WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2021

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,941 Member
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    Walked with my husband earlier in the day.

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    Then completed a 50K in December walking challenge. :)

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    Hot day ... it hit 32.8C (91F) while I was out there walking. Thankfully there was a bit of shade and some wind.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
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    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    I hope I get answers to, my BF has told me the issues now are my penance for never having cramps. 😂 She suffered terribly when we were young and has sailed through menopause with no issues.

    Tracey in Edmonton, -33 tonight. It’s supposed to be -4 on Saturday.

    I had issues with my female organs all the way through. Horrendous cramps in the early years.

    Mid-cycle spotting and sometimes full fledged bleeding in the mid-years ... it's just fabulous having 2 periods a cycle. :angry: The mid-cycle bleeding seemed to be triggered by exercise of all things. I'd go on a long ride and whoosh.

    And then as I entered perimenopause, in addition to the usual 31 symptoms of perimenopause, I was bleeding 3 weeks out of 4. At first I figured it was just perimenopause. After all, why not have 3 periods a cycle?? Finally, after a little over a year of that, I got fed up and went to the Dr.

    Turns out I had a massive polyp in my uterus and when I had the surgery to remove it, they told me I had pre-pre-cancer. The cells were just starting to change. That was in 2015. I needed to be checked every 6 months and if they noticed anything, I'd have to have surgery again. Thankfully, my periods started being monthly for a change! But in 2017, the periods started coming more frequently again, I was tested again, and I had the very early stages of cancer. Surgery again ... and it seems to have been OK since.

    Do get them to be thorough with the testing. What I thought was perimenopause was something more serious.


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,941 Member
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    And then, because walking 12 km didn't seem like enough ... we went for an evening bicycle ride. :)

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,941 Member
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    Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
    Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
    Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
    Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
    Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
    Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
    Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
    Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
    Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
    Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
    Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
    May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
    Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
    Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
    Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
    Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
    Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
    Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
    Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
    Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
    Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
    Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
    May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
    June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
    July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
    Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
    Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
    Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
    Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
    Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes
    Jan-19 ... 241.6 km (150.1 miles) = 27 hours 2 minutes
    Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
    Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
    Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
    May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
    Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
    Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
    Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
    Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
    Oct-19 ... 196.5 km (122.1 miles) = 31 hours 27 minutes
    Nov-19 ... 155.5 km (96.6 miles) = 25 hours 01 minutes
    Dec-19 ... 203.7 km (126.6 miles) = 26 hours 54 minutes
    Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles) = 32 hours 49 minutes
    Feb-20 ... 248.6 km (154.5 miles) = 34 hours 50 minutes
    Mar-20 ... 148.3 km (92.2 miles) = 30 hours 12 minutes
    Apr-20 ... 171.9 km (106.8 miles) = 19 hours 28 minutes
    May-20 ... 183.7 km (114.1 miles) = 20 hours 49 minutes
    Jun-20 ... 130.9 km (81.3 miles) = 18 hours 50 minutes
    Jul-20 ... 41.8 km (26 miles) = 9 hours 8 minutes
    Aug-20 ...148.9 km (92.5 miles) = 21 hours 43 minutes
    Sep-20 ... 119.8 km (74.4 miles) = 23 hours 17 minutes
    Oct-20 ... 191.7 km (119.1 miles) = 23 hours 40 minutes
    Nov-20 ... 273.0 km (169.6 miles) = 29 hours 16 minutes
    Dec-20 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 21 hours 59 minutes
    Jan-21 ... 208.2 km (129.4 miles) = 24 hours 39 minutes
    Feb-21 ... 229.6 km (142.7 miles) = 29 hours 01 minutes
    Mar-21 ... 259.8 km (161.4 miles) = 30 hours 48 minutes
    Apr-21 ... 282.1 km (175.3 miles = 28 hours 42 minutes
    May-21 ... 197.9 km (123 miles) = 25 hours 3 minutes
    Jun-21 ... 188.2 km (116.9 miles) = 28 hours 5 minutes
    Jul-21 ... 244 km (151.6 miles) = 32 hours 33 minutes
    Aug-21 ... 234.4 km (145.6 miles) = 27 hours 53 minutes
    Sep-21 ... 216.3 km (134.4 miles) = 33 hours 04 minutes
    Oct-21 ... 187 km (116.2 miles) = 19 hours 31 minutes
    Nov-21 ... 222.3 km (138.1 miles) = 32 hours 34 minutes

    Wednesday, 1 December 2021 … 6.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 10 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 2 December 2021 … 4.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 15 flights of stairs
    Friday, 3 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 4 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 5 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 6 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 7 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 8 flights of stairs

    Wednesday, 8 December 2021 … 2.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 15 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 9 December 2021 … 5.1 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 10 flights of stairs
    Friday, 10 December 2021 … 3.9 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 9 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 11 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 51.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 12 December 2021 … 6.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 13 December 2021 … 2.9 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 12 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 14 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 7 flights of stairs

    Wednesday, 15 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 7 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 16 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 7 flights of stairs
    Friday, 17 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 18 December 2021 … 6.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 19 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 20 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 9 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 21 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 12 flights of stairs

    Wednesday, 22 December 2021 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 6 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 23 December 2021 … 5.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 6 flights of stairs
    Friday, 24 December 2021 … 0.8 km walking + 9.4 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 2 flights of stairs
    Saturday, 25 December 2021 … 4.7 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Sunday, 26 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Monday, 27 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 13.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Tuesday, 28 December 2021 … 0.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs

    Wednesday, 29 December 2021 … 2.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Thursday, 30 December 2021 … 7.8 km walking + 16.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
    Friday, 31 December 2021 … 12.0 km walking + 25.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs


    2021 Monthly December
    Walking/Running Distance (km): 84.9
    Walking/Running Time (min): 1037.4
    Cycling Distance (km): 115.3
    Cycling Time (min): 378.1
    Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 139.0
    Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 100.1
    Other Distance: 0.0
    Other Time: 300.0 -- All gardening!!

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 200.1
    Total Distance (miles): 124.4
    Total Time (min): 1815.6
    Total Time (hr): 30:15:35
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 18,225 Member
    edited December 2021
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    Good morning, all.

    Barbie: I'm like you. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing, so I've chosen CONSOLIDATE as my word for 2022
    Allie: Good vibes for Tracy.
    Machka: I've used Dr Fogg's habit technique for sometime. It has certainly made a difference in how well the habits stick.

    ☘️ Terri
  • cityjaneLondon
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    Another really good Desert Island Discs this morning.. Find it on the Sounds app. It was our National Treasure, Richard Osman. He talked about his food addiction (I know exactly what he was talking about) and his detective story The Thursday Murder Club, set in a retirement village. I think quite a few of you might like it, although I have not read it.

    Lisa - I am thinking of you as you gather your family around you. <3

    I had never done words for the year until Barbie set me a good example. 2020 was EMBRACE. I truly embraced my family trauma and opened myself to healing. 2021 was FRUITFUL. I had one of the best years of my creative life as I opened up to spreading my branches and giving the fruits of my knowledge to others.
    This next year, 2022, I have chosen EMPOWER. I choose to empower others through my writing by spreading the word about how to feel empowered by the parts of ourselves we once labelled as flawed. They are our superpower.

    A VERY FRUITFUL AND EMPOWERED NEW YEAR to you all. :D<3:D<3:flowerforyou:

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,941 Member
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    🏃‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️ Annual Total 🏃‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️

    Walking/Running: 847.1 km
    Cycling: 1793.7 km
    Rowing: 29 km
    Flights of Stairs: 3888 (x 20 stairs/flight)
    Plus 18 hours of other activity including Pilates, Weightlifting and Gardening
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,611 Member
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    Good last day of 2021....I am reading. I am so thankful for all of you! You are my blessings and mentors. Work for 3 hours today, dinner with friends at 430, then heading to Kentucky for the night. I have forgotten my word for 2021. It has just been a rough year. I think I will post whatever word I chose on my bathroom mirror. So this weekend I will think of "goals" and word.
    Like Machka's cartoon, I am sneaking into 2022!
    Much love from Ohio,
    Kylia
  • kymarai
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    Positive note ...I am finishing the year 4 pounds down from this time last year! Lots of roller coaster rides along the way, but I will take that victory.

    ❤
    Kylia in springlike Ohio
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,424 Member
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    Heather - thank you. Just heard Levi say "oh no!" very loudly in his mother's ear, and 6 am's not here yet. They're in the living room, on the other side of a wall... She will insist on having them all sleeping in the living room, and when you do that, there is a price to pay... :smiley:

    Tracey - we definitely grew up in similar circumstances. There were no hallways in our house either. One front door led into the living room, one led into my parent's bedroom, and one into the brothers' bedroom. To get to the kitchen, you had to walk through my parent's bedroom or the bathroom. My shared bedroom (with my baby sister) had three doors.

    One led directly into the kitchen, one into my brothers' room, and one out onto the back porch. No insulation, it was built from 1x12 planks under a tin roof, and cracks between them that made trying to keep the house bug-free and critter-free nigh impossible. There was no upstairs, but there was an attic where the rats held sway. My sister and I had a wholly different definition of the "rat race," because of the nightly rat gallop above us. Every so often, my mother would take one of our many cats and put them up in the attic with a bowl of water for about a week. If they wanted to eat, they had to wage war on the rats.

    As our fair Machka sees the New Year begin in just a few minutes, and the Earth continues its spin around the sun and brings a New Year to each of us in turn in the northern hemisphere, I've got a lot of reflections running around my head. Looking for my word for 2022 has led me down a number of different pathways. Right now, I am leaning toward the word "recover." For my country, for the world, for my family, and for me. This may yet change. It's a really big word when you think about it.

    Time to go talk to the little yeller in the living room and hopefully let his mama, brother, and sister get a little more sleep.

    Love y'all,
    Happy New Year!
    Lisa in AR

  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,424 Member
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    Rori - just saw the reports on the fire near you. Hope all is well.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,941 Member
    edited December 2021
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    Me on the last day of 2021 ...

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    Well ... that's it.

    It's 2022.

    It's hot and quiet. So far.

    I'm going to bed to read about neuroplasticity and then to sleep.


    Machka in Oz
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,331 Member
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    <3
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 16,946 Member
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    :) Yes, I have it on my "to do" list to get the new thread for January posted. It will arrive late this afternoon Pacific time.

    <3 Barbie
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,502 Member
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    Accountability:
    Chose well: BP, BB&B, Freddie’s, recycling, typed hymns.
    Bonus: visit with A
    Just one thing:
    Do good December.
    31: Plan some new acts of kindness to do in 2022. Monthly chats with C, M, P & Ru; messaging with B, T and Ri.

    Heather “lasagna” planting bulbs, brilliant! Will try that next fall.
    Lisa what you said about being an example to others and choice. To see oursel’s as ithers see us… Safe travels to your DD and the grands.
    Terri thanks for posting your inspiring habit tracker. Copy catted you but to a spreadsheet for easy summing and calculating percentages.
    Also stealing Rebecca’s smiley grid idea but using colors instead of smiley’s to give myself virtual gold stars.
    Thanks Rita will google that and send to my Jeep driving friend. :laugh:
    Debbie ((hugs))
    Allie prayers for Tracey, you and the whole family. IMHO, since it was her boss who exposed her, the company should pay for the quarantine time.
    Katla and Debbie I was born a city girl and so spared the rigors of agricultural work, other than watering neighbors’ lawns. ;)
    In Jr. High lots of the boys worked all winter nights on the smudge pots in the pear orchards. Came in to school sooty and exhausted. We city folk don’t appreciate the work food producers put in.
    Annie, baby steps. That salad is getting closer! ;)

    Only to pg 64 but can’t pass the opportunity to sit with Joe.


    Lighter, lovelies!

    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW

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  • minicooper452
    minicooper452 Posts: 617 Member
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    Hope everyone has a safe and joyous NEW YEAR'S EVE! <3
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,067 Member
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    Did my elliptical and yoga. That makes three times, so it's officially a trend! Maybe the salad will happen today. I am down four pounds from my Christmas bloat, so that's a good beginning too. Back to my usual struggle weight, 170.4. There, I said it.

    It looks like I have another chance to become slim and strong by the end of the pandemic, which is a moving deadline. My goal is really just to stay with the yoga/elliptical program, and dumbbells, and ci<co. Which means no cookies because I can't stop. And no chocolate habit. Maybe a taste of chocolate now and again, but not daily.

    So my next challenge is going out to lunch Saturday. Probably they make a better salad than I do!

    Annie in Delaware

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