60 yrs and up

ridiculous59

@Elwin5 Welcome to the group and welcome to this exciting new chapter in your life!

I love to read and here are two books that really motivated me take hold of my own health: "What Makes Olga Run" is about athletes who compete at the World Masters Games into their 90's. And the second book is "Thinner This Year" which is a sensible fitness and nutrition book written by Chris Crowley. It's geared towards people in our age bracket (Chris calls it our third act). He is still downhill skiing in his 80's so he must be doing something right! Both books are probably available to download from your library, but I ended up buying Thinner This Year because I wanted to be able to refer back to it (which I often do).

Here's to having a spectacular third act! 🙂

rancarluther

I’m 76 and new to this program. I live across the road from a great Wellness Center and l love working out there. My biggest complication now is managing the technology of the app.

swimmom_1

Down 14 lbs since 1/1/23. Finally back in Onderland Again! Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes for 9.7 miles. Getting my motivation back.

swimmom_1

Welcome to all the New people to "Our Seasoned Citizens" group as @alteredsteve175 always says!

alteredsteve175

Weekend check in. Holding the line weight wise, but haven't broken through to Onederland. Yet. 😁

No change in Kathy's condition. Some good days and some bad days. Pain seems to be less, but her mobility continues to diminish. That's a problem. We live in an older house, and it is not suited for a wheelchair. I'm hoping we don't end up in that situation.

Got 12 miles walking over the last week. That helps relieve some of the stress.

Dealing with depression that comes and goes. Seeing the therapist once a month and going to a support group every two weeks. Somehow I have maintained some sanity through all this.

And this little community is a blessing as well. Thank you all for your positivity and support.

swimmom_1

@alteredsteve175
Glad to hear your hanging in there.

karlschaeffer

@alteredsteve175 Thinking of you.

Pdc654

@alteredsteve175 Hang in there and know we are here for you. I think of you often.

Chantebien29

I used MFP years ago when I lost 20 pounds....it seems not as user friendly now. I have lost 5 pounds so far and have 20 more to go.

SbetaK

The sun is starting to come up earlier in the morning here, (Alaska) and the days are getting longer by a few minutes every day. With it I seem to get more energy! I've had a few slip-ups here and there, but the best thing is just to roll with it and get right back on track the next day. Cold but beautiful sunny day here, hope everyone being dumped on with snow or tornados are staying warm and safe.

ridiculous59

@SbetaK I live in northern BC and it's amazing how a few minutes a day can lift your spirits 🙂

I just had a such a fun weekend snowshoeing with the women that I dragonboat with all summer. The youngest person in the cabin was 50 and the oldest was 81. Lots of snow, fresh air, food, wine, and laughs. We let the 81 year lead us on the trails so she could set the pace....but then we had to keep telling her to slow down! Yep, she's my role model.

Hope everyone is having a good January. We've almost got 'er beat 🙂

AnnPT77

Welcome to all the new folks, and greetings to those who've been here for a while! Let us know how you're doing with eating, exercise, general fun, or anything else that feels important in your life, eh?

ridiculous59 wrote: »

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Hope everyone is having a good January. We've almost got 'er beat 🙂

Ya think? 🤣 This all happened yesterday and overnight, poof, starting from bare grass:


But this is still there under the new snow blanket, I'm pretty sure, so I guess there's hope. 😊


I'm doing fine I guess - by way of update. I'm having a truly minor rotator cuff irritation, doing physical therapy now for that, laying off machine rowing (which doesn't have the effect on it you'd think!) for now, so stationary biking about an hour most days, and starting to do the few strength training exercises I want to and can do with the shoulder situation, alongside the physical therapy exercises.

ridiculous59

@AnnPT77 my comment referred to the dark days of winter....not the snow haha. This is what we have atm




Also, I've gone through a couple of episodes of rotator cuff issues and I feel your pain. The first time I slipped on an icy downhill slope on a trail and reached behind to grab a bush to stop me sliding. Ouch! The second time was a 30 day yoga challenge. Evidently I can't do downward dogs every day but I was too stubborn to quit halfway through the challenge, and paid the price for the following several months! You need full recovery for rowing season so be kind to yourself 🙂

AnnPT77

@ridiculous59: Beautiful outdoor photos! I assumed you had snow there. I actually don't mind snow (except the part where it's too cold/iced-up to row.). I used to XC ski, but a combo of knee damage and osteoporosis make me hesitant to ski solo even with a cell phone, and none of my friends ski anymore.

I do think today's landscape here is quite lovely, too, in case it seemed otherwise.

I don't know whether it's true where you live, but my part of Michigan can give a person weather whiplash in the Winter, let alone the shoulder seasons. As usual, recently it's been way below freezing with and without snow, then can get up into even 50s F (I guess that's 10 C?) and occasionally higher, then we go back to cold and snow, cold then melt, freezing rain, or . . . !

Entertaining, if nothing else!

swimmom_1

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Welcome to all the new folks, and greetings to those who've been here for a while! Let us know how you're doing with eating, exercise, general fun, or anything else that feels important in your life, eh?

ridiculous59 wrote: »

(snip)

Hope everyone is having a good January. We've almost got 'er beat 🙂

Ya think? 🤣 This all happened yesterday and overnight, poof, starting from bare grass:


But this is still there under the new snow blanket, I'm pretty sure, so I guess there's hope. 😊


I'm doing fine I guess - by way of update. I'm having a truly minor rotator cuff irritation, doing physical therapy now for that, laying off machine rowing (which doesn't have the effect on it you'd think!) for now, so stationary biking about an hour most days, and starting to do the few strength training exercises I want to and can do with the shoulder situation, alongside the physical therapy exercises.

It's beautiful! We got about 2 inches yesterday in Harrisburg PA area but its gone today! Your second photo, Isn't that called a "Snow drop?"

AnnPT77

swimmom_1 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Welcome to all the new folks, and greetings to those who've been here for a while! Let us know how you're doing with eating, exercise, general fun, or anything else that feels important in your life, eh?

ridiculous59 wrote: »

(snip)

Hope everyone is having a good January. We've almost got 'er beat 🙂

Ya think? 🤣 This all happened yesterday and overnight, poof, starting from bare grass:


But this is still there under the new snow blanket, I'm pretty sure, so I guess there's hope. 😊


I'm doing fine I guess - by way of update. I'm having a truly minor rotator cuff irritation, doing physical therapy now for that, laying off machine rowing (which doesn't have the effect on it you'd think!) for now, so stationary biking about an hour most days, and starting to do the few strength training exercises I want to and can do with the shoulder situation, alongside the physical therapy exercises.

It's beautiful! We got about 2 inches yesterday in Harrisburg PA area but its gone today! Your second photo, Isn't that called a "Snow drop?"

Yes, Snow Drop is the common name, Galanthus species to the botanists. It's usually the earliest thing to bloom in Spring for me. Mid-January like this year is about the earliest it can happen here. It doesn't require much warmth - in fact fades and drops quickly if it warms up, but will last weeks in the cold. It will even melt the snow around it if it's already bloomed and there's snow cover. Tough little thing.

Pdc654

Let's talk about lasting side effects related to Covid. It's been 13 days since I tested positive and a week since I subsequently tested negative. I did have a pretty high fever, above 102° for about 3 days and a low grade temp for 2 additional days. For the first week I also had bad sinus congestion, sore throat, chills, headache and fatigue. I stayed home an additional week after testing negative, but did 30 minutes of walking in my house each morning that second week, without a problem. Today I returned to the gym thinking I would do my normal Tuesday routine of one hour of water aerobics and then strength training. We'll, I was surprised by the overwhelming fatigue that hit me during the water aerobics class. I got out after 45 minutes ( it's a 60 min class) but I really started feeling it 20 minutes in. About halfway through the class I also got a headache. I took my shower as usual and rested a bit, then headed up to see how the weights would effect me. I only did 3 sets of 3 exercises at reduced weight, maybe a total of 15 min, but that extreme fatigue hit me again and I was shaking by the end. The headache stayed with me for a couple hours after I got home. Has anyone else has anything similar happen, and if so, how long did it take to get back to normal. My usual Tuesday- Thursday routine has been 60 minutes of water aerobics followed by 60 minutes of strength training.

AnnPT77

Pdc654 wrote: »

Let's talk about lasting side effects related to Covid. It's been 13 days since I tested positive and a week since I subsequently tested negative. I did have a pretty high fever, above 102° for about 3 days and a low grade temp for 2 additional days. For the first week I also had bad sinus congestion, sore throat, chills, headache and fatigue. I stayed home an additional week after testing negative, but did 30 minutes of walking in my house each morning that second week, without a problem. Today I returned to the gym thinking I would do my normal Tuesday routine of one hour of water aerobics and then strength training. We'll, I was surprised by the overwhelming fatigue that hit me during the water aerobics class. I got out after 45 minutes ( it's a 60 min class) but I really started feeling it 20 minutes in. About halfway through the class I also got a headache. I took my shower as usual and rested a bit, then headed up to see how the weights would effect me. I only did 3 sets of 3 exercises at reduced weight, maybe a total of 15 min, but that extreme fatigue hit me again and I was shaking by the end. The headache stayed with me for a couple hours after I got home. Has anyone else has anything similar happen, and if so, how long did it take to get back to normal. My usual Tuesday- Thursday routine has been 60 minutes of water aerobics followed by 60 minutes of strength training.

Everything I'm reading suggests slow, gradual return to normal activity. (But I'm saying that as someone who hasn't had Covid yet, AFAIK.)

There's a thing I ran across that is essentially consensus expert medical advice for coaches and athletes at all levels about return to workouts after Covid. I don't know whether you'd find it helpful in your case, but I'll link it so you can decide whether it seems helpful or not.

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/covid-19-return-to-sport-or-strenuous-activity-following-infection

I hope you'll have a smooth and speedy course to full normal activities!

Pdc654

@AnnPT77 Thank you!! This provides me with a good guidance on how to get back to it. It sounds like what I am experiencing is not unusual and I will listen to my body and stop if I need to. I especially liked their guidance on a structured plan to gradually get back into strength training over 4 weeks based on a reduction of 50/30/20/10 percent reduction from normal in weeks 1-4 of returning to training. This helps.

AnnPT77

Pdc654 wrote: »

@AnnPT77 Thank you!! This provides me with a good guidance on how to get back to it. It sounds like what I am experiencing is not unusual and I will listen to my body and stop if I need to. I especially liked their guidance on a structured plan to gradually get back into strength training over 4 weeks based on a reduction of 50/30/20/10 percent reduction from normal in weeks 1-4 of returning to training. This helps.

I'm so glad it helped you!

Early in the pandemic, a large fraction of the US women's rowing team (i.e., Olympic team) got Covid. This was before the vaccinations or treatments were available. At the time, I knew one of the women on the time, and she posted about her experience. While she was acutely ill, she was so fatigued that she had to sit down and rest part way up the stairs in her condo - a woman who'd been recognized as among the top handful of rowers in the world, a multi-time World and Olympic champion. As she recovered, she reported only being able to achieve a rowing machine pace typical of a reasonably-good high school athlete, far from her norm. Starting from being one of the most fit people imaginable, it was at least a small number of months - from memory, 2 to 3 - before she was back in the region of her normal performance.

I'm not saying that to be discouraging, but rather to say that as regular recreational athletes, even with milder cases now that we have vaxes and treatments, it seems reasonable to give ourselves some time to get back to our previous performance, but that it can happen.

Do you hate it when things take patience and persistence? I know I do!