WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2022
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☘Terri0
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I did my two minutes elliptical and my yoga. Yay!
Annie in Delaware5 -
On Dec 26, the first day of the snow, I dropped my flashlight somewhere in the snow and had no idea where it was so I ordered a new one. The new one arrived on Wednesday. Today with the snow melting I found it frozen into the ice in the driveway. After letting it warm up and dry out, it works. A small thing, but the source of great joy.
Barbie in NW WA
Sometimes it's the little things that bring us the most joy.
Tina in CA4 -
Morning ladies
Raining here but the ground is cold so it is freezing on contact.. lots of accidents..
I was up past midnight which is unusal for me but did a grocery order on my laptop and it will be delivered between 11-1
Tracy tested negative on the covid test ,praise be and went for bloodwork this morning has to take Carmine for her vaccine tomorrow morning and then she has her drs appt early afternoon.. then Friday is the big day.. and of course it is supposed to snow.. not alot so not worried.5 -
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I'm up! I was clicking light switches trying to figure out which were for WHAT! Normally when I wake up its already light! Haahaa!
Yesterday was kind of exciting! Eldest son reenlisted on a 6000 mountain in The Olympics, a mountain range in Washington State.
I was really proud of him!
The pic of his mug is fuzzy because it was a selfie of him enroute so it was bumpy!
Rebecca
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Dealing with another hospital stay with my dad. He fell Thursday night and broke his hip. Surgery fixed it, but the COPD, which caused the fall in the first place, is worsening. I’m exhausted from sitting at the hospital all day every day. My mother has stayed a few nights. The hospital only allows the two of us. The plan is to move to a short-term rehab for at least a couple of weeks.
My new years eating goals are on hold until I can be back in my routine. I had a one on one session with my group counseling zoom last night on how to not lose the progress I’ve made due to this curve ball. It was helpful. They told me to give myself some grace re exercise - that sleep and rest would help me achieve my goals more.
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Kay ... so sorry to hear your dad fell! Praying the short-term rehab is beneficial and he can soon be home again.
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Allie: 🤞🏻That all goes well.
Rebecca: He looks so happy 😂
DrKatie: That’s not good. (((Hugs))) I fully understand the ‘joy’s of looking after elderly parents. And yes! Do cut yourself a lot of slack. No point in adding any more stress.3 -
Allie – I hope you will be safe inside. Freezing rain is dangerous.
Rebecca – Your son is a good man. You are a proud mom, and that is wonderful.
Heather – So sorry about your friend’s conflicted feeling about not being able to be with her sister. Grief is difficult for us all and I am sorry for her situation & her loss.
Dr. Katie – So sorry your dad fell and broke his hip. It is good that surgery fixed it. I hope the rehab will help him get back home. You must be exhausted!
We have high water levels in the river today, but they are not too high for comfort. It is a good day to stay warm and cozy at home.
Katla in NW Oregon
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Ginny - Your niece was so young. (((Hugs)))
Dr Katie - You have had so much to deal with. Yes, be kind to yourself
I walked in to Central Hove this afternoon to exchange the cylinder of gas for my soda machine. They had sold out. :sad:
In revenge I bought focaccia and cinnamon buns from a hugely expensive baker.
It is all in the freezer. The buns will wait for a guest breakfast.
Then I popped into the mega supermarket and bought our favourite porcini and truffle ravioli. Will have one packet tomorrow. The other is in the freezer.
Tonight is duck legs, potatoes, brussel sprouts and spinach in crême fraiche.
Oh and I also bought some stinky Epoisses cheese.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx3 -
Dr. Katie, When your dad settles into the rehab place, I hope you can get the rest you need.
Thinking of so many people facing challenges in this new year.
Betsy in NW WA
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Kay ~ So sorry about your dad's continuing health problems.
Carol in GA0 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Allie: 🤞🏻That all goes well.
Rebecca: He looks so happy 😂
DrKatie: That’s not good. (((Hugs))) I fully understand the ‘joy’s of looking after elderly parents. And yes! Do cut yourself a lot of slack. No point in adding any more stress.
Yes, plus he had like 3 jackets on! The SAR command is constantly training, so they used his re enlistment to practice search and rescue. My son said they had him and another fellow sailor wear snowshoes and walk to a specific point in the area, then the helicopter flew off and came back for them. My son was supposed to mimic a pilot wounded, so he held a tree limb under his arms like he was wounded. SAR got busy and prepped him in the basket, then he was air lifted up. Pretty exciting stuff. I should be seeing pics of his actual swearing in, from the other sailors phone today.
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Allie – I hope you will be safe inside. Freezing rain is dangerous.
Rebecca – Your son is a good man. You are a proud mom, and that is wonderful.
Heather – So sorry about your friend’s conflicted feeling about not being able to be with her sister. Grief is difficult for us all and I am sorry for her situation & her loss.
Dr. Katie – So sorry your dad fell and broke his hip. It is good that surgery fixed it. I hope the rehab will help him get back home. You must be exhausted!
We have high water levels in the river today, but they are not too high for comfort. It is a good day to stay warm and cozy at home.
Katla in NW Oregon
I appreciate your words. I am going to miss that kid, but I have a feeling he will be emailing, or messaging me every other day from Guam. He is just that kind of kid. We are always sending each other stuff, and I live with him, so I hope and pray, that it will continue.💖🙏👍
Rebecca3 -
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I apologize for being absent a couple of days. My husband finally is finished with Covid, so I hope we will be back to normal. I was quarantining with him, even though I had tested negative. So, now I can get back to pickleball and yoga. He can get back to golf. I will be more “present” now. I’ve done well this week sticking to my calorie limit, so I’m proud of that.6
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DD driving my car again today to get to work so I am unable to get to the YM for water exercise. She took the car in to get a new battery and when they were installing the battery they blew a fuse. They did not have one to replace it and had to get one overnighted from CA. So I am snug at home and made chicken vegetable soup in the crockpot for tonight.
Snow is continuing to melt very slowly. Still some very slippery spots out there.
Heather - so very sorry for your friend.
Katybug - hope your dad recovers quickly.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA3 -
Stats for the day-
Walk home to do- 48.01min, 10elev, 92ahr, 111mhr, 3.61ap, 2.94mi= 271c
Strava app= 355c
Walk doc to home- 50min, 29elev, 3.69ap, 92ahr, 106mhr, 3.07mi= 289c
Strava app= 370c
Walk home to gym- 10.16min, .52mi= 52c
Strava app= 63c
Stairclimber- 20min, lvl7, 1355steps 129ahr, 147mhr, 86floors= 192c
Walk gym to stores then home- 27.07min, 1.31mi= 176c
Strava app= 159c
Total cal 9804 -
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So, do you all do the added calories due to exercise? I use a fitbit and when I get a certain number of steps, my calorie allowance goes up. I know it’s supposed to figured according to weight loss goals, but I’m wondering if that’s defeating the purpose for exercise (calorie deficit=weight loss). It sure is nice to feel rewarded for putting forth extra effort for exercise.
Karleen in Florida1 -
Just a quick check in-ladies group in a few. Got home from gym and ate quick dinner and checked in here.
Julie—I may be missing something-are you currently teaching or just working on thesis?
Dr. Katie-sorry to hear about your dad. Agree with others-take care of yourself. We are usually bad at giving ourselves grace.
Annie-parents are almost impossible to train. Good job sticking with your exercise plan.
Allie-hoping everything goes well tomorrow. Exciting times!
Rebecca-I am sure you are proud of your son. Very cool way to reenlist!
Heather-I find the idea of cinnamon buns for revenge appealing.
Regarding added calories due to exercise-for me it depends. I will eat many of them but only when I feel confident I have been logging correctly. When you have things set to lose weight, if logging is correct, you should be ok-you can check it out by seeing if you continue with weight loss while eating them back.
Off to see my group.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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I aim to eat back about half my exercise calories. Different people have different approaches, but you have to experiment to see what gives you the rate of weight loss you are happy with.
Annie in Delaware4 -
We are okay. We stocked up at the grocery store today and can stay comfortable at home. Thanks to heaven for the phone company and the internet, we can stay connected with family and friends. Stay as safe as you can.
Katla4 -
Kfhontherttrack wrote: »So, do you all do the added calories due to exercise? I use a fitbit and when I get a certain number of steps, my calorie allowance goes up. I know it’s supposed to figured according to weight loss goals, but I’m wondering if that’s defeating the purpose for exercise (calorie deficit=weight loss). It sure is nice to feel rewarded for putting forth extra effort for exercise.
Karleen in Florida
I usually eat a portion of my exercise calories.
When I was on my big weight loss mission in 2015, I usually did this:
If I did light exercise like walking for an hour, I would eat about half my exercise calories.
If I did moderate exercise like cycling for 2 or 3 hours or running for an hour, I would eat about 3/4 of my exercise calories.
If I did a lot of exercise like cycling for 5 or 6 hours or running for a couple hours, I would eat pretty close to all my exercise calories.
Machka in Oz4 -
We are home again from our holiday!Last Wednesday, we drove up north to a small town where we stayed 4 nights. It was lovely up there … so nice and hot (unlike Hobart) and such a great area for cycling, walking and running. And we did quite a bit of that. We would have done more cycling except for the heat (I didn’t want my husband cycling in hot conditions as overheating can be an epilepsy trigger) and the wind. It was quite windy during the day when I would go out to walk or run, and then would calm down about 5 or 6 pm and that’s when we’d go cycling.
Rhody seemed fairly comfortable there. He went around and sniffed the spots where he had rubbed before, like a corner of the wall he has rubbed against each time we’ve been there. I’m pretty sure he picks up a bit of his scent and of course adds to it. He was happy to be outside too and waited patiently for his possum friend to appear … and it did!
Then on Sunday we moved to cabin on a historic farm for 3 nights. I really like it there. No traffic, very few people, farm life.
We did our long ride on the Monday. I wasn’t sure we would be able to go that far, but we had no time limits or any pressure. It was a lovely day and we just rode. I did have that flat tyre right toward the end, but other than that, it was really good. I felt great after the ride … I think we were both a little tired, but we felt better than we had expected. However, in the night I seem to have strained something in my upper left back.
The next day we went for a short walk around the historic part of the farm rather than any sort of cycling. It's a World Heritage site and is set up a little bit like a museum depicting life in the 1800s. We also drove into the nearby town to do a little shopping at a Collective where Tasmanian artists and creators send their things to be sold. There is a nursery joined to the Collective area where we bought a pear tree last time we were there. This time, I bought a plant I had seen in the previous town. We also got some bee-related metal work.
Rhody isn’t keen on other people (besides us) although there are a few he will tolerate. He’s usually skittish around people and will either run away or growl. But animals seem to be different. He’s curious about them.
On the first night, a steer climbed over the fence into the back yard area of the cabins. Rhody was in the back yard on his leash and we were sitting on the back deck looking out over the fields. The steer walked along into our backyard area, eating grass as it went and not paying attention to Rhody or us. But Rhody saw it!! First he looked at this animal many times bigger than he is (but the same colour – black with a bit of brown) as though he had never seen anything like it before! And then he got into stalking position and started creeping up to it like he was a panther about to take down a wildebeest or something! Little tiny Rhody sneaking up on a large steer!
I hopped off the deck and stood beside Rhody. I thought maybe he would sit up and just watch the steer once I got there, but nope, he paid no attention to me and kept creeping up on the steer with not even the slightest movement of his tail. He was heading right for the steers flank and I got an image in my head of him pouncing on the steer, and the steer giving a kick and Rhody flying through the air … so I quickly grabbed him and we took him inside.
I was surprised! No growling, no skittishness like he displays around people … he was ready to have some beef for dinner!
The next night he touched noses with a little horse (like a Shetland). First he tried to stalk it, but my husband picked him up. He was interested in it and not quite sure. We also visited some sheep which he looked at with great amazement. Then when we walked back to the cabin, we saw a pademelon. My husband was carrying him on those occasions. Then he watched the pademelon for some time through the window.
Now we’re home and I think we’re all glad to be back even though it was a very nice time away. I don't go back to work till Monday so we've got some time to relax before then.
Oh ... and I lost a little weight over the holiday.
Machka in Oz
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Thinking of all of you going through difficult times. 2
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