WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018

csofled

Happy May 1st!

Well today is the day! I can begin packing up this rental for moving to our new home on June 1st! We plan on moving ourselves of everything we can then hiring a crew for the furniture. The previous owners are renting back from us and have been wonderful about letting us over to measure and such. We ordered new living room furniture and I cannot wait to get it. We were also able to get out of our lease a month early so between the 2 months rental income from previous owners and the one month less payment we made money!! Hubs is very happy!

I have re-upped my commitment to this journey. I hadn't given up as I would have in the past but let the monitoring slide which I now know I cannot do. I also think in hindsight that I was suffering from SAD. Which I did not even consider being here in Texas now. However, from October till mid April I was in a fog and slump which one day just kinda disappeared. Henceforth I will be using my Light Lamp during that time period. Gained a few pounds back but am committed to getting them back off. My focus has been and will continue to be about the journey going forward: am I getting enough physical activity?, am I getting the right nutrition/calories?, am i focused on my mental health?.

I cannot tell you how much of my day is spent thinking of you ladies! I am an introvert and must push myself to engage online and in real life. I could be quite happy sitting all day reading, sewing and crafting. So even though I don't respond to each of you individually I am reading your posts and I am behind you in life with good vibes and prayers and kudos and whatever else is needed.

Cheri
in hot and humid College Station, TX

auntiebk

May Day Greetings!

Barbie, "thank you" just seems so inadequate, but thank you from my heart.

Apologies for the multiple quotes and typos yesterday. Now you know why I prefer to post from my laptop, I'm soooo touchscreen challenged! Just give me a keyboard and a DOS prompt, please!
"...while my car’s oil...I’m tearing up ...to me so sending my hugs...

Pat in PA My last mammo was 3D and I don't remember it being any longer or more (or less!) agonizing than the 2D. So much depends on the tech's experience and expertise. Back in Boise I read that applying a topical anesthetic containing lidocaine, then wrapping with plastic for an hour before washing off for the exam (1) but the FDA (2) warns against. Since my breasts are heavy and my tissue thick, I'm going to try the wrap next time. If you can tolerate NSAIDs an aspirin or ibuprofen about an hour before can help.
(1)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339725/
(2)http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/articles/fda-warns-against-lidocaine-relieving-mammography-related-pain
Betsy "so I got out and walked with Ella" Well done. Safe travels! TMI alert: Joe's attitude about my rescue Wheaten was the straw. He told me to get rid of it. (Hello, I'm Barbara, you've been married to me for 20+ years and you think I'll "get rid" of a dog? Who are you? Who do you think I am?) So I said we needed counseling, he replied he didn't need counseling to know she was a GD bad dog. So I packed up the dogs and my most important belongings and ran away for the weekend. Came back and asked him again to go to counseling. When he said no, I said "well then, I want a divorce." "Over a dog???" "It's not the dog, it's us." I bunked (dogs and all) with a buddy, consulted a divorce lawyer and a counselor through my work's Employee Assistance Program. Had the pups in doggy daycare while I worked, and leashed to me while at my buddy's. After a week he decided that he'd go to counseling with me. It was just what we needed and exactly when we needed it because the next year was a hard one for me and he was really supportive. Our marriage had been rocky for close to 10 years and I must say that the past 10 years since this event have been the best ever.
Okie is there room for one more at your patio events?
Terry SNOw? Oh NO!!!
Felicia jealous of your greenhouse, would you share a pic?
Mary 3 week keto challenge? What an accomplishment!
Lanette "... make our own 'families' And how lucky we are to have this group of sisters" Amen sister! Eating canned salmon with bones and skin :noway: sounds yucky to me but I do love the canned albacore. TJ's had beautiful big globe artichokes for 99 cents each. In our small coastal town, Freddy gets $3.95 apiece!
Beth glad to hear from you, safe travels!
Rori so glad you had DH at gym with you to counter the helpless feeling about your brother. You are not useless, you got his GF to alanon. Well done!
Kim your boundaries advice to Betsy was right on point and so succintly said!
Rebecca broth and toast, how comforting!
Michele, sometimes with husbands "what they don't know won't hurt..."
Katla jolt indeed! Caution to us all...
NYKaren I'll climb back onto that wagon with you, okay?
Cheri good luck with the move. Share pics of new living room furniture when it comes?

Welcome Kay in TX. (((hugs)))
Welcome golfergal "lifetime quota of rain in the NW" made me laugh out loud. My DH got his lifetime quota of sagebrush in SW Idaho so we find the rain a real treat!

April intentions fell short:
Daily:
Meditate 50%
take rx + supplements 90%
log 100%
walk one more step than past month's running average 33%
Weekly:
4 times-walk Tumble at least 10 mins 25%
2 times
AF days 200%
SWSY 10%
T'ai Chi 80%
line dance 80:
This month: Hang up or purge the art before guests come in May = uh oh 0%

May strategy, get those percentages up!

Starting now with meditation, knee exercises, fruit and veg prep

Enjoy the day, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.

cityjaneLondon

Happy May Day!

Kim - I've scored a couple of hits in my publicity drive. The Survivors Trust is going to publish online an article I wrote for them about telling my adult children, along with a link to my book plus a pic of me!!! Another charity will do a book review. Other than that it's rare to even get a response. I will keep plugging away though.

Welcome new ladies! So sorry to hear of the loss of a grandson. Terrible.
I started on here five and a half years ago and I've been at maintenance over four years. I am 68, so age is not a barrier.

Today was yoga and my lovely teacher wants to enlarge the class. That meant changing the floor arrangements as an experiment. I stayed where I was, but some people had to move. I wasn't at all happy with the idea of a bigger class, or having people in front of me and I was surprised by how panicky it made me feel. I value the long standing group we have there, most of us mature, or very mature women. It all worked out fine, but I hope the new people don't upset the balance. I'm not good with change and I like things the way I like them. :embarassed:

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

klanders30

Barbara like you it took the threat of splitting to get my DH to wake up to our unhealthy relationship. He found divorce resource books in my car, like a frying pan to the head, he came to me desperate to do the needed work....we've been on an even keel for the past 15 years, with tune ups here and there. And hey, I'm happy to have your company on the wagon!!!

NYKAREN

amytexex

Good morning everyone, I’d love to join this group. I just had my 52nd birthday and am at the highest weight ever in my life. I’ve been on MFP for a few weeks now and am down 3 lbs. it’s such a long process. I’m trying to focus on each day and not on the 40+ lbs that I need to lose. I look forward to following all of you on your journeys.
Amy - Cleveland, OH

kevrit

pipcd34

yo peeps

Poerava14

Happy May Day!

April goals and report card:
> meditate everyday. (I use app Insight Timer which tracks my progress) - A
> intermittent fast daily. (no eating between 6 pm and 10 am) - B+
> add 30 minutes of evening movement 5x per week - C-
> 15 minutes of decluttering 5x per week - C+
> be lighter - B. I dropped half a pound, and still have one pound to reach my pre-cruise weight.

Word for 2018 = Release

May goals will be the same as April. Still lots of decluttering to tackle in the garage and middle bedroom.

Barbie: Thank you for always getting our month started with hope and promise. I'd like to know more about your tactics for scanning photos. That's a job on the horizon for me.

Ladies, I look forward to another month of your stories, musings, support and PHOTOS. You make my days more interesting and my journey to radiant good health much easier.

Stay well. We can do this. Mars says "keep looking up"

Rori
Colorado Foothills

langman22

Happy May ladies,

Barbie, you rock girl! Thanks for always being there to keep us on track.

Rebecca, hope you feel better soon.

Heather, Happy Anniversary!

Lenora, have you tried icing your finger?

Katla, what a shock about your friend. I hope she is able to go to lunch with you.

NYKaren, my April was a bust too. Thank goodness, we have a new month. Here’s to us doing better this month.

Allie, good luck with the inspector.

Kelly, your daughter work sound so interesting. That work would be right up my DH alley. VT has a regional accent.

Cheri, how exciting to start packing up for your move. And making money is a plus.

Heather, the on-line article is fantastic. I’m not surprised they want your work.

Amy, welcome to the group. I think you will find this group very supportive.

Yesterday snow, today 57 and sun. Boy is our climate screwed up. About an hour until my drs appt. Couldn’t sleep much last night thinking about it. I’ll let you know what happens.

Terry in VT

KetoneKaren

Thanks, Barbie!

Cheri
_________________________

I am a mess this afternoon.

Admittedly, I am tired from working a lot of hours the last 4 days, and my oak pollen allergies seem to have morphed into a sinus/chest infection much to my disgust. So perhaps that has made me a bit more emotionally vulnerable. But I boo-hoo'd my way throught the last 5 pages of the April thread. I started tearing up with Machka's news on the breakthrough with her husband, then on to the incredibly wonderful Kelly's photos & the joyous prospect of adorable Joaquin coming to Camp Grandma, and finally just lost it altogether with newbie Kay's loss of a grandson. I'm a snotty drippy mess, LOL!!! And I have to go back to work this afternoon. Guess I better get myself together.

You gals.


Karen in Virginia

GodMomKim

Hi Gals,

Barbie – thanks for keeping us going!!!

Michele – My mom didn’t either, she said what was “in” in her area was a welcome baby, when the baby was a few months old you had friends in to meet the baby…

Katla – how sad! And what a mighty reminder to all of us to keep on keeping on even when we lose our way for a few days.

I love the accent conversation, I am a Californian, but from the Northern part – so no “Valley” accent here…BUT my most loved Grandma was from N. Dakota and I picked up a one word accent, so I do not wash the dishes I warsh them! And George Warshington was the US’s first president…. Depending on a conversation, folks ask me where I am from…. I suspect that folks in many countries think of USA English as an American accent, yet there are so many accents depending on where in the country you are from. And regional slang… oh my a whole discussion on it’s own.

I had a pap this morning, I did not have my regular doctor, I’m a Kaiser patient, (it’s a regional medical group with many of it’s own groups of doctors, as well as it’s own hospitals), so I got the doctor that worked with my schedule she was so nice, it was the least yucky exam I have ever had. – now mind you I’d rather do anything else, but its all relative.


Smiles

Kim from N. California

linder4866

PackerFanInGB

Happy May! I think perhaps spring is really here to stay this time <knock on wood>. Blizzard Evelyn was crazy here in April! So happy we hit the 70's yesterday and today! I am not wishing away years or anything, but I do look forward to the day I can retire and enjoy each day doing what I love, as my husband does. I'd much rather be home planting flowers or digging a garden than sitting in a cubicle at work today! Although, that doesn't mean I'm not grateful for such a great job!

I didn't do so well keeping up with the group in April. I wish I could do better at it, because I really enjoy all of you and think about you often, but I always end up so far behind that it's overwhelming trying to catch up!

April was not the best month for me, but I did make progress in some of the areas so I'll take it! I go to the doctor tomorrow for my hip and am hoping they will send me to PT so I can start a walking regimen now that it's nice out! I have an old injury that comes back to haunt me intermittently, and I'm in pain just walking to my car in the parking lot after work right now. I can deal with that if I have to, but what I'm worried about the most is a girls' weekend I have coming up in a few weeks. There are many ladies from a private breast cancer survivor online group I belong to who all meet up near Chicago once a year and just have a really good time meeting in person and just spending time together. I'm sure you know just from being a part of this wonderful group how close you get to people you've never met in person but know really well from sharing and supporting online. Anyway, I do not want to be the one lagging behind on that weekend, and I'm determined not to be!

April Goals:
• SW: 177.8 lbs Weigh less on May 1 (Actually gained 1.8 lbs)
• Activity 30 minutes per day 3x per week Hurt my hip and have to go to physical therapy to get it aligned and strengthened.
• Get lymphedema under control Yes, this is much better. Not all the way yet, but better!
• Finish baby quilt for a special friend Not finished, but good progress made.
• Unplug on Sundays, except for MFP of course! I have actually started trying to incorporate this into much of my day on Saturdays also.
• Prep for next week the weekend before
• Work toward finding a morning routine that makes mornings smoother.
• Work on bedtime routine and being consistent so I can wake up easier. Not there yet, but much progress made.

May Goals
SW: 179.6 lbs. Weigh LESS on June 1st
Focus on Hip strengthening and alignment
Lymphedema massage daily x2 on arm
Get my bicycle out and ride it 3x per week
Finish and mail Baby Quilt
Keep social media and online chatter to under 90 minutes on Saturdays and unplug on Sundays totally.
Meal plan every weekend and make grocery list
Prep snacks into serving size bags every weekend for the next week
Make consistent evening routine into habit
Write 5 things I'm grateful for "today" in my gratitude journal each night
Do something I enjoy every day, no matter how small


Have a lovely May Day, ladies!

Tracie in WI
2018 Mantra (The 3 P's): With persistence, patience and a positive attitude, I will achieve a healthier me in 2018.

nankayk

Hello All,

VERY new here (42 days and counting) I have done very well logging everything I eat and drink (yay me!) and keeping within my calories. So far, I am down 13 lbs. A loooonng way to go, but I didn't get here in a month, so I can't expect to leave here in a month. Exercise is tough. I walk to work and a bit on my 30 minute lunch and I track my time/pace walking. Working out is tougher. Affording a gym membership or the Y is out of the question right now, so I have to forcus on what I can do. At least with the break in the weather, I can add yard work. (edited to add: With work and house chores how do you get 10 or 15,000 steps in??)

Goals:

Keep on logging
Up my walking time
Lose another 8 lbs this month
Drink more water. (why is that SO HARD??)

OregonMother

Katla49 wrote: »

I had a jolt yesterday. I called an old friend from high school to see whether we could meet for lunch this coming week. Her husband answered and said she is in a nursing home! This is due to health complications that accompany extreme overweight. He did agree to meet for lunch, and said he'd go and pick her up from her care facility for the occasion. I hope that she is able to come for the lunch.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

I worry about this with one of my best friends. She missed my sister's memorial service because she had a health scare and had to go the emergency room. :-( I'm sorry, Katla.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

OregonMother

As requested -- greenhouse pictures.




Well my chip eating binge finally caught up with me. I was careless a couple nights ago and shared a snack bag of nacho cheese Doritos with my little guy, not realizing, (i.e. not checking) that they are not gluten free. Needless to say, my tummy is very upset with me. I had difficulty sleeping last night. I couldn't wear my wedding ring today, and I am making multiple trips to the potty at work. So stupid of me.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

spikeyhair

FELICIA love your greenhouse

Just watching our local news and found out that in Barcelona they have run out of the local stone for use on Gaudi's Sagrada Familia ( think I've spelt it right) so they being supplied with stone from a quarry in Warrington which is just down the road from Liverpool, I think that's really cool.

Worked out calories for my lunch today needless to say scary but will go really HFLC for 3 or 4 days and 3 days in gym

Kate UK

cityjaneLondon

Nankayk - the 10,000 steps thing is just a number. Dreamt up by a Japanese tracker manufacturer. You can get the same benefit from 10mins vigorous walking 3 times a day. You have to walk fast enough to be slightly out of breath. It is very doable and can even be done in the house by marching on the spot. Good luck. Of course, any exercise is great - climbing stairs, doing housework, gardening, keeping on the go.
Heather UK XXXXXX

langman22

Well this is the news...I will be in a boot for 3 weeks Allie the time except for bed. Then I transition to a “corset “. I see dr again in 5 weeks and see if the swelling and pain have gone down enough that it is tolerable. If it is I’d wear boot and brace off and on for the rest of my life. He thinks that I will end up having to have surgery. Could be worse as it wasn’t a complete tear.

Terry in a beautiful clunky black boot. (Do you think I could bedazzle it?)

coastalgosgal

auntiebk wrote: »

May Day Greetings!

Barbie, "thank you" just seems so inadequate, but thank you from my heart.

Apologies for the multiple quotes and typos yesterday. Now you know why I prefer to post from my laptop, I'm soooo touchscreen challenged! Just give me a keyboard and a DOS prompt, please!
"...while my car’s oil...I’m tearing up ...to me so sending my hugs...

Pat in PA My last mammo was 3D and I don't remember it being any longer or more (or less!) agonizing than the 2D. So much depends on the tech's experience and expertise. Back in Boise I read that applying a topical anesthetic containing lidocaine, then wrapping with plastic for an hour before washing off for the exam (1) but the FDA (2) warns against. Since my breasts are heavy and my tissue thick, I'm going to try the wrap next time. If you can tolerate NSAIDs an aspirin or ibuprofen about an hour before can help.
(1)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339725/
(2)http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/articles/fda-warns-against-lidocaine-relieving-mammography-related-pain
Betsy "so I got out and walked with Ella" Well done. Safe travels! TMI alert: Joe's attitude about my rescue Wheaten was the straw. He told me to get rid of it. (Hello, I'm Barbara, you've been married to me for 20+ years and you think I'll "get rid" of a dog? Who are you? Who do you think I am?) So I said we needed counseling, he replied he didn't need counseling to know she was a GD bad dog. So I packed up the dogs and my most important belongings and ran away for the weekend. Came back and asked him again to go to counseling. When he said no, I said "well then, I want a divorce." "Over a dog???" "It's not the dog, it's us." I bunked (dogs and all) with a buddy, consulted a divorce lawyer and a counselor through my work's Employee Assistance Program. Had the pups in doggy daycare while I worked, and leashed to me while at my buddy's. After a week he decided that he'd go to counseling with me. It was just what we needed and exactly when we needed it because the next year was a hard one for me and he was really supportive. Our marriage had been rocky for close to 10 years and I must say that the past 10 years since this event have been the best ever.
Okie is there room for one more at your patio events?
Terry SNOw? Oh NO!!!
Felicia jealous of your greenhouse, would you share a pic?
Mary 3 week keto challenge? What an accomplishment!
Lanette "... make our own 'families' And how lucky we are to have this group of sisters" Amen sister! Eating canned salmon with bones and skin :noway: sounds yucky to me but I do love the canned albacore. TJ's had beautiful big globe artichokes for 99 cents each. In our small coastal town, Freddy gets $3.95 apiece!
Beth glad to hear from you, safe travels!
Rori so glad you had DH at gym with you to counter the helpless feeling about your brother. You are not useless, you got his GF to alanon. Well done!
Kim your boundaries advice to Betsy was right on point and so succintly said!
Rebecca broth and toast, how comforting!
Michele, sometimes with husbands "what they don't know won't hurt..."
Katla jolt indeed! Caution to us all...
NYKaren I'll climb back onto that wagon with you, okay?
Cheri good luck with the move. Share pics of new living room furniture when it comes?

Welcome Kay in TX. (((hugs)))
Welcome golfergal "lifetime quota of rain in the NW" made me laugh out loud. My DH got his lifetime quota of sagebrush in SW Idaho so we find the rain a real treat!

April intentions fell short:
Daily:
Meditate 50%
take rx + supplements 90%
log 100%
walk one more step than past month's running average 33%
Weekly:
4 times-walk Tumble at least 10 mins 25%
2 times
AF days 200%
SWSY 10%
T'ai Chi 80%
line dance 80:
This month: Hang up or purge the art before guests come in May = uh oh 0%

May strategy, get those percentages up!

Starting now with meditation, knee exercises, fruit and veg prep

Enjoy the day, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.

To be specific it was roasted beef broth ( Better Than Bullion), with a drizzle of olive oil. I like the sheen the olive oil gives it! The toast was actually a French roll cut, buttered and broiled. I dipped, then slurped!
Rebecca
Not a mere broth sipper
In Whidbey island