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Glad you got & get to go on vacay @BCLadybug888 I really think realistically about the commitments I want to make or try it out before I commit. Maybe you might want to try it on your own first? just a thought or I'll just dive right in to challenge myself on some. I've had a busy week. I pushed myself to exercise more this week & yesterday I had a busy day. Had 2 of our grandkids from 7-noon. went for long dog walk with a friend & the older grand dtr, mowed the backyard, did some cleaning & went to Bible study & got home near 9pm so today I'm so tired! We are up the left overs yesterday except for the red cabbage & veggie salad so I have to cook dinner today but really don't want to. We don't really have anything else for dinner. I didn't buy the already cooked frozen chicken from Costco yet like I normally do for days like this so I'm going to get started before I get any more tired/sleepy. I'm going to make mushroom risotto in the instant pot for the first time & some chicken breasts to have with it. Happy Friday everyone1
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I made it home from my 3 night canoe trip with my oldest son 🙂 Our first and last days were only about 4 hours of paddling each day, but the two in between days were each about 8 hours of paddling and/or portaging. I've had some shoulder issues in the past so I am vigilant about doing strength training in that area. It certainly paid off because I had no shoulder pain or stiffness at all. My back required drugs though haha It took a few tries to find the absolute sweet spot for positioning the canoe cart for the portages and until we found that, we had to use more muscle than finesse. And my back objected strongly. Our weather was decent although the skies were a little smokey
The full canoe circuit takes a week or more to complete and because this was a first trip of this kind for either of us, we figured it would be better to start small and only do half of it (out and back). Of course now I'd love to do the full circuit one day 🙂 But it was a pretty great way to celebrate turning 65 ❤️
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What beautiful scenery @ridiculouse59 I'm glad your shoulder was okay & your sharing helped me in that I have shoulder pain sometimes & wasn't sure if working with weights was a good or bad idea0
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Happy 65th Birthday @ridiculous59, what an inspiring way to celebrate 🍾 glad you both got to spend time out on the lakes like that. Looks beautiful and very calm. Well done!
Tent looks sleek but tiny, did it fit both of you??0 -
Oh, man @ridiculous59, that looks like a fabulous trip! I'm envious. I used to do canoe-camping vacations in Algonquin Park in Ontario, and your photos are making me nostalgic. (Nicer mountains on your trip, besides.
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@ridiculous59 What a FANTASTIC trip! I haven’t canoed or kayaked in years, so much fun!
@AnnPT77 Algonquin Provincial Park: Blast from the past. My family and I camped in the area throughout my childhood. Very fond memories.1 -
Soo…. This has been happening in the town next door to me.
Those are not house lights. That’s a forest fire.
They’re calling it the Jupiter Fire because it’s on Jupiter mountain in the Olympic Mountains. Started Thursday afternoon and became very active very quickly.
The tiny town of Brinnon has a fire department that has six firefighters.
SIX.
So of course immediately crews from all over the Olympic Peninsula got involved.
Hot Shot crews flew in from Arizona, and they’ve now got state and federal assistance.
I have some friends who live in the evacuation zone. Right now it’s voluntary. Friday pretty much everyone in the county with a horse trailer showed up to help evacuate large animals. Many of which are now chillin’ at our fairgrounds.
We had some hard rain tonight so I think the worst of it is over, but that’s just a guess.5 -
What beautiful scenery @ridiculouse59 I'm glad your shoulder was okay & your sharing helped me in that I have shoulder pain sometimes & wasn't sure if working with weights was a good or bad idea
Years ago I was walking the dog on a muddy trail, slipped while going down a steep bit, and grabbed onto some brush behind me to stop my fall. Classic way to injure your rotator cuff! I went for physio and faithfully did all their exercises but quite honestly, it wasn't getting any better. So I said "Fine! I'll do this my way" and did no upper body exercises for the rest of the winter. In other words, complete rest for it. And by spring it felt normal again. I aggravated it a second time a few years later while doing a 30 day yoga challenge. By day 20 it was hurting but my stubbornness wouldn't let me quit till I'd finished. So yeh, 30 days in a row of downward dogs = long healing time for rotator cuff. Once it felt better though I started doing regular strength exercises for my upper body and so far so good. I dragon boat a couple of times a week in the summer (intense paddling), kayak, cross country ski in the winter, and of course the recent four day canoe trip, and no problems whatsoever with my shoulder these days. We're all different, and there's so much going on in our shoulder area, but that's what seems to have worked for me.
Here I am carrying one of the bags on a portage
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BCLadybug888 wrote: »Happy 65th Birthday @ridiculous59, what an inspiring way to celebrate 🍾 glad you both got to spend time out on the lakes like that. Looks beautiful and very calm. Well done!
Tent looks sleek but tiny, did it fit both of you??
It's a three-man tent. Would it fit three people? No way haha. But it fit the two of us with our head and feet in opposite directions.1 -
MargaretYakoda wrote: »Soo…. This has been happening in the town next door to me.
Those are not house lights. That’s a forest fire.
They’re calling it the Jupiter Fire because it’s on Jupiter mountain in the Olympic Mountains. Started Thursday afternoon and became very active very quickly.
The tiny town of Brinnon has a fire department that has six firefighters.
SIX.
So of course immediately crews from all over the Olympic Peninsula got involved.
Hot Shot crews flew in from Arizona, and they’ve now got state and federal assistance.
I have some friends who live in the evacuation zone. Right now it’s voluntary. Friday pretty much everyone in the county with a horse trailer showed up to help evacuate large animals. Many of which are now chillin’ at our fairgrounds.
We had some hard rain tonight so I think the worst of it is over, but that’s just a guess.
I live in BC and we have our share of fires every year so I know what you're going through. You just feel so on edge all the time. But that thump thump thump of the helicopters that you actually feel deep in your chest is the sound of help. My son spends part of every summer working on fires and they know what they're doing. But it's extra stressful for people who have livestock and horses to deal with. Here's hoping for lots of rain (but no lightning!)
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@MargaretYakoda
I haven't been to that area in a couple years, but it's a place I love to come to dive. It may look very different next time I am there. I hope it's a low intensity fire that leaves many (or even most) of the trees. The fires we've had around here lately have been really large and devastated entire landscapes. One of the fires two years ago burned through an area with a historic burn that left a lot of dead trees. Now it looks like a moonscape. I'll actually be up there on Friday kayaking. We have big fires again this year, but it seems like it's been a lot less than the last few years.1 -
@MargaretYakoda
I haven't been to that area in a couple years, but it's a place I love to come to dive. It may look very different next time I am there. I hope it's a low intensity fire that leaves many (or even most) of the trees. The fires we've had around here lately have been really large and devastated entire landscapes. One of the fires two years ago burned through an area with a historic burn that left a lot of dead trees. Now it looks like a moonscape. I'll actually be up there on Friday kayaking. We have big fires again this year, but it seems like it's been a lot less than the last few years.
If you’re coming up 101, stop by The Halfway House for lunch. Or pre-order a dinner to go. That’s where they’re staging the meals for the fire crews. The food is good too.
https://www.brinnonhalfwayhouse.com/
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I feel awful for those in the fire zones, especially for those most directly threatened, but also for those simply near.
People here (mid-Michigan) did some whining last season about the air quality issues that came our way from the Canadian wildfires (me included sometimes, to my shame). But we've been very fortunate here in nearly all respects from the weather and climate changes - extremely lucky, and it's important to realize how much worse things have gotten for others.1 -
MargaretYakoda wrote: »@MargaretYakoda
I haven't been to that area in a couple years, but it's a place I love to come to dive. It may look very different next time I am there. I hope it's a low intensity fire that leaves many (or even most) of the trees. The fires we've had around here lately have been really large and devastated entire landscapes. One of the fires two years ago burned through an area with a historic burn that left a lot of dead trees. Now it looks like a moonscape. I'll actually be up there on Friday kayaking. We have big fires again this year, but it seems like it's been a lot less than the last few years.
If you’re coming up 101, stop by The Halfway House for lunch. Or pre-order a dinner to go. That’s where they’re staging the meals for the fire crews. The food is good too.
https://www.brinnonhalfwayhouse.com/
I have eaten there. If you're there for breakfast, order braised eggs. It's how I make eggs at home now!1 -
@MargaretYakoda I do hope they get it under control soon before it does more damage. This year here in California near us hasn't been too bad but the last couple of years it has with lots of evacuations, smoke & in some places ash. Thank you for the info about the shoulder @ridiculous59 my shoulder has been ok lately doing some weights at home but not over doing it1
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We had some incredible thunder, lightening and the hard rain here overnight too. So happy for the rain!0
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64 y/o here...coming back to the app..just bought a Withings Body Smart scale that links with this app...I also wear a Fitbit tracker...good luck to all of us on our journeys6
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I am finally getting a chance to catch up here today. We had a big family party which we finally were able to do because we have redone our deck, bathroom and finally the kitchen. We still have more to do on our house.
I have been finally getting to exercising 6 days a week. I was told to do 30 minutes but have been doing longer walks on some days. We always do about 50 minutes of aquafit too a week. Today my goal is to make it around Greenlake which I used to walk/run around several times a week. I will have to take a few rests today along the way. They have a lot of benches.
I have been making my way through Outlive a book by Peter Atila MD. who is among other things an expert in longevity which is really more for 40-year-olds to prevent health problems. But I want to do what I can to keep as healthy as possible. His premise is that modern medicine focuses and keeping us alive but not necessarily healthy and that most diseases we die from start decades before we start treating for them. I read Younger Next Year too quite a while ago. I think this book and that book have the same bias as does medicine. It is from the male prospective. The research in medicine is the same. I read mostly fiction. I read a lot but my 1st priority now is improving my health and fitness hence taking on this huge non-fiction book. It is interesting and helpful. My brother the doctor recommended it.0 -
I haven't read Younger Next Year but I've read and re-read Thinner This Year by Chris Crowley and Jennifer Sachek. I really liked it and whenever I need a reminder of what I should be doing, I pull out that book for a re-fresh. Some of Chris' syntax is dated, but the advice is not, especially Jennifer's. Eat well, in moderation, exercise, and maintain a sense of community.1
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I didn't make it around Greenlake yesterday but I did walk longer and farther there than I have lately been able to. Right now I have upped my exercise up from 1 Aquafit session to adding at least 30 minutes during each weekday. I have been pushing for 1 day to be a longer walk and I am doing 1-2 strength training sessions for the weekday exercise. I really wasn't doing much since our trips to France and to see my Son, DIL and grandson's Thanksgiving. So this is a big accomplishment.
I have lost 8 lbs since I retired from full-time work. Last month I lost the most weight and this month I finally achieved my goal of exercising 6 days a week at least 30 minutes. I think this week I will be able to start to make progress on both. My other goal is to cook most meals at home. With 3 adults working full time we were eating out or taking out too much. I tend to lose when I am not working full-time since I get more exercise and cook at home. Since we eat healthy when we eat home cooked meals I lose. However this time when I started to up my exercise my weight loss stopped. So today is a watershed since I have been exercising more and lost weight too. I am not doing IF but I don't have to have breakfast right away since I don't have to start work at 8. On days I worked remotely I usually brought my breakfast down to my home office and ate it while I started work. I would grab breakfast on the way to work and eat it during my commute.
We still have what we call Friday breakfast which is usually Starbucks or I can go to a cafe. I do have a goal to be able to walk to the nearest cafe, spend and hour there and walk back thereby earning my latte and pastry for my 'Friday breakfast'. My walk yesterday gets me close to this goal.
Anyway being retired means that most of breakfasts are healthy and most of our other meals too. I am getting regular exercise finally. However I need to lose weight but I am starting to lose.2 -
I didn't make it around Greenlake yesterday but I did walk longer and farther there than I have lately been able to. Right now I have upped my exercise up from 1 Aquafit session to adding at least 30 minutes during each weekday. I have been pushing for 1 day to be a longer walk and I am doing 1-2 strength training sessions for the weekday exercise. I really wasn't doing much since our trips to France and to see my Son, DIL and grandson's Thanksgiving. So this is a big accomplishment.
I have lost 8 lbs since I retired from full-time work. Last month I lost the most weight and this month I finally achieved my goal of exercising 6 days a week at least 30 minutes. I think this week I will be able to start to make progress on both. My other goal is to cook most meals at home. With 3 adults working full time we were eating out or taking out too much. I tend to lose when I am not working full-time since I get more exercise and cook at home. Since we eat healthy when we eat home cooked meals I lose. However this time when I started to up my exercise my weight loss stopped. So today is a watershed since I have been exercising more and lost weight too. I am not doing IF but I don't have to have breakfast right away since I don't have to start work at 8. On days I worked remotely I usually brought my breakfast down to my home office and ate it while I started work. I would grab breakfast on the way to work and eat it during my commute.
We still have what we call Friday breakfast which is usually Starbucks or I can go to a cafe. I do have a goal to be able to walk to the nearest cafe, spend and hour there and walk back thereby earning my latte and pastry for my 'Friday breakfast'. My walk yesterday gets me close to this goal.
Anyway being retired means that most of breakfasts are healthy and most of our other meals too. I am getting regular exercise finally. However I need to lose weight but I am starting to lose.
@KeriA, it's pretty common to add some water weight when exercise increases, for muscle repair. Then, even if we lose a bit of fat, the water retention hides it on the scale. Is it possible that happened for you? Unless your calories eaten increased alongside the increased exercise, this seems like a strong possibility. If so, it usually sorts itself out within a couple of weeks.2 -
Sharing an amazing photo taken by one of the Brinnon Fire Department firefighters.
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@MargaretYakoda, that's a "wow" photograph. Thank you for sharing it.3
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I’ve been on MFP for nine years, had a few friends but they’ve all gradually faded away. The most recent due to sickness and beyond I don’t know. I’m still here because I do find it useful to track daily calories to keep my weight below that of a Moose. Take care folks.5
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@AnnPT77 I think that it was a combination of that and my changing my eating with more exercise. I am eating more like I did when I was losing. I think it was an adjustment to exercising overall not to mention a big family party.
The good news is that today I lost another lb. Now at 9 lbs loss since retirement.
@jfrench255 Now I have to look up what a moose weighs. I am a bit afraid to though. I have a lot to lose.1 -
Time to celebrate! I am now officially in the 'normal BMI' range, no longer overweight or obese and only 10lbs from my inital goal weight. Might adjust my goal weight as I get closer but that will depend on how I feel etc.
It has taken me almost 3 years to get here (80lbs down) with a year and a half plateau in the middle but I'm almost there.
As a bonus I have a beach trip in September to Ft Lauderdale with my daughter and I have not one but two bathing suits I'm taking and I'm not afraid to wear them! I haven't even owned a bathing suit for about 20 years.10 -
@jaded989 Yay!!!! That's definitely reason to celebrate!! Good for you 🎉💐🥰0
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@jaded989 - my friend! Miss you on my Newsfeed!! ❤️ So, so happy for you and proud of you for hanging in through your looong period of slooow, little to no progress. Just goes to remind us all (you included) that perseverance is so necessary. Thanks for posting 🥰2
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