WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2017
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Lenora, the nail caps can be for vanity for the owner, but it is for the owners safety since they no longer do the nail removal. Since they come in the fancy covers, it can be like having matching nail colors for the owner or cute stuff like that but it's mainly to prevent the scratches. When I had Adora years ago when she was a kitten, my dermatologist said that every scratch she made on me was a potential psoriasis place. Now on the blood thinner, it can be dangerous.
I went to a retirement party today for a nurse that I worked with many years ago. She said that I would always mean something to her because when she entered the dorm as a freshman on her first day, I wa there and showed her her dorm room. I was her first friend. It was good to be at that party and so many people would just yell out Joyce!!!!! Some people I recognized some I didn't. A good many of us had to give our names. It was so good to see nursing assistants, monitor technicians and nurses coming to see this nurse. It meant that we were a family and the non nurses realized that we saw them as the same importance that we were. One thing really made me MAD though. Some of the older ones here know my story in nursing school. They don't have 3 year nursing schools anymore. But the last semester in my senior year for me was OB. Well I flunked it. The schools policy for students who were sick during the school year and have to sit out a semester were able to graduate with their class and then the diploma was signed when they finished. Well they hadd never have some one flunk and want to come back. Maybe if it was the first semester it would have been different. But this was the last. All I had to do was get a job for the summer, retake the class in the fall and I was finished. Well neither the class I started out with or the class I graduated with wanted to claim me in their class. So today Darlene, the retiree, told me to look at my class yearbook. I started in the class of 1971 so that was the one I looked at first. Nope, not in there. So I checked in the class of 1972, not in there either! Brought back all those feeling again. One of the friends I started out with let me know about a 5 year reunion and I went. I wasn't one of the popular ones so some people talked to me and some didn't.Didn't bother me. What was funny was that the popular ones were fat, frumpy, divorced and hadn't advanced in their career at all. Some weren't even working they were so dissatisfied with the whole 'nurse thing'. The others like me loved nursing, it was all we thought it would be and we were all advancing. But I have never got an invitation to any class reunion. I guess I could get involved in the alumni and it would be satisfying and they might help me with my dissapointment and anger.
vent over, love you guys, Joyce, Indiana2 -
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coastalgosgal wrote: »We are smart, intelligent ladies, with issues as most have. Its how we face them head on that is the difference. I feel powerful by being a part of you all.
Becca
Oregon
Thank you Becca! So blessed to be apart of this wonderful group of women!
Because I have y'all in my corner I have not succumbed over the last 2 weeks to throwing in the towel as I would have in the past. My weight is creeping back up and it is baffling to me. I keep statistics beyond MFP and all "numbers" suggest I should be losing weight! Trying not to panic here. This has made me really look around my life and body to see why this is happening. Coincidentally my hot flashes/night sweats have shown up again with a vengeance and I can see some edema in my ankles. I can only contribute this to the reason my weight has increased a bit. The good thing is that I have learned from here and y'all that staying the course is what I need to do. I have a doctors appt next week to get prescription refills and will ask him if anything else is going on.
Cheri
in very swampy feeling College Station, TX3 -
Hello ladies: It was supposed to rain today but the sun is shining, yeah! Horses are out in the pasture and our neighbor came over with his equipment and cleared the bank out by the road for us. He did however get his tractor stuck in the mud. There is a ditch right next to the road and then the land goes steeply up for about 8-10 feet. The equipment we have is too light to work well there and the brush gets so high it is hard to see oncoming traffic when going out the driveway. Now it is cut down.
Katla - My green beans just started coming up and last night something ate off the tops. Slugs I think. Got to get my epsom salts out again. Glad you had a good trail ride.
TNToni - Sending good thoughts your way. That situation has to be very hard to deal with.
Sharon - I have not done a float yet but my DD has and she loves it. There is a new place here and we are planning to try it sometime soon.
Pip - Glad you are home safe. Lovely family pictures. Has Yogi met his fiance?
Everyone take care, Sue in WA3 -
Kate UK 1
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Cheri in swampy TX, smiles and hugs ya! Hey the only way we shall get s handle on this journey is to band together! There is a phrase that helps me.
Once I figure out what's eating me, I won't eat so much!
Its kind of a callous statement, but emotions are woven into our lives so tightly, that when I start making bad choices in food, 99% of the time its when I am preoccupied with an issue.
Becca2 -
I am a CICO gal. The calories MFP chooses based on activity levels and amount per week you would like to lose already includes a calories deficit. I'm set to lose 2 pounds per week if I am true to the plan. If I truly exercise, I eat back the calories. The trick is in knowing exactly how many calories you have burned with exercise as MFP is notoriously high in it's calories burned calculations. Heather has figured this out accurately with her machines and I envy her ability to enjoy her food without guilt. That's what I aspire to as well.3
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Hey Ladies!
I've missed you! I've been sick, DH was sick, DS had heart surgery, and DFIL passed away! This has been quite a year. I managed to pick-up 6 pounds but rededicated myself to myself on yesterday. So I'm hoping to be active back in the group starting right now!
Tere in RVA3 -
There is no "one size fits all" plan for losing weight. CICO is a basic plan but there are many variations including those that eliminate whole food groups and those that don't care whether you eat broccoli or candy bars. Among us we have many variations on the theme and have found what works. It helped me to be open minded to new ideas and use what worked and discard the rest. I started my journey logging food for the day before breakfast and sticking to the plan no matter what. Now I know what I'll be eating, but don't always log it ahead of time. I started my journey limiting myself to 1200 calories a day no matter what until the day I took a two hour walk between breakfast and lunch and thought I might faint before I got home. That's what suggested to me that I should consume more calories based on how active I am during the day. Now a typical day for me includes walking dogs for three hours or more, a two hour line dance class, an hour or more riding the exercise bike, and possibly some work in my yard. 1200 calories is certainly not adequate fuel for what I do. Following my surgery when my exercise was limited to walking from bed to bathroom to table, I went back to 1200 calories and gradually increased as my activity level increased. I lost over 60 pounds and have kept it off for several years using Isagenix shakes as an important part of my daily eating. It worked for me but for others it seems like an unnatural way to eat. I love reading what each of you does that works. I examine everything and try some of it to see if it will work for me. Sometimes I get a great new idea and sometimes I find that what works for you will never work for me. I love that we are respectful of each others' ideas and cheer each others' successes. Barbie 6 -
Hello Tere! Sorry you have had so much trouble. Hope better things are coming your way!2
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Good Evening, I have found your postings very informative.
Marti in Ontario Oregon3 -
It is still daylight in the PNW but for many of our group, it is already tomorrow. I'll be posting the new thread for June soon. 4
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening My Dear Friends,
I skimmed the posts quickly. It’s been a stressful day at my house. Just seems that DH is wanting to pick a fight with DD or even me. I’ve been giving them both a wide birth. Didn’t sleep well at all last night so going to bed early. I’ll see you all next month.
to all the 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.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Another month gone...they go too fast! 1
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Hello ladies: It was supposed to rain today but the sun is shining, yeah! Horses are out in the pasture and our neighbor came over with his equipment and cleared the bank out by the road for us. He did however get his tractor stuck in the mud. There is a ditch right next to the road and then the land goes steeply up for about 8-10 feet. The equipment we have is too light to work well there and the brush gets so high it is hard to see oncoming traffic when going out the driveway. Now it is cut down.
Katla - My green beans just started coming up and last night something ate off the tops. Slugs I think. Got to get my epsom salts out again. Glad you had a good trail ride.
TNToni - Sending good thoughts your way. That situation has to be very hard to deal with.
Sharon - I have not done a float yet but my DD has and she loves it. There is a new place here and we are planning to try it sometime soon.
Pip - Glad you are home safe. Lovely family pictures. Has Yogi met his fiance?
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
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I've posted the new thread for June. Here is the link:
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10561704/women-ages-50-for-june-2017#latest
Don't forget to bookmark the new thread so you can find it again.1 -
Good night all,
Hopefully I will be feeling better tomorrow. I was over 90 calories but it's hard to find something to eat when you don't feel like preparing food.
I didn't weigh in either. Tomorrow!
Dana in Arkansas1 -
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I got out of the house for breakfast today.
I called my hairdresser and told her I cannot stand under a shower or raise my arms to soap my hair. She told me to drop by and she would fit me in when ever I got there.
Mike is going out tonight for his night out with the guys. My friend who earns her living feeding and walking pets cam over and made sure my beloved pooch got a walk, food, and a big hug. This was her gift to me in place of flowers.
After the puppers was cared for I got to go for a ride in her new car to get some fried rice and some conversation before she had to go see her last clients of the day.
I am so blessed.
Mia in MI0 -
Gloria and Mia - Come to June ... love the garden; and Mia, you are certainly 'blessed'.0
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May 31, 2017 8:26PM I've posted the new thread for June. Here is the link:
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10561704/women-ages-50-for-june-2017#latest
Don't forget to bookmark the new thread so you can find it again.
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