WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2017

barbiecat
barbiecat Posts: 17,245 Member
edited November 23 in Motivation and Support
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:) A new month is a good time to make fresh start or redouble your efforts to stay on a healthy path. I have been checking in with this thread for a long time and declaring resolutions for the month to keep on the path I want to follow.

:) Welcome to anyone who had just found us and welcome back to those of you who have been posting before.

How did you do with your goals and resolutions for November?
What goals and resolutions do you have for December?

:) This is a great place to share your accomplishments and your challenges and to ask your questions. I hope this thread will be as useful to you as it has been to me. I learned a long time ago that I need encouragement and support, that I can't do this alone.

November Resolutions (with end of the month comments)
*walk an average of 15,000 steps a day (done)
*scan photos and documents so they can be discarded (worked on this almost daily)
*weight training three days a week (two or three days a week)

December Resolutions (yes, they look just like the ones for November)
*walk an average of 15,000 steps a day
*scan photos and documents so they can be discarded
*weight training three days a week

Be sure to bookmark the page so you can find it again. Also sign your post with a name and location to make it more personal (it can be a nickname or screen name and a general location if you want to be more private).

427818su42xtrsvb.gif Barbie from NW Washington

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.



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  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,289 Member
    :heart:
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited December 2017
    I am trying to post a photo of my Living Christmas tree and not doing so well so far. If you click on the tree that is currently me it will show up a bit bigger.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    edited December 2017
    2017 Monthly November
    Walking Distance (km): 159.6
    Walking Time (min): 1961.3
    Cycling Distance (km): 265.8
    Cycling Time (min): 823.9
    Flights of Stairs Climbed Number: 236.0
    Flights of Stairs Climbed Time (min): 188.8
    Other Distance: 1.6
    Other Time: 30.0

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 427.0
    Total Distance (miles): 265.3
    Total Time (min): 3004.0
    Total Time (hr): 50:04:00

    OK, didn't quite make the 52 hours of exercise I had hoped for in November, but I'm pretty pleased with 50 hours. Given the unexpected dental surgery on November 6, and being told I wasn't supposed to exercise at all for a couple days and then only light exercise for a week, I wasn't sure I was going to get that much! I had to put in a huge effort between the 18th and 25th to make up for lost time.

    Machka9 wrote: »
    Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
    March 15: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July 2015: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep 2015: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    March 16: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    June: 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    July 2016: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
    Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
    Sep 2016: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
    Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
    Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
    Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
    Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
    Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
    Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
    Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
    May: 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
    June: 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July: 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
    August: 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
    September: 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
    October: 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
    November: 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min

    Dec 2015: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Dec 2016: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min

    Looking back, I see I managed nearly 55 hours in 2015 and 52 hours in 2016. So looking forward, here's hoping for a full 55 hours in December 2017. :)

    Meanwhile, today (December 1) is a light day. I've only done 4 flights of stairs and a little bit of walking. It's raining and cool and I'm just not in the mood to put in a heavy day of exercise.


    But because it is December 1, I am hoping to start working on some Christmas decorations when I get home after work.


    Machka in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,549 Member
    Did Jari Love Revved to the Max DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Cathe Friedrich Afterburn DVD

    pip - what neat favors! Were you and Kirby married in December?

    M - is castor sugar like our confectioners sugar? Thanks for the recipes

    Sharon - Kiera sounds so adorable

    Terry - that pic of Betty Boop is very very good. You say your daughter drew it?

    janetr - fantastic tree! You are so talented

    Rori - I'm so sorry about your friend. How nice of you to volunteer to put those flyers up! That's just like you. You can do this, you are a strong woman.

    K - 50 hours is awesome!

    Michele in NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    M - is castor sugar like our confectioners sugar? Thanks for the recipes

    K - 50 hours is awesome!

    Thanks! :)

    According to this site: https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-make-castor-sugar-substitute-4137095
    "Granulated sugar always refers to white sugar in the U.S. It has that somewhat gritty texture. Powdered sugar, also known as confectioner's sugar, is simply granulated sugar that has been ground into a fine powder. Castor sugar is somewhere between the two. It's been ground just enough to take on a super-fine quality but not a powdery consistency."

    Apparently it isn't that common in the US.

    Here, just about every grocery store has caster sugar.

    https://www.csrsugar.com.au/csr-sugar/our-products/baking/caster-sugar/
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    The Taste website: http://www.taste.com.au/ has a lot of great looking recipes, although probably not much in the way of low calorie choices. However, they often list the nutritional information. So what I will do sometimes is if we go out for dinner, and the restaurant doesn't list the nutritional information (specifically calories), I will search for choices that are like what I ate at the restaurant, and find something close, and enter that into my log here. :)

    Machka in Oz
  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    Terry - In this case the prescription and suppliers are the same. I think it was the inexperience with vaping.

    Rori - I am sorry for the loss of your friend.

    It's been an interesting day and going to bed to think on it.

    -Sharon in Lethbridge (wondering who to believe and if it matters)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Setting up Christmas Decorations

    Step 1: Take a double dose of allergy medications.
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    This is one of our biggest BD & Holiday months.Have been doing very good with food choices & amounts.

    It’s past time.My mantra from way back when is “If Not Now,When?”

    Trying to do better at keeping up.Still a work in process ;) Pat
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Lagopus wrote: »
    Machka wrote: But my secret superpower is remembering lyrics. It's a bit weird and disturbing sometimes because it's any and all lyrics. [...] And I feel compelled to try to sing the songs the moment I hear an opening phrase.
    Oh, I do that too. It doesn't have to be the opening phrase either. Just give me a couple of words and I'll fish out a song that contains them and start singing it. Especially place names, for some reason. Mention San Francisco and I'll go I left my heart.... Talk about Memphis and I'm like Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, I'm goin' to Graceland. Worst of all is when somebody says Gary, because all I know of that song is the line Gary Indiana Gary Indiana Gary Indiana. Just enough to drive everyone crazy! :laugh:

    Heather - I think it was Machka who mentioned that Duolingo had added Chinese to its repertoire. That sent me to the site and before I knew it I'd registered not only for Chinese, but also for Norwegian. As a fluent Swedish-speaker, I have no trouble understanding Norwegian, but I really ought to learn how to spell it. But to the point: When you talk about your studies on Duolingo, you often mention being X% fluent. Where the heck do you find that figure?

    Yeah, I'm the same ... anything can set me off humming and singing a song. And I'll sing along with just about everything on the radio. I still surprise my husband even though he knows I do this. Just the other day, I was watching Happy Days (which they've recently started showing again for some unknown reason), and they played an obscure western song ... which I sang in its entirety to my husband's surprise. "You don't know that song! How do you know that song??" Well, my parents listened to it when I was just a little girl ... and I remembered.


    As for Duolingo ... first of all, I am almost finished my in person Spanish class. Next Tuesday is the last day. So after that, I'll stop using Duolingo for Spanish and switch to Mandarin.

    As for the percent ... I open Duolingo on my phone, and right up there in the top right corner is 13%. I'm not sure how it will show me when I "sign up" for Mandarin too. Maybe I'll unsign for Spanish.


    Machka in Oz
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,139 Member
    Pip~ love Woody peeking up from under the bow :)
    well all the running around gave me a cold, so will pick up some Emergen C and just run a couple of errands today...going to the grand re opening of the grocery store where my son works which is a hop skip and a jump from here and go to the bank, and walk the dogs thats it, then back home and clean up a bit here and relax.. working tomorrow.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,778 Member
    Penny - The percentage is just up in the corner when you see the chart. Next to the number of days streak. I am now 48% fluent in Swedish. :laugh: I don't think so. :noway: I remember getting off the bus in Norway, having completed the whole Norwegian course on Duolingo, and not being able to speak a word! I did improve during the trip, but passive knowledge is not the same as active.

    My relationship with music is very fraught. I love music, but I get terrible "earworms" that can drive me insane. Some tunes just go round and round my head for days and sometimes all night. I daren't play "Graceland" , for example, or "Let it Go". Aaaaarrrrrgggghhh! "Human" by the Killers is another one. I love it, but it won’t leave me alone. :'(:#:o

    Going shopping with DH this afternoon to pick up stuff for Sunday lunch with his elder daughter and her boyfriend. DH is going to make his famous crumble. :D<3 It will be just a roast chicken with pigs in blankets that she requested - low key and no ceremony. B)

    Thanks Barbie for continuing this wonderful thread. I so value you all. <3 For December I would love to shed a pound or two. Just one would be great. I have gained three pounds over maintenance, so it really is time to get a grip.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    BARBIE thanks for Dec thread

    Loving all Christmas decoration pics, we don't put any up now as we are away for the holidays

    Kate UK <3
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Happy December to All! :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Machka- LOVE your new profile pic! That red dress looks fantastic on you!

    Thanks! That was me on Christmas Day 2 years ago. Unfortunately, I've put on a little bit of weight since then ... which I'm hoping to drop so I might be able to wear that dress again. :)

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,778 Member
    Machka - I too love that red dress! A great inducement to lose a couple of pounds. I bought a similar one this year and I love it. Red always cheers me up! <3

    Rori - So sorry to hear about your neighbour. The people we see every day are wrapped into the fabric of our lives. <3 The memorial get together sounds a good idea.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,245 Member
    :)Lisa, I read "10% Happier" by Dan Harris over a year ago and it was what helped me start on a daily meditation practice. I started with 5 minutes and added 5 seconds a day until I got to 16 minutes. I credit meditation for my peacefulness and acceptance of my surgery last year. Now I listen to Dan's podcast "10% Happier" where he interviews interesting people from all walks of life who meditate. It fuels and reinforces my daily practice. I found a place in my morning schedule for meditation and I highly recommend it,

    :) Jake arrived home safely by 7 AM yesterday. He woke up early and was the fourth car in line for the earliest ferry in the morning. He has to take it easy for four days so that leaves me with all the dog walking and any chore that requires lifting anything over 5 pounds. He wanted to go out to lunch so we could sit and talk without the distractions of dogs or watching "Jeopardy". After that we did a few errands and came home and watched the library video of the 1974 version of "Murder on the Orient Express".

    :) We don't decorate or bake or cook or buy gifts or observe holidays in any way, but I'm enjoying reading about all your preparations and decorations and adventures.

    <3 Barbie from NW Washington
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    edited December 2017
    Barbie - One reason I started meditating is that I have trouble falling asleep at night. My husband's head hits the pillow and 10 seconds later he's snoring, but I usually toss and turn for an hour or two before dropping off. I've discovered that a bit of meditation right before bed works wonders.

    At first I meditated in a chair or couch in the living room. Then I switched to sitting on the edge of the bed. Now I've learned that if I first undress and then do a 19-minute guided meditation sitting on the bed, I can sometimes fall asleep without noticing that I'm lying awake. Previously, I've usually been so hot that I had to keep adjusting the covers when I went to bed. I think undressing is contributing by lowering my body temperature before I even try to fall asleep.
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