WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR JANUARY 2019
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Kylia - Great to hear that Aubrey's operations went well. I'll continue thinking of her and your family and sending good thoughts.
Margaret - Thanks for posting those photos from the Como Park Conservatory. As you may recall, I grew up in Minneapolis and loved visiting the conservatory. There's no mistaking that formal wing with the pool down the center! Its shape is etched into my memory. But my favorite wing was the one with the crooked stone walkways and the steps down to the moist green grotto at one end. That was adventure to me!
Carol wrote: 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!
Carol - Isn't it great when they like what you serve? I gave my grandson a chickpea curry once and he said it was the best food he'd ever had.
As promised, here's a photo of me all bundled up to go running in my outdoor freezer. The only thing missing is my studded jogging shoes. (I'm standing in front of a wall hanging my grandmother made during her silk-screening phase. I love having it up here!)
A lot of you had questions or comments, so here goes:
Barbie wrote:Penny, Thank you for describing what you wear for jogging. I don't jog, but walk two dogs on leashes and carry a small flashlight. Keeping my hands warm on the coldest days has been my biggest challenge, but because of holding the leashes I have to have thinner gloves. Fortunately there are no animals a few people out in the early morning when we walk, so it's easy to keep the dogs under control and I can hold both leashes in one hand from time to time and put the other hand in my pocket for awhile.
Barbie - Have you considered using something like a ballet dancer's leg warmers? They could extend from your wrists, over your (gloved) hands and hang loose around the top few inches of the leashes. That might be enough to tip the heat balance in your favor.
That reminds me of a journalist friend of mine who suffers from arthritis. She always wears what she calls "pulse warmers" - fingerless mittens with a thumbhole. They cover her wrist and hand but leave her fingers free to type and take notes. She has dozens of them to suit any occasion - in every imaginable color, with and without beads and sparkles. Instead of treating them like protective gear she rocks them as a fashion statement!
Barbara wrote: Penny, How do you protect your face from the cold?
Barbara - As you can see, there isn't much face to protect! Also, since I constantly live with these temperatures, I'm used to the cold. As long as it isn't windy, I have no problem until it gets down to about -10°F (-23°C). Then I put on a fleece face mask with breathing holes and the only part of me that's exposed is my eyes behind my glasses.
But what with global warming, I haven't had to use the mask for three years now. 
Yvonne wrote: 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.
Yvonne - When I jog farther south, I sometimes have to shed a layer of clothing, but up here there's so much natural AC available, all I have to do is vent. Literally! I just open the zipper at my throat or stick my gloved hands out from the long sleeves and it's enough to cool my core temperature. My husband and I have also learned to dress so we feel a bit too cold at the beginning of an excursion, knowing we'll heat up soon.
Rori wrote: Penny: Ditto what others said about your amazing discipline to run in extreme temps. Your DH's credo "There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing" also inspires me as I gear up to walk two blocks in sub-freezing snowy weather to get myself to the condo gym. ???
Rori - I hear you about the two-block walk! For me, any kind of commute to the place where I'm going to exercise is a show-stopper - even if it's just a short distance. My saving grace is that I can start jogging at the bottom of my own stairs.
Kelly, Tracey, @gzteach (whose name I haven't learned yet), Pat, and several others had kind words about my dedication or bravery or discipline. Thanks, ladies :flowerforyou: I appreciate it. At the same time, I really don't want to take credit for any of those traits. Heather recently pointed out:
Exactly the same thing goes for exercise! The key is that I've found a form of exercise that I truly enjoy.As Barbie often says, the best diet is the one you can keep to.
Easily. Not some thing where you feel deprived and miserable and break it by bingeing. The 'secret' is, there is no secret. It has to be a lifestyle you enjoy. I'm often hesitant to write about it, because of the risk of sounding boastful. But I also know that seeing what others have done can be inspiring. "If she can do that, I can do this!" So in the hope that my 5-mile run will prompt somebody to get a bit more exercise that she would otherwise, I'll take the risk.
Yesterday I made a nice dinner of duck breast with orange sauce to celebrate New Year's Day. Funny thing about the recipe. It was for "Duck breast in orange sauce", the ingredient list began with "700 g duck breast" and step 3 in the preparation was headed "Cook the duck breast". But the first words under Step 3 were "If you have duck breast..." If?
If?? 
My husband and I had a good laugh about that...
/Penny, amused at the
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morning ladies~
I am up later than I wanted to be woke up at 12:30 with a raging head ache...had to get up and take tylenol then it took a bit to kick in,,, feel a bit better now..im wondering if the headache isn't from sugar withdrawl... oh well ,will watch Joyce and then hop in the shower and hopefully have time to go feed DFIL as I have to go to court this morning... the Reverse Mortgage people will supposedly be there to forclose on house which is already sold and RMS already has there money...5 -
Happy Wednesday all! I set an alarm this a.m. to insure my waking up, I've been relaxed and sleeping in these past few days so I wanted to be sure that I wouldn't sleep beyond my usual wake up time. I am one of those larks that love to get things done in the wee hours. I journal, quietly prep the day and set the to do list on a little index card, just my way of feeling in charge of the day. The index card works for me, sometimes it has the most mundane tasks on it but will often include a big task broken down so I feel accomplished that I can check some smaller bit off, this really helps with my procrastinator's tendencies.
Enjoy the day, NYKAREN
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This from realtor's monthly newsletter:
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How Morning Routines Can Improve Productivity
There is no magic bullet for creating maximum productivity, but studies and interviews with high achievers have shown that a well-executed morning routine can produce powerful results, according to The Ladders.
Most morning routines boil down to a few basic principles such as waking up before most people, outlining three specific big things to accomplish, and managing procrastination that can be oriented to fit within anyone's schedule.
Waking up before other people isn't just to prove that you have better willpower but, rather, it allows you to have a chance to plan the day and be proactive rather than reactive. If there are already emails, phone calls, and important meetings occurring right when the alarm clock goes off then anxiety can set in and you will simply be reacting to the day until you are too tired to continue and the most important goals will be pushed to the back burner. Instead, take the first two hours of each day to have breakfast, exercise, meditate, read, and otherwise prepare your mind and body for the day ahead. Next, identify the three specific things that, if accomplished during the day, will move the needle on your long, medium, and short-term goals.
Once the day's agenda has been prepared, designate the body's natural period of peak performance, about 2.5 to 4 hours after waking up, as protected time used for the most important tasks. Avoid procrastination by creating a starting ritual, such as a cup of coffee or sitting down at a specific desk to send a signal to the brain that it is time to start working. During those times in which the most important task just can't be tackled for whatever reason, however, use 'positive procrastination' by intentionally avoiding it as long as you follow the rule that you have to work on the second-most important task rather than goofing off.
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Love the phrase "positive procrastination." Giving it a try
My morning routine is more or less shooting out of bed, running through the shower, and dashing to the bus. I've got it down to 35 minutes. 30 minutes if everything goes really smoothly. Even 25 minutes if I've hit "Snooze" one too many times.
I would not like a life where there are "already emails, phone calls, and important meetings occurring right when the alarm clock goes off". I make a point of not booking any meetings until 9:30 at the earliest. That gives me time to get there, get my black coffee and water (my breakfast), and get settled into work before I actually have to deal with anything.
One of the more annoying things about the last several months is that I've received emails during my bus ride into work regarding my husband's situation ... often asking me to make decisions prior to 9 am. NOT going to happen. They'll just have to wait.
I do the whole read, prepare the day's agenda, etc. between about 4 and 6 pm, exercise between about 6 and 7 pm, then do my homework during my own personal natural period of peak performance: between about 8 pm and midnight.
Evidently, I'm one of the 10% or so who have a really late personal clock.
M in Oz
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
Final day of the holiday break from work. Got to love the Girl Scouts - I started work for this council on December 10th, worked a total of eight days so far, and already got my first paycheck. Looking forward to digging in, as I accomplished absolutely nothing of what I planned to during the break. Slept a lot, ate a lot, wrote a little, enjoyed my family, and got a few things done around the house. That's about it.
Finally did come up with a solution for the painting issue... which I haven't said anything about, as it's petty in the scheme of things. But I found an old-fashioned (but newly built) oak drafting table to use as an easel. It should be right about standing height for me, and support large canvases, which I'm leaning toward at the moment. Have, so far, found no easel that works for me. The tabletop ones and the standing ones are all just flimsy. And the third bar stool of the ones we got should fit it nicely for someone to sit and talk to me, or work with me when my boss visits. They're shipping it in next week, and it was on sale for less than a hundred bucks, and free shipping, so hopefully it's the solution I was looking for. We'll see. This is the pic in the catalog:
I know it's a weird thing to get excited about, but hey, there you go. I think it's because I'm finally admitting I'm a painter. Whether or not I'm a good painter, yeah, that's up for grabs. But I paint. Back to my word for 2019, which is "respect," this is respecting and facilitating my need to paint, and enabling myself to continue by removing the barriers.
Got a few things I must accomplish today, so I think I'll go do those.
Love y'all! Really loving your words for the year - and for whoever said their word was "grace," you might enjoy this article from Melinda Gates, who chose the same word, for the second year running. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-choose-word-year-melinda-gates/
Lisa in AR
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Kylia - What wonderful news! As Karen said, those newborns are amazing and heal superfast.
Barbara - That sounds like a book I read a while ago called LEVEL UP YOUR DAY. My day does go like that, though I spend 2 hours exercising before anything else happens. Then I should write. Haven't been so brilliant at that since we moved.
Penny - I too love my running, though in easier circumstances than yours. Round here the main challenge is when it's blowing a gale! We haven’t had those for several weeks, so I've been spoilt. It's now turning colder.
Just had a phone call from my brother to say he's coming to see us tomorrow with my DSIL. Staying the night.
I'm delighted. He has been so busy over Christmas with his HUGE family that getting together was impossible.
So I've got to clean the bathroom and make the bed upstairs. Haven't decided what to do about food.
Tempted to go out. DH and I were talking about going to a pub tomorrow with live music, so we could combine it with that. Hmmmm. Or maybe pop over for a few minutes to see the grandkids and go for a pizza. Or I could cook.
Choices, choices.
Really looking forward to seeing them, though.
Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Penny - I too love my running, though in easier circumstances than yours. Round here the main challenge is when it's blowing a gale! We haven’t had those for several weeks, so I've been spoilt. It's now turning colder.
Yeah, Heather, I've sensed that you've found the running groove, but it's nice to see it in black and white. I'm with you 100% on the challenge posed by wind. As for circumstances, sure, I've got low temperatures and light levels to contend with, but I almost never have to deal with traffic.
Time to get out and pound the ice!
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PIP.........9am?okiewoman510 wrote: »
OKIE ......7am?
From someome who was thrilled to sleep untill 5:30 am. Gonna take Barbies advice
& compare myself to myself. Have been waking most days around 3 am .....oooh that is
Way too”early”. If I have learned anything at all thru the years,this body is gonna do what
it wants.Enjoy sleeping in,ladies. Sounds wonderful.
Prayers for baby Aubrey & family.
LANETTE,your reason for not counting calories is mine for not weighing between Dr’s visits.If I was up....might as well eat,if I was down,Whoo,might as well celebrate by eating good stuff. I’d be ashamed to tell you how long it took to figure that out. Anyway,just had a Check up,after 14 mos .....& wt was exactly the same. I was happy with that.Not happy dance in the street,but will take it.
No eating for a14-15 hr stretch hasn’t caused a loss,but keeps me level.
HEATHER,sorry your DHs DD transfers her problems to his shoulders.
Don’t we all deserve a cut off date,just by age if nothing else.JMO
So happy Aubrey is doing well.
Need to get this day started.DH is showered & dressed.Still coughing,but hopefully feeling better.
Have a feeling we have the same “Cold” Barbie has & will be lingering for a while yet.
Pat in Oh
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trisH_7183 wrote: »
PIP.........9am?okiewoman510 wrote: »
OKIE ......7am?
From someome who was thrilled to sleep untill 5:30 am. Gonna take Barbies advice
& compare myself to myself. Have been waking most days around 3 am .....oooh that is
Way too”early”. If I have learned anything at all thru the years,this body is gonna do what
it wants.Enjoy sleeping in,ladies. Sounds wonderful.
Further to my night owl comments a little earlier (a few posts above), sleeping in for me is 11:30 am or noon. Yesterday, I crawled out of bed at about 12:20 pm and could have easily slept for another hour or so!
I start thinking about bed around midnight or 12:30 am, and if I get into bed by 1 am, I'm doing well. On the weekends, it is usually 2 am.
M in Oz
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My husband and I cycled 40 km today ... longest we've cycled since before the accident!
M in Oz9 -
Barbara .. thank you for taking time to comment on other's posts. I always appreciate your thoughtfulness!
Cleaned my kitchen last night. Cleaned my sink. Sink and counter were dirty this morning
! Will need to speak with husband and son!
This morning I am hungry! Stomach is growling and I've committed to waiting to eat break my fast at 3:00 pm. That's 7 hours from now... we'll see how this goes! I do know I didn't eat enough or well yesterday. Lesson learned! Will plan satisfying meals for later.
Taking down Christmas decorations today so younger son can help me put the boxes away. The artificial tree is exceptionally heavy. If he weren't here, I'd just let it slide down the basement steps and push it around from there! Taking advantage of the free help instead.
Have a great day!
Beth near Buffalo
Changed my profile picture .. but can't get the thing to center. Anyways, thought I should be honest about how I look.9 -
Penny you are describing the old fern room. I loved that space too. when they remodeled they created a fern room without step to make it more accessible for all. I still prefer the one like a grotto too. They were able to put elevators into the sunken garden so that space is basically the same. The flowers and plants they use gives it a different look for each season. I love that they only used double red poinsettias this year.4
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This is my first time in the over-50 group so I'm guessing an introduction is a good thing? I'm 63 and was diagnosed a few months ago with non-alcoholic cirrhosis, first stage. Since then I've lost 22 pounds (as recommended for people in this predicament) and have seriously trimmed back the salt (also recommended) and lowered the fats. The salts has been the hardest as I love to cook and salt is used in almost every recipe. Salt substitutes are a no-no for people with my condition (like No Salt) so creativity has been a must.
I share all this so people will know where I'm coming from.
I would like to be part of a group on here (my first time for this as well, I've always been an observer type). But that's my goal for 2019- to get out of this self-imposed life shell and be part of something. I hope you all don't mind.
By the way, I have a blog I'm working on and could use some "retro recipes" (recipes dating from 1930's -1970's). If you have any, please message me with them. I will be sure to give you credit. Thanks!7 -
Well DFIL chowed everything up this morning mostly on his own..and was in a chipper mood ..always a plus..walked the boys and see that Elena has moved a bit of stuff in the rest will come this weekend.. feels very weird walking in after 20 yrs seeing someone else's stuff there.. oh well I truly wish them both the very best.
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Jake wanted pizza as a treat for New Year's Day so I agreed. It was delicious. We got enough for two meals. By bedtime I was so thirsty and kept drinking more and more water. The thirst is gone, but my weight is up by over 2 pounds since yesterday morning. The same thing happened with the Chinese food we had for Christmas Day. Those are two rare departures from my disciplined eating so it's not too big a problem, but I am so glad to be back to real life today. Last night Jake wanted to talk about what we should do to celebrate our anniversary that will be in two weeks, and I suggested a movie rather than a restaurant meal. After the way I felt last night, I 'm ready for a diet of steamed veggies, scrambled eggs, and oatmeal.Penny, Thanks for the suggestions about keeping my hands warm. It rarely gets below 30 degrees here so staying warm is easy enough most of the time.dauchsmom, welcome, keep coming back. You'll get the encouragement you're looking for.Machka, my husband's health problems have done the same for me---to pay more attention to the important things and ignore the rest. Barbie from beautiful chilly NW WA 8
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Penny - It was far more dangerous jogging round the lanes in Hampshire.
No sidewalks and some very stupid, inconsiderate drivers. Here I have sidewalks to get to the seafront and only have to cross two main roads. There are pedestrian crossings if there's heavy traffic. The main danger is from tree roots making the sidewalks bumpy.
On the seafront there are one or two cyclists who don't keep to the cycle lanes, but in general it's just a matter of weaving around chatting groups! Dogs are fairly well behaved in general. They are supposed to be on leads, but some are loose.
Today the sea was mirror smooth. Just now we have had a lot of migrants crossing from France in small boats because the weather has been so calm.
Welcome dauchsmom. Do you have an easier name and vague location? Do you know Simon Hopkinson's book THE PRAWN COCKTAIL YEARS ? I love that book and use it quite often. I once did a whole dinner party from it. I even served drinks from the 60s. Sorry about your liver. My ex had something similar. He is much better now, but it was very tiring. He was not a drinker.
Best wishes to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx2 -
Hooray for the long bike ride Machka!
Margaret - Thanks for the reminder! Yes, it was the fern room.
*sigh* Naturally they will have made the entire conservatory more accessible by now. Fifty-five years ago, accessibility hadn't been invented yet, and even if it had, it wouldn't have occurred to me that stairs could ever hinder anybody. We live and learn!
Thinking of you, Allie, and keeping my fingers crossed that you'll finally get the recognition you deserve now that your workplace is changing hands.
Heather - Pedestrians and dogs are sometimes an issue here, too. Tree roots, not so much, as I'm sure you will recall.Penny - It was far more dangerous jogging round the lanes in Hampshire. No sidewalks and some very stupid, inconsiderate drivers. Here I have sidewalks to get to the seafront and only have to cross two main roads. There are pedestrian crossings if there's heavy traffic. The main danger is from tree roots making the sidewalks bumpy.
On the seafront there are one or two cyclists who don't keep to the cycle lanes, but in general it's just a matter of weaving around chatting groups! Dogs are fairly well behaved in general. They are supposed to be on leads, but some are loose.
And speaking of cyclists, I vividly remember something I overheard once while cycling along a lake near central Stockholm. The path was divided into two lanes, one marked with a bicycle, the other with two stick figures hand in hand, one large and one small. A young couple, hand in hand, were meandering back and forth across the path, blocking my way. She pointed at the bicycle painted onto the pavement at their feet and said to her companion "I guess that's so they stay on their part of the road." :grumble: :laugh:
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Mon - fri i am up at 4am, we are on our bikes at 4:30am, we split up at one point. he goes to the bus station, i go to the gym. other than the gym workout, i have ridden 6miles and ran a 1/2mi to work,. so when i get off work, i'll run 1/2 back to the bike locker and then ride 2.5miles (uphill) home, that's the usual every weekday. i am thrilled to stay in bed by 9 that's for sure. when kirby is off, we go to the gym by 8 on saturdays and later on sundays, then it starts all over again.
oh my blood type is O+
my word for the year? don't have one, yeah i'm boring
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Evelyn - I know some gals (my sis for example) whose weight never changes more than a pound from season to season or day to day! I wonder, for some of us, if our ancient genes are programmed to put on weight during the winter when food isn't plentiful (or it wouldn't have been 10,000 years ago) and slim down in the summer when we are naturally more active and there's more food? Not saying that as an excuse to keep gaining and losing the same 5# of course. I would tend to beat myself up for bulking up a bit during the winter and eat things that really wouldn't tempt me during the summer. I decided I don't need to stress about it and trigger wolfing down the sympathy cookies, lol.
I also don't weigh myself much or tie myself to the scale anymore. If I clothes are getting tight, then I do, but otherwise I don't care that much. After decades of celebrating or mourning due to that Weight Watchers scale at the weekly weigh-in's, I've given up letting someone else's number determine how I'm going to feel about myself. Consequently, I've been able to stay within my BMI a lot easier. That's what works for me at this stage of my life.
Lisa - love that drafting table! Looks nice and sturdy and should serve you very well!
Carol - thanks for the scoop on Lenora. Hope 2019 is much healthier for her! Our New Year's Day food was traditionally sauerkraut when I was a kid.
Barbara AHMOD - I had to look up my fiber foods.... I generally get fairly close to 30 gm each day. 1 slice Ezekial bread, 3 gm. Avocado - from 5 to 7 gm. Fresh fruits which might be apple, blueberries, raspberries - 2 or 3 gm. Fresh veggies - romaine, chopped cabbage, carrots, broccoli - from 3 to 5 gms. Nuts - 1 or 2 gms. Oh, and beans - legumes. I nearly always have at least 1/2 c per day in some fashion (soup, salads, hummus) which can range from 4 to 6 gms. You can see I'm getting plenty of good carbs that have fiber!
Barbie - amazing to see how our bodies hold water after eating salty foods like Pizza and Chinese. Luckily when we get back on track, this extra puffiness goes away.
Margaret - thank you for sharing those photos of summer in the winter! It's been rather mild here so far and I see little shoots coming out on the honeysuckle. I wish this climate change would make up its mind, I'm ready to plant orange and grapefruit and avocado trees! Pineapples and pecans too!
Penny - you and Heather are the intrepid runners. Whether running on your frozen ground or along the beach, I'm with you in spirit. Up until a couple years ago when I got that stone bruise, I was doing the walk-run and loving it. Haven't gotten beyond walking since then and not sure I ever will because of foot pain. I was once lamenting about it to a friend who is a marathon runner - she's had to slow way down because of injuries too - she said be proud of walking! Even if I only get in a mile at a time, that is way more than 90% of gals my age do. Not sure where she got the 90%, but I needed to hear that. If I can get 4,000 steps per day, that makes me happy. Because moving, in any form, fast or slow, is good for my body and muscles and helps burn glucose.
Speaking of walking, if it's not icy I need to get out there and get some fresh air.
Have a wonderful day ladies!
Lanette
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Monarch1982 wrote: »January 1, 2019! My first day of eating clean and healthy was a success! I am going to take this journey one step at a time. My goal is to lose 25 lbs. The pounds just crept up in the last few years and now I suddenly look at myself and do not like what I see. My clothes are tight and I feel down. For me "not feeling good about myself" is not an option. I have a positive attitude and know I can reach my goals. Let's support one another and before we know it.....we will be at our goal weight. Peace love and happiness in 2019.
Warmly,
Michelle
Welcome! Where are you from? This is a great place to start, a great mental reset.👍. I too have turned the page. These are some things I do to reset:
-organize my pantry. Rallying the troops, and getting my ordinance in order!
-Recd a calendar and bought a binder. Logging and journaling, it helps my brain think thin.
-read up, its nice to see how others do it. I pick and choose things to help me along the way.
-make an index card full of great sayings! When you want to attack your pantry, sit with a cuppa and read thru them. You are reprogramming your brain.👍
We got this!
💗Rebecca4 -
Mon - fri i am up at 4am, we are on our bikes at 4:30am, we split up at one point. he goes to the bus station, i go to the gym. other than the gym workout, i have ridden 6miles and ran a 1/2mi to work,. so when i get off work, i'll run 1/2 back to the bike locker and then ride 2.5miles (uphill) home, that's the usual every weekday. i am thrilled to stay in bed by 9 that's for sure. when kirby is off, we go to the gym by 8 on saturdays and later on sundays, then it starts all over again.
oh my blood type is O+
my word for the year? don't have one, yeah i'm boring
Awe Pip, you are not boring, you are Chaos On Wheels!💗 and we love ya!
💗Rebecca
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Penny the fern room was a favorite room of mine too. I do have a post card of it and I display it under a glass tabletop.
They sold the sandstone that made up the walls as a fundraiser, Unfortunately I found out about it too late. One one them would have made a nice addition to our garden. I was glad to hear the recycled the stone.2 -
Work up early with husband this morning. Early as in 7:00am, (instead of 9 over the holidays). I stretched like an old person, waiting for my turn in the shower, (and no we both can't be in there)! Had my Wheat Chex, cut up banana with honey cereal, and feeling good. Was up early enough that I heard the owl hooting. Such a calming thing. Wondering if its my owl. I think its a good possibility. For those that don't know me I will write a describing sentence. I am 56, early retired, keeping Navy retired Chief of a husband that got a liver transplant in 2014 going strong, living with active duty Navy son as a roommate, on Whidbey island in Washington state. 😁
I am an obese woman, have been pretty much all my life. I do not state it to get sympathy, its just what I am. I have not ailments to speak of, but my husband can drag on me abit! He talks and talks about politics and I answer every once in awhile, "uh-huh". Not that I don't care but its the on and on! We have been married 34 years, so he might be a crusty old sailor, but he's MY crusty old sailor and consequently my best friend.💗
I have 3 sons, one lives with us, middle is married and expecting in May, and youngest is stationed overseas. No pets, if you count my whining husband.... Haahaa.
Well, restarting our exercising again after the holidays. We attend the gym on base Mondays thru Thurs, workout in the weight room, doing each station. My husband does most weights at 30-50 lb weights. I do 10-20 lb weights. The pull down weight machine I do 40 lb weight, and the back arch machine I do 80 lb weight. Those feel really good!
Then husband and I use the treadmills for 30 minutes. I walk at a 3.0-4.5 pace. We try to get machines side by side, or I am on a machine behind him so I can oogle his butt. When we are side by side he tries to mess with my machine, or poke me. I try to mess with his machine, or tickle him. He makes it interesting!😋
Today we will shop after exercising. I hope I won't feel too much like a wet noodle, after my sauna!
💗Rebecca
Whidbey island
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First mug of the year!
💗Rebecca
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dauchsmom ~ Google a Woman's Home Companion cook book. It was published in the 40's. My mom loved some of the recipes from that.
Carol in GA2 -
Ladies, I wanted to mention a logging tip I picked up from Heather. Since I eat many of the same things every day (well, at least 60 - 70%), I simply "copy yesterday" found in the Quick Tools section after every meal. I even forge ahead for a few days and prelog using this method.
It's easy enough to change foods or move them around, but is especially handy for planning snacks. Air popped popcorn and veggies/hummus are staring me right in the face if I really want to graze, lol.
Lanette
SW WA State4 -
This is my first time in the over-50 group so I'm guessing an introduction is a good thing? I'm 63 and was diagnosed a few months ago with non-alcoholic cirrhosis, first stage. Since then I've lost 22 pounds (as recommended for people in this predicament) and have seriously trimmed back the salt (also recommended) and lowered the fats. The salts has been the hardest as I love to cook and salt is used in almost every recipe. Salt substitutes are a no-no for people with my condition (like No Salt) so creativity has been a must.
I share all this so people will know where I'm coming from.
I would like to be part of a group on here (my first time for this as well, I've always been an observer type). But that's my goal for 2019- to get out of this self-imposed life shell and be part of something. I hope you all don't mind.
By the way, I have a blog I'm working on and could use some "retro recipes" (recipes dating from 1930's -1970's). If you have any, please message me with them. I will be sure to give you credit. Thanks!
I have old cookbooks of my grandmother’s from that period and before, are there any particular foods you are looking for?
Tracey in Edmonton1 -
Welcome dauchsmom! I have my grandmother's recipes from that time as well. Some make me shudder! 0
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