WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2019
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Machka: When we were in College there was a massive snowfall in Lane County, OR, and the streets of Eugene & Springfield couldn’t be plowed for days because the nearest snowplows were miles away in the mountains. The dorms were full of kids who had no outlet for fun or frustration, and there were some knife fights and stabbings there. I believe the correct psychological term for this is a behavioral sink. There were some taverns that arranged to get beer delivered, & the police were stationed all over the campus area. My apartment building never lost power. A house just across the road from us collapsed from snow load on the roof. No one was injured in the collapse as far as we knew.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Scary!
But I was thinking more of the fact that so much of our courses these days are done online. I get my assignments online, I submit them online, the lecture notes and recordings are online.
If they shut the power down here, university would grind to a halt!
Breakfast -- I don't eat it except on weekends. Then I eat a piece of toast with nutella and jam and a piece of toast with cheese.
MFP Log -- sometimes you need to close your browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc.), then open it and delete your history and cookies. Then run Malwarebytes to check things. Then open your program (like MFP) again.
You'll have to log in again with user name and password, and you'll have to do that with everything so I only do it about once every couple months.
Shopping Online -- I have even started ordering some produce!
But mostly I get the non-produce items, then we walk to a little local grocery shop that has some good produce or I go to a fresh fruit and veg market close to work and pick some up there. Plus my husband is in the process of growing things.
Regarding substitutions ... I can select if I want things substituted or want my money refunded. I can write a note to clarify what kind of substitution I will accept. And when they get things wrong (maybe twice in the past 18 months), I ring them up and get it fixed.
Napping -- I'd love to have the time! Naps are rare luxury items. The closest I get to naps is when I nod off in my lectures or on the bus on the way home. I just have to sit still for a moment with nothing much to do and I'm asleep ... I'm just that tired.
This past weekend, I was absolutely dragging, could hardly keep my eyes open on Sunday afternoon while we were waiting for our cycling event to wrap up. I figured I had a couple hours before our rider (we don't get a high participation on these events) came in, so I briefly toyed with the idea of indulging in a nap. Instead I went for a 2 km jog which woke me up a bit, and then continued studying.
If I exercise fairly well during the day, I'll sleep well at night.
Okie-- I also love the outfits.
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About naps For me, I've found that having a routine helps me sleep better. I eat my meals on schedule, go to bed on schedule, and get up on schedule. I get drowsy after lunch, but found that taking a nap makes it harder for me to sleep well at night, so now I get up and move around in the afternoon to ward off the drowsy time so I don't take a nap.
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The Past 5 Days
3 Cycling Events
1 Final Exam
Done!!
I do still have some follow-up paperwork for the cycling events which I hope to finish today, but it isn't immediately urgent.
Next ...
I've got 2 weeks off university and my next course starts Nov 11. But I do need to locate my textbook and review the unit outline, etc.
And I've got a list of home things to work on!!
Machka in Oz2 -
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I spent most of the day in church with Sunday school and morning worship, then charge conference in the afternoon. It was a district wide meeting with lots of people I knew. They sang happy birthday to me so that was pretty special. Dave cooked steaks and I made salad, then we had ice cream and cake that he bought. Dave gave me a very nice long dress wool coat. I had been wanting one. My granddaughter called me on the phone and my sister face timed me with my great niece. It was a very nice day.
Today I started the day with my dad at the doctor. For now we are going to let the jaw heal on its own, continuing the soft diet. The doctor offered to refer him to an orthodontist for a mouth guard, but said it was up to daddy. He said no thanks! After the doctor’s appointment, I went to the gym and did an upper body workout. Then I went shopping for children’s underwear which I took to the clothes closet for foster children, where I volunteered for a couple of hours sorting clothing donations. Then Dave and I went to Sam’s club for a few things. In all, it was a busy but nice day.
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Machka “take THAT math teacher!” hahahahahaha
Rebecca Tucker oh that face! And Athena's too of course... ;{
Lanette loved hearing about your tiny but mighty neighbor. My BFF was 6' tall and I am not quite 5'. We used to walk our dogs through the east bay hills and back in those days I could keep up. We were Mutt and Jeff. Wishing you happy trails with your new walking pal.
Rita Yippee!
Katla “bleeding sinuses” oh no! I'm so very sorry to hear this. Wishing you well.
Sh0tzz99 not sure I undertstand why you need to learn to nap, but have you tried just resting? A little meditation or 10 minutes with your legs up a wall can be as restorative as a catnap. I'm with Machka and Michele, as soon as I'm still, I'm falling asleep. Means I fall asleep easily, sleep about 5 hours, wake up and... either get up and do something for an hour or two or three so I can go back to sleep for two hours, or toss and turn uselessly for hours and hours.
'nother flyby. I went to BB&B while guest walked a nearby beach. Then she and I took Tumble for a 2 mile beach walk. Corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and a real beer, half a glass of wine watching the sunset at yet another beach, hot tub time and I'm zzzing as I type. Tomorrow driving to Cape Arago and Bandon, hope to be back in time for the line dance potluck.
May not update stats 'til Thursday, just too sleepy.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for October: get up and do it!
From 10/26:Steps=6517, vits=26 log=26 CI<CO=23 CI<250<CO=14 Tumble=15 mfp=26 AF=21
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Hi all! I have been busy reading, but not doing much of anything else. Even skipped the gym today. I sort of have an excuse (yeah, yeah, I know.....) but I worked yesterday (Sunday) which is not normal anymore for me. Lately on Sundays it's been walking with a friend then cleaning house. One of my co-workers has 3 (yes, 3!) kidney stones and is in excruciating pain. I've only ever had one experience with kidney stones (oh so very grateful for that!) so I do understand her not being able to work and now my end of month paycheque will be quite nice! lol Always look for the silver lining! Anyway, so today I got some housework done, and will have to finish the rest tomorrow (Tuesday).
I have been having a hard time sticking to an eating plan, so I decided to just make some mini goals. My goal for today was to log all food. And I did it! I was 500 cal over my goal, but that's okay for now. My goal for tomorrow is to log my food again. I will be going to the gym, and now know that I need to burn at least 500 cal in order to make any difference on the scale. For tomorrow anyway.
Can't remember if I said it or not, certainly thought it, Pip so sorry to hear of Floyd's passing. Hugs to you and Kirby.
Machka, reading about how much you do every day exhausts me! I don't know quite how you manage to keep up! Although I have heard that if you need something done, ask a busy person! lol
Katla, bleeding sinuses, that does not sound good! Sincerest get well wishes being sent your way.
Rebecca, oh my! Pictures of Athena AND a puppy?? Cuteness overload! lol
Kim, was watching the news today, those fires leave me speechless. Keeping you and yours in my thoughts. Sorry to hear that your boss is leaving. Never seems to be that the jerks leave, it's always the nice guys!
Can't remember anything else right now, must be getting close to bedtime!
Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island2 -
Machka in Oz4 -
Day 2 - most of the kitchen units have been taken out. We had a slight problem with the shower, the electrician is here this morning to fix it. The plumber should also be here a bit later to move some water and or gas pipes (I think) Hope nothing else goes wrong, keeping fingers crossed.
Love to all
Viv UK
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viv good luck with the renovation. There will always be an unexpected bump or two along the way but the end result is always exciting.
I’m exercising on my treadmill every day (sometimes 2 times per day) which is going well. The app that tracks and syncs with MFP not so much, so I’m going “old school”
—after every workout I move a penny in a jar, sometimes the simplest things
Oh, and I don’t know if it’s accurate but each workout is 120 calories burned and I’m not eating back those calories.
Still walking past the Halloween candy, it’s a gauntlet out there!! But I’ve got you all In my pocket
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Michelle- at walmart in with the eggs is something called crepini with cauliflower. They are small crepes 8 calories each I take a couple of slices of precooked bacon and a slice of smoked cheddar and stick it in the oven till the cheese melts really tasty..3
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Hello everyone!
I keep meaning to mention to the group November's Prevention magazine has quite a few blurbs/articles regarding many of the things we have been discussing. One of the articles mentions a study in the journal of Neurology found a higher BMI and waist circumference was associated with having a thinner brain cortex which has been tied to worse cognition in late life. There is also an article regarding Light Therapy for mood boosting and sleep therapy.
I have always enjoyed Prevention. It's a quick read. The articles do not contain in depth details. It does provide a general overview of many health topics and one can easily search the references if one wants more details on a topic.
Hugs and positive thoughts to all.
SuziQ - SFL - Where summer will not release us. Expected highs in the higher regions of the 80s. It was 89 degrees when I left work yesterday. 2 -
Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
As we near the end of October, I'm in assessment mode for what's working and what's not. My three weaknesses over the last few years have been sticking to an exercise routine, sticking to an eating plan, and sleeping.
Sleeping: Over the last 15 years, I've struggled to sleep more than five or six hours a night, any given night. Looking at my Fitbit, in this same month four years ago, I didn't even make an average of six hours a night. There were two nights I slept not at all. However, in September of this year, I averaged more than seven hours a night, and no night was less than 6. I have no doubt that I'll hit that average for October, as well. I slept more than 7-1/2 hours last night!
Exercising: There is possibly some connection with the fact that I'm sleeping well with the fact that I've also successfully established an exercise routine that works very well for me. I go to the gym four or five days in a row (leave home at 5:30, back about 7 a.m., shower, start my day), then skip a day to let my knees recover, then go back again. This averages out to five or six days in the gym every week, and I've just passed my three-month mark on doing that yesterday.
Eating: This is the space where I've not been able to make it work of late. I started logging my food again yesterday - not to restrict my eating (not yet anyway), just to begin the habit. That's pretty much where I plan to be in November. Not beating up on myself, just getting back in the habit of logging--of being truthful, of owning what I eat, as well as what I do for exercise and how I sleep. I want to see if my calories go up more on my cardio days--if I'm hungrier when I do harder exercise routines, etc. Then I want to sit down and actually think about how I choose to make accommodations for that--for instance, on the day I skip exercise, I can probably drop my calories significantly and not feel as deprived, then add those calories back in on my cardio days. I need to make changes I can live with, and that are sustainable over long periods of time. I haven't found that yet, but I hope and believe I will.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Jan-19 ... 241.6 km (150.1 miles) = 27 hours 2 minutesReview ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes
Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
Goal: More than September!!
Tuesday, 1 October 2019 … 6.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 2 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 2 October 2019 … 5.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 3 flights of stairs
Thursday, 3 October 2019 … 8.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 15 flights of stairs
Friday, 4 October 2019 … 1.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 16 flights of stairs
Saturday, 5 October 2019 … 0.0 km walking + 20.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 6 October 2019 … 3.7 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 2.6 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 7 October 2019 … 2.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 14 flights of stairs + pilates!
Tuesday, 8 October 2019 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 9 October 2019 … 6.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 3 flights of stairs
Thursday, 10 October 2019 … 3.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Friday, 11 October 2019 … 1.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Saturday, 12 October 2019 … 6.5 km walking + 20.5 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 13 October 2019 … 0.0 km walking + 15.5 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 14 October 2019 … 3.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs + pilates!
Tuesday, 15 October 2019 … 5.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 … 7.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 6 flights of stairs
Thursday, 17 October 2019 … 4.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 14 flights of stairs
Friday, 18 October 2019 … 4.3 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 6 flights of stairs
Saturday, 19 October 2019 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 20 October 2019 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 21 October 2019 … 4.1 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 5 flights of stairs + pilates!
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 … 2.5 km walking + 8.5 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 … 4.5 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Thursday, 24 October 2019 … 0.3 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Friday, 25 October 2019 … 2.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Saturday, 26 October 2019 … 0.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 27 October 2019 … 3.4 km walking + 10.6 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 28 October 2019 … 1.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 … 8.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 2 flights of stairs
2019 Monthly October
Walking Distance (km): 100.9
Walking Time (min): 1229.1
Cycling Distance (km): 75.1
Cycling Time (min): 308.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 106.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 84.8
Rowing Distance (km): 2.6
Rowing Time (min): 17.0
Other Distance: 0.0
Other Time: 90.0
Totals
Total Distance (km): 178.6
Total Distance (miles): 111.0
Total Time (min): 1728.9
Total Time (hr): 28:48:563 -
Sleeping: Over the last 15 years, I've struggled to sleep more than five or six hours a night, any given night. Looking at my Fitbit, in this same month four years ago, I didn't even make an average of six hours a night. There were two nights I slept not at all. However, in September of this year, I averaged more than seven hours a night, and no night was less than 6. I have no doubt that I'll hit that average for October, as well. I slept more than 7-1/2 hours last night!
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
How did you manage not to sleep?
In 2015, I was in the worst course of all I've taken so far, and was sleeping about 4 hours a night because that's all I had time for, but I need to sleep a bit or I simply can't function at all. Still I'd actually like to be able to stay up all night ... it would be handy now and then.
I've found that when I get 7.5 hours a night or more, I usually tend to eat less because I don't feel like I need the food to keep my brain awake.
M in Oz1 -
Good morning. Hope it is a good day for all of you. I am going to TRY to get to the gym today as it $2/senior day. I figure I have to start somewhere. Have been logging my food but going over. Not by much though. I'm hoping the granddaughter is going to school today or my plans will be shot. Going to find a farmers market to use up my coupons.
Marianne
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morning ladies ~
I am having my tea and will get dressed and go check on the other pups. God Bless Chester he turned 14 and is still going.. we sang him Happy Birthday.
I hopped on the scale and happy to tell you I am 51 lbs down from my highest weight.. im so very happy and I am 34 lbs from my goal... I can do this..
the Dr got my email and will talk to me Thursday.. I am hoping he is in agreement with what I am asking.
Aimee and he had a meeting yesterday afternoon and she loves having me sit up front with her she likes working with me when Mary is up there there is just so much drama and Mary cant talk and work at the same time, and she talks all the time.. so we shall see what happens
today I have to do a major overhual of cleaning..
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Machka - I've pulled all-nighters most of my life... and as long as they're relatively infrequent, I can still function. When I started my first business with a partner back in the 1990s (I was in my late 30s), we were doing technical writing contracts for Hewlett-Packard, and we pulled all-nighters about twice a month, as there were just the two of us, and we were both also full-time students. It was good money - but I did find out that once I'm past 36 hours awake, I am essentially a zombie. After one of those marathon sessions, I literally forgot my way home, and just draped myself on the steering wheel sobbing. I eventually found my way, but couldn't tell you how.
And certainly couldn't do it now! My functional limit now seems to be that I can operate on about 3 to 4 hours sleep, but will fall over and nap uncontrollably by about 4 p.m. the following day.
And your observation is correct for me, as well - I tend to eat more the day after the minimal sleep nights, as it wakes me back up again. When I'm up all night, however, I tend not to eat at all, leaving me a very cranky kitty by the time I do fall over and sleep again.
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Machka - I've pulled all-nighters most of my life... and as long as they're relatively infrequent, I can still function. When I started my first business with a partner back in the 1990s (I was in my late 30s), we were doing technical writing contracts for Hewlett-Packard, and we pulled all-nighters about twice a month, as there were just the two of us, and we were both also full-time students. It was good money - but I did find out that once I'm past 36 hours awake, I am essentially a zombie. After one of those marathon sessions, I literally forgot my way home, and just draped myself on the steering wheel sobbing. I eventually found my way, but couldn't tell you how.
And certainly couldn't do it now! My functional limit now seems to be that I can operate on about 3 to 4 hours sleep, but will fall over and nap uncontrollably by about 4 p.m. the following day.
And your observation is correct for me, as well - I tend to eat more the day after the minimal sleep nights, as it wakes me back up again. When I'm up all night, however, I tend not to eat at all, leaving me a very cranky kitty by the time I do fall over and sleep again.
On my long, long, long distance bicycle rides, there's very little sleep. With the right planning, I could manage fairly well in my 30s and early 40s, but in recent years, I've struggled.
A 400 km ride, for example, we'd do straight through with no sleep and finish anywhere between 21 and 25 hours. But in order to do that, I'd sleep longer for 2 or 3 days before the event and then plan to get about 12-15 hours of sleep after.
M in Oz
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