WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2018
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Penny - I am so intrigued by your life near the North Pole. I took my Christmas decorations down yesterday and was feeling very down last night without the lights. I have some of those little lights that I kept out of the Christmas totes in case my daughter wanted to use them for her wedding this summer. I may throw them in some cases, what a marvellous idea! I do not have the discipline you do for getting outside in the Winter. I so admire you.
Machka - happy new year to you and your husband!
Heather - it is so nice that your husband works with you on all of your tasks.
I’m sure there was more I wanted to comment on, but I’ve forgotten. I am at the doctors office waiting to be seen. I was expecting to have my first EI payment deposited today, but it isn’t there. I am praying it is there tomorrow as I need to buy some groceries and pay rent. I also fear we need to buy a new car battery. If the car sits, even plugged in, for a day it needs to be boosted. This is quite the pain.
When I’m done at the doctor I am heading home to clean my craft room.2 -
Happy New Year Machka, may it be a year of healing, restoring, and enjoying life.
Surprise! This morning weighed in at .2 lb LESS than mid October's lowest weight so far this year. Probably a fluke but I'll take it. :devil: Have been wrestling the same 3 pounds and getting discouraged. Took a look at the yearly chart and see that over all I've met the Dr.'s goal of a pound a month (just barely). Whew!
Thinking about goals, intentions and word for the year. Carrying over the goals, aiming to better the percentages. "BETTER" keeps popping up. Better choices, better use of time, better attitude, all aiming to feel better. Only problem is the odious comparison, the implication that who I am now isn't as good as the next person, just not good enough period. Maybe "GOOD" should be the theme. Good choices, good use of time, good attitude, taking 5 minutes to do just one thing to feel good. Hmm...
Welcome back Bianca. So sorry to hear of the operation's complications. Is there a second opinion/option to repair the damage from the first? Happy New Year!
Penny, used to love making clove studded oranges, thanks for the reminder! Love the Advent star and led light vase, also the glass polar bear. How do you protect your face from the cold?
Carol, what was on the menu at Grandma's Restaurant?
Allie I too am going to a New Year's Eve party at 5, an hour of line dance class, a potluck then dancing to maybe 9? :laugh: What wild and crazy gals we are! On your recumbent already? Brava!
Michele, I'm making a variation of your Christmas Tree appetizer for the above potluck. Puff pastry instead of pizza dough, pesto and parmesan instead of spinach dip. Any hints on twisting the boughs? Wish me luck!
Rita con VERY gratulations! Well done!
Tracey WOW that is one lucky princess granddaughter!
Rori 9 inches from waist, tummy, hips? What a healthy improvement, you ROCK!
Dear gals, what Rori and others have so eloquently said. Grateful for you and love you.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
walk one more step 21/30, 60 g protein 21/30, rx/vits 23.5/30, meditate 24/30, knee exercises 24/30, SWSY UP 0/8, SWSY LOW 0/8, core 0/8, play with Tumble 12/30, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 17/30.
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Today is Make Up Your Mind Day!
"This day is set aside to encourage us to quit wavering, to take a side, to follow through with a decision and stick to it. As New Year’s resolutions go, this may be the day to decide which ones to declare. Been hesitating on making some decisions? Make Up Your Mind Day is the incentive to make a choice."
Tracey - Amen to the blue light! Our wireless router is in our bedroom, and I've been lobbying for Philip to relocate it because the tiny blinking blue lights are enough to disturb my sleep. In the meantime, I covered it with a box.
Pip - Rocky looks so regal in that photo! The tiara is nice but I'm sure the cape is what put it over the top.
Okie - The big HEB in Round Rock didn't have Hatch chile, but the one at Lakeline next to where Philip works did. He brought me a tub of hot green chile so we're in business for green chile stew, just in time for another cold front. I think next fall when the local groceries have their chile roasting specials, I'll stock up on fresh-roasted creen chiles for the freezer.
Lisa - I love the idea of "punt night!" Philip doesn't cook much, and I woujld enjoy a night off now and then.
Michele - I've been thinking of investing in a Waterpik. For some reason I just have a hard time getting my hands in position to floss. I do it every day, but I'm not sure I'm as thorough about it as I should be. I think a Cricut can cut any kind of paper, vinyl, film, etc. My sister bought one to cut out the pieces for all the paper flowers we made for my niece's wedding.
Rebecca - Yesterday's Suki was just totally in the moment!
Penny - When you described your jogging attire all I could think of was Ralphie in the movie "A Christmas Story," bundled up so thick he couldn't put his arms down! Do you have to take off layers as you go? When we lived in New Mexico we'd head out all bundled up to go crosscountry skiing in 0 degrees, and after 15 minutes of skiing we'd be down to long-sleeved t-shirts and thin silk longjohns.
Machka - Happy New Year!
It's been clear for a long time that I'm having a hard time "making up my mind" to do what I know I need to, so I've started trying some different things to see what might help with my motivation. Today I'm on my third day of "Nooming." So far it has been a steady stream of reminders without feeling like nagging. The only thing is I have to track my meals there too so I'm doing it twice. Also, they want you to weigh every day, and the calorie goal is a little low to be realistic. (It looks to be around 1200 calories a day, but they do let you eat back exercise calories so we'll see.) I'm going to stick with them for the duration of the 14-day trial and see how it goes. Maybe it'll give me the jump start I need.
Wishing all of you success in your challenges and comfort in your struggles in the coming year. You've been a source of inspiration to me and I'm grateful for you!
-Yvonne in TX3 -
My December goal was to eat less sugar, no processed foods, no fast food (only 1 salad from Zaxby's), and only 1 meal out at a sit-down restaurant per week. I was successful at no sugar up until Christmas Eve and did well on the others, although not perfect. Much better success than I would have had if I had not had those goals!
My goal for January 2019 is to exercise at least 20 minutes per day. I have the recumbent bike in the living room as a reminder to do it. When it's nice out, I'll walk Ollie (our foster Schnauzer) as far as I can with my knee and if I have to quit before 20 minutes I'll finish the time on the bike.
Reflecting today on this past year: my youngest son bought his first car on his own, a 2016 Kia Soul and paid cash, he accepted an offer in SC as an Electrical Engineer, and is doing well; my oldest son received a promotion to a department he's wanted to work in for a year or so, good pay raise too; my DIL finished her master's 12/17 and accepted a full-time position teaching at the community college she worked at part-time; my job ended in July when the hospital we managed was bought by a company who did their own billing-took a part-time job at Vanderbilt, didn't work out and then accepted dream job that I work whatever hours I want either in my home or at bosses' home office which allows me to be a member of the local Bible Study Fellowship study each Wednesday; we were able to visit Florida where I had a good time with family and friends and DH's family and three days at the beach; paid off all our bills including hubby's car, our home, and a large credit card bill for helping with DH's mother's funeral.
It was a good year - no major health issues for immediate family, DH's father is being cared for by DH's sister and they are doing well, financial blessings for my children, and marriage still going strong after 33 years. God is good!
Happy New Year, everyone! May 2019 be the years for success in our healthy goals for each of us.
Blessings,
Bonnie in Nashville TN3 -
Just got home from the doctor, my chest pain is a twofer. A viral infection that inflames the chest wall and inflamed muscles from the way I was sitting while crafting. No meds except Advil, take 2 three times a day to get the inflammation down and Voltaren.
I am not surprised by the crafting causing an issue. I suffered from shoulder pain for almost 20 years and was diagnosed with tendinitis, when it got so bad in 2012 I couldn’t lift anything I went to physio turned out to all be posture related. I got that all fixed and within a couple years had overcompensated and had locked my hips up. Fixed that and started having lower back pain. It seems I have overcompensated yet again. I really should have listened more to my Grandmother as a child when I was told to sit and stand straight. I remember her trying to teach me by having me balance a book on my head while doing homework.
I’m finishing a coffee and then going to clean my craft room!
Tracey in Edmonton3 -
Barbara AMHOD - that castle isn’t mine, it is a picture of what I want to make. When I get mine done I’ll post a picture.
Tracey1 -
Read somewhere that when someone offers you a treat you are trying to avoid it is better to say no thanks I don't eat sugar rather than no thanks. When you add the I don't it makes it clear why and helps as a reminder to you. Hopefully they are less likely to pressure you, too.1
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Barbara - I would be happy to share my beer cheese recipe, but I don't follow one. It is more a method, pretty much how I cook everything. Baking, I follow recipes, cooking, not so much. To make my beer cheese, I make a rue with butter and flour (a couple of T of each) and then add some garlic powder (so no one is biting a chunk of garlic if they don't like garlic), worcestershire sauce, hot sauce (whatever you like), spicy mustard and cook it a couple of minutes. Then I add a beer and let it warm up and make a sauce. Then I add cream cheese and melt it in. Then I add whatever cheese I feel like adding, today it was mozzarella (it melts good), colby jack, a bit of parmesan (too much and it clumps up) and some smoke gruyere. Today's turned out good. I blanched some broccoli and cauliflower to go with it. I will heat it up and heat up some soft pretzel bites just before we go tonight. The shrimp are smoked and chilling along with he cocktail sauce. The fresh pork butt is smoking as we speak (the party host shot the pig last week and brought us a pork butt to smoke for the party). I will probably drink water, but I have a bottle of cranberry wine chilling in case I decide to imbibe.
Okie in the TX Hill Country1 -
Ladies is it possible to insert a video clip in a post. Got a feeling you can't but not sure.
4.5 hrs to go to Spanish NY then celebrate Brit NY hour later. Happy New Year to our gals in Southern Hemisphere.
Kate UK 1 -
good afternoon,late morning evening wherever you are and Matchka Happy New Year!!!
well I did the laundry and took a nap, I did order a pizza to bring tonight... going to have them cut it into squares...
if they can..
Reflecting on 2018.. wow what a year....and not in a good way... I got through this year without to much except alot of weight gain.. I just didn't care.... lots of stress
this year even with a possible job upheaval , I put my trust in the good Lord he has gotten me this far..
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I'm pretty sure I'm not going to catch up, so I'm jumping in again.
Yvonne--My daily calorie goal is 800-1,000, so 1,200 sounds generous to me. I also weigh every day--it helps keep me conscious. I'm short, so you may have more leeway on what you eat if you're taller. With the low calories, I've been losing about 2 lbs a week, which is highly motivating.
Bonnie--You've had an active year. I wish I could do more eating at home, but everyone here has a variety of likes, dislikes, and requirements that won't fit just one meal. We eat out too much--which is expensive. I'm good at finding things that work on my diet, like today I ate a kids's meal at Chick-fil-a. That's three hundred and fifty calories for nuggets, fruit, and milk.
Right now my kitchen is full of snacks--cookies, candy, cheese, donuts, pie, and chips. I'm not willing to undo my progress to eat any. I'd give them all away, but others in the house would probably take issue.
Today I'm down 69 lbs!! That's 11 pounds in December alone. I'm 6 lbs from the most weight I've ever lost. I've got a new bicycle waiting for a work-out after I get the brakes adjusted. I'm down three or four sizes, and I've bought new clothes--with waistbands and buttons!
My word for 2019 is LIVE. That means more than survive and exist, as I've been doing for too long. I'm getting my life back and I don't just want a participation trophy. I'm doing more crocheting, and I'm going to finish the quilts that are sitting on my shelf. I'm going to work on my procrastination habit. I'm going to be more active and energetic, and join in rather than stand by and watch. I'm going to get my garden in shape, and play with my dog. I'm going to get out and meet my neighbors. I'm going to keep my beautiful house clean--including the floors. When something needs done, I want to do it the first time--not wait. And I'm going to get my books published--one way or another.
I'm also going to get skinny. I started out believing that goal wasn't realistic, but I'm going to do it. My empty skin might hold me back a bit, but even if I need spandex to hold it in place, I'm going to look great wearing my clothes. I might even try running....without being chased.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Cari in sunny N. Texas8 -
@spikeyhair, maybe upload to YouTube, then share the link here?0
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I just didn't care.... lots of stress
My life in 2018 as well. Back on the saddle and riding toward a great 2019!! 1 -
So many interesting posts from ppl all over the world.I enjoyed them & loved the pics from the North Pole.Penny,how brave to keep up with running thru the dark cold!
BONNIE,I agree. When all is well with our family,all is well with our world.Right now,DH is suffering thru this nasty cold & doesn’t quite know what to do. Sitting inside is his last choice of where to be,but all the coughing etc leaves little choice.
HEATHER,looks like he has the muscle to get the job done....& lots of help for you.
Our New Yrs Eve consists of soup,appetizers with homemade cookies for dessert. Then we’ll be early to bed,as the New Year comes around even when we aren’t there to welcome it.
Happy New Year to all,Trish is the name MFP changed me to,but Pat in Oh is still me
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Barbara ~ I am just what I call a "country cook." My meal was not special at all....pork tenderloin cooked in the Insta Pot with mushroom gravy, Pillsbury Grand frozen biscuits with butter and jelly, rice, and a salad of chopped Romaine, chopped hard boiled eggs, sliced tomatoes and mayo. Grandson is a great eater!
Bonnie ~ Sounds like you and your family made great strides in 2018. Getting bills and home paid off and acquiring jobs that were good for all.
Carol in GA
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Happy New Year ladies! I haven't posted in a few months but I do pop in when I get a chance to see how everyone's doing when I get the chance.
I wish you all peace, joy and good health in the coming new year....
I'll pop on tomorrow and start the year right! Hopefully I can keep up with you wonderful chatty ladies this time! I love this group!
xoxo
Tracie from Green Bay Wisconsin where it is snowing and the roads are getting slick. *Joy*
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Thank you, Janet for the information.
CJ0 -
CJ - Welcome back! I've missed you!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx0 -
Michele .. I used to have my dental procedures without novocaine as well thinking I had a high threshold for pain. That is until a dumb donkey behind of an oral surgeon decided to give me a root canal (on what turned out to be a live root) without any novocaine. It left me so scarred that I've turned into a huge baby at the dentist!
Turns out my family will not be traveling to see my Dad on his 90th birthday tomorrow after all even though the weather looked hopeful. Seems I'm coming down with some kind of respiratory bug and if it's the same thing a co-worker had this past week, then there's a stomach component as well. I will not expose my Dad to that on his birthday!
NY Karen ... the difference between a 12 hour fast and a 19/5 fast, as I understand it, is that more than 12 hours is needed for insulin levels to drop low enough that energy is taken from fat stores instead of available glycogen. 19 hours seems to be the sweet spot for most people, but, of course, everyone is different. I'm still figuring this out, but will keep you posted! If nothing else, it's damage control! Lol!
Bonnie .. I have two sons. The younger turned 21 on the 20th of this month and he will be returning to Nashville next Sunday! He attends Lipscomb University, studying Contemporary Music. If he is successful, he hopes to remain in Nashville ... which breaks my heart as we live near Buffalo, NY.
Beth near Buffalo1 -
Heather - I loved the picture of John rolling out the croissant dough, but worry about his poor back!
In that pic I saw that your retro clock and the Kitchenaid were both powder blue! When you posted the first picture showing them, they were both white on my screen. I couldn't figure out why everyone was so impressed with the matching colors. I guess I saw the picture after 8:30 pm, when my computer screen shifts its color scale away from blue. :laugh:
Enjoy your croissant!
/Penny (on my phone at the North Pole)2 -
Happy New Year all!1
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Bonnie .. I have two sons. The younger turned 21 on the 20th of this month and he will be returning to Nashville next Sunday! He attends Lipscomb University, studying Contemporary Music. If he is successful, he hopes to remain in Nashville ... which breaks my heart as we live near Buffalo, NY.
@bwcetc, I know Lipscomb well. I used to work not too far from there. I have several friends who are alumni. Let me know if he ever needs anything!1 -
Thank you Pip1
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Penny - his back was ok, but he bumped his head on the sharp cornered shelves above! Ouch!
They came out well. We are having one each tomorrow morning and the rest (13) are already in the freezer. I made a couple of pain chocolat with the end bits. Don’t know who will get those! I've frozen them to avoid temptation.
We've saved a glass of champagne each for midnight. Less than an hour to go, but I'm having trouble staying awake.
We like to watch Big Ben and the London fireworks. My son sent a video of the fireworks down where they are staying in Cornwall. I'm missing the grandchildren so much. I can hear the occasional fireworks going off in the neighbourhood, but there is no big display.
Nearly there!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
We're already on the other side. Longyearbyen is a tiny town, but they just put on the best fireworks I've seen since 1984!
I thought Big Ben was still out of commission. Great if I'm wrong about that because Big Ben and the stroke of twelve are iconic.
More tomorrow in the new thread and the new year.
/Penny, still on my phone in the cold but cheery polar night of the high arctic2 -
BonnieHosk85 wrote: »Bonnie .. I have two sons. The younger turned 21 on the 20th of this month and he will be returning to Nashville next Sunday! He attends Lipscomb University, studying Contemporary Music. If he is successful, he hopes to remain in Nashville ... which breaks my heart as we live near Buffalo, NY.
@bwcetc, I know Lipscomb well. I used to work not too far from there. I have several friends who are alumni. Let me know if he ever needs anything!
Thank you so much! It's always nice to know there are people around!
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last stat for the year:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.38min, 12.4amph, 144mhr, 1.5mi= 99c
TREADMILL jog- 9.14min, 9.14min mi, 6.3-7.5sp, 155mhr, 1mi= 100c
bike ride gym 2 bus station- 8.11min, 148mhr, 13.5amph, 1.8mi= 114c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 14.08min, 12.6amph, 150mhr, 3mi= 166c
jog sta 2 wrk- 5.34min, 10.43min mi, 156mhr, .5mi= 74c
jog wrk 2 sta- 153mhr, 4.07min, 9.02min mi, .4mi= 55c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.59min, 8.2amph, 148mhr, 2.6mi= 182c
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Penny Heather can confirm this, but I think Big Ben comes out of repair retirement on special occasions like New Year's Eve.0
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