WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017
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Karen VA - I can understand how difficult it is trying to be caring, yet sensitive at a distance.
When DDIL had a scare in early pregnancy with Bea we didn't want to fuss, but we were desperate to know what was happening. My son, of course, tells me little about anything, so I get my news from DDIL.
When my elder son resigned from his job she was the one to tell me after I had sat through a whole party talking to everyone else who knew! :sad: She texted me while we were driving home, saying that she thought I ought to know. I do my very best to be aware that they have their own lives to lead, but sometimes it's hard to take a back seat.
I have Olivia in my thoughts.
Salmon tonight.
With the frozen root veg I did last week. And flat beans. I use chipotle paste on my salmon.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
By the way, those of you who like detective fiction, we are reading yet another of Elly Griffiths books, in her Ruth Galloway series. Very enjoyable and set in Norfolk, England. She is a forensic archaeologist.
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Kate hope it is figured out soon.
Lanette love the saying, so true.
Continued prayers or Olive. Margaret 3 -
Heather, we read a lot of the Ruth Galloway books last year, looks like Griffiths has a couple new ones out - I think I can download them from the library. Thank you for the reminder!
It really is a good mystery series!!
Lanette2 -
Lanette - We are reading the latest, THE CHALK PIT.
Heather UK xxxxxxx
PS - For any one else, they are best read in order of writing as the characters develop.3 -
Pip- AWww! Puppy Floyd!
Sarah and Lynette- The girl scout cookies and the little Debbie's! I remember being able to eat those and not have a problem. Now I have problems! I have not ordered a box of GS cookies in years! I used to order about $30-$40 worth every year (all of my family had different "favorites"). I don't buy the Little Debbie's anymore either. As a matter of fact, I generally don't go in the chip, cookie, sweet areas of the store. My hubby on the other hand; after I shop, he usually goes out and shops for his "cupboard". That is where he keeps the treats. I just noticed he also has about 6 different cartons of Ben and Jerry's in the freezer.
As long as he leaves my wine and dark chocolate with chili alone, it's all good.
Karen- I just told my hubby and son the same thing your CEO says "If it tastes good, spit it out!" Well, my advice was, "if it tastes good, it probably isn't that good for you." The guys were comparing protein bars and my sweet loving hubby doesn't like the healthier ones.
Tonight is Tikka Masala night! I will probably serve these with more roast potatoes (potatoes were on sale this week) and perhaps some cauliflower...
The sun is out and it is beautiful, but very windy. I took the kids out for a walk after lunch. I only have four here today because the others are home with the flu. I hope that stays away! ttfn KJ (kelly)3 -
Happy hump day!
DJ - Hurray for cute firemen! Only thing better is cute guys in kilts. What a nice service your Moose group is providing for those children.
Kate - I worry about the long term side effects, but I take omeprazole every single day. Without it I tend to randomly toss my cookies. This started a few months after I (very happily) had my gall bladder removed. My doctor knows about it, and as she said, you have to be able to eat. Anyhow, hope it works for you, or that the ultrasound gives you a definitive answer about your gall bladder.
drkatiebug - That's quite a workout! I love rowing... thinking about getting rid of the stationary bike and getting a rowing machine instead.
Becca - I like your posts, including the hair and nudist posts. (A long long time ago Philip and I used to skinny-dip on Saturdays with a bunch of cavers who swam on private land near Austin.) There's a nude beach on Lake Travis but I've only been there once because it was kind of skeevy. Sometimes there's just so much to go through I don't comment on everything, but you've inspired me to consider letting my hair color go for awhile to see what's under there now. Would sure save me a bundle not to color it.
Re - I'm a native Texan, but I still feel like an oddball outside my own circle of friends a lot of the time, especially when I'm not near Austin (which is its own separate thing). Do you know Philip and I actually had someone utter the words, "You're not from around here, are you?" to us at a gas station in Ozona? The weirdness that prompted it? Philip was wearing a fanny pack.
Mia - Miss Meriweather is just adorable! Miss Luna has to get a bath this week - she's starting to get a hot spot. Her checkup is Friday, and I think I'll ask the vet about having her shaved for the summer.
Cathy - Hey, celebrate your half-pound loss! At least you're going the right direction!
Philip and I went to a horse show this weekend. I always kind of thought we'd have horses some day, but I think at this point it's just not in the cards. We don't have the spare cash for stables and vet bills and all that stuff, and we're already tied down enough with dogs, cats, and birds. But I got to thinking maybe I'd look for a riding stable around here and make a commitment to ride often.
Made the roasted turmeric cauliflower soup again last night. It's just so good I wanted to get in one more batch before the weather gets too hot for soup.
My dad is being a pill, so I need to call my sister and see if there's anything I can do to help. She gets the brunt of it because she's local to him and more available than my brother. He was up all night with pain night before last, enough that he thought about calling for an ambulance although he decided not to. Then he didn't tell my sister about it until 6 p.m. yesterday, and refused her offer to take him to urgent care. She finally got him to promise to call his doctor this morning, so we'll see what happens.
-Yvonne in TX2 -
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Meep. Had a sewing/embroidery class today. Learned how to do cut work. Will post picture of my sample after I wash out the stabilizer. I need a nap.
Hugs,
Mia in MI
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Well my ladies, the last time I shampooed my hair was 2 /27/17! Part of says that's just nuts. The other part of me wants to shout it to the rooftops! When I bought myself a new brush at the store, I confessed to a lady buying hair clips that I had stopped shampooing my hair. She gave me the best deer in the headlight look EVER! So I suppose I tell a select few.
Presently its been since Monday that I rinsed it with warm water. I have been massaging my scalp and brushing it thru morn & night. When son goes to the Navy I plan to take his desk, add a mirror and have one cool dressing table. To brush my long locks at! Maybe get a tub of coldcream to put next to my homemade rose water.
Becca
Crying and watching This Is Us5 -
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Lanette - I love the "feeding or fighting" poster. I printed it out. Thanks for sharing.
Janetr OKC2 -
Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Afternoon My Dear Friends,
Becca, I love the sign on that building.
Shana, the 50 is a guideline. We take youngsters as long as they don’t remind us of how young they are. LOL Welcome to a great group of ladies.
Ginger, Becca is a long time nudist and has taken her boys to the nuddie camp. See you should have been with us a year or so ago. Lol But you keep your eyes peeled if you like that sort of thing. (See, Becca, there are others among us.)
Renee, welcome. What a great story although I can’t imagine ever being into extreme exercise. Congrats on your success with the Paleo and on getting to the gym. I look forward to getting to know you and following your success.
Joyce, I too am interested in everyone and often don’t respond. I certainly don’t expect a response unless I ask a question. I hope no others feel less wanted or cared about because they don’t get responses.
Becca, don’t ya know that No Poo is how people end up with stopped up pipes??? *sorry I just couldn’t resist*
Lois, wonderful news about your husband’s health report.
Karen, so glad Olivia is improving. Thanks for the pic of that beautiful girl. What gorgeous eyes.
Gloria, Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, I saw you peeking in. Miss ya
Sarah, I just don’t know what to say. How in the world did those mean, nasty ole Kit Kats get in your house, much less in your mouth???? At least it doesn’t happen often. (((Hugs)))
Heather, so glad to hear you were writing again. I know you resist it so often so I think it’s a NSV. Keep it up.
Kate, so glad you are feeling better. When do you have your ultra sound?
Lanette, I’m having fun picturing a cartoon girl jumping puddles and she has your name on her rain hat. Lol I love the quote on eating.
Pip, Floyd was a cut pup too. But then I never saw a puppy I didn’t love.
Jolene, I’m LOL at the baby and the doll. Thanks for the laugh.
Yvonne, I grew up in Texas and never saw a Texan wearing a fanny pack. Tee hee hee Of course I moved away many years before they were invented but that has nothing to do with it. That is too funny that someone said that to you.
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My allergies were really bad this morning. I woke up in the middle of the night with a sneezing fit, even. I would consider going to an allergy doctor but they want you off of all antihistamines for a week before the visit. I’m not sure I could take that right now.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Because I had a lot of calories left over tonight (an alcohol free day) I indulged in some fabulous dark chocolate with roasted hazelnuts. I consider myself blessed that I don't generally have a sweet tooth and certainly never crave sweet things. Strangely I do love Millionaire's Shortbread, but have it about once in two years. I do sometimes have a candy or a chocolate if DH is having them.
That doesn't mean that I don't crave other things. Cheese is a weakness, as is alcohol and I dare not have Whole Earth Crunchy Peanut Butter in the house. I have it when I go to visit the grandchildren. I am just very lucky that cakes, cookies, and most sweets, desserts, candies leave me cold. Both my children have the same savoury tastes, though I think my son has been influenced more recently by my DDIL. She is very disciplined, but she does love chocolate.
Recently I have rediscovered my love for tomato juice. I like it with Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. It is not calorie free however at 30 calories per 100 grammes. I also love carrot juice and have to discipline myself not to drink the whole bottle.
I always keep a Quest bar in my handbag, sometimes for months, and a packet of Extra Strong Mints. Just occasionally I go stupid on the mints, usually when I am very tired.
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
Karen, that pic of Olivia is just the most precious thing. She looks like any other baby. She must be the favorite of the staff.
I am sitting here with tears running down my face. I mentioned a couple of days go about my two nephews and their addictions and how my parents deaths had such a positive influence in them in their recovery. Well I have been getting notifications on my face book memories. Today on this date in 2011 my nephew Matt who was a heroin addict came with his Dad to see Mom. He gave a fake excuse on why they had to leave early. We didn't know it because he needed a fix. But it was that day that stayed on his mind throughout these years on how he decieved his Grandma and how much it hurt him to do that. Of course at the time it didn't. Well he put notification on his face book page today that the judge has granted early probation for him because of how well he has done, he is graduating in May with the first step in addiction counseling, he is engaged, he has a wonderful job, has a job lined up after graduating where he will use this degree in the same rehab place he was sentenced to. He had something like 7 years probation but is now 100% free!!!!! That guy has changed so much and is continuing to and will be changing others lives. My other nephew who was alcoholic has been free for about 15 years and is very involved in AA and has had a huge influence in Matt's rehab. Alan put himself in rehab the day after we buried my Dad. He was so ashamed at how he was with Dad and how much of Dad's life he missed. My parents are crying just as muuch as I am in Heaven right now.
I ate carrot cake today. there, I said it.
Joyce, sunny wondeful Indiana12 -
I had an unfortunate occurrence last night. After exercising and eating well all day, 7 sticks of Kit Kat ended up in my mouth. Not all at the same time but in there nonetheless. This hasn't happened to me for a very long time. I know I am nervous to find out how my job is changing so that's probably it. Will do better today. Please give me heck Re lol! Sarah, Ontario
Now Sarah... You KNOW that the Kit Kat only made you feel better for a short moment... and then the guilt set in, right? So HECK! Stop that, this instant~!
You are strong... you have the power... YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
You don't need that chocolate, do you?
Hugs!!
Re in TX4 -
Accountability Post
March Goals
Tuesday's Progress
1. Carbs 50-75g (limit 25g/meal)
(B 8, L22, D56 = 96g)
✔2. Fiber 30g
✔3. Track/complete entry daily
✔4. Vegetables - big salad daily
5. Exercise - log 30 Fitbit minutes.
6. No eating after 9pm.
7. In bed by midnight.
8. Declutter: ✔Office Supplies, Electronics, Music, Craft Supplies, Cleaning Supplies, Utility Drawer, Utility Closet.
Stupid accountability! $&@/#%€!!! I want my d@mn check marks - but I'm going to have get busy and pay attention earlier in the day. Too side-tracked yesterday helping a friend out - and writing a long letter. Must plan better.
• Fiber. Yesterday - I tried too late in the day - to catch up my calories, fiber and balance my carbs.... ugh!!! Think I overdid it. My stomach was full. A stuffed bell pepper, .25 cup bean soup, big salad with avocado, tomato - dressing made with olive oil, vinegar and ground flaxseed. Oh! And Metamucil before the meal. Ugh! And of course - I'm behind on my water today. Double ugh!
Another issue I'll work to overcome: I didn't want both the stuffed bell pepper - but DH cooked it thinking it would be a healthy option for my plan... so I felt almost obliged to eat it. (Stupid... he would not have cared.) And it could've worked if I left off the beans.
Then... later after 9pm... I was putting away food and sampled some Mac/cheese and an oatmeal cookie.... on top of my already full belly. Argh!!! This is addiction. I think I felt like I screwed up my day so WTH. I shall persevere. And... work to plan better.
• Exercise Last night 10pm. I was tired. Belly was too full. Needed 10 more minutes. Did it. It didn't register on my Fitbit. Not sure why. Maybe I paused in the middle and had a break in time? Or... a problem with low battery on my Fitbit
Then... up late with a bellyache - drinking water. So missed my midnight curfew.
• Lesson: It's not just about the checkmarks. There will be an off day - and that's okay. Chalk it up and move forward. Ginger... Don't hurt yourself trying to rescue the checkmarks! Progress not perfection!
My belly is still feeling icky. But it could be the slice of whole wheat bread I had at lunch time. It was also over 25 carbs... Don't think I'll eat anything else today. Sip hot lemon water maybe.
**Ginger in Texas5 -
LOL! Sarah! I hate when that happens. Maybe you need a food safe. I put something tempting in the safe - only I call it "time out". "Get in there and stay until you can behave yourself and quit jumping in my mouth."
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Re - I'm a native Texan, but I still feel like an oddball outside my own circle of friends a lot of the time, especially when I'm not near Austin (which is its own separate thing). Do you know Philip and I actually had someone utter the words, "You're not from around here, are you?" to us at a gas station in Ozona? The weirdness that prompted it? Philip was wearing a fanny pack.
Made the roasted turmeric cauliflower soup again last night. It's just so good I wanted to get in one more batch before the weather gets too hot for soup.
-Yvonne in TX
Oh Yvonne;
A FANNY pack? LOL. My hubby wears them, too - but folks already know we aren't from around here...I mean anybody with a braid in his beard is clearly from outer space, right?
Don't get me wrong - I love Texas - but DANG folks are conservative, here... LOL.
And at our house, it's NEVER too hot for soup. We got air conditioning, you know... LOL
Sorry your Dad is being a pill.
Hugs!!
Re in TX6 -
Hello everyone, I meant to post this earlier so I hope you are enjoying this special day!
Thank you to everyone who scolded me, laughed with me and offered sensible suggestions regarding my run in with the Kit Kats!
Karen, DJ, Re Love you gals and thanks for the good advice and kick in the butt.
Joyce what a beautiful story about Matt
I need to be more mindful of what gets in my house because that's the only way it will get in my mouth at home. I don't usually eat crap but I am having very strong cravings for unhealthy carbs. I am sure it is related to work. Tomorrow I tell my staff that I will be moving to a new job. It has worked out well finally and everything will be o.k., but there is a lot to do between now and June when I switch roles. I don't know why I am so nervous because this is actually a good story. I guess change is hard even if it is a positive one.
So my friends, if your post only got one reaction, chances are, it was me. That is how you will know that I have read and listened to you!
Take care. Sarah, Ontario 5 -
Hello Lissome Lasses!
I am just doing a fly-by... having another busy day. Tomorrow, I have my follow up with the Ortho Doc. The knee has been in and out, up and down, fine and sore - so I think I will hit him up for the gel injections. About half the time, I think... I can let it ride... and then it hurts again. Yikes! So, if the side affects aren't too dire, I will suck it up and take the three weekly injections of the gel. (HATE NEEDLES!!!)
I did end up going to fast food dinner, yesterday. DH had thrown out a couple of options - which I dutifully researched so I would be prepared for what I could fit into my Calorie day - but, of course, completely changed the plan when I went home and picked him up...
So... We did our time at the gym, and then we ended up at Taco Cabana. I had NO idea what the calorie hit was going to be, but, I figured I had room for a thousand calories after my 30 minutes on the elliptical - so what the heck... I ordered the Beef Street Tacos (3 baby diced beef tacos) and the Guisada taco. I was pleasantly full and thrilled to discover that the calories for the whole meal were under 550 - even with salsa and salsa ranch. Whoot! I had enough calories left over to indulge - guilt free - on peanut M&M's. (Must have been something in the air, Ladies...) But, I have to tell you, there is nothing more satisfying that eating chocolate and knowing it fits in the macros... LOL.
SueBDew - Yes Dear - I did get your message - although not until late. I sent you a reply. I will probably give you a buzz, later, to see if they sprung you.
Heather - I am so jealous of your lack of a sweet tooth! If I wasn't a carboholic, I would probably have long since been at my goal weight... Cakes, cookies, and sweets - but even worse, Chips, Nuts and Bread - call my name when they are in the house. I REALLY try to keep them away from me, as I am not always strong.
Joyce - I am so happy that your Nephew is doing well.
Today I managed to get some beans and sausage in the crockpot - so dinner is bubbling merrily away and I can go home and relax. Thank goodness! I need to get my clamshells and stretches done! DH wants to start doing some light weights in the evenings - so I will be motivated to do my PT exercises while he does.
I am pretty sure a few extra wall squats won't hurt me...
Hugs for Everybody!!
Re in TX3
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