WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

Peach1948

Rye ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So sorry about your kitty and the stress of getting her to the vet.

Machka9

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Rye - do you have taxis where you live? Might be worth splashing out.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

I second this!

When I had cats (3 of them ... and I miss them all), one was diagnosed as diabetic during the same week that my ex-husband and I split up. Splitting up also meant that I no longer had access to a motor vehicle. So, I used a taxi to get my dear Sabre to the vet the first couple times, and then found a pet taxi service. A couple years later, the pet taxi service did not seem to be around anymore, so I returned to using a taxi to get my kitties to the vet.

M in Oz

margaretturk

Allie we had two in a row here about three weeks ago. Those snows were bad enough but, FOUR. AWFUL!!!!!!! You run out of places to put the snow. Be careful at the intersections too. I know how bad they can get with the piles of snows.

Yesterday, I saw another bad accident along a road I drive frequently. It was at an intersection where a van flipped over. This is the fourth bad accident I have seen and I do not drive that much. I only have 7700 on my new car. I had a close call on this road too because I was pulling over to avoid a mail truck. There was someone in that lane I wanted to pull into. Fortunately no foul. IN my case because I was not speeding I had time to maneuver out of the situation. Be safe my friends. The accidents I have seen were not weather related. I believe speed and inattentiveness were the causes in these accidents. One was health related.

Margaret

Machka9

Just in case anyone is curious, for a little while, I have opened my diary (food diary). I will likely close it again in a week or two. But someone else asked about it, so I thought I'd open it for now.

I eat pretty much the same thing each day during the week, and then it varies on the weekend. If I do a really long bicycle ride on the weekend, I might not enter anything ... I can't be bothered tracking what I eat on those rides. But on other weekends, I'll log it all.

M in Oz

barbiecat

Last night was a happy night with the pets home. This is how our life should be.

SophieRosieMom

Rye - (((HUGS)))) - this might be a longshot, but is there anyone at the Vet's office that could come get you and kitty? Or that might know someone who could-like Heather said, a taxi? May be worth a call and explain it, they might have an idea.

Traci in MI - Welcome! Sounds like you are off to a good start!

Maureli - I hear ya on the nighttime eating. If you can figure out a way to stop eating 3 hours before bedtime and have a total of 12 hours between your evening meal and the first meal next day (intermittent fasting or IF) that might help. I don't do that as often as I should but I have found it really does help with weight loss and my reflux.

Rori - cute blue dress! LOL!

Stacy - Rye has great advice - I am a fan of Strong Women Stay Young. I read the book twice before I even started. Here's a good website about strength training where you can download the book if you (or any of you ) are interested in learning more about it: http://growingstronger.nutrition.tufts.edu/. I love it because I can do it at home (I am not a fan of the gym other than to walk on the treadmill when the weather is icky) with dumbbells I got at Walmart and ankle weights I got at Big 5. The benefits are tremendous, really. Also a lot of gals love their kettlebells! And for sure, walking is wonderful.

Another idea here - have you thought about changing your profile photo to your smiling face or something you love or just makes you happy? I think you'll find most of us started to "click" with weight loss and getting healthy when we started to focus on joy and gratitude. The journey got easier, at least it did for me. Perhaps you are already doing that. ((HUGS))). Stick with us - at times we post our "before and after" photos and stories.

NYKaren - I wanted to mention how exciting about looking at/thinking about your next home. By a lake I think you said? I don't think it's too soon to start thinking in that direction, time goes by fast! Glad you had a good time with DD.

Allie - goodness, drive safely! Sorry about the snake - sounds like he had a very long life!

Barbie - glad the kids are home! I found Animal, Vegetable, Miracle at the library and was able to download it. Can't wait to read it! Love your sentiment about a "happy night with the pets home and this is how your life should be."

I often hear Carly Simon singing in my head "These are the good old days". My life isn't perfect and there's plenty for me to fret about, but I have so much to be thankful for. So thinking about that tune keeps me focused on now.

Kylie - thank you for sharing your DH's story. He is remarkable - how fabulous that nature built us with the ability to make our other senses stronger when one doesn't work well anymore. LOVE your furbaby! Oh, I haven't been to Disneyland or Disneyworld. Maybe some day....

Where's Becca?

I'm with Machka when it comes to logging.... sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I think it's good because when I run out of ideas on what to eat, I go back and see what I ate when I was doing well to refresh my memory.

I step on the scale once or twice a month. I mainly depend on how my clothes (jeans) fit to gauge how I'm doing. All of my life I let that scale determine if I was going to be happy or sad, really. I look back at photos of when I was in good shape when I was younger and doing WW faithfully. Half a pound over my goal would send me into months-long eating binges and weight gain. So I got divorced from that thing, lol. I turned my thinking around to where I didn't care if I weighed 500 pounds if I could fit into size 12 or 14 jeans! It was quite freeing. That's what works for me.

It was so warm here yesterday evening that DH didn't build a fire in the woodstove last night so it's about 60 in here right now - which is actually fine except my fingers get cold.

Those of you driving in the snow - be super careful! Margaret, thank you for sharing your scary story! Yikes!

OK better wrap this up. Have a wonderful day gals!

Lanette
SW WA State

langman22

Hi ladies,

Rori, I’m thrilled that you are enjoying your retirement and the scale is moving the right way. Did you say “unfortunately” all the snow is gone? Want some of mine?

Caroline, good for you taking the step to try OA. I did the meetings years ago and it did give me insight into my eating. I’m sure you can get through Day 3. Stop by anytime even is you don’t have any “happy things”. That’s what we are hear for.

Barbie, glad to hear your babies are home. Now everything is back to what it was.

Tracey, welcome. I had a lot and I mean A LOT of trial starts. Take it one day at a time and set up your goals. You can do it.

Michele, when I was on my own I started taking day trips. It was like mini vacations. Then my day trips turned into over night trips. Don’t let Vince hold you back.

Kim, I know what you mean about being next to your brother. I want to be cremated and do not want to be next to my sister. I don’t even know what she wants. We don’t talk. Do what you want to do and forget about the savings.

Stacyllott6006, welcome to the group. One week is great. This is a journey not a sprint. Which is good because I hate to exercise. Lol You can do this. We all struggle with food. I think of food is my drug of choice. It’s powerful and can have devastating effects. This group is a compassionate, safe and encouraging place. Remember to be kind to yourself. No one is perfect and there is not perfect way to do this journey. Find what works for you.

((Rye)), sorry your kitty is still sick. I would be worried toCan you take a taxi to the vet?. Check with the vet, they may have an idea for you. I always take my birthday off. Great job with the hula hoop.

Maureli, welcome. Nighttime is where is struggle too. As soon as I walk through the door after work, I want to reach for something. Last night to replace my after work food I immediately changed and did my kettlebell exercises. Seemed to work good. You can also have things you can eat, prepared ahead of time so you can just reach for them. Some of us also brush our teeth when eating for the day is over and that seems to help too.

Machka, have you tried a light silk camisole for under your clothes.

Karen, Allie & anyone else having weather issues. I’ve been bracing for the next storm too. Stay safe.

Looking outside you wouldn’t think this was the first day of Spring. DH b-day tomorrow and he is taking the day off. He will be 58. I’m going to make him a green bean pie. Not a healthy meal but one he enjoys. The woman in our café here as work is going to bake it for me as my oven doesn’t work. We will get anew one as soon as the snow melts and they can deliver one.

Did kettlebells when I got home last night. I think the first time I did them and I was so sore and my legs weak afterwards, I must had done something wrong. Yesterday was easier and I’m not very sore today. Also used a lighter weight which might have helped.

Going out to lunch with a co-worker today. Trying to plan ahead in my mind what I’ll have. That way I’ll go with a plan. Going on-line to see the menu and pick something out before I go. Then I won’t need to even look at the menu. This is day 2 for me getting back on track and I don’t want to screw it up.

Well better get back to work.

Hugs, Terry in VT awaiting the storm

teklawa1

Barbi, love you are home with your pets. Can just imagine the good vibes in your house.
Thinking of Becca and Lee and hope we hear good news today. Had a cool chilly walk with Ella this morning but looks like it will be a sunny day. Spring is in the air. I love it.

Betsy in NW Washington

KetoneKaren

Dana I love giraffes. Their black tongues are so weird and interesting.

Sharon Love the poppy.

Heather You are having great luck with Freecycle! That is awesome.

Lisa Happy Travels!

Barbara Their loss. You are a wordsmith.

Kylia No wonder you go to your husband rather than him coming to you when he needs something. Now it makes sense. You certainly have your hands full. Your husband, like so many other women here, is really lucky to have you to take care of him.

Terry It is so discouraging how easy it is to gain 10lbs. It's a lot easier than losing 10lbs. Waaaaahhhh!!!~No Fair! LOL!

Janetr Your daughter's photo is definitely a Christmas card.

Kelly Yay! for 3lbs lost!

Yvonne Wow that flooring underneath looks great. You are a handy woman. Was it hard to get that marble up?
And I like Barbara Kingsolver books very much.

Allie Sorry about your snake. My grandkids have Monty the Python and he is a very sweet snake. I never thought I would say that about a snake, but this little guy is lovely.

Rori Hopefully this link won't be removed by admin before you can listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLPj6gHTFKI

Barbie Yay! for the pets coming home!

Kim (((Hugs))) Just the other day I was looking at "green urns" for ashes. Biodegradable. So interesting.

Rye Poor kitty cat. xo Good luck with the mystery project.

Disneyland I have been. It is very small, less than 1 square mile. I went as a child, and it seemed huge. When I took my son there, it seemed very small.

Today is cold rain supposedly turning to snow. And I work tonight, darn it. Last night didn't get out of work until almost midnight. Ugh. Not looking forward to the roads coming home. Fortunately I live only 5 miles from work.



Hellebore



Karen in Virginia

pipcd34

exermom

Did an hour of Melt It Off High Calorie DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to take the water class

Kim – not wanting your brother to be by your side is NOT silly at all in my book. Not one bit. My father had his second wife buried in the same plot as my mother. His second wife I didn’t care for one bit. People at the funeral didn’t realize that I was crying for my mother, I really couldn’t have cared for his second wife one bit. If you left it up to me, I would have just dumped her body in the nearest dumpster.

Stacy – the only advice I can offer you is to start slow and eventually you’ll be adding more and more exercise

Rye – your talking about not having a color TV reminds me of the time when Denise called out to Vince “daddy, there’s something wrong with the TV”. What was showing was a black and white cartoon…..lol So sorry to hear about your sick kitty. We get so worried, I know. Best of luck on BB42 (could it have something to do with guns? Maybe getting your concealed carry permit?) Update: Oh no, poor kitty and you. Do you have a wagon? Maybe a wheelbarrow? Heather’s suggestion of a taxi is a good one

Lisa – what a good writer you are. I was very impressed with your post

Maureli – welcome. You sound a lot like me, I don’t eat a lot of junk but nighttime eating is my downfall. Lately, I’ve found that if I prelog some pieces of fruit, I have that in the evening. Silly as this may sound, the Wii suggested having applesauce or tofu at night – something that is easily digested. Seems to work for me, keeps me full.

Believe it or not, it seems that if I eat a lot of something that really isn’t good for me (like a whole piece of cake), I seem to get so hot it isn’t funny.

Kylia – Mother Nature sure needs to take her meds! Love your furbaby. I don’t think he needs to go to the groomer. Then again, I tend to like long-haired cats/dogs

Personally, I like to view other’s diaries for ideas of things I would never have thought of or something that I haven’t had in a long time

Have Rummikub tonight. In one sense I dread it. Love the game, but don’t care much for having the food. I know I want to be nice and have a bit what others bring, but I’d really rather not if I can avoid it.

Michele in NC

Katla49

Lenora: It sounds like you are feeling better. Yay!!!

Lanette: Good luck on the job search. One of our neighbors got a part time job working for the county & enjoyed it. :flowerforyou:

Allie: Stay warm and safe! in the snowy weather. Isn't it great that you don't have to shovel the walks!

Rori: Love your picture. You look great levitating above the snowy rooftops wearing the blue dress

Bubbl13 aka Tracey in MI: Welcome to a great group of supportive women, you sweet young thing.

Kim in N CA: DH has a similar idea in mind for our final resting place. We were married in a whale look out tower in a public park on the Oregon coast. He wants to have our ashes combined and scattered there. His first Idea was to blast off in a Roman candle but we'd hate to set the cliffs on fire by accident. I'm thinking of mixing our dog's ashes with ours & being scattered from that same spot. My cousins had their parents combined ashes dropped from a small plane into the Little Nestucca River at the Oregon Coast. Their family has had a place there for many years.

Stacy: Welcome!

Rye: Horseback riding is certainly a different activity than sailing. I love both, but can't manage the sailboat on my own now that DH gets too motion sick to be aboard. I can ride at the stable independently or with friends. :bigsmile:

Lisa: Great advice for the newbies!

Barbie: I'm so glad you & Jake are at home and reunited with your pets.


DH has a doctor's appointment today & I plan to tag along. He's been having digestive problems and is currently doing a bit better. I hope the doctor will have productive advice for him.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon


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

kevrit

cityjaneLondon

I don't want a funeral at all. The undertakers will just take my body to be burned at their convenience and then my ashes can be scattered in places I've been happy - the bridges in London, Paris, Hove beach etc. My mourners can have a wake, preferably a delicious meal somewhere nice and look at photos of me and read out some words of mine. I hope they will tell funny stories. What I save on not having a funeral can be spent on the wake. I hope there will be music and dancing. I am leaving a few suggestions for tunes, including "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think." And an Irish jig.

I eat the majority of my calories in the evening, so I don't get night munchies. In Europe the main meal is always eaten at night, sometimes quite late. In Spain, in the summer, families often don't sit down to eat until 10.30 or later. The truth is it doesn't really matter when you eat, what matters is the CICO. I eat quite a lot because I exercise a lot, so I'm rarely hungry. Each night I eat main course, dessert, cheese and chocolate. Measured, weighed and logged. Plus I have a delicious drink. AF beer, or some other AF concoction.
I don't feel I'm depriving myself, because I'm eating so well. I lost 57 lbs on this method. And I've maintained for over 4 years.
I log every single bite and sip. Every day.

Today I had yoga, which doesn't burn up nearly enough calories for a healthy appetite. This afternoon I did 30 minutes on the rowing machine and 45 minutes on the recumbent bicycle. Now I can eat.

Some of you are trying to get your 10,000 steps in and finding you don't have the time. This is an arbitrary number dreamed up by a Japanese manufacturer of pedometers. Recent research has shown that three 10 minute sessions of vigorous walking per day has the same effect on health. So you can accomplish that quite easily just by marching on the spot with knees high, or stepping up stairs or just slipping out of the door for a brisk ten minutes. (You have to get slightly out of breath) Almost anyone can find time for that. Kettlebells good. Dumbbells good for strength training. But you can do yourselves just as much good with no equipment at all, just planks, push ups and squats. Brilliant. Lunges are good too.. (I hate them) You can do everything you need on a hearth rug. No excuses.

Lots of love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx

ryenday

Got coworker to run by my house (I’m very close to work so that was ok) and drop me off at vet. MIL had to go get her infusion today so she was able to get me and drop me off beforehand. Good thing I live right next to hospital district.

Several possible diagnosis for kitty - most likely is UTI. But they couldn’t get urine sample to confirm. Bu I’ve been sitting with him isolated in one room grooming him since we came home an he has tried to pee 7 times ( only resulting in a minute amount) so it is a safe bet that is the problem. Good news is no sign of blockages

The vet and vet techs fell in love with him, he was at his most affectionate. Hoping the antibiotic works quickly. I hate to leave him, but need to go to work shortly.

Sick kitty says: rub my tummy, please.

Sick kitty says: tummy rub makes me feel good and sleepy.

ladylaura777

Good day ladies!
I had a very lazy day yesterday, so I've been planning some activities for myself. The first thing I am going to do, is set a bedside alarm. When I retired, I thought I would not require the services of my old friend "clock/radio"! I have been getting more sleep than before, but I am sleeping later than I ever dreamed possible!!

I've never been to Disneyland or world, but my kids enjoy the Disney Cruises with their families. My parents took my children to Disneyland when they were small while I worked. As a single parent, I worked a lot. Im glad that I was able to shield them from poverty, but I missed so much...
I find the diversity of your daily struggles a reminder that balance is so fragile, but yet it is what we all struggle for. What may tip my scale, might just steady yours.
The thought of a sick pet hurts my heart. I sure hope kitty is on the mend. I am allergic to cats, but I adore them.
It also seems the DH's are on the mend and/or driving us around the bend, or being thoughtful when we least expect it. Mine is heading out of town on a job Friday, so I might do a 24 hr fast to clear out my system. Does anyone here fast periodically? I had good luck with clear fluids for 4 days per month last year, but I'm having trouble with will power these days.
I am having way too much fun with my instantpot!!

Have a great day peeps!
~Laura~ with more snow on the way

bwcetc

Welcome to the new ladies!

Caroline ... every day you don't give up but try again is a successful day!

Rye ... sorry the kitty isn't feeling well.

Heather... spot on advice!

Taking my own advice, today I am trying again!

Beth near Buffalo ... where for once we are not getting the nasty weather !!

evie1958

Rye, I'm so glad you were able to get kitty to the vet! I have found that the antibiotics do work quite quickly for UTI's, my poor kitty has had a few too. Good luck with your project, hope it takes off and flies!
I've never been to Disney anything, but did go to Sea World in Orlando several years ago. That was pretty darn awesome, I have to say. Neither hubby nor I are big on rides, so didn't bother with any of them, but sure enjoyed the whale and porpoise shows! The polar bears were sleepy, so they weren't doing much, but it was still neat to see them. And the manatees! And the flamingoes! It was pricey to get in, but once we were there, our only expense was lunch and we did spend about 8 hours there. I also got to "pet" a manta ray. Won't be doing that again, ever! Ewwww!!! Very soggy, spongy feeling.
Allie, so sorry to hear about your snake, but it does sound like it lived to be a ripe old age. I know next to nothing about snakes, what is their life span?
Lisa, so glad that Kelsey found daycare for Haley and that John has found a job! Sounds like things are falling into place nicely. I hope your work trip goes well.
Barbie, glad your family is all together again.
Sorry, can't remember any more specifics, so congrats to those celebrating victories, hugs for those who need them and welcome to the newbies! This is an awesome spot to come for encouragement, or to vent any and all frustrations. To those who are struggling to start an exercise program, you don't really need to do any structured program and the best exercise is the one that you will continue to do. It's always good to try something different, but if after you've tried it you find that you don't enjoy it then you should just forget that and go on to something else. If you're dreading doing a workout of any sort, you will find all kinds of excuses to not do it. I speak from experience! lol
Hope everyone has a great day/night!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island

ydailey

Happy Snowman Burning Day!

I picked this one because I know some of you are more than ready for it! "Snowman Burning Day marks a change in seasons, and the transition from winter into spring. This is a traditional celebration by American and Swiss citizens to mark an end to winter. Why not celebrate by designing a (flammable) snowman, and inviting friends to share in the fun? Some events involve elaborate spectacles, up to and including exploding snowmen!"

Terry - What I found under the bathroom flooring is something of a surprise. I'd been planning on painting the floor until we could lay tile, but the original floor is in such good shape I think we might just seal it and call it done!

CharlieAnn - The bathroom floor had two layers of linoleum flooring that was stuck so tightly they came off together as one layer, and under that is 80 years' worth of old adhesive. All I'm doing is scraping off the goo. It is hard work and it makes my hands hurt, but as long as I take it slow it's not too bad. Took a break from it yesterday to give my hands a rest.

Margaret - The top layer of flooring in our bathroom likely contained asbestos, but it was solidly glued to the original layer which was real linoleum (the kind made with linseed oil). That all came up in big chunks without any scraping or other dust-producing methods that would disturb the asbestos. The original adhesive gluing it all to the wood does not appear to be asbestos-based, but I'm working with it wet anyway so again, there's no dust. Should be pretty safe.

Rori - Hurray for having the painters out of there! Now you get to the really fun part, where it all starts to come together!

Caroline - One day at a time! Good for you!

bubbi13 - Welcome! Sounds like you've got a sound plan for moving forward.

Rye - Wishing you the best possible outcome with project BB42! Poor kitty - he must be so uncomfortable.

Kim - I understand about not wanting to buried next to your brother. It's one thing to understand intellectually that it's not you there, but another to think about it emotionally. I've already told Philip I do not want my ashes kept in a box somewhere. My head knows that I won't care by then, but right now I care and I don't like the idea. And he's been directed to do the minimum legally required funeral-wise and use the rest to throw a big old party.

Lisa - You said that so well. I think a lot of people, myself included, do better when we focus on doing rather than not-doing or have-to-doing. When we lived in New Mexico, I went cross-country skiing often. That was great, because I did it out of enjoyment, not for exercise. If we try enough things, we'll find the ones that work for us.

maureli - Welcome! We all have our weak spots... I do OK most nights, but weekends are my kryptonite when it comes to eating!

Karen - It wasn't really marble, it was just vinyl floor with a marble pattern. Blue and pink marbled swirls on a creamy yellowish background. With gold glitter. If this were a mid-century house I might have been open to keeping some of the sparkle flooring, but it's not quite the right era of "retro" for this house!


-Yvonne in TX

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