WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018

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  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Lanette - no, we will sign in front of any notary here, and FedEx to the title company. As we're receiving money, instead of giving it out, it's a much less onerous process on our side.

    Lisa in NC
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited January 2018
    I have watched 4 episodes of Broken Brain. There is a lot of redundancy, with the main message to eat healthy fats & adequate protein, limit carbohydrates especially sugar & fructose, get enough sleep, and exercise daily including HIIT. Stay off the couch and on your feet. Stuff we know. It is reinforcing to hear it again, and although I am not learning anything new, I have renewed determination.

    Karen in Virginia
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,282 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Thanks again for Broken Brain, Lanette! It is full of good information.

    Yoga today and working toward getting ready for our trip east.

    Katla
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,317 Member
    Becca - So sorry to hear about your stepdad. I too had a wonderful step-father that I got in 9th grade. When I lost him it was hard. He told me when we got him that he didn't want to be my Dad, I had one of those already (who was still very much in my life), he just wanted to be my friend. And he was, he was one of my very best friends. He always considered me his daughter and my hubs his son. I was never a step to him. Hugs my friend!

    Okie
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,664 Member
    ryenday wrote: »
    Lanette regarding Intermittent Fasting. I don’t know if I mentioned this.

    Many people only find it hard the first couple of days. And they seem to find it hard because they keep thinking about food during the fasting time. Like any habit, it gets so much easier as you go along and you will quickly get to the point when you can do it without any thought - certainly without any hunger.

    I have been doing the 16: 8 (or 15:9 with my schedule now) for months. The only times I get tempted in the “off“ hours are when I see or read something about a specific food that makes me think about it. Right now the abundance of Valentine’s Day commercials are making me think about chocolates at night. I try to keep a cup of coffee or herbal tea with me at night and the temptations generally only last a brief moment.

    —-
    Still sick. The instant strep throat test was negative but nurse sent it in regular to be certain.

    Rye

    Rye - thank you for that info! I made it 14 hours which I think was good. I am using to eating dinner real early and being finished up by 4 pm -- but my body was used to my "2nd dinner" which started back in the snack cupboard at around 6 pm and lasting until I went to bed. >:) So I need to plan my one and only dinner better and get enough protein and good fat.

    Glad you don't have strep throat (maybe). Do you think you caught it from the sick folks at your workplace?

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,664 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Thanks again for Broken Brain, Lanette! It is full of good information.

    Yoga today and working toward getting ready for our trip east.

    Katla

    Katla
    - you are very welcome. When do you head east?

    Lanette
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    ryenday wrote: »
    Lanette regarding Intermittent Fasting. I don’t know if I mentioned this.

    Many people only find it hard the first couple of days. And they seem to find it hard because they keep thinking about food during the fasting time. Like any habit, it gets so much easier as you go along and you will quickly get to the point when you can do it without any thought - certainly without any hunger.

    I have been doing the 16: 8 (or 15:9 with my schedule now) for months. The only times I get tempted in the “off“ hours are when I see or read something about a specific food that makes me think about it. Right now the abundance of Valentine’s Day commercials are making me think about chocolates at night. I try to keep a cup of coffee or herbal tea with me at night and the temptations generally only last a brief moment.

    —-
    Still sick. The instant strep throat test was negative but nurse sent it in regular to be certain.

    Rye

    Rye - thank you for that info! I made it 14 hours which I think was good. I am using to eating dinner real early and being finished up by 4 pm -- but my body was used to my "2nd dinner" which started back in the snack cupboard at around 6 pm and lasting until I went to bed. >:) So I need to plan my one and only dinner better and get enough protein and good fat.

    Glad you don't have strep throat (maybe). Do you think you caught it from the sick folks at your workplace?

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State

    Ach! I am sick. I forgot the whole reason I posted this!

    TIP: get busy! Starting to intermittently fast is so much easier if you have made sure that you are busy during the fasting time. I planned a whole bunch of cleaned out the cupboard type of tasks for the first mornings when I started this process. As soon as I would think maybe I want to eat earlier than I planned, I would start cleaning a new cabinet. That made me forget all about food. Pretty soon the eating window time had rolled around and all was good.

    I think my co-workers are likely but not certainly the vector for my illness. :(
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    edited January 2018
    Monday, Monday....So good to me! :)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Becca - So sorry to hear about your stepdad. I too had a wonderful step-father that I got in 9th grade. When I lost him it was hard. He told me when we got him that he didn't want to be my Dad, I had one of those already (who was still very much in my life), he just wanted to be my friend. And he was, he was one of my very best friends. He always considered me his daughter and my hubs his son. I was never a step to him. Hugs my friend!

    Okie

    Oh you had an awesome stepfather! I remember the moment I heard his fancy business shoes clipping on our floors in the kitchen. A man sound, and quite a comfort! My father was a strange guy. My Mom said he turned 50 and funny, so hence the divorce. He told me once when I had my visitation with him that Barry Manilow sounds so amazing after you smoke pot!!! Geez, Dad way to act like a grown up... I also would call my father, dialing over and over until I was a puddle of tears. This was when I was a freshman in high school. My poor Mom had to clean up those drama filled moments. At one time I decided to call my birth father not my father but a friend. Because my definition of a father is someone that is there for me, and he was off finding himself. I have a particular memory of him and I playing a nice friendly game of tennis one visit. I hit the ball so hard, and he did too! Like two angry adult/children!
    Becca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Rye, Hope your throat feels better! When I was stationed in Japan, I was so sick. My girlfriend was dealing with a bladder infection, so we both limped to the ER on base. After both being seen, she asked what I had, and I garbled "strep throat". I asked what she had and she exclaimed Pregnant! So we joke that her son started out as a bladder infection!

    Get better soon!
    Becca
    Oregon
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    ydailey wrote: »
    Today is Answer Your Cat's Questions Day!

    "If you’re a cat person, you’ll no doubt wonder what your cat is thinking from time to time. What unsolved mysteries does your tabby ponder, hmm? Answers Your Cat’s Questions Day is a chance to find out, and to answer some of the big questions. Take some time and attempt to work out what questions your cat is asking, and make a concerted effort to fill in the blanks." Riiiight. I think the only question my cats ponder is when I'm going to feed them again.


    Blessings and a happy new year to you all!

    -Yvonne in TX

    LOL! Too true!

    You were missed, so sorry to hear about your father and glad to hear you are taking care of yourself!
  • lorig_2000
    lorig_2000 Posts: 106 Member
    Hi I’m back to MFP after 6 years away. How do I join this group?
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited January 2018
    lorig_2000 - you've joined just by posting. Not a group, but a thread, which will start clean once more at the beginning of February. They're a great group. Just tell us what name you'd like to be called by, and a general or specific location.

    Vic in Missouri - welcome, as well!

    I'm taking a brain-break from all the grants, and because my 3 p.m. meeting got postponed to 5 p.m., I've got time to breathe for a minute. The days do just fly by when I'm so busy, which makes me happy. Not so happy about a 5 p.m. meeting, but it could be worse.

    Lisa in NC
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    You are in just by posting!

    Carol from GA
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    I'm in.

    January/February resolutions--
    No refined sugar (and as few as possible refined carbs) on weekdays. Maybe a glass of wine, but mostly save alcohol for weekend.
    And no going crazy on weekend, just allowing small treats.

    The last 6 years of my weight management have been brutal. I've got to turn things around! But my body doesnt respond like it did at age 40!
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,721 Member
    edited January 2018
    This is the first three verses of The Address to a Haggis. It is an eight verse poem. We usually read these, in a Scottish accent, and then the last verse. At the appropriate moment in the third verse you plunge your large carving knife (dagger) into the haggis.

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    The translation is there.

    Wendy - That is something I have considered from time to time, when my writing wasn't going so well. I am able to easily envisage sequences and detail. And pitfalls. However, I have a tendency towards perfectionism and can easily drive myself nuts. I also have a reputation for long, excellent meals etc and I am shying away from the expectation as it is too much of a burden, now my writing is serious again.The last twice we had guests we went to the local pub! I still provided cocktails and nibbles before and homemade truffles when we got back. :o
    My motto for years has been DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. I have to stick to that to avoid it driving me mad.

    Yvonne - so sorry to hear about your dad. I suppose the only blessing was that it was quick. But such a shock! (((HUGS)))

    Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    Hi ladies,

    Lisa, that’s wonderful news about the warehouse paperwork. Good start to the week.

    Heather, good news about the potential building. Congrats on the c25K!

    Karen, glad to hear the new job went well.

    Penny, cute pic!

    Allie, I’m not surprised that you didn’t sleep. I’m sure your dad dying was quite a shock. Hope your brother behaves himself. If not, just walk away.

    Tere, sorry to hear your college classmate passed on Saturday. So sad that she lost hope. Yeah on the 10 lbs! That’s wonderful. Enjoy your company.

    Rye, sorry you still aren’t feeling wall. This has been a bad year for colds and flu.

    Yvonne, I’m sorry to hear about your dad. I’m sure you took good care of him at the end and make his transition peaceful. (((Hugs)))

    Vic, welcome!

    Lorig_2000, you joined the group when you posted. Just tell us a little about yourself and what name you would like to use.

    Got up this morning and did my 1- min kettlebell exercises. But found out doing it isn’t he a.m. isn’t going to work as I got so sweaty that I didn’t have time to cool down before I had to shower and get ready for work. Looks like I’ll have to do it after work instead.

    Eating going well so far today which feels good. I do feel like I want to eat, like I did when I first started with MFP but I know that will be away over time. Going to have to just push through. I’d like to get below 200 again before my birthday in February. I only must lose 3 lbs so I should be able to do that.

    ?Well, got to get back to work.

    Terry in VT