WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2020

Poerava14

Meditation has been a pillar of my health practice for over 40 years. I first started with guided meditations on cassette tapes (remember those?) Then I learned the practice of focusing on breath alone, with no accompanying sound. Then about 5 years ago found the Insight Timer app (free!), and have been using guided meditations ever since. I currently have a streak on Insight Timer over 1000 days in a row. The app has a plethora of different types, subjects, durations and skill levels of meditations, guided and non-guided. There is NO WAY I could cope with the day to day rigors of being a caregiver to DH with dementia without the calm strength I've been cultivating through daily meditation. I usually do mine lying in bed, around dawn after DH and the cat have gotten up and are back in bed, and all is quiet.

Happy belated birthday JanetO. May this be the start of a great year for you.

Rori
Living and breathing in the NOW
Colorado Foothills

SuziQ113

Karen,
Words escape me for the news of your dear friend and the start of her next journey. Big hug to you.

Anniesquats100

I have tried meditation sitting walking and my favorite lying down. I have done it to speech, birdsong, quiet, and my favorite, new age slow chimes music. I like to do it but I forget too often to call it a regular practice.
Annie in Delaware

Katla49

Today we've been working on cleaning our ovens. One went like clock work. The other is a pain in the neck. We rented a blower to evacuate the smoke that the automatic oven cleaning feature is generating. The first blower didn't work so I took it back and was given another that is working right now. It is both effective and NOISY. Since it is working well, I'm choosing to be grateful that its getting the job done. :grumble: :bigsmile:

Katla

LisaInAR

Karen - thinking of you tonight as the darkness falls here. I'm so sorry.

skuehn48

Nice quiet day here, no pounding on the roof. It rained yesterday and no leaks. Yay! The YM pool is open again and I am really looking forward to water exercise tomorrow. Black bean soup for dinner.

Amber - Only 50 pounds?? That is 2/3s of your goal woman. Wish that I could say that.

Katla - Hope you had a good lesson yesterday and Arrow was a gentleman.

JanetO - Happy Birthday!!

I read Jon Kabat-Zinn's Full Catastrophe Living and have used his CDs for meditation. I enjoy doing walking meditations with breathing and mantras timed to the steps such as "I breathe in joy, I breathe out peace." I do one step for each word. I have better luck with this than sitting many times. I have also done guided meditation with crystal bowls, very interesting.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

SuziQ113

Lynette,
When the probiotic fad started I read an article about our ancestors having better gut health than we do today. The article stated they ate more fermented and pickled foods.. I tried to locate it and it's buried by so much newer information.

I tried fermenting my own vegetables and did not really enjoy the results. I will try some pickling in the future. For now, I'll stick with yogurt, kimchi, and sauerkraut (store bought).

Katla49

Karen: Thinking of you.

JRsLateInLifeMom

Sue- I’m almost here 1yr now.Im not starving myself just staying at it around my 1200 cal plus exercise. If I’m somewhat under we’ll end up over eating another day so evens out.

Amber Tx

Hopefully in 6 more months I can be done start learning to maintain

pipcd34

stats for the day:

bike ride hm 2 gym, windy- 8.01min, 140mhr, 11.8amph, 1.58mi= 79c
apple watch- 69c
HELIX MACHINE- 25min, 116ahr, 115ahr, 140mhr, 58arpm, 137mhr, lvl1-2, 2.31mi= 171c
apple watch- 164c
bike ride gym 2 dome, windy- 5.43min, 142mhr, 15.4amph, 1.46mi= 50c
apple watch- 56c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station, windy- 16.22min, 143mhr, 11.1amph, 3.03mi= 157c
apple watch- 111c
Jog sta 2 wrk, windy- 5.30min, 10.11min mi, 149mhr, .54mi= 68c
apple watch- 63c
Jog wrk 2 sta, windy- 4.42min, 10.33min mi, 148mhr, .44mi= 57c
Apple watch- 62c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.43min, 8.2amph, 153mhr, 2.57mi= 182c
apple watch- 147c


total cal 764

Machka9

KetoneKaren wrote: »

Carol Thanks!

>>>

My friend Lynette is surrounded by family and dear friend Shona this morning in Colorado. Shona stayed through the night so Lynette's husband Rod could get some sleep.

I commented yesterday that today would be Lynette's mother's 84th birthday and Shona replied that she & Rod thought it would be perfect if Lynette joined her mother on her birthday.

Shona said Lynette held her own through the night, and seemed to be waiting for Rod to get to the nursing home this morning. Now that he's there, Shona says Lynette seems to be letting go.

Whoever said that a person with Alzheimer's dies twice was spot on. I didn't really know it until now.

This is a not very good photo of 4 of us at high school graduation. It's a photo of a photo. From left to right, Lynette, Shona, Jodie, and me. Missing is Pam, who took the photo. Also missing is Daylene, who was an after high school addition to our little group of friends.

Karen in Virginia

Very sorry!

Machka9

Vitamins & minerals ... I take lots. Vit A, B, D, E, Zinc, Folic Acid, Calcium, Magnesium, Fish Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Garlic

Sometimes C, Glucosamine Valerian, Ginkgo Biloba, and a Stress multi.

Never Iron and Turmeric

---

Meditation ... no.

I feel like if I relax or pursue the elusive "happiness" I won't be able to channel the inner anger as well when dealing with my husband's situation.

I was an angry teenager and into my early 20s. Very quick temper.

Then for some reason I relaxed ... whatever will be will be. I got stuff done but I more or less went with the flow. And since I'm very quiet, shy, introverted etc in real life that suited me. Years went by like that.

When my husband had his accident, all of a sudden the angry teenager returned. I've surprised myself many times in the last year!! I hear this person yelling over the phone and wonder who on earth she is!! Fortunately I haven't had to yell lately, but I have needed to tap into the new assertive me several times.

I'm not prepared to fully let the angry teenager go yet.

That said, probably my favourite time of day is the 1-2 hours after my husband has gone to bed, and I've turned the TV off, most of the lights off, and the soft music on. I am usually doing homework or something but it's quiet, I'm almost off duty, and I can relax a bit.

---

Diets ... Do what works best for you.

I do a sort of Intermittent Fasting because that's just the way I eat. I start about noon and stop about midnight and have done for years.

I lean toward a Mediterranean Diet with a vegetarian influence because I like that sort of food.

And I am a fuel eater. I don't like lingering over a dinner because I always feel I've got better things to do. My husband tends to linger. In a restaurant, I'll finish my meal and with the last gulp still going down, I'm packing up to go ... meanwhile, he's still lingering over his coffee. When we go out, I have to remember to make a point of just sitting there doing nothing for a few minutes after my last gulp ... then I can start to pack up to go!


But whatever your way of eating, it all boils down to CICO.

CI < CO = weight loss
CI = CO = maintain weight
CI > CO = weight gain






Machka in Oz

ginnytez

Brother came through procedure well. He was really very frightened. Told his wife and I that while he was sure nothing bad would happen, in case it did he wanted us to know he loves us. He then apologized to me for how he treated me when we were kids-rambled about something he didn't realize kids were different. Have no idea what he was talking about, but whatever he remembered he needed to get off his chest. I told him I don't ever remember him being a bad brother. He is very loving. We are, however, concerned that he may have dementia or altzheimers. He is also concerned-knows his short term memory is not good. Will know pathology report next week. Doctor told family even if it is cancer, he is convinced it would be very early and very treatable.

Got to FaceTime with Logan before I left for the hospital. He told me he had an owie as he pointed to splint. Then told me he loved me and babbled about his toys. Got a picture of him later in the day playing. DIL texted he took a good long nap today-he undoubtedly needed the rest after the trauma and medications yesterday.

Meeting went well. Was able to make decent dinner choices. Even fit in a small desert. Did treadmill after dinner so I have well over 11,000 steps today. After logging as honestly as I could, still show a comfortable deficit but that will help even out guesstimates.

Going to see if I can sleep well in hotel. Luckily, room is at far end of hallway so no one walks by and is not near elevators.

Take care all,

Ginny in Ohio

Machka9

Good workout today!

Walked to Pilates
Pilates focused on the things mentioned in the Run Strong class yesterday: glutes & core with a little bit of arms and hamstrings thrown in .
Walked back from Pilates.
And I've done 36 flights of 20 stairs at a slightly faster pace than usual.

Yesterday I discovered I was huffing and puffing like a steam engine during the warm up so I figured I'd better add a bit more intensity to my workouts. I know I can get a bit lazy ... I'm moving but I really could be moving faster!


Machka in Oz

pipcd34

Iiii

cityjaneLondon

I take vit D, for our cloudy weather. Plus the fact that I don't go outside much and don't like the sun! My levels are fine.
I have watched many (eg Michael Moseley) programmes about vitamins and supplements and the scientific consensus is that they do nothing whatsoever and you are wasting your money as it is all excreted in urine. Unless your diet is severely unbalanced you will be getting everything you need from your food.
Ditto glucosamine and all the other stuff the drug companies peddle us. None of it works on blind trials. It's a con.

With probiotics, similarly nothing gets through to the gut except whole milk yoghurt. Save your money and don't buy commercially produced nonsense. The important thing is to eat a rainbow of beans, lentils, vegetables and fruit. Avoid commercially packaged food. Your guts will be wonderful!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

auntiebk

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s

Chose well: BB&B, drop off paperwork at Dr, Denise’s house for email, BiMart for rx, voicemail Doug about Win10 update and iCloud install.
Bonus: dog group email list=invested a good hour with Denise, another hour should do it, rearranged boxes and training beds in office, played something at last!
Get to do: invest 10 mins cleaning Living Rm, carry over 10 mins cleaning Master Bth, Kitchen/Laundry, laundry, line dance, board meeting minutes, bake bran muffins, call Carolyn D Happy Bday! Tuesday Shadow to Mini Pet Mart to shop for crate, line dance. Wednesday Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, Thurs Chiro, Friday coffee/stroll w/Barb. March: get Shingrix vaccine, follow up for DEXA scan appt. Reward: inventory seeds, plan garden, order replenishments.

Hung out with the choir Sunday. Today, blasted a path to the keyboard and actually picked out a couple of measures of the alto part. Haven’t sung in a choir since teen years, voice hasn’t improved with age. Part of me wants to cut and run, part wants to stick it out while watching for winces from my neighbors.
Welcome patricialeonard, don’t have any reduced fat tips, but believe increasing activity is key to losing weight. Start small and find things you like doing, like dancing, swimming, walking. Would you consider supplements? Milk Thistle is said to have beneficial effects on the liver.
Annie in DE supplements: Women’s 50+ multi vitamin, B12, cod liver oil, calcium with magnesium, probiotic and milk thistle.
Luci, WOW!
Heather please put me in your pocket for that Grieg concert in the old wooden church. Or perhaps record and stream it? Love wooden churches, especially those shaped like an inverted ship.
Karen in VA ((hugs))
Rebecca Ummie noises
Belated best birthday wishes, Janet in E Mo. I used to meditate daily (on the floor with legs up the wall) in silence using the Insight Timer app (thank you Rori). Have shifted to a daily morning devotion/Bible reading, from 3 sources, one of which encourages contemplation. Need to get back to it.
Pip ((hugs held extra long))
Michele, your kids’ crib had a door/escape hatch? No rest for you!
Amber you inspire!
Ginny in OH (hugs) and hopes for good news for your brother.

Nicknames: Papa called me “Dolly” perhaps because I was his little doll. In elementary school they called me Barbwire because my legs were so skinny (oh for those days again!) Only my uncle Charlie was ever allowed to call me “Barbie.” In my career I worked right next to another, petite, Barbara. She was a little taller than I but by no means a “Big Barbara” and I (in my mid 20’s) resolutely refused to be the “Old Barbara” so we took our initials, she was BB and I was BK … for more than 40 years in the industry. Then when my BFF had a daughter, I became “auntie bk” and now you know the rest of the story.

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

February: better than January.
daily: steps=3036 vits=18.5 log=23 CI<CO=17 CI<250<CO=13 Tumble 5/10=14 mfp=23 outside=16 clean 10 mins=15 up hill=19
wkly: BB&B x3=9, rx=4 dance=6 pack walk=4
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant= review 20for20=1

cityjaneLondon

Karen - Thank you for sharing the photo of you girls in your wonderful prime. It's important to remember our friends as they were. My thoughts are with you at this time. We have yet to lose one of our school group, but time rushes on. It will be a terrible bereavement when it comes. Our sense of self is tied up with them.

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

cityjaneLondon

Barbara - this is the octagonal church where there will be a recital (not really a concert) You can also see my morning trip on the RIB.
I'm seriously concerned about whether the cruise will happen at all.




Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

klanders30