WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2017

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  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Back in West Texas, where the coffee tastes like it ought to, and the bed is just to my taste. Unfortunately, dragged back with me a sinus infection steadily moving toward a bronchial infection. Going to try to get an appointment or walk-in with a local clinic this morning, get a round of antibiotics to try. Hopefully not too expensive, but don't know if VA will pay for it outside their care or not. Blah. Don't care. Need to get it taken care of--I have a new job to begin on Monday morning!

    Heather, bless your heart. Tough day.

    Lisa in West Texas.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,087 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    dropping my car off at the dealership, some noise in brakes or struts, but they are giving me a loaner for the day..I have the day to myself. and want to sit and really think out money situation.. I have money in my account and wondering if I should pay off my loan, so I will have no debt..and then try and invest for my retirement.. it is a long way away ,but Tom has been doing the finances for so long and investing , I know I will get part of that, but I have no 401k and a 1200.00 IRA ..I do not want to end up like my dad living on social security... I am still toying with the idea of joining the gym again.. yes it did help the 2 times I joined.. but should I spend the money more wisely and just walk...but I guess it is an investment in my health and future.. it is right across from the dealership so I might go see what there special is.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,648 Member
    So Happy It's Thursday!!

    First, wanted to say how appreciative I am of all the "before, during, after" photos posted here. Sometimes when we fall off the wagon a bit we need a good reminder how far we have come and how it's been worth it. Your before and after photos are very inspirational to me and a kick in the pants for me to get going again. The reality is also that exercise makes a huge difference!! Walking, biking, weights, kettlebells - we gotta keep it moving!

    Mary, what are you doing in a group for gals in their 50's+? :D Way to go! Again, a wonderful testament to your routine of daily exercise and your Keto eating plan.

    Machka - how neat you had photos showing your success along the way. And I love your braid! To have thick hair again!

    Toni, ((hugs))). Glad your son is there for you.

    Sarah    , I like your happiness checklist and copied it. The only tweak I'd make on it would be 10,000 steps instead of the 1 hour of exercise - hard for me to get an entire hour block in but a few 20 minute segments of walking or heavy duty gardening would fit the bill I'd think. I was very surprised last week I got in my morning walk - about 3,000 steps then was back and forth in the garden, hoeing, weeding and such - by the end of the day had well over 10,000 steps plus had used all the different muscles lugging bags of dirt, etc.

    Katla, glad you were able to attend the planning meeting for the riverfront. You had great points: Keeping it simple and sturdy.

    Sharon    , WOW on the snow - I think we are finally past that here. I am ready to break out the shorts - some of our UPS and Postal carriers wear shorts all times of the year it seems even when it's snowing and bitter cold in the winter. I told DH I'm ready to cut my hair short again...but like it mid length now except even with clips it seems it's always in my face and eyes. My hair is also thinning (the coloring did seem to help thicken it up when I was doing that.) I saw the video on Cannabis oil and Parkinson's and I'd sure give it a try.

    Heather - take it easy!

    OK, time to cut this off. Back to work this morning for a bit. Yesterday I cut it short-after a couple hours of filing I had such back pain - my upper back! Came home, grabbed a bite of lunch and snoozed in the recliner for a couple hours....haven't done that in a long, long time. And slept fine when I went to bed last night. Allergy symptoms are getting better but I think it's trying to become a cold now.

    I think I'm finally ready to get back on the wagon... no cravings last night. Anyhow, this one is going around on FB right now...yes I DID have some twinkies last week. How did they know? (I think something is fishy here with attaching this link but it seems to be showing as an inserted jpg?)


    Have a good day!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • lindafit4life21
    lindafit4life21 Posts: 71 Member
    Hi everyone I'm Linda my goal is to stop eating snacks for a month I've done it before but my scale is up and down daily
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Lanette love it. I can't even remember when I last ate a Twinkie, but I would not dare have them in the house.

    Janetr okc
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,250 Member
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  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    :)
  • DanaReel180
    DanaReel180 Posts: 463 Member
    It sure would be cool if this app would allow you to reply to each comment like Facebook does. It's hard to follow everyone and reply.
    Don't you think!
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,250 Member
    Vvvv
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Heather Sure hope you heal soon. Sounds as if you will be stiff and sore for a few days. Sending healing thoughts.

    Meg Pizza and drinks was a small transgression considering the stress you are under. (((Hugs)))

    Mary and Machka Both of you look great. Fit and Fab!

    NYKaren Thinking of you today. Hope everything turns out OK.

    Having a day off after 5 hard days at work, but it doesn't seem like much of a day off because we have someone coming over to clean the house this afternoon, and 2 more people are here now helping us clean out & organize our garage. I was not in charge of the scheduling. I either need to leave or get involved in the process. Guess I'll get involved. Maybe it will go faster and they will all leave sooner. Ugh! :#:#:#

    Karen in Virginia
  • seasonsofjoy
    seasonsofjoy Posts: 47 Member
    Good morning! I am back on MFP, I am in need of getting that healthy feeling back. I have yo-yo'd my entire life, (well, since age 12, that would be 45 years) and now I am really feeling it. Had blood work done and it showed nothing, despite my overall exhaustion and aches and pains. Perhaps it is from my excessive weight, me thinks? Yes, I have autoimmune thyroid disease, but I have for years and have not felt this way since I was severely anemic (and I am not). HERE WE GO! Glad to be back, actually. I know there will be moments and days of less enthusiasm. But I shall persist!

    High fives to all who are doing well, you are inspiring!

    Prayers to NYKAREN and all who need them.

    Thanks for all of you being here and mutual support rocks!!!

    Nancy in Arizona
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    (((NYKaren)))
  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    Carol and Lenora - love The Train. I'll be stealing this one.

    --Ginger in Texas
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    danareel6615 wrote: »
    It sure would be cool if this app would allow you to reply to each comment like Facebook does. It's hard to follow everyone and reply.
    Don't you think!

    Dana Yes I agree, that would be a lot easier. :)

    Janetr OKC
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Hi all! A quick jump on!
    Carol and Lenora- The Train! Beautiful poem and beautiful analogy of life. I will be copying and keeping! Thank you for sharing!
    Janet- hugs to you and your DH! <3
    Heather- Sorry to hear of your adventure/misadventure. It is so hard to be that friend that tells it like it is. Most times people need to hear it, but it is hardly ever welcomed by the "hearer". Hopefully she will eventually take your words with the intent that they were given. As a help, to point out something that perhaps, needs her attention and correction. Sorry about your fall. Hope the wine helped! >:) Home must certainly feel wonderful.
    Meg- be kind to yourself. You just have to dust yourself off, wash the smell of pizza off your fingers and get back on the "taking care of me" wagon! Love and hugs to you!
    Mary-Wowsa! I think I had a Barbie doll who looked like you! :*
    NYKaren- Sending good vibes and warm thoughts! o:)
    Dana- I long for a comment section after each entry! I ALWAYS forget who I need/want to respond to. Love your pics by the way! Inspirational!
    Machka- Look at you! That is an amazing sequence of pictures! You must get so much gratification from looking at them and thinking of the work that you put into getting into healthy physical condition! Rah! B)

    I am feeling all of my days (and then some). One of my boys decided to paint himself with poo this morning. :/ He is potty training and he missed (big time)! Then a couple of other skirmishes between the boys, dissolving into hand to hand combat and angry tears. Definitely close to the end of the week.
    Oh well, I think I will contact DD and see if she can get me a new pic (or better yet) video of Joaquin. He always makes me feel better!
    ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • tngram2seven
    tngram2seven Posts: 465 Member
    Happy Thursday, everyone!

    I've had a very productive morning (so unlike me lately): did a one hour deep water workout, quick trip into Ulta for mascara, took 7 bags of clothes/shoes to local thrift store. then home for a delicious healthy lunch instead of just odds and ends. I work later today from 4 to 9.

    Pip - One day I think you will take off and ride to the moon and back! You are an inspiration!

    Mary - You look marvelous! I am proud of you and your determination.

    Lisa - thinking of you and the new job....

    Machka - Thank you for the before and after pictures. You have worked hard to get to this healthy point!

    Heather - so sorry about the bum arm. Good for you for doing some exercising. I think success comes from pursuing health inspite of our circumstances.

    Margaret - happy you are looking forward to your long term assignment in K.

    Kelly - Oh, poo, poo, poo on that little stinker!

    NYKaren - Sending prayers your way.

    Carol - love the train ride you took us on!

    Meg, Allie and others facing challenges - you are on my heart and in my prayers today

    Welcome, Nancy! This is a great place to be.

    Toni in Tennessee
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    I'm turning over the idea of drawing a line under that friendship. I have tried to avoid her and have been somewhat successful in doing so, but my other two friends set great store by the foursome.
    One nice thing was that this friend had been turning out the attic and had retrieved lots of old school magazines with our names in and some local newspaper features of us in our Drama incarnations. Great fun. :D I have asked her for copies.
    But she is not the kind of person I would go anywhere near nowdays. I don't approve of her lifestyle and her husband's wheeling and dealing very close to the wind. Then she has the gall to moan endlessly about all the trouble she has managing his shenanigans. :sad: :sad: I'm afraid I just told her, very angrily, that she was colluding in his money laundering and she only has herself to blame for her "stress" at having to manage it all. He is swanning it in Gibraltar, which is a tax haven and is a tax exile and has had many affairs over the years. They may not even be married properly as it was a rush job in Abu Dhabi in a Sharia court to legalise her first child over there. They are not Muslims, just ordinary English people.
    All this is a very long way from how I wish to live my life. Yes, she is a sad woman, but her inability to make healthy and moral choices just infuriates me. Plus she goes on about it all the time, when she isn't talking about her ridiculously co-dependent children (who have also had his money laundered through them in terms of houses bought for them) It is sick.
    She says "oh, he is allergic to paying tax" . How people can be corrupted by money. I won't even stay in the million pound flats and houses. I paid for my own hotel.
    So, now you know how I lost my temper in the restaurant. We managed to change the subject and resumed a pleasant enough evening, but it was a repeat performance of last time we were all together.
    Sorry to write an epistle. :s:s

    Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Marcelynh
    Marcelynh Posts: 974 Member
    Yo.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,250 Member
    Off to the moon
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,826 Member
    NYKaren ... praying that all is well.

    Machka and Mary ... wow! Just wow!

    Toni ... glad your son is being supportive.

    Heather ... Keeping my mouth closed is sometimes the biggest accomplishment of the day ... just sayin' ...hope you're less sore today.

    Allie ... do you have someone you trust who could advise you on your finances?

    Beth near Buffalo

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,087 Member
    Beth, yes I could talk to my SIL she is pretty savvy
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,519 Member
    Took Vince this morning to get his other eye "zapped", then did Tony Little's Body Sculpting DVD since it's only 30 minutes, then volunteered at the Green Room, on to Habitat for Humanity then Aldi. The plan for tomorrow is to take the water class, then go to the lady who does sewing for me to have her put in an elastic in a pair of pants for me, then go to the Salvation Army, then stop at Bi-Lo to get Vince his yogurt.

    I forgot last week that when I took him I got up at 5:30 so today I got up at my usual time -- 6:00. Then I just had to rush some. Last week it was nice since I had some time to myself

    This lady who does sewing for me is very very good and reasonably priced. However, if something isn't a rush job, she takes FOREVER. Like last year in February I gave her the material for her to make another elf costume for me. I got it in October. A few months ago I gave her a quilt of Jess' to machine stitch. It had been handstitched and the thread pulled thru the material, it's so worn. Who knows when I'll get it back? I'm probably going to tell her that I'd like these pants by August. Really, I don't need them until September, but I'll call her in August to ask her if she has them ready. I just like the color of this pantsuit -- very "springey". It's a light purple color.

    Dana - I really like Designated Survivor. He's really grown into the presidency from the first episode.

    I'm thinking tomorrow I'll also go to WalMart since I need gas

    macha - wowza!

    Linda - welcome!

    NYKaren - good thoughts being sent to you.

    Nancy - welcome back!

    KJ - I am so impressed with you. I could never take care of all those little ones. You are truly one in a million

    Heather - your "friend" sounds like something else.

    Michele in NC

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