WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2019

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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Rebecca-Congradulations. Welcome to the wonderful world of Grandma's. She is beautiful and the name matchs her.

    Michele--Congradulations on the new grandson. I pray you get lots of cuddle time while there. I bet Denise is happy to have you there.

    Happy Mother's day!! My DH and the 2 great grandson's that we take to Sunday school came and had lunch with me after church and bought me flowers. Made my day. It's the little things that mean so much. This is my last weekend working for the forseeable future. They cut our hours and so I will be working 7-3:30 Monday - Friday. I am happy about that part after 32 years. Being supervisor helps.

    Blessings, Vicki GI NE <3
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Thanks ladies! I remember back to having each of my son's today. Taking a photo, and then when the roll was filled, going to get it developed. My dear mom must've been so worried, not being able to see a photo for a bit. No emails, no messenger chat. No instant pictures. Yesterday, was my Mother's day gift. Athena Rose 🌹! I can relax now. Relax with everything in my life. Though this month is slim, I know we shall be just fine.👍
    💖Rebecca
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Michele- thanks for the update on the baby. So glad PJ is here and doing well. Cherish this time with your newborn grandson. You will be surprised how much you will miss him.
    SueBDew in TX
  • cmsavells
    cmsavells Posts: 257 Member
    All the new grandbabies!! What fun and congratulations!!

    I made a big dinner for us last night. It made everybody quite happy! Having a lazy day today!

    Happy Mother’s Day!!

    Connie in KY
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
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    Lots to catch up on - Congrats Michele on your new grandson.
    Love to all
    Viv UK
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,245 Member
    stat for the day;

    manual treadmill- 15.42min, 12.33min mi, 144ahr, 1.25mi= 214c
    Apple Watch- 180c

    happy moms day
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,975 Member
    Rori, I stayed in my boot for six weeks, the first three non-weight bearing, I had a knee scooter which was very helpful. After the six weeks, I had to wear a soft lace up ankle brace for another six weeks. I didn’t have to wear it all the time, but just when I was walking, working out, or in crowds.

    Rebecca, beautiful baby.

    Michele, congrats on the new grandson.

    Ketone Karen, thanks for the CBT oil lesson. I learned a lot.



  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    📙Accountability post for Saturday, May 11th
    ✔1. Carbs 50g max with no more than 25g per meal. (13g)
    ✖️2. Fiber 25g. (3g)
    ✔️3. Track in MFP. Complete the entry daily.
    ✔4. Exercise - log 30 Fitbit minutes (50 Active minutes).
    ✔5. No eating after 9pm.
    ✖️6. In bed by midnight.

    • Overall Feeling. Energetic.
    • Exercise. No intentional exercise. I got 5338 steps and 50 active minutes - while cleaning house. And... I was working hard today. Sweating. I hope i pulled some fluid off myself. I was a bit swollen Friday night.
    • Eating deadline. I ate supper - grilled pork chop and Brussels sprouts. It was delicious. Then immediately got sick. So nothing but water the rest of the night.
    • Bedtime-Sleep Hygiene. Nope. It hasn't been a priority lately. I'll focus on it later.
    • Bright Spot today. Cleaning today - I rediscovered a photo frame with a photo of our 2 beautiful grandkids. The photo wax taken about 13 years ago. Grandson is graduating from HS this year. The photo is one I see every day. But I really enjoyed the frame. I bought it in Georgia while visiting our daughter when she lived there. The frame has a metal butterfly attached and a dragonfly attached with a spring. It's another one of my little treasures. Just a 4x6 wooden photo frame - but I was immediately drawn to it in the store and I was delighted by it today - as I cleaned it. I've been wiping it off and putting it back in the shelf without really seeing it. Today... I took time to appreciate it. I like dragonflies.
    • Today I’m grateful for:
    1. The rain today finally exited. Sunday is supposed to be a nice day for Mother's Day.
    2. My great night of sleep last night. Woke up feeling well rested.
    3. My energy level today.
    4. DH always helping me put fresh linens on our beds.
    5. Babybel mozzarella cheese rounds. The perfect size for a quick snack.

    -- Ginger in Texas
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  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,703 Member
    Hi Gals,

    171 messages to read!

    First Happy Mother’s Day to the Mom’s of humans and pets!!!

    Lisa – I never thought about overtime and the military…. So many things we don’t know about jobs/careers that have not touched us directly

    Beth – I missed your post somehow, but I’m short 5’1 ½” and have found a maxi skirt in a print and a solid top doesn’t make me look any shorter (LOL) and gets complements… When it is for summer I do love it as I have a hard time finding summer shoes that give me support and that I think are cute.

    Rebecca and Rori – quick healing to both!

    Dana – great to “see” you again

    Ginger – a family that large is amazing to me… every relative I know of is just 13 people and some of those I have not heard from in years!

    Kelly – can I spend my birthday with you?

    Rebecca – Congrats !!! Athena Rose is super cute

    Michele – congratulations!
    Evelyn – congratulations!





    Kim from N. California
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,038 Member
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  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited May 2019
    Morning check in

    ✔️ 1. weighed in yesterday 58.8
    x 2. tracked yesterday
    ✔️3. 30 min exercise yesterday
    ✔️ 4. five minutes meditation
    ✔️5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project yesterday
    debatable - rewriting...6.produce at least 10-11 pages per day (until May 14th) yesterday
    x 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill, (union work doesn't count) yesterday
    ✔️8. At least 15 min cleaning, (15 min ironing, and 5 min basic picking up) yesterday
    ✔️9. At least 15 min filing/paperwork yesterday
    x 10.average 1100 calories yesterday

    • Overall Feeling: not great
    • Tracking :nope
    • Exercise : ok
    • 1100 calories net average : no
    • Long term writing 2hrs: yes
    • Long term writing 10-11 pages day until May 14th : not exactly
    • Short term writing/admin : no
    • Bright Spots : spoke with sympathetic classmates online

    Grateful :
    1. sympathetic classmates
    2. things checked off above
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    congratulations to grandmas of new babies
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    hi

    Evelyn nice pictures. nice that you are getting alone time with the kids. precious.

    I started mfp in 2013 at 55.8 k and went down to 52 in a few months and stayed their for a few months and then tended to hover between52 and 55 for a few years. These past years it's been creeping up. Above 56 is not my comfort zone (clothes are tighter, etc,even many pairs of shoes are not comfortable with the gain!. I was around 60k when joining this thread, my highest weight in 3+ decades. (I had a moment in my early 20s when I gained, but lost it after a few months). Now it's at 58.6 after weeks of tracking and so on. I'm relieved that it's working a bit, but not exactly at thrilled point yet. I haven't tracked the past 2 days. I have somewhat of a pattern of slacking off tracking when I start to lose, thinking I'll go back to the long period (most of my 30S and 40s) when I didn't gain much and had sort of a natural balance, in terms of weight. I know that is a risk.

    I don't feel like going to the gym today (as I usually don't) but I will go for a very short WO. It usually helps the morale and mine is not at it's highest point. once I'm there it's fine.

    hope you guys are doing ok.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,085 Member
    I slept well and am up ,showered and dressed and having my tea.. looks like I will have to go get my small suitcase out as an overnight bag will not do..
    I did speak with the nurse at nursing home last night.. I like her alot..she said the Dr was in and really saw how much DFIL has deteriorated...she did tell him about the eating excitement and he said its the calm before the storm..
    he doesn't go and examine patients much, he listens to what the family and nurses say and check out the patient charts and thats about it... but he must have seen him while he was there yesterday
    i was speaking with Kelly (the nurse) and I told her I wouldn't put it past him if he went while I was away.. and she looked me in the eye and said DONT you feel guilty.. not one bit. you have been there through it all..
    I know I have but he has been such a big part of my life there will be a huge void.....
    I have been hemming and hawing about my job and expenses... Connecticut is going to kill me ,it is sooooo expensive to live here. and working part time and alimony are going to get eaten up if I dont do something..
    will speak with a financial advisor and see what my options are..
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    bananasandoranges wrote: »
    Lanette I'm in France. Thanks for the welcome. I'm still quite overwhelmed by the very many posters. I think I might love the Tai chi video;

    Anyone have a notion of how many we are? 20? more?

    Count up the Who Am I stories. :)

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    evie1958 wrote: »
    Machka, just reading about everything that you do, seemingly at once, exhausts me! Don't quite know how you manage to get it all done!

    Lists!

    And my calendar.

    Essentially, I just do what's next on the list.



    Congrats to Michele, Rebecca, Lisa, Evelyn and their families.


    Machka in Oz
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
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  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Good Monday Morning! I didn't sleep well last night...feet were burning and I kept getting muscle spasms in the leg with the new knee. After 2 PM before I finally drifted off and then the burglar alarm went off. Ugh! :s Probably a spider in the basement set it off. Hoping today will be better.

    Love all the baby pics and can't wait til Michele shows her new little one.

    Allie ~ Try to enjoy you trip to listen to Joyce and try not to worry about the expense and FnL.

    Good wishes for anyone needing them and hugs all around!

    Carol in GA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,645 Member
    So happy to hear about all the new little ones! Athena, Rosalie, and Peter Joseph pretty much come close to sharing birthdays. We'll be looking forward to their 1 year birthday photos <3

    Carol     - your Mother's Day lunch was a great idea. You've made me hungry for egg-salad sandwiches. If I remember right, you mentioned not being able to get up off the floor - are you still going to physical therapy? If so they might be able to help with that. So happy your recovery is going well. Just read about your burglar alarm and burning feet (me too) and muscle spasms. Hope you can get some rest today.

    Lisa - what a lovely family photo! Hope your issue can be resolved quickly. Neat photo of your mom! Love the "if it doesn't make you feel fabulous" poster. <3 very true!

    Barbie     - that's great the internet Tech was able to come out yesterday and get you fixed up. You have a great service provider. Sounds like you had a fabulous day.

    Heather     - I finished watching Silent Witness last week and was looking for a new series. Happily "The Durrells" is available on Amazon Prime. Glad your lunch went well.

    Allie - have a good time seeing Joyce, bet she's even more powerful in person. Your FIL might indeed choose to leave while you are gone. I am amazed that he's still eating as much as he is. You've given him great care and love, that's for sure.

    Kelly     - I bet Trentin had the best birthday ever. I would imagine him spending the day with you is like being at "Grandma's house" - just from the special care he gets. Glad your open slots have been filled. Lucky kids get to be in your care! Neat that Colin helped you cook B) Fixing food from scratch is not as easy as it looks.

    I spent Mother's Day outside most of the day it seems... after last week's "summer" we are back into spring with weather in the 60's and rainy the next ten days or so. My tomatoes had such a growth spurt I planted my "trees" yesterday.... and that was a work out. But, it's done.

    It's about 2 weeks earlier than I normally plant them and I know I'm flirting with frost. Will get the cages around them and remay (row cover) ready in case I need to put blankets around them in the next couple weeks.

    Anyhow, my morning stretching and SWSY is paying off - I feel pretty good today despite plenty of shovel work and dragging bags of soil and bending over putting those kids in the ground.

    Speaking of stretching, I'd better get to it. Have a wonderful week, ladies!

    Lanette
    SW WA State

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