WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020

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  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited July 2020
    Really enjoying this thread. BARBIE sorry I forgot you were NW. I consider BC Pacific NW. So interesting where everyone is from and share a common goal of taking responsibility for our fitness. I love there is no judgment about body shapes and what our goals might be. I know AARP considers 50 seniors, but that is to make more money. Some places here have senior discounts for 55, others 60, and 65, but most no discount at all. I always forgot to ask for it. My last hairdresser always gave it to me and I left her the savings as a tip on top of my regular tip.

    Having trouble with my eyes being out of sync this morning. I don't see any floaters that the specialist says is the problem as both eyes focus and are clear individually. The left eye is 50% peripheral vision loss due to glaucoma. I hope I haven't overlooked replying to anyone. I am amazed at how fast-moving this thread is. I love wearing skirts although I seldom do anymore. I think this was the last time I used foundation and highlighting blush. It made me look so pale. Also, I retired those awful glasses. I was going to the graduation of a friend's granddaughter, so I got all spiffed up. I remember my grandma calling it getting all spruced up and my mother saying all dolled up.
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  • tradercourt1
    tradercourt1 Posts: 19 Member
    I have been trying to make lemonade out of quarantine. This shift in lifestyle offered me a perfect time to make some positive changes for myself. Working from home allows me to use my commuting time for better purposes, and i have added what I call "wogs" to my morning and evening, with mileage adding up to over 4 miles per day. I am trying for more jog, less walk. What began as a major change is now a habit that I enjoy. Lemonade!

    I am frustrated by plateaus in my weight loss. I am not sure if this is my age, or my body freaking out at a fair amount of weight lost, but it seems like even when I am operating at a significant deficit calorie, my weight levels off for weeks at a time.

    I have added a couple of weight bearing/HIT type workouts a couple of times a week. Do others have this same challenge. How the heck do I break through the plateaus? I don't want to become discouraged or lose sight of my long term weight loss and health goals. Thanks for your insights.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,719 Member
    edited July 2020
    Faye - I think the expression here is "You scrub up well!" :p I like to 'put my face on', which I don't do often enough. Without my face I look too much like my mother, in my opinion. Plus OLD. :# Getting dolled up really cheers me up, but I'm too lazy to do it unless I have to. Luckily DH loves me whatever I look like. <3
    I am quite competitive and don't like to look the worst in the room. I like to wear age neutral clothes. Brighton and Hove is a very fashionable area and I do like to blend in with the 'with it' crowd, as we used to call it. I won't wear all the stuff young people wear, (not too much saggy flesh visible), but I try not to wear things that they wouldn't wear. That is a huge motivation to stay in the normal weight range. Right now I would like to lose just a few pounds.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    tradercourt1 wrote: »
    I have been trying to make lemonade out of quarantine. This shift in lifestyle offered me a perfect time to make some positive changes for myself. Working from home allows me to use my commuting time for better purposes, and i have added what I call "wogs" to my morning and evening, with mileage adding up to over 4 miles per day. I am trying for more jog, less walk. What began as a major change is now a habit that I enjoy. Lemonade!

    I am frustrated by plateaus in my weight loss. I am not sure if this is my age, or my body freaking out at a fair amount of weight lost, but it seems like even when I am operating at a significant deficit calorie, my weight levels off for weeks at a time.

    I have added a couple of weight bearing/HIT type workouts a couple of times a week. Do others have this same challenge. How the heck do I break through the plateaus? I don't want to become discouraged or lose sight of my long term weight loss and health goals. Thanks for your insights.

    The way I found to break through the plateaus was patience and keep doing what you have been, but explore new routines for areas you want to target. Consider where your weight is and do what is best to target that area. Maybe think about the balance of your diet as opposed to calories. Make sure your body is using its fuel efficiently. Excercise should produce muscle and not fat, so maybe a plateau in weight is you have replaced fat with muscle.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,197 Member
    trucker743 wrote: »
    Cheri at college station, please don’t post flashing things in a larger space. I’m not epileptic, but it bothers my eyes terribly.

    Ginny, I’m glad your daughter-in-law is recovering, but so sorry to hear she had it. You must have been very worried.

    Celebrations: usually I’d have driven up to spend time with family or gone on a solo 1 or 2 day road trip, such as Portland and back, or out to the Strait or to the ocean beaches at Westport. Going fishing is something I want to take up again. Treating myself to a movie that deserves a large cinema screen is something I hope to be able to do again soon.

    Insects! i desensitized myself to spiders by studying them, watching videos of them spinning their webs, etc. Ants I see very rarely. What REALLY bugs me are the slugs that crawl in under the screen doors on my sleeping porch. Bella tried eating a couple and promptly threw up or I’d have not known what was wrong. I think I’ll try the aluminum foil under the door where there’s a space at the bittom. I’m still afraid of stinging insects, although not bees of any sort. Getting stung by a Yellowjacket once convinced me I don’t want to observe them or hornets closely. I’m no longer afraid of crane flies, but am terrified of mosquitos mostly because any bite I get turns into an open weeping sore after the bump stage. I must have an allergy, I guess. Plus there all the diseases they carry nowadays.

    Sharon Near Seattle and still awake at 5:30am I have no idea why I occasionally throw myself under the bus like this. Probably boredom.

    Sharon,
    My cousin who grew up in Lake Stevens, WA hates those big slugs you have up there. They had huge ones in their yard and it would drive her crazy seeing them. Even as an adult/mom, she still hates them. They still live up there but not in Lake Stevens(can't remember the town) but my aunt and other cousins still live there.
  • pipcd34
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  • peg2016
    peg2016 Posts: 12 Member
    Can I join?
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    @peg2016 Peg Yep! Just plunge right in. Where are you from?

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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,197 Member
    edited July 2020
    Another week already just about over. Trying to read all the posts.
    I hope everyone is doing well and have a wonderful weekend.
    I have been busy making more masks. My former brother in law's wife(they were not married when I was married to his brother) ordered 11 masks- will deliver them tomorrow, then stop off at MIL's neighbor because she wants more then what ever I have left, my daycare girls' mom wants to take them to work to sell them there. Never ever expected to be still making them. I had to order more elastic and velcro(I do different types) plus bought a bunch more fabric. Still need to get more done, including another for husband(new fabric and make it a little bigger)
    I have been doing good on my food intake for the most part- only went over 1000 cal once- yesterday and only by 100.
    Exercise has not been much this week- need to work on it.
    Going to be a bit of an emotional day- today would be my best friends birthday- we were best friends from the day we met in 5th grade, through high school, college and even had the same career. She past away at 38yrs old. In Nov. it will be 20 yrs that she has been gone- still get weepy when I think of her. She would be so excited with all her grandkids she has now.

    Break is over , time to get back to the sewing machine.

    Have a great weekend everyone

    Debbie
    Napa Valley, CA
  • twiglet247
    twiglet247 Posts: 3 Member
    Hello, could I join please?
    Am new to MFP, currently on day 3 and still feeling my way around....I'm 58 years old from the North-West of England....need to lose over 100lbs that I lost a couple of years ago but found them again, lucky me!
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    twiglet247 ... you joined by posting! Look for the star in the upper right hand corner and click on it to turn it yellow. You'll be able to find us better.

    Amber ... glad to see you post!

    Rori ... hugs ...

    Lanette ...I just read an article from the NIH in regard to melatonin and immunity ... very interesting. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211589/?fbclid=IwAR2Tf7DgpQp2aJ1Cq_qeeWt6cjKc7qNojuBajs_2dJctvNDX44jQ15Hpb10

    Have been making good choices for the last few days in regard to diet, but then just blew it a few minutes ago. Sigh. I'm tired and stressed today and that always seems to be my undoing.

    Beth

  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    BETH Thanks for that tip! <3
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited July 2020
    Katla Yes, the fall can really change views in the PNW.

    Heather     Scrub up must also be used in Australia. I was on a job many years ago as an engineer, developing ways of drilling and blasting for the lowest cost. I sweat so much that all the dirt stuck to me and I was a real mess The first time our site geologist from Australia saw me off work at a company party he said, "Wow Fayers you really scrub up nicely." He always added ers to everyone's name.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    Feeling like a Girl Scout with all the badges I am earning. B)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • margaretturk
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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    edited July 2020
    Well my strainer to make sticky white rice finally fell apart, so had to go shopping for that. Wanted what I had, which was one that fit on the lip of a pot so I could wash the rice. Well Safeway didn't have it, not Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart did have a huge ladle type one so I bought that. Wanted to buy candy or cookies but nothing looked good. I bought stickers instead.👍
    👍Rebecca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,282 Member
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    Rebecca Wow you are braver than me to shop in Walmart. I have been once since the shutdown.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited July 2020
    Rebecca: Stickers are great! High fiber and low calories. (Just kidding) They might be hard for some of us to digest. I have no idea what sorts of ink might be on those stickers but they're fun. :wink:

    Back in the day when I was in high school, I sometimes nibbled on little bits of paper. It was a nervous habit. The teacher, Mr. Tate, always thought he would catch a gum chewer or note writer but was disappointed by a tiny, wet piece of paper. YUK. Mr.Tate did not notice that I was sitting by my best friend forever and we were using finger spelling throughout his class. She called me on my birthday this week. I can't express how nice it was to hear from her. :heart:
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    dellafayefox wrote: »
    Rebecca Wow you are braver than me to shop in Walmart. I have been once since the shutdown.

    I still haven't stepped foot in a Walmart either ... online ordering and curbside pick-up works just fine for me! There are only two grocery stores I will enter ... one of the local Aldi's that is doing a stellar job with disinfecting, social distancing, etc ... and our BJs Warehouse ... it's always empty! Everything else I need I order online and have delivered or pick-up curbside.

    Beth

  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    dellafayefox wrote: »
    Rebecca Wow you are braver than me to shop in Walmart. I have been once since the shutdown.

    I am really careful, look with my eyes, and open caredoor with hands holding a wipe. Husband gives me a wipe when I get in. Hey we do what we gotta do.💖
    💖Rebecca
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    Faye, Whidbey only has a handful of stores to choose from in the island, and we don't have the app where you can click and fill your virtual cart. Either we go and buy stuff or we go without I suppose.
    💖Rebecca
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,101 Member
    I have 10 mg melatonin gummies,they help me fall asleep but not stay asleep
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,317 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    I have 10 mg melatonin gummies,they help me fall asleep but not stay asleep

    Have you tried doing half quick acting and half time release?

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,533 Member
    Gail Ontario – welcome!

    Vince came back from the doc. He has to go for an ultrasound and cat scan

    Sheila – hi and welcome. Any time is a good time to join

    Tina – I don’t feel like a senior but I’m more than willing to take a senior discount

    Rori – (((big hug))))

    Allie     – I wish you could help Rori. You’d know exactly what to do

    Amber     – been thinking a lot of you. Thanks for popping in

    Trader – ahhh…plateaus. You are supposed to change up the amount of calories you have (high one day, low the next), different exercises, different lengths of time for exercise (45 minutes, 1 hr),. I can tell you this helps. I know that if I don’t snack at night (which is hard for me) I’ll lose. But it’s so hard. Don’t obsess about weight, but about measurements. Della is right. Fat is being replaced with muscle

    Peg – welcome! Of course you can join, you didn’t even have to ask. We’re glad to have you

    Twiglet     – welcome

    Picked up donations for the soup kitchen from our church. I really thought it would take longer. So I went to the post office then the soup kitchen. When we were finished serving, someone was supposed to help unload the donations. Only he stood there with the cart while I put everything on the cart. Oh well. Then home and in the pool

    I have begun to find WalMart home delivery to be a real time saver. Unfortunately, they have such a high minimum for free delivery (and I refuse to pay a delivery fee) plus there are some things I just don’t trust them to pick out. Another thing is that some items are only available at one WalMart and some at another one. I do like to go to Aldi. In a way, I like bagging my own groceries. I try to put all the frozen foods together

    Michele NC

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