WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2019
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Going to be busy today JR scratched his knee has a bandage so he says he can’t walk now needs to be wrapped up like a baby. Lol he’s my attention hog he will be like this for hours or all day. My Daughter would have yanked off the bandage saying get this junk off of me walk away or sniffle cuddle a few seconds forget why she’s upset run off mid cry. She eats spicy 🌶 food at 2 said yum.He finds a spicy chip dropped on the floor eats it hiding in a corner then starts yelling Why Why Why??? So his name may be Emilio JR but don’t think he will be eating spicy Spanish dishes ever lol 😂. But both kids hate meat 🥩I’m a meat lover so gotta cook separate dishes for us forever ♾. JR hates fruit 🍎 we have a yard with nut y fruit trees wouldn’t you know.
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Posted in Feb 2019, Feb 2018 and Sept 2017 ...Machka9 wrote:
This is my "normal" ...
My week day ...
No breakfast
10:30 am snack - cheese & crackers
12:30 pm snack - banana
2:00 pm lunch - chicken, rice, steamed veggies or occasionally LaZuppa soup, noodles, and steamed veg
3:30 pm snack - yogurt
4:45 pm snack - apple, mandarin or some other fruit
6 pm snack - cottage cheese, raw veggies, whole wheat crackers
7:30 pm dinner - steamed veggies & ... whatever else my husband makes
9:30 pm snack - yogurt, sometimes with added fruit
11 pm snack - toast with nutella & honey ... sometimes without the nutella ... sometimes with cheese instead of either the nutella or honey
12:30 am snack - McVities digestive biscuit with chocolate coating or a few cheese crackers if I still have the calories for them.
Whether I eat large meals or not, I get ravenously hungry about 1.5 hours later. I can pack away a massive dinner, and be prowling around the kitchen 1.5 hours later. Therefore, I feel so much more comfortable if I just keep the food coming on a regular basis ... but keep everything on the small side.
My larger "meals" are the 2 pm lunch and the 7:30 pm dinner but it is rare that either one will go over 500 cal. The rest of my snacks are usually somewhere around the 100 cal point.
That's the "diet" I used to drop 25 kg, and is something I've more or less stuck with. Anytime I need to lose a little bit of weight again, I will tighten that up and start weighing things again to ensure I stay just under my calorie limit.
In there, you'll see that dinners are "steamed veggies & ... whatever else my husband makes".
That's usually steamed veggies and a small frozen dinner with less calories than a Weight Watchers meal. Our grocery store had a reasonable collection of them ... we get 3 or 4 different kinds: cottage pie, lasagne, other pastas, etc.
Or perhaps a LaZuppa or other soup for 2 which he thickens with brown rice, shredded chicken, and steamed veggies. Or there are these great Indian meal packages which is prepared much like the soup, with rice, chicken and steamed veggies added. Both make a nice big bowl of dinner that's really tasty.
Sometimes he'll do baked potatoes with light cheese, shredded teriyaki chicken, and salad.
Sometimes he'll do tacos. I've figured out which shells are the lowest calorie shells, then he does chicken mince, light cheese, and raw veggies.
If I dig out the slow cooker, I can make 2 or 3 meals with chicken mince and veg and a packet of spice and stuff ... there are packets you can get to add to slow cooker meals, or just add your own spice. And I usually have a can of light coconut milk and a can of chickpeas which I can toss in.
Once a week or so, we'll go out to Zambreros for a burrito (I do need to put in a little bit extra exercise for that!) or to Subway, and I get a 6" tuna sub with most of the veggies.
We're busy people so we generally go with whatever is easiest ... and then pad it out with lots of veggies.
I'll also add that I would eat more eggs ... would love to do a couple boiled eggs on toast for dinner some nights ... but sadly, eggs and my gallbladder just simply do not get along. I might be able to manage the 2 boiled eggs on toast one night ... but it would be a couple months before I could do it again.
But if you can tolerate eggs, they're great! Low cal, filling, easy ... Now, having said that, it has changed slightly because my husband is home these days, we're eating dinner at about 6:45 pm, so I'm not having the 6 pm snack. But I occasionally have another crackers & cheese just before going home.
I'm also not eating as much fruit because I simply haven't had time to get to the fruit market. I used to go there at lunch, but my lunches are not my own anymore, they're taken up with doctor's appointments and other appointments concerning my husband's situation, and my own health. At some point, I'm hoping to actually have a lunch where I can get some fruit. But I do eat grapes at home in the evenings ... any time we walk down to our little local grocery shop, I try to get a bag of grapes.
And since my husband has come out of the hospital a really weird thing has happened ... he wants to eat at the table. We've been married 10 years, and just about the only time we eat at the table has been if we've gone out to a restaurant. We have done it occasionally at home ... maybe for 3 or 4 days in a row, and then we drift back to eating wherever. But we've had dinner at the table since July now. It seems really awkward to me, but it seems to be what he wants to do.
See for me, eating is such a secondary thing that I'd rather be doing something more important while eating ... like my filing or answering cycling club emails or whatever.
And it has changed again over the last several weeks. My appetite has diminished to the point where I don't feel hungry to eat anything all morning, and sometimes I struggle to get through dinner. I've also reduced or eliminated other snacks. And yes, I am slowly dropping weight.
No breakfast
12:00 pm snack - banana
2:40 pm lunch - chicken, rice, steamed veggies or occasionally LaZuppa soup, noodles, and steamed veg
3:45 pm snack - yogurt
4:45 pm snack - apple, mandarin or some other fruit ... or lately, nothing at all.
6:30 pm dinner - steamed veggies & ... whatever else my husband makes
8:00 pm snack - yogurt, sometimes with added fruit
11 pm snack - a few crackers
Machka in Oz
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Karen in NY - my husband wants ice cream almost nightly. I have been buying kinds I don’t like so I don’t have it. Yesterday though, I bought a kind I do like and had one very small cone of it.
Heather - I miss my friends too. I miss the days where people stopped in for a visit and a chat without it being a big planning session. Now most of my friends text to see if it’s ok to call! I hate it.
Lisa - I find my brother and grandfather were the same about vehicles, I know when something doesn’t feel right, you should look into it for me. 9/10 I was right.
Barbara - I hope Joe is on the mend! I will be performing all accounting functions at the nursing home. Accounts payable and receivable, trusts and petty cash. Funnily enough I think that one thing that got me the position was I knew DOS. I also understand a bit of the process on the resident end as my Mom is in a nursing home.
Machka - thanks for sharing your meal strategy. I may have to look at that closer.
Yesterday I knocked out a huge chunk of my to do list for the shower. If I keep at it today I may get it all done a week ahead of time! It’s going to be a busy week and I want to stay ahead of it if I can.
I have something going on every evening except Tuesday right now.
Down to less than a week for my MIL to arrive. I’m so excited, she is one of my favourite women, I am so blessed to have her. The running joke in the family has always been that if anything happened to Rodg and I, I would get his parents in the divorce settlement.
I am off to make some breakfast and then get crafting again.
Tracey enjoying a rare sunny day in Edmonton6 -
Oh my dear sweet friend Jennifer.. she just said I want to curl up in a ball and cry for a day.. gosh it Su--ks when you cant be there physically or help at all.. I just continue to pray2
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Pip: Happy Anniversary! Give Bullwinkle a hug from me.
Terri N Ireland: Congratulations on your good health! :bigsmile:
Dana in AR: Congratulations on your NSV—Going down a whole size is proof of success. WTG!!!:flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
Michele: I hope that you can get into a routine that satisfies you for bone density. I’m quite satisfied taking alondrate once a week. An MRI a few years ago showed that my bone density has improved. I was hoping to simply hold my own, but results are better than I thought possible. :bigsmile: (Alondrate is inexpensive but it gets the job done well for me.)
Machka: Congrats on cycling with your dad. What a great memory! Great ride Sunday, too. You’re a lucky woman.
NYKaren: Great to see your post. I like your strategies for avoiding trigger foods. WTG! :flowerforyou:
Heather: My mom used to “put her face on.” I just live with what I’ve got. My skin doesn’t like makeup. :ohwell: It does like sunscreen in the summertime, though.
I’m not sure what I’ll do today. It is cool and overcast outside. DH is still in bed, & I’m not sure how he’s feeling. I’ve had my weekly bone density med & can finally have coffee and think about breakfast. Considering going out to the stable for Arrow time.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Katla thanks for the congratulations. Helps me keep going. Only 7 pounds to original goal, but May aim for another 10. Whatever my body wants! Lol! I love the way I’m eating now. I’ve made it my lifestyle!
Jr’smomlateinlife have you ever tried the precooked bacon available? Keeps a long time and small pkgs.
RV Rita on pg 69 now3 -
klanders30 wrote: »Gorgeous day on tap. Will garden and visit MIL today. Deep breath the end of the school year is imminent
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
I lowered my cholesterol and got off meds by doing low card high fat (not strict KETO) for a natural way to lower, read labels and eliminate grains and sugar. Substitute nut flours and Stevia (sugar alcohols work too but more expensive). Please don’t take offense. This is simply what worked for me. Wouldn’t hurt. I fixed my glucose and H1C numbers within 3 months too!
RV Rita on pg. 70 now
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NYKAREN - What Rita wrote reminded me - I started eating oat bran, cooked in no-added-sugar vanilla almond milk every morning, and dropped my cholesterol 40 points. While it is carbs, it's not wheat carbs, so it doesn't upset my system so much. One of the few good habits I've been able to incorporate for more than a year and stick with it. It's kind of like cream of wheat, with a little more body. Takes about 9 minutes in the microwave, and it's pretty yummy.
Lisa in AR3 -
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x1. weigh in
✔️2. log all
maybe 3. 30 min exercise
✔️✔️✔️✔️4. five minutes meditation
x 5. Take care of at least 3 shorter (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill, (union work doesn't count)
x6. At least 15 min cleaning
x7. At least 5 min day filing
x8. average 1100 calories net
• Overall Feeling : good but very tired
• Log all: yes
• Exercise : 1 slow walking
• 1100 calories net average : 95 over at 6:30pm
•3 Short term writing/admin per week: only 1?
•cleaning : no
•filing: no
Grateful :
1.nice day
2.organic farm stand open at 8 this morning, helpful for picnic stuff in a pinch.
3. nap3 -
soooooo tired again. it's 83° at 6:30 pm. big heat wave expected for Monday seems to be here today.
had hayfever. need to wash hair and rest. it makes me so tired.2 -
I think I feel my age. I get so tiiiired sometimes. not like when I was 30.2
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@auntiebk Barbara, you are so kind, writing to everyone. thank you!2
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June check-in
Health
1. Track all I think so
2. Lose at least a kilo (2.2 lbs) i don't think so
4. Average 1100 calories net no
5. At least 30 min exercise 6 days a week yes
6. Five minutes meditation 5 days a week some days
7. Write what I'm grateful for here daily yes
Long term writing
8a.Spend at least 2h/day on long term writing project average got that done!
8b.produce at least 2 pages per day average did what was needed
8c. Send 26 pages to correctors by June 10did what was needed
8d. 76 pages sent off by the post by June 17th yes
Home
9. Average at least 15 min/day of cleaning average yes
Paper
11. Average at least 5 min/day of filing no
11a. Take care of at least 3 short term (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill per week. no
11b. Make a list of short term tasks, etc and prioritise them, and do them. yes, yes, no
Art
12. do 5 min of artwork or music/day no
Remaining from May to do in first week of June: Make appointment with dentist
2. dentist 2 and acupuncturist no, no, no 0 -
klanders30 wrote: »Gorgeous day on tap. Will garden and visit MIL today. Deep breath the end of the school year is imminent
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
I lowered my cholesterol and got off meds by doing low card high fat (not strict KETO) for a natural way to lower, read labels and eliminate grains and sugar. Substitute nut flours and Stevia (sugar alcohols work too but more expensive). Please don’t take offense. This is simply what worked for me. Wouldn’t hurt. I fixed my glucose and H1C numbers within 3 months too!
RV Rita on pg. 70 now
Rita - what's your daily carb target? Do you still have your daily food diary open so we can see what/how you are eating?
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We had an absolutely lovely time with Max. Such a treat to just have one of them instead of all three clamouring for attention.
They made up the board game and played it with a couple of buttons from my huge button collection! Nice to put it to some use! (When Edie comes we might make a picture with them) Then Max used the extra printed grids to make some comic strips.
Then we strolled down to the beach to have an ice cream and play games with the pebbles.
When we came back I remembered that I had kept my own sons' books of Asterix comic strips. That was how they had taught themselves to read by reading them every night until they understood them. So I got them out for Max. He was absolutely delighted as he had studied the Romans at school. (They were translated from the French and all the names made up by a woman called Anthea Bell, who carried on until she was really old!)
When my son came to pick him up, he had a real dejá vu moment, remembering all his yesterdays. :laugh:
So, mission accomplished. Edie was a bit jealous and disgruntled, but we promised her a one to one day in the near future.
Bea just wanted to eat more of the ripe cherries from the tree in our garden!
One good thing today was that when DH went to open the French windows so as they could refill the bird feeder, he couldn't open it. I haven't been able to open it since we moved in, but he wasn't listening. Grrrrrrrrrr! So we applied a liberal dose of WD40 and went round the side door to open it from the back. At last it opened and I continued to spray every side crevice of the mechanism. At last I can open the door to my own back garden!!!!!! :drinker:
That makes me very happy. :bigsmile:
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx11 -
Heather ~ You are blessed to have a hubby who is so into playing/teaching your grand children. 3
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RV Rita - Did not know about that at all premade bacon sounds good! 👌 I’ll have hubby keep an eye open.He’s still looking for my pop chips y chilly Cow I want but Sams Club didn’t have it yesterday we tried Walmart together.Swear if you want it poof* Don’t want it they have 3 shelves full! They had that enlightened ice cream spilling out of the isles didn’t look like even 1 carton had been grabbed...taking that as a sign on taste probabilities.Found the powdered peanut butter in the peanut butter isle but we looked at it thought it looked unappetizing.
JR ready for nap time has decided even tho his knee has a scratch he can walk y run again. So tough Lol...Carried him everywhere all morning he sat with blankets on his legs hammin it up since 6am-12 .
Got to admit he’s a dedicated actor lol.
Amber Tx.3 -
PS - I could see my bonus calories about to disappear in a puff of smoke, so I picked up my 17 lb kettlebell that I have been using as a living room door stop since we moved here. While DH and Max were making the game I did 5 × 10 swings. Ooouuff! I am way put of practice. But I did it. Then I put on my recording of the Shim Sham and danced through it a few times. Then we walked to and from the beach café. So I'm giving myself 300 bonus calories. 900 in all today.
I would like to get back to the kettlebell as it's a quick calorie burner, My knee doesn't like it much, but today it survived ok. It's great for a day when I can't get out to run and you only need the space of a hearthrug.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx7 -
rita and lisa thanks for the cholesterol lowering advice. I love a goal so I’ve made a deal with the doc to lower it myself by mid sept deadline. I’m eating Plenty of greens and oatmeal, almonds and salmon and avocado. I will miss my full fat yogurt but am ready to say goodbye to most red meat. I do think white flours don’t agree with me and am eliminating them as best I can. Sometime I slip and fall into a bowl of pasta but I will watch
my step now that I’ve got a deadline to meet! And it will be a good habit/lifestyle by then.
Got another patch of the garden squared away, just planting grass seed and potted a few more herbs, parsley, oregano and more basil. Can’t wait to cook with them!
NYKAREN5 -
afternoon ladies~ stunner of a day outside, and here I am inside... going through a bunch of photos and trying to sort some to give to my kids and important ones to put on the wall..was looking through tax information and was supposed to send 2 checks last week to the IRS and state department, instead of paying 2,000 in taxes for alimony in one lump sum,im paying it 4 times a year which isn't horrible.. so they will get there money in a day or 2..
going down in a couple hours to feed DFIL .. everyone was there today lol.. Toms older brother Doug and his wife Iris are back from Florida so they were there, and then DFIL brother and SIL and niece where there and Tom and I so he had a whole table full.. he ate pretty well.. and promptly fell asleep.. so everyone left..4 -
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💖Rebecca
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Rebecca ~ Wonderful photos! She has such black hair and pretty eyes.
Burglar alarm went off again at BnL's house so DH is on his way to check it out. Yesterday, he had to call the insurance company because two huge trees came down. Don't know if the house is damaged but he doesn't think so.
Carol in GA2 -
Saturday stat for the day:
spin bike- single leg, crossover, reverse- 60min, 131ahr, 153mhr, 77ar, 99aw, 14.5mi= 551c
Apple Watch- 501c
total 551 cal3 -
Bananas: Your fatigue sounds like misery, and so does hayfever. Have you had a checkup with your physician recently? I hope there isn’t anything serious causing your fatigue. :flowerforyou:
Heather: I envy your ability to see your grandchildren regularly. I am happy for you. I haven’t seen DD’s children in over two years. I will get there this summer, one way or another, RV or airline.
Rebecca: I love the baby pictures. :bigsmile:
We got some necessary medications from the veterinary office but didn’t see a live vet. Still thinking about whether to switch to a different office. Yoga friends recommend a practice near here. I may go in and see what I think during the week.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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stats for the day:
ski machine- 30min, 110atrpmin, 15incl, 20-25resist, 146mhr, 2mi= 256c
Apple Watch= 260c
other, jumping, single scissors, backwards- 30min, 140ahr, 167mhr, = 310c
Apple Watch- 303c
standing core machine- 4.50min, squats, single leg arm cross jump, 1set of 10each (4 diff exercises) repeat set twice- 126ahr, 142mhr, = 70c
Apple Watch- 65c
total 636c1 -
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Katla - I'm sorry it's so difficult to see your grandchildren, but I know you have to consider your husband. I'm sure there is a way for you to make that trip sometime soon with a bit of planning and determination. Where there's a will, there's a way.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx2 -
Heather: Thanks for your encouraging words. 0
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Rebecca- She gets cuter with each day! I’m loving the blue onesie.I couldn’t put JR in them my hands have trouble with buttons so everything from jewelry to clothes has things to accommodate me. Part of working decades after many decades with our hands. I had to put him in the regular shirt with pants. My Mother-in-law prefers the onesie so we bought zipper ones for us to use.
NYKaren/Rita/Lisa - for high blood pressure we have lemon juice we add it to our water,teas,or hubby the brace one takes a shot of it in the morning. Then friendly diet for it we print out diets for each condition put it side by side crossed stuff out what’s lefts our can haves lol. Not much left with that but oh well will survive. Here’s a link to where we download our lists for IBS to gout! Some pictures from another site that you can also print.We also get salt free to reduced everything .
https://www.freeprintablegrocerylist.com/preview/High_Blood_Pressure_Grocery_List
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