WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2019

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  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Kind of a milk moustache there huh?💖
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,942 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,185 Member
    :) I have been meditating daily-ish for about four years. My decision came from reading "10% Happier" by Dan Harris and his later book "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics". I highly recommend both books. I don't use guided meditation or music or a meditation app and I am happy with my practice. I sit in a chair and use a meditation timer app to tell me when to start and when time is up.

    :) I'll be teaching the intermediate dance class on Thursday in addition to my beginner class on Friday so I have a lot more preparation to do this week.

    <3 Barbie from NW WA
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    liz0269 wrote: »
    Hello Ladies.
    Newbie here.
    I'm Liz from northern Wisconsin. I love living in the woods. My woods are my happy place.
    I just turned 50 in February. I have to say, I have been surprised at how much it has empowered me. For the first time in my life, I really don't care what other people think anymore. It's so liberating.
    Anyway, I also celebrated 11 years of marriage to my best friend and love of my life in February. It is my second marriage. My first one was abusive.
    We don't have any children together but I have a 27 year old son who lives with us and a five year old grandson who is with us part time. That little boy is the center of my universe. I lost my youngest son in 2011 when he was 17. He died unexpectedly from an asthma attack, though drugs were a factor. My grandson has put my heart back together. He adores me as much as I adore him. He calls me his love of joy. My son struggles with drugs and alcohol. He was there the night my son died and blames himself.
    I also have four step-children - two from my first marriage and two from my second.
    My husband and I do have two cats that we call our children.
    I never struggled with my weight until I quit smoking over six years ago. Then I gained 60 pounds. I still need to lose 50, though I would be happy with 30.
    I have rheumatoid arthritis and multiple food sensitivities including gluten, dairy, soy, legumes, oats, and eggs.
    I bike. Last year I got up to 30 miles and my goal for this year is 50 miles. I also swim, lift weights, and I am trying to jog again. In the winter, I snowshoe. Thought this year the snow was too deep. We set a record for the all-time snowiest winter - almost ten feet of snow - and over half of it - 57+" - fell in February alone.
    I went back to school and graduated with an associates degree in web software development in December. I am building my own business so that I can work from home which works best with my RA. I also work part time at the school I went to administering a program that connects high school students with local businesses for mentoring, career coaching, etc. And I work from home part time for a web design company owned by my brother. I am a busy woman! But I love every minute of it.

    @KetoneKaren - I have PTSD from childhood and first marriage. I have found the work of Byron Katie tremendously helpful in overcoming trauma. In her books, she lays out a specific way of journaling that has been very healing for me.
    @bananasandoranges - On the app, at the bottom of the diary, is a button for Nutrition. If you click on that, you can toggle to weekly view and it will show you your overall and net calories for the week so that can track weekly as well.

    My goal for May is to not change anything for the entire month. I need the consistency. I have a bad habit of planting a seed and digging it up right away to see if it's growing. I am recovering from several years of designer diets - paleo, keto, vegan, intermittent fasting, high carb low fat, etc. My head got really messed up about nutrition and I think I had a touch of orthorexia. I am unwinding all of that. I have a good exercise routine. I am weighing my food and counting calories, protein, saturated fat, and fiber only. I am giving myself permission to eat anything as long as it stays within my limits. Protein is important. I want to limit saturated fat. I want to eat more fiber. And those are my only rules.

    I am looking forward to being a part of this group. You sound like a great bunch of ladies!





    Thanks, Liz! I don't know about Byron Katie, but I will definitely look into this.

    Karen in Virginia
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    Morning check in
    ✔️ 1. weighed in, 59.6 k (131.4 lbs)
    ✔️2. tracked all yesterday and so far today
    ✔️ 3. 30 min exercise
    not yet 4. five minutes meditation
    not yet 5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project
    not yet 6.produce at least 2 pages per day - debatable
    not yet 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill,
    not yet 8. At least 15 min/day filing/cleaning.
    ✔️ 9.average 1100 calories net.


    • Overall Feeling: okay
    • Tracking :so far, so good
    • Exercise : 25 min not fast on elliptical plus 10-15 min walking to gym and back
    • 1100 calories net : nearly made up for red on Friday by green on Saturday and Sunday thanks partly to exercise. Okay for today : reduced my cereal (that I eat w plain soy yogurt, 3 almonds, squash seeds and possibly fruit) from 30g to 20g today.
    • Long term writing 2hrs: planned for today
    • Long term writing 2 pages: also
    • Short term writing/admin : need to today
    • Bright Spots : sunny, good exercise 3 days in a row

    Grateful :
    1. good night's sleep
    2. feel okay this morning, not too tired after gym and coffee
    3. coconut-soy yogurt
    4. blueberries
    5. gomasio
    6. squash seeds
    7. electric kettle
    8. hair elastics
    9. meditation
    10. very sunny today
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,977 Member
    edited May 2019
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS wrote: »
    Good Evening Ladies - I have forgotten how to add to my list of foods, anybody out there knows what I need to do?

    Lenora

    Hi Lenora: if you mean your diary: look for <Add food>

    on the website: there should be a food option somewhere at the top of your newsfeed or profile page

    On the app: there should be an options bar at the the bottom or top of the screen.
    If you can't find that, then click <More> and you should have a list of options there that includes food.
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS wrote: »
    Also, how to end a PM?

    I just end my PMs with my name.

    ❤️ Terri
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    Morning check in
    ✔️ 1. weighed in, 59.6 k (131.4 lbs)
    ✔️2. tracked all yesterday and so far today
    ✔️ 3. 30 min exercise
    not yet 4. five minutes meditation
    not yet 5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project
    not yet 6.produce at least 2 pages per day - debatable
    not yet 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill,
    not yet 8. At least 15 min/day filing/cleaning.
    ✔️ 9.average 1100 calories net.

    meditated and cleaned,
    I'm switching cleaning to 15 min cleaning, and 15 filing - my paper situation is in great need of attention
    I got a conference proposal rejection. bummer. I have not been very successful in endeavours to evolve professionally so far this year, whereas I've put a huge amount of effort into it.
    the status quo is unsustainable and precarious.

    so, I need to not get stuck in that and move forward.
    though I question the value in putting energy into finishing thesis.
    ran into a guy who has published etc quite a bit and he doesn't get jobs as he's not connected enough,
    I know another who's super qualified and well into his 50s and can't get past 1 year associate type positions with very modest pay - whereas he is published quite a bit and apparently a good and devoted teacher.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    midday check in
    ✔️ 1. weighed in, 59.6 k (131.4 lbs)
    ✔️2. tracked all yesterday and so far today
    ✔️ 3. 30 min exercise
    ✔️4. five minutes meditation
    in progress 5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project
    in progress 6.produce at least 2 pages per day - debatable
    not yet 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill,
    ✔️ 8. At least 15 min/day cleaning.
    ✔️ 9. At least 15 min/day filing.
    in progress 10.average 1100 calories net.
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,607 Member
    edited May 2019
    Miraculously made protein goal and stayed under total cals yesterday despite indulgence in pizza, B&J NY Super Fudge Chunk ice cream and a real beer. Portion control helped but the real key was standing up to catastrophic thinking voice and saying calmly, firmly, "You lie." In the past, one indulgence would have lead to me eating 3 pieces of pizza, drinking at least two pints of beer and eating half the carton of ice cream. Instead, I had a rare yummy indulgence and, except for being way short of needed fiber, the damage won't be bad at all. ;)

    Lisa     now THAT's a brilliant use of credit. Well done!
    Machka that snow dusted (wallaby?)'s expression made me want to reach out and hug it! We've had some lovely sunny days... 'til you step outside into the chill wind. Feels like it came from the icy Idaho steppes and not the balmy Pacific :{
    Welcome Maritill, Liz from N. WI. Thanks for the nutrition weekly vs daily view tip, I didn't know that!
    Barbie thanks for the time/link meditation hint. Think that's the trouble, was meditating before breakfast but on T'ai Chi days don't have the time, eat a breakfast bar en route. Need to re-think.
    Lanette your diet pill story reminded me of the year in high school that I was taking daily antihistimines. Carried a full load at school, was active in three after school "clubs", worked part time in the library, was go go go all the time. When summer came and the "cold" went away I stopped taking the antihistimines... and slept whenever not working the whole summer. Turns out the antihistimines were speedy... ;(
    Rori, like you I meditate on my back, but on the floor with "legs up the wall" to the Insight Timer... that is, when I do it ;}
    Katla Metrecal and Jack LaLanne! Used to watch him early in the morning as a child, even occasionally joining in his calisthenics. Remember his guidance against sugar and toward whole foods, a man way ahead of his time. But what I remember best is his wonderful voice singing "May the good Lord bless and keep you... til we meet again."
    Lenora if you meant add a recipe you've already input, under Food/Recipes find the one you want and click "Log It". If you meant send a PM, click on the person's username, then click Send Message.

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    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 5/31, 60 g protein 5/31, rx/vits 5/31, meditate 1/31, knee exercises 1/31, SWSY 0/9, play with Tumble 3/31, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 4/31.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for May "pause" Thank you Barbie!
    05/05: LT: CFRFPD minutes-N MT: transplant tomatoes and qinoa-Y ST: PMG chorale-Y
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Miraculously made protein goal and stayed under total cals yesterday despite indulgence in pizza, B&J NY Super Fudge Chunk ice cream and a real beer. Portion control helped but the real key was standing up to catastrophic thinking voice and saying calmly, firmly, "You lie." In the past, one indulgence would have lead to me eating 3 pieces of pizza, drinking at least two pints of beer and eating half the carton of ice cream. Instead, I had a rare yummy indulgence and, except for being way short of needed fiber, the damage won't be bad at all. ;)

    Lisa     now THAT's a brilliant use of credit. Well done!
    Machka that snow dusted (wallaby?)'s expression made me want to reach out and hug it! We've had some lovely sunny days... 'til you step outside into the chill wind. Feels like it came from the icy Idaho steppes and not the balmy Pacific :{
    Welcome Maritill, Liz from N. WI. Thanks for the nutrition weekly vs daily view tip, I didn't know that!
    Barbie thanks for the time/link meditation hint. Think that's the trouble, was meditating before breakfast but on T'ai Chi days don't have the time, eat a breakfast bar en route. Need to re-think.
    Lanette your diet pill story reminded me of the year in high school that I was taking daily antihistimines. Carried a full load at school, was active in three after school "clubs", worked part time in the library, was go go go all the time. When summer came and the "cold" went away I stopped taking the antihistimines... and slept whenever not working the whole summer. Turns out the antihistimines were speedy... ;(
    Rori, like you I meditate on my back, but on the floor with "legs up the wall" to the Insight Timer... that is, when I do it ;}
    Katla Metrecal and Jack LaLanne! Used to watch him early in the morning as a child, even occasionally joining in his calisthenics. Remember his guidance against sugar and toward whole foods, a man way ahead of his time. But what I remember best is his wonderful voice singing "May the good Lord bless and keep you... til we meet again."
    Lenora if you meant add a recipe you've already input, under Food/Recipes find the one you want and click "Log It". If you meant send a PM, click on the person's username, then click Send Message.

    chuqxg07y1s8.png

    d2dcq8ft9u0g.png


    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    walk one more step 5/31, 60 g protein 5/31, rx/vits 5/31, meditate 1/31, knee exercises 1/31, SWSY 0/9, play with Tumble 3/31, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 4/31.
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for May "pause" Thank you Barbie!
    05/05: LT: CFRFPD minutes-N MT: transplant tomatoes and qinoa-Y ST: PMG chorale-Y

    Let me know if the link didn’t work
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    midday check in
    ✔️ 1. weighed in, 59.6 k (131.4 lbs)
    ✔️2. tracked all yesterday and so far today
    ✔️ 3. 30 min exercise
    ✔️4. five minutes meditation
    ✔️5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project
    ✔️6.produce at least 2 pages per day
    not yet 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill,
    ✔️ 8. At least 15 min/day cleaning.
    ✔️ 9. At least 15 min/day filing.
    in progress 10.average 1100 calories net.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    KJ: Your memory foam topper sounds a bit too much like quicksand. We have foam mattresses in both bedrooms but they are on the stiff side. There is plenty of support for lovemaking but absolutely no bounce. The whole mattress is about 8-10 inches thick and we had help getting them upstairs. Thank goodness!!! They weigh a ton. :ohwell:

    Viv: Your poor mom! She is so lucky to have you close-by enough to come and help. :flowerforyou:

    Heather: Happy Anniversary! :heart:


    I just heard DH coming downstairs. Good timing! I’m planning on going to yoga today, but my yoga pants didn’t dry over night as I’d expected. I’m hoping to get them dry in time.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,638 Member
    edited May 2019
    Happy Monday ladies!

    Viv     - I echo relief that you are nearby. Are your parents thinking of moving the bedroom downstairs at all - I think you mentioned at one time they talked about it? Thank goodness there are carers that come by.

    Regarding getting up off the floor, the latest AARP magazine had an article about lower body strength and it states if a person cannot rise from a sitting position on the floor without using his/her hands, he/she has increased mortality rate (whatever that means. Doesn't being born increase a person's mortality rate? :D )

    HHmmm.... I haven't been able stand from a sit position w/o hands for decades. I looked online and saw a presentation by a doctor who said that's a crazy idea for older people to even try it. The main thing is to be able to get up off the floor and back on your feet, and he suggested doing it like a baby does - on hands and knees and pushing up from there. He also suggested practicing this several times a day.

    The talk about funerals is interesting. While DH and I plan to be cremated (or donated if possible), I admit I am drawn to cemeteries and walking among the old headstones, reading the dates and family names and imagining what their lives were like. With the elimination of headstones, that history is gone forever. Sure, a person can find death notices on the internet, but it's just not the same.

    For posterity's sake, I think I'll look into having our names and birth/death dates chiseled into the family headstone back in Indiana. And at having cremated remains interred there.

    On that cheery note, we're having a heat wave the end of this week. I'm not ready for 90 but ready or not, that's probably what we'll see come Thursday and Friday.

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State
  • efricke1
    efricke1 Posts: 42 Member
    Happy (?) Monday!
    I ran yesterday and it might have been a tiny smidge easier? Maybe? I actually ended getting over 20,000 steps yesterday! Very rare, and usually only when I'm on vacation. Beautiful day here today, but I hear there is rough weather in the Midwest. Be careful!!
    Elizabeth GA

    May goals:
    Lose that blasted 5 pounds!-Logged yesterday and came in under!
    Post every day on MFP-so far so good!
    Cook dinner at least 1x a week-Cooking dinner tonight!
    Start meditating again-Finally! 5 minutes, but it is a start.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,977 Member
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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lanette: Our predicted high temperature is 89F Thursday and 92F Friday. I hope we have a lovely breeze to go with it. :heart:

    DH has been doing better than in a long time. He’s having good results with eating and has been more active. We’ve gone on a couple of lovely rambles in the past two days. Yay! Unfortunately, he still dosen’t want to take the RV to see the kids. He wants me to go alone by air, or for us to fly them here. I’m not happy with his ideas and we will see how things go. :grumble:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • cmsavells
    cmsavells Posts: 257 Member
    Viv-sorry about your mom. My mom is very unsteady on her feet since her stroke. She’s doing well though.

    Gave a final exam this morning. One more to go. My students and I are both ready for the semester to end!

    Connie in KY
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,248 Member
    :heart:
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,223 Member
    Llll
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    :)
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,288 Member
    Just checking in to say I’m still around!

    RV Rita still hosting at Bottomless Lakes State Park in Roswell New Mexico

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