WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2021
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Penny ... praying for your Grandson
Margaret ... yes, you are right, there is some heat loss from the roof causing the icicles. We have insulated twice so far but are considering more this spring. We also have a very low sloped roof over a ranch style home ... this, coupled with multiple large snow amounts and not nearly enough thawing between the snow have created significantly thick ice on the roof. Fortunately, we have over 6 feet of ice guard under the shingles ... so no (keeping fingers crossed) roof leaks. I've heard of the "steaming" process and I understand the rates in my area run $250 to $450 per hour. A neighbor's much smaller roof than ours took 6 hours! Pricey!! Spring can't come soon enough.
Just after I commented that we shouldn't see anymore heavy snow due to Lake Erie being frozen over, we're expecting a wallop tomorrow into Tuesday. Sigh.
Carol ... your granddaughter did a lovely job with her paintings.
Barbara ... puppy pics as requested.
Beth near Buffalo
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Beth wasn't able to see your picture. Do you have venting on your roof? Having your attic space the same temperature as the outside helps cut down on icicles too. Next to son's house is a single story that has numerous roof vents and they also have no icicles during the winter. You do more than likely get more snow than we do so that can add to your problem too. Here we have to have a layer added to six feet from the edge to help with ice damage. Any new roof it is code. I think this is what you are talking about.
I am ready for this cold snap to end. We did set a record today.1 -
I am trying to work out why I am so tired right after work ... and trying to figure out how to increase my energy.
Ideally, my husband and I would like to go cycling after work. I feel energetic all day, right up till I get onto the bus ... I look forward to cycling all day. But about 2 seconds after I get onto the hot stuffy bus, my energy absolutely disappears and by the time I get home all I feel like doing is napping.
I do drag myself out for a walk sometimes but feel like that's about all I can do.
The idea of changing into cycling gear and driving to a spot we can cycle is just too much.
A couple hours later I get a surge of energy again which can take me through to midnight. But by then, it's dark and we don't really want to go out.
I thought I would have more energy once uni finished.
I am sleeping a bit more now.
I don't have homework in the evenings.
But I still don't have energy.
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Machka- lol Your posts about the new term beginning and the fact that you aren't going, make me laugh. I bet it is a wonderfully load lifting feeling! About bees, I wonder if you will need to plant some bee loving plants around to help your bees in their nectar collecting? KJ
We have heaps of plants in our yard but the bees really like the hebe in the summer and camellias in the winter. We just have to make sure we've got flowers year round and I think we're pretty close to that.
My husband is thinking of adding a dandelion patch and striking another hebe but I think we might need something for autumn. Roses bloom all year long so they might cover it and I'll have to watch how soon the camellias come out.
M in Oz1 -
Today was weigh in day. I lost 2.7 lbs this week. Amazing since I did not exercise. That brings my total to 6.1 lost since the beginning of January. My daughter and I are theorizing that the exercise may be creating inflammation that created the weight gain the previous two weeks. I read an article or two that have indicated that if you are exercising and scale is going in the wrong direction, and you are usually pretty sedentary, that inflammation may be the culprit. Since, I did not exercise this week and saw significant weight loss, I am thinking this is a possibility. Will see what happens in upcoming week as I try to exercise more again. Also, my sugar level number avg this week was a new low since January, so that was great news too. Happy about weigh in day this week.
Dee in arctic Ohio
We retain water when we exercise more than our body is used to.
When I was cycling a lot, I wouldn't retain water unless I had done a 100 mile ride or more. I'd do the ride on the weekend, Monday and Tuesday my weight would be up, and on Wednesday I'd wear a path to the toilet ... Thursday my weight would be back down again.
Now all it takes is a 20 km ride like we did on the weekend.
By Wednesday I expect my weight will be back down again.
M in Oz
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Regarding Driving ...
I learned to drive fairly young and did a lot of driving until I was into my 20s when I started catching the bus and cycling everywhere and then in 1999, I went car free.
After all, why have a car when you can get around by bus, cycling and walking.
I moved in 2005 and needed a car for my new job and university, and I drove a lot. During my last couple years in Canada, I was driving near 1000 km/week back and forth to university and work.
Got to Australia and learned to drive on the left side of the road and drove quite a bit during my first year here. Then we moved into the town where I worked and thankfully, my driving days slowed right down. I walked to work!
When we moved to Tasmania I got around by bus and walking.
So from 2010 to 2018, I think I drove maybe half a dozen times. My husband drove us places on the weekends, of course.
In 2018, my husband has the accident and hasn't been able to drive since ... so I had to relearn how to drive. During the week, I still take the bus and walk. I prefer that. But on weekends I drive us wherever we need to go.
One day, I would like to live in a place (again) where we can cycle right from our door (where we live now is too hilly for that) and where we can walk or cycle to do most of what we want to do.
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Machka - I used to nap on the bus when I took it, our girls were young and I knew when I got home it was supper, then homework and bedtime battle. I couldn’t have done it without that nap.
Also, you have been running at a pretty high stress level for the last almost 3 years. When I was done at my extremely stressful job I slept so much in that first month I thought about seeing my doctor, but didn’t have the energy to call. It was honestly about 6 months before I started feeling like I had some energy. It was a tough go, maybe you just need some more time. You moved from University stress to organizing and getting your house back in order without giving yourself time to recover from the Uni stress.
Have some patience with yourself and give yourself the time you need.
We had a debrief at work since we are out of outbreak and the therapist told us the exhaustion we are all feeling is the stress leaving our bodies.
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Stats for the day-
Other- vacuum, dust, more packing- 2hrs 1min 19sec= 556c
Other- 1hr 1sec, more of the same= 274c
Other- 33.49min, more stuff= 167c
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Machka - I used to nap on the bus when I took it, our girls were young and I knew when I got home it was supper, then homework and bedtime battle. I couldn’t have done it without that nap.
Also, you have been running at a pretty high stress level for the last almost 3 years. When I was done at my extremely stressful job I slept so much in that first month I thought about seeing my doctor, but didn’t have the energy to call. It was honestly about 6 months before I started feeling like I had some energy. It was a tough go, maybe you just need some more time. You moved from University stress to organizing and getting your house back in order without giving yourself time to recover from the Uni stress.
Have some patience with yourself and give yourself the time you need.
We had a debrief at work since we are out of outbreak and the therapist told us the exhaustion we are all feeling is the stress leaving our bodies.
Tracey
Thanks for that.
I nap on the bus from time to time, but usually feel kind of yeck when I wake up. I don't think it is quite long enough or deep enough. Occasionally I lie down when I get home from work, but then I'm usually out much longer than I like. Naps are tricky things.
And you're probably right ... I'm so used to being busy, filling my day, and going flat out that I don't know how to relax. These days I keep thinking that if I can just get my house in order, then I can relax ... but a little voice nags at me that perhaps I need to start including a relax day in my week. At this point, that voice is easily silenced because it has been silenced for so long.
I talked to a neuropsychologist back in November about how to relax and told her that I was trying to do All The Things (dim lights and music in the evenings, walking at lunch, music at work, pretty desktop images to look at, heaps of exercise, etc. etc.). I gave her a list of things I was attempting in order to relax ... and she laughed. She told me I was going about it the same way I had gone about uni, work, being a carer, etc. ... like I was on a mission to relax.
I will be going to my Dr today and asking for complete bloodwork just to check things.
But maybe I need to focus on winding down a bit earlier in the evenings and getting a little more sleep. When I was in uni I usually got between 6 and 7 hours a night (in my first year - 2015 - I was getting about 5 hours a night but made a change which allowed me to get at least 6 after that). Now I'm getting just over 7 hours. Last night - Sunday night - I actually got 7.5 because I was determined to go to bed a bit earlier. Perhaps I need to aim for 8 hours a night to build up my strength again.
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I almost always get about 8 hours a night, but on weekends it’s closer to be 9 when I wake up on my own not from and alarm.2
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I'm 56 and back here for the first time in a while. Looking to be healthy and get this last 10 or so lbs off. I have lost 90 lbs over the last 4 years. I may be in maintenance but trying some calorie cycling to see how it goes .. Happy Valentine's evening7 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »I almost always get about 8 hours a night, but on weekends it’s closer to be 9 when I wake up on my own not from and alarm.
When we were on shutdown for 4 months last year, I got about 8 hours a night and felt like I had a decent amount of energy most of the time.
But then I started working in the office again, and having to be on a hot, stuffy bus for 35-45 minutes each way, and my 8 hours a night vanished.
M in Oz2 -
Did the Cool It Off (stretching) DVD today.
Vince said that he’s too tired to go up to Daytona today which is surprising since I had to convince him that after we got our second shots we would still have time to get down here. Plus…the tickets aren’t exactly cheap.
Ran to WM this morning to get a mattress pad. Think I’ll take the comforters to the laundry to wash them and it looks like Brevard Charities is open so I may stop there while they’re drying (or washing) Update: they weren't open
Tracey – (((HUG))) Liked the sink/whiskey trade. Maybe you should have gotten two bottles of whiskey, one for the sink and the other for you. Might help with the pain…lol
Penney – how scary about your grandson.
Barbara – yes, the hydro massage was warm. I’m thinking that I’ll probably go there tomorrow early in the am since TECHNICALLY I’m still a member and then use that chair for the last time. I remember when we had a power outage for something like 3 days and we had a water pump. No fun. I went to the Y to take a shower
I wouldn’t want to live year-round by the sea. I could never understand someone who chooses to. With all the hurricanes, you’d be rebuilding your house every few years. Plus…the things you’d lose in the water damage like pictures etc
Margaret – when we first got down here, we had to replace the battery in the thermostat. Funny you should mention it
Anne DE – that Steven, what a guy!
KJ – Jessica was at -11 yesterday. She can keep that!
Unfortunately, Vince said that he felt bad and we didn’t go to Daytona. Part of me is thinking that he was concerned about the weather. It’s raining in Daytona right now and the race is on hold. I hate to say it, but in a way I hope it’s rained out and we can go tomorrow.
Went to the race yesterday, tho. The race is weird. There are things that are usually there that aren’t there this year. But we were able to park better, it wasn’t nearly as crowded. Except for when we left. Social distancing just didn’t exist. There was only certain time we could enter.
Donna – welcome back
Michele ex-NC for now
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Thought I'd check in. I wrote a really nice post with lots of wisdom and encouragement about a week or so ago and it went poof. Since then I've been pouting. Not because of you guys, but because I don't have time to deal with temperamental MFP shenanigans. I've over-extended myself again so will be in and out - reading and not posting for the most part.10
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Trying this pooch pic again for MargaretAnd yes, we have both ridge vents the length of the house as well as multiple roof vents. Ice is a struggle!
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I wouldn’t want to live year-round by the sea. I could never understand someone who chooses to. With all the hurricanes, you’d be rebuilding your house every few years. Plus…the things you’d lose in the water damage like pictures etc
Michele ex-NC for now
Depends where you are. We don't get hurricanes down here ... it's not warm enough.
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drkatiebug wrote: »Thought I'd check in. I wrote a really nice post with lots of wisdom and encouragement about a week or so ago and it went poof. Since then I've been pouting. Not because of you guys, but because I don't have time to deal with temperamental MFP shenanigans. I've over-extended myself again so will be in and out - reading and not posting for the most part.
Don't use your phone for typing long messages. If you shift the position of your phone, your message will go "poof".
Don't move from one page to another within MFP while typing messages. That will also cause your message to go "poof".
Those are the two main causes of "poof".
If I'm typing a long message, I'll type it in an email, then copy and paste it here.
I also got into the habit of typing my message, selecting it, copying it, then posting it. A number of years ago, another forum I used used to "poof" about 1/3 of the time when we hit submit.
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Machka - I used to nap on the bus when I took it, our girls were young and I knew when I got home it was supper, then homework and bedtime battle. I couldn’t have done it without that nap.
Also, you have been running at a pretty high stress level for the last almost 3 years. When I was done at my extremely stressful job I slept so much in that first month I thought about seeing my doctor, but didn’t have the energy to call. It was honestly about 6 months before I started feeling like I had some energy. It was a tough go, maybe you just need some more time. You moved from University stress to organizing and getting your house back in order without giving yourself time to recover from the Uni stress.
Have some patience with yourself and give yourself the time you need.
We had a debrief at work since we are out of outbreak and the therapist told us the exhaustion we are all feeling is the stress leaving our bodies.
Tracey
Thanks for that.
I nap on the bus from time to time, but usually feel kind of yeck when I wake up. I don't think it is quite long enough or deep enough. Occasionally I lie down when I get home from work, but then I'm usually out much longer than I like. Naps are tricky things.
And you're probably right ... I'm so used to being busy, filling my day, and going flat out that I don't know how to relax. These days I keep thinking that if I can just get my house in order, then I can relax ... but a little voice nags at me that perhaps I need to start including a relax day in my week. At this point, that voice is easily silenced because it has been silenced for so long.
I talked to a neuropsychologist back in November about how to relax and told her that I was trying to do All The Things (dim lights and music in the evenings, walking at lunch, music at work, pretty desktop images to look at, heaps of exercise, etc. etc.). I gave her a list of things I was attempting in order to relax ... and she laughed. She told me I was going about it the same way I had gone about uni, work, being a carer, etc. ... like I was on a mission to relax.
I will be going to my Dr today and asking for complete bloodwork just to check things.
But maybe I need to focus on winding down a bit earlier in the evenings and getting a little more sleep. When I was in uni I usually got between 6 and 7 hours a night (in my first year - 2015 - I was getting about 5 hours a night but made a change which allowed me to get at least 6 after that). Now I'm getting just over 7 hours. Last night - Sunday night - I actually got 7.5 because I was determined to go to bed a bit earlier. Perhaps I need to aim for 8 hours a night to build up my strength again.
M in Oz
I've been to my GP.
She is sending me for bloodwork to see if it shows anything significant which may be causing my fatigue.
She is also referring me to a neurosurgeon who I have seen for my brain cyst, but this time, my GP is referring me to him for my lower back. Hopefully I will get in soon and hopefully he will do a scan and find out what is going on. She did say that it is possible I may need to go for surgery, but we will wait and see.
So far my physio and GP think my "hip" issue is actually a lower back issue.
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Oh look ... we're actually getting a couple warmish days!
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I am trying to work out why I am so tired right after work ... and trying to figure out how to increase my energy.
Ideally, my husband and I would like to go cycling after work. I feel energetic all day, right up till I get onto the bus ... I look forward to cycling all day. But about 2 seconds after I get onto the hot stuffy bus, my energy absolutely disappears and by the time I get home all I feel like doing is napping.
I do drag myself out for a walk sometimes but feel like that's about all I can do.
The idea of changing into cycling gear and driving to a spot we can cycle is just too much.
A couple hours later I get a surge of energy again which can take me through to midnight. But by then, it's dark and we don't really want to go out.
I thought I would have more energy once uni finished.
I am sleeping a bit more now.
I don't have homework in the evenings.
But I still don't have energy.
M in Oz
Machka, I think a day of work is tiring.
I'm thinking of a book read long ago by jack kornfield. He was teaching a lot of meditation retreats and was tired and trying to find a way to be less tired, and the advice of his wise teacher was to teach less. I think life asks a lot of us(and you in particular, with your DH and uni of late). Personally up until I was 40 or so I could work a full schedule and still do plenty more (classes, sports,social activities). Though, also, in my younger energetic days, I would need a lot of sleep after intensive work periods. Now, after 50, I'm no longer up for being 150% active all the time. I can still work full time and do a bit more, but not always massively more. I need and want to kick back sometimes. My sister used to make use of her lunch breaks. She'd have lunch while working, and use lunch break to go for a much-needed walk around the area she was working at.
Do you use your gym equipment when you get your evening surge?
I get so tired after work sometimes I need a short nap and then sometimes I'm full of energy later.
We're not even allowed to go out after 6pm at present. It's becoming a drag as the days are getting longer.
Even during strict lockdown we could choose our time to go out.
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bananasandoranges wrote: »I am trying to work out why I am so tired right after work ... and trying to figure out how to increase my energy.
Ideally, my husband and I would like to go cycling after work. I feel energetic all day, right up till I get onto the bus ... I look forward to cycling all day. But about 2 seconds after I get onto the hot stuffy bus, my energy absolutely disappears and by the time I get home all I feel like doing is napping.
I do drag myself out for a walk sometimes but feel like that's about all I can do.
The idea of changing into cycling gear and driving to a spot we can cycle is just too much.
A couple hours later I get a surge of energy again which can take me through to midnight. But by then, it's dark and we don't really want to go out.
I thought I would have more energy once uni finished.
I am sleeping a bit more now.
I don't have homework in the evenings.
But I still don't have energy.
M in Oz
Machka, I think a day of work is tiring.
I'm thinking of a book read long ago by jack kornfield. He was teaching a lot of meditation retreats and was tired and trying to find a way to be less tired, and the advice of his wise teacher was to teach less. I think life asks a lot of us(and you in particular, with your DH and uni of late). Personally up until I was 40 or so I could work a full schedule and still do plenty more (classes, sports,social activities). Though, also, in my younger energetic days, I would need a lot of sleep after intensive work periods. Now, after 50, I'm no longer up for being 150% active all the time. I can still work full time and do a bit more, but not always massively more. I need and want to kick back sometimes. My sister used to make use of her lunch breaks. She'd have lunch while working, and use lunch break to go for a much-needed walk around the area she was working at.
Do you use your gym equipment when you get your evening surge?
I get so tired after work sometimes I need a short nap and then sometimes I'm full of energy later.
We're not even allowed to go out after 6pm at present. It's becoming a drag as the days are getting longer.
Even during strict lockdown we could choose our time to go out.
I was energetic up till 2018 (51 years old). And then I got old.
Lunch: I run errands or walk and can cover up to 6 km in my hour. Today I probably only walked 1 km because I had the Dr appointment.
Gym: I use the equipment later in the evening only occasionally because it means going around outside in the dark to the basement area. But I have started doing about 15 minutes of weights upstairs.
M in Oz0 -
We’ve had snow on the ground for a few days. The snow is deep & wet. Staying warm and cozy inside has been enjoyable. 1
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I'm glad I'm officially 'old', so I don't have to worry about how much energy I've got. My day ends around 5 pm when we have our 'aperitif' and watch Pointless together at 5.15. Then dinner, then TV. Marvellous.
I've never done much in the evening. Maybe on holiday, or a cruise, but mostly we just stay in and watch TV. Apart from when I was in my 20s, I've always been like that. I suspect having children to look after has something to do with it.
We used to go out once a week to French or Dancing, but not right now. My son and wife go to bed really early, around 9 pm, because the kids are up and running at 6.30. Rest is very important. My energy burst time is around 10 am, so I use that for my writing. If I don't do it then, it doesn't get done.
Mind you I retired from work at 55 and before that I was only teaching part time. I have to save a lot of energy for my writing or I don't do it. I have to be very careful what I spend my energy on and I hoard it carefully for my writing. That is my absolute priority.
I occasionally have a 30 minutes nap in the afternoon, but not too much or I don't sleep.
I am super careful about what I commit to and don't take positions of responsibility. Nor do I make lists of things to do. I woukd find that very disheartening. I try to keep my life as simple as possible and hate it when it gets cluttered up.
I am definitely a minimalist, in things, and in time. I like big gaps between commitments.
The only time I do much more is on the cruises, but I am absolutely exhausted when I come home! :laugh:
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I don't like going out in the evenings very often. I will occasionally if there is something I am really interested in (like the bicycle film collection last Tuesday) but mostly I prefer coming home after work and staying home. Except for exercise, of course.
I leave home at about 8:30 am and get back home at 6 pm for 5 days a week. Today is Monday and even with 7.5 hours of sleep last night, I was dozing on the bus home this evening.
I am only 53. I'm still quite young (although I did start feeling old at 51 when my husband had the accident) and according to the Age Pension, I'm not eligible until I reach 67. I think that gets reviewed in 2023 and indications are that it will likely be pushed out to 70. So I've likely got another 17 years to go.
I need to have energy for a long time yet!!
M in Oz
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A quick message to Machka (and any others who feel they can relate)- I am with you on the exhaustion at the end of the day! For me, I don't think it is so much of an age thing, or even a physical wellness issue when it comes to the fatigue. For me it is all mental. Stress. And this past year it has become so evident. I have to write everything down because my brain can't handle remembering the simplest things. Covid=trauma. Having to change the way we live, the places we go, tracking the virus, the news, the warring opinions regarding how things are being handled...it is mentally exhausting to me and makes me want to just shut down. I think you have had four years of intense pressure and stress. Between work, school, your DH's injury, then Covid stuff. It is just too much. Take the time to rest and recover. Your energy level will come back. I am hoping mine does, as well. Sending you love and hugs. 4
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