WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013
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didn't get as much on the pedometer as I wanted ,but at least its something
under calorie count,but over on the sugar:grumble:
keepin my finger's crossed that when I step on the scale tomorrow it will still be on the downward slide.
Once I hit the 50lb mark trying to figure some way to celebrate..:bigsmile:0 -
Hello All,
Just a quick note. I got my pedometer today and am eager to try it out tomorrow. I will just do my normal routine to see how many steps I have been doing and then will find ways to increase it.
My DH retired about 3 years ago and is loving it. He often says he doesn't know how he ever found the time to go to work. He volunteers at church, leads a Celebrate Recovery group two nights a week and helps with the foster dogs. One of the dogs is getting a little heavy so he takes him for a walk around a lake (about 2 miles) 3 times a week if weather permits. He has also taken up fly fishing and asked for a metal detector last Christmas. He loves spending time outdoors. I have about 1 1/2 years until I can retire and am really looking forward to it. We have been married just 9 years so we want to spend time together to make up for lost time. We both love to travel and plan a vacation yearly at a place neither one of us have been to yet. We have a trip planned for Montana next summer.
I tried the plank for the first time and held it for a grand total of 45 seconds. :blushing: Planning on doing each day and hope to see improvement.
Welcome to all of the newcomers and I hope everyone is enjoying their evening.
Tina in Maryland0 -
Hi ladies. Today was my first “real” day back at work. So to catch you up on the weekend, Saturday we had our friends over for dinner…the snacky food…and it was a blast. We watched Batman The Dark Night Rises. We had a great time and our friends who normally go home by 9 stayed til 10, so I think that was a sign they had fun too. Sunday I took DD#2 shopping and had quite a fun time. She has matured so much in the last few months. She even bought me a bottle of nail polish (I’m addicted) for taking her shopping. She is very slender and can pull off all kinds of dramatic looks, so she got some great clothes that make her look fabulous!
Then another blow up with DD#1. I feel like I live in an insane asylum. I have no idea what to do with her. She is so totally incapable of even the smallest tasks and refused to try to think about things or take suggestions, so I am at my wits’ end.
Today I finally called the doctor’s office about the blood work I had done last week. Thyroid and basic metabolic panel were normal but my fasting blood glucose was 140 and my hemoglobin A1C was 6.5. I am so disappointed in these results. After losing 25 pounds, eating right, exercising a ton, NOW I’m a diabetic? Tomorrow is my employee health screening, so I’ll have them again plus lipid panel, then I’ll have to check in with the doc to see what to do next.
Cindy great loss on your weight loss! Wow your adventure being locked out sounds like something in the movies!
Alison: great news on your weight loss!
Michele: I agree about the sodium in restaurant food. It seems to be the predominant taste most places!
Gail: woo hoo on the weight loss!
Yanniejannie: I agree with you to not panic because you are right that you could not have eaten that much! It will be gone in no time!
Anamika: I so love eating but it is so hard to stay on track. I do look the place up and check out their nutrition information, but sometimes there are no good choices healthy food wise! At least you had a nice visit!
Robin: I’m glad you were able to manage the freezer issue calmly!
Rebel: so glad to see you back!
Pat: good for you to get to that AlAnon meeting!
Sonja: all those festivals sound like so much fun!
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told DH when he retires I better not be here writing how he drives me nuts LOL. He will retire in about 5 years. I went to work today for the first time ever wishing I didn’t have to.
Well take care my friends. Meg from hot Omaha0 -
Just a pop-in to say hello. Hello!!
Caught up on the posts, but no time to respond.
Kate in Brooklyn :flowerforyou:0 -
WOW where does the time go. I have read and am up to date, but this day is almost gone so going to bed and hope tomorrow I get more done. Have a good night and keep logging.
Blessed! Vicki GI NE0 -
Gail - you've gotten to the point where monitoring is just second nature to you! congrats! You know, I got an email today about rummikub tomorrow night. The lady said that she was going to make salads (chicken, egg, pimento cheese <weird> and seafood, which usually translates into lots of mayo) she'll have turkey and ham sandwiches on mini croissants (why does it have to be a croissant?) with tomatoes and lettuce (good) and brownies for dessert (mmmmm..I don't know) The first thing I thought of was "is there something fairly decent? Well, the lettuce and tomatoes are.
Liz - glad you're enjoying the cooler temps, we aren't having them. Yesterday they were predicting that the high on Thurs would be 67, but I see weather.com has now bumped that up. A plank is an exercise for your ab muscles where you are on your toes and also on your forearms (or full arms extended), you keep your body in a straight line. You can see videos of it on utube to see just how it's done if my explanation isn't as clear as it should be.n I understand that some farmers even add MSG to their soil so that their crops are sweeter!
Trish and Joyce - oh how I remember the first time Jessica went off to college. She's my first. After taking her to the college, we went to our Lady of (I'm going to misspell this) Chanstokova which is right by her school and went into the chapel there
Cindy - what an adventure you had!
Deb - the man called, he'll be able to put up the baseboards Friday or Saturday. That gives me one week to clean (boy, is the bathroom downstairs a mess but I can't get to it right now). I do hope we have nice weather, at least no rain, but if not, then we'll be inside. Fortunately, our house is large enough. Oh, dear, I hate when something gets flooded. Hope things work out and nothing's permanently damaged.
katla - that's so nice of the restaurant to make you food without sodium or MSG.
Eileen - when Vince retired, I think he expected that I'd change my schedule to meet his. Not going to happen! For 23 years the kids would go off to school, he'd go to work, and I'd have the day to myself. I wasn't going to give up my friends because he retired. One time I said to him after he was telling me how to cook dinner (like I hadn't done it before) to "just go downstairs, just go downstairs". Eventually, he got his hobbies, his trains and computers and music. But at first he really didn't know what to do with himself
Just got back from mahjongg, didn't maj once.
Did the extremepump class today, tomorrow I'll do incline intervals at the Y. I'll ask them if I can do my step DVD there on Wed. a.m. and I'll need to use their weights on Thurs a.m.
Karen - welcome. Where are you going?
KABH - WTG on the plank!
Robin - in some ways, I can't wait for my freezer to die. I really would like a larger one. I know, I know, when we were buying it Vince asked me if I wanted the larger one and I said "no", but now I really regret it. Is yours an upright or chest?
Pat - I can't think of a way to close off part of the house while the baseboard is being put up. Everything is open. Looks like I'll have to clean, clean, clean when he's done.
katla - that is so terrible about the flowers!
Looks like I'm spending too much time at home, the minute I get back, Vince wants my total attention. Tomorrow is going to be "one of those days". I really want to go to mahjongg in the afternoon then I have Rummikub in the evening. There's nothing I can do at home until the baseboard goes up, then I'll have lots and lots to do. Did some shopping today for the social. It's just me, but I want to be sure there's plenty of food so I got chips (fortunately, Vince likes them), pretzels, some Goldfish (Jessica likes them so I'll give her the leftovers), the things I needed (except for one type of cookie) for decorating the cake. Well, off to log my food now.
Michele in NC0 -
Just caught up with the day's posts. DBF retired more than 20 years ago and has no hobbies which doesn't help his general well-being. At one time we lived together, but now I have my own house and he lives in apartment just down the road, but I can tell him to go home when I've had enough.
Today I went over to help him with the fridge, which must have been on the fritz for more than just yesterday as everything in the freezer was thawed and not even cold.
There were about 6 or 8 bags of stuff that went down the chute into the garbage can. A few bits I brought home and have in my fridge. He is supposed to get a new one either tomorrow or the day after. He came back here for dinner because he had nothing left. I had a couple of things that he did on the barbecue and I did the veggies.
I hope that he can sleep better tonight because last night he didn't sleep well, worrying about the fridge.
Good night all.0 -
I forgot to mention about my most recent NSV, My CPAP straps don't leave much of an indentation on my face when I get up in the morning!!!! I will be so glad when there is no indentation. Of course it could be because I haven't gotten any new straps for over 2 years now. The tubing is broke in several places and it is duct taped to make it air tight!!!! My duct tape is this fire looking tape that some one thought I would like. I put it away because it was so ugly but it has come in handy when the cat tries to chew through my cords and the CPAP tubing.
Joyce0 -
morning ladies,
im up and cooking chicken, im in my gym clothes and having my lemon water.. as soon as the chicken is done will head over to the gym..0 -
Good morning ladies from a London with blue skies and cooler weather.
We finally have our broadband and Wi-Fi working again at home. My relief knows no bounds! I was beginning to get extremely grumpy about it all.
I'm wearing the hernia belt .... not loving it, but it has to be done for a while. It's not at all comfortable, especially when my IBS starts raging. What an old wreck I am!
Well, I'm at work so I suppose I should actually do some.
Have a good day my friends.
Love to all.
Amanda x0 -
Morning everyone:
Heather ; What a sweet love story
Karen: join us often, I've always said I am a yo-yo exerciser and when I don't exercise my wicked ways catch up with me
Barbie: early morning suits me too. My walk was a little later yesterday and I really had to watch out for the people hurrying to work. I'm going out much earlier today
Robin: sorry about the freezer. I've had to deal with that before.
For all of you with retired husbands Jeanne Robertson from NC is pretty funny here's the link
http://youtu.be/TWCRZjUGVO4
Pat: I locked my kids in the car once and totally lost it. They were both strapped into their car seats so the one old enough to open the door lock couldn't have helped even if she had wanted too.
Sonja: sounds like you had a fun weekend
Katla: I'm sure that was very frustrating but I hope it has all sorted itself out by now
Meg: sorry about your blood work. I saw that I am high risk because of waist to hip ratio that I have a good chance of diabetes and that is what has started me back on getting fit. But age related diabetes does run in my family. I hope I can keep it at bay
Well I've tried the open document copy & paste method to respond to everyone; Still takes a long time but I'm glad someone told us how to do it.
I know I haven't posted to everyone but my timer is dinging and I have got to exercise. I've got some helpers coming today to help me wash the painted parts of my front porch and if I don't get my exercise in now it just won't happen.
I hope everyone has a good day!
Cindy0 -
Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
I have no time this morning:sad: !!! But I just have to reply to a couple of post!
Katla I had a similar thing happen with an on line florist 
, it took forever to get them to credit my credit card back:explode: , keep an eye on it. I emailed the company and told them I would never recommend them to anyone and threatened to turn them into the BBB. They got it straightened out after that.
Cindy Funny story, when my youngest granddaughter was about 2, my daughter went out to get the mail (on the front porch) and the little one shut the door, it was locked, my daughter was locked out of the house and had no phone with her, she ran to the neighbors house and called the police dept. they came and tried to break into the house, had no luck and had to call a locksmith, the entire time the little one was standing at the dining room window looking out at them. My daughter was so afraid they would arrest her for child neglect :laugh: . I have an embarrassing story of locking myself out while in my pj`s on Thanksgiving morning one year:embarassed: , but I have no time to tell it now!
Have a wonderful day ladies! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!
Hugs,
DeeDee in cloudy gray NC:frown:0 -
back from gym,did a little bit of elliptical,little bit of stationary bike, and did the machines..
feelin good..reminds me of the movie trading places-remember that one,dan ackroid and eddie murphy..
feeling good louis, lookin good :laugh:
anyway was up at 4:15 , got the DH dinner set and lunch for him tomorrow..
me I am taking a sweet potato and veggies for lunch today, then I snack during the rest of the time.. but it is all logged..
I am working until 6 tonight so might add more snacks..
gonna hop in the shower and get ready for work and then take the boys for a walk before we get the rain0 -
Just got back from my morning walk. and yes you better believe I made sure I had my keys today!
My husband was impressed and thought I was very resourceful too. but determined was more like it.
Gotta hurry, I've got to go & pick up my helpers in about 30 min.
Cindy0 -
good morning ---
RE: locked out of the house, we have a keypad on the garage door - very convenient!
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Today I finally called the doctor’s office about the blood work I had done last week. Thyroid and basic metabolic panel were normal but my fasting blood glucose was 140 and my hemoglobin A1C was 6.5. I am so disappointed in these results. After losing 25 pounds, eating right, exercising a ton, NOW I’m a diabetic? Tomorrow is my employee health screening, so I’ll have them again plus lipid panel, then I’ll have to check in with the doc to see what to do next.
:brokenheart: Meg, I know how you feel......in February when I went to the see the doctor, I expected a good report on my health thanks to all my good eating and exercise.....instead she told me to put on some weight---that I'd gotten too thin to be healthy and then the results of my bone density scan showed the beginnings of osteoporosis in spite of dancing three days a week, walking 20,000+ steps a day, strength training, and eating a diet filled with calcium and protein. My first response about the bone density scan was "could the machine have made a mistake?".....she agreed with me that it wasn't fair and although she didn't hug me when it looked like I was going to cry, she patted my knee.
When I left her office I was filled with the feeling of "what's the use?"......it seemed like there was no point in all the health related things I'd been doing and all was for nothing. I had to dig deep into all my spiritual resources and take it one minute at a time to get out of the overwhelming sense of despair.
I have continued doing what I was doing. I put on a few pounds so now my skinniest jeans don't fit anymore and in two weeks I trek over to Seattle to see an osteoporosis specialist. I plan to go with an open mind.
hugs, to you.
Barbie0 -
Good Tuesday morning
Dull and grey here at the moment and it rained hard about 3:30 a.m. The noise of the rain made me visit the littlest room, but I was able to go back to sleep.
Teaching this afternoon, if I have any students turn up. It is very hit and miss in the summer as everyone has something better to do! I must remind them that next week I'm lawn bowling all day in a tournament so there will be no class.
Last night, working on the last piece of lace for my portfolio, I noticed that I'd made 2 mistakes right near the beginning, so I'm going to print the pattern again today and start a replacement piece right away as I am restricted in the time available.
So, off to make lace!!0 -
Just got DGS up from his lunchtime nap. He sleeps for 2 hours, so cue for me to have a nap on the sofa! I think DH dozed off for a bit as well. He has been doing the bulk of the minding, crawling about on the floor today pushing farm tractors back and forward. I just do the Funny Faces sticker book.:laugh: :bigsmile:
We had an expedition to the local shop today, stopping to smell every flower and touch every leaf. Some workmen were digging a hole - great excitement! It's a Turkish community round here so we had a wonderful time choosing flatbreads, olives, hummus, falafels and strawberries for lunch. I had to resist the delicious flatbreads stuffed with minced meat. :sad: The bread is to die for - I had one small piece!
DDIL will be back from work and her scan in a few minutes when we will pack up and run for the trains. Hope to be home by 6.30.
Next week DGS is coming to stay with us so we might get a better night's sleep. Anything less than a superking is too small these days! And I had to climb over DH to get out in the night for the bathroom. Too old for all that.
Katla- I used to be almost crippled in the morning, taking ages to loosen up. Getting up in the night was a major expedition. It is much better now with the lost weight, but I don't exactly bounce out of bed!!!
See you later folks, I'm needed for a round of Old Macdonald.:laugh:
Heather in North London, UK0 -
Meg: Good luck with sorting out the implications of your blood work. Getting the doctor’s input will be a start. :flowerforyou: Your daughters are quite a pair of opposites. I’m wishing you the gifts of patience and wisdom. As a mom, you’ll need them both.
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Michele: I wonder if your rummikkub hostess is a Paula Deen fan. Seems like she wants to put out a good number of rich foods for everyone. Good luck finding suitable snacks—or abstaining.:flowerforyou:
Joyce: Duct tape is one of the top inventions of the century, in my opinion. It isn’t glamorous, but it works. The other is WD 40. If it moves and shouldn’t, use duct tape. If it doesn’t move and should, use WD 40. (One of our old favorite sayings.) We watched a Mythbusters episode on duct tape and it was amazing what that stuff did. They even made a sailboat out of it and salied it on San Francisco Bay.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Amanda: I’m glad you’re getting nice weather. Heat and a hernia belt would be an unpleasant combination, I think. :flowerforyou:
Cindy: I’m glad the word document is working out for you. It is a huge improvement over writing a long response and having a computer glitch lose the whole thing. It only took a couple of times to teach me the lesson. :grumble: Have a great day.:bigsmile:
DeeDee: You naughty tease. Now you’re in for it. You have to tell us the story of locking yourself outside in PJ’s on Thanksgiving.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
Gail: We also have a keypad on the garage door, and a combination lock box on the deck with a house key. The second item is needed because we shut off power to the garage door opener when we’re going to be gone for a trip. Our kids sometimes check on the house, and had to break in by climbing to a second floor balcony a couple of years ago.:noway:
My neighbor adopted a dog from the animal shelter two weeks ago. He’s a cute little thing and smart, and he is changing her life for the better. Thanks to him, she’s getting out of the house, exercising and socializing more. We went on two walks together yesterday. We have two animal organizations in one facility in our little town. One is Animal Control and the other is the Humane Society. The Humane Society operates a “No Kill” shelter, so when the Animal Control pets reach their time limit, they get transferred to the Humane Society instead of killed. Cheeto was shipped up here from a kill facility in LA and now he’s bringing joy into my neighbor’s life and she’s bringing the security of a home and happiness of being loved into his. It is a good deal for both of them.:flowerforyou:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
August goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 2 glasses of water daily.0 -
Hi there, happy Tues!
Just have a sec to pop in, I'm about to start shucking corn and prepare it for the freezer, then tackle the 3 gallons of huckleberries we picked over the weekend on our annual excursion to Mt. Adams in WA. They'll need a quick rinse to remove the few leaves and stems, then a quick dry with a towel, and into the freezer they go. Made huckleberry muffins yesterday, I'll make a batch of jam this morning, too, if I have time before going to work.
Showing huckleberries in my pic, in case you didn't know what they looked like.
The gardens are producing like mad, millions of raspberries, corn, squash, beans, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, greens, broccoli, red cabbage, celery, carrots, potatoes, scallions and leeks. Yikes, I'll be busy for a couple of months!
Needing to restart my Phase 2 plan - the weekend of camping caused me to take a bit of a wrong turn. :blushing: Then I had to go and make those muffins yesterday! Silly. But yummy!! I can have just ONE today, that's it. And no other bread at all.
Good day to all, jb in Portland 0 -
Cindy – congratulations on the loss. I find weekends the hardest to stick to a meal plan and to drink enough water. You are very determined, it's awesome that you were able to get back into your house.
Grandmallie – congrats on the loss – woohooo. So happy to hear you will get a replacement for your fitbit. I’ve become quite attached to mine :laugh: You exhaust me just reading what you get done in a day :ohwell: I bought myself a new charm for my charm bracelet when I hit the 50 lb loss. My bracelet has become a tribute to all my hard work. I hope you find something that will mean a great deal to you too.
Katla – I wake up every morning stiff & sore, some mornings it’s hard to get out of bed.
Yanniejannie – yikes I hope that there isn’t too much damage to your kitchen.
Genealace – amazing results of your bone density test…doing the happy dance
Suzy – wow 18,000 + steps that’s amazing
Karen – welcome, I’m sure you will find great support here. It’s a wonderful bunch of women.
Jill – thanks for the alternate to the plank on the floor. The arthritis in my knees make it difficult to be get down on the floor. Actually truth be told, it’s more getting up off the floor that is just as difficult :noway:
Pat – I’m so sorry to hear about your brother. You have so much going on, try and be gentle with yourself. I’m glad you made it to the Al-anon meeting. I’ve had such a great experience with them. I too am a “fixer” so I completely understand.
Tina – when I got my fitbit it was a real eye opener on how much I did not move in a regular day. It has given me more motivation to move more.
Amanda – great news about your wifi – reminds me of that saying “a clean house is the sign of a broken computer” :laugh:
Meg: sorry about your blood work – I’m hoping that the next test shows that it’s back to normal and that it was just a fluke test. We as parents need a boat load of patience. I've always said that patience is a virture just not one of mine :laugh:
Jb – oh my the huckleberries sound wonderful. I don’t think I could have just one muffin. You have amazing willpower
Thank you all for your support in regards to my shopping for running shoes. I can't seem to stand up for myself but when it comes to my kids .... I'm a momma bear when it comes to them. I know that it started growing up, my mother always told me I wasn't worth it, that I was useless and then married a man that continued on with that theme. I left him after 10 years of marriage, he didn't let me go and stalked me for years. I freed myself from my mother as well not long after that. I have shopped online and remained hidden away from the world (with the exception of work) for the last 6 years. I am determined to get myself some good running shoes and will attempt this weekend going to a different store. I do have to say that it's causing me great anxiety and I keep thinking about snacking but I haven't. I did have pizza last night but I was still under my calorie limit. :ohwell:
I need to do this for me! I've never done anything for just me.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Tuedsay. Sandy from Ontario 0 -
Hi, everyone. I'm mourning my washer
the repairman (a guy I know and trust) says that my 30yr. old Maytag has done its duty and REALLY needs to go to the scrap heap. He says the closest to my old one I will be able to find is a Speed Queen...........not a brand you hear every day anymore; anybody have one of these? He also told me which brands to avoid based on his repair knowledge and experience...........so, I'll check with Consumer's Reports and go from there in combination with his picks, I suppose.
Meg..........wow, what a shock.........I know I would be in such a state of upheaval and depression...........learning the severity of the osteoporsis left me very sad and actually outraged at my own body for a long time.....well, maybe "betrayed" is a better word..........wish you the best
Got to run,
yanniejannie0 -
Happy tues!!Gonna be a good day!!
Cooler weather!!
HUGS0 -
Happy Tuesday, Ladies! When I weighed in this morning, I was surprised by a little over a pound loss. I am feeling bloated and crampy, so I really thought I had gained. Happy Me! :drinker: I am going to the dr this afternoon, so it should make him smile, too.
It is going back up into the triple digits down here for most of the week, maybe that will motivate me back to the pool. I just don't know why I have been such a slug lately about the exercise.
Genealace- K.T. Oslin recorded a song years ago titled "Live Close By and Vist Often". I like that philosophy! I don't know what I will do when Bill actually sells the hunting camp and thinks he will move in here full time! :ohwell:
Amanda- I am so sorry that you are so uncomfortable! Those hernia belts are not much fun; I have a friend back home who had to wear one, and she hated it!
Sandy- You are such a sweetie! I teared up when I read the paragraph about your life. You have done some very difficult things to take care of yourself, and you should be very proud. I am glad that Al-Anon was good for you, it gives me hope. I understand about the hiding away from the world. It is tempting to just walk off and not tell anyone where I am going, so I really do understand how much it has taken you to to come out into the light. Good Work, my Friend.
YannieJannie- Whatever brand you buy, do not buy one without an agitator. The new machines that shoot the water in and never actually hold the water in the tub do not get the clothes clean, and they make the clothes so wrinkled that you have to iron everything. I have hated my 'fancy' new washer since the day I bought it , can you tell?
Well, I have to go back and finish yesterday's dairy. I remembered it as I was crawling into bed, and just continued the crawl!:blushing: Oh, well, better late than never!
Have a great Tuesday!
Pat (Phoo in Az)0 -
Must come back in and offer my support to SANDY. You deserve those shoes - big time! Just think of us all standing behind you in the shop and speak up! Loud! We want to hear you have got those shoes. I think the email to the company is a great idea. It's always better to do something rather than nothing. It gives you POWER, ! ! Today we reprimanded a guy who was on his mobile in the Quiet Carriage. He didn't even know and apologised. Some people are just plain stupid!
I am going to ask for my postage back from John Lewis, who mailed my DDIL the wrong snow suit. The order is plain to see on the receipt, the packer put the wrong one in. They are my favourite company and have been amazing with compensation in the past so I know I will get it. The company is owned by the shop workers and was the only one to make a profit in the recession. Most British love it.
Well done to yanniejannie for getting her money back. DH is a marvel at fighting these companies - he has got miracles out of them. The British are renowned for not complaining, we are the opposite and it definitely pays dividends. We are behind you, stand up for yourself!
Back at home now. Lovely. We adore DGS but it's nice to come home and relax!
Love to you all, HeatherUK 0 -
I've really been slacking for the last month or so. I don't know what happened to me. :sad: One thing that derailed me was my birthday. I had a ball and all the martinis :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: were showing up on the scale for the last 3 weeks that was so discouraging - especially to the tune of a four pound gain! But my wonderfully encouraging SO talked to me about going to the gym everyday last week, kept a hawk eye on what I was eating and snacking, and practically dragged me to the gym on yesterday. It was wonderful. Thankfully, Storm (the Doberman) continually demanded to be walked everyday! So the damage was not as bad as I thought. So here I am again, starting over. Today I can post that I did get rid of the extra 4 pounds! Yeah me! I am going to try not to let the lazies catch hold of me again. I am pleased to know that the extra gain came from the many extra celebratory martinis and can truthfully say I have accomplished a change in my eating habits!
Thanks for listening Pals even though I stayed away in same :sad: I missed all of you!0 -
I am just plugging along today. I will have to dreadmill tonight since I am at training today and don't get any steps on my fitbit. Getting ready for Alaska and being happy with the new job.
Michele - My freezer is an upright. I debated on the 20.5 cubic foot versus 15.8 cubic foot. the cost was a lot different and we decided that I just didn't need that much freezer so I stuck with the 15.8. I like the uprights so I can get to and see what I have in the freezer.
Renny - glad you are back.
Amanda - glad to see your wifi issue is fixed.0 -
Happy Tuesday afternoon. It has been rainning here alday. Glad my DS and DDIL got the yard mowed yesterday. They are such a Blessing, not sure why but they dicided they would do the mowing this year and show up every week and do it. Last summer our DD and her SO were going to mow it for the summer and we had their car repaired. Well they never showed up and kept saying they were too busy. Guess we learned.
Heather- sounds like DGS has kept you busy. I agree I never sleep well if not at home. But I love the time I spend with my GC, they keep me young.
Joyce- Great news about your BM. Since I have been eating less it seems I am having issues. I have started taking a stool softener. But taking it at night so maybe that is the problem. Today I started taking it in the morning with my pills and see if that makes a difference. I remember working in the Skilled unit of the hospital and most the patients talked about theirs alot and I thought I would never be like that. Little did I realize, LOL I find I myself better with my GC. I believe it is because I know I am not responable for them all the time and less stressed. I would love to have done alot of things different when the kids were growing up but I think I did the best I could with what I knew. One of my GD love duck tape. thats all she wanted for her birthday. She makes all kinds of things with it. So got her several rolls with different designs for Christmas.
Jane- Congrates on the loss
Sandy- When things like that happed to me at a store I am afraid to speak up, but what I do is go home and call the store manager and let them know they lost a sale.. You worth alot and I understand about hiding. for over 2 years when my DS was little I never went out of the house. Thank God I found a way to get out.
Welcome to all the new people. You have come to the right place for support and friendship.
Gail-What a nice evening. DH sure sounds like a keeper, does he give lessons? I can't complain my DH is very supportive and I have learned over the years if I need something I have to speak up as he does not read minds.
Cindy- glad you got into the house safely. I would of been to scared to do what you did.
Katila- for several years I slept in the recliner as could not sleep in the bed. Since I have lost some weight I can now sleep in the bed. DH would sleep in the other recliner and he is happy to be back in bed. When I first get up my back is sore, but by the time I am done with my shower it is better.
Jill- I tried the seated plank. I can do that. Getting on the floor is not a good idea for me as would take along time to get up, my knee will not take me being on them.
Pat- Good loss. Keeping you and your brother and sister in our prayers.
Well everyone have a good rest of the day. Blessed! vicki GI NE0 -
Got a 50 min walk in with Violet and we went to Subway for lunch(walking there).Stopped at a park,
Fun day!!
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JB from Portland: Your huckleberries look good, and your garden is amazing. Enjoy.:bigsmile:
Sandy from Ontario: I guess misery really does love company because it is nice to know I’m not the only one who wakes up hurting.
On the other hand, it would be much nicer if all of us woke up feeling great every morning.:happy:
yanniejannie: DH and I replaced our loser front-loader set with a Speed Queen set. (Traditional agitator washer and accompanying drier.) We LOVE it! And it is made in America. We got the large size so we can wash King sized quilts and comforters.:flowerforyou:
Robin & Michele: DH bought the last freezer and it isn’t as big as the one it replaced. :frown: We’re thinking of giving it to one of the kids and getting a bigger one. Long ago we had a chest freezer. They are very efficient energy wise, but trying to find something in the bottom is not fun. DD fell in in to the bottom of it the week before Thanksgiving when I asked her to get the turkey out to thaw. She was only wearing a towel. :blushing: We replaced the chest freezer not long after that. We put in on the driveway with a “for sale” sign on it and sold it the first hour.:bigsmile:
While waiting for the doors to be unlocked at yoga this morning, one of my classmates said that the cook at Meals on Wheels was severely overweight and had recently lost quite a bit. The classmate went on to relate that the woman’s doctor was furious and the woman had been using an app—MyFitnessPal. I said that I’d been using MFP since October and it has been wonderful. She didn’t say another word about it. Maybe she was embarrassed.:embarassed: I wonder why people want to jump so quickly into the blame game. :huh: Lots of good things are misused with bad results, not that I’m saying the woman who was losing weight was misusing anything. I don’t have the facts of the matter. She was obviously losing a lot of weight and I gather the doctor was worried about how fast she was losing. It is my classmate I’m wondering about.:huh:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
August goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 2 glasses of water daily.0
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