WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2019

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,001 Member
    edited October 2019
    Machka: The pre-log feature is the business. I found it quite early on MFP and have a whole raft of personal entries which I use often. Like you, I also eat the same for many meals and adapt on the day.

    On the way out for some retail therapy. I need new winter shoes etc.

    NewGals: Mille Failte. You are very welcome. Sit a spell, jump in when the spirit moves ya! We are a very active group, so don’t be spooked by the number of posts 😂 😂 😂 No one expects you to comment on all!

    Must dash. Back soonish mmm maybe not! Once I start shopping......

    ☘️Terri
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    edited October 2019
    Meds makes me sicker lol of course. So playing the Trail Game app trying to stay in my calories with seafood y potatoes (fish y chips) with tea guess I’m craving my late mother’s British recipes. Making Hispanic foods for JR y hubby so imagine the smell of fish y gazpacho yuck need to make some cabbage will really have a stink lol. Nauseas terrible so these smells are magnified.Good news is loosing weight from being sick lol it’s the silver lining I guess.
    JR had another growth spurt he’s taller

    Amber Tx hill country SA

    Welcome more hill country folks a lot of us now
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    edited October 2019
    Happy Saturday! Back from the gym, rousting my "on his fifth cup of coffee, but still in bed playing games on his laptop" hubby out. Want to get a few things done this weekend, as the daughter/son-in-law and grandkids will be here next weekend, and we won't get anything done at all... :)

    For the gardener/country types:
    Plus, I've got a new toy - we do SO much tree trimming, and have so much more to do as we push the edges of the cleared space around the house back to the woods, that we broke down and bought an alligator lopper--pretty much a tiny little chainsaw that's my size, and runs on batteries. Supposedly, will take down branches or brush up to 4 inches in diameter. Should speed things up enormously. Plus, I had an idea--going to try to fasten a tarp onto the back of the riding mower to haul the brush over to the burn pit--when you're taking down small trees and trimming all trees up to head height, you build up a lot of brush REALLY quick. We've got a total of 11 acres, but only the couple acres around the house have thick underbrush at the edges - we've probably got ten feet more on two sides of the property to push back to get to forest that's thick enough that it naturally keeps the underbrush down to something reasonable. Basically, we want to get sight lines into the trees cleared. :)

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    Welcome to all the new ones - we're glad you're here! Step into any conversation you choose.

    Time to get moving!
    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Heather, so sophisticated and stunning in your beautiful dress. I hope you had a wonderful day. <3

    Janetr OKC
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Ah, Saturday. How I so look forward to you every week. It’s almost like you are my long-distance lover were I find the weeks are so long and the day together is so short.

    I am completely caught up with the group which will not last long. I love reading through everyone’s updates and am glad to have found such a supportive group. I just wish I had more time to catch up and join in to each conversation. :)

    Sharon – I am glad to hear you are back on track. I remember the weather changes and how they have an effect on our moods and bodies. Do you have a sun lamp? I hear the modern ones do not bake you and seem to help with weather fluctuation moods. Your breakfast sounded delicious. I love experimenting with different flavors, textures, and cultural cooking too.

    Michele – Hope you’re able to find a supplement that includes Silver and Fit. The post-work healthcare plans are mystifying to cull through. My good friend actually went through a consultant who reviewed all of his medical history, medications, current and possible future needs, etc. in order to select the best plan.

    Michele and Machka – If you become friends with someone on MFP and your settings are set to “share food diary” you can see other friend’s diaries. I have been looking at other’s diaries for inspiration when I am in a food rut (same thing over and over again).

    Lanette – Work was not as bad as expected. I do have to log in sometime this weekend to compile a few reports. I can let them go until Monday, if I want an early start to the day.

    NYKaren – Bummer! I hope the self-nursing helps. I always find soups and broths beneficial when feeling under the weather.

    Janetr – Happy anniversary! You look great.

    Newbies – Clair, Kelli, Romwriter57, Sherrie, and Wendy, and Those I May Have Missed – Welcome to the group. We are a very diverse and supportive group. There is something for everyone here. Wishing you all well on achieving your goals.

    Introduction – I joined MFP at the end of August. My starting weight was 195 pounds and the scale read 179.2 pounds this morning. My ultimate weight goal is to weigh 155 pounds. I have been a get healthy every 10 years type of gal (35, 45, and 55). Every decade I get down to my ideal weight only to have to creep back up at the end of the decade and am finding it gets harder to motivate myself back to getting healthy mode. Over the past trials I have found once I stop logging my daily intake the weight starts to come back. I want an active retirement and in order to maintain personal happiness it is time for me to get back on track.

    Yoga Update (one of October’s goals) – One of the gals in the office recently became a certified yoga instructor. My employer is allowing her to have an after-hours mat class the second Tuesday of every month. It’s at no cost to employees (they want to keep us healthy to keep those insurance costs down – not complaining but there is always a motive). So my first yoga class is on Tuesday – yeah!

    I hope everyone has/had a great day. SuziQ – Broward County, FL
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    JanetR - you look aMAYzing! Happy anniversary, glad you're getting over the sinus crud. Kinda lovin' the low-profile hairstyle. You certainly don't LOOK 70.

    Lisa in AR
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,194 Member
    :)Janet, You look amazing in your anniversary outfit.

    :)Michele, take a few minutes to look through the lists of "Recent" and "Frequent" foods on your food diary. I think you will be amazed at how many of them are exactly the foods you are looking to post.

    :'( Jake was going to walk with the dogs and me this morning but then he decided to make bread instead and has everything laid out and he won't be ready when we are ready. He'll go with us tomorrow. Sasha is waiting by my feet and Bessie is under the table finishing her breakfast. I just finished my breakfast so we'll be out the door soon and will probably need a flashlight.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • bearly63
    bearly63 Posts: 734 Member
    Happy Saturday y'all! I survived my day one of the music festival....logged my 2 beers and snuck in healthy food (Thunderbird fig carrot protein bar, some nuts and some olives). Actually had 28,000 steps on my fitbit. Think it was a win win. And I was motivated after seeing Axl Rose of Guns and Roses as the last band. He needs to join MFP and start logging lol....looked a little bloated : )

    Day 2....plan to walk a bunch, eat healthy and log those unnecessary yet delicious beers in 97 degree weather while waiting for the Cure!!!

    @Romwriter57: sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Cancer is a B***ch but you are on the right track with exercising and eating healthy. I hate the gym too as I live in Centex and love being outside. But to avoid the god awful heat, I have been going and riding the bike, treadmill and rowing to cross-train and listen to a good book or podcast to feed my brain so its a win-win. And there are lots of great videos on netflix with all kinds of exercises, from stretching to yoga, to beginner weight. Just body weight exercises are great. Wall sits, planks, bridges, pushups. Put on some good music and go for it.
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    JanetR - you look aMAYzing! Happy anniversary, glad you're getting over the sinus crud. Kinda lovin' the low-profile hairstyle. You certainly don't LOOK 70.

    Lisa in AR

    THANK YOU, Lisa. <3
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,001 Member
    edited October 2019
    Janetr OKC

    Very elegant outfit. I hope the sinuses don’t cramp your style. So sorry to hear about your niece

    @SuziQ113
    Introduction – I joined MFP at the end of August. My starting weight was 195 pounds and the scale read 179.2 pounds this morning. My ultimate weight goal is to weigh 155 pounds. I have been a get healthy every 10 years type of gal (35, 45, and 55). Every decade I get down to my ideal weight only to have to creep back up at the end of the decade and am finding it gets harder to motivate myself back to getting healthy mode. Over the past trials I have found once I stop logging my daily intake the weight starts to come back. I want an active retirement and in order to maintain personal happiness it is time for me to get back on track.
    I believe you hit the nail on the head there! I intend to keep logging when I reach maintenance, as I think it’s essential to my ‘new’ lifestyle.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited October 2019
    Heather: You have the right attitude to be a successful traveler. You are good at making appropriate adjustments as necessary and finding something to appreciate and enjoy. I am delighted that you’re going to hear an ABBA tribute band. I went to a concert in college days and heard the original ABBA singers perform live and in person. They were fabulous! I’ve remembered the concert with fondness all these years. :heart: :star:

    Machka: Sorry about your eye glasses woes. :flowerforyou: I love daylight savings time and wish we had it year round.

    (((Amber in TX))): Be well soon! :heart:

    Romwriter57: What a sweet pup! Welcome to a great group! :smiley:

    Shelly: Welcome! :smiley:

    Barbie: I’m delighted to hear that dear friends are back in your dancing group. :heart:

    Barbara: I think DH is careless and impulsive, but not mean. He sometimes says things he shouldn’t. He has a tendency toward criticism. :ohwell:

    Machka: We go back to standard time November 3. I will endure it. :ohwell:

    Janetr: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! You look fabulous. :smiley:


    We have a foggy morning and it feels cozy to be inside. DH just saw the otter family heading upstream at high speed. We love those critters!

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,250 Member
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,518 Member
    Went to the Hallmark Ornament debut where I was good – only had one Kiss, then to the post office, now home and we’ll cut the grass. Got dinner ready to be microwaved, and breakfast for tomorrow. Logged that. Before church I want to color my roots

    M – forgive me – where is the snipping tool? Makes sense about logging into the future. Never thought of that! Lucky you gets DST.

    NYKaren – get better fast

    Janetr – happy anniversary Feel better fast HUBBA BUBBA … that outfit and you in it

    Lisa – the previous owners (why, I don’t know) left a chimney (all bricks, so very heavy) on the land that’s under the power lines but we need to keep mowed. Anyway, we hooked that up to the tractor and pulled it to the back of the property. We trim our treeses every year, I’d like to drag the branches further into the woods behind our house just so next year I have room to put the branches we cut down

    SuziQ – Vince’s company offers consulting for medicare, so that’s who I have the appt with on the 18th. Not that I’m really looking forward to it but it has to be done. I do the same thing – check out others diaries for something new to have for meals (especially breakfast)

    Had to run buy gas..now to go cut grass (funsville)

    Michele in NC
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    Hallo everyone. <3
    Off in a moment to some ballroom dancing before dinner. DH is really gaining confidence. :(
    Oslo is great. We took the Metro to the Munch museum this morning and loved it. They are building a new one on the waterfront because of all the tourists wanting to see THE SCREAM. We got there early, so were just ahead of the Japanese. :open_mouth:
    After that we came back via the new Opera House, worth a Google. We walked up the slopes to see the view from the roof. What an amazing building!
    This afternoon we went to the huge castle, next to where we are moored. An excellent museum devoted to the Norwegian Resistance.
    Tomorrow morning we are going to a huge sculpture park, by Metro. All by Vigeland, who I had never heard of before. The park is a must see.
    Slept better last night. Still finding it hard to walk all day. Hips hurt. But I can still dance in the evening.

    To the cancer lady - don't be too hard on yourself. I was OK for the first couple of sessions, but after that I really couldn't do much at all. That's fine. Chemo is tough. You will have plenty of time to exercise another day. We are not superhuman.

    Much love to all, Heather UK XXXXXX still in Oslo.
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Heather I always am thrilled with your pictures. I try to jump right into them and pretend I'm there. Thank you for sharing <3

    Janetr OKC
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited October 2019
    Carol in GA: I’d be upset with my DH if I caught him smoking, too. That did happen early in our marriage. I caught him in the act and threw a hissy fit. It has been decades since he smoked his last cigarette. I had parents who were rude and abusive chain smokers. They smoked in the homes of non-smoking relatives and dropped their ashes where ever they fell. I saw dad drop ashes into my auntie’s aquarium. They chain smoked while driving in the car and yelled at me if I rolled a window down. I am still a bit angry even though they’ve both been gone for many years. :ohwell:

    Heather: I love the photo of your cruiseship. The merchant’s house is a mansion. I gather he was VERY successful. :bigsmile:

    Lenora: YAY!! How wonderful to see your post! Stop by whenever you can. :flowerforyou:


    We’ve had fun watching the river otters swimming back and forth this morning. DH saw three and I only saw two.

    I fly to see DD and her family in four days. I’m a bit nervous about it and will likely worry about it until I get to the airport next Wednesday. I have flown alone in the past so I’ll summon my inner courage and go. DH will drop me off at the airport and I’ll be on my own from there. I’ve decided not to bring my computer along, so I’ll be counting calories on my phone and posting to the list serve. Maybe I’ll figure out how to post to the group, too, but I"m not counting on it.


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,254 Member
    Lenora good to see you post.
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Stress city! So I had to go to Wal-Mart. I needed new slippers, underwear, and socks. So I go and pick slippers, two pair for $9, not bad. I go to the briefs section and its first what size am I in that brand, what style do I want, what price bundles do I want to pay, what kind of fabric will behave nicely with my LS, its just too much. My husband left me alone, while he went and got a floor mat. Then he came back, I was still fussing. I finally picked out socks, and said I was just overwhelmed with it all. Have I told you I hate shopping?😟
    💖Rebecca
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,304 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) A good friend of mine says that looking for empathy from your husband is like going to the hardware store looking for lemonade

    EXACTLY!! My DH for sure!

    RvRita


  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,400 Member
    Rebecca-I enjoy a lot of shopping, but not underwear! Figuring out fit is impossible and no way of trying them on. I have spent an hour trying to pick some out.
  • miakoda40
    miakoda40 Posts: 467 Member
    Auntiebk- Merri is a Welsh Terrier. I think she is gorgeous, but then again, I'm a wee tad biased.

    Mia in MI

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