WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2022
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »I've been MIA because I felt just terrible, but Wednesday I went in and had surgery on my thyroid gland, and I am happy to report that my surgeon removed the largest goiter she's ever done, which had grown down to my chest and started to wrap round the back of my neck. I feel SO MUCH BETTER, despite the whole "sore and bruised throat" stuff. I'm on restrictions for a couple weeks, which I will comply with, but I just feel like once that's over, look out world, I'm going to be focused on weight loss and working out so that I can keep feeling better and better.
I'm not going to log until the two weeks are over, or until I feel I can eat a regular diet again. Right now I'm on soft food and my voice sounds like I have a bad case of laryngitis, so when all that settles down I'll feel better about going to the gym.
But I am just feeling such relief that it's over and I'm so amazed that I feel this much better already.
Alexandra
Indiana
WOW ... I bet you feel better!1 -
Evening ladies
Well if things couldnt get worse.my poor brother who has had eye problems for the last few years has had a detached retina. And it happened again today.. so he went to the eye dr and will have surgery on Thursday..
No news on uncle he cant swallow so no eating or drinking ,so im guessing comfort measures only..hoping he can make it to his birthday on the 25th .he would be the same age as his brother when he passed
Well im going to try and go to sleep.. alot on my mind lots to worry about.but none that i have any control over..good night my dears xoxo3 -
SophieRosieMom wrote: »Happy Friday Ladies!
ANOREXIA OF AGINGCurrently, I’m delving into Anorexia of Aging. I didn’t realize it’s a “thing”. I know several of you ladies here are facing challenges with older family members, perhaps there’s some information here which will help you.
My husband, who has cognitive decline, also has been losing weight the past several months averaging a pound a week. (Not wanting to waste, I’ve picked them up.) He’s still within the “normal” BMI, but trending toward underweight.
He has very little appetite. Gets filled up easily. Right now, I’m managing to get a bottle of Ensure down him – 16 gm of protein with vitamins and minerals added. That brings him up to half the protein requirement he needs per day. Sigh. I will continue to offer different flavors and nutritional products to him.
I thought his anorexia was mainly due to dementia, but I’ve discovered that for him it’s more likely due to his other physical ailments- heart and circulation, rheumatoid arthritis, years of taking omeprazole – stomach emptying issues, etc.
If anyone is interested, here are some links which you can google:
Anorexia of Aging (todaysgeriatricmedicine.com)
Anorexia of Aging: A Modifiable Risk Factor for Frailty (nih.gov)
Adult + Senior Wellness: Anorexia of Aging - Today's Dietitian Magazine (todaysdietitian.com)
The anorexia of aging - PubMed (nih.gov)
One of the articles states that as we age, it’s normal for the A1C thresholds to rise. And another one talks about the protective properties of Vitamin D in helping the hormones that prevent anorexia in the elderly.
Lanette
Foggy and chilly SW WA State
This is super helpful, Lanette. We are dealing with similar issues with my mother. I was not prepared for it, as I did not understand it was a thing.
Thank you for sharing it.
Flea
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?? about tracking calories-
DH brought home a spring roll from his deli- The package says 470-550 calories.
I broke it down by and my figuring- at most it was 200(I did not use the Thai chili sauce that came with it)
This is how I broke it down- does it look right?
Rice paper - Spring roll paper, 1 pcs 30 6 0 0 0 0
Crab - Imitation, 0.5 cup 80 14 0 6 450 3
raw shrimp - Shrimp, 2 oz 40 1 1 8 320 0
Baby Cucumbers (Joy) - Cucumbers, 1 EACH 15 3 0 0 0 2
Avocado, 1 oz 45 2 4 1 2 0
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Julie – I can’t think of a veggie that I DON’T like. Could be steamed, baked, stir fried, just not deep fried. I don’t care for lots of oil, butter, or any sauces. I want to taste the veggie, not the sauce.
Michele in FL
who is on her way to the pool
I also like most fruit and veggies.
Except peppers. Especially green peppers.
And some lump mushrooms into vegetables, but they're fungus and not meant to be eaten.
And I haven't been brave enough to try Durian yet.
I had a look through these lists and there are only a few I haven't tried.
Veggies: https://www.halfyourplate.ca/fruits-and-veggies/veggies-a-z/
Fruit: https://www.halfyourplate.ca/fruits-and-veggies/fruits-a-z/
I also like nuts, grains, and legumes.
But my body doesn't handle peanuts, and to a lesser extent, cashews and peas too well.
Machka in Oz
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Hi Gals,
Debbie –
If there is a ingredient list give that a look, as it could be that there is some oil or other fat/sugar in there. I was trying to find something calorie acceptable at Black Bear Diner a few years ago and found out from the server all their bread was dipped in melted butter then “toasted” on the grill….
Machka – great lists I love fruit and veggies too, there were more than I expected that I had not heard of, many (most?) are from the equatorial area and are not regularly available in my area. I agree that mushrooms are fungus, but do think many of them should be eaten (LOL) and eat them regularly.
Thinking of you all, and hoping for a happy healthy day
Smiles Kim in N. California
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Hi Gals,
Debbie –
If there is a ingredient list give that a look, as it could be that there is some oil or other fat/sugar in there. I was trying to find something calorie acceptable at Black Bear Diner a few years ago and found out from the server all their bread was dipped in melted butter then “toasted” on the grill….
Machka – great lists I love fruit and veggies too, there were more than I expected that I had not heard of, many (most?) are from the equatorial area and are not regularly available in my area. I agree that mushrooms are fungus, but do think many of them should be eaten (LOL) and eat them regularly.
Thinking of you all, and hoping for a happy healthy day
Smiles Kim in N. California
I just looked at the other two types of sushi labels- they use the same exact one for both, same as what was on my package- I will just track it by the ingredients . There was a sauce package with mine but I did not use any, no other sauce on it.0 -
Kim— I also like mushrooms. DH & I went mushrooming early in our marriage. We took a good mushroom book to identify wild mushrooms and avoid anything toxic. Now we buy fresh mushrooms in the grocery store when they are available. Fresh is best but not always available so we have some canned mushrooms in the pantry. :ohwell:0
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I have noticed recent comments here about Vitamin D-3. I have heard it called the sunshine vitamin. I know it lifts my mood & makes me feel better.
Katla2 -
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Getting excited and nervous about our guests coming now!
I will have plenty of time to indulge my perfectionism after exercise. Found a new washing-up brush under the sink. All is good.
Wind has died down, but the sunny skies will be changing to downpours this afternoon. No walks on the seafront.
Three people died yesterday from falling trees and debris.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Hove, The West Pier. (Already a ruin) Press photo.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
Heather — The waves are powerful, exciting & more than a bit scary. I would love to watch them from a safe location. Is there a safe pier or watchtower for the public?0
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Accountability:Chose well: Joe, readings, BP, steps >7400, CI<CO, CI<250<CO, active 3:48
Bonus: 41 mins grooming Tumble, 2+ hrs fire district index mutual aid files, agreement research and emails, long walk with D.
Workin’ on it: 143.1, H20x5.
Friendly February 2022
18: Respond kindly to everyone you talk to today, including yourself ;}
19: Share something you find inspiring, helpful or amusing.
Barbie, ditto what you said. Thanks for the reinforcement.
Alexandra wonderful news!
Terri and Heather please send some of that rain here! You can keep the wind…
Faith in So.Cal love the meme, but I’d add a ((hugs)) blossom Looking forward to pics of your rambunctious lab.
Annie 6 mins on the elliptical and 12 mins marching? Wasn’t very long ago you were afraid you couldn’t do even 2 minutes. Well done!
Tracey
the crooked house, especially the reminiscent yellow touches.
Vicki you are so right about the headaches of management. Hope your new boss is a good one.
Debbie birthday dental appointment? Yuck!
Lanette “…there’s always something to celebrate throughout the day, so pay attention “ this, putting it up on a post it. Thanks for the links, so good to see you posting again.
Michele “…on her way to the pool…” oh how I covet your pool, and swimming weather.
Katla thanks for the mothball suggestion. Joe’s been pouring ammonia then pounding down the gopher mounds, but they keep popping back up. Whooshing you calm and courage for the call. ((hugs))
Allie ((hugs))
Machka ditto on the green peppers. When they ripen to orange and red they’re fine, but when they’re green, well, you wouldn’t eat anything else that wasn’t ripened, would you? And Durian, yeah no, don’t think I could get past the stinky feet smell. I do like cremini mushrooms though…
Heather thanks for the pic and was glad to read both that the pier was already a ruin and that it was a press photo, that you weren’t out in that weather. So sorry to hear of the weather related deaths.
Lovely long walk and chat with D from boardwalk to Sporthaven beach where the sea and sky were grey and the waves, while big, were nothing like those at Hove.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2022: Be still and listen.
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Got a flat right near the end and felt kinda flat throughout the ride.
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HEATHER wow about the storm.
I have a colleague who was flying out to meet see his elderly mom on Friday morning (not able to see her much in past 2 years). I hope he makes it.1 -
Interesting article. I actually do my own personal combination of these.
While my list does make me feel overwhelmed, I am actually accomplishing what I *need* to by the deadlines.
I Tried 4 To-Do List Methods. Here’s What Worked.
by Kelsey Alpaio
January 14, 2021
https://hbr.org/2021/01/i-tried-4-to-do-list-methods-heres-what-worked
My method is this:
I have a long, long, long, long, long To Do list on the computer in Word. It's got EVERYTHING. It's probably got much more than it needs to.
A list as long as mine would be useless if it were just an incredibly long list. But I divide it into sections.
- The top section are items with due dates.
- That is followed immediately by items that I need to complete soon but which don't have due dates.
- The next set of sections divides items into "rooms". I work well when I divide tasks into rooms. So I'll have the things I need to do in the bathroom, things I need to do in the office, etc. Those are long-term things which I know I'll be working on next year this time.
- The last section are all the things I've completed. I didn't used to keep those. I used to delete things when I finished them but I felt like I was spinning my wheels and not getting anything done. So I started keeping what I've done and it turns out that I've done A LOT!
In addition to the list, I also do the calendar trick that Kelsey (author of the the article above) talks about. I put the items with due dates on the calendar and items I need to complete soon but don't have due dates on my calendar so I've actually scheduled time to do them.
Does all this work?
Well, I am getting the necessary things done. But I do wish for an evening I can spend colouring now and then. Unfortunately to get the necessary things done, I need to keep working on them every evening.
Machka in Oz
The problem in the past few months is that I've been adding so many new things to the first two sections (items with due dates and items that need to be completed soon) and thus I've not been able to get to anything in the middle "rooms" section.
Machka in Oz
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Good morning all. Storm Eunice is now over The Nordic countries. There are more storms moving towards us across the Atlantic. It’s currently sleeting here.
Tracey: Such a cute little cottage. I’m sure your ornaments gifts are always welcome.
Faith: 🥰the bouquet. I have an abundance of most of those blooms, so will leave them for others.
Alexandra: I can feel the relief in your post. Very sensible to give yourself time to recuperate.
Heather: Glad you are safe. Our little corner escaped most of the storm yesterday. This morning is very dull and wet. 😍your menu for your guests.
Lanette: Good to see you posting.
The whole of the South of England was under Red Storm Alerts yesterday, but the worst of it passed us by. I watched the news footage of some of the planes aborting landings in the high winds, and was grateful that I wasn’t a passenger in one of them.
I will go out to our local shops later for fresh produce.
Pleased that our LFTs have been negative for 5 days. DGS is still testing positive, but his mild symptoms have gone.
☘️ Terri
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Good morning, afternoon or evening, all,
Tracey - Love the crooked house! Did you do the painting of your grandparent's house?
Heather - Hope the time with your guests is just wonderful.
Alexandra - I didn't even know that was possible! So glad you had it removed. Hope your recovery is swift and pain-free.
Regarding mushrooms: I love mushrooms and tend to buy a large box of Baby Bellas each week. Sliced up and sauteed in a little butter and wine, then reduced to the point where they nearly dry out is insanely good. I use them on burgers, in casseroles, and sometimes just eat them out of hand. I do not like them raw, but love them cooked.
Corey has to go to work this morning, so he's rattling around. Neither of us likes it when he works Saturdays, but sometimes it's necessary. He's usually done by noon and needed to get a haircut anyway.
Thank goodness he's finally decided to go to professionals instead of me trimming his hair. His decision may have been based on the fact that, when I cut his hair, he looks like possums have been chewing on his head. 🐭😊
I'll spend the time he's gone getting the rest of the automatic payments pushed from one credit to another. I used the one because we seldom spend anything else on that card, so it was easy to see all the payments in one place. However, they've been sold off to another company, so our account number is changing.
Speaking of changes, I'm finally getting used to my new pair of glasses. I got the progressive lenses, and they did say it would take a week or two for me to get comfortable with them. Also got the photochromic lenses, the ones that turn dark in sunlight. Means I don't have to drag sunglasses with me.
Still trying to clean up my passwords - got rid of 100 of them on Monday, and hope to get rid of 100 today - that means going to each site and unsubscribing or deleting my account, then back to my stored passwords and deleting the old ones.
On my second cup of tea (decaf) and thinking about a third. When I'm done with y'all, I have to get the sleeve on a coat of Corey's repaired with a needle and thread.
NSV - made it to 6,000 steps yesterday! Slowly getting better...
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR7 -
Lisa- i just choked when you said he looked like a possum chewing on his head ,bahaaaaa
Slept pretty well and am going to check on my brother today poor guy. And no news is good news on my poor uncle..
I will try and make that video for him today and send it to my cousin Luke to show him3 -
Barbara thanks for the encouragement!
Lisa congratulations on 6000 steps! It's so good to see you feeling better!
Today I'm cleaning up my desk in preparation for taxes. I figure if I break the taxes into little steps it won't be so scary.
Annie in Delaware1 -
Annie, when I work on my taxes, I work 15-20 minutes a day and then put things away. It's like that old saying about eating an elephant one bite at a time. I call it "suffer for 15 minutes". It has been a satisfying method for me.Heather, your meals and cleaning sound amazing. Your guests will be well cared for. I heard this yesterday--"It's not the storm that gets me, it's the forecast". Barbie in NW WA 4 -
Saturday --
Slept in but even though I had a long and deep night's sleep, I did not feel like getting up. I felt like I could sleep a lot more. Nevertheless, I figured I would give the day a go.
Once the laundry had been hung out on the line, we headed out to get a whole lot more gravel, plus a few larger rocks for my creation. By "get", I mean shovel gravel into large garden pots. We got a total of 600 kg (1322.77 lbs) so we each shovelled about half that, and then carried it to the van.
My husband hauled it to where it was needed using a dolly and while he did that, I weeded some awkward and difficult to reach spots in the garden. I also hauled a large watering "can" up and down and up and down the stairs in our garden to give the raspberries a good watering.
All up, we spent about 2.5 hours doing garden work. I'm sore this evening and have scratches on my arms from the trees I was reaching between to get at the weeds.
Then we decided to attempt a bicycle ride but the wind had come up which made it a little more challenging and I just had no energy.
This evening I've been in my comfy chair trying to get my emails under control - organising folders. My job shift meant an email shift which created chaos in my whole email system.
And speaking of the job shift ...
I think that's part of the reason I felt such a lack of energy today. I've done 2 weeks at work, at the office, and I'm having trouble getting used to the new, earlier schedule. I'm trying to go to bed earlier but I haven't managed to go to bed as early as I need so I'm getting less than 7 hours of sleep a night. Plus, when I go to bed earlier, I often can't sleep for a while, so I lose another 15-30 minutes.
Also, I came from an incredibly quiet office ... and I've gone into a very chatty and noisy office. I think I'm also finding that a little bit difficult to adjust to.
But next week I work from home, so that will be nice.
Machka in Oz6 -
OMG Alexandra, I'm so sorry you've had to go through that. How scary, but what a wonderful outcome. Glad you're already feeling better.
Woah Heather, glad you're safe. Sorry about all the damage. With my knees, that's how I come down the stairs all the time, so...
I'm still on retreat. Enjoying my friends, relaxing, scrapping, dishing and probably eating and drinking WAY too much, but being VERY honest on my diary. ah well... I'll just body groove a bit more next week.
Carla in "rocks & cows" MN (for the weekend)4 -
Well i made 3 short videos because the one long one was to long to send..and sent it to ny cousin to show his dad my uncle..i have pictures on my walls in the living dining room of all the people and things near and dear to me.. and stickers that go on the wall that go with.. over my little den it says family is forever.. i videoed rhat.. then a little vignette of 4 photos that says traditions of labor day weekend up at the cottage and making homemade peach ice cream with a hand crank ice cream maker and a photo of the sunrise at the beach at the end of the road..
Then moved over to blessings and to a picture of my dad and him with his red soxs cap on and i said at the end until we see each other again I love you to pieces..
Its the closest i can be to being there and i know they are special memories to him.. so glad i can send something special before he passes5 -
Morning all! Happy Saturday. Quick response to things:
Alexandra- Wow! I bet you feel so much better! Or at least you will once the soreness wears off.
Heather- Quite a storm! Beautiful pics, though!
Tracey- Love your houses (painting and ceramic)!
Lanette- So good to hear from you. I am going to look up the book Anorexia of Aging. I am dealing with the same thing with my DH. He eats like a bird and getting protein into him is so hard. (Hadn't thought about Ensure). He is losing weight steadily; while I seem to be collecting what he loses...
Allie- I saw your request to post the pic of your dad and uncle and I kept forgetting every time I logged in. Here you go.
Allie's father (in the yellow) and uncle (who is currently ill).
Well, I better scoot. I am getting a late start to my grocery shopping and errands. The weather has changed again and has be feeling very congested and achy, again. blah. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)6 -
Did a Peak 10 DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Booya yoga DVD
Allie – so sorry about your brother. Good thoughts for your uncle
Debbie – Kim’s right, one time I ordered something and the bun was dipped in butter, too. Didn’t really understand why. Personally, I would probably go with your numbers. You don’t know how they figured the calorie count.
Barbara and Annie – Way to go Annie!!!! Persistence and you’re getting there. I’m so happy for you
Barbara – it’s not my pool (YET) but the one here at the condo. When we get back I do want to start opening our pool. I know it’ll probably be too chilly to go in. But I do want to be ready for when Mother Nature is ready!
Katla – thanks for the mothball info. We’ve had something digging holes in our yard, I suspect deer but I’m not sure, so I’ll try that. I think we still have mothballs from when we had that snake.
M – so sorry about your flat
Haven’t gotten my steps in lately mainly because I haven’t had time to go for a walk. Too busy getting settled. Well, maybe next week I can go for my walk.
Michele in FL
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Yesterday we had a sunshiny day and visited with neighbors to admire their new car. DH wants to replace his old car and liked what he saw. Chatting with neighbors on a sunny day was wonderful.
We are hoping to get a puppy from a local poodle breeder. We are looking forward to seeing the puppies after they are born. We are looking for a healthy medium sized dog. We lost our sweet old dog to cancer last fall. It is time for us to adopt a new puppy.1
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