WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2017

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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,244 Member
    stats for the day:

    **wahoo hrm not recording :0/ **

    all apple watch hr-

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 12.43min, 13.8mph. 2.9mi = 97c
    Plyometrics exercises- 52.40min, 4ets of 10each, hamstring leglifts, push-ups, all 4's elbow to knee, reverse bicycles, leg lifts, pelvic lifts, crunches, sit-ups, on butt-knees to chest, squats, single leg toe touches
    ceiling to fl single leg touches, 2sts of 20ea, side l shape leg lift, bk leg lift, inside leg lift, 10 sets of 10 each leg single leg squats = 262c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 6.07min, 13.7amph, 1.3mi = 44c
    bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 13.31min, 13.4amph, 3mi = 122c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.06min, 10.03min mi, .5mi = 52c
    jog wk 2 sta- 4.53min, 10.23min mi, .4mi = 52c
    bike ride dome 2 hm- 20.40min, 7.6amph 2.6mi, windy! = 147c

    total cal 776
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,244 Member
    thanks so much Re!!!!
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,644 Member
    Happy Tuesday Evening!

    First, it was hot today but not as hot as I thought it would get. We cooled off the house this morning as much as possible with the windows and doors open.... the A/C didn't come on until 3:00 this afternoon. Hoping the temps fall into the mid to low 50's tonight so we can repeat that tomorrow.

    The sheet I put over the tomatoes did blow off, but I fastened some row cover over it which pretty much stayed put on a couple corners...even tho it was flappin' in the breeze, it was flappin' over the tomatoes.

    It was windy today blowing from the NNE - and smoke from the Canadian forest fires is making the air hazy. Katla, is this haze blowing down your way as well?

    We watched the rest of Season 3 of Bosch this afternoon....DH will search Netflix and Amazon for another series to catch up on these next few afternoons.

    Meg and Toni - great hearing from you!

    Joyce - golly, that's a great photo of Mr. Mozart. He looks comfy and content! Glad your DH got his bed sheet! It is hard to find the super deep-pocket sheets.

    Becca - glad the Prudence situation has been resolved. Again, a lesson for me when I get old and alone - and I'm not looking forward to the alone part if DH goes first, even tho there are days I think he needs to take a nice vacation. By himself. For a couple days. Without the credit card. >:)

    OK ladies, the sun is going down behind the trees so I'd better head out and do some watering.

    Keep cool!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,826 Member
    edited August 2017
    I did not meet my July goals. To be honest I didn't even try. I won't make August goals other than trying each day to stay within my calorie goals. And I already blew that today.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,515 Member
    Did an hour on the bosu. The plan for tomorrow is to take the deep water class.

    After exercising, went to WalMart, brought home the refrigerated goods, went to this store in Hickory to see about the placq for Denise. Really, I'm getting a bit annoyed at the people in FL. They promised me I'd have it by July. Last I talked to them it wasn't finished. And it looks, to me, terrible. It looks like they ran out of space for writing his name. Afterwards, went to Ollies, Party City to get some things for the pool party, then Target to get some cat litter on sale. Then went in the pool, now baking the vanilla part of the bottom of the shower cake. I'm thinking that the bottom will be one layer of vanilla, one layer of chocolate, and the upper part (the part that curves in to make the skirt) will be marbled.

    Speaking of making a bed -- has anyone ever heard that the tag on the sheet should be at the bottom right? It makes sense in a way that it be at the bottom

    Didn't completely hit my goal of eating only when hungry for July. I'm going to try again this month. I do seem to sort-of be getting better.

    I'd like to tell that woman in FL who was making the placq for me that I really can't use it any more. She did promise it to me in July. I'm thinking that I may say that I really can't use it any more since the bridal shower is come and gone. That's not really true, but I did tell her that I needed it in July and she said that it wouldn't be a problem. And here it is August and it still isn't finished, much less mailed to me.

    The end of August and the beginning of Sept I'm doing something every weekend. Aug 20 is Denise's fitting. I'm staying the night of the 19th at Jess, then I'll go to PA, back to VA, then drive on the 21st to NC. I want to leave her place early (like 5a.m) because I want to be home before the eclipse. I don't know how other drivers will react to sudden darkness so I'd like to be home before it happens

    Heather - so glad you found your passport! I wouldn't tell dh. He would probably only get upset with you, no harm was done anyway

    KJ - summer went way too fast. Have fun at the festival. Can I be one of your kiddos? I can make myself real small......

    Lisa - congrats on giving up smoking. Yours is truly a story, thank you for sharing with us. Is the Contrave in combination with something else? Sure hope it works for you. Will you have to be on it for the rest of your life if it does help squelch your appetite? You are so strong for admitting to us what's been going on. It makes me wonder if others don't have something hidden that they don't discuss? I know that sometimes I get this urge to just pig out. But usually afterwards I feel "yuk". Sometimes I talk about it, sometimes I don't. But I know deep inside that not owning up to it is lying to myself.

    Am making the bottom layers of the cake. Hope it does turn out the way I want it to. Update: I don't know how I feel about the vanilla layer. It looks like it's caved in in the middle. Yet I used the exact same recipe for the chocolate layer and that didn't happen. Not sure why. When I put a toothpick into the vanilla layer, it came out clean. Maybe I'll make another cake.

    Dana - knew you'd be able to do the baptism. See? You worried for nothing!

    machka - love your outfit!

    Cheri - dancing with you

    ryenday - welcome! Thanks for coming out (that somehow doesn't sound quite right...lol)

    Lenora - so sorry about your car

    Like Lisa - coming clean (sort of). I don't understand it. No matter what I do, it seems that I can't go below 130 without looking and feeling like c***. So I haven't really been trying, just mainly maintaining. Just recently I've noticed that my watch is a little loose. In the summertime in the past, it's usually gotten a little tighter, mainly because in the heat things expand. Wonder what's up with that?

    ginwoo - welcome! just jump right in

    Toni - welcome back!

    DJ - happy early anniversary! How scary for your daughter. I can't believe that her boss wasn't crazy about her going home, did he really think that she could work well after that incident??? Glad she is OK

    Toni - I had to laugh at Leigh's "1200 pounds" too. I know she meant "calories" but it was just funny.

    Michele in NC
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,190 Member
    :) I am riding my recumbent exercise bike and sort of watching the Mariners game. No dance class tomorrow because they are using the room for the blood bank so I can stay up later. I walked with my friend this morning (the one who's husband died ). It was good to be with her. She had lots to share with me. She has various family members coming the next few days.

    :) Today we liberated a lot of money from our savings to pay for the deck, painting, gutters, and fence. After all the years of saving, it feels strange to be planning to spend the money

    :) It has been warm today but not as bad as we expected ---lots of dog walking and some projects in the yard and garage

    <3 Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Barbie: Thank you for steadfastly getting us started on another inspiring month of sharing our journeys.

    Thank you ALL for the encouraging words and expressions of support. :heart: :heart: :heart: It’s lifted my heart and spirits tremendously. Although I will miss the Girlfriend Trip to Europe, I’m positive I’ll get there one day.

    Michele: Bravo to you for making space for more dvds. No one could ever accuse you of being in an exercise rut.

    Lisa: ((hugs)) Count me among the masses that has never not been hungry. I now buy washed and trimmed celery at Costco, and devour a package a week by myself. And, I’m a pack a day sugarless gum chewer.

    Meg: Good to see you. Keep coming back. Missya when you’re away too long. Oh, I can just imagine how tempted you were to adopt Roscoe.

    Lenora: Sorry about your car...or should I say 'car-ma'?

    DJ: Hope your DD is okay, physically and mentally. How scary.

    Pip: What’s up with your non-functioning wahoo hrm? Time for a new one?

    Becca: We have strong shoulders to support you as you transition towards life as an empty nester. I bet youngest son misses you just as much.

    Were is Janetr?

    July had mixed results. I lost about a pound, which is great for me. But, I didn’t keep to other commitments. These will be carried over into August Resolutions. Stay well friends. We can do this.

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills

    July Resolutions and Results
    Prelog breakfast and 2 snacks every day = B+
    Walk an extra six miles per week = C+
    Duolingo daily (Italian) = Fail
    Call one distant friend per week = D
    Practice Reiki daily = D
    Word for 2017: Attune

  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    With some of those trailers being silver fabric of course!
  • ljdw99
    ljdw99 Posts: 360 Member
    B)
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    edited August 2017
    Machka: I'm a hat person myself. I have around 35 hats! Maybe once my hot flashes come under control I'll wear them again!

    Rori: Chiarmarsi Rye, Sto imparando l'italiano.

    Rye
    Texas
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,588 Member
    edited August 2017
    ryenday wrote: »
    Hello, been lurking for a while and decided to come out this month.
    The quick and dirty: 53yo, menopausal 5'4 195# and sedentary for decades in chronic pain and frequent intense hot flashes ( hobbling around like I was at least 80 years) but with Dr. clearing me (except telling me to LOSE weight) started eating healthy, eating less, and ramping up exercise since late April.
    Slow going for sure, only a small bit of weight down, and the chronic pain has been largely replaced with DOMS pain from exercise ( so often I still hobble around) and the hot flashes have diminished some in length but not frequency or intensity.

    TLDR: In other words, Hi and I am a hot mess, getting better, but a mess nonetheless.
    ryenday wrote: »
    Machka: I'm a hat person myself. I have around 35 hats! Maybe once my hot flashes come under control I'll wear them again!

    I hear you about the hot flashes.

    Apparently, I've been perimenopausal since about 2011 ... when I was about 44. Over the next several years, I started ticking off the symptoms ... the occasional hot flash and/or night sweat, the bushy eyebrows, the acne along the jaw, and the dizziness in the 2 or 3 days leading up to my periods. Then I moved into the wild mood swings which went on for a couple years ... I hardly knew myself, and I think my husband toyed with the idea of sneaking out the back door an never coming back. Thankfully those settled in about mid-2014. Next up was the nausea to accompany the dizziness in the 2 or 3 days leading up to my periods ... like morning sickness. And then hot flashes joined the team so that for 2 or 3 days each month I lived on ginger tablets.

    My periods decided that every 28 days wasn't nearly enough, and started appearing every 2-3 weeks with spotting in between. That was partly perimenopause, but also partly a very large polyp complete with precancer. Got that cleared up in January 2015 and hit my highest weight at the same time.

    So, I joined MFP in February 2015 ... and lost the weight! :) The periods eased up a little, and the hot flashes and nausea disappeared (but still a bit of dizziness). Whew! That bliss lasted about 8 months. And then it all returned with a vengeance! In the week leading up to each period (which were still coming every 3 weeks or so), I was swamped with dizziness, nausea, hot flashes and intense painful itching all over. I couldn't wear half my wardrobe because it was either too hot or too scratchy.

    They discovered a second polyp and more precancer in May ... I went for another surgery and fortunately everything is all clear in that regard now. And then I was hit with about a month of intense hot flashes combined with waves of nausea ... 20 or 30 a day. It's winter here and I started coming to work in my summer clothes!

    That drove me to start taking evening primrose oil 3 times a day and black cohosh once a day.

    I don't know if my body has just decided to cool it for a moment, or if the evening primrose oil and black cohosh are actually helping, but I've had about 2 weeks of relief. Thank goodness!

    However, I just don't know what to expect next. I feel like I'm just along for the ride now! :lol:

    Machka in Oz
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Pip, wil PM my address so,you can send me your bandana. I have another lady at church that if I can track her down will try to get her to sign it.

    I remember one time when I was out bike riding with my girls and they just went through stop signs, didn't use hand signals or anything, I'm not really sure why I was so upset at them. It was my job to make sure they learned.
  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    KJ - Doing experiments with kids is so much fun. We used to do a lot when the kids were small and also when my teen grandsons were younger. Those kids are so lucky to have you.

    Lisa - No judgment here. You are being extremely hard on yourself, be kind. You knew you had a problem and have been trying to find a solution. We are with you. You are strong in so many ways. Stand Proud!

    Dana- thanks for sharing about "Dunkirk" , it is a movie that DH really wants to see.

    Cheri - Doing the Happy Dance with you.

    Ginwoo- Welcome. You will find us to be a talkative, opinionated, supportive bunch. We talk about pretty much anything here in our safe zone.

    DJ- Your poor daughter! That is so scary but I'm glad that she is okay and kept her purse. What an unnerving experience!

    Looked like we were going to have a nice rain and then it rained for a total of 10 minutes. I am so disappointed. It is so hot , dry and smokey. It is making me apprehensive about going camping in B.C.
    At least it cooled things down a little bit.

    Daughter landed the Big Valley Jamboree gig. It will be a new experience for her. She's becoming an overnight success ( after pursuing art for her whole life). We will be keeping the grandkids and Boss. Also will be checking my sister's house this weekend. Larry just got called that the oak trim in a house is finally ready to be sprayed. It looks like he will be working into the weekend now. Definitely wasn't our plan. Hopefully we will be ready to leave on Monday or Tuesday.

    We still have not unearthed DH's birth certificate. We may have to get him a new one before we carry on with the forms. I just want them done and out of the way. I am making appointment to finally discuss CPP disability after we get back from vacation.

    Since we are going to be around this weekend I am going out with the girls on Friday night. We are going to do an Escape . There will be a lot of laughter if it is anything like our corn maze adventure. So looking forward to seeing them all. We haven't got together for a while and I missed out last time.

    August Goals since I didn't make the headway I wanted in July
    - Eat Less, Move More (cortisone cocktail should help with this)
    - Log faithfully
    - Get back on track with learning Italian.
    - Do something that makes ME happy every day.
    - Continue the decluttering of the past 30 plus years.

    -Sharon in Lethbridge ( dreaming of rain)
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    Nite all :)
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,084 Member
    Morning Ladies~
    Have been up since 4:45 and wrestled with trying to get what I needed to in the mini fridge, I was near tears, but got it taken care of..
    Tom on his way home, he cancelled all his concert and reservations for this weekend,at least he knows his aunt comes first..
    Toni~ things are trucking along have court on monday for temp alimony and Tom and his girlfriend have deposition weds next week.. things I am sure will progressively go down hill from here :#
    working 8 am -6 with 1/2 lunch were I have to run home and let the dogs out, made it through yesterday ,but today they have them packed in ,so will be exsausted by the time I get home. thank goodness tomorrow is my day off.
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    hi glo!

    DJ how horrible for your DD, and what a thing to have a stranger just jump in and help. Scary but glad she is okay.

    Taking DD's "boss" from camp out to dinner to say thanks to him--he is actually a young teacher that I work with that got DD this job - planning on walking there and having a salad- lots of food triggers and salt--so I need a plan to stay on track.

    Facing the paper mountain on my dining room table this a.m. And if it isnt too hot, a walk to the gym which adds 3 miles (round trip) to my activity for the day! Yesterday started great food wise and then went way downhill-just eating everything bad for me, just anxiety eating I guess.

    Strategy is stronger than willpower I'm pulling out that old chestnut today to help because I'm worth it, I don't have to hurt myself with food.

    NYKAREN
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,690 Member
    edited August 2017
    Hi all!

    DJ - What a horrible experience for your daughter! Glad it wasn't worse, but those kind of things leave their mark. HUGS.

    Dana - I posted previously, which you may not have seen, about my father's experience at Dunkirk. :'( Truly shattering for a 20 yr old. In my studies about it all for writing a novel I read a book called Dunkirk, by Hugh Seabag Montefiore. Very good and readable. What I had not been aware of, from my father's account, was the defense of the canals and bridges behind the town. True heroism and severe loss of life. My father refused to take part in any memorials or celebrations and I remember that discussion when I was a child. I'm not sure I will watch the film. I may change my mind.

    I've just made hard boiled eggs in the IP. It may sound crazy, but it is truly amazing! We love egg sandwiches, but peeling the #×+÷% things was a major chore, especially as I like to peel them hot so they melt the butter I mash them with. Egg shells seem to have got really sticky! In the IP the shells just slip off! I remember a discussion a while back about Egg and Cress Sandwiches. Very British and old school. Here is a picture of the cress I bought from the supermarket. It is sold growing in the base. The original used to be "mustard and cress" , but you can't find that nowdays. When I grow my own on the windowsill I also use mustard seed, but you have to start them earlier as they take longer to germinate.

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    Can't wait for lunch! Going to keep half of the eggs for a snack on the way to Dover. The company haven't rung us yet about times.

    My cleaner's car is in the garage so she can't come until late afternoon. :o

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • trulydivyn725
    trulydivyn725 Posts: 92 Member
    @Sharon aka dreamwriter - thanks for sharing your goals!! They speak to me of how important they are...wish I'd thought of at least one of them for myself too...

    Have a great day everyone! Off to work in the desert...wear sunscreen everybody!
  • trulydivyn725
    trulydivyn725 Posts: 92 Member
    okay...guess can't use the @someonesnamehere function...sorry to whomever Sharon is for tagging you in my post!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,588 Member
    edited August 2017
    okay...guess can't use the @someonesnamehere function...sorry to whomever Sharon is for tagging you in my post!

    @trulydivyn725

    You can, if you use the person's online name. In other words, if you had used dreamwriter, it would have worked. :)