WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2017

exermom

Hey, it worked!! Thanks so much

grandmallie

Well here it is 12:30 am and I am awake.
Tom comes to me last night and asks what I'm doing end of July?
Said working..he said he is driving down to Florida for a week to get the title for the car.asked why they couldn't just send it,he said he wanted to check on the house while he is down there...
Ohhh K.now I have no problem with that,but wrote an email to attorney .There is no if ands or buts.I do not want Elena anywhere near there..and I know he will take her down there..so we might be ramping this up quicker than I thought..he had an appointment with attorney tonight, he rescheduled to tomorrow night because of his aunt's wake..so another sleepless night.grrrr.

CallieSunshine

I'm new here, but like the support you show each other! We need it to get through the days with all of the temptations out there. I am an emotional eater as well as a bored eater. Have been starting with the 5:2 fast and am feeling good about it so far...one week in. Being in my mid-fifties the weight does not come off like it did. My body has all new rules and I need to stop mourning the old days of getting away with a lot! I also have exercised for weight loss and have had so many injuries in the last 10 years that I can't count on that anymore! Anyway, thanks for letting me chime in! Callie

jmkmomm

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skuehn48

Katla49

Heather: I am so happy for your son's success with his greyhounds. Dogs are a real blessing in so many lives, including his and mine.

Mary: I love the photos. You look great! The hairdresser either needs glasses or an attitude adjustment.

Becca: Your advice to Mary is excellent. I'm not sure I would be tough enough to speak out to the negative stylist, but your strategy is honest and just. I also love your message, "Life is short. Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved." Thanks for sharing.

Barbie and Rori: I've read both versions of Younger Next Year and I strongly prefer the one written for women. I like the focus better and it feels much more supportive, in my opinion. :flowerforyou:


The company that did our raccoon abatement last winter came out today and fixed the thinkgs that were not done correctly in the first place. I feel much more optimistic that we won't face the problem of raccoons under our house again any time soon. Yay!

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

cityjaneLondon

Rori - Also look at THINNER THIS YEAR. Same person, but with a dietician. Goes a lot into gut bacteria etc. I found it amazing. I am now reading THE CLEVER GUTS DIET by Michael Moseley, who is a popular TV doctor over here. He did a lot to popularise 5:2 when it first came out.

Plumber, yoga and lunch out today.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

grandmallie

Morning Again~
up and having a cup of tea, will hop in the shower and and get ready for work, will bring a change of clothes and change before leaving work will change for the wake..
I will drive down to waterbury on my own tomorrow for funeral, Tom will leave from work..
I don't know what can be done to keep Tom from taking Elana down to Florida, but the lawyer will help me get something done..
I dont care if she will move in with him here once I am gone,but I dont want her anywhere near that Florida house..

pitegny

Welcome to everyone who is new!

Mary: Totally agree that you look amazing!
Allie: Hope your lawyer can come up with a way to keep her out of your Florida place.
Heather: I am definitely going to look up your book suggestions.

I was another 0.4 pounds down this week, not bad considering the weekend getaway with lovely meals on Friday and Saturday. Not eating much because of the tummy bug on Sunday no doubt helped, as did trudging round the city for almost eight km on Saturday.

I am feeling much better today.


- Leigh in France

klanders30

Morning, think I'm catching DH's crud so I'm going to drown it in chicken broth. Have another nice project list to engage my brain today, though if it keeps raining I won't be able to weed

I'm off to exercise first thing so DD can have the car for work, this new schedule will keep some structure in my days, something I know I need to keep on track with healthy habits.

NYKAREN

KetoneKaren

Mary I have a slightly different take on the body shaming hair dresser. You say you have known her for 20 years, and your daughter and her daughter are friends, and the hair salon is your meeting place when you stay over with your daughter. Also, that this hair dresser is the last person who you would have expected to body shame you.

I don't know how much of your medical history you have shared with her (the chronic Lyme disease and the shoulder injury you had last fall), but if she has been cutting your hair for 20 years, she may be familiar with your history.

You are at a very lean weight, perhaps as thin as this hairdresser/friend has ever seen you. You stated that your skin is still catching up with your weight loss. If she is very observant, she will have noticed all of this. It may be worrying her, and she may feel that your long history together makes it OK to voice her unsolicited opinion. It may be jealousy, or it may be concern, or it may be a combination of the two.

People often perceive weight loss as a sign of illness, rather than health.

Suffice it to say, your support system here on this thread have the advantage of seeing your daily progress posts and know the positive, healthy way you have gone about achieving your smokin' hot body. We know you are healthy and happy and feel as great as you look.

You said other people don't always want to know about what you are doing to lose weight and get fit, so maybe your hairdresser isn't privy to what we know about your journey, and just sees this significant weight loss over the last 6 months and is alarmed (and perhaps jealous, too.)

I guess what I am saying is, if it was me, I would go to my friend of 20 years and say, "I think you are worried about me and that is why you said the things you said to me about my appearance. Is that right?" At some point in the conversation after you have reassured her that you are healthy and fine, you can say something like, "You know you hurt my feelings and insulted the hell out of me and I'm totally mad at you, right???" Then you can hug it out and get past this.

I just don't think you can walk away from someone who has been part of your life for 20 years and who is, by your own description, the last person who you would expect to body shame you.



Karen in Virginia

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margaretturk

Callie welcome!

Dana love the picture!

Michele I use Dawn when I notice a stain on my clothing. Unless it is a mustard stain it almost always takes it out. Love it. Also love the bee!

Heather I have found taking care of my gut isn't so much about weight loss to me but staying healthier. For me it started when I got so sick in Mexico five years ago. That is why I could relate to when you got so sick on your trip. A month after that trip I got the Swine flu and it was one of the worst illnesses I ever got. I can remember sitting on the couch and thinking I should go into the hospital or call an ambulance. Just the thought of all the energy that would take kept me from going or calling. I am convinced that because my immune system was so compromised it contributed to me getting so sick. (105 degree temperature)

Since I have gone on a high fiber with a probiotic in the form of Kombucha or yogurt with no sugar. I have only have two minor colds in the past few years. I did have that knee issue and weight gain but those were due to other problems. I have dropped ten pounds since I changed my sleep schedule and am under less stress. I do think the high fiber is helping my blood sugar too.

Another thing I have noticed since making all these changes. If I do get upset it passes more quickly. I used to brood about things for days. I rarely do that anymore.

I did have a hard fall with two immediate family members with serious illnesses, my mother passing, and dealing with the aftermath of one of windows being shot out. This followed a spring where our home was ransacked and being assaulted that spring too. I know these events were part of my weight gain after a two year of maintenance and part of my knee issue. After putting all these events into perspective along with other positive changes this might be part of why I rarely brood anymore. Don't get me wrong I still get upset like when dealing with a difficult curtain rod, but minor compared to how difficult life can be.

Yes time to sit in the lounge chair and soak in the garden.

Margaret

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cityjaneLondon

Margaret - Yes, I can relate to all that. I get over things quicker now and I don't get hypos like I used to (apart from this Saturday at the party!) . My "growth issue" is that I notice I am very judgemental. I would like to work on that. The fact that I am noticing it, must be an improvement.
Had a lovely lunch, low cal, with my friend. We talked about men, funerals and assisted suicide. A great time.

Now expecting the plumber. My Instant Pot has arrived! :drinker:

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

jennymo

Morning all.
Checking in. Hoping or should I be positive and say I will have a good day of making healthy choices! My pattern seems to be good for a couple of days then a day of overindulgence and back to good. Yesterday was overindulgence but it couldn't have been too bad as I was down 0.2lbs. I'll take that and get back to logging my food.
I have a conundrum on my mind.
I line dance 4 times a week. One of the classes is an advanced class and a new person has joined who has a very strong personality. Last week when I was explaining to the instructor a problem I was having this women piped up from behind me to "let's get on with it". Me being the person I am took it to mean "shut up and suck it up buttercup". At that point I got mad and couldn't really think straight which meant I was no good dancing so I left. The next day I did explain to the instructor why I left and she did agree that the women can be a problem. Her thinking is to try to get her to the back of the class. My thinking is iit doesn't matter where she is in the class it's her attitude. So, my conundrum is as much as I like the class and the challenges of learning complicated dances I don't want to go somewhere that I am not enjoying anymore. I am retired now and if I want to have someone boss me around I'll go back to work. At first I was sure I wasn't going back but now I have had time to process it all I'm thinking I'll go back this week and see how it goes. Then I start thinking no, I'll just make a clean break, after all I still go 3 other times a week and those classes I really enjoy.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Jenn
BC

pipcd34

fanncy -
i had posted something but i don't c it anymore.... what i said was, U are and look like da bomb!!, do you want me to beat her up for you?


another thing, you said you had known her for about 20 years. so you have a long standing relationship i would suppose. if my hair person had said something that hurt my feelings like that and knowing her as long as that, i would have told her, "hey that *kitten* hurt, that's not nice!" in my own way of course, but i would have let her know

morning peeps

SophieRosieMom

Jenn – I don’t blame you for being upset with the obnoxious person in the line dancing class. I totally understand about retirement and not having to be around these types of people anymore, lol and I feel the same way. Hopefully the instructor will take HER aside and ask her to be patient – or take more control of the whole class and explain that questions are welcome, everyone learns at a different pace, etc. I have a hunch there are others in the class that are turned off by this new person as well.

Of course, I’m the type that would probably make sure I’m right beside the newbie at the next class and take a few minutes to connect with her and ask her if she’s ever taken a class like this before…. just kind of ramble about how it’s an advanced class and “some people” might not be comfortable with others who are having problems…aka move on lady or clam up! See if she has a clue and wants to be nice or decides it’s not for her.

I bet our Barbie will have some words of wisdom for you from an instructor’s point of view.

Dana – you and your DH are an adorable couple! What a cute photo, you both look very happy and content.

Allie – glad Tom and Elana are going to be deposed. I don’t think I’d want to be there either but would like to be a fly on the wall…or at least buzzing around their heads throughout the whole thing, lol.

DH heading to our local doctor’s office this morning for blood draw-annual thing prior to his rheumatologist visit next month. DH asked me to email Dr. Paul’s office on Friday to see if he could drop by this morning to get that done. I asked DH if we needed something from the Rheumy’s office…he said NO, just “tell them the same as last time plus the SED rate” so I did as he asked.

Well, of course I get an email yesterday from the office manager at Dr. Paul’s office wondering if there’s a blood work order floating around for this from the Rheumy. DH said then to he L L with it, he’d just go to the Rheumy without any blood tests. So I said, let me call Dr. Paul’s office!

I dial their number…who answers but Dr. Paul! I explain the situation to him, he said hold on a second, looks up DH’s records, says HE will put together the blood work order and make sure the Rheumy’s requirements are met as far as SED rate, C-Reactive protein, etc. I asked him if we needed to call the Rheumy’s office? He said nope, he’s got it covered.

That, my friends, is why we love our Direct Care doctor. Personal touch-the way doctors were 50 years ago.

OK DH is taking off so now’s my chance to put the puppy in her crate, start a load of laundry and get my strength training in.

Have a good day! I'll check in later!

Lanette
Cool SW WA State

megblair1

Hi all. I have been hanging in there. Is anyone having trouble with the home page? It won't load for me but everything else does.

Allie: stay strong!!!

Everyone else is in my thoughts too!

Meg from Omaha

JennieLeeAustin

Hey everyone. I've been trying to play catch up with all the posts. I need to go back through Mary's old posts. I had no idea you had been battling Lyme disease and an injured shoulder until I read some one else's post that mentioned it.

Allie I need to go back some time to catch up with what has been going on with you as well. From the little I've seen, you have had a rough time of it and for that I'm very sorry.

I've read through most of everyones posts on here that started in April 2017, but I think I'm missing big chunks of infomration on all of you. Some of you are super women that bike and leap short buildings with little effort, some of you are apparently amazing cooks and bakers!, some of you have critter issues that from the outside looking in seem amusing, but as I stated earlier, I have not caught up on all the posts yet. So please don't be mad, I'm really not making fun of the raccoon issue. Some of you have beautiful families and wonderful pets.

Peace to everyone on here and I will do my best to get caught up so I'm not asking questions about things that have already been answered.

Callie glad I'm not the only newbie on here. I just joined yesterday so welcome.