WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2018

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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,289 Member
    edited June 2018
    Helped friend get ready for daughter's graduation party yesterday. Fun colors purple, blue, and yellow. I wish we had had time to take a picture after decorating. We barely got done before the first guests were there. It really turned out nice. It was also fun to come up with last minute improvisation ideas like cutting the green frog tape into a heart shape because that was the only thing that would keep up some of the decorations. I did come home and crashed in the evening.

    :heart: Margaret
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Sunday -- 3.4 km of walking, 1.6 km of which was the walk with my husband.


    Plus Zwift ...

    Distance: 18.24 km
    Moving Time: 50:24
    Elapsed Time: 50:24
    Elevation: 136 m

    ................ Avg | Max
    Speed ... 21.7 km/h | 62.6 km/h
    Heart Rate ... 130 bpm | 155 bpm
    Cadence ... 79 | 108
    Power ... 76W | 130W
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Here in Philly for a fun weekend. Had a 5 mile walk around the city—it’s changed so much since I was a kid! Actually went to bed at 8:30 and was out till 5 am :)

    Hit the gym for 45 minute cardio before I head out to brunch (af and will stick to veggies) and the see a show “Fun Home”. Good to be around my family, counting blessings today as well as calories :o
    NYKAREN
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,696 Member
    B)
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,619 Member
    Dana, Great idea, thanks! I'm sure she's never seen GoFundMe, she doesn't get on the internet and is very computer averse. Will run it by our class and see what they think.
    Welcome Katie NW, 100 crunches a day? OMG! I'm 5' too, but doubt I could do even 1 true crunch.
    Karen, from your mouth to Medicare's ear. Her insurance agent told her Medicare automatically rejects anything with a hint of cosmetic surgery. Sure hope he had is wires Xd.
    Tracey in AB "...jumped into the deep end 3 or 4 times" Brava, brava, BRAVISSIMA! When I was 6 or 7 a "friend" held me under thinking it was funny. What makes kids think cruelty is a joke? :noway:
    Rebecca "...Pringles holder..." you've made me snort my tea so much my sinuses must be squeaky clean! Ah "the cups that cheer but not inebriate"...
    Katla right on for keeping the pup leashed to you in the house to teach it manners. It worked with our 2.5 yr old rescue wheaten (that, and time, and good food, and 3 fences including an electric one, and a near divorce, and and and... )

    Years ago, JAM?s daughter had abdominal surgery and got a series of very gentle core rehab exercies. Wish I could find them, does anyone remember or have? We used to call them gut'n'butt.

    Oops, 10 mins past time to meditate.
    Enjoy your day!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
    60 g protein 7/9, meditate 8/9, walk one more step 9/9, knee exercises 8/9, 5/8 times walk Tumble
    times SWSY 0/4, hang up or purge art 0
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,349 Member
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  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,619 Member
    edited June 2018
    Found it! From May 2010!
    Now to DO it ;)
    jam0525 wrote: »
    Laura - here is my DD's core rehab program:

    Marching - lie on your back lower level is just raise each leg so that it is parallel with the floor. 10 raises each leg. When you get to where you can do 30 easily, start extending each leg after you raise it, then pull it back and down. The trick is to go slow.

    Abdominal curls - lie on your back with legs bent, feet on the floor. Hands behind your ears, elbows out. Curl up getting your shoulders off the floor. 10 time, again get up to 30. This one never changes.

    Side Planks with bent knees - Lie on your side up on your elbow, upper hand on side. Legs bent back at the knees, make sure your body is in a straight line. Raise your hips off the ground. Start with 5 on each side and get up to 30. It never gets over 30.

    The exercises are done every day for 10 weeks then 3 times a week.

    Pretty easy and quick, but it sure made a difference.

    Later,

    Jeannie
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Lisa ~ Fingers crossed. That's a really cute house.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,696 Member
    Good morning and Happy Sunday!

    Barbara AHMOD - after you mentioned about your T'ai Chi teacher, I looked on the medicare.gov webpage and saw that it covered implant removal for health reasons. Now today, I go there to look for it and cannot find it!

    I did find this link: http://breastimplantinfo.org/will-medicare-pay-remove-breast-implants/ It's not Medicare but appears to have good info. Probably the best thing for the gal to do is to speak with the surgeon's office and have them verify that it is or isn't covered if she hasn't done so already.

    I don't get along with Medicare.gov's search engine. I've been having "flashes" in my field of vision for the past couple days, thought I was getting an ocular migraine but that wasn't the case. Spoke with my sis who is 2 yrs older than me, she had the same thing and said it's apparently normal for us older folks as some of the vitreous gel is tugging at the retina - I guess there's always a slight chance of retinal detachment. So I'll call the optometrist's office in the morning and get it checked out.

    Do you think I can find anything on the medicare.gov website about if they cover retinal detachment surgery? Not so far. My optometrist will know.

    Hummus - Sabra is also a favorite. A few months ago I bought a locally made brand at a health food store in Olympia that beat it by a mile and had no preservatives, so I'm attempting to replicate it. Looked at new Oster blenders at Walmart. Cheap, cheap, plastic, cheap. Will be on the lookout for an older sturdy model at the 2nd hand stores. Until then - a few chunks of chickpea aren't going to hurt anyone, lol.

    Lisa - just saw the pic of the house! That looks great! Love the covered porches and the stone! Kind of unique with custom features that sound right up your alley? After you said you and Corey were going to wait a while, I thought the perfect one will now show up, lol. Perhaps it has. Crossing fingers for you!! Sorry to read about Corey's dad - so glad you were able to spend time with him last summer.

    Allergies - shots in the love handle are going well; seems there's some new pollen in the air right now that's not in my serum so doing some sniffling. The doc's office said I should probably stay on shots twice a week thru grass season. :s

    Carol - you are a trooper to babysit your son's pupsters. That hound is a big fella!

    Heather - thank you for sharing the pictures! Keep them coming!

    Time to get busy around here - have a wonderful Sunday ladies! <3

    Lanette
    Cool and rainy SW WA State
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,349 Member
    Ooo
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,139 Member
    Lisa lovely house,is there a MLS number we can look up to see it?
    Took my DD and DGD down to the lavender farm and then we went to this little place called down the lane farm....got some loose tea we will infuse water with for the wedding...
    Going to take a nap.
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Barbie ~ I am no way the brave and caring woman you mentioned. Us keeping the dogs was my DH's and Son's idea. I even said I would pay to board them. When we got to the Pet Hotel to pick them up, it took my DH and a biggish girl to get the hound in the car. Then, he parked himself on the front passengers seat and rode like that all the way home. I sat in the back and the black dog laid in my lap.

    Dana ~ I think the big dog has a lot of hound in him and perhaps some Great Dane.

    Dana ~ Your grand children are adorable.

    Carol from GA
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: I take 3X as much Vitamin D3 every day as you are taking. I have 3,000IU capsules. You might think about bumping yours up a bit. (((hugs)))

    Snowflake: Congratulations on facing your swimming fears. You are a strong and courageous lady. :star:

    Peachy: One of our training tricks with a pup is to keep it leashed in the house to help it learn manners. I would start by keeping it with me, and eventually put the leash around a sturdy table leg beside the food dish while the pup was eating. When he finished eating, he could either be with me, or be free depending on how the training was going. Our "pup" is now 11 years old. :heart:

    Heather: I am enjoying your posts about shipboard life so much. Thank you for sharing!!! :bigsmile:


    We just saw three deer in our yard! I suspect it is a mom with twins. Two were smaller than the third, and one of them is lame. I wonder how it got hurt. They've gone back and forth several times. I wonder if they've forgotten how they got into the yard and are looking for a way out.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    Ooh I take 5000 IU capsules! That's what my doctor told me to get! I have seen no difference in how I feel. My vertigo kind of overshadows everything...
    Rebecca
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,139 Member
    Very tired..staying in bed..Tracy,Taliah and I had a lovely time at the lavender farm...spend a bit,but all in all lovely..
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,349 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Barbie - your "social life" sounds perfect to me.

    I went to the gym on Friday to spend a little time with my dear BFF who has so much going on in her life - work & health & family issues and I feel she's getting overwhelmed by them. A mutual acquaintance/former co-worker (who I really like) was there too, but conversation just isn't the same and it was kind of strained when it's between 3 people - I wanted to ask BFF/discuss some private stuff and so that didn't happen.

    I normally turn down invites for lunches and social events if it involves conversing with more than one person at a time. To me, a friend is someone I care about and respect who deserves my undivided attention. And I expect the same in return. Otherwise, most people I know are just bobbing about my sea of acquaintances, lol.

    I still plan to go to the gym once a week - we have the circuit training room all to ourselves. I got half an hour on the treadmill before they arrived which was good.

    This brings me to the topic of BFF’s. When I was working, my BFF and I were thick as thieves. She's about 20 years younger than me. When I retired and she quit the gym, we’d no longer see each other on a daily basis but would keep in touch via email and phone and sometimes I’d whip by her house for a few minutes. I still try to email her at least every other day just to send hugs.

    As I mentioned, she started having some health and work and family stuff that are weighing her down. I get emails from her saying, “I’ll fill you in when I see you!” But that day doesn’t come.

    I don’t see her on weekends and evenings because it seems she is always on the run with her family stuff and she gets a lot of “weekend migraines” so I honor that and don’t impose by making her get out of bed for “company”.

    I was a little miffed tho at the gym – she said a former co-worker of ours who just retired a week ago and was a real PITA to everyone was coming over on Saturday (yesterday) to visit! That co-worker was the expert at Passive-Aggressive and I could not wait to retire and get away from her. In fact, I have stayed away from events I know BFF will be attending or hosting because I don't want to run into PITA.

    DH says I’m jealous. I know, this sounds a lot like 6th grade stuff. How DARE PITA spend time with my BFF, lol, even tho I don’t.

    Good grief. I love my friend the most, I really do. Thank you for listening, ladies. I will send her an email or call her and tell her how much I miss her and that I’m looking forward to us spending time together by ourselves, and how seeing her again at the gym made me realize how important she is to me. I can leave the PITA discussion out. Who knows, she may have called PITA yesterday and told her not to stop by because she wasn't feeling well.

    And maybe it’s time for me to get an additional BFF a little closer to my age who has time to walk and talk. Guess I need to pull myself out of the introvert cage and go to some of the group classes at the gym for starters. Of course, if the teleporter gets fixed, I’ll show up at some of your doors with my walking shoes in hand and we can get some miles in!!

    SO do any of you have BFF's you get to visit/do things with like Barbie? It's sometimes easier when a person is retired, but maybe like in my case, it's different types of BFF's. I guess the main thing is to find someone with whom you have many things in common. Or are at least agreeable with, lol.

    Katla     - did you get your camping spot figured out with the County to your satisfaction? My PC and tablet don't feed posts from MFP reliably and I know I unintentionally skip posts when I jump from one device to another. :'( So, if you posted new info, I missed it. I see a "mini home" for sale just down the street. We aren't travelers anymore but I always liked those little compact things. I once worked in the office at a travel trailer place that made them (Hey Pip - Nappanee! Before your time - mid 70's)

    Before I forget, there's a cattle ranch at the end of our private road and we see/hear cows and calves all the time. I saw a sign that they had "Lowline" beef for sale and bought a few packages of grass fed ground beef from their truck and it was great. Looked up "Lowline" and darned if it isn't a breed of cattle developed in Australia that does well on just grass and silage - no grain/feedlot involved. Which makes it super healthy - tender and not really fatty at all. I have more on order. :)

    Lanette
    SW WA

    I used to work for an attorney in napanee. We lived in Syracuse. Kirby would drive me and the bike there and he would ride there to pick me up and we would ride home together on our bikes
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