WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2019

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,732 Member
    1948Peachy wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice ladies. The trainer who put me through h@#$ the first time I went said not to get it up above 130. I did a heart rate calculator and according to my age it should be between 81 and 126. I did stay on the elliptical for 5 minutes today and on the treadmill for 5 minutes. Lisa ~ thanks for the advice on using the arm movements intermittently...I will try that.

    Carol in GA


    A lot of those formulas are just based on averages. Each of us is different.

    That 220-age one they used to use would put my max HR at 168 and then I'm supposedly not supposed to go over 80% of that which is 134.4.

    I get to 134 walking briskly and I'm regularly in the 140-150 range cycling relatively casually. Put me on a hill and I'm up to 180 ... which is well over my calculated max.

    If the only thing holding you back from doing 10 minutes on the elliptical is your HR ... and your Dr says it is OK!! ... I'd suggest just going for the 10 minutes and seeing how you feel.

    But make sure your Dr is OK with it first.


    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,392 Member
    stats for the day:

    day 4 - new schedule TEST 4-
    left hm at 4:22am, got to gym @ 4:35, start lateral machine at 4:41am,
    caught 5:40am train in plenty of time
    got to work at 6:20am


    bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.09min, 13.3amph, 136mhr, 1.59mi= 82c
    apple watch- 69c
    LATERAL MACHINE- 17min, lvl3-5, resist3-6, 111ahr, 125mhr, 1.33mi= 131c
    apple watch- 112c
    bike ride gym 2 dome- 4.45min, 18.6amph, 122mhr, 1.47mi= 50c
    apple watch- 40c
    bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 14.34min, 12.5amph, 140mhr,3.04mi= 130c
    apple watch- 114c
    jog sra 2 wrk- 5.15min, 143mhr, 10.16min mi, .51mi= 60c
    apple watch- 60c
    jog wrk 2 sta- 4.21min, 9.36min mi, 146mhr, .45mi= 60c
    apple watch- 65c
    Bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.42min, 8.2amph, 143mhr, 2.55mi= 183c
    apple watch- 139c

    total cal 696
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Tracy- so excited for you and glad they can work around the wedding.
    Kim in CA - great job. It never ceases to amaze me how wise the women in this group are and how willing they are to help with so many different situations.
    Janetr- so sorry for all your sad news.
    My baby puppy is busy, busy, busy. Good news is he sleeps from 9:30 to 5:30. DH gets up at 5:30 so that works lol.
    I have been missing Meg too.
    Bed time
    SueBDew in TX
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    x1. weigh in
    ✔️2. log all yest
    ✔️3. 30 min exercise yest
    ✔️4. five minutes meditation yest
    partly 5. Take care of at least 3 shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill, (union work doesn't count) yest
    ✔️6. At least 15 min cleaning yest
    x7. At least 5 min day filing yest
    x8. average 1100 calories net yest

    • Overall Feeling : ok
    • Log all yest: as far as I can remember
    • Exercise : 15 min elliptical, some walking
    • 1100 calories net average : went about 300 over yesterday, I had a friend I town and we went out
    •3 Short term writing/admin per week: 1?
    •cleaning : 45 min yesterday
    •filing: no

    Grateful :
    1.pleasant evening yesterday
    2. summery weather
    3. no immediate pressure
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @Machka9 thank you
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @1948Peachy I was thinking the same thing about not using the arms, also you could slow down the speed to lower heart rate. I would guess that the added arm movements are increasing the heart rate.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @janetr7476 I'm so sorry.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    @JRsLateInLifeMom that restaurant has a nice spirit.there's an alternative place near me with a chalk board where you can pay forward.when buying a coffee you can decide if you want to buy a coffee or meal for a future person who needs one, and if someone comes later without means he or she can ask for a one of those pre-paid coffees or meals.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited June 2019
    I usually weigh myself daily but not these past few days. I've gone considerably over these past few days.

    this time it's more because I'm in a good mood than bad.

    This week I
    1) finished and sent off the 100 pages
    2) finished sending something to the new better lawyer (I had to comment the file so he could see where we were at)
    3) found out that we progressed in a major way on a union thing I've been working on for 3 years. I have not been working alone by any means but I was without a doubt the main person working on it.
    4) minor, I spoke to another senior thesis director and he said he'd give me his thoughts on my thesis plan and thesis question since my teacher is not helping me at all. he was sympathetic and surprised when I told him that my teacher was inviting most/all the other students under her to speak and publish, and said he would give pay attention to making sure things that he could work on were more public.
    5) another thesis director (in charge of bachelor's classes) said she'd give me a class to teach if something in my area came up, that the permanent or on-contract teachers couldn't teach.
    6) I knew my candidacy was refused for a broad qualification process but had no information as to why. the note said I don't have adequate teaching experience. (but would indicate that my research and other experience and qualifications are sufficient). I have masses of teaching experience, that is what I do and have done for 30 + years, but not specifically in the very specialised area, so, presumably they didn't consider the notion of transferable skills. (if I am skilled in an area, and I am skilled in teaching another area, it's quite conceivable I can be skilled in teaching in the other area). I'll get more detailed info I about 3 weeks, they say. what it means is that I either need to get a class or two in this area, and/OR be able to better explain my thoughts about my teaching project, both are surmountable goals.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,176 Member
    im up and had my tea.. woke up at 3:15 this morning.. it will be a nap day for sure.. will run to walmart and return some pants i bought that were to small, looked on the hanger not the pants lol. and get my glasses adjusted. then come home and do laundry.. take a snooze and then go feed DFIL.. will text Elena today and see if they have plans for labor day weekend... Tom said it was ok to watch Alfie,but I want to make sure its ok for her also...
    I don't want to use and abuse there generosity.I have our 40th reunion on friday night and our family reunion in N.H. the next day..which I might just pack my bag and go up after the reunion...get there late night early morning...I plan on going up the 3rd of July and staying through until early monday sunday morning.. then coming home as I have a Bridal shower at 10:30
  • Workoutahloic50
    Workoutahloic50 Posts: 391 Member
    Machka-Beautiful picture!!
    Debby In Va
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Gorgeous day on tap. Will garden and visit MIL today. Deep breath the end of the school year is imminent :D

    Doc says I have to lower my cholesterol :( so no more whole milk yogurt for me :'( I will take a break from yogurt for a while before I experiment with lower fat or even soy substitutes.

    NYKAREN
  • Workoutahloic50
    Workoutahloic50 Posts: 391 Member
    Pretty Lillie’s!😊
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    :)
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,720 Member
    edited June 2019
    Karen in VA - thank you for that beautiful photo this morning. <3 What a wonderful thing to see as I am sipping coffee and waking up this morning! We are "letting nature take over" our flowerbeds, lol. Does your grandson get a summer break from school? You probably mentioned and I skipped it. :( By the way, hope things have settled down at your workplace and you'll be able to ease into retirement without a lot of heartburn.

    Lisa - getting older has been on my mind a lot lately, aggravated that I don't recover from injuries overnight like I used to even ten years ago. I've decided to focus on what is still working correctly in this body of mine. You are right, there's plenty to be grateful for.

    I ran into an acquaintance, Jane, at the doc's office this past week who I hadn't seen in several years. She's near 80 - was a bit more bent over and frail than when I saw her last, wearing a knee brace and she spoke with the receptionist at length about ordering more of the medicines she was taking. She sat with me a few minutes and we chatted, she told me of her various ailments - THEN quickly smiled and laughed and talked up all of the things she was able to still do. She made my day. We might not be able to do all the things we used to do physically, but we can always serve as an inspiration to others.

    You ladies on this list do that and that's why it's such a neat group. <3

    Heather - so glad you are having a good weather to get your running done.

    Katla - I am so tickled the CBD is working for your pup!

    Sharon - I stopped in the local cannabis shop and they didn't have the brand of oil you recommended but it looks like they have something similar. I'll pick up a tube this week. By the way, I hadn't heard of the seat cushion you recommended but it looks great. I got a thick foam cushion off Amazon that does the trick - my recliner sits too low so needed a bit of a boost to get my knees into alignment with my tush and this seems to be doing the trick.

    My doc gave me several pages of exercises for hamstring stretches. Turns out the one I'd been doing before was an advanced one (something that's super easy for someone in their 30's) but too much for someone like me in her late 60's, so no wonder my sit bones were complaining. I've been doing the easy ones and everything is much better.

    Here's the website she pulled the exercises from: https://www.thephysicaltherapyadvisor.com/ It's pretty neat, seems to have a lot of articles about healthy aging. Looking forward to a few hours this weekend of reviewing his stuff. If my doc recommends this guy, he must know what he's talking about.

    OK ladies, I better get crackin'. Make it a FABULOUS weekend! <3

    Lanette
    Cool SW WA State
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,176 Member
    Lisa- I second Corey's opinion..if I go out,I like to go out early..if I go with friends out anywhere that I know will be loud I always always bring earplugs..
    SiL harassing me again..ugh
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    New Foods I’ve switched to is numerous were getting healthier one way or another. Making the permanent change for the whole family so we grab healthier snacks to cooking recipes can lower them. Spent all night with hubby isle by isle looking for things we can change .Low cal teas to sweetnlow even checked out stuff to try later even.
    Amber Tx
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,277 Member
    :) Awhile back a woman brought cake to line dance class to celebrate her 80th birthday. Several women in the front row said things like "80 years old--that's nothing." Many of the men and women I dance with are years older than I am and their presence reminds me that I still have a lot of living to do.

    :) My mother lied about her age starting long before I was born. Her mother did the same thing. It never made sense to me.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    edited June 2019
    Cooking 97 calories brunch so I can have a huge dinner y some new snack taste testing yum yum lol 425* 40-60min in my stove 1/2of eggplant 🍆 cut into steaks salted y peppered with squash zucchini cut up sprinkled with Parmesan qd41dwqptz8q.jpeg
    Barbie NW WA-My Mom couldn’t remember her birthday 🎁 or age we had no birth certificate so we celebrated 4th she was born the 3rd lol guessed her age at the funeral so shows her younger forever ♾ lol went by her sisters guess y my Dads sister. Told the coroner he managed to get us all death certificates with Dad that show her actual age y birth date recorded but I wonder if Grandma (farm birth told them 3rd but meant 4th cause she was always celebrating that day guess will never know for sure fully but feel this closest will ever come .
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    Amber Tx
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Machka, Barbie - thank you for your viewpoints, it helps my perspective. And Barbie, much like you, I have never lied about my age. Never understood why anyone did. :wink:

    I think part of what drove my musings on the subject is my best friend's mother - who just fell and broke her shoulder a few days ago. She is in her mid-80s, and this is her fifth broken joint in the last ten years. Both shoulders, one hip (which she subsequently had replaced) and both wrists. Each repair is harder and harder on her, and she heals slower and slower... and my friend is getting more and more worried. She broke the shoulder while recovering from a surgery less than a month ago to repair the muscles in her stomach that were left screwed up from yet another surgery. It is a grim look at a possible future that I truly want to avoid...

    Ah well, it's a beautiful Saturday, and there are things to accomplish this morning. Enough navel gazing for one day.

    Love y'all!
    Lisa in AR
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