WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2020

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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,433 Member
    Karen in Virginia, what did Lee wear, he swung around what God gave him. I swear every time I was in the ladies room, (and it was a lot because I would drink a lot of water), a great song would come on, and I would come back to the table and he'd be already on the dance floor with beckoning gestures! I will state this, dancing nude when the song, "She's A Brick House", makes you feel so empowered!💖
    💖Rebecca
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,433 Member
    I have been playing with a new app.😁
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    💖Rebecca
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited May 2020
    Barbara: I agree about the stress relieving aspect of gardening. I have a small space and a small garden, but I am able to grow herbs in pots, plus green beans and three blueberry bushes in the ground. They make me happy in the growing season and happy for their produce in the fall and winter. :star:

    Pip: I think an apartment is a good choice while you transition. You may love it, or not. It gives you the flexibility to get to know your new community’s area and decide whether you like it. :smiley:

    Cyn from Boulder IL: Welcome! I also have a bad knee from a few years past. I was taking horseback riding lessons from a woman who had me post at a trot in the same direction for WAAAY too long and have a permanent knee injury. The doctor I went to see said that surgery wouldn’t be a good choice. He gave me exercises to strengthen the surrounding muscles. When I work on strengthening my knee, I get positive results. I still ride horses but do not post when at a trot. I just let my backside get pounded. It has plenty of cushion all on its own. :wink:

    Rebecca: You have an unusual outlook on life and I enjoy hearing about your adventures. Dancing in a bikini would have been possible when I was 17, but not at 70. I have loads of good reasons. For one thing, I can’t afford a whole body “face lift”. :bigsmile:

    Have a great day and see how much fun you can squeeze into it. :heart:

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,411 Member
    edited May 2020
    Rebecca OK that made me laugh out loud. I was married to a man who did a naked ballet routine twirling around as a ballerina does. Still makes me smile when I think about it. He pursed his lips and whipped his head around to keep eye contact as he did it. :D:D:D

    Cyn from Boulder Welcome!

    Pip you were considering living in a yurt? lol

    Karen in Virginia, having a very good day

  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 848 Member
    edited May 2020
    Lisa, love the description of Corey fixing the lawnmower! lol Congrats on your decision to leave your current employer, the job certainly doesn't bring you the joy that I think it once did. Nice that you two will be just fine without the income! I do like the idea of a few chickens and maybe a goat. When I cleaned house for a living, one couple had several bantam chickens that they let roam in the garden. The chickens ate all the little worms and bugs that would normally attack the plants, truly a win-win!
    Tracy, truly unfortunate about the masks irritating your skin so much. It might be worth trying a cloth mask under the paper one. some pretty simple and easy patterns on the internet! I too love the street names at the intersection near your daughter's potential new home!
    Rita, love the little hat! I had to chuckle tho, I made a mask out of that same minion fabric!
    Heather, lovely photos of Ros, thank you for sharing.
    Pip, congrats on the potential earlier retirement!
    That's all I can remember for now! I made a few masks out of one pattern that I liked, then hubby had a pattern that he liked so I made him one too. May make more out of that pattern, have to think about it. One thing I really liked about the one that hubby found is that you don't use elastics to go around the ears, you sew ribbon into the mask and tie it behind your head. Not so good if you're going to the hairdresser, but much easier to deal with for everything else. I didn't have enough ribbon to do much with, but I made a couple of ties with the same fabric, they turned out well, gave me an idea for the pattern that I used, will be doing ties instead of elastic.
    I have an appointment for some electrolysis this coming week, I'm very excited! I won't be able to wear a mask as it's my chin and upper lip that need the attention, but pretty sure my gal will be wearing one. I also have a manicure scheduled in a few weeks. I haven't done acrylic nails, but have done gel polish (love it!) but also found that my nails seemed to be getting more fragile so had already decided to stop that before all this Covid stuff hit. I do have a nail that I damaged three years ago now, it's split right up the middle. When it starts growing out, it will be good for a little bit, but the slightest bump will re-split it so I have been getting a gel nail applied to it just to try and hopefully eventually not have to do that. I'm not overly optimistic about that happening. So, I won't be getting any polish applied, but I will get everything clipped, trimmed and moisturized, the gel cap on and a paraffin dip (pure heaven! lol). It's my treat to myself.
    My hair stylist friend is going back to work June 1, she's not thrilled about it, but.... and there will be strict safety protocols in place (masks, no waiting area etc) She has normally done several of us friends and family "on the side" but she hasn't done us since this all began and won't be for awhile yet. Hubby and I are getting shaggy, but I had decided to grow my hair out a bit also, so while it's not quite the controlled growth I had hoped for, it is growth! lol I did have to trim my bangs, they were driving my nuts!
    Keep hoping that the libraries will open up soon, but alas, not yet.... My gym (YMCA) is still not open, not quite sure how they are going to manage, the cardio and weight equipment is all in one big room, so it will be hard to separate people. Unless they move the cardio stuff into the room they usually use for group classes, certainly won't be doing my yoga or core strength classes as they are usually very full, definitely no distancing possibility there!
    Sorry for the novel, if you read this far, I hope it was at least slightly entertaining! lol
    Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island (we have a moat too! lol no new cases on our island for over a week now!)
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,041 Member
    edited May 2020
    Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: I had acrylic nails for several years. I wouldn’t recommend it. My own nails underneath got thinner and thinner. I quit having manicures and stopped the acrylic nails when I realized how thin my own underlying nails had become. It has taken a long time, but my nails have improved. I have one flawed nail. I damaged it as a young child and it can split. That situation has improved but will never be perfect. I have been cutting my own bangs since the Covid 19 lockdown and letting the rest grow. At the moment, I’m happy with my hair. I retired after 20 years of teaching. My last assignment was 8th grade Social Studies. The curriculum was US history from prehistory through the Civil War plus a unit on economics. :star:

    Kate UK: I hope that things work out in your daughter’s favor. Keeping my fingers crossed for her. :flowerforyou:

    Lisa: You seem happier. Your paintings are gorgeous! :flowerforyou:

    BeUncommon: Things do seem to be loosening up somewhat. Each state does its own decision making. Our governor has allowed hair salons to open but only so many people at a time can go in and they have to wait at the door to be let in. DH will be going in for a trim this week. I saw a line a block long to go into a bar. A maximum of 5 people inside was allowed at a time. :ohwell:

    Pip: I hope your retirement plans eventually work out. :star:


    My son would like us to visit him in VA. At this point I’ve said no, but I’m trying to think up reasonable possibilities. DH & I will need to talk things over. He refuses to fly & didn’t do well home alone when I went to see my daughter last fall. Perhaps he could stay at his sister’s place in our RV while I travel. She has offered in the past. I think changes in the Covid 19 situation will gradually reveal what is doable and what isn’t.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    I got my oxygen reader. One way you can determine how serious COVID is for you is dropping Oxygen levels for some they feel no effects until their Oxygen is dangerously low. Why I mention this is the Oxygen level is read through your nails. It can not read through nail polish.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,041 Member
    edited May 2020
    auntiebk wrote: »
    @LuciBThinner it popped up in this morning’s meditation reading that 30 minutes of gardening reduces cortisol.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20522508/
    Abstract:
    Stress-relieving effects of gardening were hypothesized and tested in a field experiment. Thirty allotment gardeners performed a stressful Stroop task and were then randomly assigned to 30 minutes of outdoor gardening or indoor reading on their own allotment plot. Salivary cortisol levels and self-reported mood were repeatedly measured. Gardening and reading each led to decreases in cortisol during the recovery period, but decreases were significantly stronger in the gardening group. Positive mood was fully restored after gardening, but further deteriorated during reading. These findings provide the first experimental evidence that gardening can promote relief from acute stress

    So if you can’t dig, or have no land, fill an egg carton with potting soil and plant beans (ala KJ's kiddos) or flowers or whatever.

    Good luck!
    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

    I will attest to this. I had mini melt down yesterday. I came home and took a nap and then potted some plants up for the garden. I felt much better having done so!

  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,319 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Lanette - I've noticed before that you eat your last meal of the day really early. I'd be hungry if I did that. We eat the main course at 6.15, dessert at 7.45, cheese st 8.15 and a small piece of dark chocolate around 8.45. That way I don't go to bed hungry and I've got something to look forward to most of the evening. It feels as if I am having 4 courses! :D
    I've also noticed you mentioning the snack cupboard. Why do you have one of those? We don't keep chips, chocolate bars, candies, ice cream, in the house. I do buy dark chocolate and ration it out. If you don't buy it, you can't eat it.
    Plus I have to pay for my food with my exercise.
    I am just as much of a food addict as you, but I have worked my way round it.
    As I understand it, you are not overweight, so it's more a question of you feeling in control. Eat well, eat better. Always have real meals that satisfy you. And keep that stuff away! It's poison.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Heather     - thank you. Your advice is perfectly reasonable for a normal person.

    But once a person flips into the pattern of buzz (eat the food, take the drug) then crap (feeling sick, guilty) then back to buzz to dampen the crap feelings, buzz/crap/buzz/crap, rinse and repeat, there's nothing normal about it.

    I think there comes a point when it's not about the food or the drug or whatever a person is addicted to anymore. The ability to reason and just "say no" goes out the window. It's behavior the brain and/or body chemistry has set up.

    Once this virus fear and hysteria calms down, many folks including me will get a good handle on it, since it's relatively new and folks are realizing it's not normal. Might take cold turkey, might take bait and switch, who knows. I read that 85% of addicts get better by themselves. They figure it out.

    I'm mapping out some strategies including eating a little later (I have many reasons for eating early I won't go into here) and finding something to do that will give a future reward other than eating after supper which is an immediate reward.

    Keep on keeping on, ladies. This too shall pass. <3

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,027 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 9,677 Member
    Watching Coal miners daughter in the recliner think i might sleep here much more comfortable than the bed..
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,286 Member
    Good evening Ladies -

    Hubs FINALLY got a hair cut today which means that I am now, again, a natural brunette :). I was waiting to color my roots until he could get a haircut. I'm glad he was able to get one, he has been getting grumpy about how long it had gotten (not that long, but long for him).

    Got 6 masks in the mail that a girlfriend made for us. Two Houston Astros, two fireworks and two flamingos. Fun! We'll be the best masked at the grocery store tomorrow morning for our every two weeks food buying outing.

    Have a great evening!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,031 Member
    edited May 2020
    Heather: I'm with you on the late snack, but prefer my dark chocolate just after dinner, and my savoury snack around 8.30pm. We only buy things like fruit/nuts/protein bars as snacks . I do keep wholewheat crackers and chocolate digestive thins for having with coffee, but mostly only have one or two. Stopped buying crisps and toffee popcorn a while back. And I also have to earn my snacks with exercise.

    Not a fan of chemicals for appetite modification. They mess with your metabolism.

    Gardening is definitely a stress reliever. I just lose track of time when I garden.

    We had venison steaks in a little port for our main tonight. With new potatoes, grilled tomatoes with pesto, and baked beans for DH. Home cooked real food in sensible portions works for me.

    ☘️ Irish Terri
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,724 Member
    Allie - I watch Coal Miners Daughter every time it is on. When it came to the Drive In in my small town my parents went to see it while I was at a slumber party at a friend’s house. I begged them to come get me and take me with them but they refused. I was so upset! I was in Grade 6. My eldest daughter has the same love of it as I do.

    I love biographical movies, there are many that I hope they someday do.

    Tracey
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Terri- I have my night snack 6-8pm lets me sleep better.

    Amber Tx

    Walmart y Navy base post office have no clue where Daughters footlockers ended up so Walmart shipping another set.Pray these get to her please. She needs them badly for her belongings since what she was using broke (was a cardboard box 📦 she was using).
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,811 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    KetoneKaren wrote: »
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »


    About habitual bingeing:
    I've been doing a lot of introspection and self-analysis of my eating after supper, often bordering on binging. I ran across Marc Lewis, PhD, who wrote "The Biology of Desire" about how and why our brains function with addiction which includes eating disorders. He has several good presentations on YouTube.

    I watched this twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=aOSD9rTVuWc&t=1106s and even took notes.

    I thought it was fascinating. He explains how the different parts of the brain interact with habit formation. So the addicted brain acts the same during drug/alcohol abuse or binging on food, the internet, sex, porn, even falling in love. It sets up a cycle which pumps out dopamine despite harm to the person and their health and relationships.

    While I don't consider this night time binging true addiction, there are many aspects that fit.

    I could write pages, and will post more this week. I have ordered his book from the library - I checked it out on Amazon and the "take a look" feature actually gives a lot of information if anyone is interested.

    Lanette
    SW WA State

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    Lanette, I am very interested in this topic.
    This is the limbic system:
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    I am particularly interested in the pharmacology of the limbic system.

    In particular, a prescription medication called naltrexone blocks opiate receptors on the brain. This action reduces or eliminates pleasure from taking opiates, but it also reduces pleasure from drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and eating. It is effective in doses as low as 6.25mg/day, and either alone or in combination with other medications (Wellbutrin, for example), it can make a phenomenal difference in the "food thinking" and bingeing compulsion that many overweight people struggle with on a daily basis.

    It is nearly impossible for people with this biologically-governed drive or compulsion to resist food's siren song…sooner or later, people just get worn down by the obsessions and engage in the compulsive (binge) behavior. I have this problem, and so do some other women on this thread.

    I think I may start taking naltrexone at a very low dosage; I took it several years ago, and it did reduce "food thinking". I felt that it gave me distance from the eating compulsion, allowing me to see it more objectively and less in the "emotionally-deprived/I don't give a *kitten* I'm going to eat" mindset. There are other factors (HALT) that factor in to the inability to redirect one's thoughts when faced with an urge to eat, but most people, with practice and good strategies, can minimize those traps. Unfortunately, for people with addictive limbic systems, strategizing is simply not enough.

    There is a judgmental mindset that exists that says that those of us who have this problem are weak-willed, lazy, noncompliant, or poor strategizers. To add insult to injury, many of us who have this type of brain buy in, as if people who do not have this hard-wiring somehow know us better than we know ourselves. It is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, many doctors still have this mindset, unconscionable in this day and age.

    Karen - I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
    I understand what you just wrote about the opiate receptors. From what I can tell, Lewis uses a different brain model involving the prefrontal cortex, the hippocampus and the striatum.

    These might just be different names for parts of the brain in your illustration.

    I was able to copy and paste a couple of his Powerpoints but cannot get them to convert from a Word document into a JPG format to post here. (Machka or anyone...tips? I can convert to PDF but MFP won't take it.) If I can get them posted, it will illustrate his theory.

    Anyhow, back to binging. Why binge and why now and what to do about it, right?

    Would naltrexone help a person overcome the urge to binge specifically at night? With eating throughout the day normal portions, well balanced. 6:00 pm is the witching hour and here she comes with Twinkies, chips, and candy bars.

    What really sparked my interest in this was how addictive behavior is characterized by going for the immediate reward instead of the future reward, and how it relates to binging and intermittent fasting which is just that - delay eating now, with the reward of eating what I want later. Delay, don't deny.

    IF works for me until too many stressors take hold - fear, loss of control (thanks to the virus stuff 24/7) everywhere we look. UGH!!

    So the challenge is to come up with some achievable, real future rewards that maybe don't involve eating. Gardening helps - thanks Barbara!

    More to ponder. Thanks again for your feedback.

    Lanette
    SW WA State

    The easiest way is probably to use Snipping Tool.

    The other way is to copy it into PowerPoint and save the slide as jpg.


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,811 Member
    Regarding "Normal" ...

    But wait ... there may be more! 2020 isn't over yet. :naughty:

    I get Earthquakes Today statuses on my newsfeed and noticed a lot of rumbling in Nevada lately ... maybe California is getting ready to set sail!!
    http://www.earthquakenewstoday.com/


    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 16,504 Member
    Worked around the house, not traditional exercise

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