WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016
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Heather: I'm interested in your fish soup recipe. Do you make a cream based fish soup or a broth based fish soup? I've made bouillabaisse in the past but my recipe requires lots of $$$$$. I got the recipe from a fishmonger and I'm sure it was very good for his profits. It includes things like saffron, lobster, scallops, prawns & halibut. Great for fish sales for the shop and honestly yummy, but it calls for deep pockets. :grumble: Our more frequent fish soup is clam chowder. Ours is on the thin side because of my lactose intolerance. We use lactaid milk instead of cream. Soymilk & rice milk are both too sweet for chowder in my opinion.
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Lisa: I hope your DH's new job is a good fit and he likes it. I also hope they have some sort of shade for the work area.
kabwe777: Welcome to a great group. :flowerforyou:
Yoga today!!!!! This will be my only opportunity for yoga this week due to conflicts on other yoga days. A woman I worked with years ago will be visiting Portland this week, and a group of us will be getting together for breakfast. I haven't seen her for a couple of years. The last time she came there were just three of us for breakfast and we had such a good time that we moved to a nearby park after we finished our meal and kept on visiting.
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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Karen in Virginia~ If you get on their call list, they will remind you:-) I always say, I don't run marathons, but this is one way I can be a super hero. I was a "blue baby" when I was born, so its my way of saying thanks to the medical community for giving me their undivided attention in 1962. So I have some anxiety, and maybe a wee bit of pain, but Red Cross informs you of how you saved someone. Last donation I helped someone in Oklahoma in critical care. Plan it every 8 weeks like a hair appointment :-)
Becca
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Michele in NC~ I was happy about those numbers. I think its because I have been eating less "bad fats" and more good ones. Not having marg or butter on my toast, but just putting on peanut butter, or jelly directly on it. Eating more walnuts. He also said my iron was WAY up there. Yeah to eating my spinach!
Becca
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Lenora~ Yep, hand ones are NO fun. I have a scar from each child on the tops of my hands. Combine that with all the "love bites" my cat Pippin gave to me when we would play, I'm like a road map! I aggressively donated platelets in California every 4-5 weeks for about a year, and have quite the scar. I get so annoyed that the blood people want to "find" new (easier) veins at this point. My arm is sore where they "left me hanging" after I was done yesterday. The cuff was really tight, and this morning I am feeling it!
Becca
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Heather Soy sincero.
Asimismo, extender mis cordiales felicitaciones a su hijo.
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Happy Wednesday everyone! I tried to skim over the first 14 pages but my memory is not good enough to allow me to reply by name! Next time, I will have to check in more often and jot down little notes as I go.
I have been on vacation this week and so far I have done nothing exciting. Basically sleeping in and resting. I have been working long hours for months and the stress finally caught up with me. So, although I feel bad for burning up a week's worth of vacation hours and doing nothing fun, I think I needed to just sit and "be"...kind of rejuvenate. I did go fishing a few times. I caught some pan fish. I would love to learn to fly fish but that will be a goal for when I retire and have time to practice! My DH and I took a ride to northern Wisconsin that was beautiful. We also took a ride up to Door County one day. I have not been there in a few years so I really did enjoy that although we only went as far as Sturgeon Bay and back. Beautiful part of Wisconsin. We used to ride the motorcycle up there every weekend in the summer, but with my DH getting hurt at work and now being on disability, we had to sell the motorcycle this year. Trying to find new things we both enjoy and that he is able to do, and it's turning out to be a challenge. He can do anything for an hour or so, but then has so much back pain that he has to stop.
Today, I plan to perhaps set up my sewing machine in an area in our basement. Just kind of "my space" where I can retreat, kind of like DH does in the garage and in his workshop. I find more and more that I just need time alone...I don't know if that is new due to age, my hormones or the fact that my husband is newly retired and I'm not used to never having the house to myself anymore. Our basement is not particularly a warm welcoming place, but I think I could make it that way if I put a little elbow grease into it. Ideas are welcome!!!
I love all the pictures on here. Barbie, you look amazing! RoRoRose, welcome! I didn't realize that Sylvia and Terri from Milwaukee have been absent from here. I hope all is well with both of them. Heather, you have my dream job. I have wanted to be an author since I was a child. I still do... I only wish I knew how to even begin. Good for you that you are able to do that and be successful at it!
Well, my little corner in the basement isn't going to create itself, so I probably should get off the computer, hop in the shower and get busy.
Have a wonderful day everyone and I'll try to check in again later!
Tracie in WI
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Karen VA- I hope your first kettle bell workout goes well!
Michele - I am sorry to hear about the hearing loss. Hopefully you will not need to have the surgery.
Heather - here in the US mowing the lawn is generally done by the man. I do it for the exercise. We have quite a huge yard and it takes four hours. I use a push mower even though we have a riding lawn mower. It really is quite relaxing and the finished job is very rewarding.
Busy day today. Exercise done early in the morning! Now I will do my laundry. This afternoon we will be going to watch DGS play baseball.
Have a great day everyone!
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Pip - thanks I'm getting excited for the trip. It will be be fun and we're always careful on the road
Janetr OKC1 -
Thanks to everyone who offered me such good feedback and encouragement. It certainly helps to have a group of women my generation who are actively working on fitness and health. And boy, what a busy message board—four pages of comments in one day!
Here’s a little more of my history. I’ve suffered with disordered eating almost my entire life. Starving myself and then binging when I was a young woman, then I gave up the starving part and just overate for a decade and ended up weighing 250 pounds. Then in my mid-forties I pulled it together and lost 75 pounds over the course of two years—each month I lost 3 pounds, no more and no less. I didn’t really have to work too much to keep it off although as I went through menopause I did put on maybe ten pounds, again I could live with that. Then a health issue and a medication known to cause weight gain and it was like some voracious beast was unleashed and within a couple weeks I was back to eating uncontrollably, just could not stop and I gained about 10 pounds over the next months. I finally clamped down severely and the weight gain stopped but I was barely maintaining and was starving all the time. I’ve been off that medication for 1.5 years but the same dynamic is there, I’m hungry all the time and I can barely lose any weight even when I am doing what has always worked for me in the past, and like I said I put on another five pounds this past school year. (I’m an elementary counselor at a high risk school and only one more year to go before I can retire, my energy is just not supporting working that hard and fast anymore!)
However, in the last couple weeks I might be on to something. In the past, keeping my carbs down to around 100 and eating more fat/protein has worked pretty well. But this time I’ve gone to very low fat, moderate protein and higher good quality carbs and I haven’t been nearly as hungry. And I’m able to sleep and exercise without plenty of energy. So…we’ll see.
I was thinking of weighing to see if I have made any progress, but I can see that my face is thinner than it was and my pants are back to fitting pretty well so I think I am just going to try to give up the scale for the entire summer. After all, if I am doing the best I can it doesn’t matter what the scale says, and the fallout for me if I am not making progress is perhaps greater than if I saw that I had lost a few pounds.
Heather wrote:- It would be some kind of miracle if you were not losing at 1300 calories plus exercise, so I hope that your feeling better shows up on the scales. You could weigh yourself after a month and see if there is any difference.
Usually when things aren't moving it's because we are making a fundamental mistake with our calorie count. I did that with my popcorn - misreading the calorie information so I was eating three times what I thought!!!!!! The physics does work, but we are human beings trying to operate the numbers.
I haven't checked if your diary is open, but if it is then we would be able to help. Usually being hungry is not enough protein and bulk food from low calorie vegetables. Carbs don't hack it in the hungry stakes.
I lost weight consistently eating 1800 calories a day as I was doing 600 exercise. I weighed everything and still do, even though I am at maintenance. Accurate weighing is vital. So is exercise. So is eating LOTS of high bulk, low calorie food. Good lean protein keeps you full for longer.
I just had a VAST veggie curry, for 300 calories. I feel STUFFED. My poor DH found it a bit too hot, even though I only used a teeny chilli from my chilli plant in the kitchen. Those things are HOT !
Good luck with your new life. You will have to change the way you eat and exercise for ever. This is not a "diet". Start by adding lots of veggies to your meals.and cutting out carbs.
Wonderful advise, Heather. I think I am doing ok in this area. Getting the most accurate calorie counts from MFP can be hard and I will go back and double check all my common foods because being off my even a couple hundred calories a day can make or break my progress. I found that when I search for a food if I put “USDA” along with the food I am looking for then the USDA values come up and I think those are most accurate. I am religious about weighing pretty much every single thing I eat.
I think one of my big problems has been lack of movement. I’ve been way more focused on the eating plan and way less focused on the exercise part of things although exercise is truly the way to age healthy.
Glo wrote: i've been on my journey of mindful, healthfulness since February 2016 & have lost 40#s so far consuming 1000-1300 cal/day...goal is 40 more to be at "normal" BMI. I'm tall (5'10.5") & big boned so that may have something to do with my results...I lost 12#s in the first couple of wks. I don't drink any calories or eat any exercise calories. I drink 4-6 glasses of water/day which is about my limit. I don't walk much because I need a knee replacement but I do 25 min of yoga & 30 min of core & free weights 6 days a week. Also I'm 60++ love to garden & swim.
One of the biggest things for me was to accept hunger pangs...like I'm not going to die if I don't eat something right then. I know my "skinny" friends can wait without it being the end of the world & I have to say I'm getting there. For me two meals a day works well usually around 11 AM & 7 PM. I expect to plateau soon & ive certainly learned from all the wonderful women here I've got to just keep on keeping on. Going to change out some exercises for a new pool exercise regime with noodles & foam barbells. I've also learned how different we all are in our approach but the one common thread is logging every morsel & planning meals.
Wow, that is amazing progress! Ok, got it: “Hunger is my friend.” Repeat 100 times a day. Ha ha, no seriously, that is wonderful advise and I remember when I lost the 75# years ago I knew this. The mental and emotion piece to this is as important, if not more, than the actual food plan.
Can I ask, have you had any trouble with insomnia on the days you eat only 1000 calories?
Kayla wrote: I'm a retired teacher. I gained about 10 pounds every year I taught and lost about 5 pounds over each summer. You can see the graph in your mind's eye. I was finally able to do something about my weight when I found MFP, and that happened AFTER I retired. It is all about calories in, calories out. Take advantage of your summer by getting in the habit of calorie counting, and continue counting every bite and swallow in the new school year. You really need to move more and find ways to include a higher physical activity level even after you return to school. I hope you will be successful and won't have to wait for retirement to do something about your weight, as I did. Best tips: Choose a healthy diet that leaves you feeling good, but don't get suckered into buying premeasured meals. They're too expensive, often not as good quality as you can make for yourself, plus you need to learn to manage this on your ownunles you plan to buy the premeasured meals for the rest of your life. Measure your portions of everything, except raw celery.  (It takes more calories to digest than it contains.) I use a food scale and restaurant style dishers. There was a small investment where that was concerned, but those tools were a key factor in my success. At first I weighed every day, which is not really the greatest idea. Women here shared their practices and I now weigh about once a week, more if I feel like it. Buy a good digital scale to weigh yourself if you don't already have one. One last thing. We all hit plateaus. They're part of the process so don't let them get you down. Sometimes you can bump up your exercise a bit or lower your calories a bit to get past a plateau. katla
Kayla, I totally know what you mean about the ten pounds every school year. I make jokes about “Great year this year, only a two pounder!” or “oh oh, this year was a six pounder” A good way to evaluate each year, right? I have to find the mindset to just make the teacher lounge groaning board of treats an absolute “no fly zone.” When I deal with something really ugly ( child abuse reports almost every week) I head right for sugar. And I come home at the end of my day and I fall right on the couch. I am so exhausted! Every year I make a firm decision that I am going to walk after work and that lasts about ten minutes into the school year.
Karen wrote: I am a teacher with a busy working summer ahead of me. I was just looking over a journal I started at the end of last school year 2014-15 where I laid out my goals incrementally like a 21 day challenge without buying the product! I set very modest goals/changes and why I wanted to make the changes and it was working! I also stumbled onto this forum and that sealed the deal. I have lost the weight and am learning what maintenance is all about. Keep your expectations high and your focus on the small improvements --just like a teacher would with her students!!!
This works if you work it.
Karen, so many educators here! I need to take the long view, like you say. I can’t expect that the summer will be enough, when I lost the 75# originally I didn’t gain it all back because I never went back to my old eating habits, I just continued with the new eating. I’ve lost that view with the idea of “going on a diet” again. Which has never really worked well in the past. Good reminder. Thank you.
Re wrote: – you have come to the right place… these ladies are the very best. For me, going slooooow is the answer. I calculated for 1 pound a week in MFP. If I want to lose any more than that, I have to exercise more. I also make certain to do a lot of abdominal crunches at the gym – to keep my back from freaking out. That is what has always stopped me in the past, I would get all into the exercise, and my back would seize up. The abdominals stop that little problem. It’s working for me… but, you will have to do what works for you. Glad to hear you are sleeping – that is important, too Re i
Slowwwwwwwww. I think even one pound a week might be too big of an expectation for me. When I lost weight before I never lost more than 3 pounds in a month and that was when I was in my forties! However, if I lost 3 pounds a month for a year, that is 36 pounds, even 2 pounds a month would be enough! They do add up and if I just keep to a healthy diet and increase my exercise for the long term maybe I will be ok.
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Sorry this is so long! But after writing it out I feel so much more relaxed about everything. Seems like I need to relearn life lessons over and over….thank you all again!!
Be well, everyone,
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Ann C. - I was glad to read at the end of your post that you felt so much more relaxed. I definitely have to learn the same lesson over and over. I always tell everyone that I've lost 1500# in my lifetime, I haven't but it must be close. I'm slipping back into the old habit of snacking late at night. I've been thinking today of ways to put a stop to it. I'm going to have to plan a totally different routine I think and change what I've done for years which is after the news goes off and hubby finds "his" shows to watch on TV. I get up and remove myself to the computer room to catch up here and with my other social network and then play games. But it gives me a chance to sneak into the kitchen and bring snacks back to eat. Tonight I will remove myself to the living room, where hubby can still see me from the Florida room, and use my tablet to catch up on posts.
Long story short, your post ending with you felt more relaxed and having to learn life lessons over and over just resonated with me. I'm going to change my old late evening habit, even it if means going to bed at 11:00 pm and waking up at 4:00 or 5:00 am. At least that early in the morning I only drink coffee. So hold me accountable and ask me tomorrow how I did tonight.
Cheers to us for "relearning" some of life's lessons
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Headed out to the swimming pool. With my shoulder issue I can't swim too well but I can use a kickboard for a good hour or so. It's just too darned hot to walk or run so the water sounds like a good option.
Going to San Antonio tomorrow to go to Sea World with my daughter and her kids. Should be fun. Hot but fun.
Marcelyn
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Janetr - I am watching youooooooooo!
Katla - As you will see from my later post, my "bouillabaisse " is a cheat's version. I use a large glass jar of French fish soup from the fishmonger, though you can buy it online, and just add this and that, like smoked haddock, salmon, cod, prawns, sometimes a couple of scallops, a few mussels or a bit of squid. My fishmonger is very accommodating and knows me well. The accompaniments, cheese, croutons, rouille, are the traditional South of France ones.
It was incredibly delicious, by the way, and soooooooooooo easy.
Heather, who did not have any alcohol tonight, even though her DH did, because I told you all I would not.
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I don't know how finished your basement is, but when I was in high school, we had an unfinished basement. I turned a corner of it in to a lovely rec room and sewing area by using bedspreads tacked to the rafters to create soft walls on all four sides. Put down a room size rug WITH A GOOD PAD to insulate the floor. And had LOTS OF LIGHT so it didn't feel like a cave. I had a couch in there, and my sewing table. Used a trunk for a coffee table to store my sewing stuff when I wasn't using it. It felt like a gypsy tent and was really cozy.2
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I am thinking the idea of combining what I am am doing calorie-wise has to be combined with more physical exercise as someone mentioned on this page a little while ago. So I have gotten back on the bicycle as it is too hot for me to use the machines at the Y. Went on a ride that was too ambitious on Sunday and where I had a flawed concept of the hilliness and felt defeated, but yesterday I forced myself to get back on and do some small hills because how else can I improve at it? Wish me luck with the new scheme!
The Sunday ride was along Lake Ontario and was lovely the little we rode--orchards, horses, old homes and gardens -- but there was quite a bit of wind and there was loose stone on the roadbed (we call this cheap seal because the highway depts. throw this gravel down and let the cars pack it in all summer instead of properly rolling it smooth). Bad for bicycle rides! And the last place it gets packed down is the shoulder.
Pip, we have a mixed marriage--one hybrid bike and one touring bike. I feel like I am not so effective on the road but I like being able to steer off onto the grass and not fall down! And DH does well on the road but he is claiming that his shoulders hurt more than they used to with the touring bike position. We may need to have better matched bikes but who should get the different one? I would love to go on the pavement and the bike paths both, and most of our paths are not paved.
Michele, so glad the tumor is benign but sorry about the hearing loss. I am pretty sure my hearing is going going gone and it is really frustrating.
Welcome new people!
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Afternoon Ladies,
Melanie, I know you have to feel good about such an epoch workout. Don’t we all wish we could do that every day!
AnnC, the thing I did when I first started this journey was to check the food data base and look up all kinds of food that I like to see what the calorie content was. I was shocked with some things!!
Those I cut from my daily diet immediately. Then when I found the things with very low calories I remembered those and use them often. I am rarely hungry eating 1200 calories a day. I get lots of proteins and veggies. I also eat high fiber. Once you find the things that are lower in calories and add them to your diet it’s easy to stay on plan. The other thing I did was begin to plan ahead. I pretty much know what I’ll have on any day and most often log it before I eat it. Then it is easier to know where I am. You can do this. Good luck.
CarolGA, you are talking about Sylvia that has the ceramics studio and new Co-op and Terri from Milwaukee with the bowling family. It’s been ages but last we hear they were doing well but too busy for us. I really miss them both.
Janetr, I hope they get all of Jack’s skin cancer this time. That stuff is scary! Sending good thoughts, my friend. ((((Hugs)))) Enjoy your road trip!
Re, good girl for going to the gym even when you don’t want to. That’s the way to get it done!!
Margaret, your flowers are beautiful. I just can’t believe you want to deny those sweet little bunnies the pleasure of a snack here and there.
KarenE, congrats on making it through your plateau. Onward and upward.
Jackie, welcome. Please tell us about yourself and sign each post with the name you want to be called. A location is also helpful. The struggle is really not that hard of a question. “Do I want to continue looking this way [FAT] or do I want to look and feel better? We know what to do about it, it’s just a matter of when we finally decide the effort is worth the reward.
Glo, so glad that your DH is doing well. Will pray that it continues.
MicheleNC, so happy the doc doesn’t recommend surgery at this time. I know you are sorry to hear that the hearing problem can’t be fixed but you handle it all like a champ. ((((Hugs))))
Larisa, you are doing fantastic. You’ll get back to Onederland in time so just enjoy looking great.
Heather, mowing is still mainly a man’s job here in the US. It’s just the women with lazy husbands or the one’s that want to do it for exercise that we typically see pushing a mower.
(later) Congrats on your DS and DIL closing on their house. I know it is a relief for everyone concerned. Now they can move toward the next step.
Joyce, I was so excited to hear that the bag is still on but then read that Charlie is despondent. I’m really sorry to hear that. I hope it’s a short phase and he’ll be feeling better soon. I agree that the way it was before his surgery was no way to live. Hang in there. You are doing great and I know it’s not all easy!!!
CarolGA, I’ll bet your hair looks good if your DH likes it. You just aren’t used to it. Feel free to share a picture.
Tonia, welcome back. It does sound like a crazy and busy month for you. Glad you are back on track so just put one foot in front of the other.
Traci, glad you are having a relaxing vacation. Sometimes that’s what’s needed.
With DH and me being retired, I find we each enjoy some time to ourselves during the day. We enjoy each other’s company but you’ve heard about “too much of a good thing”. I get away to my little office and visit with you ladies and he goes to his and catches up on the in-depth news on the internet. 
Janetr, you are so right about going back to what we know. Why do we have to relearn the same lessons over and over? You’d think we’d know better but we must be human.
Betty, it sounds like you are really getting in the exercise. Have you not heard of baby steps? Just don’t overdo so that you don’t want to continue. I’m impressed!!!
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.
I had a great time line dancing yesterday and lasted for 1 ½ hours. I had a board meeting for the HOA last night. OMG I don’t know why I put myself through that! It’s just so hard to want to do all the right things and be handtied by the funding. Oh well, I’m sure things will work out.
Sending love and good thoughts to all of you and I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy Day!
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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DJ- Love reading your posts with all the Emoji's. I'm glad you had fun at the line dancing class. An hour and a half is quite the workout! Good for you!
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Heather - thanks, I need DJ to get out the boot I guess. But I'm going to do this.
Good job on passing up the alcohol. That's why I asked for accountability today, so I will think of you all when I try to put something in my mouth that's not supposed to be there
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Hi Gals,
Well company over the weekend, so a work day and 197 posts to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well at least I logged everyday! LOL
Barbie – hope Brandy’s leg/paw is better quick!
Joyce – I understand “tiny” houses are 500 or so square feet, and I am in 1013 and it feels tiny some days! But cleaning it is a 2 hour job – top to bottom and I love that!
Rori and Sue – great picture!!!!!!! I love seeing bigger pictures than our little profile pic… you get a better idea of what someone looks like. The place you are at looks great too.
Beth – I missed it but there were fireworks across the country to celebrate your birthday !!!!!!!!!!!! hope it was good!
Mary – that comic is Levi !
Mia – wow, sorry to hear of the complication, but glad you are well now and back with us.
Lisa - While the current picture is higher in weight than pic 2 or 3 – you look so content, so complete.
AnneC – Start will the realization that this a process, a new life style not a quick fix! You took 4-5 years to put it on it will take some time to get it off… Logging is where most of us started, truthfully completely with measuring (not eyeballing) all the food you eat and drink…and not randomly picking a calorie count, either letting MFP pick it or work with your dr. drink lots of water, and that should start you off.
Heather – glad the house exchanging and moving is working out!
July Goals:
2 fun things a week, Lunch with Ben, visiting with mom
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday – like to hit 160 miles for the month.
Smiles.
Kim from N. California
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Janetr - We can do this! I was especially proud of myself tonight because I wanted to celebrate DS 's house news and DH had a Pernod with the fish soup. It really helps me to put it down here in black and white. You can boast tomorrow that you did it! :flowerforyou:
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Drum roll please.... Today I actually tried 5# Dumbbells and did a series of exercises for my arms! Woo hoo, proud of me. I am making myself not spend the whole week worrying and working at my sisters place. I walked through wonderful food markets to plan a delightful party for my brother and sisters to just celebrate being together.
I am an anxious person and being around my family brings it out even more and my OS is the most (insert really stressed out emoji here) anxious person EVER so it is taking a lot out of me to hang out with her. Don't mean to sound like I am complaining, I offered the help and knew what it would mean but it is unbelievably challenging. I am saying this today and will try not to keep repeating this vent. On the plus side, I am not over eating in reaction and I am getting plenty of exercise. That is a monumentally different response to the family stressors.
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Sheesh! I had forgotten how chatty everyone is. I'm up to page 12...
Margaret – I just read about the bug in your ear. That does not sound like fun at all. I’ve never thought about what to do if a bug goes into my ear. Now I have some pointers on things to try.
Mary from Minnesota – How lovely to see you are back. I missed you while you were off this board.
Charleen – very interesting about the hotel in Boulder made from tiny houses. I think it would be fun to stay there and check out tiny living. I am fascinated by the shows on tiny houses. I enjoy seeing all of the storage and space saving ideas but I don’t think I would really be able to go tiny. However, smaller than what we are currently living in is definitely something I want to do.
DJ Myrtle Beach, SC – I had a panniculectomy - removal of the lower abdomen skin. (The pannus is that “apron” of skin that can hang down and get rashes underneath it), abdominoplasty (sew the 2 muscles in the abdomen together and tighten the upper abdomen skin), liposuction on the thighs (saddle bags), thigh lift, thigh tightening, and butt lift. Very long surgery. Going in my doctor told me he had to limit what he was going to do because he didn’t like to do much more than 6 hours of surgery. I was in surgery for 8 ½ hours.
Interestingly enough, another woman in my bariatric support group also had a lower body lift about 2 weeks after I had mine. We had both heard this was the hardest of the plastic surgeries to recover from and that it would be a harder recovery than the gastric bypass. We have both found this recovery easier than the gastric bypass. My doctor was surprised when I said this to him. He said that is not the typical thing he hears. Guess it is just like everything else. Different people have different experiences.1 -
Heather I will do just that and boast here tomorrow. It does help to have you all. Thanks. Now I'll also think, Hey, Heather passed when she wanted to celebrate
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Happy July everyone! I have to admit skipping many pages.0
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I had a long post on my phone and lost it! Uhg!
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