WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018

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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,204 Member
    :'( Bessie, our young rescue dog, had a tough time with the fireworks last night. The noise scared her and we spent a lot of the night comforting her and trying to help her feel safe. When I took her out at 7:30 PM and midnight, the noise scared her and she didn't pee. I worried that there would be a wet spot on the rug in the morning, but all was fine when I took both dogs out at 4:30 AM for their usual before breakfast walk. The fireworks are too far away for us to see but close enough to hear the noise that, in part, resembles gunshots.
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    Bleah. Slept all day Tuesday and most of yesterday. Vicious circle, feel bad, don't make good food choices, no activity, feel worse...
    Made better food choices yesterday, meditated and did knee exercises today. Hoping to do better on activity too.. . but just spoke with a dear friend who's very sick and in dire financial straits, and that makes me sad. Prayers would be welcome.

    mfp is NOT helping. Every time I try to log food from my laptop it kicks/logs me out. Foo!

    Lanette, Rye, Karen in VA "it helps to know others also deal with this aggravating trait". Thank you ALL!
    Rye enjoy your social-engagement-free weekend. Toe=oww :cry: Kidd Kirby and Jackie Kane cuteness overload indeed. ;)
    Mizlily thank you! You made me smile and feel better about my piles of art in the corner... Well done on the lunchwalk!
    Heather "Pretend gin drops" Oooh I'd love that in my Pimm's cup with curry. Any particular brand? Does your DH share his cordial recipe?
    Rebecca yay 13! Always my lucky number.
    Rita really hoping your DH's is not the retractile mesenteritis that has been associated with cancer, that he has good reaction/quick healing with the prednisone, and that he will get OVER himself and go to the specialist and get the follow up! Men!
    Tracey in Edmonton, the deck of cards got a snort out of me!
    JanetR your grand daughter's a beauty, just like her gran. :)
    Sue in WA Fondue is one lucky cat!
    Katla "feel like I have done the impossible" Brava!
    Karen what a summer camp nightmare for your grandson and his parents. :rage: 15 hour round trip drive to boot.
    Lanette would you share your lentil/veg soup recipe?
    Carol adding your DnL's brother to the list. Lawyers' ineptness grr.

    Welcome tigrib from Toronto. Tracking input consistently is the key first step for me.
    Welcome back dim4mom, let us know what you'd like us to call you and general location to help us keep you straight.

    Only up to pg 12 but time to get up and out!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
    60 g protein 4/4, meditate 2/4, walk one more step 2/4, knee exercises 2/4, walk Tumble 2/4 times, SWSY 0/2, hang up or purge art 0/1
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    edited July 2018
    Oh so I decided last minute to play tennis by myself, since it was sunny at the gym. You can check out rackets and tennis balls at the gym. The tennis courts have walls on the side you can hit against. I do that, then I hit the three balls back and forth over the net. Its monotonous, but I hit, jog to get the balls hit, then repeat! I definitely get a workout!
    Bought more yogurt, seems like a good morning go to thing. I also am addicted to grapefruit juice! That's what I I take my vitamins with in the morning.
    I couldn't do all this without your support, and I do appreciate you all!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey island
    Washington
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,259 Member
    The book on the Case Against Sugar I am finding the discussion on how the sugar industry defends itself fascinating. My main impression is that they have given us what we wanted (something sweet) over what we needed ( nutritious food that what better our health.) I didn't realize how powerful the sugar industry is. They were instrumental in getting cyclamates banned for their own purpose not whether it was good or bad.

    I do not see sugar being reduced in foods anytime soon. All I can do is use my food dollar to buy the best quality and nutritious food I can. I am going to the Farmers Market, buying nonGMO food when I can, and grass fed organic meat and dairy. I appreciate these foods are available.

    When I bought my last can of paint there was an added disposal fee because they assume someday there will an added charge to disposed of it. In Minnesota they do not tax food. They do however tax pop and candy. I suppose that is the closest they can come to adding a fee to foods that do not encourage good health.

    :heart: Margaret
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,661 Member
    edited July 2018
    Barbara AHMOD - here's the lentil soup recipe:

    "Progresso" French Lentil Soup -

    This recipe makes 8 to 9 cups of thick soup; calories/protein/fiber and other nutrients are probably match cup for cup what the Progresso label states. Freezes well!

    2 or 3 Tablespoons olive oil
    1 1/4 c. French (green) lentils, sorted and rinsed. Sometimes these are hard to find at most markets. They don't break down much when cooking like the brown and red ones do. I order from Amazon.
    2 cups chopped onions
    2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
    1 cup chopped carrots
    1 cup chopped celery
    4 cups vegetable broth
    1 pint (or one 14.5 oz can) tomato sauce or finely chopped canned tomatoes
    Handful of baby spinach or kale, finely chopped
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Saute onions, garlic, celery and carrots in olive oil for a few minutes in dutch oven. Add broth, tomato sauce and lentils. Bring to boil then simmer for 30 minutes, covered, stirring now and then. Add spinach/kale and cook additional 5 to 15 minutes. Soup will thicken more when taken off heat, add water if desired.

    Crockpot - sauté veggies in skillet in the olive oil, mix with remaining ingredients, cook on high for 3 - 4 hours.

    Of course, add more or less of the veggies - this is a good recipe to play around with!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,953 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    The book on the Case Against Sugar I am finding the discussion on how the sugar industry defends itself fascinating. My main impression is that they have given us what we wanted (something sweet) over what we needed ( nutritious food that what better our health.) I didn't realize how powerful the sugar industry is. They were instrumental in getting cyclamates banned for their own purpose not whether it was good or bad.

    I do not see sugar being reduced in foods anytime soon. All I can do is use my food dollar to buy the best quality and nutritious food I can. I am going to the Farmers Market, buying nonGMO food when I can, and grass fed organic meat and dairy. I appreciate these foods are available.

    When I bought my last can of paint there was an added disposal fee because they assume someday there will an added charge to disposed of it. In Minnesota they do not tax food. They do however tax pop and candy. I suppose that is the closest they can come to adding a fee to foods that do not encourage good health.

    :heart: Margaret

    I am in Alberta, Canada and we have had an environmental fee added to paint, electronics, tires, engine oils and other items for close to a decade. They have new eco stations where these items need to be disposed of, you can't put them in your household garbage.
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Hi friends. I hope you all had a safe and fun Fourth of July! I went to a party at my best friend's house. We just went out to do fireworks when a big storm rolled in! So he got them off quickly. When I got home it was SO nice...no fireworks going off in the pouring rain. But I suspect they will be going off (illegally) tonight.

    We did get 1 1/2 inches of rain in about 40 minutes. More is expected today and tomorrow.

    I had lunch with my best friend and her sister, who is from out of town, today. We went to a seafood place and omg....YUM. I had grilled oysters and clam chowder. While it didn't look like a whole lot, now I am stuffed!

    I think it's naptime! Take care everyone, Meg who is floating down the road in Omaha!
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    Hi Sisters,
    Lanette good on you for being a "lifelong learner" and focusing on how to live a long a healthy life! I have been studying too, books on diet, longevity, exercise, herbs and hormones. So much information to absorb! My most recent learning is that women (as well as doctors!) have been brainwashed by Big Pharma into believing they need estrogen once they hit menopause, when in truth it is a progesterone drop that needs to be compensated for. The other important point is that it has to be a natural progesterone not a chemically made "progestin" which causes foreign havoc in your body. The book I learned this from is called "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause" by Dr. John R. Lee. I am using a wild yam cream at the moment as well as vitex agnes, but I am trying to get my doctor to prescribe a natural progesterone as it will be much cheaper for me in the long run. I am also not 100% sure if the body does convert wild yam into progesterone. That is something I need to do more research on. My belief is that if you get your hormones balanced, your weight will become normalized. Of course, what you eat does affect your hormones as well.

    Hi Gomonygo, yep you can just jump in and make comments and join us on our journey to better health and weight. I have also chosen to give up meat, as well as dairy, eggs and fish (but not honey!) LOL My research is overwhelmingly in favour of eliminating it from your diet if you want to avoid most cancers and health problems. I do not miss it at all, and have found many wonderful tasting substitutes such as coconut or almond yoghurt and vegan cheeses. I have a lot of fun converting my favourite recipes to a more healthy version, like the cinnamon rolls I made yesterday as well as the "ham hocks and beans soup" that I made yesterday minus the hamhocks. I used coconut cream to replace the fatty texture and I made a healthy linseed, olive oil, organic polenta, cornbread to ladle it over. Perfect for our cold winter night here in New Zealand. I am not a perfectionist, so occasionally I do eat food that has some milk, butter or egg in it, but 99% of the time I avoid it. I used to think egg was okay, but then I read that it causes your body to make a bad toxin in your guts so I use ground flax in water to substitute for eggs in my baking.

    <3 Wendy
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,098 Member
    Rebecca~ be careful with grapefruit juice some medications don't react well with it... my dad would eat granola with unsweetened grapefruit juice instead of milk :#
    well we spent 3 1/2 hrs at the pool, Taliah had a blast... I am so glad... she met a little pakistani girl her age, and they got along wonderful so they played for an hr our so, we are back and I have a load of laundry going. its in the dryer now...
    having my friends over for lunch on Sunday..
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,204 Member
    :)Katla, I'm so glad that your RV experience is working well for you.
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Rebecca~ be careful with grapefruit juice some medications don't react well with it... my dad would eat granola with unsweetened grapefruit juice instead of milk :#
    well we spent 3 1/2 hrs at the pool, Taliah had a blast... I am so glad... she met a little pakistani girl her age, and they got along wonderful so they played for an hr our so, we are back and I have a load of laundry going. its in the dryer now...
    having my friends over for lunch on Sunday..

    Allie, its just my multivitamin, and my vitamin D, I'm good 👍.
    Rebecca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,277 Member
    Katla49 wrote: »
    We are enjoying being here in the park in our RV. Last night we had a lovely campfire in an old stone chimney. We were the first to arrive and may end up among the last to leave. Our big achievement so far today was successfully leveling the RV. Must’ve had an o:) on our side.

    Awesome sauce
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,531 Member
    Did Patrick Goudeau’s Hard Work Conditioning 24/7 DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do the water class.

    Katla – I’m so happy that your husband is enjoying himself. You know, while I was at the dentist this a.m. I thought of you and how you recommended the flosser to me. I’ll be eternally grateful. Just like I’m grateful to Heather for the suggestion of using shirataki noodles in soup

    NYKaren – our heatwave seems to be letting up, too. At least temporarily.

    Exercised, went to the dentist, home and then to ceramics for a little bit, to Publix, then Lowes Foods, then WalMart, bought gas, home for dinner, then ACMoore, now home for the night

    Sherndon – welcome! Adorable avatar

    Gomonygo – you joined by posting! Welcome! Great loss. Lately I’m not that crazy about red meat. But I do feel that I want a little just for the fats and vitamins and other things that meat contains

    Got some chobani flips yogurts. Not that I really wanted them, but they were 10 for $10.00 and I had 2 50Cent coupons which they doubled and then another coupon for $1 off two. How could I pass that up?

    Margaret – we just found out that if you let a can of paint dry out totally, then you can put it right in the trash.

    Just logged my food into MFP and got “yelled” at that I wasn’t eating enough. So I wound up having some cashews and yogurt.

    Rebecca – so glad to hear your appointment went well.

    Michele in NC
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Did Patrick Goudeau’s Hard Work Conditioning 24/7 DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do the water class.

    Katla – I’m so happy that your husband is enjoying himself. You know, while I was at the dentist this a.m. I thought of you and how you recommended the flosser to me. I’ll be eternally grateful. Just like I’m grateful to Heather for the suggestion of using shirataki noodles in soup

    NYKaren – our heatwave seems to be letting up, too. At least temporarily.

    Exercised, went to the dentist, home and then to ceramics for a little bit, to Publix, then Lowes Foods, then WalMart, bought gas, home for dinner, then ACMoore, now home for the night

    Sherndon – welcome! Adorable avatar

    Gomonygo – you joined by posting! Welcome! Great loss. Lately I’m not that crazy about red meat. But I do feel that I want a little just for the fats and vitamins and other things that meat contains

    Got some chobani flips yogurts. Not that I really wanted them, but they were 10 for $10.00 and I had 2 50Cent coupons which they doubled and then another coupon for $1 off two. How could I pass that up?

    Margaret – we just found out that if you let a can of paint dry out totally, then you can put it right in the trash.

    Just logged my food into MFP and got “yelled” at that I wasn’t eating enough. So I wound up having some cashews and yogurt.

    Rebecca – so glad to hear your appointment went well.

    Michele in NC

    I usually just quick add calories to make her ( mfp queen of the food diary), happy!
    Rebecca
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Michele in NC, you are coupon clipper queen! Good job!
    Rebecca👍
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,277 Member
    stats for the day:

    bike ride hm 2 gym- 10.19min, 129mhr, 10.1amph. 1.7mi= 72c
    apple watch- 65c
    ROWING MACHINE- 10min, 48aw, 90ahr, 143mhr, 1566meters= 54c
    apple watch- 82c
    0 RUNNER- 15min, 109ahr, 138mhr, 10.53min mi, lvl8, 9h, 108c, 37l, 1.37mi= 103c
    apple watch- 117c
    STAIRCLIMBER- 6min, 116ahr, 131mhr, 25floors, lvl8, 400steps= 61c
    apple watch- 74c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.02min, 126mhr, 17.4amph, 1.4mi= 43c
    apple watch- didn't turn on
    bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- 14.02min, 13amph, 116ahr, 136mhr, 3mi= 130c
    apple watch- 117c
    jog sta 2 wk- 5.07min, 145mhr, 135ahr, 9.32min mi, .5mi= 52c
    apple watch- 52c
    jog wk 2 sumn sta- 4.06min, 8.58min mi, 154mhr, .4mi= 55c
    apple watch- 53c

    total cal 762
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    <3<3
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Lanette The main low carb foods people forget about are nuts & seeds, avocado, coconut, olives, and eggs. Also novel things like chicken skins (like pork rinds only lots better) and kale chips for snacks. Full fat dairy. And of course meat & fish, vegetables, butter, and oils. Berries for dessert. I'm betting you already know all of this...

    Karen in Virginia
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    efricke1 wrote: »
    Hi everyone! This seems like the group for me! My name is Elizabeth, I'm 54, and I live in Decatur, GA. After trying and failing not succeeding at losing weight and getting in shape (whatever that means!) I reached my highest weight ever recently. I know what I need to do, but can't seem to stay motivated. Or something bad happens and eating seems to be the logical response. However, I have made a commitment to myself this time. Luckily (?) I have my yearly physical tomorrow, so I'll know my starting weight (we have a scale but I'm not sure how correct it is!) and where my "numbers" are-cholesterol and glucose mainly. This morning I did something I've never done before -took "before" pictures <shudder>. I've been tracking my food for a week and try to get 10K steps a day. I'm very lucky because my darling supportive husband is starting his weight loss journey now too.

    July Goals:
    10-11K steps a day
    Continue to track food daily
    Ask for names/phone numbers of personal trainers at my gym and call someone!
    Do planks every day
    Lose 5 pounds

    Thanks for reading!

    Welcome, Elizabeth! I’m just up the interstate from you in Jefferson. There are several other Georgia girls on here as well.

  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    exermom wrote: »
    Did Patrick Goudeau’s Hard Work Conditioning 24/7 DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do the water class.

    Katla – I’m so happy that your husband is enjoying himself. You know, while I was at the dentist this a.m. I thought of you and how you recommended the flosser to me. I’ll be eternally grateful. Just like I’m grateful to Heather for the suggestion of using shirataki noodles in soup

    NYKaren – our heatwave seems to be letting up, too. At least temporarily.

    Exercised, went to the dentist, home and then to ceramics for a little bit, to Publix, then Lowes Foods, then WalMart, bought gas, home for dinner, then ACMoore, now home for the night

    Sherndon – welcome! Adorable avatar

    Gomonygo – you joined by posting! Welcome! Great loss. Lately I’m not that crazy about red meat. But I do feel that I want a little just for the fats and vitamins and other things that meat contains

    Got some chobani flips yogurts. Not that I really wanted them, but they were 10 for $10.00 and I had 2 50Cent coupons which they doubled and then another coupon for $1 off two. How could I pass that up?

    Margaret – we just found out that if you let a can of paint dry out totally, then you can put it right in the trash.

    Just logged my food into MFP and got “yelled” at that I wasn’t eating enough. So I wound up having some cashews and yogurt.

    Rebecca – so glad to hear your appointment went well.

    Michele in NC

    I usually just quick add calories to make her ( mfp queen of the food diary), happy!
    Rebecca

    Rebecca you are hilarious! >:)>:)>:)
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,953 Member
    <3
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Doesn't everyone??? Karen in Virginia, is it only me??? Lol. Ah jeez.... I eat what I love, and love what I eat, and sometimes its just not enough in (her) eyes. So I make her happy is all! Haahaa!
    Rebecca
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    Ah, Rebecca, but some of us cannot lie to the queen of the food diary. We aren’t all rebels like you. Lol.

    Karen, I’m just now reading of your grandson’s camp experience. I am so sorry. I hurt for him and for you.

    I’m getting around good on my orthopedic boot. I plan to take the scooter back tomorrow or Saturday to get it out of my way.

    I have resisted the low-carb bandwagon with every fiber of my being, but I think it’s time to give it a try.

    Welcome to all the newbies.

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