WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2019

barbiecat
barbiecat Posts: 17,265 Member
edited December 22 in Motivation and Support
Establishing new habits and sticking to them is difficult, but having supportive friends to travel the road with you can help. That's what this thread is all about. We support and encourage each other.

The name of the thread is "Women Ages 50+" but all women are welcome to participate.

It has always helped me to start the new month as a clean slate, putting last month's experiences behind me and making a fresh start.

If you made any goals or resolutions for July, how did you do?

If you made any goals or resolutions for August, tell us about them

Be sure to bookmark this thread so you can find it again.

Please sign your post with a name or nickname and a location so it's easy to reply to each other personally.

<3 Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,296 Member
    Thanks Barbie found it by typing the name in the search.

    Went to a book club meeting on the novel The Hummingbird.

    :heart: Margaret
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    Thanks Barbie!
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Took the water class today. First went to CVS to get some cereal since I had a coupon and a raincheck. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Jillian Michaels Killer Buns and Thighs DVD.

    Mary – I read on the internet that you use beef broth to keep the hamburgers moist while in the crockpot. Just a small amount on the bottom, right? I wonder if you can put hamburgers and hot dogs in the same crockpot. I can’t see why not

    KJ – Vince feels that people will be expecting hamburgers and hot dogs. There are at least 2 small children next door (who knows if they’ll even come?) and two boys across the street who I would guess to be about 14 or so. So I would think they’d like hamburgers and hot dogs. Personally, I’d think a pulled pork would be good. Hey, a sloppy joe wouldn’t be bad. Kids would like the sloppiness of it. Oh, I’m sure Jess is under stress. Remember, she’s in vet school. Plus, she’s taking out student loans to pay for it. At one time she said “if I’m paying for this, you’d better believe I intend to ask all sorts of questions and get good grades”. So I’m sure she’s putting stress on herself. Then, when she comes home (like for the summer), it’s very hard to go to healthy eating when you’re used to dinners of things like mac & cheese. I’m so sorry that happened to you with Trentin. Maybe the mother just forgot????

    Banana – what is the US Navy Method of determining body fat. How do you go about it?

    As far as what to cook for the neighborhood pool party, I think I will have hamburgers and hot dogs because I have this insulated pan, so if I put a little beef broth on the bottom (thanks Mary), cover it with foil and keep it in the oven, it should be OK to eat. I know Vince wants hamburgers and hot dogs so I have to compromise. Now just to think of something for me.

    Pip – who is that lady in the pink glasses?

    Allie – St. Anthony comes thru lots. If he doesn’t, think to yourself that whoever found the ring probably needs it more than you do. That’s what I think of every time I think of the ring my father gave me that I know this one girl took

    Thanks JR for the link

    Jojo – I usually plan my dinners a week in advance. Mainly so that I have time to take whatever I need out of the freezer or buy it at the store. Personally, I like variety so I have different foods (for the most part) every day. I usually jot down on a piece of paper what I ate and then shortly before dinner I log everything. This way I don’t forget anything. By this point I can usually plan if I need to take calories (most of the time desserts) away to keep under. Good luck, I know you can do it.

    Michele in NC
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,458 Member
    ❤️🙋🏼‍♀️❤️
  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,711 Member
    Hi Gals,

    Barbie – thanks for setting up the August page and Machka thanks for posting it.

    Tracey – sorry to hear that! Could there be any youtube videos about the right exercises to do?

    JoJo – welcome – each of us does it a bit differently. I have a set breakfast that I eat 80-90% of the time, and then lunch and dinner vary..



    Kim from N. California
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    jojoSwanson wrote: »
    Hi, I am really struggling to log every day, I am struggling to make a plan for myself for the day for the week, and I’m struggling to stick to any plans since I haven’t really made a super good plan in the first place. I could use a little extra motivation on how you go about making your eating plan for the day and week to make sure you get your nutrients. Do you plan out a perfect day and then try to follow something similar to that every day? Do you plan out a week of what y’all and we are basically? Are you conscious and checking in every two hours and logging everything you eat to make sure you’re staying in track and then making decisions as you go during the day? Or are you planning your day and your week in advance and then just following the plan?

    I eat basically the same things every day, so I go in and prelog my week.

    Then if I make some changes, it's just one or two things.


    M in Oz
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Michele
    1. Heat enough beef bone broth low sodium to cover bottom of pan. 1/2 inch only!!!!
    2. Place precooked (medium to medium well) burgers (can be done the night before) in a shingle formation in bottom of pan, can build up layers. He doesn’t recommend putting the hot dogs with but said it really wouldn’t hurt but place one down and rest the tip of 6 across then alternate. Think of Lincoln logs. This creates air space for the moisture to keep them hot and fresh.
    3. Pour warmed broth over top and cover. Check often like a turkey, and baste and add broth as needed.

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota/ Arizona
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,621 Member
    Thank you Barbie. Hope your pc reconnects soon!

    Julie why do you feel crappy? A bug? Or feeling low from the struggles with your thesis advisor? or???
    Machka Brava for the pilates! That's the way to healing your hip etc.
    KJ a word on the gummies, check to be sure they are CBD and not THC. I had some with THC, the dosage was a half of a gummy, but I didn't carefully read and popped a whole one. Did NOT like how they made me feel. I'm OK with CBD but THC not so much :sick: Power tools, hmm, just getting used to them is a challenge for me, they're so LOUD! But the electric staple gun was WAY easier to get staples into plywood than the manual one. It would have killed my hand.
    Carol school starts TOMORROW??? Noooooo!
    Rebecca "muscles in each ear..." LOL!
    Rori so happy for the successful energy healing.
    Welcome JoJoSwanson. I usually pre-log the day, then adjust as things change.

    Took a break from the goop project today. All that scraping has inflamed a little something between the right shoulder blade and spine. Still made it to T'ai Chi and dog group, but no progress on the deck and plan to take another aspirin tonight.

    Way behind updating stats. Time to simplify goals and recommit.
    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    will update these later too, haven't been keeping up on my metrics. Meditate 0/31, knee exercises 0/31, CO>CI 5/31, vits+rx 3/31, play with Tumble 2/31, AF 2/31, steps: Tues:5770, Wed:3425 :{ Thur: 5949 so far
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for July: consistency.
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    edited August 2019
    July Goals

    Accomplished
    1. Write what I'm grateful for here daily [b]often[/b]
    2. At least 30 min exercise 6 days a week [b]mostly[/b]
    3.Track all first 2 weeks of month
    4. Five minutes meditation 5 days a week occasionally
    5. Average 1100 calories net almost never
    6. Lose 1-2 kilos lost 0.13 LOL
    7. Take measurements every 2 weeks took once
    8. Go to free coaching session yes
    9. Try one class per week at gym (I had signed up-annual sign up- for the 7 euros a month extra for classes and havent gone since the "zen" stretching classes weren't great.) Try different classes. went once
    10. Use city bike 1x a week (I also signed up many months ago at about 3-4 euros per month, there was no bike free the first time I wanted to use it and I had completely forgotten about it, it's not in my habits). no
    11. eat fresh leafy greens 4 days a week. hardly ever

    Long term writing
    12. Spend at least 2h/day on long term writing project averagenot at all
    13. Produce at least 3 rough pages per day averagenot at all


    Home
    14. Average at least 15 min/day of cleaning probably, more or less

    Paper
    15. Make a list of short term tasks, etc and prioritise them, and do them no
    16. Take care of at least 2 short term (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill per week probably 1 per week average
    17. Taxes started them
    18. 1 h per week filing no, just a few minutes on July 31


    Art
    19. 1 hour on art project (other than sketching) per week not at all


    Work
    20. do one work-related thing per week other than the above, to progress (I have to network and take initiative etc, in my job and I haven't been doing so much since focusing on thesis) possibly, networking type-stuff

    last month:
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    last month:
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    yesterday:
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  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    "What's the carbon footprint of … the internet?"

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/12/carbon-footprint-internet

    "despite ecological claims for the virtual economy, the digital era may be no less energy-hungry than the paper-based world of 20 years ago. Part of the reason is the so-called rebound effect – the phenomenon that when something (in this case the storing and interrogation of data) becomes cheaper and more energy-efficient, we often end up simply doing more of it, with the result that there is no net reduction, or even a rise, in cost or impact."
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,799 Member
    Bananas- Thanks for drawing our attention to that article. It's not something I have really considered. However, in northern Sweden last year we drove past the data storage 'cloud' centre for Facebook Europe. Interesting.
    My new excuse for not updating our house is that it is more environmentally friendly to keep using the old stuff and our garden is insect friendly. :D
    Most people are very plastic conscious over here. David Attenborough did a great programme on tv that influenced a lot of ordinary people. They charge for single use plastic bags. Most of us have got much better at remembering to take a bag with us. I have one in my purse.
    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Barbie & Machka <3 for August thread.

    Connie Sorry for your mom's health issues.
    I think 4 lbs is a darn good weight loss for July. (((Hugs)))

    Karen in Virginia
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Thank you, Barbie (and Machka and Amber's assist) for beginning our journey through a new month once more!

    Goals for July - couldn't find 'em, but came out of the month heavier than I went in. I swear I'm going to start naming the top five pounds, as they keep coming back so often.

    Goal for August
    1. Exercise five days a week at the gym.

    Connie - I'm so sorry for the news for your mom. Hope tests show it's non-aggressive and treated easily.

    Tracey - For me, if I flip my own attitude so that an injury or being in pain gives me time to focus on my eating and get it under control, it's helpful. As the saying goes, "you can't outrun a bad diet." For this month, I'm trying to get my exercise back into a groove, and weight loss will be a bonus. If I try to extend my focus to everything, my strength gets diminished with every single one I add, it seems to me. Which made me go back to my goals and erase four of them. Thank you for reminding me of that. One thing at a time for me. Doesn't mean I won't try to eat right, just means that the laser focus - the priority - is on one thing this month. I will get that in the groove, working well, then bring the next thing to the party. :) That's just how I'm trying to deal with it, though. Decide what makes sense for you.

    Rori - So glad the reiki is working well for you!

    On to my day - not sleeping well, as I'm aching from the exercise, but this too will pass. Will get an appointment set up with my doc to see about alternative anti-inflammatories. For those about to suggest it, yep, I've tried CBD, both in oils and capsule form, and it doesn't help me. Nor does glucosamine-chondroitin or any variation of it. Unfortunately, the only thing that has worked is Aleve, and it's now giving me mouth ulcers, which are just miserable. We'll see what else is out there.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,155 Member
    morning ladies and welcome to August~
    Thank you Barbie and Machka for posting the new thread..
    your right about the ring.. but I believe St Anthony will help find it, if not I have found a replacement though it is not the serenity prayer it is a rememberance ring for both my parents..
    my goal is to weigh less in Aug than I did in July though it is coming off slow it is coming off..
  • Workoutahloic50
    Workoutahloic50 Posts: 391 Member
    Good morning and first day of August.Thank you Barbie and Machka.My goal for this month is to drop ten pounds and keep it off.My 4 and a half year old grandson fell off the monkey bars yesterday at a playground and cracked his elbow.The doctor put him in a sling and said keep him in it for at least a week (lol).If he’s still in pain bring him back.I just hope he heals quickly.
    Debby In Va
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,321 Member
    Barbie - Thanks for starting us off with a clean slate!

    My goal for August is back to basics....log every bite and swallow and end the month lighter than I am today. Pretty basic.

    JoJo - I too am a prelogger (is that a word?). I log the next week on Sunday, usually just by copying one day to the next. I eat typically the same things every day during the week and have a bit more variety on the weekend when the hubs is home and wants to go out to eat. I will make changes as I change what I actually consume....add some cheese, delete a snack, whatever. It gives me a good jumping off point for each day. I weigh every bite I take and log (if needed) as I go so I know where I'm at for the day.

    Tracey - I hope your hip gets to feeling better soon!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    happy August!. Thanks as always barbie

    Can’t believe how quickly July flew by. Goals we’re well met this summer. I lost the gain and am back at maintenance weight. The UTI was knocked out thank goodness it wasn’t a kidney stone :s

    August goals:
    -Keep moving
    -Be social when you want
    -Putter and declutter to your hearts
    content
    -savor the open schedule and don’t
    overwhelm yourself with to dos :o

    NYKAREN
  • bananasandoranges
    bananasandoranges Posts: 2,410 Member
    "Bananas- Thanks for drawing our attention to that article. It's not something I have really considered. However, in northern Sweden last year we drove past the data storage 'cloud' centre for Facebook Europe. Interesting.
    My new excuse for not updating our house is that it is more environmentally friendly to keep using the old stuff and our garden is insect friendly. :D
    Most people are very plastic conscious over here. David Attenborough did a great programme on tv that influenced a lot of ordinary people. They charge for single use plastic bags. Most of us have got much better at remembering to take a bag with us. I have one in my purse.
    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx"

    @cityjaneLondon I was looking into the question after 2 work-related things. I work in 3 schools. in one, the director is quite dishonest, and when I asked him to make available legally required documents (online or sending them to employees) he said if they are on the site no-one reads them and if they send the attachment it is "not ecological" ). That was 100% bs. but made me look into his argument (which he absolutely doesn't use for countless other mails he sends).

    INTERNET ECOLOGY
    Another director, a 6- year old or so guy, is high integrity, rather honest and very ecologically-focused. He and a fellow colleague separately lamented and criticised the use of paper in classes, implying online documents were necessarily better. I looked into paper vs internet issue and the jury is out. The type ofraw material and pollution are not the same in the 2 cases, plus it is impossible to know how much energy is used in email (depends on type of computer, etc). If I send an online document as an attachment (or a downloadable page on an online platform) to 100 students, for students to get it that requires sending them all a mail (with a certain energy footprint per mail, compounded by the attachment). The student may keep the document online and thus use energy for every instant of access. But also many of the students may well keep the documents online indefinitely or for a very long time, for possible future use (just in case, why not?) which is stocked data centres day after day, year after year, and perhaps decade after decade. It would seem to me that printing 1 page per student x100 students, printed pages would use up less overall energy and might pollute less long-term given this information, especially looking at decades-long storage probable in some cases.

    BUYING NEW CLOTHES
    I'm having a renewed uneasiness with the world ecology situation. I have had a hard time buying clothes of late, aware of the abuse of fast fashion (cheap clothes produced by near-slave labor or close to indentured type labor - less than 2 dollars a day for 16 h days). I recently saw this video interview of a young girl who lived in a poor country labouring long hours in unseemly conditions and then (still young) went to live inthe usa where she saw the masses of clothes in shops and outlets, this is not a scoop, but sometimes it's just harder to ignore. When I go into a clothes shop now, I usually feel like I'm going into a gambling den or something, it feels so unethical. Sorry to be a downer, but that's how I'm experiencing things at present. I did buy some sandals and a cheap white shirt a month and a few months ago. I felt bad particularly about the shirt. (10 euros for a new white shirt at Uniqlo). I had little time and picked a fast answer.

    "...Whoever is going to wear these clothes, I hope they can feel me. I hope they can see my tears....I hope they can give me a chance to be free of this suffering....So when I came to America...I saw where clothes were getting sold and how disconnected the people were from the source of manufacturing..." (same in Europe)

    https://www.facebook.com/JayShettyIW/videos/368826617014379/

    TRASH GOING TO CHINA
    and then on Trevor Noah's daily show the other night he explained how plastic, etc trash, has been exported to china, but with china's economy improving china & co are no longer accepting as much trash.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-htnUTN4mH0

    it seems there are cycles. in the 60s and 70s it seems like with hippy culture there was more thought about ecology, etc. then in the 80s, 90s and 2000s I didn't find the average person here to be very ecologically minded or politically or socially aware on a lot of levels. it seems like a world trend for people to be more aware now, like (in a certain way) in the late 60s and early 70s. I think the urgent state of ecology will make it more than a shaky trend now.


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