WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR JANUARY 2019

margaretturk

Last day of super cold. We had four days of no school. Never had that many days off. We will be in the thirties by Saturday a 70 degree swing.

Margaret

Graceandmiracles

Because of the cat I was up too early and feel poopy. I must be cautious and stay on guard or I’ll overeat. Just finished cup of water and cup of organic yogurt and a serving of baby carrots and more sweetened iced coffee than normal. Did get workout done. 817 calories remaining. I’ve been at 1000 calories plus exercise so about 1200 and having trouble losing. I’m 5 foot two, 123.8lbs, with small frame and it’s just too hard for me to lose weight above 900 calories. Charts say I should be 107-140. I’d like to be 115-118 but not sure that’s realistic. Thoughts?

Thanks for the e-support about the move. My husband was replaced with an alien last night as he came home from work cheerful and was talkative and friendly to the real estate agent. I asked no questions! This morning was another story.....new cat(stray)keeps waking us up at wee hours of the morning for food. Husbands had it and is threatening the animal shelter. So I ordered an automatic feeder and will set for a couple times during the night. Normally I’d throw her outside when she does that but it’s below zero so not happening. Supposedly she will get used to the feeder and learn to know when food is coming. Praying.

barbiecat

Yesterday I got hit with the "bug" that Jake had on Sunday. I walked the dogs for two hours in the morning, showered, rode the exercise bike for awhile and was suddenly sleepy and nauseous. I threw up my breakfast and spent the rest of the day sleeping and getting up to throw up again. I am slightly better today. Now I'm going back to bed.

SophieRosieMom

Machka - I fell behind on your hip problem, did you say you were getting an MRI - possible stress fracture? I was thrilled to learn your DH carried your heavy backpack then shopped for a walking stick for you. Has the doc given you any anti-inflammatories?

Barbie - sorry to hear about catching Jake's stomach bug! Sounds like you are getting the crud out of the way early this year, hope the rest of the year is problem free for you two. Stay warm!

Barbara AHMOD - had to smile at your comment about people being dyslexic. "This right or my other right?" I've said a thousand times!

Rori - I was amazed they let you drive home after your thumb surgery. Did they use only local anesthetic?

Lisa - wishing you luck on your upcoming surgery. Wonder what your new boss has in store? I'm sure she realizes what a peach she hired and is excited about your potential!

Kylia - I had to laugh at your Pyr not minding the cold. We had a Maremma (smaller version of Pyr) who lived with the sheep when we had the farm and she didn't mind being bedded down with them in the barn or laying beside them out in the field, all frosty. GREAT news on Aubrey!!

Michele - I've been following along on your posts, often read them at night on my tablet that I don't use for commenting. The nautical baby shower theme sounds so cute. Love hearing about your shopping trips and so jealous we don't have an Aldi's out here yet that I know of, even tho I've started seeing ads on the TV. They might be moving into the Seattle area.

Sue in WA - sorry to hear about your DH being out of sorts. (HUGS)

Carol[/b] - sorry to hear about your Pom's accident, at least it wasn't in the hallway where someone could step in it - voice of experience here . So sorry your knee is acting up.

Allie - I think you'd look great in a bob! Good luck on your bloodwork! Have things calmed down for your office manager and Mary?

Sharon - great job on your weight loss! I love hearing your stories about your Allan, grandkids, experiences driving truck. And I agree about your Teamster job giving you many benefits probably wouldn't have had otherwise.

Rita- love seeing your meals and congrats on your check-up.

Rebecca- celebrating your loss as well! How are things progressing with your upcoming grandchild? Hope all is well in that department.

Heather - happy to hear you are getting better and your DH is over it and able to help care for you.

Barbie - I glanced at the 10 day forecast, one of them showed you pretty cold and snowy early next week. Looks like we'll be down to 18 on Monday night, high on Tuesday in low to mid 30's. Snow Sunday evening. I'm going to call my cleaner and ask her if she wants to move us to another day or cut her visit short as DH will be in the house feeding the woodstove. I'm excited to see some snow even if it is slushy (until it freezes into ice .)

Beth and Karen in NY - glad everyone made it home safely in the blizzard! I remember the white-out drives all too well.

Margaret I don't remember missing much school back then in the 1950's/60's. Maybe it's because everyone drove heavy vehicles=cars made of metal? But with rear-wheel drives? We never used chains back then. Anyhow, hope you have a chance to warm up before the next one hits and hope everyone's pipes made it thru without bursting. I'll have to put a heater on in the back bathroom on the nights it goes below 20.

I'm down a couple pounds this month from doing IF- 14 to 16 hours several times a week combined with 2 or 3 500 to 700 calorie days along the lines of Mosely's 5:2 Fastdiet. It's very doable for me right now. Having a hard time getting back in action on the SWSY but manage to do my workout once a week. That rope and pulley for my bum shoulder stares at me so I finish it off with a session of pain, lol.

Heading to the doc this morning to get allergy shots plus have her take a look at a spot on my nose which is quite small but grows and continually red and kind of flakes off. I'm sure it's nothing but both my dad and my grandmother had skin cancers on their noses so if all it needs right now is a touch of dry ice, I reckon now's the time. She might just tell me to keep an eye on it and do nothing which is OK too. I have the first appointment in the morning before the really sick people arrive.

When I was in there last week, my nurse said she never gets flu shots, doesn't believe in them for HER. Since it's a private clinic, the docs don't pressure the employees. I thought that was interesting.

Also heard that one of the older private clinics in town (not affiliated with the Providence Health Care system which is huge out here and has several hospitals) hasn't paid their docs in three months, two well-loved docs there are planning to leave. Not sure if the insurance and coding regulations are now so burdensome they can't keep up, or if they have an embezzling accountant.

OK ladies, stay warm and healthy!

Lanette
SW WA State

pipcd34

barbiecat wrote: »

Yesterday I got hit with the "bug" that Jake had on Sunday. I walked the dogs for two hours in the morning, showered, rode the exercise bike for awhile and was suddenly sleepy and nauseous. I threw up my breakfast and spent the rest of the day sleeping and getting up to throw up again. I am slightly better today. Now I'm going back to bed.

take care of yourself

OregonMother

Graceandmiracles wrote: »

Because of the cat I was up too early and feel poopy. I must be cautious and stay on guard or I’ll overeat. Just finished cup of water and cup of organic yogurt and a serving of baby carrots and more sweetened iced coffee than normal. Did get workout done. 817 calories remaining. I’ve been at 1000 calories plus exercise so about 1200 and having trouble losing. I’m 5 foot two, 123.8lbs, with small frame and it’s just too hard for me to lose weight above 900 calories. Charts say I should be 107-140. I’d like to be 115-118 but not sure that’s realistic. Thoughts?

Thanks for the e-support about the move. My husband was replaced with an alien last night as he came home from work cheerful and was talkative and friendly to the real estate agent. I asked no questions! This morning was another story.....new cat(stray)keeps waking us up at wee hours of the morning for food. Husbands had it and is threatening the animal shelter. So I ordered an automatic feeder and will set for a couple times during the night. Normally I’d throw her outside when she does that but it’s below zero so not happening. Supposedly she will get used to the feeder and learn to know when food is coming. Praying.

Yes. We have a feeder for our cat, and she does anticipate when it will come on.

Once we get near our goal weight, it can be really tough to lose. It could take a long while still. Sorry

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

cityjaneLondon

Had a horrible coughing session after lunch and then dozed off. I woke up in a panic, dreaming I couldn't breathe. I was really rattling! I'm feeling a bit better now I've had a good cough. In my dream people were saying I sounded awful. I've got a headache, but I'm still better than yesterday.

Barbie - sorry about the bug! :sad:

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

coastalgosgal

Dear Lanette, thank you, I am happy for my loss as well.👍. My middle son and DID are doing well! She's expecting in May, so this next weekend they are flying down to Vacaville, California where her parents still reside. They are going to have a baby shower there. I received an invite, but with traveling and $, my son understands we can't attend. I get worried sometimes, with those two living in the heart of the measles outbreak down there! But they're both vaccinated so my son says its fine. Hopefully by May the authorities can get a handle on the Vancouver area!
Oh saw in the Seattle Times, that Oak Harbor ranks #2 as safest city in Washington! Yay! You need to look up your city for *kitten* and giggles!
Have a great day!
💗Rebecca
Whidbey island
Washington

Katla49

(((Grace))) You are a good daughter. I suspect things will work out well in the long run, but right now it is a big ball of stress. I hope you’re able to get a healthy amount of rest as you go through the steps. Fatigue and stress combined are a recipe for trouble. :flowerforyou:

Rita: Good news on your predicted longevity. You must be doing something right!

Machka: Sending good wishes for your MRI results. Whatever they show will help you to make better personal health decisions.

Kim: I like your advice about keeping passwords off of our computers. You are a wise woman.

Sue in WA: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :flowerforyou:

Machka: I know you are used to a higher level of activity, so this change of pace might make you feel cheated. Taking care of yourself now and getting a good amount of rest may turn out to be a good strategy and help you return to your active lifestyle sooner.

Barbie: I’m so sorry that you caught Jake’s bug. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Heather: Do you have a vaporizer? It is something we’ve always had around and really helps when we’re congested. Boiling water as you would for tea would also be helpful. :flowerforyou:



Sending warm thoughts for everyone in extreme freezing temperatures. We’ve been lucky so far. Our lowest predicted temperature is 24F on Monday. That makes us very lucky. Our adult children both live in cold temperatures right now. My daughter in IL stayed home from work. It was a wise choice.


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Snowflake1968

Feeling Invisible - I have a terrible habit of skimming the posts because I’m interested in what’s happening but doing it at times I don’t necessarily have the time to respond. Then when I go back with time the conversation has moved so far past that topic that I feel foolish for acknowledging. This is such a busy thread with so many topics and intelligent well written posts I just love reading it all so much I feel sometimes I have nothing to add.

Michele - I am guilty of liking the diary completion that MFP pops onto our home page. I rarely look at the diary itself, I just like to acknowledge that someone was successful in keeping at or below goal. Your trip sounds like it will be fun, enjoy!

Sue - your drive with your husband reminded me of driving my Dad one day when he was sick with cancer. I was visiting and was only home for 1 week, I had taken him to his chemo driving his manual transmission half ton. I hadn’t driven a manual in 20 years, needless to say there were some rough starts. He commented a couple times, but I reminded him I hadn’t driven one for a while and he agreed. He then decided after chemo we should go pick Mom up and go to the neighbouring town to get some groceries and such. I agreed but said I would use my Sister in Law’s van instead of his truck. We go to town and I parked in the handicap stall with his placard, go into do our errands and everything is fine. I start to back out of the parking spot and he yells at me, “cut the wheel, do this, slow down”! I got my dander up a bit, pulled back into the parking spot, put it in park, turned around to look my Dad straight in the eyes and said, “Dad you taught me to drive when I was 16 years old, I am now 44 and have been doing well. I don’t do well when I’m being screamed at, so you can drive or you can let me but it can’t be both”. He agreed to be quiet. The next day he went off the road because he blacked out from a coughing fit, and never drive again. When I went home a couple months later he was laughing telling people how I didn’t like his being a passenger. Thank you for the memory, I’m sorry you had an irritable husband yesterday. Happy Birthday!!!

Barbara - that was me with the two left feet. I may try to find a line dance class. Once I find a job, to pay for it. 😂

Heather - glad to read you and hubby are both feeling better. I noticed when my Grandson first started school and brought every bug for a visit with him, hubby and I would both catch it. He must have been bringing enough bugs for our immunity to build up a bit because we have (knock on wood) been able to resist them lately.

Kylia - great news on Aubrey. I bet those were some very happy grandparents.

Lanette - my Grandmother lived to the ripe old age of 95, she never believed in flu shots either and refused to get them. She said she had a couple years and found she was just more sick those years so stopped. I don’t remember her ever getting sick either. I must have a bit of her immunity, I never even got any of the childhood diseases except measles when I was too young to remember. I never got chicken pox even when my brother and own children got them.

I finished one of my daughters presents yesterday and am heading to the craftroom to do the others today, then I have to make cards for 5 people. February is my month of birthdays. I think I will also make a valentines card to send to my Mom in the nursing home.

My best friend texted me this morning to confirm with me when I would prefer her to come for my daughters wedding. I told her selfishly I wanted some alone time with her so she should have the bulk of her days her after the wedding. She wrote back and said she had been thinking the same thing. I can’t believe it’s already time for people to think about booking flights! The next 5 months will fly.

Today marks 1 year that I have been logging consistently on MFP, I am not where I was hoping to be starting Feb 2019, but I’m closer to it than I was so I’ll take it!

Have a great day everyone.
Tracey in Edmonton

kevrit

Thanks for all the KUDOS! But I’m not done yet! Feb. docs; mamo next week, blood work for thyroid Med check, stress test, then review of all of this with my PC. Phew!!!
Hope I’m done after that!

Meanwhile I’m sitting at cardio with DH for him to be checked. We will see what that brings!

Yesterday brought Wicket (youngest shi-tzu) to doc and Chewy (12 year old) to get. Chewy for thyroid recheck: Wicket for yearly and books work b/c she is not acting normal. Found out Wicket had two infected teeth with one loose. So she had to stay all day. They ended up pulling two teeth and find out results of both dogs blood work today.

Doctors 3 days this week!!!

RV Rita

kevrit

Ps... breakfast today was Bulletproof Coffee. The recipe sounds gross but I add Stevia and it tastes pretty good!

Rita

kevrit

Bulletproof Coffee:
Ingredients
1 cup hot coffee freshley brewed
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil

teklawa1

Sue, happy birthday and I'm thinking of you as you and your husband deal with his illness. It's rough.
Karen, in NY... a happy birthday to you also.

Allie and Rebecca,,,,wow on your weight loss. I'm amazed at you both and so many others who are successful with their weight programs.

Hope people dealing with illness and injury see better times....and feeling for people in the extreme weather happening is so many places.

Wishing everyone a good end to January. Hard to believe today is the last day of January. I did keep up with my exercise and food journal....both big successes for me. No weight loss but will work on that in February and I didn't gain so I'm happy.

Betsy in NW Washington

pipcd34

For all u Washington peeps, kirby and I r doing the viaduct run in Seattle this Saturday before it opens up to traffic. Supposed to b around 25k people doing it. They r letting people start in stages, corrals they call it, we r in corral #5.

Oh it’s supposed to snow Sunday and Monday, yeayyyyyy

grandmallie

afternoon and late morning and evening ladies~
Oh Barbie~ all I can say is YUCK!! feel better soon..
I have been sneezing all day and bought some lemon and echinacea tea having a cup now...
got my hair did... a tad darker brown without red in it, and yes we will grow it out will probably take till july or longer, but thats ok...she has been my friend for years and love her so...
Mary~ thanks honey I am sure trying hard, I cant compare to some people that have lost 15-20 lbs in a month,im doing what I need to do and feel so much better...
Pip~ good luck to you and Kirby I admire your fitness level both of you,,
If I could figure out how to post darn pictures from my phone I would post of picture of Alfie, he rolled around on my bed and had static cling his ear hair is flyin all over. if some of you are friends with me on Facebook I posted it there lol, crazy dog... ,have laundry going and the dishwasher going.. and might try and bake some Keto bread.. wish me luck with that..

1948Peachy

Here you go Allie....He looks so funny!

bwcetc

Sharon near Seattle ... I have the greatest respect for truck drivers in the winter! Can't imagine it. During what turned out to be an official blizzard in Buffalo, they directed trucks off of the thruways onto secondary roads and sure enough ... those trucks were jack-knifed all over the place. Not sure it was such a good idea.

Come to find out that I was driving during the absolute worst part of the storm when they actually called in the plow trucks (which are huge in Buffalo) because they couldn't even see their own plows. Today is windy but the sun is shining. As we still had travel bans this morning, both my husband and I stayed home from work and decided to work at clearing snow.

Barbie, Heather and everyone else dealing with the crud ... get well soon!

Kylia ... great news that Aubrey continues to improve. It's an exciting day when the grandparents can finally hold their grandchild!

It has been a good month for me with my health goals. Will update tomorrow!

Beth near Buffalo

grandmallie

thanks Carol.... isn't he a hoot? he is a banana head that's for sure

OregonMother

grandmallie wrote: »

Mary~ thanks honey I am sure trying hard, I cant compare to some people that have lost 15-20 lbs in a month,im doing what I need to do and feel so much better...

People our size can't compare to others. (Well, really. None of us should compare our progress to anyone else, irrespective of size.) We just need to do what is right for us and be happy losing what we can knowing that we have done what is safe for us. You are doing such a great job.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon