WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2019
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Sue hope your headache flies away soon and your eyes feel better.
Heather thanks! Love the pen's colors AND the style!
pip congrats on the personal best max speed! You ROCK gal friend!
Felicia, a Ukiah in Oregon? Wikipedia says the Oregon town was named after the California one and is also the name of the protagonist of a series of sf adventure novels. When we lived in Idaho, we saw a highway sign in a scrap yard that said "Ukiah" but never could find such a town. In California we were told it meant Deep Valley and was also transliterated as "Yokayo" the name of our elementary school.
Rebecca "... definitely not motivating me" jerked a laugh right out of me. Thanks, I needed that!
Lenora glad to hear from you, you know you can vent here in safety and love.
Welcome Bonnie Lee from Vancouver BC
Rori returning the love and energy to you with interest!
Wishing us all well, safe travels for those traveling, hugs for those of us who need them, and uh oh, oh no, not pip's BOOT?!?
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
walk one more step 3/31, 60 g protein 3/31, rx/vits 3/31, meditate 1/31, knee exercises 1/31, SWSY 0/9, play with Tumble 2/31, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 3/31.
Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for May "pause" Thank you Barbie!
05/03: LT: talk to vet-Y MT: buy sweets for Ray-Y ST: mail Becky's card-Y
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morning checkin
✔️ 1. weighed 60 (up fluctuation from yesterday)
✔️2. tracked all yesterday I think
✔️ 3. 30 min stroll yesterday
✔️4. five minutes meditation yesterday and today
✔️ 5.Spent at least 2h on long term writing project yesterday
✔️6.produce at least 2 pages per day yesterday, sort of
x 7. Take care of at least one shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill, not really
✔️ 8. At least 15 min/day filing/cleaning. 1+ hour.
x 9.average 1100 calories net. 445 in red
• Overall Feeling: okay, but under big pressure these next days
• Tracking yesterday : I think I got all
• Exercise yesterday: little stroll around the blocks in evening
• 1100 calories net : was at 900+ at 2:30pm. I was already high in calories for the time. mindless snacking put me over. A colleague called for a long time about a union related thing. While on the phone I had a cookie a serving of dairy free ice cream and half a alcohol-free beer(bought by accident-the same brand does gf). I didn't find the call particularly unpleasant - but I know he's under major financial pressure and near the end of his rope, thought he didn't speak outright about it on the phone. He was looking for names of union contacts to possibly help him get an advance. (he worked only in the fall but his salary is spread over 12 months).
• Long term writing 2hrs: yes
• Long term writing 2 pages: yes and no, I started adding pages previously worked on to 17 very finished pages.
• Short term writing/admin :not exactly, I just followed up on phone and by mail on thing from Thursday
• Bright Spots today : decent night's sleep, meditated for about 15-20 minutes at 3:30 am when I couldn't sleep, that seemed to help me sleep better after, and wake up not too bad, am ready for gym, planning to go to library today and walk with friend tomorrow.
Today im grateful for
1. correctors
2. library
3. gym nearby
4. decent night's sleep
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hi everyone, I enjoy your who am I stories very much.
a bit bummed about being in the red yesterday, but then I said 1100 net is average, so in theory I could go under today (consume as low as 1000 calories and get a little activity in). it is absolutely true for me that there need to be and allowance for variation in calories. there will be some high days, (event, eating out, slip). In WW they have the idea of dailies and weeklies, and splurges. that needs to be part of my way of working and I'm not sure how to figure that in.
Do any of you have a way you figure in "weeklies" or "fluctuations" in calories : different amounts of calories on different days to come to an all around average.
How do you set your goal in relation to such fluctuations in calories, and splurges.
In WW one of the premises is that one needs to calculate in splurges to make it sustainable. I'm of that mind.
thanks.
I have big pressure in writing. corrector wants everything by next Wednesday.3 -
bananasandoranges wrote: »Do any of you have a way you figure in "weeklies" or "fluctuations" in calories : different amounts of calories on different days to come to an all around average.
How do you set your goal in relation to such fluctuations in calories, and splurges.
When I was on a mission to lose weight, I kept the same goal all the time.
However, you could go with a weekly total rather than a daily total.
Machka in Oz
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This is a list of "cycling trails" in our area. Looks extensive, but how I wish all these bicycle trails were properly sealed, with logical start and finish points ... and interconnected!!
https://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trails-Maps-and-Symbols.pdf
Anyway, the map might give you an idea of roughly where I live.
We didn't cycle today because it was raining earlier and was rather chilly, so we headed out for a walk. First to vote, onward to the beach, and then to the little local grocery store for a few things ...
Our beach ...
Machka in Oz7 -
Machka: Your beach furniture is a cut above our benches on the coastal walk. I would love to have one of those, but fear that there would be a queue to use it. It looks like a perfect meditation perch.
These are photos on one of my favourite walks in a small seaside village nearby. Taken a few weeks ago
bananasandoranges wrote: »
..... How do you set your goal in relation to such fluctuations in calories, and splurges.
I prelog my food and balance my macros/micros in advance. I then copy that day to the next week. I adjust the log on the morning of the actual day to accommodate changes. We eat a lot of similar meals on set days depending on the Sunday roast we buy. I weigh food and adjust the quantities when I serve out the food. I also have a lot of my own recipes entered in the database so that I can just enter a short title and not all the ingredients I use. I normally do a lot of extra exercise when I have a celebration of some sort.
We went out to vote in local elections on Thursday night.
Yesterday (Friday) was the first day I have driven since my knee seized up last Monday evening. Thankfully the swelling and pain is much relieved, but I will have to be more circumspect in how I exercise in future. Even short bursts of sprints and jogging are not for me!
☘️ Irish Terri
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Machka: Your beach furniture is a cut above our benches on the coastal walk. I would love to have one of those, but fear that there would be a queue to use it. It looks like a perfect meditation perch.
☘️ Irish Terri
They've put in a number of new benches ... just normal-looking benches. But they've got two of these lounges now. Unfortunately they are some distance apart. I figured they should have done them in pairs so that a couple could sit together.
Machka in Oz
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thanks terri and machka9
got back to gym today. 25 min on the elliptical plus at least 30 min necessary walking today, possibly more.
walking makes me feel chipper just after, but now I feel antsy.
got to go to the library today to check some references for footnotes. not exciting. but the library is a very nice space with very lofty ceilings, and a nice café. it's raining rather steadily so I'm not excited about the scooter trip to the library: 20-30 min each way. oh, I hope there is not a strike. there have often been partial library strikes on Saturdays these past months.1 -
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all,
My mental health day yesterday was lovely and relaxing, but my hairdresser had switched shifts with someone else, and was just leaving when I walked in a few minutes before 2 p.m. She's supposed to be in at 10 a.m. this morning, so I'll see if I can get up there. My hair's naturally curly, so I keep it quite short most of the time--and it's been more than two months since she cut it last, so it's a kinky mess at the moment, and not exactly bringing me joy.
It feels wonderful to the touch in this rainy spring, even feels pretty, but in the mirror, it looks pretty wacky. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my roots done and the color brought back to my normal ash blonde. Well, "normal" is relative. I was, once upon a time, a brunette. Now I'm probably half gray, if not more, but unlike my husband, who's gray at the temples and around the edges, my gray came in wherever the heck it wanted, in patches and odd chunks. Just looks like a bad streak job. Thus the hairdresser, who does a lot better job than I can do with boxed hair dye, plus she cuts it, too.
Machka and Terri - your pictures make me wonder why I moved to the middle of the country, minimum eight hour drive from the coast. I love the ocean--the sounds, the scents, the scenery. Absolutely beautiful, thank you for those images.
Lenora - always glad to see you posting!
I'm in my happy place this morning, plugging along on my computer, laundry noises swirling, the occasional snore from my husband when he's being quite loud. The rain won't be back until Tuesday, so with a little drying time today, we can mow the yards tomorrow. No specific plans for today, but might attend the local farmer's market, which is in walking distance from us. Kind of want to see what people are selling there, as they're open to those who sell everything, from fruits and veg to yard sale items. We've got more than a few items we might sell at the next one. And if, in a couple years, my husband's fruit trees start producing well, might do some canning, or just sell fresh fruit when it's in season.
Peaceful Saturday to y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Lisa in AR: in Ireland, nowhere is more than a four or five hours drive away, we are only a couple of hours from from the Mournes, or the Fermanagh Lakelands, or the Giant’s Causeway, depending on which direction you travel. 😂2
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Barbie that dog walk map looks motivating! Do you raise money for animal welfare through the walks?
I'm loving all the seaside pics, makes me daydream
Today I hope to get in a walk with bff to have a catch up and dish the dirt! Also have to mow the back yard, if only it would stop raining! We've have 20 out of 30 days of rain, ah makes the flowers grow
Tomorrow I am attending a "Boomers Expo" being held in a college setting. Here's a few of the offerings.
Room 1 - Balance Fitness with Lori Ginsberg
Room 2 - Manage Your Back Pain and Feel Good Again with Dr. Yili Huang and Dr. Joseph Lee
12:30-1:10pm:
Room 1 - The NY State of Medical Marijuana with Dr. Bernard Lee
Room 2 - Take Control of Your Retirement with Paul Tramontozzi
Room 3 - The Good The Bad The Truth: Important News About Reverse Mortgages with Alice Tseng
1:30-2:10pm:
Room 1 - Nutrition as Medicine with Dr. Chelsea Hollander
Room 3 - Legal Smarts: Answers for You on Probate, Wills, Planning and More with Susan G. Parker, Esq.
Room 4 (small session) - Mindfulness and Paced Breathing Techniques with Mark Adelman
2:30-3:10pm:
Room 1 - Something to Smile About: Restorative Dentistry with Dr. Jon F. Ackerman
Room 2 - Functional Medicine: Treat the Whole Person, Not the Disease with Dr. Joon Lee (plus a short primer on non-surgical cosmetic medicine)
3:30-4:10pm:
Room 1 - Best Ways to Keep Your Brain Active and Healthy with Dr. Carroll Rayner
Room 2 - Medicare Advantage Plans: Options Beyond Original Medicare with Emilia Gaston-Williams
Room 4 (small session) - Mindfulness and Paced Breathing Techniques with Mark Adelman
4:15-5:00pm:
Room 1 - Salsa, Cha-Cha, Tango: TAKE A LESSON AND MAKE SOME MOVES before watching this entertaining dance troupe perform! Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Room 3 - Fashion After 55: Dress It Up - Dress It Down with the Nordstrom Style Team
Room 4 (small session) - Mindfulness and Paced Breathing Techniques with Mark Adelman
NYKAREN4 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Lisa in AR: in Ireland, nowhere is more than a four or five hours drive away, we are only a couple of hours from from the Mournes, or the Fermanagh Lakelands, or the Giant’s Causeway, depending on which direction you travel. 😂
Very similar in Tasmania. It's a 5 hour drive from where we live in the south to the furthest northwest corner.
I just checked ... and we live on similarly sized islands.
Ireland: 84,421 km²
Tasmania: 68,401 km²
M in Oz1 -
NY Karen ~ The "Boomers Expo" sounds very interesting! 0
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feel very up and down today, physically not bad, but also pretty anxious about writing project...
eating is ok today so far. im aiming to skip starch for lunch. having gone to the gym gives a buffer in terms of calories.
nice seaside pictures. I'm 2h train ride from closest seaside.
last time I went to the sea was on vacation elsewhere (very pretty) for a week back in early September.
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When I lived in England for six years, and did some visiting on the Continent, it always fascinated me that I could literally drive to different countries in a few hours. The first time my ex-husband and I were driving down to my mother's in Texas, and then on to our next base in Colorado, he was utterly freaked out by the fact that we'd drive for eight hours on the first day, and not even be out of Texas yet. This is one comparison map I've seen:
But then I married a man from Alaska, and to him, it was no big whoop, as Alaska could swallow Texas and barely burp.
Ah well, it's all relative...
Later, y'all,
Lisa IN AR
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NYKAREN: Great options! Have you decided what ones to do yet? The charity I volunteer for does Summer Schools for local members which offer similar Lectures/activities. Our local one is in June.0
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A few other comparisons ...
Area of Russia: 17.098 million km²
Area of Europe: 10.18 million km²
Area of Canada: 9.985 million km²
Area of USA: 9.834 million km²
Area of China: 9.597 million km²
Area of Brazil: 8.516 million km²
Area of Australia: 7.692 million km²
Area of contiguous USA: 7.664 million km²
And ...
Texas: 695,662 km²
Alberta: 661,848 km²
France: 643,801 km²
New South Wales: 809,444 km² (where Sydney is)
I find these sorts of comparisons interesting.
I had trouble the first time I went to England. My friend gave me a map of the Loughborough area so that I could go for bicycle rides here and there. I would look at the map and decide to cycle "there" ... and then a minute later I was "there"! I was used to looking at a map of southern Manitoba and be on my bicycle for half the day to get "there". So then I'd decide to go to a place a little further away ... and I ended up lost a few times because I'd ride right off the map.
But then when my husband and I travelled around Europe in 2012, I realised just how large Europe is. Our original intent was to take in Norway, Sweden, etc. but we just didn't have time to do it all in the 4-ish months we had there.
I made that mistake the first time I came to Australia too. I had 3 months and figured I could do most of Australia! Nope.
M in Oz
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Good Morning (afternoon, evening)!
I also enjoy reading all the Who am I? posts! It's supposed to rain/thunderstorm today, but it doesn't look like it at all yet! Not a lot on the To-Do list, but that always changes. Going to the gym for sure.
Have a lovely Saturday!
Elizabeth GA
Accountability Update:
May goals:
Lose that blasted 5 pounds!-DH and I went out to dinner last night, and I was doing great until we got to dessert...I was over yesterday by 500+ calories. NOT the way to lose lbs!
Post every day on MFP-Here I am!
Cook dinner at least 1x a week-I did cook dinner on Monday
Start meditating again-Why is this so hard??? My goal is 5 minutes a day-it shouldn't be a big deal! I'm going to do it TODAY!3 -
Most students struggle to reach an assignment word count.
I spend an inordinate amount of time getting my word count down!!
Goal: 500-700 words.
Started: 6000 words
Yesterday afternoon: 3000 words
Yesterday evening: 1700 words
This evening: 1100 words
I'm getting there!! Just 400 more to get rid of!
M in Oz
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klanders30 wrote: »Barbie that dog walk map looks motivating! Do you raise money for animal welfare through the walks?
NYKAREN Yes. This is a delightful app. The advertisers pay to support the app and make a contribution to an animal welfare place of your own choice. The advertisers hope you'll want to purchase their products and services and the users get a nifty map at stats to motivate them on their walks. There'a a place to show the names and photos of my dogs when I open the app. Since I am immune to advertising, it is perfect for me.
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And a shot of a small part of my yard.
When we were out shopping today, I was looking for daffodil bulbs but came home with freesia and jonquil bulbs. I'd like to plant them around the base of the tree in the middle of the yard. There are some very small rose bushes, and I think there might be the odd daffodil in there too.
Pretty soon the camellias will be in bloom, but as they go off, I'd like to see these freesias and jonquils (and a daffodil or two) coming up ... and thus keep a steady stream of flowers going year round.
Oddly our roses have decided to do one last massive bloom before winter. We don't mind a bit! The recent rain means that they've got quite a lovely scent.
Machka in Oz8 -
Michele: We were able to order pyrethrin through Walmart but it still hasn’t arrived. I am so impatient to get it. :grumble:
Lenora: It is good to see your post. I’m sorry for all the health trouble’s you’ve been experiencing. If you need to rant, we’re ready to listen. :flowerforyou:
Bananas: I let MFP set my calorie goals and do my best to stay within them. There have been daily fluctuations, but I am usually under the generous goals they set for me. One measure of control is to do more exercise to burn off excess calories if I over indulge. :flowerforyou:
DH, the dog and I went for a long walk yesterday and enjoyed ourselves. The dog and I used our feet, and DH rode his mobility scooter. Today is starting out gorgeous. I’m not sure what we’ll do but I plan to enjoy it.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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late afternoon checkin
✔️ 1. weighed 60 today (up fluctuation from yesterday)
✔️2. tracked all yesterday I think, and all today so far
✔️ 3. 30 min exercise today
✔️4. five minutes meditation today
✔️ 5.Spend at least 2h on long term writing project today
x 6.produce at least 2 pages per day - not exactly
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. probably
✔️9.average 1100 calories net. so far, so good
• Overall Feeling: under a lot of pressure, but more energetic than most often of late- a relief
• Tracking today :so far so good
• Exercise today: 25 min elliptical, 4000 steps so far and definitely not done (average is about 10 min for 1000 steps)
• 1100 calories net : 576 in green at 5pm
• Long term writing 2hrs: yes
• Long term writing 2 pages: not exactly, about 1 page of adding in footnotes, etc.
• Short term writing/admin :not yet
• Bright Spots today : got some footnotes done
Today im grateful for
1. library
2. coffee
3. tea
4. tofu
5. bananas
6. books
7. Zotero (Easy footnote software)
8. chairs and tables
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slow to start and feel beat after just 2 or 3 hours of work at the library.
lacking confidence in my writing today and so worked on footnotes instead. that's pretty boring (looking up references), but at least it's a way to get work done.
I'm worried that I'm not producing at a good speed...1 -
Banana ~ What kind of writing are you doing?0
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Michele just posted on her individual posts that Denise has gone into labor, and asked that someone post it up to the group! New grandbaby pics coming soon, I'm sure...
Lisa in AR
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Is Michele still in North Carolina?0
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Sue hope your headache flies away soon and your eyes feel better.
Heather thanks! Love the pen's colors AND the style!
pip congrats on the personal best max speed! You ROCK gal friend!
Felicia, a Ukiah in Oregon? Wikipedia says the Oregon town was named after the California one and is also the name of the protagonist of a series of sf adventure novels. When we lived in Idaho, we saw a highway sign in a scrap yard that said "Ukiah" but never could find such a town. In California we were told it meant Deep Valley and was also transliterated as "Yokayo" the name of our elementary school.
Rebecca "... definitely not motivating me" jerked a laugh right out of me. Thanks, I needed that!
Lenora glad to hear from you, you know you can vent here in safety and love.
Welcome Bonnie Lee from Vancouver BC
Rori returning the love and energy to you with interest!
Wishing us all well, safe travels for those traveling, hugs for those of us who need them, and uh oh, oh no, not pip's BOOT?!?
Lighter, lovelies!Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
walk one more step 3/31, 60 g protein 3/31, rx/vits 3/31, meditate 1/31, knee exercises 1/31, SWSY 0/9, play with Tumble 2/31, hang up or purge art 0/4 AF 3/31.
Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for May "pause" Thank you Barbie!
05/03: LT: talk to vet-Y MT: buy sweets for Ray-Y ST: mail Becky's card-Y
that was a fun speed to go that fast... I get cars riding beside me sometimes 2c how fast I'm going.
did you say BOOT? does someone need.a quick kick?2 -
bananasandoranges wrote: »Do any of you have a way you figure in "weeklies" or "fluctuations" in calories : different amounts of calories on different days to come to an all around average.
How do you set your goal in relation to such fluctuations in calories, and splurges.
When I was on a mission to lose weight, I kept the same goal all the time.
However, you could go with a weekly total rather than a daily total.
Machka in Oz
when I was on a mission to loose, I just worked out harder, I try not to eat any calories that I've burned. I tend to eat the same thing every day during the week so I don't have to think about it. to some it is probably boring but I like what I eat so it's not for me.2
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