2017
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What a lovely day Snoozie! I love that you were spontaneous and did something so fun! "Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life."
Susan I am so sorry to hear about your husband. Poor guy. I hope he's on the mend soon and that the passing of the stones is easier than anticipated. You make sure to take care of yourself. I'm with Snoozie and remember you getting quite ill not too long ago with something that just wouldn't go away!
Vail, I lived in Lakenheath (East Anglia) from 1973 to 1977 when my dad was stationed there....I have very fond memories of our time there.
I'm getting on the scale in the morning and resetting my ticker...regardless of how bad it is. Send me some positive thoughts ladies. I'm sure I'll be a bit shell shocked.1 -
Best wishes to your hubby, Susan. I hope he's better soon.
I love those pictures, Snoozie, and the idea of just going off and doing it - I think I need to do that more often.
It's lovely to hear that some of you have connections to the UK! I have never been outside of Europe!1 -
Suzy sending positive vibes your way - and remember the scale is just one tool at our disposal - simply a tracking tool not a measure of anything else about us! Use it today to simply find out where ya are and nothing more - it doesn't define anything else about us so just think of it like a handy weed whacker .....or a can opener; just another tool!2
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Susan, I hate to hear you and Hubby are sick. Sending best wishes and a speedy recovery. Throwing in a little extra for him with those kidney stones. I thought I was dying when I had one, so I can't imagine how badly a man could hurt....
Snoozie, Fabulous taking off to parts unknown to see new sights. You Rock! You are my hero!
Suzy, I love this: "Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life." That is my life!@ ugh!! I live in a small one horse town , but maybe I can mix it up a bit somehow..
Vail, I know you are doing good things for yourself.
Hello to Milove and Carol.....and anyone else I missed.
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Suzy I absolutely LOVE that quote!!! more later off to physio ...0
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Morning Hatters.
Been up since 3:30 am ....did I mention the addition of a small puppy? Part fiest/part dauchund....not sure which part though....: ) She is so cute, her name is Birdie. But I didn't think she was so cute this morning when she had been barking to be let out of the room we had her hunkered down in at 2:00 , I finally gave in when she got consistant with her barking at 3:30. Finally managed to quiet her enough to lay down with me .....no sleep for either of us though...
Thanks again for the exercises Snoozie. I have been trying to get them in at work.
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How lovely to have a puppy! I bet she's happy lying down with you and planning on that being the rearrangement every night!1
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it's been eons since I had a puppy in the house, but I do remember the not so fun parts like you described Gail!! That and those little puppy teeth that always found the most painful place to nip lol. you do have a full house now for sure!! I hope you share the load of puppy care whenever possible so you don't have too many sleepless nights!
I saw your post about the scary chest pains... am very glad you got checked out by the nurse at work and that youre feeling better !!
Vail - its can be a little .. I dunno... intimidating? maybe sometimes to go out and do some things all on my own; and some things are just more fun with friends or a partner but as I am on my own, I've started trying to do more things solo; I am now quite comfy going out to dinner on my own, and I went to a charity silent auction/line dancing night on my own last year where I didn't know a single soul... and the drive to port dover and the sailing was amazing (AND cheap for a day out which I also important sometimes) and I'm slowly changing my mentality from "hmm who can I call to do this with" to instead thinking "ya, id like to try this or do this so off I go.." I think part of it too is preparing myself for retirement on my own; making sure I don't end up isolating myself and just staying home if nobody is available to do stuff with..
and just breaking the habit of Suzy's post - that living the same year 75 times! I often google things like "what's on in Toronto" this month or things to do in Toronto and it brings back ideas I never thought of - there's a walking tour of different parts of the city I wanna do in the fall; and it includes food samplings of say little Italy, Portugal square, etc... whatever area you are touring (and yes the food samples are part of the attraction hhahaha).
Suzy - hope you are ok after the scale hop decision! i know you have a hectic week but hope you get a sec to check in and let us know how it's going!
Susan - hope hubby has already been released from hospital and that yu are BOTH recovering well!!
i took my senior friend out for a drive yesterday; had a lovely time found a lot of winding roads and pretty houses and neighbourhoods, then got a recommend for a nice restaurant from a lady at the fruit stand we stopped at... i had a prime rib panini and it was amazing and also some sweet potato fries... but ended up skipping dinner cause i just wasn't hungry again for the restof the day LOL.. and just after i got home around 4, had a surprise visit from a friend who was going home from work and as she found herself near me, called to say hey are you home i need a drink LOL.. so she came by and ended up staying til almost midnight - great catch up yap and was lovely to see her AND i only had one glass of wine all night. guzzled the water so i have no guilt over my food choice yesterday, i'm simply back to more veg and fruit today and lots of water... def trying to get my head into the space of not seeing a day of less perfect choices as a write off, just simply a choice for that day and back to normal today... and this time it actually worked so maybe it's finally sinking in hahaha.
ok.. i'm off to physio and then must do the chores I've been avoiding all week.. altho its a lovely day again.. and they are calling for rain all the holiday weekend here.. so i dunno... lol i may find myself ditching them again if i find something better to do.. hahaha have a great day hatters !
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Did I mention the hedgehog....lol WE have a zoo! ....and the little one just asked for a kitten... but I'm not ready for that yet.
mmmmm....prime rib panini ....that sounds amazing, and kudos on the one glass of wine ( I know you love a little vino...lol) smart to drink more water along with it.
The fall "what's on in Toronto" sounds lovely and a def" trip for you to take.
Thanks, the muscle or nerve has lessened, seemed to be a pinched one ....I hope...
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I've had exactly the same thoughts about retirement and being on my own, Snoozie. I can retire next year - I didn't think I could afford to but circumstances at the moment (long, work-related story!) mean that I might go anyway, and see if I can get by. But I know I'll need to be out and doing things, even if they don't pay! I know the days of nice little part-time office jobs and so on are gone, and if they exist people don't want to employ somebody over 50!0
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Ageism definitely exists in the workplace Vail - I really don't want to work somewhere else if I retire from my current place; i'd rather stay BUT... I see people there who have 40-45 yrs in and are still there.. its like they don't have anything else to do in life so they stay.. and becoming that person scares me more than retiring and enjoying life in whatever ways I want to... and within my means of course... and def increasing being out and about and doing stuff too.. one reason I started the volunteering at someplace fun was to start implementing getting out and about in prep for retirement lol.. and trying some new things. I know exactly how you feel tho because I can retire now, but I haven't lol.. part of me say stay for another 1.5 yrs to get my 35 yrs In, the other part says the bit of extra $ per month isn't worth it - I think i'll know when i'm ready to go.. and I suspect it will be once I have to start midnight shift again in the fall LOL...
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Yes, I know for a fact that I couldn't do shifts any more. Thankfully I don't have to at the moment. I suppose I seem to have heard of a lot of people dying shortly after retirement and I'm aware of not knowing just how much time we've got! My friends who have retired look so much younger and healthier.1
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Hi ladies....
Still alive and kicking here in Jersey....
My testing went well, I'm still normal (whatever that is)....
(Neurocognitive, memory, EEG, MRI)....
On another note, I fell over my 2 left feet... all is well, bruising is healed and workman's comp is taking care of the bills.
I've been out exercising with my friend... just don't log it all the time.
And my eating habits are back to normal... still enjoy my chocolate and the occasional beer (not together though)... lol...
Saw the health scares... glad everyone is doing ok
On the retirement front... hoping and praying for early retirement offer... I qualify both in age and time... it's rough leaving at 6 am when hubby is still comfy in bed....his contract wasn't renewed last fall... but luckily he's been a penny pincher all his life... unlike the Mrs....
Basically, when the hiring freeze hit the gov't in Jan, our organization was able to get an exception to policy to hire... for all but one position (smiles)... we're DoD and we enlist young men and women in the military ... but I don't work in that part of our organization... I'm the boss's secretary...
Basically, if the gov't shuts down, in order to avoid a reduction in force (RIF), they offer early retirement...
Congress / Senate voted (and it passed) (sad face)... that the money that is given to offset while waiting for social security to kick in.. won't be there after January 1, 2018
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Talk to you soon.
Carol in Jersey
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Hello, everyone, I love cornbread and lima beans but they do not love me!! lol,
Susan that lightening looked wicked!
Snoozie I don't care for turnip greens, I love collards and I can mix in Kale or mustard. The lake pics are so calming,
I agree with Snoozie, Suzy keep it up and it will break, and yes Snoozie the veggies from the market are colorful.
Gorgeous getaway Susan!!
Enjoy your time with your gbaby Gail!
I have been mia and very down. I finally had my appointment with the doc and my cholesterol are all wacky. My lows are high (ldl) and my highs are low (hdl). And my total cholesterol is 225. I have never been over 200 and never had any cholesterol problems period. So the docs conversation went like this, convince me not to put you on meds. So I cut out fried foods and trying to knock out other stuff like limiting my red meat, sticking more to fish and chicken or turkey. I will try to go back to gymnastics but have been overwhelmed with the grandbabies, they are back living with me full time, still in school and working full time. And will try to log in as much as possible. IPOM I logged and was under. Yayy! It was good catching up with everyone.
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How frustrating about your results! Could it just be a one-off? Good luck with the diet changes. I know it's hard when you're busy.
Carol, I'm glad your tests were OK! I hope you get what you want retirement-wise.1 -
Thanks Vail, if it is off it won't hurt for me to make some dietary changes0
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Hello Hatters! I'm finally back and motivated to make some progress in the next seven weeks before my four day hike and vacation to Maine. My progress needs to be in weight loss and strength/stamina. Right now I can't even fit in my hiking pants!!! This summer has been full of challenges to my goals and I didn't do well. Time for (yet another) new start! I updated my ticker and am going to up my protein and lower my carbs. I'm also going back to the gym...I'm shooting for five days a week and walking with my hubby every night, as well as our Sunday hikes. So...that's the plan!!!
Good to have you back Carol! I hope your retirement plans work out. One of my biggest fears is that my husband will finally retire and then one of us will get sick. I know that's a depressing thought but I've known people it's happened to and it's so sad.
Milove, I'm sorry to hear about your cholesterol levels. It sounds like you have a good plan though. Throw in some oatmeal...isn't it supposed to be a huge help in lowering cholesterol? I need to have my blood work up done soon. I dread the results.
Snoozie, I love that you aren't afraid to get out there and do new things on your own! Good for you!
Susan, how are you and the hubby doing? Good news, I hope.
Gail, it sounds like things are hopping at your house!
Vailara, if you can figure out how us "over 50 part timers" can make a living then let us know your secret. I'm too old to work retail with the teenagers. I'm selfish and want my nights and weekends for myself!1 -
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Good morning, Yes, Carol missed your retirement information. I do hope that will work it would be nice for you and hubby to make plans everyday.
Suzy, the hiking sounds beneficial and with the trip to Maine so relaxing. I definitely have a slow metabolism.
I reset my weight and my IPOM is that I recorded my food x 2 days yayyy
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Darn it!!!! I was doing so well until I sliced that homemade loaf of bread! I just had to eat a slice (or two). Dang it!!! I had to smell it baking all afternoon and I just wasn't strong enough. At least I walked tonight so I wasn't over my daily calories if you count the exercise.1
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I think fresh homemade bread is literally irresistable! I have to avoid making it! I do miss baking.
My IPOM was going back to the gym! I'm a member of a gym, and I also go to HIIT classes with another trainer. The exercise classes have more people my age, and more input from the trainer, so I prefer them. I was regularly going to gym classes as well, but last time I went I was asked to sit out the latter part of the class (good that the instructor was watching me and could see I was struggling! But bad that I was obviously struggling!). Since then I haven't been back - I hadn't planned not to go back, but I just couldn't face it. Yesterday I decided to brave it, and it wasn't too bad. Yes, I was the oldest and fattest, and struggled to keep up, but I did the class.
My gym membership is on a cheap rate. I can cancel at any time, but if I rejoin it would cost more. So I'm thinking that I should really make use of it, especially as I don't think I continue to pay for both the gym and the HIIT class (the cost is going up for the HIIT class). So much as I'd rather have the lovely instructor and the small class of people closer to my age, I think I may have to give it up for financial reasons and get used to the gym again.1 -
morning Hatters!
Got the opportunity to go to a friends cottage for a few days before vacation ends, so jumped at it LOL.. her sister and hubby were there and they are vegetarian and love to cook.. so I ate extremely healthy for those 2 days LOL.. however the wine flowed a lot so countered any gains made with healthy eating calorie wise! But I totally got in my fruit and veg portions ha. and I moved a lot; long walk ever monring, played badminton and went in the lake with 5 dogs and a couple of kids who were visiting for the afternoon, and helped my friend run after her 1.5 yr old grandson who is suddenly mobile and walking - a lot more work than when they are trapped and unable to move on their own hahaha. anyway my legs are really sore today, probably from trying to stay upright in the sand in the lake but I have to spend the next few days taking everything out of my cupboards and closets for the semi annual upcoming pest control treatment in our building.. which will be better than sitting and staying stiff no doubt!
im about to catch up on the posts and will update replies as I go... its a cloudy day with rain coming later so gonna try to get a walk in down at the lake as soon as i'm done catching up!
Milove - I read your post about being down and finding out your cholesterol is high... I know when at my last visit my doc told me to double my meds, including the statin for cholesterol, I went out to the car and cried.. actually I think I started crying as I walked out.. I was just so devastated because my whole goal in coming here had been to get OFF the meds and here she was saying we'll have to up them.. mentally it just really messed with my head - and I definitely had a few days of being down, being angry (im not sure at who most of the time but ultimately at myself playing the blame game).. it was like whts the point of even trying etc.. it probably took me a couple of weeks to be honest before I was able to pull myself out of that headspace and tell myself to look at it as if the meds are helping me avoid more health problems right now - then so be it. It doesn't mean I won't keep working to reverse it.. but I had to accept that it is what it is right now and frankly it still sucks - so I imagine you probably had some not so nice feelings when you heard your cholesterol was up too.. I think its awesome you are making some changes to try to bring it down and I hope you are feeling a bit better by now
Suzy - kudos on the prep plan for the big hike!! And a couple of slices of home made bread won't impact your long term goals, and there has to be some joy in life too - and a slice of still warm bread?? umm ya.. there's a reason it exists and its to bring a moment of heaven now and then!! and as you mentioned, you walked off any excess cals from the day later on - so its a win win!! have you gone back to the gym as you mentioned?? love tht you and hubs have a pact to walk every night too!!! sounds like you are in the mode and ready to kick butt prepping for the big hike!! yay!
Vail - in reading your post, it sounds like you prefer the HIT classes AND the instructor, to that of the gym time... could you drop the gym membership competely to accommodate the higher cost of the HIT classes since it seems you enjoy them much more and like the instructor better? or is it more important if not as fun for you to have to keep the gym over the other? I only ask cause I remember an article where it said do what you enjoy for exercise... i'm still searching for something I like doing LOL... but whichever is right for you is what ya gotta do.. TOTAL kudos on getting up the courage to go back - well done! i think we all know how intimidating it can be not only going back, but sticking it out once you are there... or just knowing your own limits and adjusting as needed without worrying aout anyone else. i will say the recent zumba class i took, i felt a little intimidated as it was a little above my abilitiles and i thought people would be thinking oh come on... but turns out everyone is so busy watching the teacher and trying to figure things out for themselves they don't care or have time to watch or think about anyone else lol.. so good job my friend!!
Susan - hope all is well with hubby now and with your own sinus nightmare - please pop in when you can and let u know how everything is going on the home front!!
carol - nice to see you pop in; glad to hear the tests all went well.
my goal for the upcoming week is to eat less... yup just eat less...think smaller and eat more veg and up the water... i missed last week's weigh in so will weigh Monday morning and hope i don't have to reset my ticker but i think i'm ok even with the bit of wine.. yes i'm sticking with the word bit..... LOL
but on a more serious note for just one second...
i hope that today.. we all take a minute to remember that ultimately we're all here to get something for OURSELVES.. ..better health, more mobility to do the things we love or want to do, and that being here and working to lose any excess weight we are carrying is part of reaching those goals - but its only part of the equation. An important part, but no more and no less important than other things that we also need to do to help us get to those goals... making rest and relaxation time a part of our day, focusing more on the IPOM moments and all the positive changes we are making while learning to discard the self criticism and head games we often load on ourselves. We need to remember sometimes not to look at these goals as a chore, but a GOOD thing that we are able to do for ourselves, and that we want and deserve to get them!
And maybe remind ourselves now and then too.. that while we work towards those goals, that we also need to appreciate and feel good about who we are as women right now... no matter what our size or our fitness level or mobility is right here and now... that while we are working towards getting what we want that right here and now, we are already good women - remind ourselves of all that we have to offer everyone in our lives; our friends, our families, our jobs, our community - the neighbour next door, our church, our charities, helping raise the next generations, and knowing we already make a difference in other peoples lives just by being who we are right now... and none of that will change or lesson as we make taking care of ourselves a priority.
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You're absolutely right, Snoozie. The people that love me don't care one bit that I'm up on the scale. We impact other's lives sometimes without even knowing it. I met back up with my best friend from eighth grade whom I hadn't see since 1979! She told me that I was a huge influence on her life by helping her come out of her painfully shy shell. I had no idea.
I have not been back to the gym yet. After my drive to Mississippi my neck was absolutely killing me. I couldn't even get comfortable enough to sleep. Then I had to drive home! It was so bad that one night I was in tears at 2:00 am and took some Advil PM just so I could sleep. Yesterday I went for a massage and she concentrated on that area. She said it was like massaging concrete! Hahaha! Anyway, it felt better and I actually slept last night...10 hours!!! I'm going again next week. I'm going back to the gym on Monday. I know how you feel, Vailara. I enjoy the small classes with people my age and I've been paying every month but not going. How ridiculous! I think Snoozie is right about keeping the class you enjoy the most though. Good for you for going back to the gym!!!1 -
Suzy - how AWESOME was hearing that wonderful gift from your old friend! We rarely get to know if/when something we said or did had a positive effect on someone else's life.. so how wonderful you get to know you did!!
I'm sorry to hear about your poor neck, you know I can sympathize! And lord knows if I had all the money back I have spent paying for gyms and not going over the past 3 decades, I would probably be oprah rich LOL.. ok maybe not OR... but.. a few more pennies in the retirement pot! Good for you for heading back next week! I have a love/hate relationship with my massage therapist now that ive started up with her again.. I know i'm gonna hurt the next day but the day after will be blessed relief lol.
Did well with my portion control and veggie intake yesterday but a little short on the water. Tonite gonna make up some roasted veggies and a 1/2 chicken breast... I bought a pkg of the boneless ones on sale but they are humungous so will split it and pound it out so I actually only eat a true portion size I got a sweet potato, a few brussel sprouts, some mushrooms and a red pepper so that along with my tomato sammich for brekkie will give me at least 5 veg servings today.. and leftovers for tomorrow always a win ha...
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well spent the day taking everything out of the kitchen cupboards and closets then washing them all down inside which of course led to washing the cupboard doors inside and out...broke for dinner then back at it .. still not finished but have tomorrow as well so I am comfortable I burned off any excess calories tonite from the 2nd helping of roasted veg I had LOL. 1
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Good for you Snoozie! I need to clean out my cupboards and closets!
Tried to go hiking today but the new trail we went to was so overgrown and a bit "iffy" so major fail! I listened to my gut and said, "nope!" Then we tried to go to a state park to hike and were swarmed by mosquitoes!!! So, "nope!" Oh well, we tried. I'm going to the gym in the morning!2 -
smart move listening to your head on the iffy trail suzy - and have a good time a the gym this morning!
no loss for me this week but no gain either; exactly the same weight this morning so time to kick it up a notch
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It's my birthday and I'm going to have my cake and eat it too1
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Happy Birthday, Carol!! Glad you got good reports . I hope the retirement thing works to your advantage. My hubby makes it look like he's enjoying it sooooo much....lol1
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Snoozie, kudos on the portion control eating. It all Sounded yummy. I love chicken breasts w veggies. We had pork loin steaks with veggies last night....no portion control involved I must say, but I didn't eat any bread....'cause I didn't cook any. I have found that's my only way not to eat it...Hubby said he didn't sign on for the no bread part....hahaha.... although he needs too.
Yes, I need to clean out my cupboards also, just like I was moving or packing up and see if I could toss some things.
Glad you listened to yourself and avoided the overgrown trail, Suzy. I went with my son to look at some land for sale and it had him covered in ticks(only 3 or 4, but that's a lot for me)...luckily he felt them crawling and we got them off before biting...
I wasn't so lucky...found one at the base of my hairline the next morning ...AT WORK!! I felt all day as if I had a gozillion on me and almost went home...
I am finally at ticket weight...... so exciting! The ticker weight had just been reset, but ...... it's still nice to get back to it.
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