WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016
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Joyce - (((Hugs))) I think you are right he seems to be getting back to normal!
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Joyce …lol - just zip it Charlie!0
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Linda - No, never! Sure, I now expect to see beauty when I look out my window or step out my door, but even after all these years the actual experience frequently hits me right in the solar plexus and I have to stop and take a few deep breaths. Just this morning, after I waved my husband off to work, I stood on the outdoor landing in the cold in my stocking feet, feeling the air and reveling in how clear it was.NO_Excuses_515 wrote: »Penny - love the pictures. I sometimes wonder. Do you ever grow used to waking up and seeing such beauty just outside your windows?
Linda/IA
Marcelyn - Sorry about your sister's parasite infection. When we were little, traveling around in East Africa with my parents, my sisters and I were often disappointed at not being allowed to swim or even wade in the lakes and rivers because of bilharzia. But my father knew people who'd contracted bilharzia and he wasn't letting us take any chances.
Michele - About a year ago you posted a picture of your pool, but it was unadorned at the time. When you've set out your ceramics, I hope you will post more pictures that show how your pool looks in the summer.
A couple days ago, Heather said she'd had a little tiff with her DH about this thread. That got me thinking. Lying awake around 2 am I had some very deep and profound thoughts about reality and virtual reality. Unfortunately, those insights lost some of their shine when my brain was fully awake. Still, here's what I came up with.
My own husband was essentially unaware of the thread until Heather was about to show up and I had to explain why I was so well acquainted with someone I'd never met. I haven't talked about participating in an online forum, mainly because my darling husband tends to say the wrong things - quite inadvertently. Once we had his brother over for dinner, and the brother brought along a big marzipan-covered cake with whipped cream and raspberry jam in it. When I only accepted a small piece, my husband explained to his brother that I was currently going through "the female condition of dieting". That was over 20 years ago and I still remember it. When I started weighing my food, he cautioned me about the dangers of becoming obsessive. If I gain weight and say I'm dissatisfied, he'll say I look fine. If tell him I've managed to get rid of a few kilos he'll tell me to be careful, not to overdo it. He means well, but it just isn't the kind of support I need.
That's where this thread comes in. You all understand the struggles, the ups and downs. You share your successes and failures, your strategies, your everyday lives. Not everything works for everyone, but I often get new impulses, and I never feel that anyone disapproves of my choices.
No, I've never met you (except now Heather) but you are real to me. You inspire me. You build me up, rather than reining me in. Maybe my husband is too close to me (both emotionally and physically) to play that role. Maybe the distance between us in this thread serves as a useful buffer.
Another advantage is the constant dialogue. I can go in any time of day and usually find a few new posts. That's really helpful for me. I'm not a fast thinker. Having you all at my fingertips 24/7 gives me time to ponder, and sharing your experience makes me wiser than I am. I'll finish with a quote freely translated from Pablo Neruda
You have made me indestructible, because with you, I am not limited by my own self.
/Penny, soon leaving the North Pole, but fortunately only temporarily4 -
Morning ladies~
I have met Rita, but I still consider each and everyone of you dear dear friends..I hope someday to meet some of you..and I don't care what Tom or anyone else thinks.
CJ~ he actually did clean it, but he was banging and crashing it around to make sure I woke up..
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Penny... I've been thinking a lot on the nature of "reality" vs. "perception" a lot lately myself. I've always been a proponent of the "perception is reality" school of thought. What we think is real is real to us, and in many ways, at least until the outside world so rudely interrupts us, it is. I won't go too far down that road, because it makes a lot of people pretty upset. I'm not saying ANYone's truth is not real to them. But, because there are flawed and evil conceptual constructs, we end up with the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, with more than 50 people dead and more than 50 wounded in Orlando. That shooter took the concept to a horrible conclusion.
I also think that very large cities create an atmosphere where people aren't real to each other anymore. The observer can take all these others and make them no longer people in their perception by categorizing them as objects, ideologies, obstacles to dodge in traffic jams, crowded buildings, lines at restaurants--simply something else to get around or get through. Unfortunately, they can also make them objects of hatred, like the shooter did.
In small towns, we're more real to each other. We impinge on each other's reality in extremely different ways. Living in a small town makes everything personal. For instance it's like those who have a gay daughter, or uncle, or brother, or are gay themselves, who this shooting hits right in the gut. But those who believe (probably wrongly) that no one they have ever loved is gay can cling to their perception that being gay is wrong and evil because they've taken them out of their perception of being people.
Oh, and the corollary for us is, of course, if you think you're old, you are. If you think you're too big for yoga (sorry to point at anyone) you won't do yoga. If you think you can't move because you hurt, you won't move. But if you think you can move anyway and deal with the pain for that one minute, you will. If you realize that you only have to move for one minute to do better than yesterday, you will... and two minutes the day after, and three minutes the day after that. Because tomorrow will come. When it gets here, would you prefer to think, "I made good choices yesterday!" Or do you want to keep beating yourself up? Your reality, your choice.
Hope I haven't upset anyone - certainly don't mean to. I'm taking my thinking cap off now--but it gives me an idea for my next article.2 -
Lisa~hence the writer in you... I agree with you..I have grown up in a small town as have my kids.. and wouldnt have it any other way.. it isn't for everyone.. but I just love it..0
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Good Morning, Am-A-Zons!
(That’s a silly word play on the Robin Williams movie Good Morning, Vietnam!- ok you can groan, now, I know I have a weird sense of humor.)
Happy Birthday Stumplovingly and Linda IA!
Hi Angie, Marcie, Paula, Casey, Zipp, Tamyena, Lisa, Re, Lillian...
Barbie - Today I am going to start writing a gratitude list each day. Thank you for reminding me of this…I shall watermark the first day by putting my list at the end of this post. Thinking of you & Jake as you deal with his back issues.
Joyce in SD - Nice profile pic!
Casey & Mary - I am interested in the fasting plans, I was thinking of doing 16/8 to start with since it’s easiest, but in the past when I have inadvertently done 5/2 I had good weight loss & tolerated it quite well. I don’t know about the one Mary mentioned.
I am going to look at Stronglifts today and familiarize myself. Also asking at Jazzercise for recommendations on a personal trainer to get me started on heavy lifting.
DrKatie - nice job on that mailbox. Looks great!
Linda IA - I woke up thinking about those adorable kittens. I was the kid who put food out for all the alley cats in the neighborhood, and every night “Here, kittykittykitty, here kittykittykitty!” and boy did they come running!. Now my granddaughter has adopted an outdoor stray with grey fur like velvet named Andy. More recently, I had 4 kitties that lived 17-21 years, but now I have 4 little yappers, 3 Yorkies & a Coton. Took the 2 sister Yorkies Mabel & Molly for a walk yesterday on a dual leash so darn cute, like a miniature team of horses.
Hope your butt bones feel better by today.
Joyce Indiana - A colleague who had colon cancer had an ostomy and occasionally had a leak and had to go home to take care of it. It was a rare occurrence once he found the right product & got the hang of it. With ostomy bags it’s a steep learning curve which one is highly motivated to master, as you well know. Glad Charlie is getting back to being a bit irascible. Noisy restaurants - great idea LOL!
And forget trying to remember all our names. You & Becca have enough to remember as it is.
Becca - Your sons sound like very nice young men…you know we are all thinking of you as you and your husband go forward with the next step. Won’t it be great to see your hubby a normal color again? We are rooting for the 2 of you.
LisaB - Lots of people with round bodies do yoga. Buddha...
Rosie - I agree with everyone else. Lovely, poised daughter. Looks so happy!
HeatherUK in the ocean - looking forward to the glam photos, wonder if one of the crew would take some of you and your husband cutting a rug. Hope you are over your funk or cold or whatever is going on.
Miriam - Hope you are feeling better, too! Summer colds are miserable. Lotion tissue for you.
Alison - Yeah, I used to have a husband who was passive aggressive, too. Not nice. (((hug)))
Michele NC - Lovely ceramics, you have a talent for it! My mom loved turtles, so I sighed a little when I saw the colorful turtles. The inchworm & mermaid are equally cute. And I love Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. such bargains, designer clothes with labels still on sometimes. 99cent suit indeed! Ummmm, at the risk of upsetting everyone trying to avoid chocolate, I will pass on this “chocolate cake” (NOT) recipe: Chocolate cake mix of your choice. Regular sized box of cook-type chocolate or fudge pudding, cooked with whole milk. 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips, divided. Mix the cooled pudding into the cake mix with half the chocolate chips. Put in 9x12 greased & floured cake pan & sprinkle on remaining chocolate chips. Bake one hour at 350. Decadent. and not cake. gooey brownie thing.
Kim NC - Awfully sweet of you to offer to help home school Griffin. If we end up doing that perhaps we will plan an educational field trip to NC and he can learn about hospitality
Casey Alberta - My La-z-boys were worth 10 times what we paid for them. I am happily semi-reclining in mine right now. Very comfy.
Lenora - dysgraphism very frustrating for your nephew I am sure
Lisa - what a great mirror! very cool…
Meg - I grew up in southwest Nebraska! The Plains are in my soul. My granddaughter was looking and listening to a book of birds we have and played one that just filled me with emotion. Curious, I asked her to read what the name of the bird was that she was listening to: “Sandhill Cranes”
Beth near Buffalo - your son is charming and handsome, great photo!
Dawn in Maryland - sounds like an important and poignant family get together coming up. Savor every moment! My parents and one sister are gone. My two brothers have health problems that make getting together impossible. I miss my family, especially my mom.
Penny at the North Pole - OMG I am in awe over the blue whales you spotted. Amazing creatures, love the pics.
"I'll finish with a quote freely translated from Pablo Neruda: You have made me indestructible, because with you, I am not limited by my own self.”
I love this quote and your thoughtful post about virtual friends. To me it’s just a modern version of pen pals. Remember Julie & Julia?
DJ Myrtle Beach - wow painting this time of year…I gotta hand it to you, I would be sweating buckets and probably hire somebody to finish. You go, girl!
Marcelyn Honduras - diving in Honduras how cool is that?
Pip & Janetr - giggling at your exchange
Cheri in Ohio - glad you made it home safe & sound. Mission accomplished! Ros is lovely, looked a little bit deer in the headlights, but she knows she has her cousins and me to rely on. I have her address, but not phone number. She can call me anytime.
Grandson Griffin’s baseball season is over. The underdog Royals finished second in the playoffs, losing by only one point to the Nationals, a team made up of older, stronger boys. Our little guys played their hearts out, and we are so proud of them! Last night’s game was heartbreaking for the boys, as they had a significant lead until the end when they just tuckered out and were beaten by a team with more stamina. They were such good sports, made us proud.
Today I am grateful for having had a wild wacky wonderful mother, for my delicious grandchildren who enrich my life beyond measure, for my wonderful partner, for my funny little dogs, for my good job at which I earn enough money, for my high school buddies who are still my best friends 45 years later, for a gorgeous daybreak, for my health, and for my new "pen pals" on this forum.
Anne from Wisconsin: We love who we love. (((hugs))) to you and your daughter.
Heart hurting for Orlando.
Karen in Virginia
p.s. to whoever was losing part of their posts that happens to me when I add an emoticon from my Edit feature, but not if I use their emoticons. I don't get it...1 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »Good Morning, Am-A-Zons!
Cheri in Ohio - glad you made it home safe & sound. Mission accomplished! Ros is lovely, looked a little bit deer in the headlights, but she knows she has her cousins and me to rely on. I have her address, but not phone number. She can call me anytime.
Today I am grateful for having had a loving mother, for my wonderful grandchildren who enrich my life beyond measure, for my wonderful partner, for my funny little dogs, for my good job at which I earn enough money, for my high school buddies who are still my best friends 45 years later, for a gorgeous daybreak, for my health, and for my new "pen pals" on this forum.
Karen in Virginia
Good Morning everyone!
Karen I believe the "deer in the headlights" look was brought on by sensory overload. She has Sensory Integration Dysfunction (among other things) and with so many people in her apt for the first time it was a tad bit overwhelming. Plus she was holding a baby-very foreign to her! She so enjoyed everyone being there for her! Love your gratitude statement for today. Ros and I text a gratitude to each other every evening. I then copy them into a journal for us to look back and reflect upon.
On the topic of "virtual friends". For so many years my kids have spoken of their virtual friends on-line. I always reminded them these were not "real" friends. How could they be as you have never met them in real life. Well I had to come clean with them recently when I admitted that I may have been/was wrong in making that statement so many times. It's true you can make friends on-line in a very supportive manner regardless if you haven't met in real life. I've always talked openly about you gals being in my life with my hubs. And he frequently will ask about what's going on. We are blessed to have each other in our lives to support us through this journey of health, weight loss and this thing called life!
Have a good one!
Cheri
in dreary NE oHIo
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Lisa - Spot on about everything being real and personal in a small town! Sometimes people associate small towns with constantly being monitored, but I think it goes deeper than that, and in a positive way. Here in this 2000-person town we have very little stealing and vandalism, because whoever you target - even if you don't know them personally - they're likely to be the father or niece or best friend of somebody you know and like.
Must run. Husband coming to take us to the airport. (Where we will park the car and leave it unlocked with the keys in it.)
/Penny, leaving the North Pole now2 -
morning peeps -
it's rainy right now and 49 degrees and after i work out, i think i still might ride to work to get more miles in. i think i've gone bonkers1 -
happy birthday to the twins. you are forever entwined, real or not.
Lisa you will have a brilliant column with much for your readers to contemplate. They will be lucky readers.
Penny safe travels. You have had such an interesting life. Have your written an autobiography? Safe travels.
For people traveling to DC or Mid-Atlantic area, send me a note and perhaps we can meet. Always the best place to introduce our families to the meaning of American government, democracy and freedom. And most of the sights and museums are free.
Off to NGO training all day. Will have to wear winter clothes. The venue is always over - conditioned and freezing. And people wonder why we have global warming...
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Good morning ladies. What a wonderful group of women you are. Just what I am looking for. My son and his girlfriend gave me a Fitbit for Christmas and I finally opened the box. It connected to MFP which I already had but hadn't used in ages. Having done WW many years ago with good results I figured this was the "new" progressive version. I love the idea of combining it with supportive likeminded people.
Goals for the remainder of the month:
Honesty log food daily to get current benchmark.
Walk w/DH at least 5 mornings a week (we walk at 5am due to his work schedule and I am not a morning person)
Start meditating and home yoga practice.
Cheryl from north of Boston2 -
Good morning, friends.
Lisa, very philosophical post and spot on.
Allison, speaking of Rita, where has she been lately? Are you still in touch with her.
Michelle, I'm sure you are right about the reflectors helping the delivery person see the paper box, but I think the number of them means something, too. We get a paper every day, but some people only get it on the weekends, and others just on Sunday. I, like you, am interested to see what those with brick mailbox columns will do. We also have one neighbor who has a very nice ornate black mailbox with the house number built into the side some way. They paid a pretty penny for that thing, but it is the same height as ours was (I'm sure compliant at the time of purchase). Well, it gives me and DH something to look for every day when we walk our circle. What have the neighbor's done to their mailboxes today?
Thanks to all who have complimented our mailbox. When we first moved here, we had a standard mailbox post, but it was on the right hand side of the driveway. People kept backing into it and ruining it. We went through about four different ones until we got the bright idea to move it to the left side of the driveway. I ordered it online and painted it to match the house. The pale yellow color is from Ace Hardware and is called snicker doodle. My sister teases me about my snicker doodle mailbox. Since she is one of the ones who hit my old one, I just ignore her.2 -
Still feeling awful but wanted to respond to Lisa's post. It has been proven that our perceptions are totally influenced by our expectations and our focus. People remember things that reinforce their beliefs, but don't remember things that challenge their beliefs. (This is why stigma against others continues.) People also can miss some really important information when they are focusing on something else. They did a study telling people to count the number of times something happened, and almost all of them missed the man in the gorilla suit strolling through the video! So one person's perception of an event will never match up to another's. But to each their reality is true to them. It can get really funny to see how our minds bend history, even our own.
An example. One of my sisters was diagnosed with the family bipolar disorder and started on lithium. I have a letter from her telling me this. But it did not fit with her perception that it wasn't genetics, but a flawed personality that was causing my mother's problems, or my own. So to this day, she denies she was EVER diagnosed or treated with medication! The only reason she had gone to the psychiatrist in the first place was that her boss told her it was that or be fired! But she has absolutely NO memory of this event! It didn't fit with her reality! I just chuckle.
I have more thoughts on the small town issue, but feel so awful I will save them for another day.1 -
Karen VA- you can get the app for strong lifts. He has videos on there of each of the lifts. Hope you find a good trainer. Sometimes they try to steer women away from heavy lifting but don't listen to them!
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Lisa and Penny The population of the town I grew up in was 2,000. We left keys in the cars and the doors to our houses unlocked.
Here is my take on Orlando: The shooter, not surprisingly, was a patron of The Pulse and of a gay dating site. If he was gay but was conflicted about it, especially given his father's ideology, you can imagine how seeing two men being affectionate affected him, especially given the fact that he was in the presence of his wife and son. If he was gay, which in my mind is a distinct possibility, his two worlds came crashing together in that moment. Hard to imagine what he felt. Longing? Hatred? Shame? Anger? Desire? Self-loathing? Whatever it was, he had to make it go away...so he did. I absolutely do not believe this had anything to do with ISIS except that the shooter's father was a sympathizer, so ISIS became symbolic of what he should be aspiring to if he honored his father. Instead, I believe it had to do with self-hatred, self-loathing, and an inability to resolve internal conflict.
Sorry if that was too heavy. The whole thing strikes close to home.
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Well I think Charlie is back to his normal self. He can use the 'parachute pull' on the recliner in his man cave so maybe I won't have to watch Fox news all the time. Also he has found his cussing voice back. As a passenger driver I just have to tell him to zip it. I am driving and if I don't pull into a parking spot just the right way and have to back out and redo it, then it's my parking and not his. I drive my speed, I pull out into traffic my way....cautious. Just zip it Charlie! If he isn't careful I'll slip some of his Lortab into his food.
Joyce, IndianaJoyce, I know what you're going through....when Jake has had surgeries and I've had to drive for awhile, I tell him that the only way I'll drive with him in the car is if I carry a roll of duct tape for his mouth. My biggest concern about his upcoming surgery is that I'll have to drive him through Seattle and then home afterwards and then be the driver for 4-6 weeks when we get home.
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this is a reminder for me and my upcoming drive through Seattle and for anyone else wondering if they can dance, paint, do yoga, or anything else
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Good morning, everyone! I wasn't able to catch up with any posts at all yesterday so today has been a marathon read of 3 pages of posts. Being new to the group, I'm not able yet to keep straight who is who, but I'm struck by the genuineness of everyone...how refreshing!
Happy Birthday to stumplovingly & Linda!
Dawn in MD, Murfreesboro is about a little over an hour west of me. I am in northeastern NC (Elizabeth City, NC), about an hour south of Norfolk, VA and 45 minutes west of Kitty Hawk (OBX), NC. I hope your son will love NC! You mentioned that you seem to have a gluten sensitivity...I have that also. Genetics runs strong in my family and my brother discovered several years ago that he has a gluten sensitivity that was aggravating his psoriasis. It progressed to psoriatic arthritis, with his hands & wrists being most affected, so he went gluten free. He is a dentist, so this was a serious thing for him. I developed psoriasis a couple years ago, with the same kinds of symptoms he started with, and I went Gluten Free (GF) earlier this year. If I had one top piece of advice for anyone going GF, it would be to NOT substitute GF products (GF crackers, pasta, etc.), but rather just get rid of all of it altogether. Easier said than done, I know, but it is possible. At the end of January I lost my best friend to suicide and that tragedy completely derailed me. I've recently gone back to cutting gluten out of my diet and have had immediate benefits from doing so...psoriasis patches are significantly less inflamed & itchy, headaches have subsided, and my "wheat belly" is decreasing each day. There's a lot of conflicting info & opinions on the gluten issue, but for me, "the proof is in the pudding", and I feel much better without gluten in my diet.
Michele - your mermaid is adorable, as are the frogs & caterpillar! Do you do those from greenware or do you create the entire piece?
Someone mentioned my profile pic (sorry, cannot remember who right now) - that is my boy Dooley. He is my velcro dog and is rarely very far from me. My dogs are all older and my life schedule revolves around the medication schedule for my oldest (a 14-ish year old boxer/pit mix named Ashe). He takes one medication for seizures 3 times a day and because he had cluster seizures & one of his medications has a relatively short half-life, I have alarms set on both my watch and my phone so that I'm never late in giving his meds; he gets meds 4 times a day for the seizures and other meds 1X/day for his allergies. Even at 14 years old, he is my biggest goofball.
So, I'm trying to figure out all the abbreviations...LOL - anyone willing to give me a crash course?
I'm curious what types of dietary regimen different ladies here follow. I was always extremely fit and active; I am a certified personal trainer and fitness instructor, but I no longer train or teach because of my weight. My weight began to climb in 2006, when my husband had a very serious motorcycle accident. He was in hospital an hour away from where we live for 3 months + I was working at the time, in a hospital also an hours' commute from home. With the commutes for work and visiting him in hospital, combined with needing to fit everything around Ashe's medication schedule, I had zero time for physical activity and was living mostly off fast food. OOPS! After his lengthy hospital stay, he came home to be confined to a wheelchair for almost 4 months. His injuries were significant enough that they completely changed our life forever, especially relative to the activities we used to do together. He was a marathon runner (I walked or biked with him when he trained), we both did a lot of mountain biking & kayaking, and I skated (rollerblades) every day, rode my road bike several days a week (with a long ride on Sat. & Sun.), and was in the gym nearly every day to teach a class, train a client, or do my own workouts. All of that came to a crashing halt with Steve's accident and I've never been able to get back to doing any of it, really. When menopause came crashing into my life a few years ago, everything really went to hell and I have really struggled in figuring out what this new set of circumstances requires. Currently, I'm following a low carb, gluten free diet structure and am not substituting any gluten free options of bread, crackers, pasta, etc. It has surprised me how little I have missed these things and have even come to have few cravings for them. Just curious about what other ladies close to my age find works for them.
Off now to have a bit of breakky and then an appointment at 11 to get fitted for a CPAP. I can't wait to get my machine and am very much looking forward to getting more sleep at night & not feeling drained all the time. After lunch, my goal is to get in a short session of strength training. Hoping it will cool down enough to get my furkids out for some yard play early evening! Wishing you all a wonderful day filled with little successes!
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Happy Birthday Linda and Stumplovingly :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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Karen in Virginia, that is my take on the situation as well.
Gluten free here, due to celiac disease. I feel so much better that I do not crave things with gluten. Very rarely I will buy a UDI product like bread or double chocolate muffins to keep myself from feeling deprived, but they are very overpriced. I would recommend learning all the ways gluten hides in foods, and be careful of cross contamination if you really are intolerant of gluten.0 -
Hi all. BOy is it hot and sticky here today; 85 at 0830! We are supposed to get storms tonight so maybe that will cool things off but I doubt it. Around here rain just increases the humidity!
I went to aqua zumba for the first time since herniating my discs and it went well. So I'm glad about that.
Someone asked about how much time to spend here....when I am in the habit of actually getting here (that's the biggest challenge for me) I get on first thing when I get to my office and do my chatting and log my breakfast, morning snack, and lunch. Then at night I log my dinner but don't usually chat. I keep a word document open at the same time as mfp so I can write responses as I read posts.
Well I do have a meeting to get to, so this is very short. Take care and have a nice day. meg from Omaha1 -
Janetr it wasn't raining after I gone done with the gym, but I did put my rain gear on just in case. I may b bonkers but I do think ahead1
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I feel so out of shape today! I have been trying to do a C25K program because I promised my daughters last year that I would run the color run with them this summer. So, I am only on week 3 which means I have a segment where I should be running for 3 minutes. I was able to do this on the treadmill at a pretty slow pace. But, this morning, I tried doing the same thing running on the trails outside. I could only run for 2 minutes. Guess I need to run outside more and I’m going to be stuck at this level for a bit.
Joyce/SD – You must be near Brookings. I haven’t been there, but have been to Sioux Falls several times and my daughter seriously considered attending USD in Vermillion.
Kat in Illinois – I won’t judge you. I’ve been watching the Bachelorette this summer too. But now, I’m going to have to choose between that and American Ninja Warriors on Mondays. Oh, choices, choices…
Penny – Well said on our virtual friends. My husband knows about this thread but we don’t really talk about it. He doesn’t know how to support my journey and sometimes unknowingly says insensitive things. That is why I need everyone here!
Welcome Cheryl!
Paula – Because you are a former personal trainer, I am confident that you will find a way to incorporate exercise into your life again. Sorry to hear about your husband’s motorcycle accident and the lifestyle changes that has caused for you. I’m just working to move more and eat a little healthier every day. Right now, I combine interval training on the treadmill with a little strength training. I tried a Paleo 10-day detox but I’ve added back in most foods now. I do think I have some sensitivity to gluten and may eliminate that, but my biggest culprit is simply sugar. The sweets are so addictive.
Thanks to all who have already posted birthday wishes. I’ve been posting here for almost a year, but you all welcomed me into this group as a youngster. Now, I am officially 50! My youngest daughter is still out of town on her church choir trip to Colorado, but my oldest daughter has something planned for tonight and won’t give me the details. I am guessing dinner and then either a movie or a bike ride. We’ll see.
Linda/IA
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barbie you've got this. You are doing what needs to get done and we are all with you in reality or otherwise. Your sisters are pulling for you!
I am stuck in the tire shop after the father of all potholes took out my front tire. I am not gonna spend $ on a taxi when I can work remotely for a change. I made that executive decision on my own, thank you very much
I am in a whirl of activities involving end of school year work, DD graduation and big trip for college orientation and my oldest sister's bathroom remodel is around the corner. I will be in Philadelphia in July to help with the remodel, to be completed before the democrats pour in for the dem. Convention. The city will be a madhouse so I am hoping to get everything complete before end of July!!
Cheers to all of us for checking in and logging in and moving cause IT WORKS
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Hi all! Off for a lecture soon on our last two stops, Molde, (capital of roses) and Bergen.
You all made me cry again today with your beautiful posts about the group. With DH it is mainly about the amount of "sharing" that goes on, plus the fact that we can't be sure who is posting, or reading. He would never share personal details on the Internet, but then he is reticent in real life, apart from with me. It's a man thing.
Penny must have landed in Tromso just as we were leaving. We have been cruising along the fjord, looking at all the gorgeous little, or big, holiday homes by the water.
Tromso was very pleasant, though the weather was overcast. We managed to avoid all the cruise crowds and visited the cable car up to a lovely view, the Arctic Cathedral, (beautiful modern design), and walked back over a long bridge to lunch in town and a couple of small museums. I was on my feet for well over 3 hours and could really feel it, so DH went off on his own and I went back to the ship. I still ache.
Nice and calm for our day at sea tomorrow.
Love Heather2
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