WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020
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beth Rachel was told that internship $ was tax free so she didn't set anything aside, frustrating, but lesson learned!
Karen VA hugs to you and your friend, she sounds like an amazing person.
Just got home from a great brunch with my retired nursing friend, she's now teaching violin in her retirement and just so happily challenged by this new profession! She's an inspiration. She lives in the sweetest little farmhouse, with a wood stove in her cozy kitchen, she served scrambled eggs, i brought fresh berries, and someone else brought cinnamon sugar donuts (i took a single bite of the donut, which was enough). Lively conversation but now I'm ready for introvert time.
DH and I are taking a weekend trip to DC, no plans but to wander and spend time together.
NYKAREN5 -
NY Karen ~ Sounds like a fun day with your friend.
Lisa ~ I'm sorry to hear that your work people are not getting you the info you need promptly.
Rebecca ~ Keep the photos coming of our beautiful Athena.
Will be so glad when February is over. At the beginning of the month, I realized there were no birthdays or special occasions (we didn't observe Valentine's Day) to spend money on. Didn't happen...had to put our beloved Pom to sleep, had to have a new starter installed in my Honda, and today I had to have a crown replaced that was bothering me.
Just glad that I have been able to save enough money to cover it all. 
Welcome to all the new chatters and good wishes and prayers to those in need.
Carol in GA7 -
Debra Sweden- Welcome my Mom was special needs Adult so definitely get the adult caregiver aspects of it. Heard good things about Canada y Sweden’s programs versus the USA.
Barbara SOC- my snack was granola fiber .Laying off veggies except potatoes till my IBSD calms down it’s not letting me keep the veggies down at the moment so soup y potatoes with granola y pretzel crisps are easier to digest. Will reintroduce veggies hard core soon as my stomach allows.
Hubby - Eats 2 trays or 1 Tray with a Keto sandwich 🥪 or 1-2 Tray with 4 toasts . It’s a learning curve to figure out his y my ideas of a meal lol. He admitted the soup y wedges were too American food like not Hispanic enough. He should have just said that in the beginning! Now I know what direction he wants.
Amber Tx
Hubby trying to get JR to take afternoon naps for mommy. Gotta love this man he sees a problem jumps in to fix it.
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Amber - What granola balls are you getting that two little balls give you a fiber hit (aren't you putting two in your meal tray for the day)? Most granola is not a significant source of fiber unless you eat a ton of it, and then you've eaten 1/2 a days calories to get the fiber. I would love to look into them.
Okie in the TX Hill Country
Edited to add - Never mind. I found where you linked to them before. 80 calories for a gram of fiber in two balls. Thanks!2 -
The tray has 1 granola bar plus 2 granola ball plus the pretzel crisps I go by serving size. The tray is not mandatory more grab on the go or if JRs making a bowl of cereal or anything impossible to it into the schedule.Must eat the whole pack.If you have calories left add something to it like a protein shake.
Meal trays are exactly 1 serving size of each item so calories are known. Hubby usually eats 2 cause his calories for the day are higher than mine. I eat 1. A stack of premade meals (not the snacks) only lasts 1-2days for each of us then theirs a new set of meals made so if you feel like the last tray from the days before plus a newest one you have that. If you feel like the tray now plus the newest one you have that. Hubby not eating this one through it off track cause now I’m eating 3days worth instead of 1-1 1/2days of soup. As trays empty from snacks y meals I make new snacks y meals before their all finished.So every meal you see before y after are in there together when done right so you get a choice of which one you feel like. New sets are added with the old y older set but get eaten before 3days hit.The prepackaged meal prep a quick go to for easy meal when needed but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a salad on the side of it or add ketchup or eat it with a bunch of grapes 🍇 or even your favorite chips etc. Their more so your stuffs correctly measured out so you know the calories then only have to measure y add a few items in your day instead of all of them with a screaming toddler melting down or grab something unhealthy cause you would normally run out of time to cook a full meal end up with a cheese sandwich 🥪 or takeout.
My calorie limit 1200cal for a full day
Hubby 2,353cal recommendation by Doctor (eats 2 meal packs plus snacks always wants a bread item on the side) .He has more to loose than me tho why Doctor set it so low on intake. He was in 4x clothing is down to 3X clothing now.
A previous meal pack calories may be higher than a newer one or lower but same with snack packs to go with it. Calories are measured so Can choose the one that fits what you got left over.
Amber Tx3 -
My exact meal yesterday added a protein shake to get to my level of calories y JR didn’t finish his pizza toddler slice so like all moms Yup ate it. Went over in salt so got to watch that .Got my fiber in as you can see tho.
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The day before that meal packs I made prior overlap with the newest ones made. I went over because hubby brought home had 2 Girl Scout cookies when I should have said no since that would have been better filled with a piece of fruit like a banana for potassium or egg whites Ect.
Amber Tx4 -
Amber-any chance you could open your diary ?Your food looks wonderful!!
Debby in Va
There’s no judgment2 -
Debby VA how do I open it me y Debra been trying to figure that out?
Machka how do I open my food diary?
Amber Tx1 -
Amber At the top of the page, go to FOOD, then SETTINGS, then scroll to the bottom and change your diary privacy setting.2
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Took the Power Hour class. The plan for tomorrow is to do an extreme cardio DVD
Welcome everyone new. Be sure to bookmark this page and come back often.
Lisa – kitties in your lap help with stress. Call on Egg to help you. I hear what you’re saying about people waiting until the last minute if you give them a deadline. I do that all the time with Vince. I tell him I need something by a certain date which is usually days before I need to know mainly because he’ll wait until the last minute and then there are things that I need to do with the information and then I’m scrambling to get it done. You are one smart cookie. Vent any time you need to. Speaking of cookie – wouldn’t surprise me if Vince buys more GS cookies
Went to the American Space Museum to get something space related for Lynette. Vince didn’t even know it was there! It’s VERY VERY interesting. They have a lot of the original space suits, computers, control panels, etc. Only $8 for the tour. Then went to buy some more cheerios for Vince. Used my raincheck. Also got some Dove candy for me. Unfortunately, had to get it at CVS which means higher price. But it WAS ½ price.
Beth – I love golden beets. They are so hard to find tho. You were lucky to get some
Think I got a cold. But that doesn’t stop me from going into the pool!
They had a cake at the pool today for this one lady’s birthday, but I didn’t have any. I’m sure she would have liked if I had but I just left the pool area.
Canasta tonight
Michele who laid in the sun today because it’s supposed to rain tomorrow
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Karen - Thankyou I’ll send how to Debra email to help her too. I finally feel comfortable after all the weight loss to make it public so went ahead did that so if any one wants to look go ahead. Lol keep in mind it’s the diary of a Mom with a toddler so you will see the occasional teddy grahams lol.
Amber Tx2 -
Finally adding folks too. Michele showed me it was okay the idea scared me for a long while tho .
Amber Tx1 -
JR just mastered
the Straw Cup!!
Amber Tx2 -
klanders30 wrote: »beth Rachel was told that internship $ was tax free so she didn't set anything aside, frustrating, but lesson learned!
NYKAREN
NYKaren ... It is frustrating. And if Rachel's internship was like my son's, she had to pay for the credits to boot!2 -
Hola from Lima.. long long day went on our tours.. was interesting we went to a museum of Peruvian art.. not my cup of tea and we had a nice time and learned about alot..
We are both exhausted after the long flight yesterday and being out most of the day .it was and sunny most of the time..we are more excited to go to Cuseco and Machu Picchu than Lima ..not city people at all..
Have to get up early to catch a flight to Cusco so wont get breakfast here..
They charge 20.00 american dollars for. Breakfast so.we wont be doing that. The rest of the breakfasts are free..4 -
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Luci, please reconsider and do stop and walk around every few hours on your long drives. With love from she who developed “lots” of blood clots after a 9 hour drive from H E double tooth picks.
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie
Yes!
I developed DVT after the longest flight I've ever been on ... 17 hours between LA and Melbourne squashed in against the window with two large guys with bladders the size of the Pacific beside me. I did get up once because I absolutely had to and disturbed the two of them but that was it. About an hour before landing it felt like my left calf cramped ... 6 weeks later the cramp hadn't shifted, another week and my leg felt like it had turned into a tree limb I was dragging around with me. Turns out it was absolutely full of clots from above the knee all the way down and I was immediately admitted to the hospital. The radiology tech wouldn't let me leave the hospital!! She rang for a Dr to admit me.
I have a genetic disorder (MTHFR) with a high homocysteine level which means I have a genetic predisposition to develop clots ... and also explains the miscarriages earlier in life.
Now, I don't sit for very long. At work and home I rarely sit more than an hour at a time. When driving and at university I might go 2 hours without a break.
I was warned of long term damage to my left leg because of the extent of the clotting and until recently I thought I'd gotten away without that. But unfortunately the clotting in my left leg has left me with venous eczema which has flared up in the last year. Lots of exercise, cream on the leg, and keeping it elevated whenever possible. I have also started using compression stockings again.
Machka in Oz5 -
I think all of us have mentally adopted each other grand kids, and four- legged family members💖. We all have history!💖. I remember when many of our grandkids were born and pics posted. To me, grand kids, the stories we all share, just knit our friendships together.👍💖s
💖Rebecca
Whidbey island
Washington9
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