WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017
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Hello all: Beautiful morning here. Sorry for all the bad weather elsewhere. Hope all of you stay safe. Have done yoga this morning. Was in the pool and there was a young man wearing some kind of scent that just about drove me out of the pool. At first I thought the water would wash it off and the chlorine neutralize it but that did not happen. Whenever I got too close to him in class I started coughing. Really weird! Cleaned out the fridge yesterday and ready to start a new week.
Looking good Katiebug!!
Pip - I like the short hair. I know what you mean about helmet hair.
Barbie - You must be getting really excited about the new dog.
Margaret - You are a voice of reason. Yay!
"Laughter...The most civilized music in the world." - Peter Ustinov
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Hi all
Just popping in briefly to say I got a text message from Heather. She is in the jungle and without internet. Still very weak but on the mend. She want you all to know she is surviving but still in bed. Let's all send healing vibes toward Mexico!
I've been at choir practice today. I walked home with some neighbors. We were offered rides but we said no thanks, we needed the exercise. And as we walked, we were rewarded by a sky chock-full of northern lights. :bigsmile:
All's well up here, except the storms have been so bad that the store still hasn't had any shipments of dairy products. It's been five whole days now! But the weather has cleared, so I'm hoping they will have some milk and filmjölk and cottage cheese on the shelves tomorrow afternoon.
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Thanks, Mary. I really appreciate your encouragement. Usually can make the brain override the gut, but had trouble today! I thought about measuring, but decided to hold out till the month is up. I'm the same way about salt -- have had my weight go up 3-4 lbs in a day just due to that. Getting ready to go take a brisk little walk around the neighborhood lake (haha...at home we'd call it a pond); a blustery day turned into a beautiful afternoon. Penny, how lucky you are to see the northern lights...makes it worth the polar bear proximity!!
I'm looking forward to a visit from older daughter, who's up in Jacksonville. She's got 2 days off in a row and doesn't go in till afternoon on Thursday, so I'll get to have her for a while. Yay!2 -
thanks for the comments on my short hair, i sure do miss it., it'll come back one year.2
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Kate UK
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Penny thank you so much for the update on Heather, I was beginning to worry about her and had told my husband that. I'll have to tell him all is well
Thanks again.
Janetr OKC
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Hello everyone, had a a great workout today. Have been focusing on improving my plank time and am up to 1 minute now and I do 2 sets of 1 minute and 1 set of 30 sec at different points during a 30 min workout. Each week I increase by 5 seconds. First time I could make it to a minute so I am proud.
Dmignola: you are so right, it is so much harder the older we get
NYKaren: sending you positive energy for your physical
Kate: what brand is your spiralizer? As for your stats, you could take all 3 and divide by 3 then at least you have an average
KJ: love your niece's program - Crunches and Crock pots, how creative
MSMAXPAX: welcome
Lenora: thanks for your supportive comments. So sorry to hear about the scary weather and I pray it settles soon
MrsGLT: great goal for March - you can do it!
Beth: thanks and hope your headache is gone
We are expecting a big snow storm tonight which always has me concerned as DH has an hour commute and I am always concerned. Hope everyone has a safe night and blessings to all!
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Dr. Katiebug - Your outfit is lovely, just like you!
NYKaren - You are a really wonderful friend to do all that for that family.
Barbie - New pooch! How exciting!
Lenora - Dangerous storms! It is time for Mother Nature to leave y'all alone down there!
I have always thought of the word "gentleness" when I think of this special group. We are each unique but share a special bond here.
Welcome to the Newbies! Join in the chatter!
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Penny - thanks for letting us know about Heather - she's usually so faithful posting, and I was getting really worried. Hope she's up and around soon, her voice is missed here.
Charleen and Nancy - thanks for the good words on the quilt. Pieced like a quilt top, but not quilted, actually--that would have doubled the time investment. So glad it's done.
Well, the investor came through today, and I actually walked him around the property, which is unusual--my real estate agent was tied up elsewhere. Apparently, he "loved it," but I got a really weird vibe. Not only not counting my chickens before they hatch, not really sure it's a chicken. Could be a duck. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Picture me shrugging.
Off to writer's group tonight - trying not to let the folks who I find hard to tolerate get to me. If you ever saw the flick "Mean Girls," just picture them 30-35 years older, and it's this one lady.
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Penny thanks for the update.
Mary sorry you had to witness someone suffering such a difficult choice. I say where was the guy, I refuse to call him a man, during her difficult time.
Sue thank you for the feedback.
I said to my DH today. That this time in the change of leadership in some ways reminds me of when a teacher has to leave during the school year and is replaced by another teacher. It is the teachers (leaders) responsibility to see that the transition goes as smoothly as possible. It leaves a classroom and our country too vulnerable if students or citizens are fighting among themselves.
I have been in those classrooms where it happens there is too muck discord and lack of respect. It is not a pretty sight.
Lisa hope she is absent tonight. If not please know we are thinking of you and know what a phenomenal writer you are. Margaret 2 -
Lenora:
Penney: Thanks for sharing Heather's situation. I'm sending her healing vibes right now. :flowerforyou:
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..."
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Hello Luscious Ladies!
Well, the Digital Scale Debacle continues... But, today, it shows the magical 212 again... so, I am taking it. I guess I really do weigh that, now. While I don’t log the half inches – I do see a half inch off on the waist and hips, so, I am just trying to wrap my head around 212. I didn’t believe it last time... but, I sort of do, now. AND, I don’t have to post a gain for the Summer Challenge. Bonus! Now I can get to work on the remaining 24 pounds.
STARTING WEIGHT: 212
CURRENT WEIGHT: 212
TOTAL LBS LOST OR GAINED (THIS WEEK) : 0
TOTAL LBS LOST OR GAINED (ALL WEEKS): 0
GOAL WEIGHT: 188
TOTAL LBS AWAY FROM GOAL: 24
Not much happening, right now... I am in a holding pattern on my knee until I see the Ortho on Thursday. I am still going to the gym to lift. I refuse to lose my hard-earned upper body strength just because my knee is bunged up. I had thought about working just the good leg – but decided against it... I will just strengthen them both, together – when I do the PT that will inevitably be required, regardless of what kind of fix they do on the knee.
I am doing abs daily – like I used to do – and arms every other day. There are more arm machines that I haven’t been using – so I will probably start alternating arm machines, every other day. I don’t want to lose the habit of getting up and going to the gym, either. It’s too good a habit to have. Besides, DH doesn’t drive... so if I don’t go – he doesn’t either. Gotta keep the old fart tuned up... I will need him to take care of me after the knee-fix.... LOL
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Sherry – You are doing SO much better than me on the calories... *sigh* I am happy for you. I hope it is showing on the scales.
Margaret – I feel your pain... Hope your knee feels better, soon.
Kim, Betty & Sue/WA – HURRAY – Good days are excellent!
NYKaren – So sorry for your friends. Take your vitamins and think good thoughts for healthy travel... ((Hugs))
Chris – Oh yeah, avoid the sales people by playing the Exercise card... Nice. WHOOT!! Size 6!
Kelly – Burleson isn’t all that far – but, probably farther than I could go on my lunch hour. Hope you can visit again, later in the year.
Sarah – Be careful with those dinner invites... you might get a whole mess of gals round your table. :]
Grace – HUGS! Try just a tiny thing – say, five minutes of exercise – or ONE healthy meal – every day. You don’t have to do it all at once... once you get the first tiny thing incorporated – you can try another tiny thing – or adjust the one you have done. Trick yourself into it, if you must... Before you know it, you will be back on track.
Cheri – Yeah – Calorie burn is a mystery – no two sources ever quite agree... but, you are correct. Up and moving – keeping the heart rate up – you rock! And I bet you are right about the water weight. I am sure it will disappear, quickly.
Kate – If you are planning on eating the calories back – probably safest to go with the lowest number. If not? Then it really doesn’t matter... it’s just a number on the page.
Pip – You are Kirby are so darned CUTE!
Gloria – HUGS!
Kay – Great dress! And you look MAHVELOUS!
Anne – I have thought about an air fryer – but have not yet made the investment. Good to hear you like yours...
Lenora – Hope you don’t get blown away!
Barbie – Hurray for the new dog!
Marni – Oh Sugar – if SWEARING burned calories, I would weigh 125. *giggles* But all that snow shoveling... yep - that will do it!
Lisa – Darn that Hope! Always popping up when it should stay buried. And I have to say, I am loving the options in the “regular” women’s sizes (ladies?) Logging is a good thing... ((Hugs!)) *fingers crossed* that your duck turns into a swan.
Allie – ((Hugs!!)) Stay Strong, Sister.
Charleen – I know, right? We chat, a lot. And you have to actually sign into MFP to keep your streak... it’s not really about logging your food – but about visiting the site. You might be able to get them to fix your streak, if you ask.
Beth – I am sensitive to smells, too... I can hardly walk thru the perfume departments at any of the big stores... Instant head-throb. Hope you feel better, soon!
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DH is cooking tonight... so it’s package-rice with hamburger. I am just thrilled to not have to cook when I get there.
And now, I must return to work...
Hugs for Everybody!
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Re WTG, you've got the right idea, keeping your gym routine is really smart.
Beth hate that kind of headache!
Well I'm all tucked in for a nor'easter storm tonight, not a snow maker, but plenty of wind and rain. I think a round of scrabble is in order tonight, eventhough DH beats me everytime
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Sarah in Ontario, we are expecting snow south of Lake Ontario too. Not looking forward to spending our anniversary with shovels, but I will take it over tornadoes any time!
Count me in as one of the perfume counter avoiders. And I forced some narcissus this month and they were so beautiful but I just could not stay in the same room for long.
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Just a quick hello. Benny is a tad better, seemed happy to see me when I got home. The cops closed my case; they were able to find the vehicle, but not the person listed as the owner after a weekend of searching. I have read everyone's posts and enjoy hearing about all of you.
Fancy: no anger here; just don't want to offend anyone! I love you all to much for that.
OK gotta go try to get the beagle to eat! Take care, Meg from Omaha4 -
Girls,
Love your posts - love the Civil War history, haircuts, dogs and cats, quilts, husbands, kids, civil discussions about politics - no drama (thank you!). What a great group. I am getting caught up on your posts.
Snow and ice left us, rain returned, I'm back to walking(in the sunshine today) and getting steps in and it feels great. Afraid I've been into DH's Reese cup and Little Debbie stash too much, but don't feel I've packed extra back on which is a victory in itself sometimes.
Today the BOCC appointed me to the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Board; I'll go to meetings in Olympia once a month.
The county is having financial problems - never really recovered from the 2009 recession - and they help fund Senior Centers- we have a "main one" and four others in little towns. BOCC announced they will have to stop the funding the end of this year and hell hath no fury like seniors who think they'll be denied a meal and a place to play cards.
I'm joking - some of the centers also have exercise classes, crafts, other enjoyable programs.
I agree it's a much needed place for them, keeps them sharp and they get a balanced meal. Very important. They have formed a committee to look at other funding, and that's great - I have high hopes for them, not sure if I have any ideas since I'm super new but want to learn about it.
By the way, I am very proud of everyone getting in the exercise. Posting your stats and daily goals is truly inspiring. I know some of you have physical problems and still are doing a great job. Other than a "trick knee" which pains me now and then I have no excuse not to at least put on the walking shoes.
Have a great week everyone!
Lanette
SW Washington State
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stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 13min, 13.5amph, 143mhr, 2.9mi= 132c
applie iwatch- 112
SPIN- 36MIN, 84ar, 96aw, 10-15g, 126ahr, 150mhr, 14.9mi = 295c
apple iwatch- 304c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.52min, 140mhr, 12.4amph, 1.4mi = 76c
apple iwatch- 55c
jog station 2 wk- 5.05min, 9.57ap, 158mhr, .5mi = 57c
apple iwatch- 55c
jog wk 2 sta- 5.03min, 9.46ap, 145mhr .5mi =76c
apple iwatch- 62c
ride dome 2 hm- 18.09min, 8.4amph, 153mhr, 2.5mi, wahoo quit midpoint only recorded 57c
apple iwatch- 155c
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Penny: Add me to the list of those who were worried about Heather. Thank you for the update. Sending her Reiki tonight.
Barbie: Can hardly wait to hear about the new addition to your ‘fur-mily’.
Kim: With all you do, I’m amazed how gracefully you can pull off hosting a dinner party. I’d be a wreck.
Cheri: I got my mammogram last week. Today I scheduled my colonoscopy. Oh, the excitement.
Lisa: Beautiful tapestry. Hope that investor makes a generous offer.
Currently I’m reading a new book called “The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body’s Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You” by Sylvia Tara, PhD. OMG!!! I’ve always thought of fat as useless, inert tissue. Not! It’s actually a highly sophisticated and smart organ, which is wired to survive and thrive, PARTICULARLY in people who have worked hard to lose weight. Yep, there is research that uncovers the ‘why’ behind the regaining of weight, despite exercise and smart eating. Fat generates hormones that self-perpetuate and propagate like tumors. The more we work to whittle off fat, the more active it becomes at regenerating itself.
I’m only a third of the way through the book, so will share more as I slowly digest (pun intended) more chapters. It’s great treadmill reading.
Stay well, friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
January Resolutions and progress to goal:
Re-read “Salt, Sugar, Fat” - DONE
Water with lemon everyday - DONE
Do something social every week – DONE
Take measurements – not yet
Practice Reiki daily - DONE
Word for 2017: Attune
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Had a good exercise day today. Hoping this is going to keep me on my streak of losing each week.
Grace - just saying, if you don't have candy etc in your house you can't eat it. If I have some left over from a holiday ( any holiday) I think a I have to hurry and eat it all so I can get back on track. Grrrrrrr
So sorry the weather has been so bad for you southern girls. I went to college in Hattiesburg MS where 4 people were killed.
Better go.
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Hello, I'm new, looking to lose 43 more pounds then when I get that done I want to lose 43 more. I started my program on January 10th then I started walking on the 13th. So far I have lost 7.4 pounds. It's a good start to this promising new year. My resolution is to keep my focus. Looking forward to meeting you. 5
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Had my PT today. One of the things she asked me was how I felt after PT last Wednesday. I told her that if it was going to intense each time that I would need to change the days since I wasn't worth anything the whole evening and choir practice is to important to me. So she changed things up for me. She cut out the time when she was physically putting pressure on my spine. So today was working on my core. And those exercises is something I can do sitting in the car, in the recliner, etc. I don't have to be lying on my tummy on my bed every 3 hours. She also had me do more of the flex up. So it was much easier on me. After I was done I stopped at one of the local shoe stores that sold diabetic shoes. I have a script from my Doctor so hopefully Medicare will reimburse some of the exhorbatent cost. So the place I went to today was the store my Mom went to for so many years. It's the same store that carries unusual sizes. I wore a 9AAA, my sister 10AAAA and Mom 11AAAAA and then my brothers went up from there. But once they were adults they were responsible for their own. So Mom lived for their semi annual sales. Well the store no longer files for Medicare and they no longer have sales except for shoes that just don't sell. So they start out at $119 and the one I liked was $175!!!!! So tomorrow I will go to the mall with Charlie. While he walks I will go into the medical supply store and look at their shoes. The guy at the other store said that the medical supply store does take care of Medicare billing. Only problem in that I don't know if since my Medicare is through AARP United Health Care that I go by their ruling and not Medicares ruling. But Charlie said if I need to spend a lot of money on them then I have to do it.
My sister has a knee replacement tomorrow. She has had knee replacement on both knees before so this is a revision of one. She has chosen to not go to a rehab place after surgery. She has never used one before and did fine. But I was her assistant at home. Her husband has more flexibility in his hours and will be at home more for her. Her son in law had his gall bladder removed today, he had it done the little laporoscopicaly way. Charlie is jealous since he has a 6 inch incision. He is blind and I can't imagine what it is like to have surgery and not be able to see anything. But he did well. I remember when I had mine done that I would be able to escape those 3 day gas pains after surgery. But oh was I wrong. I guess whatever way the gall bladder is taken out, that colon does not like to be moved around whether it is buy a surgeons hands or those instruments they put in through the belly button.
Penny, I can not imagine what it is like to be able to physically see the Northern Lights. I know I can see videos or still pictures of it. You are a lucky person. And thank you so much for Heather's message.
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Margaret, you mentioned ginger and tumeric for their anti inflammatory properties. Have you heard of "good girl's Moonshine?" I had never heard of it until yesterday, but I mixed me up a batch today and drank it. Time will tell if it works. I used 2 tablespoons of unfiltered apple cider vinegar, one tablespoon of honey, one tablespoon of ginger and 1 tsp of cinnamon with a quart of water, poured it over ice no sipped on it throughout the afternoon. I won't say it was the yummiest drink I've ever had, but it was okay. It's supposed to help with joint pain, controlling hunger, and digestion issues. I wonder if you could put tumeric in it instead of the cinnamon. I had tried drinking warm water with the vinegar and honey a while back. It was ok, but I do prefer the cold drink.4
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Katie - You need to add the 'moonshine'. LOL!
Nancy – Sure glad y’all did not have the devastation that Albany and other counties around the Albany (Dougherty County), GA area. We did not have any damage. Of course, the first one to hit Albany was 1/2/17; still has people who have not had their electricity restored from that one. So many huge live oaks trees down in one area and big old pine trees that snapped in two or three pieces. Most homes either had big trees snapped or uprooted, a whole lot had them ‘in their roofs’. The TV station had done a drone fly-over and it was straight wind storms that hit our ‘old’ neighborhood and tornadoes west of the Flint River. The ones that happened yesterday was a long stretch though the south side of town. Lot of wind and sheets of rain. News Alert WALB-TV (stayed on all night – 3 weather people spent the night there and took shifts reporting the weather) were warning people if they lived in a mobile home; they needed to get out of it and into someplace safer. Sunday afternoon; it set down in Radium Springs and just about followed the road that dead-ends to the main road and it did not look like it picked up for more than 6-7 miles. Wiped out a ‘big’ mobile home park … lots of military since it is close to the Marine Base. Not so much damage there to structures; but, lots of trees and the fence that goes around it. It’s so sad. I would like to go ‘help’ but, Louis doesn’t want me to do so, afraid I would get hurt somehow. So many heartbreaking stories. Four dead in Albany (might go up once they can get in and check the areas). Hit Worth County and DDnL#1’s mother and grandmother lived almost right in the middle of the path. Trey had to first convince her that it would miss her Mom’s house by showing her where she was located on the weather map. We had a cone area that involved our area; but, I think it sort of petered out before it got here; sucked back up in the clouds. Two or three different cones overlapping in places. She finally called her Mom and told her that she might only get some strong winds; but, to go back and stay in her Grannie’s room which would be the furthest corner of the house if she did get caught up in it. They went over late yesterday and did some yard work.
Katla – “I did not mean to say that people [don’t] deserve to be treated with ‘respect’ until they prove us wrong, just wasn’t thinking and omitted it … actually I apparently did not ‘proofread it either. DUHHHH!!!!!
Mary from Minnesota – I will send you a PM. Quite honestly, Madonna’s remarks were totally unnecessary; no matter what she ‘felt like’ … should have kept it to herself or maybe to a ‘few’ friends. But, she has the 'right' to say what is on her mind, even 'if' others do not agree. Had it been someone else, the FBI and SS 'might' not have 'let it go'. I do not think that celebrity children ought to be ‘bullied’ by the media or others on social networking sites. Regardless, Trump IS his Dad and I am sure they have a loving relationship; because his older children speak so highly of him. I don’t think anybody seems to realize that the looting and burning of a neighborhood only destroys that neighborhood. Unfortunately, some of these 'instigators' have no interest in the neighborhood and some just get sucked up into the feeding frenzy. You could not pay me to be a policewoman and I would not marry a policeman, like military never knowing if they will return home. But, of course, I don’t have that guarantee with my DH, nor does he with me. So I try to make sure that he leaves the house on a ‘goodbye’ and a big kiss - with "I'll see you tonight." He wakes me up to have ‘fresh’ coffee in the morning. Most of the time, I stay awake for the rest of the day. Occasionally, I will go back to bed and sleep another hour or so.
Margaret – It really did have character … and it also ‘had’ a character … our “Christmas ghost.” Every Christmas (not necessarily on Christmas) … usually one of the book-end weekends; we’d all be down in the living room and it sounded like someone walking upstairs … up and down the hall. All the kids would still be up and awake and with us. Once it kept up so long that Daddy went up the front staircase and my DBnL went up the back stairwell (each holding a rifle - neither loaded, of course). They looked in every room and closet – nothing. After that we just let whatever was making the noise … make the noise.
Talking about teachers – my DDnL#2 called this afternoon … still ‘hot’ because her daughter has a teacher who ranted and raved about things before the election, voicing her 'own opinions' and then she started a classroom discussion about ‘abortion’. DDnL#2 has already complained to the man who ‘opened’ the school and several of the board members … who have been asking other parents and students what went on those days ‘in class’. She said that she did not ‘think’ she’d be back next year. She said that DGD#4 doesn’t even know about ‘sex’ and that it is ‘her’ place to tell her; not a teacher’s. She probably knows enough by chit-chat with other friends/students; but, she wants ‘no part’ or “The Talk” … all she has wanted to know about was about 'starting her menstrual cycles' … and why she doesn’t have a baby like some others. That is a hard question for her to answer. Not like they aren’t trying … just not able to – I don’t ask any longer because I know it is ‘hurtful’ if I do. She believes that ‘if’ she could ‘let it go’ then ‘maybe’ it would happen. I told her that ‘letting go’ was the hard part of the equation. But, DYS has told her that ‘he did not marry her to have a baby’ … he married her because he ‘fell in love with her and her daughter’. DYGD#4 loves him. He loves her as if she IS his child.
Re – I think the storms are over with; at least for the rest of the 7-day forecast. When they strongly urge people to get out of their trailers … it is going to be a ‘biggy’. Most people who live in them, know to get to some place more substantial. My DDnL#1 is ‘terrified’ of bad weather. But, when Mother Nature decided to blow through that isn’t a whole lot you can do; but, pray!!!!! She has the two younger girls also 'terrified' of bad weather. My attitude about fear of weather is ... just wake me up if it is lightening and thundering ... I love nothing better than a good old 'light show'. If I am asleep with my C-pap I will sleep right through it unless the power goes out; then I sit upright in bed ... panting because I feel like someone is smothering me.
Yvonne – I saw a ‘sign’ that got posted on FB that was WAY over the line. Very, very, very blasphemous. That crosses the ‘line’ … as a Woman I would be highly incensed by someone carrying that banner … especially when one of them was a man who was badly dressed as a woman. Maybe he was marching for more than one reason. Apparently.
We’re having the last of the chicken, duck, and Andouille sausage gumbo that our DYS made and brought to us about this time last year. Mmmm, I will dish it out and then combine any rice left over with any of the remaining gumbo and have it day-after-tomorrow for lunch (that is if Louis does go back for 2nds).
TNToni – I am hoping for good weather, albeit a little cooler this next week. They are still working on clean-up from the storm on 1/2/17 – this is going to be a mess for a long time. Looks (from what they are showing from a drone – or small airplane) – like Albany has been bombed!
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening My Dear Friends,
Chris, a size 6???? Wooo Hoooo Doing a happy dance for you!
Kay, you look M A R V E L O U S. Way to go, my friend.. (later) I was thinking the same thing about Pip’s hair. If it hasn’t been cut she might want to consider it because it really looks cute.
Grace, you are right that beating yourself up over unwise eating won’t change a thing. Move on to tomorrow and make better choices is definitely the way to go. We all do it and just hope we don’t do it too often. Hang in there, Scarlett.
Marni, that is too funny that your dog barks at the TV when your DH is yelling at it. Thank goodness ours doesn’t do that. DH does enough. Gosh it sounds like you have had more exercise than you need with all that snow shoveling. I attribute my back problems to shoveling heavy snow in Milwaukee for 10 years.
Kristina, glad you are staying in with all that rain. Stay safe.
Lovie and Julianna, welcome to you both. This is a great place for support and information. Please tell us a bit about yourselves to help us get to know you. It’s also helpful to sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific.
Pip, if the short hair made you look like your mother, I’d say you have a pretty mom. I vote to go back to short cause it looks great on you.
Sarah, congrats on the minute plank. Way to go!!!!
Kay, your concoction sounds like something the Mad Scientist would stir up. Do let us know if you can tell any difference.
to any Newbies. 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.
Today I met my co-chair at the Moose and we each sorted a roll of tickets into strips of 6 to be sold for the 50/50 drawing at our Basket Bingo the end of the month. I made a quick trip to Hamricks and scored three tops and a dress all for under $50. I don’t even own a dress other than formal but will need one in March at the State Moose Convention when I’ll be in an induction ceremony. I really like it and will just need to figure out what shoes to wear with it. It’s navy blue with tiny white polka dots. I’m sleepy so heading to bed but happy to be caught up again.
A thought for the day: “Apparently you have to eat healthy more than once to get in shape. This is cruel and unfair.” Author unknown
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Stats for today:
17,000 steps
168 minutes walking Sasha
46 minutes riding the exercise bike
2 hour nap
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Hey now....
Didn't post yesterday as I could not get out of bed at all from the pain in my back and left arm from falling on my keister on the ice last week. Could barely lift my arm and couldn't even sit up in bed. So just layed there like a lump all day and watched some of the stupidest TV shows I have ever seen. Thankfully I sleep with the remote on my bed so didn't have to try to get up except to pee and then I crawled to the bathroom. Ugh! Had to slide off the edge of my bed like a snake and did a half-assed belly crawl. That was not fun and trying to slide across the floor to the toilet was itself quite painful, let alone trying to get up on the toilet seat. Didn't eat a single thing all day and drank only sips of water here and there so I only had to slither a couple of times. And of course no advocates on duty and everyone else here in the shelter was gone all day so no help there.
This morning I did manage to sit up and managed to get out of bed, but still couldn't lift my arm and was hunched over like The Hunchback taking baby steps to the bathroom, shuffling my feet old lady style. I had one of the other women here go get the advocate who actually showed up today and asked her to please take me to the hospital. She refused and went back to her office behind closed doors. So called one of my old neighbours at work in Portland and she called her husband and he in turn went to his boss saying he had a family emergency and had to go. Luckily his boss is a super guy and almost shoved him out the door yelling "Go!". He drove 85 miles, bless his heart, to come pick me up and take me to the hospital! He got here about noon and since we are not supposed to have visitors here he had to pick me up down the street. Luckily 2 women were here this morning and helped me get dressed and helped me walk down the street to meet him. So have spent all afternoon at the hospital, with him sitting right there with me. They took x-rays and poked and prodded me to death, shot me up with morphine and told me nothing is broken, just a lot of soft tissue injury, thankfully. Once we got out of there he took me to Safeway to get my scripts for painkillers and muscle relaxers filled. I didn't even have to get out of the car, he took my insurance card and the scripts in himself and patiently waited for them to be filled. Once that was done he bought me dinner to go from Taco Bell and pulled up in the driveway here at the shelter since there was no staff left here and honked his horn repeatedly until the two girls who helped me up the street came out. They helped get me to my room and into bed, and here I lay. I think I ate my whole 1100 calories tonight in one sitting. But one good thing came out of it all, I got weighed at the hospital and have lost another 10 lbs in just over a month! Woooohooooo!! I am now down to a grand total of 260 lbs! I was shocked, with all the stress I've been going through I have had to really stop myself from emotional eating and it paid off!!! And I can now walk a little more normal thanks to the morphine.
I am so grateful to those two girls for helping me, for my old neighbor for driving so far to take me to the hospital and sitting there with me and for morphine!! And now I'm feeling no pain at all, so am very grateful! The doc also hooked me up with another doc here for some more PT. I have to call her office in the morning and set an appointment for later this week. I hope she is a nice doc. The doc in the ER was super nice and said the doc he is hooking me up with is very good. Hopefully she is both nice and really good. We shall see.
Well, since I can move around now again a little I think I will put a movie in and relax.
Penny - thanks for the update on Heather. I too was really starting to worry. I hope she gets better real soon. If you hear from her again soon please tell her we are all thinking of her and love her and are missing her.
OK, gotta go, movie is starting. I'll babble at you all later. Love ya!!
Sherry in "ain't morphine wonderful??"0 -
It's almost the end of another Monday! I had a counseling appt with one of the boys this morning and when I signed him into school afterward there was a whole page of kids that had been late today!
I'm going to start over with the post I lost yesterday. I read some really great health articles last week. The first one has to do with Type 2 hypothyroidism and is in the magazine First for Women, Feb 2017. The article titled, "Tired and Blue no more!" states that if your doctor just does a normal blood test to see if your thyroid is producing the hormone (TSH) and it comes back OK but you are fatigued all the time and have other symptoms you need to have a comprehensive blood thyroid panel done. It may show that while you are producing enough of the thyroid hormone (T3) your body can't use it because you are producing too much reverse T3.
The other articles I read were in the current AARP newspaper. The entire thing is devoted to health issues. Very informative.
Sherry - WA's Medicaid, food stamps, and other benefits I believe are close to what you are getting now. I am appalled that SSD would turn you down 4 times with your physical limitations. I have heard that almost no one is granted benefits the first time. My son went through the same thing you are but was approved the second time. He has mental and physical problems. I personally think it's a shame the amount of money that SSD attorneys get out of your settlement with as little as they do during the entire process.
Marni thanks for the website for the ticker. I wish they had a swimmer Avatar!
Better get off so I can get my food diary updated and meditate before bed. See you here tomorrow!
Love to you all =
Gloria in WA where there were zilcho, nada, NO zucchini at Fred Meyer!
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