WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2019

Machka9

lhscapil wrote: »

Rita - I really want to stop the allergy shots. I think they helped but are so painful anymore, pain lasting for days and days. I think I'd rather have my nose run, lol. The hives/rash I'm experiencing right now is due to the adhesives in the drape (I swear they used duct tape and ripped it off!) and then a secondary blow over the rest of the tummy which was where they used the iodine.

Lanette
SW WA State

My allergy shots (for dust mites) went on for 3 years ...

Once a week for the first 6 months
Every other week for the next 6 months
Once a month for the next year
And then extending out 6 weeks, 2 months, 3 months ... until she decided I was done.

My allergist says that I should be good for 10 years from the time we finished which was in 2017. However, I do notice that when the Christmas decorations all come out I have a mild reaction and I also have a mild reaction in bedding stores or fabric stores where the stock doesn't turn over very often.


Are your shots coming to an end soon?

M in Oz

Machka9

coastalgosgal wrote: »

Thanks for the input ladies! On the good side, when I done with the 5-10 minutes sauna, my body is "humming". I do like that feeling! Its like a metabolism high. When we got home I sat in our recliner just being quiet. My soreness isn't painful, so I will not worry about it. I have gone thru menopause, so done with all that.

What do you eat after you work out?

LyndaBSS

I was allergic to horses when I was a kid. But, I was a typical young girl and wouldn't stay away from the neighbor's horses. After a time, my allergies were gone. I'd never been on meds for it. The theory was that my continued overexposure to the horses cured my allergy.

Poerava14

Lisa: Can you hear me cheering? Hope the grants you review provide valuable insights.

Michele: Any new grandbaby pix from your visit?

Allie: You have the chops to be an entrepreneur. I think you could really make any senior service, especially transport, a winner.

DH has been coming to the pool with me about every other day. On the days he comes, I do water walking or treading. When not, I swim vigorous freestyle and breaststroke laps. Next week the property manager will be on vacation and he has asked if I would assume a few simple maintenance tasks in the pool area while he's gone. Gladly! I can put DH to work, too. It's my happy place, so glad I can be involved in keeping it looking neat.

DB still job searching. Most prospects in his field are in NorCal, but he is really trying to secure something here in Denver. Today makes a month that he has been with us, and it has gone by so fast. He is sleeping better, only occasionally having to resort to taking a pill to ease the itching caused by alcoholic neuroma. The itching gets really bad at night. Does anyone have experience with this? Ideas welcome!

I'm in awe of the women tennis players in the U.S.Open. Speed, strength, grace and coordination. I wish I could still play, but it's not worth battering my ankles any more.

Meanwhile, the recumbent bike is calling me to come an help myself to some bonus calories burn. 🔥🔥🔥 Stay well friends, we can do this.

Rori
Colorado Foothills
SMILING from eyes, heart and lips

barbiecat

Allie and Chester,

pipcd34

stats for the day:

took it easy

bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.13min, 13amph, 145mhr, 1.56mi= 99c
apple watch- 62c
MANUAL TREADMILL- slow walk- 50min, 98ahr, 111mhr, 2.64mi= 171c
apple watch- 270c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.30min, 15.7amph, 122mhr, 1.44mi= 52c
apple watch- 42c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 15.10min, 12amph, 141mhr, 3.03mi= 140c
apple watch- didn't record right
jog station 2 wrk- 5.20min, 139mhr, 10.38min mi, .50mi= 56c
apple watch- 56c
jog wrk 2 sta- 4.24min, 9.54min mi, 146mhr, .44mi= 62c
apple watch- 57c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.39min 8.2amph 148mhr 2.53mi= 189c
Apple Watch- 141c

total cal 868

csofled

LuciBThinner

AGGH! My surgery on my second eye went well, but turned backward when I had a rough afternoon with pain that I had not expected. The first one did not hurt and this one has hurt a lot, so I ate over 500 calories in ice cream trying to comfort myself in the pain. Tonight it is a little better than it was, but the damage is done. I hate being so weak and falling back into the comfort eating...sigh...still way behind on reading, but since my vision is double, I will have to catch up later...

Hope you are all safe from the storms and the fires! Luci in WNC (far away from Hurricane Dorian)

cmsavells

So far it’s been a pretty good week. My sister is behaving herself. My mom is doing Ok. They are not antagonizing one another. My sister is short cash, but that’s nothing new.

Prayers Allie for Chester. It’s never easy.

Stay safe if you are in Dorian’s path. My aunt weathered it fine in Florida.

skuehn48

Rho97070

pip I sent you a private message.

Michele in NC You asked: what makes me a "semi-vegetarian". Simple answer: I rarely eat meat. It doesn't much appeal to me and its hard on my digestion. I'm also "semi-FODMAP". I'll eat a small amount of lean meat if my BF prepares something and I'm too lazy/busy to fix something myself, and I'll eat anything a host/ess offer because I don't want them to go out of their way for me or feel uncomfortable by my refusal to eat something they served :-)

Lanette I sure hope you're can get a handle the allergies and itchiness without having to endure further pain. {{hugs}}
Yep, I had a job interview yesterday. I was laid off last fall after working 13+ years with an US based international corp. I knew it was coming. All jobs in my dept were shipped off-shore. Since the lay-off, I painted and re-decorated my home (hadn't changed a thing in 10 years), looked into a few health matters and did a bunch of research in order to get my head around and pump myself up for losing weight. My #1 focus now is on my health and only want a part-time job (or something that will bring in a few extra bucks each month). I just began looking into options the last week in August.

Barbara in S OR I just noticed under your signature that you're inspiring word for September is "grit" . . . Grrhh-rrrttt!!! ! I like it

Day 5 "Reinventing Rhonda" . . .
Walked 1 mile. Not fast and not very far, but I did it and it was in 88' outside.
Was under the limit for calories again but slightly over limit for carbs and fat. I think remembering to eat at regular intervals would help, so I made a meal check off list and taped it to the fridge. Several reminder notes are now posted around my home. I think the BF is embarrassed to invite anyone over

On a side note, this is the first time I've ever joined an online "social" support group and I'm a bit intimidated over how well everyone's connected and keeps up with what's been going on with others and all the pictures, etc. But give me time and I'll catch up - You are all my fat losing/fat free family now!

Rhonda (South of PDX)

grandmallie

LyndaBSS- I am in Portland, across the river from Middletown about 1/2 hr 40 min from you.. My ex and his family lived in Wolcott and have family that lived in Waterbury and Naugatuck .. so know the area well... with both my in-laws know the inside of St Marys Hospital very very well..

wizzywig

Heather I know you have worked hard to get to the healthy person you are now. Thanks for showing us your "before" photo.

Can I ask how you started please? I'm really struggling. You said you had pain in your knees etc. I have started with knee pain and foot pain, I don't want to end up like my poor mum who can hardly walk now and is in such pain most of the time. I need to get a handle on this sooner rather than later.

Also love the quotes from Barbie and Karen, I need to concentrate more on what I can control - one of them being what I eat!

Still catching up, but need to get moving - a few phone calls I need to do first. a) sort the kitchen delivery/payment/fitting and b) contact the funeral directors to arrange dad's remains to be buried in the nearby cemetery.

Love to all
Viv UK

Machka9

exermom wrote: »

Rhonda – what makes you a semi-vegetarian???

Michele in NC

Rho97070 wrote: »

Michele in NC You asked: what makes me a "semi-vegetarian". Simple answer: I rarely eat meat. It doesn't much appeal to me and its hard on my digestion. I'm also "semi-FODMAP". I'll eat a small amount of lean meat if my BF prepares something and I'm too lazy/busy to fix something myself, and I'll eat anything a host/ess offer because I don't want them to go out of their way for me or feel uncomfortable by my refusal to eat something they served :-)

Rhonda (South of PDX)

I also "identify" as a semi vegetarian ... most of the time. I eat very small quantities of meat and can happily go several days without meat.


M in Oz

KetoneKaren

Viv Just to be clear, the quotes are from Barbie's post. I just repeated them because they caused a paradigm shift in my thinking. Like a puzzle piece clicking into place.

Here is a corollary piece of wisdom from my mom. I have shared this before, so it isn't new to many of you. She would say, "Do everything you can to get the outcome you want, and then let go of the outcome." It fits in with what Barbie said about what is in one's control.

These ideas are especially important to me because my disordered eating started at a very young age (21 months) as a result of a near-fatal intestinal illness caused by severe food poisoning. Several toddlers my age were sickened by bad potato salad at an end-of-year school/teachers' picnic in our community. I was hospitalized & in isolation on IV's for 2 weeks without parents, bottles, blankies, food, or anything familiar. I survived, but I was damaged goods. I remember none of it, but the changes were apparent to my parents. It took 2-3 years before some of the weird behaviors around food & the drive to please others began to normalize. I was left, though, with a distorted relationship with food that I have struggled with my entire life. It is frustrating, embarrassing, humiliating, pathological. Thank God I had the parents I did. In any case, accepting that I cannot control my weight, but can control factors that affect my weight, is a #Gamechanger for me. When I was little & sick, I had control over nothing, and all of my comfort/security was removed, and that was, by all accounts, traumatizing. Figuring out what is actually within my control is a lifelong project. One thing that I realize is that I can change my thinking by challenging the disordered thoughts as they arise and recognizing them for what they are.

Throughout my lifetime, I have been 100 lbs overweight, and I have had a normal BMI, and everything in-between. It's hard to say whether being overweight vs disordered thinking about food is the more disturbing. Despite both of these, I can choose to make good choices about food & activity, and I can continue to work on my issues.

Rhonda I was intimidated, too. It's hard to join a group of women who seem to have known each other forever. That's an illusion, though. There are always new people, and people come & go; even long-timers drop out sometimes. Women use & contribute to this group as it suits their needs, and you should too! Some women respond to just a few; some women respond to the whole crew. Feel free to post what you feel comfortable with. And if you have questions about how to post photos, etc., just ask! I did, & DJ showed me how to post cute animated emojis. I hope she is safe in Myrtle Beach. She left the group some time ago, & I miss her.


Wow, this was a tome!

Happy Friday!

Karen in Virginia

okiewoman510

Happy Friday Ladies -

Have a great weekend!

Okie in the TX Hill Country

LisaInAR

Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

Rhonda - good words from Karen - I tried to respond to everyone on this thread in the beginning, couldn't do it, got discouraged, stayed around and found I was still accepted and warmly made welcome, just interacting with folks at my comfort level. There's no pressure to say lots to lots of people, just say a little when you feel you wish to.

Rori - I could hear you in my head the minute I found out we'd moved on to the second stage! It's honestly as far as I think it will go. I'm detail-oriented enough at grant writing to have been confident we'd get past admin review. After looking at all five of the grants I'm to review, one of the five is so good that if I had $100 million dollars to spare, I'd hand it over to them. The other four are on a sliding scale from really good to just not good at all. Only the top 500 move to the next stage. Since I don't know how many moved to THIS stage out of the umpty-thousand applicants, I don't know how hefty the competition actually is... but doubt we'll make it past peer review. Could be wrong!

Enjoying my vacation Friday (three more to go to burn my vacation days for the fiscal year. )

Love y'all,
Later,
Lisa in AR

Machka9

LuciBThinner wrote: »

AGGH! My surgery on my second eye went well, but turned backward when I had a rough afternoon with pain that I had not expected. The first one did not hurt and this one has hurt a lot, so I ate over 500 calories in ice cream trying to comfort myself in the pain. Tonight it is a little better than it was, but the damage is done. I hate being so weak and falling back into the comfort eating...sigh...still way behind on reading, but since my vision is double, I will have to catch up later...

Hope you are all safe from the storms and the fires! Luci in WNC (far away from Hurricane Dorian)

My father's eye surgeries have been like that ... one really bad, the next one OK ... he's got another one coming up and we hope it will be OK.

1948Peachy

Lisa ~ 500 grant applicants? That's a hurdle. Good wishes for you.

Carol in GA

KJLaMore

All good. Just getting some extra exercise early in the morning and it is cutting into my read/respond time during the week. Will probably comment in EPIC proportions on the weekend! love and hugs to all ttfn xoxoxo KJ