the number of minutes you have to do so.
Debarella – IF you happen to go ‘back’ a page, without first saving your post, you will lose it. Some of us open up our word processing program; and answer posts, then go to the last page and copy it from the WPP and then cut and paste it. That way we can answer as many posts as we want to without running the risk of losing our posts.
Janetr – Charro is so cute hiding her eyes. Whenever we ‘get on to Cracker’ she will stick her nose down into the corner of her bed and hide that way.
Karen in Virginia – I grew up in a small town; and, I always seemed to gravitate to the ‘new’ kids to try to make friends with them. When I got to HS, the school counselor decided to make me the one-girl ‘welcoming committee’ so that I could hang out with the ‘new’ kid(s) and try to determine who they might become friends with. Whether they rode the bus, or lived ‘in town’. The most difficult one was the ‘good-looking’ boy that moved in right at the first couple of days of our Senior year. Hard to get to know him. The girls in school basically threw themselves at him. Got him into band and chorus. I thought he was sort of ‘stuck up’. YEARS later, he told me that until he moved to our town, he had never started and finished school at the same school. His Dad got transferred all the time. Finally, when he became a Senior he agreed not to take another transfer until after he graduated. He turned out to be a really nice guy; long after we graduated from school. He still lives there. I used to think it would be ‘so neat’ to be the ‘new kid’ in town; but, found out that being so, really wasn’t as much fun as it seemed. New kids in our school got pretty popular, pretty quick.
Debbie in TX – I was told by my dietician that since I have ‘upped’ my exercise I need to ‘up’ my protein. A piece of meat, a boiled egg, etc. Seems to help with the ‘drag @$$’ feeling I had.
Kat – You comment about the woman who said she had stayed within 10 lbs her entire life; I’d be ‘in jail’ too … or I would have stuck my big foot in my mouth.
Becca – We are all praying for you and your DH. One reason that I’ll never be ‘in-patient’ without someone staying WITH me. Too many ‘mistakes’ by people who are not keeping up with what they are supposed to do.
Lee – You can enter a ‘chain restaurant’ and find just about anything on the menu. Sometimes I just have to pick something that is as close to what I am eating as I can find. I’m pretty convinced that I am pretty close calorie-wise.
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Becca ... Breathe and recharge this weekend. Will be praying for you both ...
Hello new ladies!
Beth near Buffalo0 -
Debbie –
MFP has picked your calorie count with calories already set to have you lose the amount you picked (1 or 2 lbs a week) so you are cutting out 250 calories additional per day, and drinking an awful lot of water, I am not sure where you got your water guideline but it seems high. I would add back in some of the 250 calorie (with good stuff, not wine or sweets LOL) and cut the water by just a bit…. Are you hitting your protein numbers? And keeping the Sugar numbers at or below what MFP says?
Becca – so glad you were there with DH and that you have all the kids in the loop
Joyce – happy for the positive changes.
All others - thinking of you.
June Goals
1 fun thing a week, graduation, visiting with vickie
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Smiles.
Kim from N. California
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Becca- (((Hugs))) I'm sorry to hear it all the trouble your DH is going through. I will keep your family in my prayers.
Mary from Minnesota1 -
Did an hour of Leslie Sansone's 5 day Walk DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a pilates super Sculpt DVD
Made these brookies. I think I'll refrigerate them and then cut them up, see how that goes. Of course, I had tohave some of the raw dough. But I did limit myself this time. Actually, it doesn't make a lot of cookie dough so one thing I kept thinking "make sure there's enough to spread on the bottom", doing that helped. The other day I made icing and it was sitting in the refrigerator in a clear container. I kept being tempted so I put it into a container that you can't see thru.
Vince wants to cut the grass and I need to lector at the church then we'll go to Bi-Lo. Have dinner ready so I'll just need to microwave it when we get home.
They brought Jess' car back yesterday (remember it was being fixed), neither Vince nor I can drive a standard so the Hyundai place brought it back. They parked it in front of one garage door that only had Vince's musical equipment in it. Vince said "what a pain when I get the Outlook out". What's the big deal? I tell you, lately he's gotten to be a grumpy guy, he swears at the people on the road. I just say things like "well, maybe they're afraid to pass, just go around them". Oh well....it could be worse.
Glo - I've always found OG's things to be high in sodium. Not sure why they put so much salt in their things. Maybe they want you to purchase more drinks (higher profit for them)
For the first time that I can recall, Vince actually put sunscreen on! Getting a routine down, I guess it only took us 2 or 3 hours to cut the grass. Vince uses the tractor while I use the self-propelled mower, then I get out the weed wacker and extension cords, start weed wacking, have to put the weed wacker (and extension cords) down back while Vince sweeps some, he rolls up the extension cords while I sweep down below. And we're done! Afterwards, I came in and took a little shower then went in the pool. Oh..."another one's down, and another one's down, and another one bites the dust".....a tube of sunscreen that is. My timer doesn't seem to like when it's hot. Yesterday it worked fine if I put it in the shade. Today it just stopped. We think that maybe the heat on the concrete (even tho it's white) expands the battery. Maybe tomorrow I'll take it down with me but put it not only in the shade but on a freeze-thing wrapped in a towel. Update: Vince says that just taking a towel wil be enough
Kathy - welcome! You joined by posting
Larisa - have you ever seen one of those exercise balls? Usually they're around 55cm or 65cm big. Well, this is like half of it. Bosu stand for "Both Sides Up" Here's a link so you can see exactly what it is: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=bosu It's good for core work and also balance. The one I have is this handle in front of mine. My balance isn't that great (that's an understatement!) so many times I need to hold on. But it is good for balance and core work
CJ - Mexican Train is a dominoes game. Newcomers is going to have an ice cream social this year
Linda/IA - our yoga teacher sometimes would do the yoga outside and I really liked it. But they've discontinued all the yoga class (not sure why). Yea for big pants!
kat - you're doing wonderful!
Just rinsing out the clothes we wear when we're working outside
Heather - sounds like you and Penny had a wonderful time. I'm so jealous
pip - Mexican Train has absolutely nothing to do with Mexicans. Have no idea why it's called "Mexican" Train
Penny - what a wonderful pic of you and Heather on the couch. You both look so happy. It's really neat when MFP'ers from different countries can get together.
Re - when I first did HIIT and that was only for 15 minutes, I thought for sure I was going to die! Now I've worked myself up to 30 second sprint and 30 second recovery for 1/2 hour. My goal is to sprint for 20 seconds then recover for 10.
Becca - so glad to hear from you! Were they doing repairs to the parking garage and that's why they towed the car? I'd be upset, too
Welcome everyone new!
Leslie - glad things worked out for you
Michele in NC
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debbierichardson7186 wrote: »I need some help. Am exhausted after only 30 minutes of very slow walking, even taking a shower and getting dressed is hard to accomplish. Am eating 1200-1500 calories a day and getting enough macros. I have cut out sugars, bread, pasta and processed food. Am seeing Dr Tuesday and dietitian on Friday. Has anyone else had this problem? I thought my body was just adjusting but it has been over 6 weeks. I refuse to give up heathy eating but I need energy!
Debbie in TX
Could you be anemic? That would make you feel tired and worn out.
Kat in Illinois
Could you be anemic?1 -
Someone recommended Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar and a teaspoon of honey in warm water to combat acid reflux. I can't find the post and don't remember who suggested it. I bought the ingredients and wonder how much vinegar to use with the teaspoon of honey, and how much warm water. I'd like to try it out in the morning instead of the ranitidine and see how well it works for me.
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Katla -http://homeremediesforlife.com/apple-cider-vinegar-for-acid-reflux/
I didn't post it but I use it every day to counteract my carb intake to reduce sugar spikes and reduce excess carbs from turning into fat!
Mary from Minnesota1
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