60 yrs and up
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Hi. Looking for friends 60 and older to help keep us all motivated. Maybe checking in with each other every day to keep us on track. Just started yesterday, have to lose 30 lbs. The older u get the harder it seems to get.
I'm with you gals, I'm 68. It is hard with age-related wear and tear. I was not easy on my body with my eating habits, and drank a lot in my 20s. Dropped that , and the smoking at age 33 but didn't clean up my diet. Thought I ate good, the way I was taught to believe back in the day.
Would love to make some friends here as well. Always room for the younger gals in my life, but especially drawn to gals that have been around about the same amount of years
Denise
PS I'll friend you cherylre, and hope some of the gals here will friend me as well as you I'm a Type 2 Diabetic, so very low carb, and got into Keto pretty much. Got my blood glucose under control, but struggling with the the hunger thing between meals. Eating too many calories in snacks, low carb but still high calories some days. 1 -
Please feel welcome to friend me if you like, I am so happy to find this thread and it would be great to get to have others my age, or close to, to support and be supported by!! What a great thread
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I was laughing at the comments about retirement activities because I have a pad on my refrigerator that has squares for each day of the week. Mine was totally blank & my sister (who was not retired at the time), said “so this is what retirement looks like”. Lol Days seem to fly by even tho I don't have planned activities.
Weather in Iowa sounds a lot like Michigan. Warm a few days, then cold & snow & now saying maybe 80 on Monday.
Dh & I fully vaccinated, so relaxing a little. Today we visited cousins (also fully vaccinated) that we haven’t seen since Nov. 2019.1 -
@AnnPT77 Yes I love how you pop in to answer complex exercise questions. I will be off June10 thru July 27. I'll try to see if the weather stabilizes. Yes, mom said they had gotten a little snow. I'm contemplating driving a rental up north to avoid flying. I messed around and got an old schwinn bike last week at a thrift but took it back because it had a lot of issues. So I'm in the market for a mid-level mountain bike. I don't care for treadmills but enjoy walking 3 miles. Home repairs has kept me away but I'm almost there. I love, love the flower pictures. I relax around the beauty of nature of the land, plants, flowers, waters and such. We can never get too much. Even in this pandemic, it's still gorgeous. I turn 63 on April 29th! I have an countdown Widget on my phone when I 'hope to retire.' Glad others are enjoying it right now. I hope to have grandkids one day too. I can only imagine. (Love that song by Tamela Mann).2
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Am I able to join your blog🙋🏼♀️3
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Tuppence26 wrote: »Am I able to join your blog🙋🏼♀️
Come on in. Nothing to join. Just introduce yourself and post here to your heart's content. Share your triumphs, your failures, and your frustrations if you like. Welcome!4 -
So after not losing I have decide to eat more, wish me luck!3
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I gave up smoking 5 months ago and put on 14lb. So heartbreaking cos I have been at my weight watchers goal weight for 30 years. Funny I say it like it’s someone else’s fault🙆♀️. I am not prepared to start smoking again, so it’s diet and exercise until the excess weight is gone.6
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I'm back, for a quick minute. Checking in. This thread/discussion gets hot and cold. Seems hot when the men chime in? Lol. I've been busy, had main drain stopped up and had to rent a snake. Going to have to use tree root killer annually. Now sprinkler repair is scheduled this week, after a 2 week wait. Texans are still catching up with the winter storm damage. The pool filter tank order is still on a month backlog. I did mowing, edging yesterday for 2 hours. I tried to hire it out but the quote was pricey. Uhm, I had to go off all friend requests stuff because I felt I barely had time to log food being a high school nurse M-F with evening chores. I felt I had to log exercise that really wasn't good exercise, which was very time consuming since I'm Not retired. I'm at a 11 lbs loss plateau for 2 weeks because stress makes me snack too much on healthy snacks like nuts. Keto seemed to help at first but the gains disappear as quickly when returning to normal eating. I'm at a standstill but at least I've maintained my loss. Counting down50 days before school is out for the Summer! Yeah! I want to visit mom/siblings in Michigan. 😎
I pretty much don't know what to say unless someone asks a question: Pandemic life is pretty quiet, in my world. Sounds like you've been having plenty of adventures, not necessarily all good ones!
One tip: This may not be the best time of year to visit Michigan, Summer sounds better. Last week, it was around 70F, and I took my walk happily in a short-sleeved t-shirt. Today, it was a few degrees above freezing, I was bundled up in multi-layers, and it snowed during my walk. I hear what you're saying about missing family, and wanting to visit . . . but there are advantages to holding off until actual Summer, in hopes of the state deciding by then what weather it wants to have.
Uneventful updates: Weight holding steady as intended, haven't started on-water rowing season yet, doing some 5mi walks and indoor rowing/biking, trying to bring strength training back into my workout schedule (which I sadly don't enjoy, so struggle with, despite knowing 100% that it's good for me).
Since I've really got nuthin', how about some more flower pictures from the yard (L to R, top to bottom, Helleborus orientalis, Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum - a wildflower), different color (near black!) Helleborus orientalis, Double Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Checkered Lily (Fritillaria melagris), Corn-leaf Iris (Iris bucharica):
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After several months of retirement, my FIL, since departed, told me, “retirement is like six Saturdays and a Sunday. And I’m loving it.” Now I’m retired. And yes, retirement is like 6 Saturdays and a Sunday. And I’m loving it. The BH and I are both Vax’d, so it’s off to hug the grandkids!6
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karlschaeffer wrote: »I'm back, for a quick minute. Checking in. This thread/discussion gets hot and cold. Seems hot when the men chime in? Lol. I've been busy, had main drain stopped up and had to rent a snake. Going to have to use tree root killer annually. Now sprinkler repair is scheduled this week, after a 2 week wait. Texans are still catching up with the winter storm damage. The pool filter tank order is still on a month backlog. I did mowing, edging yesterday for 2 hours. I tried to hire it out but the quote was pricey. Uhm, I had to go off all friend requests stuff because I felt I barely had time to log food being a high school nurse M-F with evening chores. I felt I had to log exercise that really wasn't good exercise, which was very time consuming since I'm Not retired. I'm at a 11 lbs loss plateau for 2 weeks because stress makes me snack too much on healthy snacks like nuts. Keto seemed to help at first but the gains disappear as quickly when returning to normal eating. I'm at a standstill but at least I've maintained my loss. Counting down50 days before school is out for the Summer! Yeah! I want to visit mom/siblings in Michigan. 😎
I pretty much don't know what to say unless someone asks a question: Pandemic life is pretty quiet, in my world. Sounds like you've been having plenty of adventures, not necessarily all good ones!
One tip: This may not be the best time of year to visit Michigan, Summer sounds better. Last week, it was around 70F, and I took my walk happily in a short-sleeved t-shirt. Today, it was a few degrees above freezing, I was bundled up in multi-layers, and it snowed during my walk. I hear what you're saying about missing family, and wanting to visit . . . but there are advantages to holding off until actual Summer, in hopes of the state deciding by then what weather it wants to have.
Uneventful updates: Weight holding steady as intended, haven't started on-water rowing season yet, doing some 5mi walks and indoor rowing/biking, trying to bring strength training back into my workout schedule (which I sadly don't enjoy, so struggle with, despite knowing 100% that it's good for me).
Since I've really got nuthin', how about some more flower pictures from the yard (L to R, top to bottom, Helleborus orientalis, Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum - a wildflower), different color (near black!) Helleborus orientalis, Double Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Checkered Lily (Fritillaria melagris), Corn-leaf Iris (Iris bucharica):
Awesome flower pix. Thanks for posting!
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Love the flower pics, especially the very dark Helleborus . Late autumn here in NZ so really only chrysanthemums and daphne at the moment. Enjoying reading the posts, so many of us keeping an eye on our health🌹🌹4
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Congrats on having accomplished one of the best things you can do for your health.... quitting smoking!! Maybe think of each pound you now loose as one more rejection of the tobacco companies' assault on your health, to give you even more determination. Thumbs Up to you!Tuppence26 wrote: »I gave up smoking 5 months ago and put on 14lb. So heartbreaking cos I have been at my weight watchers goal weight for 30 years. Funny I say it like it’s someone else’s fault🙆♀️. I am not prepared to start smoking again, so it’s diet and exercise until the excess weight is gone.
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I have an countdown Widget on my phone when I 'hope to retire.' Glad others are enjoying it right now. I hope to have grandkids one day too. I can only imagine. (Love that song by Tamela Mann).
I need this. Hahahaha! I just keep telling myself "4 and a half years... just 4 and a half years." My currently planned/hoped for date is 12/31/2025. That will put me at 20 years in my current job and just shy of 67.5 years old. Truth be told, I'd love to retire before that, but can't afford to. Not sure I'll be able to afford to then, but, well.... we'll see.
Weather in southeastern AZ has been lovely, if a bit windy at times. Mind you, this won't last long as we've already had some 90+ degree days. 100º plus is just around the corner. Although I was born and raised here, and have never lived elsewhere, I am not a fan of the heat.
For now, I'm enjoying riding my bike and the occasional run/walk. Soon, I'll have to get up at the crack of dawn to be able to get out and do anything. The apartment complex gym is open and, luckily, there are seldom others using it. I've been yoyo-ing around my current weight since the beginning of the year, but I still have 30 pounds to go until I reach my goal. I think I'll have to restart the diet plan I was put on when I got my diabetes dx last year to see if I can kickstart the losing again. I mean, I still mostly follow the plan and my carb intake is so much less than it's been in the past, but I am the queen of self-sabotage. 4 -
I love the chatter about retirement. I retired at 64 years old and loved it. It was wondrous to spend time with family, the time with 3 NZ grandchildren was beyond words. I wished I could have visited the Australian family... jolly covid! I spent hours and hours in my garden, veg and flower and was in heaven. Unfortunately finances took a dive and I have returned to work. Dang! I have had a taste of the good life tho and it’s as sweet as honey. Can someone please tell me how to reply to a post. I see the post repeated with a comment underneath, how do I do that?4
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Tuppence26 wrote: »I love the chatter about retirement. I retired at 64 years old and loved it. It was wondrous to spend time with family, the time with 3 NZ grandchildren was beyond words. I wished I could have visited the Australian family... jolly covid! I spent hours and hours in my garden, veg and flower and was in heaven. Unfortunately finances took a dive and I have returned to work. Dang! I have had a taste of the good life tho and it’s as sweet as honey. Can someone please tell me how to reply to a post. I see the post repeated with a comment underneath, how do I do that?
At the bottom of each post is the date, time, flag, quote ...................................... Just press the word "quote" at the bottom of the post you're responding to. The post will appear in a new box in which you can type your reply.
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Thank you🤗tomaspetro wrote: »Tuppence26 wrote: »I love the chatter about retirement. I retired at 64 years old and loved it. It was wondrous to spend time with family, the time with 3 NZ grandchildren was beyond words. I wished I could have visited the Australian family... jolly covid! I spent hours and hours in my garden, veg and flower and was in heaven. Unfortunately finances took a dive and I have returned to work. Dang! I have had a taste of the good life tho and it’s as sweet as honey. Can someone please tell me how to reply to a post. I see the post repeated with a comment underneath, how do I do that?
At the bottom of each post is the date, time, flag, quote ...................................... Just press the word "quote" at the bottom of the post you're responding to. The post will appear in a new box in which you can type your reply.
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@seilidhe yeah....my countdown is 5 years! Yes,..it does seem far off. I guess if you're enjoying something it goes by too fast. People are on edge at work. Yelling about petty stuff. And they know jobs are tight. So 5 does seems like 50 right now, lol. I would be 68. Wish I could invent something, lol.
@Tuppence26 I would be retiring next year if was your age when you retired. I know it felt great. Can you believe they're trying to raise property taxes, in a pandemic? Thank God for a cap. If you pay off stuff and retire do you miss social interaction? Will inflation ever reverse? Men of greed. The vegetable garden would definitely sustain. Throw in a fishing pole and you are good to go. I'm still driving my 2003 Honda Element. Over 200k. These new cars are plastic stuff, imo. I'm not trying to keep up with the Jones.
Just rented a cordless makita hedge trimmer, what a workout. 100 ft cord around a oversized pool, more work. Going back to mostly keto. . Old school people worked off food outdoors. Let's do this!0 -
I live a pretty laid back life in the country, which I very much enjoy, I drive a ‘99 Toyota which is reliable. Wish I didn’t have to work again but it will keep me fit. Like you Glojlilly it will be 5 years (at least )Focusing on losing a few kilos and staying off the cigarettes right now This website is mint, I need the accountability of writing every morsel down and seeing the kilojoules add up.1
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I thought that when I retired, I'd have so much more time to do volunteer work, etc. Now I do have the time. But with the shutdowns caused by the pandemic, many of those activities are not going on right now. I'll be glad when there is enough "safety" measures (vaccinated people, etc) accomplished that group activities can open up again. And also activities within schools, with the kids. Soon please!
Posting on this site has become a sort of new online hobby.
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I am enjoying blogging too. Although things are pretty normal here and Vaccinating of the community has just started. quote="southkonahi;c-45930579"]I thought that when I retired, I'd have so much more time to do volunteer work, etc. Now I do have the time. But with the shutdowns caused by the pandemic, many of those activities are not going on right now. I'll be glad when there is enough "safety" measures (vaccinated people, etc) accomplished that group activities can open up again. And also activities within schools, with the kids. Soon please!
Posting on this site has become a sort of new online hobby.[/quote]
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Super day with family today. the days are getting a bit chilly now, (New Zealand), so out with the coats and scarves. I am thinking about veg soup yummy and good for the weight loss.3
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Happy Monday!2
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Happy Tuesday from New Zealand, Monday was great too lol3
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Happy Monday from Austin Texas!3
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Welcome to the new folks here. It's good to see an active thread. Feel free to add me as a friend . Glad to share support and encouragement.
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Hi all. Nice to meet new people. All welcome. Hop in and share your story/day/progress/where you’re at anything👍👍0
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Hi. I'm doing nice and steady with my "calorie counting" approach, it works for me. And, since I don't want to have to think too hard about what to log, it sort of keeps me from getting too complicated with my meal planning. [Maybe it just encourages simple eating?]
Anyone else doing any prep for summer weather cloths in combo with [hopefully] weight loss? I've bought some new items, I had to decide between "fits if I don't accidently shrink it", vs, "could almost be considered too big, but now I can allow it to be in the dryer too long". It takes me extra planning because much of the women's clothes is made to fit a 20 year old figure. Shopping for 60+ is more limited, in my experience. [For men, I don't think it is as much of a difference on the shape between age groups. Size yes, shape no.]
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I have just purchased some clothes for New Zealand winter. I decided to buy ...just fits, will look good when I’ve lost another few pounds🤗 positive thinking✔️ Calorie/exercise counting is working okay for me too. I feel a little accountability would be beneficial. For example I am going to very close to having too many calories today, I need a reminder😉to stop picking.3
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Tuppence26 wrote: »I have just purchased some clothes for New Zealand winter. I decided to buy ...just fits, will look good when I’ve lost another few pounds🤗 positive thinking✔️ Calorie/exercise counting is working okay for me too. I feel a little accountability would be beneficial. For example I am going to very close to having too many calories today, I need a reminder😉to stop picking.
Tighter clothes will keep you motivated!!! Great idea. Keep us posted👌2
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