WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

Machka9

A couple interesting articles ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43308729
How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining
Doing lots of exercise in older age can prevent the immune system from declining and protect people against infections, scientists say.
They followed 125 long-distance cyclists, some now in their 80s, and found they had the immune systems of 20-year-olds.
(Read article for more ...)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/08/cycling-keeps-your-immune-system-young-study-finds
Cycling keeps your immune system young, study finds
Cycling can hold back the effects of ageing and rejuvenate the immune system, a study has found.
Scientists carried out tests on 125 amateur cyclists aged 55 to 79 and compared them with healthy adults from a wide age group who did not exercise regularly.
The findings, outlined in two papers in the journal Aging Cell, showed that the cyclists preserved muscle mass and strength with age while maintaining stable levels of body fat and cholesterol. In men, testosterone levels remained high.
More surprisingly, the anti-ageing effects of cycling appeared to extend to the immune system.
(Read article for more ...)


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2161873-cycling-in-later-life-makes-you-less-likely-to-have-a-bad-fall/?utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=SOC&utm_campaign=hoot&cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2016-GLOBAL-hoot
Cycling in later life makes you less likely to have a bad fall

This is a "subscriber" article, but they've also got a video on Facebook which basically indicates that cycling helps people with their balance.


Machka in Oz

coastalgosgal

Ooh Saturday at Fred Meyers groceries, they have a 99 cents sale for Nature Valley bars, and Fiber One bites! Plus I'm getting some fruit cups!
Thanks for the great suggestions ladies!!
Becca

Katla49

Lanette: I have had issues with scotch broom since childhood and so have many people I know. We got rid of some on our property and I've noticed less when we travel to the coast than I used to notice. I found this online:

Scotch broom is beautiful, but noxious

July 31, 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Although admired for its yellow blooms, the Scotch broom shrub has become an invasive species throughout the Pacific Northwest, where it competes with native plants and forms dense stands that are difficult to manage and remove.
Scotch broom was introduced from Europe as a garden ornamental by early settlers of the Pacific Coast. Later it was used to prevent erosion and stabilize banks and sand dunes. The woody shrub establishes quickly in disturbed areas, according to Andy Hulting, a weed specialist for the Oregon State University Extension Service.
"Its invasive habit and economic costs have landed Scotch broom on the State Weed Board's list of noxious weeds, along with its relatives French, Portuguese and Spanish brooms and gorse," Hulting said. Scotch broom costs Oregonians an estimated $40 million per year in lost timber revenue and control efforts.
What can you do to control this noxious weed? Prevention is the best method, especially in areas where the ground and other plants have been disturbed by overgrazing or development, Hulting said. Care should be taken not to transport soil that is contaminated with Scotch broom seeds.
"Quickly re-vegetate disturbed sites with fast-growing, competitive native plants to limit Scotch broom spread," he said. "Native trees (such as Douglas-fir or red alder), shrubs (such as woods rose, currants and snowberry) and native grass mixes can help prevent and slow Scotch broom infestations."
OSU Extension recommends that you learn to identify Scotch broom and the other non-native broom species in the Pacific Northwest that have the potential to become weedy. The publication, Scotch Broom (PNW 103), which has color photos, identification information and control measures, is available online.
If you find Scotch broom on your property, Hulting recommends:
• Dig it up, including the crown.
• Cut it back to the ground each year before it sets seed.
• Keep an eye out for seedlings each spring and pull them up, roots and all, while they are small.

Since Scotch broom seed lasts for years in the soil, vigilance is necessary to prevent reinvasion by new seedlings.
Several broad-spectrum herbicides, including glyphosate and imazapyr, can be effective in controlling Scotch broom infestations. Avoid spraying when plants are blooming; the flowers can prevent thorough coverage to plant tissues.
"Be careful when using herbicides to minimize drift and injury to non-targeted plants," Hulting warned. If you are unsure about the use of herbicides, contact your county Extension educator.
Remember to wear protective clothing, read the label and follow instructions, and be cautious. You can be liable for injury or damage from herbicide use.
Scientists continue to investigate biological control possibilities for Scotch broom and other noxious weeds. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has released a species of seed weevil whose larvae feed on the developing Scotch broom seedpods. They can destroy up to about 80 percent of the broom seed inside the pods.
You can pop open a mature, brown Scotch broom seedpod to see if seed weevils are working. Look for tiny white larvae. Do not spray plants with seed weevils.
Author: Judy Scott
Source: AndY Hulting
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Machka: I love the links about the benefits of cycling. I am so glad you shared. DH & I used to cycle, & even bought terra trikes when his balance started to be problematic. It was beneficial, but eventually the MS was too much for him to continue. :sad: I regularly ride a stationary bike in the gym and take yoga classes. Both use big muscles & sustained effort. They are very beneficial for me. I think "horse therapy" is beneficial, too, since riding also requires a lot of big muscle effort and balance control. I support any active recreation that is fun and gets us to move more.

I encourage everyone to find something active that is fun for them—dance, yoga, ride bikes or horses, use exercise machines, roller skate, swim--
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around . . . Thats what its all about. :bigsmile:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe

coastalgosgal

Wholly Moses! I just made a 9x9 pan of lasagna! I always pat the noodles when I'm cutting and putting them in the pan. Like a puzzle. Course that means there are pieces, which I have always lovingly dipped in the sauce pan. I did it a couple of times! Oh give me strength!!! I have only so much willpower! I have my fish, and if that isn't as glorious as I'm hoping, I won't be happy!
I have my 3 squares of chocolate I can fume over.... Hahaha!
Becca
Unhappy chef on the coast of
Oregon

Machka9

Katla49 wrote: »

Machka: I love the links about the benefits of cycling. I am so glad you shared. DH & I used to cycle, & even bought terra trikes when his balance started to be problematic. It was beneficial, but eventually the MS was too much for him to continue. :sad: I regularly ride a stationary bike in the gym and take yoga classes. Both use big muscles & sustained effort. They are very beneficial for me. I think "horse therapy" is beneficial, too, since riding also requires a lot of big muscle effort and balance control. I support any active recreation that is fun and gets us to move more.

I encourage everyone to find something active that is fun for them—dance, yoga, ride bikes or horses, use exercise machines, roller skate, swim--
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around . . . Thats what its all about. :bigsmile:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe

I agree ... and I like this quote from the first article ...


Steve Harridge, co-author and professor of physiology at King's College London, said: "Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active.

"You don't need to be a competitive athlete to reap the benefits - or be an endurance cyclist - anything which gets you moving and a little bit out of puff will help."

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43308729
How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining



Machka in Oz

knjiuv

Finally finished reading. Was on and off several times and always got interrupted.

Don't know why but m colon has been disagreeable with me today. I have soiled myself twice, one of those times, I think the whole thing was either in my pants and legs or on the floor. Anyway, laundry is done. But Mozart likes to be with me in the bathroom and he doesn't understand when I tell him no when he is investigating different things.

Husbands. Are they supposed to communicate with you? I have often told Charlie that I think I am am invisible when I a, in the car with him. I understand you need to be very mindful when driving. But I have watched Charlies driving enough that I know I can talk at stoplights, when there is no traffic around, when he has gone through stop signs and other such times. I am still invisible. And if I want to participate in a discussion here at home, it is usually about politics or how no one follows the rules of anything whether they be school officials, police department, health inspection, etc. When he was working, it was all about his boss no one in the hospital doing their job properly. And that is what I got when he got home. So as you can see, there is no quality discussion with my man.

I remember one year him wanting to do research on our dream vacation to New England I'm the fall. He already knew I woke not drive since he either treats me like I am invisible or the only words that come out of his mouth or some pretty bad curse words. Not jaunt the basic curse words but really, really bad curse words. And a constant stream of them if we are in heavy traffic. I just know to pretend to be asleep when we drive through Louisville. He is very nice when he thinks I am asleep. But you can't do that for a long drive. His Dad took an across country Amtrak ride so he also me to check that out. Well I couldn't find all the correct connections from here to New Englad where we wanted to end. So I thought flight. I found some pretty good connections. I told him and he said he was afraid of flying. Then why did we fly to Miami for our cruise and to Denver one time. And we had no problems with either of those flights. So all we do is short drives, 3 hours to go see our daughter and the grands. He knows he can't say a curse word around the grands so it's always present when we all travel together. All of us have had pleasant vacations and he is a good driver and likes to sing funny songs with the kids and interacts. So I know he can not pay so much attention to other drivers that he can't talk to me.

Ok, I guess I need to stop taking so bad to the man I love.

Joyce, indiana

pipcd34

Bab
baby Floyd

SophieRosieMom

Machka - thank you for those exercise links! Very informative and great reminders!! Happy Birthday!

Katla - thank you for that Scotch Broom info. Yes, in WA State it is definitely in the Class B Invasive Species category. I wasn't aware there were seed weevils that might help destroy it. Hopefully the little buggers will stay on the Scotch Broom and not move into the garden. I really despise the commercial herbicides so it would be great to get something natural to keep it in check. When we had a teensy farm in Issaquah east of Seattle many years ago, the pasture was full of scotch broom. We put goats there who did a fabulous job of cleaning it right up.

Becca - Lasagna noodles dipped in sauce sounds might fine ;-)

Hope to get time to go back and catch up on the pages I skip. I see puppy dog pictures

Lanette
Rainy SW WA State... 70 and sunshine predicted next Monday!

skuehn48

Machka9

knjiuv wrote: »

Husbands. Are they supposed to communicate with you?

My husband and I don't often get into deep discussions, but just about every day after work we go for a walk or bicycle ride, and we talk about our days, our plans (usually short term stuff like what's on this weekend), and other things.

The rest of the evening we're pretty quiet because I'm often doing homework or he's researching stuff for work or whatever. But we'll chat briefly if we come across something interesting.


And it may seem odd, but I also write an email at some point during the day and send it to him. The email contains what's happening in the week ahead ... that's in every email and is a rolling "heads up" so we're on the same page. But at the beginning of the email, I'll write about stuff we need to talk about or whatever. We'll often start our conversation on our walks with this.

Why do I send my husband an email? We met online when we were living half a world apart, and that's how we communicated. Even once we became a couple, we still lived half a world apart, and continued to do so for the first 9 months of our marriage. So it has become a habit.

Plus then it is all there in writing so we can refer to it to see that we've got this or that on this week.

Once in a while, we'll even email each other when we're sitting in the same room together!!


Machka in Oz

coastalgosgal

Oooh my lasagna was beautiful! I always use a lot of shortening on the pan itself, so the lasagna doesn't fuse in the pan!
Ooh my fish beeped!
Becca

pipcd34

stats for the day:

bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.34min, 143mhr, 11.9amph. 1.5mi= 92c
apple watch- 70c
jog- 50min, 139ahr, 155mhr, 4.5-7sp, 9.52min mi, 5mi= 494c
apple watch- 522c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.36min, 15.9amph, 140mhr, 1.4mi= 73c
apple watch- 53c
Bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- 15.47min, 11.5amph, 147mhr, 3mi= 161c
apple watch- 112c
jog sta 2 wk- 5.07min, 9.47min mi, 155mhr .5mi= 79c
apple watch- 60c
jog wk 2 sta- 4.38min, 17mph winds, 10.24min mi, 166mhr, .4mi= 63c
apple watch- 52c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 21.42min, 7.2amph, 20mph WINDS, 147mhr,2.5mi= 205c
apple watch- 142c

total cal 1167

pipcd34

run from work to train station was 17mph winds, then riding from the train station to home, 20mph winds and that was uphill!!!! did I tell you how much I love the wind?

coastalgosgal

OK melted in my mouth, cut up the fish, and mixed it with my rice! Lasagna ain't got nothin on my fish dinner!
Becca
Contently sipping coffee!

langman22

For anyone who has not had their taxes done yet and live in the states AARP has reps that will do them for free if it’s a simple filing. I don’t think they do them if you own a business. We go to the local library and have them done. We sit right there while they do them. They do them on the computer so they can send them off and we can have any refund deposited into our bank account. Only took a week to get out refund. I asked the guy who does ours and he said they are in every state. You don’t have to belong to AARP either.

Haven’t heard anything from my cousin about his wife’s cancer. I know she is sensitive about people knowing so I haven’t called. He’ll email me when he’s ready. Hope I hear soon about what the dr said. Doesn’t sound good.

I decided to take tomorrow and next Monday off. I needed a break from work and I still have over 3 weeks to use this fiscal yr. In July I’ll get another 5 weeks so I have plenty of time to use.

Well that’s about it for me. Think of you gals all the time.

Terry in VT

exermom

Joyce - so sorry to hear of your problems.

Michele in NC

barbiecat

*18,000 steps
*170 minutes walking Sasha and Bessie
*150 minutes riding the exercise bike
*line dance class

kymarai

Hi ladies,
Was feeling overwhelmed yesterday and exhausted. Work is exhausting. Family tiring. Just done. After eating, cleaning up kitchen and fscing a bunch of work paperwork, I just wanted to go to bed.....I didn't though. I took a break and got my steps in. My DH decided I needed a challenge so he put obstacles in my way they I had to step over. It made me concentrate and actually got my heart rate up. When I hit 10,000, I picked up my obstacles and started work. Now I am the rupee of person that has a hard time stopping if not done, but at 930, I shut it down! I was proud of myself. Finished it up before work this morning.
Had my Heart racing again this morning when I was hearing about fatal crashes on the news. We got snow last night that melted and refroze. Bad black ice apparently. I was saying a prayer for those folks and their families, while being thankful that none of mine were out. Then it hit me that my daughter goes to work at that time on those roads! I love new technology! I texted her and she quickly responded that she was safely at work. She did skip on the ice but controlled well. So sad for those not as lucky.
I did finally get to grocery tonight. No milk, no bread, no potatoes, no fruits, no veggies. Guess it was time to go! Done for the time being.
Heading to bed. Going to try to catch up, but y'all are fatter than me!
Sweet dreams!

Kylia in thankful Ohio

csofled

DanaReel180

I took me an hour to catch up with y’all!
Wow!

Joyce Sorry about your bathroom issues and your non-talking DH. I think I would put on my headphones and listen to a book or music or watch a movie! Maybe you try to hard to make him talk. Maybe if you ignore him he’ll come around.
My husband talks a lot in the car until he falls asleep! I drive of course. At home we’re busy doing chores; watching TV, iPads, so we chat, here and there.

Becca and Barbie. I’ll be praying for your husbands for good results in their surgeries and a quick recovery.

Rita Prayers for yiur DHs heart surgery too! Strength for you during his recovery.

MY NAME:
English Meaning: The name Dana is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Dana is: From Denmark. Also a form of Daniel, meaning God has judged, God is judge, or God will judge.
That’s funny, my mother’s family is Danish!

My DH and I went to a flea market today and walked around until my back was sending nerve pain down my legs. Ouch! I had to go to the car and sit.
Tomorrow we’re driving out to Amity to a trade fair that is held in 3 large barns. I always like to go there. It should be a nice drive since the dogwood trees are blooming in the woods.

Have a good evening, time for bed!
Dana in Arkansas

Dolly in her kennel, me hold up my B-day gift and our dogwood tree blooming out.