WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020
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bananasandoranges wrote: »I was going to compare my sept goals listed here to accomplishments, but since I was away in early sept I didn't post any so at least I can say I didn't miss any goals for the 1st time!
lol!
With COVID its sometimes easier to spend less.
I totally agree with you- We are spending so much less. I have only been in Walmart one time in the past seven months. We are finding we don't NEED to go out shopping every day(husband loves to shop). Trying to do better using what we have on hand instead of buying more. He is spending a lot more than before on Amazon and other online ordering(he was bad about it before, just increased his buying online). We are eating out a LOT less which is hard on him- he prefers to eat out than at home even though I think I am a good cook, have been told by others that I am, anyways.
Add on that they have lifted the number of hours retirees can work, he is working a lot more so more money coming in- He used to be limited to 63hrs a month or loose his pension for the month if he went over, even 15min. They lifted the limit for three months, then another three months and then end of last month, lifted it indeffinately-(sp?)- He works graveyard shifts to limit exposure to customers. Was working 15 hrs a week and now closer to 40hrs a week.
Debbie
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Stat for the day-
Walk w/family, Apple Watch- 2hrs 35min, 28sec, 3.07ap, 148elev, 84ahr, 137mhr, 8.36mi= 724c
Strava app- 1013c1 -
Happyyyyy bdayyyyyyyy to cityjanelondon And anyone else
Katla hope ur pooch is ok0 -
Debbie
Napa ValleyCA, I love Sun Chips! I will have to look for that flavor! I have some yams that I bought marshmallows for! Having some slices of turkey, with dressing and homemade mashed potatoes and gravy for one of our dinners this week. I love fall homey flavors.💖
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Happy Birthday Heather!!!! I hope you are spoiled by every one around you!💖. 🎉👑🎁🎶🎵✨🍴💪😁💖
💖Rebecca
Whidbey
Washington
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Calorie Burn: I use a calorie burn website. (Google Calorie burn recommendations). MFP tends to be overly generous with their exercise calories. I do short interval walk/jog sessions throughout the day and walk during ad breaks in the evening while watching TV. Zumba also uses a lot of calories.0
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Heather: Birthday looks good so far. Enjoy the rest of it! You deserve to be spoiled. 😂🎈🎉🎁🎊0
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Thanks Ladies for the birthday greetings!
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My experience on bras for back support I cannot speak except for myself, a small-breasted woman. I have read the studies that claim bras actually cause sag and don't support the back. I think that is true at least for me in reference to lingerie bras and traditional strap, inexpensive, poor stretch, sports bras. The theory is that a bra providing great breast support makes the chest muscles weaker and requires tight straps which actually cause the shoulders to sag due to top of shoulder nerve impingement which leads to back problems.
20 years ago a sports doctor suggested that I try racerback compression bras only with adjustable straps on full length. Her theory was that the compression should be like a bandeau and the straps with only gentle tension when standing with arms down. This compression actually will build strong chest muscles with breathing and exercising. The racerback with just gentle strap tension will help keep your spine from hunching and provide a gentle compression between the shoulder blades. Straps need to be very stretchy. Many women shy away from such bras because they squish the boobs instead of lifting them and can be rather unattractive. The secret to minimizing sag and building upper chest muscles is in the squish, not the lift.
She suggested I wear an adjustable strap racerback sports bra with no padding or underwire or formed cups. She also suggested keeping it on during all activity and taking it off in the evening while relaxing or noodling around the house. I added chest pushing, deep breathing, exercises feeling the resistance of the bra around my bust and expanding it as much as possible.
I no longer have the shoulder and back pains that once nagged me daily. Appearance-wise the increasing of my over boob measure (chest muscle) from 33" to 34" gives an illusion of perk and while I still have sag, it is less than I had in my 40's when I wore the traditional strap cupped pushup bras that gave me shoulder impingement.
A good bra is like a resistance band and should be an asset to your workout and life. My posture has improved drastically over 20 years since making my bras a tool.
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okiewoman510 wrote: »Thanks Ladies for the birthday greetings!
Okie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY~
Debbie
Napa Valley CA
(where the air is terrible yet again)
one app says as high as 276, another shows a low of 178 so somewhere in between.
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Happy birthday Okie!0
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Today is a "bright, bright, sunshiney day." I have my dog back at home and he is doing well. I've picked up prescriptions and run errands. It is time for a bit of R&R. :bigsmile:6
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Skate was delicious, though I always get myself worked up with the timings of the beurre noire. Bit of a last minute scrum.
Unfortunately, just before that the doctor had called me on my mobile and I couldn't answer it because there was no call icon. Luckily he called me again on the home phone. I have a blood test arranged for the 14th. Checking immune, thyroid, iron and vit D. When the doc rang again to confirm appointment I once again had no call icon, only the ring tone. I had made my phone ring for longer just earlier, as it was cutting out too early, but this was a different problem.
Tried to look it up on Google and apparently it is fairly common. Sometimes updates can mess it up. There were hours of updates on Wednesday. Tried to follow their instructions to cure it, but I'm not sure I succeeded. Will check tomorrow. If I can't fix it I will take it into the shop on Monday. Luckily hardly anyone ever calls me on it.
Anyway, I was very worked up at not being able to fix it.
so wasn't really in the best mood to enjoy my skate.
DH's dessert was very pleasant, but a bit overcooked. The fault of the recipe, not him, as he took it out early. Tasty though.
Watched an old Vera repeat. Fell asleep watching it for a few minutes.
A lovely day, until I allowed myself to get worked up over technology. Can't help myself!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Did a step DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Yoga Burn DVD
Two of the things I hope comes out of this pandemic: 1) an awareness of cleanliness and companies doing it and 2) companies realizing that you shouldn’t pack people in like sardines (like airlines, Disney World, etc)
Heather – hope you have a wonderful day!
Made sourdough bread the other day. To me, it’s too salty. But then again, I’m very sensitive to salt. Maybe it’s because we really don’t go out to eat much and I really don’t cook with salt. Vince just thinks it’s a little salty. I’m going to give some to Lynette today and see what she says. They eat out a lot, so she may say that it isn’t salty at all. The next loaf I’m going to try eliminating the salt and see how that is.
Soup kitchen today! First Vince wants me to go to WalMart to get a prescription for him, then I’ll go to Lynette’s and then the soup kitchen. He wants to cut the grass. The guy said he will start seeding the lawns in our development tomorrow but he’s not sure he’ll get to ours. We’re going to mark where the pipes are just in case. Update: cut the grass in the front only
NC is supposed to go to phase 3 today. I wonder if this means that ceramics will be open???
Fed my sourdough starter. If I have time (which I doubt) today I’ll make bread. If not, tomorrow…..or Sunday
Oakie – happy birthday
Katla – so glad your doggie is doing so well. I have been thinking about you all day
Wish I could make my sourdough, but I can’t unless I want to stay up until 1. Work tomorrow. The starter has more than doubled in size. Maybe I’ll be able to make it tomorrow.
Michele NC
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Friends: Thank you for your good wishes for our dog. He is home and doing very well. I feel blessed.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
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Hi Gals,
"Look for reasons to be hopeful, even in difficult times
2020 is the difficult time, and I really have understood how much I take clean air for granted… I am hopeful that I will continue to be grateful.
Heather – happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful flowers.
Okie – Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Going to work sick, my last corporate job (2000-2008) you were rewarded with extra vacation days if you did not use your sick days… EVERYone came to work sick. My department’s admin came one time with 102 degree fever and within a few days most of the department was out sick, but she got a reward at the end of the year with extra vacation days for the following year…
Suzi Q - I agree, although I do have a friend who’s pronoun is they and per their request I will introduce as this is my friend Roo and they’re pronoun is they.
Katla – I also buy Halloween candy early, but keep it in the sealed bag and then tell myself the bag can not be opened until 4pm on Halloween, it helps me stay out of it. Glad pup is doing ok.
Well yesterday and today have been very smoky – it is from the fire up by Debbie…between 150-200 both days, I am very tired of it. It looks like it might break up next week. So much depends on the wind, and sometimes the wind to clear out the smoke will stir up the fire…And that is not ok.
I have a friend with a setup that she can stream a movie from her laptop on to a big screen, so 4 of us when to her house last night and sat in the back yard and watched Hamilton… I love history and musicals and this was very good, I had seen the movie one other time but caught more little bits this time. Because it was outside we turned the closed captioning on and I loved being able to catch every word.
Kim from N. California
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I went to the store and bought Halloween candy the other day. I hope to keep out of it. I am all set for trick or treaters, though the “big day” is 29 days from now. I have the bowl full of candy tucked away and out of sight for now. I don't want to fall into trouble with self control. "Once on the lips, forever on the hips," is not a good goal. :noway:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
You mentioned earlier that you bought what you liked (the Reece's peanut butter chocolates). Back in the day when I bought halloween candy, I tended to buy things I wasn't that keen on. That way I was more than happy to give it away, and if I did have some left over it took a long time for me to go through it because I might have one a week. Or I would take it to work and try to get rid of it that way.
M in Oz
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Machka - We have so little vacation time in the U.S. that people save up sick time to sneak in vacation days here or there, so they go to work sick to save those. Most places get 2 weeks or less and when you have family scattered across the globe or even across this country, and you want an actual vacation, 2 weeks isn’t enough.
In addition to that, part time workers don’t even get sick days. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid…so they go to work sick. I fear that since everyone is wearing a mask, that will get worse because they can hide symptoms a bit more.
I hope this pandemic will change that culture and that employers will accept it and provide more vacation time. I don’t know the answer. When I got sick before, it was become some inconsiderate colleague showed up sick…and that has to stop.
I am just glad I work from home and have no intention of going into an office or workplace again.
Tina in CA
I found this interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country
It gives a total of 30 days to Australia, but adds that public holidays depend on state and territory. I get 12 public holidays so my total is 32 days.
In addition we have a purchased leave scheme we can opt into if we want, and I have. That gives me an additional 10 days.
I'm not sure how the sick leave works, except that I've come nowhere close to using all of mine.
This is one of the reasons why we've stayed in Australia rather than moving back to Canada!
On the other hand, we get no "benefits" like what you might find in Canada where employers pay for medical insurance etc.
But I agree ... even with sick leave and all sorts here, and signs up to go home when sick, we still have some employees turning up sick, determined to fight on!
I was thinking, the other day, that the three places where past flus and other illnesses have been transmitted are:
- schools ... because kids are sent to school sick because their parents want or need to work.
- workplaces ... because kids make their parents sick and the parents bring it to work.
- universities ... because, as a student, we are strongly encouraged to attend every single class.
Here, parents should be keeping their kids and themselves home when sick because we do have the time, and thankfully we've received all sorts of emails on that recently because of the pandemic. It was one of the reasons I got tested ... so I could go to work. I might be snuffly and coughing a bit but it is not The Virus or any other virus or flu, it's just hay fever. (Oh, our tests were, as expected, negative).
But universities here need to get over themselves.In Canada, a student could turn up on the first day, get the course outline and instructions for all the assignments, and then not return to the university again until the final exam. As long as they handed in their assignments and wrote the final and passed, they passed the course! I knew students who did that! Ideally students would show up, and most did, but if you missed a day because you were sick or were up to your eyeballs in homework for another course or something, that was OK. Prioritisation was up to you.
Here, we're given things along the way. Day 1 we get the course outline ... but it might be 2 or 3 weeks before we get the instructions for the first assignment. And sometimes it was a while after finishing the first assignment before we'd get instructions for the second. I'd want to get on with it, but I couldn't. In addition, they've got the habit here of giving extra instructions for the assignments in the classes. So you get going on Assignment 1, then attend your class and they say, "Oh by the way, you'll need to do this and that". It's not written anywhere, they just tell you. It's their way of ensuring you attend all the classes.
And in many cases, we get marks on whether we attended all classes or not. They can be easy marks if we're healthy, but get sick and you lose marks.
Also, I found I was getting sick about 2 weeks after spring and autumn break ... because all but 1 or 2 of the 400-500 students in my classes were from Asia, they'd go home during the break, pick up whatever at home or on the flights and bring it back.
In 2018, when I spent most of the time in the hospital rather than at university (I had a very understanding instructor that year, thank goodness!), I didn't get sick!
So I'm hoping that wrapping up university will mean that I will be healthier in general.
But I'm also hoping that adopting the pandemic strategies (cleaning, distancing, hand washing, better ventilation, online lectures, etc.) will make for a healthier university environment.
M in Oz
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Calories - How do you all burn so many calories in so little time? I did a 45 minute workout with weights the other day and burned a measly 104 calories. I can walk for an hour, or 3 miles and burn about 200 and that's at a 16-17 minute mile. What is the secret???
Tina in CA
Yes, I wonder that too.
An hour's walk is about 200 calories.
An hour's bicycle ride is about 400 calories.
To burn 1000 calories, I'd need to walk for 5 hours or cycle for 2.5 hours.
M in Oz1 -
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Barbara, I can do a few levels of self clean with my oven, if I remember correctly the shortest is just two hours. It's based on light, medium or heavy, as in how dirty is your oven. I have only used this one once and I'm pretty sure I just went with light and it was fine. And yes, I will go with feeling better over waiting for the culture to complete also. Especially since no one called to let me know what, if anything, grew!
Heather, Happy Birthday!!
Pip, love your new door decoration! The neon is pretty awesome too. So glad you found someone to repair it.
Tracy, your evening out with "the girls" sounds lovely!
Machka and others, I too have gone to work very sick and nobody has ever told me to go home. In fact a few years ago, I worked 2 days with the flu (wasn't sure what I had at first), and then I had days off. On the first day off the boss tried texting me to see if I could work. Our phones aren't compatible (she's Apple, I'm not) and as she sent it to another co-worker also I didn't get the message, but there was no way I could work. The somewhat annoying part is she had worked with me on my last day and knew darn well that I was sick! Oh well.....
Good to hear from Flea, SuziQ and Lisa!
Katla, hoping Schooner made it thru surgery okay.
Just trying to catch up here, just finished page 4, getting close to bedtime tho, don't know how far I'll get...
My post nasal drip was cured by a couple of sinus tablets, so I guess it was just allergies or the weather or something. Have to admit, I was getting a bit concerned, but really am feeling much better now.
Hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island2 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: dogs to powerline, loaded rest of the brush pile into the trailer
Bonus: finished Joe’s haircut (I liked it better the way it was before the second round :P ) , typed hymns for Sunday’s livestream.
Get to do: inventory donation then call for appointment, take pics of car, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, Pilot tech support 5034447924 to link subscription and fix login, 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; weed drive again, finish 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, Tuesday: call Progressive adjuster,
Self Care October
2: look for reasons to be hopeful: Where there’s breath there’s life. Where there’s life there’s hope.
Bit the bullet and signed up for the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Free 7 day trial, $5.95/month thereafter. A few months ago they ran a Signed, Sealed and Delivered marathon and we DVR’d it, but didn’t get all the episodes. Got to the gap and decided I really wanted to watch them in sequence. Was 2000 steps short of goal, so marched in place for over half an hour while watching. Win win!!!
Okie thanks for Kunde.com $22 is 3 times what I pay for a bottle of wine these days, but maybe Santa will buy me half a case… Really hope they haven’t been affected by the wildfires in Sonoma County.
Karen in VA great news about your spouse’s shoulder and your friend’s recovery from gallstone pancreatitis. Love the image of her zooming from her pickup in the cow pasture.
Katla
hearing the good news about Schooner's surgery.
Tomorrow is our 33rd anniversary. Asked Joe to take me out to lunch but he really doesn’t feel well enough to enjoy it. So I’ll bring lunch home from one of our local restaurants. Not sure if it will be Mexican food or liver and onions :sick:
:sick: for Joe and a steak sandwich for me.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
October: better than September.
daily: sit with Joe: 2, weigh: 2, steps>5491=5610 vits=2 log=2 CI<CO=2 CI<250<CO=1 Tumble & Shadow 5=3 mfp=2 outside=3 up hill=3
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@Debbie " that they have lifted the number of hours retirees can work, he is working a lot more so more money coming in- He used to be limited to 63hrs a month or loose his pension for the month if he went over, even 15min. They lifted the limit for three months, then another three months and then end of last month, lifted it indeffinately-(sp?)- He works graveyard shifts to limit exposure to customers. Was working 15 hrs a week and now closer to 40hrs a week." Wow!
yes it seem to me they can be overly generous.TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Calorie Burn: I use a calorie burn website. (Google Calorie burn recommendations). MFP tends to be overly generous with their exercise calories. I do short interval walk/jog sessions throughout the day and walk during ad breaks in the evening while watching TV. Zumba also uses a lot of calories.
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hi, here they may close cafés, restaurants and more on Monday, but maybe not. there are a few people I was supposed to meet these last times so we are meeting this weekend. I thought museums might close but apparently not.0
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Hi folks.
Spent most of yesterday sorting through art materials which my friend gave me on Thursday. I hadn't seen her face to face since November last year. She and her DH have had quite a time of it. They have been in isolation since December last year as he has cystic fibrosis and he was having problems. They discovered that he has lung cancer, and he has been having chemo over the last 6 months, and has 2 treatments still to go. It's a rare form which apparently doesn't spread, and the chemo appears to be working well, so fingers crossed. He didn't want people to know about it as he didn't want to have people constantly asking about it. It was lovely to see her face to face, albeit both masked. We had a great chat.
Okie: Belated birthday wishes. I hope you had a lovely day.
Kayla: So pleased that your wee pooch is home and doing well.
Heather: Grrrr!!!! Tech diffs!!! DYD gave me an iPhone last Christmas. I put it away and didn't set it up until after the family went home as I knew it would cause me angst. (They always do!!!)
Debbie: Sorry that you are still suffering from the fires. Take care and stay safe. Agree with you re spending. It's amazing how little we can actually get by on when we're not being bombarded with marketing ploys.
Julie: Here the restrictions have been tighten again. We are also are experiencing increases as they open up. Much too soon IMHO. People get too complacent.
Today I'm planning to continue sorting out my art materials and centralising storage of my craft supplies. I have one wall of the hobbies room quite well organised with matching cupboards and shelving, and have now persuaded DH to build my design for a bespoke storage unit on another wall which will get the rest of my supplies up off the floor and onto organised shelving. At the moment that wall is a mishmash of odd units. I will pay for it with the money I've saved over lockdown.
I will be going to our local supermarket as usual. They are continuing to operate a good system of social distancing and limit the number of customers allowed in, and I have sussed out a good time to go when they aren't busy, so that I don't have to cue to get in now that the autumn weather is here. It's a pleasant day. The storm Heather was talking about is passing to the east of us so far.
The scale is being quite kind at the minute. Sticking to my goals is paying off.
Pax vobiscum 🕊
☘️ Terri3
That is such great news. I am so happy for you. 
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