WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2020
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Barbara: I sent the information you wanted to see. Let me know what you think about it.
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Hi Gals,
Welcome newbies – you’ll find if you stay awhile that this a a fast paced forum and that we talk about a lot of things. Staying light on the religion and politics. We are accepting and understanding most of the time, but will ask pointed questions if we think you are undermining yourselves.
It’s been a long day – had a go around with the bank today my mortgage is held by a large bank who I am convinced hires only folks who have failed at other jobs because they were to mean to customers.
Katiebug – too funny there was someone I ignored also but everytime I was tempted to read I remembered how many buttons that person was able to push and just never went there. Ignore is a great feature as what bugs me might not bug you and vis versa.
I have been reading as we share and listen and figure out what is right for us as a group for “spoilers” “ keeping to ourselves” or now (Thanks Lisa) sharing over in the private group. And I am pretty sure we span the political and religious options and yet we have learned to be kind and respectful. So many out in the non-MFP women over 50 world could learn from us! We ROCK!!!
Kim from N. California
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What private group?
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dlfk202000 wrote: »Just found this page. I have been using MyFitnessPal for almost a year for tracking my meals and exercise but haven't ventured to anything else.
I am 58yrs old. Have lost 25lbs in just over a year. Sticking to 1000 cal a day and trying to add in exercise when I can. Loosing is so much slower than I thought it would be. I really was hoping to be 10-15 pounds lighter by Aug, October by the latest. A few big events coming up.
Any suggestions are so greatly appreciated.
Two suggestions:
*don't set a weight loss goal on a timeline, instead set goals of drinking more water and seeking every opportunity to be active
*check in with this thread every day for new ideas and support
Barbie
Thank you!
I am trying to stay more active. I was doing great before the virus hit and shut down our Zumba class- lost motivation. I was doing an hour every morning on the treadmill then Zumba for an hour two nights a week and some ab workouts after if the teacher could stay. Yesterday I started back on the exercise bike for an hour and adding in a little cardio on the machine along with the bike this evening.
the timeline I set is because in Aug. I will be seeing my first husband and meeting his new wife. Seeing him is great- we are best friends but haven't seen him in 5 yrs(he lives back east). The other deadline is our 40yr class reunion. I know I will never be back the weight I was in high school but not comfortable with where I am now.
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Did a Dressed Up Drills DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Michelle Dozois Cardio Strength DVD.
Amber – I don’t know if financially it is better to make your own yogurt, but you can drain it longer and I think the taste isn’t as “tart” as what you buy at the store. Speaking of which – ran to Food Lion (I think I was the only one in the store) and got more milk for making yogurt. I like to make it during the day and then let it drain at night because I’d be too tempted to have some without it being drained.
Rainy here and in the 60’s. Hey Mother Nature…this is June!!! I shutter to think of what the pool temp is. Cold and rainy – what a “yuk” combination
Pip – I think we all are in agreement that you are NOT an idiot. Everyone on here just tries to be helpful and give ideas of things you might not have thought of. I know that’s happened to me on more than one occasion. Congrats to Kirby on his “soon to be” retirement. Speaking of which – what are your plans for when you move? Find another job at your new location? Take early retirement?
Kate UK – what a testament that you’ve been married so long! I think too many people won’t stick it out through the bad parts. Happy anniversary!
A friend of mine has all the symptoms of C-19, yet she’s been tested twice and twice the results came back negative. Even her MD thinks she has it since she has all the symptoms
SuziQ – that’s EXACTLY what I’m thinking, the Roomba will be great for the cat fur and crumbs. Also, it can get under some things (like china cabinet) that are just a pain for me to get under. I’m so looking forward to using it more.
I don’t know which appliance I can’t live without. I love my dishwasher, but also my washing machine. I don’t think I can stand the water hot enough to sanitize the dishes/clothes. Well, if I had to, I could always go to a laundromat. So it would probably be the dishwasher.
Vince laughs at me because most times I wash my floors on my hands and knees. To me, the floors get cleaner that way. He’d rather stand up and use the mop. Well, good thing it’s me who washes the floor most times.
I just read that it is recommended to skip the shower at the gym (when it opens) and take a shower at home. Why? The only thing I ever touch is the curtain and the handle to turn on the water. I always have shoes on my feet. I usually don’t use any soap at the gym as the shower is more of a “wash off the sweat” shower. I’m trying to figure out why you shouldn’t take a shower there. Any ideas?
Every time I have to lower the temp of the milk (when making yogurt) I always think “getting ice from the soup kitchen would be great” But volunteering only one day/week makes it hard
We’re letting the Roomba map out the house right now. Made meatballs for the weekend. I’m thinking one night will be spaghetti and meatballs since I’m not sure what time Steve will be here or when Jess will get home from work. Speaking of Jess, lately she doesn’t have breakfast. I know it’s because she feels if she doesn’t have breakfast, then she can sleep a little bit later. Maybe tonight I'll ask her if she'd like me to make her a breakfast muffin so she can just grab it and eat it in the car on her way to work. Update: it (Roomba) ran for about 3 hours but it says that it’s only 50% mapped. Next time we’ll probably run it on clean
Amber – I have no doubt that you’ll make your 60 mark, none at all.
AAslender – I know somewhat of what you are saying. It is VERY hard for me not to gain weight during all this. I do have to say, tho, that I’ve at least maintained (for the most part) but it’s certainly not easy. You CAN do it
SuziQ – ohh,,,that recipe sounds so so good. Only without the nuts. I don’t care for nuts IN my food. Otherwise, it sounds oh so good. Are they full sized muffins or mini muffins. How many muffins does one recipe make? I guess I could always put it into MFP’s recipe builder, but I thought you might know off the hand
Dlfk – welcome. I would say to continue doing what you’re doing (tracking, etc) and the weight WILL come off. It may take a while, but it’ll happen. Many times it helps to up your calories one day, maybe to something like 1200. Shock the body.
Barbara – I will certainly be letting you all know how the Roomba works out. Right now he’s still mapping the house. We thought he would have been done earlier, but he was only 50% done. He’s vacuuming right now. It says that it’ll map after 2 to 5 cleanings. Judging from how much he picked up before when he wasn’t vacuuming, we’ll have him vacuum right now. I’m really not that messy of a housekeeper, I really am not
Jaxsgma – welcome. And thank you, M, for inviting her
Just saw a sign that a buffet place around here is open. Wonder how they’re doing it? They can’t be giving everyone a spoon because you’d wind up putting the spoon in different foods. Yet, the spoon in food will be touched by lots of people. Maybe they’re giving everyone gloves? But I would think that would be expensive. Maybe they’re requiring everyone to wear gloves? And if you don’t have gloves with you, you can buy a pair there? I wonder…… Anyone have experience with a buffet place?
Interesting…the Roomba knows when it’s bag is full so it goes to its homebase, empties, and then goes back out to clean.
Michele NC
Thanks Michele-
I will try and eat more. I planned on it yesterday but didn't happen. I have been sticking to the 1000 cal for so long that it is hard to go over. I tried going under this past week, staying at about 800 and actually gained half a pound which was very hard to see.2 -
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What private group?
Hi, Katla - you'll find it at https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/123702-women-ages-50, it's the same group I started sometime back so people could find us, but it kind of died on the vine. I repurposed it into a private group where people can if they choose come to talk about those things we ask them not to here, religion, politics, etc. So far, mainly opinions and other things around the current issues in the world, mostly. If you would like to either participate or simply lurk, and you're not already a member, please request it. I won't be opening it to anyone who is not a member of this group.
Lisa in
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dlfk - you know, if you constantly go under calories, your body starts to hold onto the fat thinking that it's never going to get enough calories. That's why sometimes I find I actually lose when I go over a bit just for one day because it's so so easy to continue to go over day after day after day, especially now
Michele NC3 -
dlfk - you know, if you constantly go under calories, your body starts to hold onto the fat thinking that it's never going to get enough calories. That's why sometimes I find I actually lose when I go over a bit just for one day because it's so so easy to continue to go over day after day after day, especially now
Michele NC
Thanks!! I am going to try it. I guess I need to find a splurge meal for that day. Haven't had one in so long- even on our cruise I was very careful but never felt deprived by my choices on it.
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Michele-Same for me so I get a splurge day to budge them.
Amber Tx
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stats for the day:
didn't ride to wrk, just because...
Bike ride home 2 dome- 13.03min, 135mhr, 11.9amph, 2.59mi= 80c
Apple Watch- 77c
Bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- 15.16min, 14.2amph, 153mhr, 3.61mi= didn't record
apple watch- 151c
jog sta 2 wrk- 5.09min, 9.45min mi, 114mhr, .52mi= didn't record
apple watch- 69c
walk wrk 2 sta, windy- 4.12min, 9.17min mi, 152mhr, .45mi= 63c
apple watch- 56c
bike ride dome 2 home- 16.29min, 9.2amph, 151mhr, 2.53mi= 202c
apple watch- 149c
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Did a Dressed Up Drills DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Michelle Dozois Cardio Strength DVD.
Amber – I don’t know if financially it is better to make your own yogurt, but you can drain it longer and I think the taste isn’t as “tart” as what you buy at the store. Speaking of which – ran to Food Lion (I think I was the only one in the store) and got more milk for making yogurt. I like to make it during the day and then let it drain at night because I’d be too tempted to have some without it being drained.
Rainy here and in the 60’s. Hey Mother Nature…this is June!!! I shutter to think of what the pool temp is. Cold and rainy – what a “yuk” combination
Pip – I think we all are in agreement that you are NOT an idiot. Everyone on here just tries to be helpful and give ideas of things you might not have thought of. I know that’s happened to me on more than one occasion. Congrats to Kirby on his “soon to be” retirement. Speaking of which – what are your plans for when you move? Find another job at your new location? Take early retirement?
Kate UK – what a testament that you’ve been married so long! I think too many people won’t stick it out through the bad parts. Happy anniversary!
A friend of mine has all the symptoms of C-19, yet she’s been tested twice and twice the results came back negative. Even her MD thinks she has it since she has all the symptoms
SuziQ – that’s EXACTLY what I’m thinking, the Roomba will be great for the cat fur and crumbs. Also, it can get under some things (like china cabinet) that are just a pain for me to get under. I’m so looking forward to using it more.
I don’t know which appliance I can’t live without. I love my dishwasher, but also my washing machine. I don’t think I can stand the water hot enough to sanitize the dishes/clothes. Well, if I had to, I could always go to a laundromat. So it would probably be the dishwasher.
Vince laughs at me because most times I wash my floors on my hands and knees. To me, the floors get cleaner that way. He’d rather stand up and use the mop. Well, good thing it’s me who washes the floor most times.
I just read that it is recommended to skip the shower at the gym (when it opens) and take a shower at home. Why? The only thing I ever touch is the curtain and the handle to turn on the water. I always have shoes on my feet. I usually don’t use any soap at the gym as the shower is more of a “wash off the sweat” shower. I’m trying to figure out why you shouldn’t take a shower there. Any ideas?
Every time I have to lower the temp of the milk (when making yogurt) I always think “getting ice from the soup kitchen would be great” But volunteering only one day/week makes it hard
We’re letting the Roomba map out the house right now. Made meatballs for the weekend. I’m thinking one night will be spaghetti and meatballs since I’m not sure what time Steve will be here or when Jess will get home from work. Speaking of Jess, lately she doesn’t have breakfast. I know it’s because she feels if she doesn’t have breakfast, then she can sleep a little bit later. Maybe tonight I'll ask her if she'd like me to make her a breakfast muffin so she can just grab it and eat it in the car on her way to work. Update: it (Roomba) ran for about 3 hours but it says that it’s only 50% mapped. Next time we’ll probably run it on clean
Amber – I have no doubt that you’ll make your 60 mark, none at all.
AAslender – I know somewhat of what you are saying. It is VERY hard for me not to gain weight during all this. I do have to say, tho, that I’ve at least maintained (for the most part) but it’s certainly not easy. You CAN do it
SuziQ – ohh,,,that recipe sounds so so good. Only without the nuts. I don’t care for nuts IN my food. Otherwise, it sounds oh so good. Are they full sized muffins or mini muffins. How many muffins does one recipe make? I guess I could always put it into MFP’s recipe builder, but I thought you might know off the hand
Dlfk – welcome. I would say to continue doing what you’re doing (tracking, etc) and the weight WILL come off. It may take a while, but it’ll happen. Many times it helps to up your calories one day, maybe to something like 1200. Shock the body.
Barbara – I will certainly be letting you all know how the Roomba works out. Right now he’s still mapping the house. We thought he would have been done earlier, but he was only 50% done. He’s vacuuming right now. It says that it’ll map after 2 to 5 cleanings. Judging from how much he picked up before when he wasn’t vacuuming, we’ll have him vacuum right now. I’m really not that messy of a housekeeper, I really am not
Jaxsgma – welcome. And thank you, M, for inviting her
Just saw a sign that a buffet place around here is open. Wonder how they’re doing it? They can’t be giving everyone a spoon because you’d wind up putting the spoon in different foods. Yet, the spoon in food will be touched by lots of people. Maybe they’re giving everyone gloves? But I would think that would be expensive. Maybe they’re requiring everyone to wear gloves? And if you don’t have gloves with you, you can buy a pair there? I wonder…… Anyone have experience with a buffet place?
Interesting…the Roomba knows when it’s bag is full so it goes to its homebase, empties, and then goes back out to clean.
Michele NC
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I ended my fast at hour 44. It was a very positive experience! I woke up to my body being in hour 41, feeling really lean and alert! Last night I was positively hyper! Took magnesium and that calmed me down, plus I took a hot shower. Fasting makes me really cold in my hands and feet!
I opened my eating window today with some broth ( my homemade chicken/turmeric), and sipped a mug full. Then I waited and had my leftover meal I had made on Sunday. Suasage/ cabbage/onion/zucchini/baby potatoes and wild rice mixture. I warmed up a cups worth. I sipped on mineral water. Pure contentment.👍
💖Rebecca
Starting back on to my next fast. Its a nice little rollercoaster I am putting myself on.👍3 -
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Barbie - I like how you broke down the topics and what’s acceptable and what isn’t. Too bad all social media didn’t have the same rules.
Machka - I have to agree with you about a dishwasher. As a matter of fact I’m about ready to break down and call someone in to look at my it’s as it is not doing it’s job properly.
Kate - Happy Anniversary
Heather - your comments about your ex reminded me of a man that used to work for me. He was from England and married to his first wife long enough to celebrate their 25th, she refused to move here with him so they divorced. He remarried here and made it to 30 years with his second wife before passing away. He was a lovely man and I enjoyed his conversations. His career in security was his third career he was an engineer and a teacher in his previous lives.
Barbara - I am very curious to do the ancestry DNA myself. I’m very interested in genealogy. I don’t think there would be many surprises in my side of the family but very curious about my husbands. They are a family of men that were a little “rough around the edges”, I love them but am curious just how bad they were. 😂
Kay - I love the Alexa story. I’m the same with you about ignoring people, I have people unfollowed on FB, I go to see if they have changed once in a while.
Barbie - I love that you’re sharing the trials of Jake and his electronics.
Michele - I think our showers are staying closed in Gyms. It’s the sterilizing between uses that would be the issue. This is a contact virus so you are touching things others have touched. I personally don’t trust that people will stay home when they have cold like symptoms, they’ll brush it off as a cold and go infect everyone else.
Buffets are restricted here, but I’ve heard some places are just opening them up as a serving station. One server, dishing the food not everyone touching the spoon, tongs, etc.
Rebecca - I don’t know how you can do that fasting. I’m happy it’s working for you but I don’t think its something I could ever accomplish. I go about 15 hours during the week with only a coffee in the morning but some days that’s even too long.
Today one of our residents celebrated her 104th birthday. Our Rec department had cake for her.
I was able to get out for a walk tonight, it was a beautiful evening.
Pip - I’m a little envious of your early retirement, I am going to be more like Machka probably 70 before I can retire unless I buy the winning ticket someday.
I’ve given some more thought to an appliance I couldn’t live without and I think I would have to say my furnace. I grew up with wood heat in an old farmhouse that had newspaper for insulation. Our stove was very old and not air tight. I woke up seeing my breath every morning in the winter, and when I took a deep breath I choke from the smell of wood smoke caused my Mother trying to get the fire going. By the time my brother was about 10 he would take over and get it going. Our suppers were cold within minutes if you didn’t eat fast and I still eat very fast. So heat is very important to me!
More so than the dishwasher I answered with above.
Tracey in Edmonton6 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: called AAA reduce membership level, cleaning, 5 mins Guest Bth, 28 mins Master Bth, line dance class,
Bonus: 7 mins misc cleaning, two loads laundry
Get to do: T’ai Chi, Post Office, Farmers’ Market, Grocery Outlet, call Pacific Vision for appointment, call PC guy about mic/speaker, invest 10 mins cleaning Guest Bth, carry over 4 mins cleaning Living Rm, carry over 5 mins cleaning Master Bath, find out how to amend firehouse articles of incorporation/contacts, mat work, BB&B, Post Office to pick up Joe’s toy, practice new dances (Evergreen, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right, Quarter after one, Half Past Tipsy, Senorita, Dance Monkey; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, bottle return, transplant pineapples, make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep raised bed for carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; follow up call to schedule stove repair guy to adjust kitchen flame and assess Aunt Elsie’s Stove to determine if finish cleaning and start de-rusting feasible; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine,
Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
Katla I have not yet received your pm.
Dancing, I get mixed up and dizzy sometimes too. And trip over my own feet. Fortunately our teacher and the other students are good humored.
Kay “…just telling her to stop”
Siri and I are not friends. Whenever I accidentally trigger her, I don’t know how to get back to the dread touchscreen without pressing the “go to sleep” button.
Karen in VA
It’s a lot easier to “listen” to gals’ posts, than it is to listen to people in person. I’m a terrible interrupter.
Barbie Alexa AND a bunch of perky, youTube, NinjaFoodie women ? :noway:
Michele that automatic empty feature must be new. What a great idea!
Amber I wouldn’t have Alexa in my house, it’s just too creepy that “she”’s always there… listening… ggggggg!
Kim you are so right, we do rock!
Rebecca thank you so much for sharing your fasting experience. So happy it’s making you feel better. Me, I get a headache and am NOT fun to live with if I don’t eat at least every so often..
Tracey, for a few months I lived with a group of hippies in a cottage along the Russian River. Our only heat was a wood burning sheet metal stove which of course went out every night. The rule was, whoever got up first had to re-start the fire. This meant whoever’s bladder could hold out longest. I got very good at starting the fire.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, so posting now.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
June: better than May.
daily: steps=4082 so far vits=16 log=16 CI<CO=13 CI<250<CO=9 Tumble & Shadow 5=5 mfp=15 clean 10 mins=6 outside=7 up hill=9
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3=4 rx=3 dance=3
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Hi,
This morning I weigh 71. 5Kg ( 158lbs)
Letti UK
SW 73.8kg (163 lbs)
GW 66kg (146 lbs)6 -
SuziQ, Thanks for the bran muffin recipe! Looks yummy!
Evelyn1 -
I've had to skip quite a few pages, I got so far behind I would never have caught up. Not sure what is the matter with me, but I'm a bit demotivated with everything. I don't know where the time goes, I feel as if I am busy, but nothing seems to get done
Thinking about the appliance I can't live without - one of the things would be my boiler (I often "hug" the radiator I'm so cold ) and I think the washing machine would be another. I don't have a dishwasher (no room in the kitchen)
Things are starting to open up over here, the town centre opened up on Monday and apparently there were queues for certain shops. I ventured out to the bank last week when everything else was closed, it was strange to see the centre so empty, only a few people about. Sounds like that will soon change. I think I'll leave it a few more weeks yet before going shopping.
Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to Allie and Kate (I think) apologies if I've got that wrong.
Going to drink more water today, perhaps I'm dehydrated.
Love to all
Viv UK 2 -
Karen - He's called Pierre. 'Français avec Pierre'. You can just dip into something that looks interesting , or you can sign up for free lessons, beginner or intermediate/advanced. Barbara is doing that. There is a more extensive paid for version as well. I just do the dipping as my motive is just to hear the language to keep it active in my brain while my French Circle is postponed. I'm liking the ones about common or slang expressions.
I didn't remember you were interested in French. Are you thinking of a trip some time? Or maybe to Quebec? I really want to visit French Canada. I thought of doing it for my 70th, but knew I would have to organize it all, so I picked a cruise instead.
If you come to France we could meet up.
Facebook reminded me that it's just over 4 years ago that I met up with Penny at the Pole. Last week there was a travel programme that featured Svalbard. A couple of members of this thread have scheduled meet ups with me in London, but then their trip was cancelled.
Our very good friends have made it over on a special flight from Colombia and are quarantining in Norfolk near his parents. What a huge change of life! He is taking over a brand new international school in Amsterdam. They have two children under ten. The wife is Colombian and they have lived there for about eight years. A good excuse for us to go to Amsterdam as we have never been as a couple. It is amazing how well we get on with our friends as there is a big age difference between us. Thirty years? We've only met up twice since they moved to Colombia, but each time it is as if we saw them last week. He is DH's old teaching colleague.
Oh well, on with my book!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Some of the nosey and curious folks among us might like to watch my elder son's latest video which is about Italian army ration packs. He's done reviews of several countries and this was definitely the worst food by miles! What makes it fun is he us doing it with his partner's daughter, and it is really quite amusing.
His series is AATV on YouTube and this one is called Italian ration packs. I know bananas watched one once.
Stopped me from writing though.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Joyful June Calendar ...
https://www.actionforhappiness.org/joyful-june1. Look for what's good ... lots of things!!
Cycling outside
Rhody
Jam
Things I've liked since being at home from the end of March ...
Being home all day with my husband. I've got a better understanding of how his day goes.
Spending time with Rhody, getting to know him and getting him settled into our home.
Being able to go outside to walk, run or cycle in daylight, despite the fact that the daylight hours are getting shorter.
Having the energy to exercise regularly.
Seeing more people outside exercising.
Being able to sleep at least half an hour more each night than I was.
Being able to go for a nap in the afternoon occasionally.
Not having to spend 9-10 hours a week commuting!!!
Spending my days with a 180° view of the bay and trees and outside instead of a wall.
Being in an environment that rarely gives me sore, itchy eyes, sore throat, cough, and the sneezes.
Being able to clean this and that.
Wearing casual, comfy clothes.
Not having as much stuff vying for my time.
More time to work on my two courses at uni.
Working remotely at my own pace ... which might lead to continued remote work ... maybe ... hopefully!
Being able to attend church online.
Feeling much more relaxed and less stressed!
Just to name a few.
2. Reframe a worry and try to find a positive ...
A worry?
Well, one of my many worries is that I won't pass my courses. So I'll use that as motivation to start studying for my final exam tonight!!
3. Think of 3 Things to be Grateful For
The COVID-19 shutdown.
Working from home.
Rhody.
I could go on and on!
4. Show Appreciation to Those Who are Helping Others
I think of people like Rori, Tracey, Allie and the others here who are caregivers and especially caregivers to those with brain-related issues.
Also, co-incidentally, June 2 was Thank A First Responder day. My husband and I have been fortunate to be able to thank those who have helped him. Wonderful people!
5. Smile and be friendly, even when you're social distancing.
That's something I've really enjoyed about all this. When I'm out walking, running or cycling, we exchange waves, nods and smiles with other people. It's nice. We can still be friendly, even with a road in between us.
6. Notice the upsides during the lockdown, however small.
There are so many upsides!! See the list I made for June 1 above!
7. Find a joyful way to be physically active (indoors or out)
For me, being active is joyful. I love being active.
I love walking, running, hiking, cycling, canoeing, rowing, splashing around in water (my version of swimming), cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. etc. Give me an individual or partner activity (preferably not a group activity) and I'll most likely try it. I've given body boarding a try. I've given both individual and dual kayaking a try, and tennis, badminton, golf ... and I've got archery and dance on my list.
As I mentioned I am studying for my final exam. The course is about the interaction between technology and humans, and this actually ties into the lecture I'm currently watching (I'm watching the Q&A section after the lecture right now) as well as the talks I watched earlier today in that technology taking something away from our sense of place.
The talks have hinted at it, but haven't come right out and said it ... balance. I like technology. I like being able to go online to work, to attend university, to communicate with people. But I also like setting it aside for periods of time, going outside and doing something.
8. Write a letter to thank someone for what they did.
I'm not one for writing letters anymore. I used to have a set of penpals and used to spend quite a bit of time writing, writing and writing but I stopped doing that in my late 20s. Now if I write, it's by email.
However, I did thank my husband for Thursday when I wrote my exam. He was very quiet!
9. Find the joy in music today: sing, play, dance or listen.
I have ABC Classic FM on during the day and that has been great! I love having that sort of music on in the background when I work, and my husband and I are both also enjoying the small bit of commentary explaining some of the background to the pieces and bringing them to life.
If I have to go back to work at the office, I'm going to have to figure out how to "listen live" there.
10. Take a photo of something that brings you joy and share it.
Rhody, relaxing in one of his favourite spots!!
11. Say positive things in your conversations with others today.
On Thursday the 11th, there wasn't much conversation. Most of my time was spent studying, then doing my exam, then going into a semi-vegetative state. But I'm usually pretty positive with my husband.
And I hope you all have a great day today!!
12. Make a plan with friends to do something fun together.
Um ... even if we're starting to be allowed to do that, we're not doing that. We like the shutdown, staying away from people, staying home most of the time, and not socialising.
But if all goes well, we'll get outside for a bicycle ride tomorrow.
I was thinking of cycling or running today but I'm just really, really tired.
13. Appreciate the joy of nature and the beauty in the world around
Always do! And thankfully I live in a beautiful place.
Tasmania in the Winter of 2020: https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157714538003193
14. Do three things to bring joy to other people today
Took my husband and I for a bicycle ride.
Took my husband and I for a bit of a drive in the country ... checking out a possible cycling route and an area that we hadn't really ventured into before. I'm not sure how it will work for cycling, but it was interesting to see something a little bit different.
Told my husband we could eat cake for breakfast?!? He made a white cake so we had it with my apple jam and whipped cream.
15. Rediscover a fun childhood activity that you can do today.
16. Ask a loved one what they feel grateful for at the moment.
17. Be kind to you. Treat yourself the way you would treat a friend.
A fun childhood activity would be cycling. I have been riding a bicycle since I was 6 years old ... or earlier if you count my tricycle.
Grateful for Rhody!
And I find it difficult to take care of myself when I've got so much to do.
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@Lisa Cant do without the 1) fridge 2) oven stove 3) washing machine Do those even count?
After that i have a floor fan and a mixer. Tiny kitchen, no room for appliances. I would love a dishwasher but even i mini one would be hard to find place for. I think about it.0 -
Wednesday- Chilly but sunny day.
- Work.
- Some uni stuff.
- Slow walk to the beach and back with my husband.
- And now ... working my way through my list.
My back/kidney area is worse today.
Slow Walk
Distance: 3.56km
Elevation: 55m
Moving Time: 56:12
Elapsed Time: 1:01:31
Pace: 15:47/km
Machka in Oz
2020 Goals
It is difficult to make goals because I'm not sure what's going to happen one day to the next. I plan, God laughs ... or something like that. The last couple years have been a lesson in patience and flexibility and giving up a lot of what I would like to do in the interests of what needs to be done.
However, I do have some goals I'd like to accomplish, if possible ...
How to Set SMART Goals for 2020
SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.
https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/smart-goal-setting
Interestingly, he talks about 7 significant areas ...
Financial Goals: Start saving for retirement, get out of debt, or use a monthly zero-based budget.
Spiritual Goals: Pick up a new devotional, start a daily journal, or plug in to a group at your church.
Fitness Goals: Hit the gym more often, take the stairs, and remember to eat your veggies.
Educational Goals: Go back to finish your degree, get your MBA, or read a good book every month.
Family Goals: Plan one-on-one dates with your kids, have a standing date night with your spouse, or make it a point to call your mom and dad on Sunday nights.
Career Goals: Work toward a promotion or raise, learn something new about your line of work, or polish up and send out resumés if you’re looking for a new career path.
Social Goals: Say yes when someone invites you out to lunch or a social gathering—or, for some of us, say no more often.
I've modified this slightly ...
Organisation/Financial Goals -- Getting our taxes done and other paperwork in order.
Spiritual Goals -- I'd like to start attending church a bit more regularly. I'll also include relaxation and recreation in here. Down time. I get very little of that at the moment and need more. For me that might be sleep and photography.
Fitness Goals -- Exercise, Eating, Sleeping -- Working up to running 5 km at least a couple times a month. Working up to cycling 50 km at least once a month.
Educational Goals -- Uni! I would like to finish my Master's degree in 2020.
Family/Medical Goals -- Husband -- Never-ending stream of medical appointments + projects with 2 or 3 different organisations. And me! A goal is to get me into healthy shape again!
Career Goals -- One of the main things my area is planning to work on is streamlining the processes a bit. Meanwhile I need to learn a lot more SQL and as much about what 2 different people I work/worked with did. I'm also on the board of two organisations now. Both interest me a lot, but I'm also hoping that taking on leadership roles might help advance my career a little.
Social Goals -- Cycling Club. I've made a detailed list of what I need to do, which helps.
-- My Personal Website -- I have started working on this. I'd post it here, but not sure if I can: machka . net This has a social aspect in that we go to Wordpress meetings now and then.
'Organisation/Financial Goals -- Getting our taxes done and other paperwork in order.'
"My Love List" ... about getting affairs in order ...
http://ssandifer.com/MyLoveList2015.pdf
Also, from a USA perspective: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/getting-your-affairs-order
And from an Australian perspective: https://www.agedcare101.com.au/aged-care/get-set/“putting-your-affairs-order” and https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/life-events-and-you/life-events/money-musts-before-you-die and https://yourlifeassist.com.au/information-assistance/put-your-affairs-in-order/
Just a little bit of background ... in March 2018 I was suddenly thrown into the position of not knowing if my husband was going to live or die when he had a workplace accident which resulted in a severe traumatic brain injury, and if he lived, not knowing whether he'd ever return to a place where he could recognise what was going on around him and be able to talk, make decisions, etc.
When I was with my first husband, I handled everything ... but I didn't mind a bit when my current husband handled everything. It was a break for me. Until all of a sudden I didn't know what bills needed to be paid, or how to pay them ... and I discovered I didn't have access to all the accounts ... and that if he died without a will, I could potentially lose half of our money to his previous family ...
I spent weeks digging through files on his computers and paper files, and going to banks, and ringing banks etc. etc. trying to put it all together.
I kept thinking ... "they never mention this on TV murder mystery shows when someone dies. Usually the surviving family appears mildly upset and then seems to carry on with their lives. They don't show the surviving wife weeping over a file box because she can't find information and is coming close to having the power turned off or losing the house because the rent isn't paid."
So, now that my husband can participate again (not 100% but better than expected), we are working on getting things in order. And I worry about what would happen to him if I passed away.
Make things easier on yourselves by ...
-- making sure all affairs are in order. 2 names on all accounts, enduring power of attorney, bills, wills, taxes, paperwork, whatever it takes.
-- making sure you're fit and healthy. Being fit and healthy improves the odds. Also could you actually support and lower your partner to the ground, should he/she collapse? Do you know first aid?
-- making sure your house well set up. Are there stairs? Tight corners? Difficult showers?
-- having a look at options around you. What would you do for groceries? What if you couldn't drive? If you have never used public transportation, try it now while you're still able. What about things like doctor's offices? Hospitals? All the stuff you use? Is it scattered around and difficult to get to or quite convenient?
--making sure you've got resources. Do you have people who can offer assistance? Knowledge of who to call if you've got problems with the house? Do you know about services in your area which can help?
Also some tips to spring clean your computer!
https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/news/time-freshen-your-online-life
With bushfire season right around the corner, Red Cross has their Preparing for emergencies site:
https://www.redcross.org.au/prepare
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@dlfk202000 Welcome! Keep it up! losing 25 lbs in a year is great! you can't really go below 1000 healthily (unless you are very very small, perhaps, like 4 foot ). More exercise is the common approach to increase speed of weight loss, and also weight training (correct me if i'm wrong someone i'm not a specialist by any means) is said to increase metabolism.
ALEXA I loved the video about that. Thanks for posting.
@auntiebk Barbara I'm not religous at all (well i meditate some, and very occasionally listen to Buddhist talks, i used to go to meditation thing a lot many years ago but have dwindled lots little by little over time), but i don't mind at all that you talk about going to church and so on. That is part of your life and who you are.
@Heather i noticed an increase in cases in some places was linked to an increase in testing.
@barbiecat Two suggestions:
"*don't set a weight loss goal on a timeline, instead set goals of drinking more water and seeking every opportunity to be active
*check in with this thread every day for new ideas and support" Good suggestions.
@Machka I'm sorry about your back and/or kidney. i might have missed your earlier post about it. have you gotten that checked out? Someone in my family had kidney issues at one point so that's one i'm likely to get checked out when in doubt.
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Machka - I'm subject to stones, as well, and drinking diet cranberry juice by the gallon and as much water as I can shove down has helped me pass a couple of small ones. Not saying you should, I am not a doctor and don't even play one on TV. I just know it's assisted me more than once. All they do in the United States is administer the contrast so it shows up on X-ray, and the contrast pushes it right out anyway (again, for small ones). Lots of anti-inflammatories were helpful as well for the pain. If it's large enough to block the ureter, of course, all bets are off.
In general, just loving my busy life these days. All the interest, very little stress.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Good morning ladies! Halfway through the week!
SuziQ - thank you for sharing the link to what to plant when in Florida. Very informative! Just as I clicked on that link I noticed that little palm on the table next to me. It's holding on.... I needed that reminder to mist it.
Rebecca - congrats on the extended fast! Kickin that insulin to the curb-go girl! If any of you are curious about intermittent fasting, there's a brand new book out - "Fast, Feast, Repeat" by Gin Stephens which goes into great detail about how and why it works. I think it's available on Kindle and Audible in addition to paperback, which I've just started to read.
Rebecca -I made a little comment on the DDD page this morning and Gin herself gave me a. I screenshotted it, lol.
Here we go ladies:
I pulled this from another page. Disregard the KETO advice, look at what we're supposed to wear now that we're over 50. Don't forget the shopping bag size purse! I will admit that's how my mom dressed in her older years, polyester pants and all. My grandmothers always wore dresses.
Shopping today so need to work on my list.
Make it a great day!
Lanette
Chilly SW WA State
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i was able to read skim decently. 1day is doable.
IGNORING, i also ignored someone on here some many months ago whose posts i felt irked by but then later i un-ignored them and now i find them fine.
I was on another thread some years ago and many of the people were left politically but one was very much to right, and one was upset and a bit attacking the one on the right who eventually left the thread. she seemed very nice regardless of or despite differing political viewpoints. many on the thread wrote "maybe it's better like that that she left since she has such a differing viewpoint" but i found it strange and sad that the group seemed to be ok with this long term person leaving due to feeling unwelcome in her political positions. it was after 2016 elections and the subject then turned much to emotional reactions to current events in relation to the elections (political actions etc). I think the vast majority on that group were not happy with the election results (some feeling depressed about it, and thus possibly linked to eating, health) and thus spoke about it freely.
Good activist day yesteday!
I'm at the forefront of a collective request, at the source of a petition that is now garnering prominent support. WE had our 1st little zoom meeting of those who wished to be more involved (13 or so in all) and some said we need more prominant contributers. I contacted a prominent person in the field (hesitatingly) who had clearly shown his suppport and he called me back and spoke at great length was very into participating. he had already sollicited some other prominant people to co sign and offered to write an accompanying letter, to contact other key people, and gave some tips as to how to have a better chance of getting better results.
I put a ton of time into this. Without question more than anyone else, but another person has also worked many hours on it. Since there are 5 of us we started splitting the work. i did my parts and then the other founding guy didn't do his and is going on vacation tomorrow for a week and is then working intensively the following week. He kept saying : "can you...." "can you just double-check..." the things he was unable to find.
Yesterday he said, "i have children" (all grown and past 23, not living at home and doing very well, according to what he's said) so i have less time than you". Super annoying to hear someone sure that i have more time than him and say "You only have to..." Another colleague (also a guy) did the same thing last week a few times in a row.
Irksome!
Today not too many things planned so in theory i can get some stuff done.
Bummer: i had found this secretarial service for a reasonable 33 euros an hour (half comes back in tax credit) to help with filing i get snowed under with, they just upped their price to 52 euros an hour! I said i can't follow that rate! Charging an extra euro or two per hour for mask and gel seems ok.
I'd be really surprised the employees get a 63% wage increase!
Had a tough work thing on Tuesday to digest and deal with.
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Oh, oh Lanette! :laugh: I hope I still look like the 40 year old.
I also very much enjoyed Beth's post aboutcovid 19
And the Alexa posts have been hilarious. Thank you all.
I've washed my hair and now I will put my face on for my Zoom call with my old school friends. Then I will row for half an hour.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3
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