WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2020

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  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 870 Member
    I forgot to post my one and only goal result! My only goal is to weigh less at the end of the month than the beginning. Well, it depends on which calendar you use. If I stick with my official wi day, then I lost 1.4 lbs in August. If I actually use the weight on the last day of Aug, then I gained 1.4 lbs....... Sigh.
    Need to get off my butt more!
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    evie1958 wrote: »
    Machka, that dental work does not sound like fun, but I am glad you are getting it taken care of. Do you have a dental package thru work? I used to have a good one, it paid for 50% of the cost of the 5 crowns that I have, now I would have to dip deep into savings to pay for any that I needed as my current package only pays for basic work. When I was getting them done, the cost was between $1000 and $1200. 50% of that was enough! Also, thank you for reposting Barbie's link, I missed it and you saved me having to go back and try to find it.

    Evelyn, on Vancouver Island where the weather could not make up it's mind yesterday!

    Employers in Australia don't provide health care packages to employees. Unlike in Canada, we don't get "benefits". That came as a little bit of a surprise to me!

    But we do get good pay and great holiday time. :)


    M in Oz
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited September 2020
    Dr Katie Here is a hug, but I won't offer any advice as to your being wronged. That is the story of my life. I live by the rule that has been passed down for generations in my family of always leaving things better than you found them. I have never understood how "friends" could borrow things and forget to return them or loan them out to others or return them damaged and never offer to replace or fix them. You are not overacting. This is one reason I have a lot of ex-friends.

    Barbara I was having some pain by my glaucoma eye yesterday and thought about Joe and the draining tube so I had my pressures checked. They were still at 10, so I just did the heat pad thing and it is better but still not to my liking. I just can't imagine having a drain tube. I hope he is finding some relief.

    Betsy I am amazed by all the Pacific Northwest girls on this thread. Lots of ex PNW also. I can't believe this MFP site has been around for many years and I only recently found it.

    Faye in Northcentral OR
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  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Morning, afternoon and evening, all... kinda soapboxing it here, as well as remembering these things for myself.

    Beth
    Time for a reality check: Stop with the shame game!
    We've been indoctrinated from birth with this notion that, if we're overweight, we are weak and lazy, and it is simply not true.

    Stop being ashamed, stop hating yourself, stop punishing yourself. You know all these things at the surface level but you really need to realize the fact that by beating up on yourself, you are loading even more stress onto what is already a tremendously stressful time (your son's hospitalization, his coming home, trying to make food he can eat, Covid-19, our country's issues, for just a few). You cannot fail your son, and SOMEthing has to give, so you "fail" yourself.

    In order to make yourself feel better, you try to change the way you feel with food. The problem is, at the very moment it hits your tongue, for just one truly fleeting second, it works, because it hits your dopamine levels. You feel different. And then the shame and the blame and the self-destruction cycles out again. It's so freaking vicious that we begin to despair.

    Stop being angry with yourself. Stop hurting and hating and punishing you. Pat your own little head, and say, "It's OK," and start making the choices now that will get you where you want. Have the *kitten* peanut butter cup, but just have one, add it into your calorie count, and go on with your day without the emotional overload. It is a peanut butter cup, not a life choice, not a failure, not a sin. Each choice you make that leads you where you want to go is a teeny-tiny little hit of dopamine, as well. Come here for another hit of dopamine when we say, "Well done!"

    But stop hating my friend, you do not deserve to feel that way. None of us do.

    Katiebug
    I don't think your reaction was an overreaction. It was in line with what the situation warranted.

    Evie
    I'm glad you had your toes worked on, sounds like they really needed it.

    Viv
    Take your time, dear heart. We'll still be here when you get back. Many good thoughts and wishes winging their way to your relative. Broken hips are no fun.
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,622 Member
    "Get to do"s and "chose well"s
    Chose well: confirm dermatologist cancelled, typed hymns.
    Bonus: listened to Joe, one load of laundry, liberated the baby Grand Fir, dogs to power line easement and back up twice.
    Get to do: take pics of car, call progressive adjuster, library, bank, post office, pack, BB&B, Pilot tech support 5034447924 to link subscription and fix login, measure potential greenhouse space and distance to outlet, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments, figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs.
    Self Care September
    2: be willing to share feelings/ask for help

    Thank you all dear friends. Being able to express my fear and anxiety here helps me to be truly calm, really focus on and listen to Joe. I’d be lost without you all.

    Lisa hoping you, Corey and Egg are safe from the flash floods and tornadoes the Weather Channel has been forecasting for Arkansas.
    Beth ((hugs)) September is self-care month, a good time for us to be a little kinder to ourselves?
    Kay ((hugs)) so upsetting when a friend abuses our trust AND lies for no reason. Better angry than hurt, imho.
    Tracey your story of sleep after your stressful job reminds me of Mama. Papa was wheelchair bound for 17 years, but she got him out to weekly church, bridge games even dinner out. When he passed, she slept for an entire summer.
    Kim will the naked lady bulbs survive dry until the autumn rains or do I need to water them in?
    Faye, how easy is it for you to have the pressure checked? Walk in or wait for appointment? So glad your pressure is still down at 10, sorry the pain persists.

    Walked the pups down to the powerline easement and back up the hill twice as there will be days this month when I won’t be able to walk them at all. Felt good to deposit an extra in the activity bank.


    Lighter, lovelies!

    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    August: better than July.
    daily: sit withJoe: 2, weigh: 1, steps>5491=3985 vits=1 log=1 CI<CO=1 CI<250<CO=0 Tumble & Shadow 5=2 mfp=1 outside=2 up hill=2
    wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3= rx= dance= clean 30 mins=.5
    mnthly: board mtg= grant= 20for20=
    bonus: AF=0 play= sew=
  • Workoutahloic50
    Workoutahloic50 Posts: 391 Member
    Lisa-I’m sorry you’re going through that,and I do know what you’re going through.Ive had the exact same issue before and refused to see a doctor.It did pass eventually but I was weak for a while.But it sounds like your situation has been ongoing and you really need to be seen.Due to a recent visit with a doctor,I hope you have one that will actually Listen.
    Debby in Va
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
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  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,195 Member
    omg @ how many posts there are...in ONE day, lol! You women are movers and shakers, for sure.

    drkatiebug, a locked out ipad is basically a death march. I am so sorry to read this.

    The move to university, yesterday, for teenage son was smooth and uneventful. We hope the same for our teen daughter’s upcoming move.

    Today I ha e a heavy workday and am not sure I will get a workout in - I slept like crap last night so zzzzzzz’d through my morning workout time.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,156 Member
    Im up with Faith and it is a cloudy rainy day so we shall see how it goes...usually when its like this its a sleepy day for her..but tonight is a full moon so all bets are off..
    I didnt sleep well at all so i am beat today.. glad it hopefully be a quiet day
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Lisa - I looked at yesterday’s posts and it looks like you were pretty chipper in the morning. Wondering if something about lunch triggered your symptoms? (((Hugs)))

    Karen in Virginia
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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    @amymh41 Come join us in the September thread!

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    edited September 2020
    Roaring 40s?!?
    Furious Fifties?!?
    Screaming Sixties?!?

    It's supposed to be windy tomorrow ... and Friday ...

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    https://www.windy.com/?-48.591,148.957,3

    "Tasmania takes a pounding because it’s off the southern coast of Australia, in what’s called the Roaring Forties -- the nickname sailors gave latitudes between 40 and 50 degrees south. This band has some of the strongest sustained winds on the planet. In fact, about the only zone that can top the Roaring Forties is the next band southward: the Furious Fifties."
    https://www.scienceandthesea.org/program/201005/roaring-forties


    Machka in Oz
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    I do not like my itchy boobs
    I do not like my boobs that itch
    I do not like my twitchy boobs
    I do not like my boobs that twitch

    I do not like my rashy boobs
    I do not like my boobs with rash
    I do not like my perfume splashy boobs
    I do not like my boobs with perfume splash

    I do not like my cashie perfume boobs
    I do not like spending fifty dollars cash
    I do not like the feel of trashy perfume boobs
    I do not like throwing a full bottle in the trash

  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited September 2020
    Lisa Have you had an endoscopy of your stomach? I had one last year and it helped me to make some diet changes. Mainly foods to eat first that help dampen the acid.

    SuzyQ Your gorgeous orchids make me smile!

    Beeps I had a less than desirable night also and while I didn't sleep through my AM workout I did cut it short. Sept. 2nd and I have already failed my goal, but I will regroup and add some more to tomorrow's workout. I think I drank caffeine to late in the day yesterday.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,368 Member
    evie1958 wrote: »
    Barbie, thank you for starting us off once again. A new month, sure hope I can do better with it than the old month!
    Allie, I'm glad to hear that you are looking for another job. I was going to suggest it, not just because Jean is being a B*TCH (and yes, I meant to capitalize that, because she is being a big one), but also because Faith may not be here for much longer. You said yourself she is sleeping more and more. I could be wrong, I have zero medical training, but I know you've been concerned about her health too. And once she's gone, you can bet Jean won't give a hoot about what happens to you!
    Machka, that dental work does not sound like fun, but I am glad you are getting it taken care of. Do you have a dental package thru work? I used to have a good one, it paid for 50% of the cost of the 5 crowns that I have, now I would have to dip deep into savings to pay for any that I needed as my current package only pays for basic work. When I was getting them done, the cost was between $1000 and $1200. 50% of that was enough! Also, thank you for reposting Barbie's link, I missed it and you saved me having to go back and try to find it.
    Suzi/Pip, I too would eat Yogi's dog treats! Although, I probably would put raisins or some other dried fruit in them if I were eating them!
    Margaret, I'm so sorry that your brother is being an insensitive jerk. Perhaps he just doesn't know what to say or do?
    Katie, no, you are not being a drama queen, your friend was the insensitive one and should have either paid you for the ipad or wiped it when she was done with it. And how rude of her to keep it for several months and then lie to you about not having used it!
    I have been reading, but too busy to comment, or it's so late when I get caught up I just have to go to bed! Work has been busy, so no catching up there! I like that it's been busy, the day just goes so much faster, but I do like getting caught up on here when I'm there. Oh well. Guess I should just be happy to have a job that I like and that pays me a decent wage!
    I have had a bit of surgery on my toes. The nails on my big toes were horribly ingrown and quite painful as a result. Last Monday a went to a podiatrist and he cut out the nails and applied a chemical to part of the nail root so that the nail would grow out to a normal size. I'm very happy to have had it done as I know it will feel so much better, but I'm not quite there yet! The chemical causes a burn to occur, so every now and then, I feel like my toe is on fire. It's a bit uncomfortable, to say the least. But I am noticing a difference already, not as much pain, and I am leaving the toes uncovered for longer periods of time too. For instance, after my shower last night, I bandaged. This afternoon I had a manicure and then stopped and picked up some groceries. Also stopped by my son's place to give him back his house key from when I kitty sat. (Got to see grandkids! Grandson is now greeting me with smiles and hugs, so nice! Love that kid to bits. Granddaughter is still not sure, but she just turned one in May, so need to give her some time too) Anyway, as soon as I got home, the socks and bandages came off. I have still been wearing my slippers, but they are pretty loose and still give the toes some good air time. The doc wanted me to take photos of them on Sunday night and email them to him so he could see how they were doing. He emailed back that they are looking good, so I'll just keep doing what I'm doing! When I had the consult in Feb, he talked about coming back in a week after the procedure, but with the pandemic more stuff is being done online. And I submitted my receipts for the consult and procedure and the benefits package covered it all! WooHoo!
    I haven't been to the gym since the procedure, but am going to try to ride my bike to work on Thurs and just see how things go. I will be getting back to the gym next week for sure.
    Must close this for now. Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
    Evelyn, on Vancouver Island where the weather could not make up it's mind yesterday!


    Grapes and raisins r not good for dogs, if they were I still wouldn’t put them in there, I don’t like them either
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,160 Member
    Lisa: You poor dear girl. You’re not whiney! You’re in distress. Altogether a different thing entirely. It must be so wearying when the food you need has such an unpleasant effect. I hope that the VA doctors can sort it out for you.

    @charsuzy 👍🏻 Regular logging is a good start, as is the walking. 3lbs is very doable.
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Faye - I had a gastric bypass 15 years ago, and yes, along with the colonoscopy, they also scoped my stomach. I don't actually have acid in my remaining small stomach, it enters the system further down the digestive tract from the remnant. Thanks for the question, though.
  • Faetta
    Faetta Posts: 1,059 Member
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    Faye - I had a gastric bypass 15 years ago, and yes, along with the colonoscopy, they also scoped my stomach. I don't actually have acid in my remaining small stomach, it enters the system further down the digestive tract from the remnant. Thanks for the question, though.

    OH goodness, Yes, the gastric bypass certainly can be an issue with age. I sure hope you can get something figured out. One of my friends deals with the same thing. She did great after bypass for years but now weight gained back plus some and 24/7 digestive disturbance.
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    dellafayefox wrote: »
    LisaInAR wrote: »
    Faye - I had a gastric bypass 15 years ago, and yes, along with the colonoscopy, they also scoped my stomach. I don't actually have acid in my remaining small stomach, it enters the system further down the digestive tract from the remnant. Thanks for the question, though.

    OH goodness, Yes, the gastric bypass certainly can be an issue with age. I sure hope you can get something figured out. One of my friends deals with the same thing. She did great after bypass for years but now weight gained back plus some and 24/7 digestive disturbance.

    There are days when it feels like a deal with the devil, but oddly enough, this isn't one--I don't think this has anything to do with gastric bypass. I mentioned it in passing because acid is not present in my stomach, not because I think the current issues are because of the surgery.

  • sh0tzz99
    sh0tzz99 Posts: 975 Member
    drkatiebug wrote: »
    Kim, the thing is I don’t think I can do it anymore. Even if I took it to apple, they’re going to ask questions about her apple id and password that I can’t answer. She is going to have to do it. She may have to get the iPad back in her possession to do it. She did offer to drive to the coworker’s house and get it. I’m hoping she has enough character to make it right.

    There is a way to reset to factory settings. I'd get it back and try it.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211078

  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,399 Member
    Lisa I really feel for you. After a year of the same symptoms my primary care encouraged I see a gastroenterologist which I was refusing to do. I finally gave in. I was lucky to get one that listened to me. They found a form of colitis. They put me on a low dose steroid called Budesonide, which after months of experiments I take once a day at night. Any less and my symptoms come back. The side effects of a full dose is just as bad as symptoms but I tolerate one a day well. I really hope you can find a good gastrointestinal doctor that listens. Horrible disease. Look up colitis support groups on Facebook, I’m on one. It may help.

    2 days down and did a 18 hour fast last night , really hoping I can kick start my body to release the last 10-15 pounds I’ve been stuck on for the last 18 month!

    RV Rita

    Ps... hard reset of iPad will need your login and password unless you were not the first user. I’ve tried this in the past.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,296 Member
    Pip chocolate another no for dogs. I did look up peaches as long as it is the fruit and not skins okay. Gave Drew some last night and she is one who will eat as much as you are willing to give. Since new to her just gave her a few small chunks. She also like squash and cukes from our garden and blueberries. If I am not sure I check on the web.

    I don't know why grapes are so bad but I have heard that too. Along with onions, avocado, and mushrooms.

    My biggest problem in walking her are the chicken bones people fail to throw into the trash in our area! Arghh!
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