WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

langman22

Hi ladies,

Barbara, Happy Birthday.

Joyce, my bra comes off as soon as I get home from work.

Becca, your sister is very talented. The things people will think up. Absolutely have your son hang out with you. To be waiting all by yourself will be more stressful. Sending good thoughts.

Suebdew, what a close call with the choking. You had an angle on y our shoulder that day my friend.

Machka, a retired secretary or administrative assistant would be perfect for the job or maybe a college student. I’d start asking around. You are so wise to take class. It can only make you a more valuable as an employee and keeps your mind young.

Michele in NC, my mother could decorate cakes. I always has a nice birthday cake. What fun.

Mary, thanks for the kettlebell info.

Karen, good luck on the tax situation. It is all so confusing. Glad the vertigo is gone.

(((Kerri)))

Karen in Virginia, looks like the 27 yo is out. He took her off his whatever it is they use on the on-line dating site. The same of the 37yo. Bummer, but she has a good attitude. My mom was my hero too. I have peeps at Easter in honor of her. I’ve also been known to put one on her grave. She would have gotten a kick out of that.

Heather, good for your son taking the drinking seriously. Maybe he got a wakeup call.

Kelly, I’m so glad you are feeling better and the swelling in your knee is going down. And just in time for the weekend. Yeah!

Pip, Yeah on the lot selling. You are right, people are strange. When we moved into our house, there were peas in the tub. We still laugh about it.

Pam, welcome to the group. This is a fun group with lots of chatting, ideas, encouragement and support.

Lanette, hope you hear soon about a part-time job.

Ladylaura, is the funeral for a family member?

Weather can’t decide what to do today. One minute it is snowing and the next raining. What a mess this storm is going to be. Hope it’s done by tomorrow as I want to go and see if my ring is ready and if I sold any of my jewelry.

Terry in VT

kevrit

coastalgosgal wrote: »

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My sisters latest art projects! Painting on old sheet music! Brilliant huh! She is my eldest sister, not the strange middle sister that has disconnected from us.

Becca
Oregon

My Father was a musician and would have loved those paintings. In fact I love them but have no place to put them in my RV.

Rita in Columbus New Mexico

kikkiwan

New to this thread, so glad to find it!I participated in a popular weight/diet/program thread for several years and found it very motivating. They have since gone in another direction, and I lost all those supporters and friends. I find that posting held me accountable and gave me support. So many of you have been on this thread for a long time! That's awesome.
My March goals:
I would like to start running again. I miss it. Weigh myself weekly, hit the Y 4 days a week and journaling-it helped before and I aim for that again.

Thanks for the opportunity to find a place that will allow me to keep motivated by your stories, and stay as true as I can to my goals!

Take care!
Katie

kevrit

February goals percentage met:
FEB PERCENTAGE GOAL MEET:
WORKOUT TIME: 123% of 2.5 hours a week
VEGGIES: 98% of 4 a day
FRUIT: 71% of 3 a day
WATER: 109% of 75.5 oz a day
STEPS: 88% of 7000 a day

March goals:
improve on above percentages so all are at 99% or better for the month.
Add 1 dairy a day
Lose 4 pounds in March (188 now so down to 184)

RV Rita in Columbus NM

csofled

Just speed read the 8 pages of March! Happy birthday to several of you!

The sun is shining today so went for a 2 mile walk.

Our house inspection was yesterday and all seemed to go well. Several small fixes needed. Hopefully the homeowners will respond positively! Did some room measurements and did some mental furniture placement planning. Closing in March and moving in late May!! They are renting back from us and those funds will more than cover our rental thru July of this house.

Not losing weight but maintaining. Just focusing on my accomplishments to this point in the journey. Trying not to focus on that number on the scale but rather how strong I am and how well I eat and how healthy I am.

Cheri
in finally sunny College Station, TX

wildhorsewendy

Hi Sisters, had a good day yesterday. Picked up a hula hoop and a quiet exercycle. Got the bike at our only big second hand store and it had just come in and wasnt even priced yet. I got it cheap-what a bargain! Had to use the last of the visa credit but all goods. Then I went to a costume party last night. Two of my daughter's invited me. Here is a pic of me with my youngest daughter, who had the emergency surgery recently. I'm the one dressed as Wonder Woman. LOL.


I had fun talking to a young man who was into sci fi and fantasy. He came dressed as Obi Wan Kanobe. Wendy

ryenday

Hula Hoop Week1 completed 4/6 (Did a double hula Hoop today, 15 minutes clockwise and 15 minutes counter clockwise - it is getting easier, too easy tho, my heartrate hovering at around 100 barely counts as exercise at all )

My hula hoop is weighted, 3 pounds and is 36 inches in diameter. Weighted hoops large hoops like this one are purportedly easier to keep up, but give you a better core workout. It took me about one month before I could consistently keep the hoop going for any length of time over 1 minute, then it was like BAM, no problem to keep it up for 10, 20 minutes at a time. I did get banged up in the process, sometimes the bruises on my protruding large hip bones were to painful to hoop for a few days. I had never even tried a hula hoop before January.

This might sound odd, but I had to find a way to be 'mindfully inattentive' in order to get the rhythm I needed to keep the hoop up. I am hoping my motor coordination disabilities don't keep me from being able to do tricks, or other movements while hooping (that is supposed to be even better for the core) but my plan is to just add wrist and ankle weights while hooping as it becomes too easy, and keep trying one move/trick each session. Gotta get on that, it was getting too easy today. Muscle memory has conquered much of my motor coordination difficulties (at least the FINE motor control) in the past, so I'm crossing my fingers.

On the subject of crossing my fingers. The Refrigerator! My DH insists he can remove those endcap tiles without damaging the countertop and that should give us just enough extra space to slide the refrigerator in. I'm dubious. I guess we will see this weekend.

spikeyhair

Horrible experience this morning after KB and cardio workouts did plank 1 minute and a half ( haven't done one for ages) Do exercise at home in sports bra and panties, looked in the mirror and met with disgusting belly surrendering to gravity Uggh Don't look bad standing up

Really have to do something about belly will it have to be Keto?

Kate UK

grandmallie

afternoon ladies~
went to Walmart found glasses and got my eye exam, not changed much since last year but figured id get them done before I am off Toms ins,,
bought Alfie a few new dog toys as he has destroyed the cheap ones I got him, he can get the squeakers out quick..
Happy Birthday Joyce and Barbara,, many happy returns of the day...
Heather any pictures of your new place? dying to see...
my eyes still a bit wonky from getting the dilated...

coastalgosgal

Karen in Virginia,
That's the great thing about this group! We inspire each other! For awhile, I have had a inferior complex about how I had been doing weight wise. Once I stopped comparing myself with you all, and realized I could stand on my own merits, the complexity "that is Becca" subsided.
Oooh this morning was positive! I have more beads! On the pic I have put in my weight. I have a ways to go, but I am positive I will get there. I need a pretty bracelet!


Have a great day all. I like the idea of having control with my own self, during this unpredictable month ahead. I will find strength in that.
Becca
Oregon

pipcd34

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okiewoman510

Good afternoon Ladies,

Not a good weigh in for me this morning, but I didn't sweat it. That's new for me. I knew there was NO WAY I had gained 2 lbs since Wednesday. I did not eat 7000 extra calories. It has to be water and it will go away again. That's progress for me ladies. My first thought wasn't I have to cut back my food, it was meh, it's water, it will be fine. I have had a major headache for 2 days so that isn't helping. It is TTOM (sorry if that's TMI) so that is contributing as well. On a positive note, I did have an exceptional walk yesterday, got my 5.5 miles in 10 minutes faster than normal! It took me 56 minutes instead of an hour and 6 minutes. I took some drugs yesterday morning and waited on them to kick in and got my walk in and the grocery shopping done. By the time I got home, it was throbbing again. Took more drugs and went to bed early. Unfortunately, I woke up with it again this morning! Grrrr! It will get better soon, it could be worse, it's just a headache and not a migraine. Yeah for that!

Hugs to those that need them, kudos to those that are celebrating and welcome to all the new ladies!

Okie in the TX Hill Country

klanders30

Well the nor'easter is here! DD has off from college today which is saying alot for upstate NY. I got to work okay but the ice, sleet and wind came in fast, the school district called for an early dismissal. I felt too nervous to drive home since the roads were already treacherous so I left my car in the parking lot and walked a short bit to hop a train! Happy with that decision. DH picked me up at the station and I came home to make a delicious chicken soup with chinese noodles to warm me up. Delightful. Taking the rest of the afternoon to relax and get myself in gear for concert this Sunday. Trees are down all over our neighborhood, so don't know if we'll be losing power. Any one in the path of this one, be careful and stay safe: it looks to be a doozy.

NYKAREN

coastalgosgal

Lanette, I think this is what its called
Laparoscopic Choledochoduodenostomy. Now that's a mouthful! I know it also called a bypass. Being that they are rerouting the bile duct. Thank you for your kind thoughts!
Becca
Oregon

coastalgosgal

pipcd34 wrote: »

ladylaura777 wrote: »

I obviously haven't figured out how to post quotes on this forum! Please be patient with me!
~Laura~

when i just saw your post, i clicked on the word "quote" and it created a new message and i just started typing below it and BAM!!

And Bam, it can travel from person to person! Heehee!
Becca
Oregon

coastalgosgal

Lunch today:
Southwestern salad 2 cups (salad only)
1/4 cup white rice
1/4 cup white tuna
1 tsp of soy sauce and olive oil
Sprinkled with some of the crunchy bits it came with
(Sunflower seeds, tortilla chip bits)
Yummy!

Hugs ladies!
Becca
Eating healthy like she means it!

kevrit

langman22

coastalgosgal

kevrit wrote: »

coastalgosgal wrote: »

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My sisters latest art projects! Painting on old sheet music! Brilliant huh! She is my eldest sister, not the strange middle sister that has disconnected from us.

Becca
Oregon

My Father was a musician and would have loved those paintings. In fact I love them but have no place to put them in my RV.

Rita in Columbus New Mexico

Rita, when we had and RV, we used those Velcro taps for pictures. We just had them matted, but not in a frame or glass.
Becca

barbiecat

spikeyhair wrote: »

Horrible experience this morning after KB and cardio workouts did plank 1 minute and a half ( haven't done one for ages) Do exercise at home in sports bra and panties, looked in the mirror and met with disgusting belly surrendering to gravity Uggh Don't look bad standing up

Really have to do something about belly will it have to be Keto?

Kate UK

What I do about my belly is wear clothes so I don't have to look at it.