WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019
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Machka ... I took a look at your grocery prices ... I will not complain again about my grocery bill ...3
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Allie: Does your dental practice have reviews on Yelp or BBB? Is it endorsed by anyone on Nextdoor.com? These are some 'word of mouth' referral boards that can sink a practice if the feedback is negative. A happy patient might tell one person they like your office. But an unhappy one will tell the world. So in addition to losing current patients, this office manager will tarnish the doctor's reputation, and in a small community, that's very hard to recover from.
Michele: When your pool opens, I'll be there vicariously.
Katla: DH is so lucky to have your stalwart care. I hope the colonoscopy trip and procedure all go smoothly. ((hugs))
My DH has his annual physical today with a new doctor at the same integrative medical office. It's frustrating to have to start over with a new person, so hoping for the best. Aside from dementia, he is losing hearing and we need (for insurance purposes) to have the primary care physician make the referral to a hearing center. How blessed are we that I am retired and have the time to handle all his appointments and affairs. It's a full time job.
Tomorrow is my first therapeutic massage since November! Shame on me. I need to get in every 8 weeks to feel my best. Can't wait.
Take care, friends. We can do this.
Rori
Still SMILING in the beautiful, warm
Colorado Foothills
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Heather--Pray you and DH do not catch anything. And that your trip goes well with a nice visit.
Katla--Sending prayers and hugs for you and DH that all goes well.
Shannon--Sounds like you are doing great. Keep it up!
My swing shift person just called in so I will be doing extra making my 8 hour day 12-14 hours. Gotta love it.
Tracey--I hope you get good news at the doctor and nothing is broken. Sounds like your appointment with the job person went well. Keeping you in prayer for a good job soon. Looking forward to seeing what you pick for the family pictures.
Rori--enjoy your massage. Have you talked to Meg? I do worry about her.
Well have to shift my mind set to do some afternoon duties. I am trying to finish up a baby blanket I am making for my niece's baby shower Saturday. It's not the end of the world if I don't get it done as I can mail it.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE
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My visit with my cancer friend went well. I bought some bits for lunch and some treats for her and we chatted about life. I was all set to leave at 3 when she suddenly started talking about her funeral wishes, so I stayed another half an hour as I reckoned there aren't too many people she can talk like that with. She is writing down all her wishes, tying up all the ends. She is much weaker, breathless and tires easily, but still her old self.
I was reminded of Machka as she says it is a full time job just running her life with all the medical and admin stuff. The phone was constantly ringing with stuff to organise!
Journey home by train was a bit tiring as the fast was cancelled and I had to wait for a later one. In Brighton I jumped off the bus to buy sushi, but made it back by 6.30.
Just about broken even on maintenance calories because I did 300 on the rower before I left. Plus a bit of walking in London.
Tired now. Just watching an old Vera.
So glad I went.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx7 -
Hi Gals,
Viv – your Frankie sounds like my Levi – but if it is just people (no animals) he is the best dog – he cuddles, he keeps track of me, he is super attuned to my moods and responds appropriately - when it is his time I will not miss the reactive aspect of Levi, but I will be very sad.
Allie – the writing is on the wall – the new guy doesn’t get it, business is not doing great (or he would not have been hired), business is doing worse as he is upsetting clients, you and the new guy have not bonded --- it’s time to seriously job hunt. ** I see a few others think the way I do **
Machka – wow those prices !
Heather – glad you went and had a nice time.
Kim from N. California
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its not my boss , he is very personable and is very kind to us, its the yutzy office manager~ nobody likes him... we shall see..I want our boss to succeed, but if he gets rid of all of us that are long term employees that will be the nail in the coffin..
But yes I am looking...and praying the right thing comes along..3 -
Hello Ladies,
Hope all had a good day. Yesterday and today went well for me. My mom must be feeling well as she had me take her shopping two days in a row! She usually doesn’t want to go out. Mostly we only go to her doctor appointments.
Heather-So glad your visit with your friend went well. A few years ago I went through something similar with a very dear friend. The time I spent with her was precious.
I belong to a TOPS group. Today is my one year anniversary. I weigh in tonight. I have been logging everything and staying within my calorie limit since I joined this group a few days ago. Just reading your posts is encouraging.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »My visit with my cancer friend went well. I bought some bits for lunch and some treats for her and we chatted about life. I was all set to leave at 3 when she suddenly started talking about her funeral wishes, so I stayed another half an hour as I reckoned there aren't too many people she can talk like that with. She is writing down all her wishes, tying up all the ends. She is much weaker, breathless and tires easily, but still her old self.
I was reminded of Machka as she says it is a full time job just running her life with all the medical and admin stuff. The phone was constantly ringing with stuff to organise!
Journey home by train was a bit tiring as the fast was cancelled and I had to wait for a later one. In Brighton I jumped off the bus to buy sushi, but made it back by 6.30.
Just about broken even on maintenance calories because I did 300 on the rower before I left. Plus a bit of walking in London.
Tired now. Just watching an old Vera.
So glad I went.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
I'm glad you were able to visit your friend, and yes I understand completely about the full time job just running her life with all the medical and admin stuff. That's why it is hard for her to commit to visits. I'm currently booking into the middle of May right now, but I no sooner get a week set up with a reasonable schedule, then a specialist rings up and needs to put an appointment right into the middle of it all and I spend the next day reorganising everything.
Health systems provide a lot of stuff ... but the one big thing they're lacking are personal secretaries to handle all this stuff and take the pressure off.
M in Oz4 -
Rori: Thanks for your compliment about stalwart care. You are a shining example & I hope to be as caring and supportive of my DH as you are of yours.
Vicki: thanks for your good wishes. :flowerforyou:
Heather: Your cancer friend is so lucky to have a friend like you.
Allie: It sounds like you’re organized and making sure that you have a place to go when/if it becomes necessary. You’re a smart lady. :flowerforyou:
Laura in LA: Happy anniversary with TOPS. I bet you’ll be the champion as you count your calories with us. Having a good support network is so important. You’ll have us online, and them in your community. Win-Win.
Scammers called our house to tell us we won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. They tried to get us to give them financial information so they'd have access to our bank accounts for "depositing our winnings." We said no. We also sent a message to the real Publishers Clearing House reporting the scam.
Tomorrow DH’s adventure begins. Our critter-sitter will come to our house to stay with the dog, and we’ll go to a hotel near the hospital. DH will take the meds to empty his system at the hotel, and I’ll be supportive. The actual testing is the following day. I may or may not have time to touch bases here, but I will log my food.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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This seems to be a great group. I got back into logging March 7 (staying away from it my weight started going up).
Age: 64
Height: 5'5 1/2-5/6" (I think the old lady shrink may be starting)
HW: 220lbs (in 2006)
Restart weight: 162lbs
CW: 157lbs
Goal: 140-145lbs (?)
Thinking I may need to reevaluate the activity level I have set--put it at light, but my steps are increasing to over 10,000 daily. Thought I'd give myself most of April to see if I stay committed to the exercise level (which is primarily walking, works best for two replaced hips).
I like the idea of the "older ladies group", more in line with where I am at my stage in life.9 -
Machka: Sorry that your optometrist doesn’t carry the glasses you need. We go to an eye-doctor in a clinic that has an optical office right in the building. It isn’t inexpensive, but the quality is great. We always have to have our prescriptions ordered and come back for them. They don’t carry an over the counter stock that would work for our prescriptions. My mom used to take me to Woolworth’s lunch counter. They closed their store in my hometown long ago but I have good memories about having lunch with mom.
My current optometrist is great ... their customer service has been fantastic, and I'm reasonably confident that they'll be able to provide me with what I need.
My previous place, a chain optical place with cheaper prices, wasn't good. If your vision issues are pretty basic, they'd be all right but as soon as you need multifocal lenses or something, they can't really handle that.
Our Woolworths isn't the same as the North American Woolworths. This is our Woolworths Group: https://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/page/about-us/our-brands/
The other big grocery here is Coles: https://www.colesgroup.com.au/home/ ... we do use them sometimes, but I've found their selection isn't as good as Woolworths.
But I remember those Woolworths counters in North America too.
Machka in Oz
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Laura in LA, glad your mom is feeling more energetic. I read this thread every morning at breakfast and at least once more during the day. It keeps me focused on how important my weight loss journey is.ginnytez, I do a lot of walking. There are several women in my line dance class who have had one or both hips replaced and dancing has been good exercise for them/Heather, glad your visit with your friend went well especially with sure a long and tiring trip to see her. Barbie in sunny NW WA 4
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stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 8.15min, 11.6amph, 134mhr, 1.59mi= 77c
TREADMILL slow jog- 40min, 12.11min mi, 4.5-5.1sp, 1123ahr, 1.0incline, 158mhr, 3.28mi= 324c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.12min, 140mhr, 17.1amph, 1.48mi= 62c
ride puy 2 sumn station- 14.03min, 13.1amph, 151mhr,3.07mi= 163c
jog sta 2 wrk- 5.01min, 9.56min mi, 144mhr, .50mi= 60c
jog wrk 2 sta- 4.13min, 9.30min mi, 148mhr, .44mi= 64c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.16min, 8.5amph, 151mhr, 2.59mi= 196c
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Did Jari Love’s Ripped 1000 DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a DVD for the bosu. Then I’m going to start volunteering at the soup kitchen
Volunteered at the Green Room then came home and started putting down the paver sand, got a lot of leaves that were floating on top of the pool out of the pool (without any trees around us it’s amazing how many leaves get in the pool!) then finished putting down the paver sand. Will go to ACMoore tonight to see if these ladies can help me with a crochet blanket I made. The directions for the edging just doesn’t make sense to me. I sure hope so
Shannon – great goal to learn one more meal
M – some of the prices for your food astounded me
Tracey – good idea getting that rib checked out. I really hope it isn’t cracked. Please let us know
Laura – happy anniversary!
Katla – good job saying “no”. I’d never heard of PCH scam
ginny – welcome
Michele in NC
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Hi Gals,
So for about 2 months now I have been craving honey walnut prawns – a Chinese dish which I bet no one in china has ever heard of, but basically it is deep fried shrimp with roasted walnuts in a honey and mayo sauce. It is ABSOLUTLY not easy to fit around CICO – but today was 3 hours of heavy gardening, 45 min of yoga and 10,000 steps. So I treated myself, it is usually served over white rice, I decided to serve it over raw spinach, and I ate about 75% of the single serving. It’s been about a year since I had it, I savored every bite, quit when I was full, and will probably not have it again for a long time. (well I’ll have the leftovers tomorrow then not for a long time). It is crazy pricy, in both cash and calories. But I got it from my favorite place and it was worth it.
And I did not eat but a couple of my exercise calories!
Kim from N. California
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M – some of the prices for your food astounded me
Michele in NC
See, when you say $30 for groceries, I think "per day" ... and I wonder why you don't order your groceries on a weekly basis.
Right now, we're averaging about $25/day for the two of us but if I were to buy more meat, it would be about $30/day.
Just my lunches are $3.70/day right now ($18.50/5-day work week) ... multiply that by 2 because my husband eats lunch as well, and you're up to $37 for lunches Monday - Friday.
But I'm doing really well only spending $3.70/work day on lunches ... most of my coworkers buy their lunches from a cafe or something, and they spend about $15/work day for their tray of sushi or sandwich and coffee or whatever.
I'll also add that I buy as much as I can on sale ... it's one of the reasons we got a small chest freezer, so that we could stock up on some foods when they are on sale.
And we've started growing some of our own veg ... got a pretty decent crop of potatoes that should last us a couple months, I think.
M in Oz
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