WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017
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My weight is up today thanks to three restaurant meals and the doggie bag from Red Lobster but I am back to good habits again....12,000 step walk this morning and my usual foods for breakfast, snack, and lunch.
Gloria, my trip was just overnight to Seatac where I saw a bunch of great friends. I started keeping a daily gratitude journal in 2001 when I had a huge crisis in my life. I write 5-10 things in the book every day...some are amazing things and others are ordinary, but it puts my thinking on the plane of what is going right in my life. I've read a lot about happiness and gratitude seems to be mentioned in all of them.Kristina from CA, it's great to see you back. I hope you become a regular participantSherry, this group has been the most supportive for me. I belong to three groups on Spark People but haven't gotten involved except for the 10,000 steps a day group.NYKaren, my husband didn't have a full time job for years while I was working and then he got a job right after I retired. You're right about the prospect being life changing.tivocrazy, logging food was an eye-opener for me and helped me change my eating habits. Laundry day today. I'll be back later to read more posts and join the conversation.
Barbie from not so chilly NW Washington
“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach."-- Yutang Lin7 -
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drkatiebug wrote: »I need Stevia in my tea though, and don't want milk or lemon in it. This anti-inflammatory plan suggests no dairy. I was going to buy coconut milk creamer for my coffee, but it is all flavored (at my grocery store, anyway) and has sugar. I tried plain almond milk in my coffee - no! I haven't tried plain coconut milk, but can't imagine it being any better.
There's a really good unsweetened coconut milk available from So Delicious - its boxed. (they also do a dandy icecream). It works well in tea and coffee, and although the color and consistency of dairy milk it doesn't much lighten the color of your tea or coffee. Its also good on cereals and I add a few drops of stevia as well.
For those of you who have not yet tried Stevia this is an excellent choice. They also make tabs (look like aspirin) in a tin you can carry in your purse. Some of the better flavors are chocolate, pumpkin spice, vanilla, butterscotch and my personal fav. is coconut (its delish in tea).
The Stevia sweetened juice "Bai" is a great option for flavoring your water. There is also a canned "sparkling" version.
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tngram2seven wrote: »
Marni - My DS and DIL are rescue foster failures, too. They have 5 cats and two big dogs. The dogs are named Doc (Holliday) and Wyatt (Earp). So funny we both have Wyatt Earps in our families!
Toni in cold, cold, cold and snowy Tennessee
Thats great Toni - I can hardly believe I have to tell you to keep warm in Tennessee! My hubby named Wyatt (DH was born in the wrong century .. he may in fact be a reincarnation of gen'l Custer .. when we met he had long blonde hair, ice blue eyes, and a strawberry blonde handlebar moustache and beard.
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Good morning! Normally I log my food, exercise, & weight, etc and look at what has happened on my main page with my group of friends, but today I went a little further into group discussion and found this thread (and very glad I did ) I would like to join this group.
This year, I decided not to make new year's resolutions. That is because I want to continue my mindset that I started in the middle of last year. Last year, I decided I would stop making excuses for not losing weight and take each day as an individual day and do my best. I have severe fibromyalgia, it does hinder my exercise but I won't allow it to stop my exercise
and most importantly, I decided it was time to forgive myself for all the past mistakes I've made and live in the present (easier said than done - so I focus on the live for today, look forward for tomorrow).
I'm 51, live in central California, married, have 4 children, am looking forward to my daughter ready to deliver my first grandchild any day now
Have a great day everyone,
Tina
Where in central California r u from, I was born there1 -
margaretturk wrote: »I too use coconut oil of my face. I like how quickly it absorbs and keeps my skin from dry out. I just take a small amount and rub it between my hands until it melts. It does not melt until it is 76-78 degrees. I like it better than olive oil because it smells better.
I put ito. My hair and on my body mixed with other body lotion3 -
janetr7476 wrote: »
Gotta get an iPod and music and headphones girl! Tons of times when I don't wanna but I make playlists to walk to and another to run to. I walk and run to the beat of my music2 -
-2F in a gorgeous sunny Anchorage Alaska this morning.
30 min of yoga in with no doggie interruptions - good stuff!
Coconut oil is amazing stuff - I use it every day to control plaque psoriasis. Some great body, and facial creams with no fragrance or color are available from Paula Begoun. I've been using her products and reading her publications since I was 30ish. There is a Beautipedia on her site that you can look up the ingredients of any cosmetic line and they tell you what is good/great and what can potentially be damaging. A good resource.
http://www.paulaschoice.com/
Marni in Alaska8 -
Stats for the day:
jog - 18.15min, 6.1-8.0sp, 9.38ap, 137ahr, 155mhr, 2mi= 201c
Skip/scissors/sidestep- 44min, 161mhr, 140ahr = 437c
S Matrix- 5min 143ahr 157mhr, 5wt 8 resist= 81c
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Hi all
I've been MIA for a few days. We were out at our holiday home on the island, with our son and his family - frightfully busy! I've read as much as I could but the internet is slow out there, and it can take 5 minutes just to download a page - especially if there are lots of images on it. Frequently the connection gives out and all I have on my screen is the words and the top quarter-inch of the pictures.
I'm back home now and it sure feels good! We had to get up early today to get to the airport (and rising early was even worse because we're still jet lagged from our trip to the US). My husband and I were booked on a flight north from Tromsø, departing 12:20, and our son and his family were on a flight south from Tromsø, departing 12:35. Practical, eh?
The tricky thing was driving the 60 miles to the airport over roads that were so slippery it was tricky even to walk on them. Up in northern Norway, a normal winter road has a couple inches of solid ice on it. With studded tires and a bit of experience, we can handle the roads just fine. But if it starts raining on the ice, those roads could just as well be covered with soap - and that's the situation we had today.
Our road winds along the shore, squeezed in between the fjord and the mountainside. Most of the distance, the speed limit is 50 mph, but I don't think we ever exceeded 35 mph today. Nope, we drove slowly and carefully, me and my husband leading the way in our car, and our son and his family following along in their rented car. Several times the tires on both cars spun loose going uphill - even though we were in high gear and nobody was trying to accelerate. Fortunately, we had a good 2½-hour margin between getting off the ferry from the island and the first flight, so we could afford to go really slow. And we made it just fine.
As I think I mentioned, I was going to serve the spinach-feta quiche one day. My grandson's standard reaction when faced with any food he hasn't eaten before is "I don't love that." I didn't manage to convince my grandson he could eat it but he really liked yesterday's lunch, which was homemade mushroom soup. Despite some initial skepticism, he tasted it and his spontaneous comment was "That's awesome soup!" Awesome soup, he called it, and he's only 6! I don't think I even knew the word awesome when I was 6. 
Up here in Svalbard the temperature is now much more "normal" for this time of the year, about 10 F. Such a relief after the long, warm, rainy November, and the mudslides and rockslides we suffered through because the permafrost didn't re-freeze as it should have.
Special greetings to my High North sisters: Carey and Lillian, and High North newbies Marnie and Barb. Marnie and Lillian, that makes at least three of us on the thread who know what Iditarod means
I'm not a doggy person (it's a long story from when I was 12, involving a possibly rabid dog and a four-day transit visa through what was then known as Southern Rhodesia), but my hometown Longyearbyen is a very doggy place. Several friends of friends have participated in Iditarod, and others aspire to do so some day.
Special greetings to any of you who are so cold and/or snowed in that you feel as though you're living in the High North. Stay safe! Stay warm!
Special greetings to returning absent friends: Mia in MI, Mikesmom, Sherry, Betty, and Re, and...? I feel I may have missed a few names here, so please accept my apologies whoever you are. Anyway, great to see you back!
And WELCOME to the newbies!
I'll have to drag my tootsie to the saltmines again starting tomorrow. Now that I'm back home, the work deadlines I've been ignoring happily all through the holidays are rearing their ugly heads. I hope I don't freak out.
/Penny, back where I belong, 800 miles from the North Pole7 -
Up here in Svalbard the temperature is now much more "normal" for this time of the year, about 10 F. Such a relief after the long, warm, rainy November, and the mudslides and rockslides we suffered through because the permafrost didn't re-freeze as it should have.
Special greetings to my High North sisters: Carey and Lillian, and newbies Marni and Barband Lillian, that makes at least three of us on the thread who know what Iditarod means I'm not a doggy person (it's a long story from when I was 12, involving a possibly rabid dog and a four-day transit visa through what was then known as Southern Rhodesia), but my hometown Longyearbyen is a very doggy place. Several friends of friends have participated in Iditarod, and others aspire to do so some day.
/Penny, back where I belong, 800 miles from the North Pole
Hi /Penny .. that sounds like the most harrowing drive to the airport ever! Looking up Svalbard and Tromsø you look very similar to my part of the world - it's wonderful to share in the delight that are the Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis. They never fail to take my breathe away. Thanks for the warm Northern Women welcome .. very much appreciated!
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Good afternoon ladies! I think my body may be desperately trying to catch up on sleep! I didn't wake up until just after noon! I think a lot of my sleep problems in the past were due to being in an abusive relationship, but now that it's over I find I am sleeping like a baby, even with 3 kids in the house I'm in!
Heather - thanks for the welcome back and the cute little smiley with the flowers!
Pip - we should swap smoking horror stories we've had! Lol
When I got on here when I got up there were 52 new posts!! Wow!! All that in just under 12 hours!! That's why I love this group, so much participation!! And I'm lovin' all the fur baby and feathered friends pics!
Sorry if I missed responding to some of you. Most of you know it's sometimes hard for me to keep up. But I did read everybody's posts. Thanks for all the well wishes and welcome backs! I feel like I've been gone forever!
Well, I'm not much on breakfast but I'm getting hungry so I think it's time for a late lunch and I gotta check my Facebook messages, so I'll be back in a while. Hope everybody is having a wonderful day, even if it is freezing and snowing!
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I'm reading quite a lot of books at the moment that deal with some weighty questions, like our attitude to death. The subject has interested me for a long while, but it is especially pertinent at the moment because I am doing my best to support my friend through her terminal cancer. I've been in touch with her this evening about my going up to London on Friday to sit with her during her chemotherapy session. I want to be able to be there for her if she wants to bring up any subject. I will take my cue from her.
Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
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heather how difficult this must be. if your friend is open to your companionship, there is nothing more sacred than spending time with someone facing this. I only hope I could and would be that kind of friend/sister/partner NYKAREN 1
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Speaking of tea...what a treat to (a) meet Charleen2 (She looks much different without the fish
) And (b) visit the iconic Dashunabe Tea House for the first time. The tea menu is exotic and extensive, but the chai blew us away! We split a half gallon of the spicy tea mix. You can see it on the table. We visited for about 2 hours and we're looking forward to next time. boulderteahouse.com
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Cat from VA- welcome. It sounds like you have a good plan. I have plantar faciitis too, and never do the treadmill anymore. I mostly do the elliptical machine at the gym and weights. I have had the cortisone injections in both feet several times over the years and usually get several years of relief. I’m also very careful to choose shoes with good cushioning and support. Very few cute shoes for me, but my feet feel good.
Ljakubowsky- I’m glad you are here. I first came to MFP in 2012 at the exact same starting weight. You are certainly going through some difficult times and I admire your strength and candor. I will keep you in my prayers. I am worried that 500 calories a day is not enough nutrition and might contribute to you feeling miserable. Please keep checking in.
Christy, your son sounds amazing! He is quite the role model. He overcame so much. Your doxie pics are adorable.
Marni in Alaska-loved the video. I kept imagining all the things your dog was thinking.
Carey in Northern Alberta-I like the I can do anything for 5 minutes.
Our Saturday snowstorm has been fun. We didn't get 10-12 inches where I am because it was really late changing from sleet to snow. We probably got about 6 or 7 inches. I got 2 days of great exercise shoveling snow. I guess the interstates and some main roads are OK, but many other roads are not so good and the neighborhood roads are bad. They are never plowed. Most churches were closed today. Tomorrow is a snow day for me because schools are closed. I'm guessing they will be closed on Tuesday too. It is really cold, about 13 degrees which is not common here. I can almost hear you northern gals chuckling at 13 being considered really cold.
Jana in VA3 -
Hi group.. just posting my work out or non work out.. for today.
January 8 I cleaned house and did laundry all day, **Fitbit- 10514 steps/ 4.98 miles so far.
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Bettyoceanmelody wrote: »Anybody else watching Sherlock tonight? I was not happy with last week's turn of events...
To say I'm not happy with the turn of events is putting it mildly. I yelled at my TV. Oddly enough it did no good. The show progressed the way it went despite me telling them to not do that.
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome back.
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Just share a great story. I'm proud of Kirby.
Remember the convertible bug that we bought? We bought a 36 month extended for A little over $1500. We waited for about 10 months to go get some repairs done. The Extended warrantee we were told was "bumper to bumper". When is the fact LED lights needed to be replaced, the driver side window wasn't going up properly, miscellaneous things. Come to find out, he was covered with food $2200 out-of-pocket. Because of that a full refund. Wasn't that the wiring the guy that because it wasn't what it was supposed to be. Then they were going to try to tell us you were going to prorate the refund based on the miles that we had put on the car since we got it. You're supposed to get a refund in eight weeks only to find nothing was done or submitted. Kirby's constant Calling, we finally got a resolution. A full refund check was cut and in the mail, so our repairs will only end up being $700.6 -
Cary - Northern Alberta
Love your "I can do anything for 5 minutes" mantra.. I will try this when I get to the gym tomorrow.
Barb - Edmonton AB Canada2 -
Rori - Did you notice that dude in the background is also smiling for the picture??? For the record, we don't know him, but we found everyone very friendly there! I need to either find a different picture for the forum or find a rubber fun fish to hold in front of me when I meet any of you for the first time.
It was indeed a very special treat to meet Rori in person. Funny, Smart, great listener, gentle soul. That was my impression of this lovely lady. Hope we can meet up again in the future!
I could not resist, I had a cup of the Chai tea when I got home. While enjoying it my neighbor sent me an urgent text to check my email regarding a discussion my neighbors were having about a proposed action by the HOA. I never knew I could type that fast! Boy that Chai had a nice kick in the energy button. All will be well, just need to hash the topic a bit before things settle down again.
Stay warm, have a peaceful evening!
Charleen in Colorado (Like I said before, I just can't take myself anywhere without a little fun ensuing)6 -
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Charleen and Rori, I am so excited for you that you had such a nice visit together. Thank you for sharing the fun with us.
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Ready for work tomorrow. Monday is my fasting or under 500 cal day. Tuesday is weigh in. Eat the Bear chocolate protein shake prepared with decaf coffee, and a splash of 1% milk.
Cauliflower Bean salad with oregano oil and cider vinegar .. a version of this;
http://www.bewholebeyou.com/2016/03/20/black-bean-cauliflower-rice-salad/ Thanks to you kind ladies who sent a friend request .. as well as a 25 yr old guy ??!!!?? LOL
Marni .. Alaska3
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