WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2022

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  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,687 Member
    :)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    I spent time with DH yesterday. Our daughter brought him a new warm coat. He wasn’t feeling energetic to try it on. It looked huge to me. I hope. he will be feeling good enough to try it on.

    She was in the process of bringing me home when we were stopped by a Christmas parade. It was a pleasant surprise.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,426 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,832 Member
    Sorry about your tummy upset, KJ. :# Rest, rest, rest. <3
    I so rarely see my elder son in person, but see and hear him all the time on YouTube, podcasts etc. He is a terrible correspondent, but I do WhatsApp him now and then with pics. I think we are getting on pretty well these days and supporting each other in our social media endeavours. I intend to go up to Nottingham in the early Spring for my usual quick visit. He is fine in small doses. :laugh:

    Loved all the holiday pics folks. Thank you! <3

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • minicooper452
    minicooper452 Posts: 662 Member
    Grateful for...
    26-*form of expression-music
    Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,832 Member
    Here he is on AATV Airsoft, with his best friend Gadge. :p
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    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,832 Member
    Tracey- thinking of you and am sure you are really enjoying your weekend with your beloveds. :p
    I really enjoyed my son taking away my junk. What a team! :p

    Love Heather UK xxxxxx
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Well, I got up my courage and weighed myself. Thanksgiving dinner put two pounds on me. I feel like my daily diet starts out okay,
    with two eggs for breakfast,
    then Greek yogurt and tea,
    then for lunch oatmeal with blueberries and vegan protein powder.
    And a touch of dark chocolate afterwards.

    Then I need more fruit and veggies for my dinner calories and that is where I mess up. An apple and some broccoli or spinach would be perfect, but I never seem to eat like that. I need to work harder on getting the fruit and veggies to be more convenient. I have some apples, but I wonder how old they are.

    Annie in Delaware
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Lisa love the picture of Levi and his mother! Thanks for sharing.

    Annie I always had a hard time with eating the breakfast, lunch, snack and then supper which still made me hungry for a snack in the evening. I was never really hungry when I ate in the morning but I just did it because the myth was that you should eat a good breakfast. In fact, most everybody has an idea of breakfast food compared to food that you can eat at supper time. When I instead did the intermittent fasting and had a five hour window to eat, it was very easy for me to start around 3 o’clock. I enjoy the normal bacon and eggs in the evening and 1200 cal is a lot during a five hour window of time. Figure out what is working for you and change what is not. Barbie has a great eating plan that works for her. I believe that she’s very regimented like the way you sound you are wanting to be. She could probably give you a good advice.

    💕 Mary from Arizona/Minnesota
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,832 Member
    Barbara- Yes, he is back to cycling and coaching triathlons. Big thing! Years of anxiety and weight gain. Very painful. Huge courage . <3 The greyhounds saved his life. Now he has more.
    I am very proud of him

    Love Heather UK xxxxxx
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    edited November 2022
    Pip Yay for Lucy!

    Heather that is such a cute dress!

    I had two glasses of water, some dark chocolate, a cup of warm spinach with goat cheese, and a cold lamb chop. I have thirty-five calories left, so that was dinner. Except I get more calories for dumbbells tonight, but the whole point is to not eat back those calories. Yay for the spinach!

    Switching it up might help. I have to think about that. Thanks.

    Or maybe a daily dinner smoothie. I found one with frozen mango, banana, spinach and almond milk. I could add fiber powder, too. I would just have to get used to deliberately "cooking" instead of just grazing. Surely I'm not too lazy to make a smoothie and clean up. That right there might be the issue. I'm lazy in the kitchen.

    Annie in Delaware

  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,715 Member
    :)
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Thanks Machka! It's cool to see what others are eating. I aim for 1100 calories, but I was eating way over. Way too many cookies and bad snacks. I need more intentional food and less grazing. I'm excited about trying this mango smoothie. I need to keep my expectations realistic. Hmm. I wonder if my little blender thingie is big enough.

  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    I did my dumbbells! Yay! Thirty reps. And I didn't eat my calories back. Yay! Now we will see how Sunday goes. It's always a challenge. I switched from mint coconut milk ice cream to halo top mango sherbet so that should help. But if I'm going to do the mango smoothie I better find a different ice cream flavor for Sundays.

    Annie in Delaware
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,218 Member
    edited November 2022
    Meant to post this this morning but forgot to hit the button glad I had used the draft feature and I didn’t lose it. 😝

    Good morning all. Taking an easy day today after a busy week. Was out all day on Monday, Tuesday morning I gave a workshop at craft, Wednesday morning grocery shopping and working on Christmas cards. Thursday we had our U3A Christmas party after lunch, and I went to an art demo after dinner, yesterday I had Latin study. Only 3 planned events next week.

    November Gratitude:
    1. smell. Vanilla ice cream
    2. technology. Internet - access to y’all
    3. colour. Golden tones of autumn
    4. food. Mussels in white wine
    5. sound. The sound of DH in the kitchen making morning tea
    6. nature. Woodland and mountains
    7. memory. Holding my 11 day old DGD on Christmas morning 1994
    8. book. All books 😝
    9. place. My garden
    10. taste. Chocolate
    11. holiday. Cruise to Norway to see the Northern lights. We did so many things on that cruise.
    12. texture. There are so many textures, but I love the sleek silkiness of my hair when it is newly washed.
    13. abilities. I find it invaluable to be able to concentrate and focus on the positive, and use my analytical acumen. I can bring it to bear in finding the positive in unhelpful events. Learn from experience, so to speak.
    14. sight. Literally grateful for my sight. I only have good sight in one eye due to a birth defect in the optical nerve in my left eye. I don’t miss what I never had, but am super aware of the importance of my one good eye.
    15. season. Spring is my fav season. It’s a symbol of renewal.
    16. about your body. My sturdy strength, and the ability to heal quickly.
    17. knowledge. My happiness is entirely up to me. Happiness isn’t something that you have to put off until x, y, or z, or some event which may or may not happen. I look for happiness in simple things, a beautiful sky, birds singing, raindrops running down the window pane, autumn leaves. Also, it’s not my responsibility to make other people happy.
    18. piece of art. Too many to list 😂
    19. touch. The feeling of clean linen on the bed
    20. who. My DH. He looks after me so well.
    21. song. Cyndi Lauper: Girls just wanna have fun: anything by Cliff Richard, Tina Turner, Queen, ShaniaTwain …. etc etc etc
    22. story. Jesus of Nazareth
    23. tradition. Christmas[/spoiler]
    24. challenge. I relish the opportunity to play it forward by volunteering to lead groups for our local U3A, a lifelong learning charity. However , it can be a challenge to get other people to do their bit in the groups I lead. So many are happy to take, but find excuses when asked to reciprocate.
    25. moment this week. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to our singing group, who were giving a short concert at the Christmas party on Thursday afternoon.
    26. form of expression. Writing poetry, and watercolour painting.
    27. daily use item.
    28. what happen today.
    29. friend/family member.
    30. talent or skill

    Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    💕💖💕 to all

    ☘️ Terri

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,572 Member
    Well, much to my surprise, they didn’t say anything to me about coming in to BK so I texted that since they’re not expecting me, I wouldn’t go in. So that meant I got to exercise! I did Kathy Smith’s Lift Weights to Lose Weight. The plan for tomorrow is to do Amy Dixon’s Breathless Body DVD. After exercise, I went for a walk. Now have a pork roast in to bake for next week and to freeze

    Katla – I remember buying my father a coat. I really wanted to get him a warm one but I also knew that he wouldn’t want me to spend a lot of money. So I spent it and told him I got it 50% off. So he accepted it. Maybe your daughter bought a large coat specifically with the thought that your husband can wear a sweater or sweatshirt underneath and still have room to move

    Yea Annie. What did you have for lunch? What I do many times is get the plain yogurt (or make it) and add some FROZEN fruit. As the fruit defrosts, it leaves a “syrup” in the yogurt. That’s one way you can get your yogurt AND your fruit

    pip – yea Lucy!!!

    Think I’ll watch a little TV then take a shower.

    Michele NC
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited November 2022
    Regarding refrigerators and freezers— Ours are at our home in Oregon. They are in good working order, and we are far away. It is likely that we will bring them here to Illinois when the time is right. We don’t need them for now. We have wonderful friends in our neighborhood in Oregon who are checking up on the things that are in the house.
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Michele I had oatmeal with blueberries and protein powder for lunch. That's a good thought about fruit in the yogurt! I will try that.

    Annie in Delaware

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