WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2020
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Making another veggie spaghetti 🍝. Corn y broccoli in frying pan with water only no butter or anything. Pan with water only y spinach zucchini flavored barilla noodles 200cal like all their pasta to lower cal got to hand make it veggies only no flour. Tupperware where it will all go a little pepper y garlic powder with 1serving shredded cheese (up to 2servings is okay) y pasta sauce Prego only 1 serving y little Parmesan cheese. Mix y serve 1 serving per meal (Men want 2)
JR flushed his toothbrush down the toilet praying we won’t need a plumber.
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Weight same as yesterday only up 0.4lbs. Didn’t feel like I walked enough but was tired from taking everything Christmas down. Hubby needs to take the bare tree out is all. So far nothing today will work on exercise after baby nap time or before.
Amber Tx3 -
Did my 5k. :drinker: Lovely day.
DH was delighted with his osteopath visit
and judged my soup absolutely delicious. 
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx7 -
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Lisa - I stopped eating dinner about 4 months ago (with some exceptions) and lost 8 pounds. It's really been the only way I've been able to lose weight and keep it off. However, I'm tired of it. I want to start eating dinner again, which means I'll have to have a shift in mindset about my current shape/weight. I'd like to be down another 3 pounds, but not eating dinner (when cooking is my hobby) is really not fun anymore.
Not eating dinner won't worry me in the least, but I'm not the cook in the house, my husband is...
and he is determined to try to feed me! I've got him convinced that I'll take one bite of whatever he's cooked, and I make much of it, and he's happier, and I'm happy, as the scale's going down.
The doctor's visit was good, much better than I expected. A young-ish man, who gave me the benefit of not using the little words on me, and helped me understand a couple things. Read at your own risk.
Good parts - he's giving me a year's prescription for the low-dose antibiotic that prevents urinary tract infections for me. I understand the objections, and still, for me, it's the best possible thing for any number of reasons.
He's also keeping me on my NSAIDS (Aleve, or naproxen) which is a huge relief, as it works for me, I've taken it for ten years, and protect my stomach with famotidine (Pepcid) with every dose, so have no liver, kidney or (to date, and fingers crossed) stomach issues. If I don't take an anti-inflammatory, my joints hurt so badly that I simply stop moving. And I do NOT want to move to any opioids to do so.
However, according to the doc, the naproxen is NOT the culprit of the Crohns-type symptoms, which all have to do with a rectal fissure that is taking months to heal. It's... painful, embarrassing, and causes a steady loss of blood, thus the anemia diagnosis earlier in the year. But, according to the doc, while it is a blood thinner, it does not delay healing, and in fact promotes it, so it's not the reason.
Re: The anemia, I was diagnosed with an iron deficiency in May. I have (or had) a lack of iron in storage (ferritin). He sent me back down to the lab to get that tested before I left, and I'll get a message about whether they're going to keep me on iron or not. Should be interesting.
He's also starting me on Wellbutrin, which will hopefully assist in fighting the food cravings that get completely insane when I exercise. If it works, it will also hopefully allow me to get back to exercising without gaining weight, as I did from Aug to Oct (put on 15 pounds, five a month). It's possible the combination of the massive exercising and the added weight gain may have been what caused the fissure to flare up for the second time in a year.
And one time was, honestly, too much.
Unfortunately, my whitecoat hypertension also flared up while I was there. I'm normally 109 over 70, and it was 138 over 90-something. Hopefully that was momentary and will be OK the next time I go.
The upshot - I'm happier now than when I went in, and it's Friday, and life is good. Time to go put on my sweatpants and finish out my work day (I work at home).
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR10 -
Just slinking around still not up to par.
Good news: colitis in remission
Bad news: think cold is coming back for round 2
Good news: went to dentist yesterday and no cavities after 3 years!
Bad news: I need a crown in my eye tooth.
RV Rita in NM
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Lisa - BIG (((HUGS))) These small things all add up and make life a misery.
I hope you can get back to a healthy regime that suits you and makes you happy.
Nice to be listened to and respected. My DH liked the osteopath and came home far more positive. He was catastrophizing about his bad back and now he feels he understands it better and maybe can get it under control with targeted exercise. The guy is going to email the results and recommendations to him.
We had such a delicious dinner. I can't imagine giving up dinner like some of you. It is a huge part of our day and spreads over two hours or more. Sometimes I get fed up with cooking, but the last few days have been wonderful food. Probably two thirds of our plate is veggies, but soooooo delicious. Tonight was a combo of two big packets of fresh spinach and the remains of the carrot, parsnip and celeriac mash. With duck legs roasted in chipotle paste. DH had roasted new potatoes with it. No oils or fats added to anything. We are sharing a bottle of red wine. The last glass will be with an ounce of vintage cheddar. Before that there is poached pears with homemade yogurt and salted caramel sauce (just a bit). I will finish off with a couple of toffees.
All of that comes to around 950 calories, but I have exercised 950 calories today, so all good. 600 this morning and 350 on my 5k run.
Michael Mosley was back on TV recently. Walking for 30 minutes a day briskly is better for you than 10,000 slower steps. But any exercise is good for you.
Languages - I learned French at school, but failed my A level. I also learned Latin and Ancient Greek. I was not good at languages at all.
Later I visited France such a lot that my spoken French improved, especially when I found a ten year old who was happy to chat to me for two weeks! That was the turning point.
After that I went to evening classes for Spanish for five years when the kids were small and visited Spain and South America for long periods, sometimes on my own.
We both go to a French Circle twice a month.
Then in later life I discovered Duolingo and was able to revise my Spanish, pick up on the tiny bit of German I had somehow acquired over the years and learn Norwegian and Swedish. Those later languages are basic and I cannot converse properly, but I enjoy the challenge and feel I am making progress. We are going to Norway again in April, so I am ploughing on with that. There is a Norwegian series on the TV at the moment! I do it EVERY day, and that is the key. It is now just a habit, like exercise. I seem to be good at persevering. I'm of the opinion that if you do something for long enough, something will stick.
Jeg fortrekker snakker norske. That's what I tell everyone in Norway.
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Heather: Congrats on the 5K and your absolutely fabulous soup. I’m happy that your DH was pleased with his visit to the osteopath.
Lisa: It sounds like you’ve found a good doctor that communicates well and listens. :bigsmile:
Heather: We haven’t given up dinner, either. I count calories and DH doesn’t but he’s lost some weight and seems to be moving a bit better. Since he is an insulin dependent diabetic, it is important for him to have regular meals. Fasting is not a good idea. :noway:
I just got back for yoga. It was a good class and I enjoyed it.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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so many calories again today and I didn't track.
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Bananasandoranges: Use your "myhome" food diary to put in any data that you missed. I bet it will show up as continuous. Let us know if it works for you. :flowerforyou:2
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Day 4 of logging. Skipped the gym this morning, late night that wasn't entirely my fault but couldn't be helped. I did clean up my kitchen and the dining table this morning so that felt good, won't be getting home to a mess. Things have been going well, food wise, but other than the first day, the scale hasn't budged. I'm hoping that a few days off from the gym will help. Many comments I wanted to make but am at work and on my phone, so much harder to type!! lol Congrats to those who have had successful medical "stuff", hope everyone stays on the path to recovery!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island4 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Demo from last month:
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Now up to page 26. Off to flower arranging for the afternoon.
Live! Laugh! Learn!TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Now up to page 26. Off to flower arranging for the afternoon.
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Please post a pic! I have a class Friday evening. I am looking forward to it.
Terri - They are all so beautiful and look like mini gardens. 3 -
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Well an uneventful day.. I woke up at 1 this morning and didnt get back to sleep until after 3:30 ..I was brushing up my spanish on Duolingo... at least I was productive lol..
Tomorrow going with a friend of mine.over to another town that our mutual friends are getting a rescue pup and we will be there when the truck.comes in..I still remember Alfies gotcha day..
Got some books on peru and where we are going will catch up.on some of that over the weekend.4 -
Ate steak y peas for dinner.Not much calories left for a snack. Need groceries we ate all the fresh salad to apples first. That’s what I’m craving
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Flea – I would definitely had more than a shot of tequila before going over that bridge. Great pictures, thanks for sharing
Katla – don’t son and DIL have temporary plates on their “new” vehicle so that it can be driven?
Went to the water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Bodyflow DVD (yoga)
Question for anyone: what is the difference between cooking something in the air fryer and cooking it in a convection oven? Does anyone on here use the convection? What is the advantage? My oven has a convection feature that I really don’t use. For Christmas Jess used it. To me, it seemed that the rolls were crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. As I recall, this is basically how it was when I used an air fryer. What has people’s experience been using the convection feature.
Another question: does anyone have supplemental dental insurance? Is it worth it? How much do they pay for dental work?
Has anybody been watching Jeopardy where it’s the clash between Brad (is that his name) Ken and James? What do you think?
Lisa AR – great that the IF backwards is working for you! Everyone’s different…..
KJ – what sweeties! Can you imagine if they got together with Athena???? Look out world! Even IF the pics were in spoilers, I would definitely look see
Since I go for my colonoscopy Thursday and so have to start the prep after lunch on Tuesday, I’m making more yogurt for lunch Tuesday. I plan to have a lunch high in protein.
Got all the outside Christmas decorations put away. Brought the totes in the house. Now to get the decorations down in the house.
After exercise went to the Salvation Army, didn’t get anything, then to WalMart then the soup kitchen. Miss Sourpuss wasn’t there. I got there early and helped put butter on the grilled ham & cheese sandwiches they were having. Chocolate cake for dessert.
I’ll probably make a chocolate cake for later in the week for Vince and I’ll just put it in the freezer
SuziQ – fabulous arrangements. Thanks for sharing
Michele NC
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Time to get the boot outbananasandoranges wrote: »so many calories again today and I didn't track.
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Snow again this morning but I went to the YM anyway. By the time I got 1/2 way there no snow, just rain. I went to chair yoga then to the bank and bought groceries. Doing well on food since the first of the year.
KJ - darling pictures of those handsome boys.
Pip - Hope you heal quickly.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
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