WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2023
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Only if you're interested in doing something like this as we go along ...
Feel Good Feb
https://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/programs-initiatives/feelgood-feb/
Or perhaps you've got something else in mind.
Another idea is one that I've tried before ...
Exercising the Alphabet in February
In other words, on February 1, you'd walk to a street that starts with A or do an exercise video hosted by someone whose name starts with A or something ... A.
On February 2, you'd go swimming at a Beach or play a game of Baseball or something ... B.
On February 3, you'd go Cycling or Climb some stairs or something ... C.
and so on.
There are, of course, 26 letters in the alphabet and 28 days in February, so you'd have 2 free days if you didn't exercise those days or couldn't fit in the next letter of the alphabet.
Machka in Oz
I have listed several January highlights so that meets the calendar suggestion for February 1...
And I walked to the Asian "dollar store" next to the Asian grocers and bought Art supplies at lunch today. That'll be my A.
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Happy Birthday Sue!!!
Thanks for the new thread Barbie!
I like the calendar, Machka, Thanks!
Happy February all!
Love and Blessings, Carla, in MN1 -
Lanette - All I've got on the subject is personal and anecdotal. My parents, by the time they got to their late 40s, were both obese. My body type is a direct copy of my mothers - large thighs, large posterior, small waist, large bust. By the time I was in my 40s, I weighed 303 pounds at 5'2" tall (actually, 5'1" tall, because my weight was compressing my spine). Both my parents, when they divorced, lost their excess weight, by the way.
This is my gastric bypass before and after picture, from 303 to about 140 pounds:
The only two people who actually share my full complement of genes, my two-years-older brother and my two-years-younger sister, have never struggled with their weight, ever. The rest of my brothers and sisters are half-siblings, and one half-brother four years older than me did struggle with his weight. Another half-brother gained weight after he turned 60 and was diagnosed with COPD--to my knowledge, none of the other siblings did. (There are ten of us all-told, including the half siblings.)
I think, like most things, that genes may provide part of the answer. I think they provide fertile ground, so to speak, for us to be more likely to gain weight than someone without those genes. I do not think our genes are the ONLY reason we struggle with our weight.
Going back to reading the news now... I love questions like these, by the way.
Love,
Lisa in AR
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »
And, consider that for eons, nature has engineered post-menopausal gals to weight gain some around the middle which didn't necessarily adversely affect their health or lifespan. Anecdotally, I'm thinking of my grandmothers who were pleasingly plump and healthy into their mid-90's without ever worrying about going on a diet or their BMI's.
The Smart BMI Calculator appears to support that - https://www.smartbmicalculator.com/
This topic is complicated and can be controversial.
Thoughts?
Lanette
SW WA State I tried the calculator and it told me I didn't need to lose more weight and my BMI was healthy. I was reminded that the bone health specialist I visited told me that she was in favor of women my age being heavier than they thought they wanted because it was good for bone health. At that time I weighed about 15 pounds less than I do now. I was excited when I woke up this morning and jumped right out of bed because I wanted extra time to read what you all have said to begin the new month. I count on you to start my day right. I remember my mother saying that children were bigger now (meaning my generation compared to hers) because of vitamins. She also said that the next generation after mine would be born with wheels because we got driven everywhere instead of walking like she and her generation had. I am old enough to have grown up when children walked to school and played outdoors instead of watching TV. People younger than me have not been so fortunate.
Barbie in NW WA
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I’m looking forward to my morning coffee and breakfast. It is still cold outside and warm inside. I am looking forward to shopping with my daughter one day this week. I have a list and I’m ready when she is available to get started.3
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Thank you for the link to February, Barbie!
Happy birthday, Sue!
Machka- I love the alphabet calendar! I will work on that this month.Feb 1 - A = Arm work (50 bicep curls w/10# weight, 50 tricep w/ 10# weight, 50 side arm raises w/ 10# weight)vicki- Congrats on the upcoming new grandbaby! Wow! so many grandkids! How lucky you are!
Heather- Lots of grand time for you lately! I love that they all seem to have an artistic leaning!
Karen VA Lillybelle and Rory! Awww! They get big so fast!
Rebecca- I love a Rueben!
Lanette- Interesting about the obesity link. I DO believe there are certain genetic factors that make obesity more likely. Just as we have those ultra thin people who can eat whatever they want and still stay very thin (due to genetics); if you can understand that, it would only stand to reason that there are people who are genetically predisposed to gain and hold onto fat. That said, I think a vast majority of us fall in between.
Well, I have four kiddos here already and I am typing as fast as I can while they eat their breakfast. Pancakes and pineapple for them. Some rice and coffee for me. (I don't want to wake DH with my blender; so no smoothie this am). Only 6 kids today! It's like a vacation!
ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)4 -
Good morning ladies!
We have a perfect trace of snow! Just enough to be beautiful on the field but not affect the roads much. I'm waiting to go out, just in case.
Lanette, I think there are reasons why obesity runs in families. We learn cooking styles and comfort foods from our families. We learn attitudes towards exercise and body types from our families. There might be a genetic component too, but that part is harder to change.
My mother thinks exercise is silly and pointless. She sits on the couch all day. And she thinks it's okay for me to be fifty pounds overweight. She prefers beef and carbs and fried, processed food. And she thinks it's polite to push food at me, and then guilt trip me into finishing leftovers. That's not genetic but it is a family issue.
Maybe the genetics are expressed as a weak "stomach is full" signal. I'm working on that. We used to always overeat on Sundays and holidays, and consider being stuffed a good feeling.
So I have a lot to work on there. Hmmm.
But the daily exercise and counting CI seems to work for me.
Happy snow day! Stay home if you can!
Annie in Delaware
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I am not caught up with January, but I am ready for Fresh Start February. Although I did lose a couple of lbs in January, I did not reach my goal. I did, however, take my vitamins every single day. That is a first! I did reach my goal of 10,000 steps daily, I did average 10,000 and walked 132 miles. I feel like I’m back on track there.
I will catch up on January later.10 -
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Thank you Barbie, for the new thread!
This is my year goal list but I update it daily and monthly. I met all my goals except I missed a few days of 7,000 steps due to weather or feeling ill, but not to shabby anyway! I lost 2.5 pounds last month which is great!
2023 GOALS
Exercise goals added
Yoga 10 mins 3 times a week 1/15-122%
Walk 7,000 every day 1/28–84%
Arm weights twice a week 1/10—100%
Word of the year: Appreciate :Definition—Recognize the full worth of.
1. cut back drinking and limit to 2 days a week. 0/8–100
2. Average 7,000 steps a week.8152,(7,700,110%)
3. Update budget every 2 weeks 0/2–200
4. Contact close family every week (4x)0/16–100
5. Contact Donat and sibs once a month (8x)8/64–100
6. Weigh less last day of month compared to first until I reach 140. Start at 178.6,176,—100
7. Develop a journaling practice by aiming to journal at least 5 days a week.1/25—-130
8. Read 12 books at least this year. 2/12–200
9. Pay off credit card debt by January 2024 by making monthly payments to NDR——1/12—100
10. Continue building emergency fund at SLFCU (min$25 a month)$25–100
January Met —130%
February met
March met met
April met
May met
June met
July met — met
August met
September met
October met —
November met—
December met—
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »Lanette - All I've got on the subject is personal and anecdotal. My parents, by the time they got to their late 40s, were both obese. My body type is a direct copy of my mothers - large thighs, large posterior, small waist, large bust. By the time I was in my 40s, I weighed 303 pounds at 5'2" tall (actually, 5'1" tall, because my weight was compressing my spine). Both my parents, when they divorced, lost their excess weight, by the way.
This is my gastric bypass before and after picture, from 303 to about 140 pounds:
The only two people who actually share my full complement of genes, my two-years-older brother and my two-years-younger sister, have never struggled with their weight, ever. The rest of my brothers and sisters are half-siblings, and one half-brother four years older than me did struggle with his weight. Another half-brother gained weight after he turned 60 and was diagnosed with COPD--to my knowledge, none of the other siblings did. (There are ten of us all-told, including the half siblings.)
I think, like most things, that genes may provide part of the answer. I think they provide fertile ground, so to speak, for us to be more likely to gain weight than someone without those genes. I do not think our genes are the ONLY reason we struggle with our weight.
Going back to reading the news now... I love questions like these, by the way.
Love,
Lisa in AR
I agree with genetics are part of the problem. In my family all the women lived to be over 90 AND were overweight most of their lives, but all the males, including my brothers and son are skinny! My 2 daughters take after me. One watches her weight constantly, exercises and is careful what she eats and has to fight to stay slim (she is not skinny), my other daughter doesn’t watch anything and is overweight. I am in between but fight to get there. I have to exercise and really watch what I eat to get back to a healthy weight. It is way too easy for me to gain and takes forever to lose.
RVRita in overcast and cold NM4 -
Feel Good February
1. Create a list of 5 things you have accomplished this year: Lost 2.5 pounds, began walking to at least 7,000 steps a day, adding yoga 3 times a week, adding arm weights twice a week, logged every day so far this year.
I like this and will try to follow through. I like these lists! Thanks Machka!
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Barbie ... Thank you for setting up the new month!
Allie ... I loved the photo of you and your grandson in the barn setting. How cute!
Vicki ... I am feeling better, but still under quarantine today and then the 5 days masked in public thing. The "rules" keep changing and I can't keep up with what we're supposed to do. I just wish that decisions regarding a patient's health were based on medical parameters alone. Politicians and insurance companies need to let doctors be doctors.
Karen ... The file can't be opened ... my computer says "no data." I'm interested in it. Is there another way to access the information?
Lanette ... that's a lot of information to slog through!
I skimmed it. Also redid my results on the SmartBMI calculator. My doctor has me at "morbidly obese" but the smart calculator says I'm "overweight." Which I agree with and for whatever reason find more motivating to continue to work on my health. "Morbidly obese" is almost the same as saying you're just about dead ... no point in even trying.
As far as genetics and obesity I would have to agree that there is a connection but similar to any genetic propensity ... just because you have a mutation that is known to cause a disease does not mean you will get the disease or that you can't take preventative actions. I like the idea of knowing whether you're predisposed to obesity on a genetic level if that information can help develop individual and specific preventative actions. Without a doubt environment plays a factor. I walked everywhere, didn't watch much television, computers/games were not yet a part of the culture and my mom was working with a strict food budget. No room for junk food! I thought I was fat at 5'8" and 145 pounds! Silly girl. My great-grandmother, who did end up with diabetes was an immigrant who settled on a farm. She ate from the kitchen garden and her livestock and wouldn't have had any idea what a cheese puff was. She looked like every picture you've ever seen of immigrants from Europe ... short and round. She lived to be 100.
Met my January goal of being lighter at the end of the month than when it started. Down 2 pounds. February will be the same. My word for the year is bold/boldly and I have opportunity to remember that.
Beth near Buffalo where it is snowing today
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Karen ~ Lilly Belle looks like a wonderful big sister to baby Rory!
Sue ~ Have an excellent birthday celebration.
Barbie ~ Thanks for a new start!
Carol in GA3 -
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Sue
🎉🎂🥳Happy Birthday 🥳🎂🎉
I got locked out of here!! They must have done an update and required me to log back in. Of course I forgot how to do that lol.
Thanks Barbie for starting us up again!
💕 Mary from Arizona/Minnesota7 -
Happy February!
Thank you Barbie for the fresh start.
the “Dear past…” meme
And whoever it was who gave us the “different tables” analogy, was it Karen in VA or Lanette or?
Monthly average wt down from 137.7 to 136.2, best change in a long while. NOT focusing on <110 goal weight, rejoicing at leaving the 140s behind for good. Simplifying spreadsheet, eliminating 6 columns whose tracking is implied by other columns or no longer needed. Keeping same monthly intentions and “Be of good cheer” annual motto.
Didn’t do the filing yesterday but got dogs down to powerline, dragged my lazy butt out to line dance class, and made step goal with a little Jeopardy walking.
Welcome @susandoll
KJ could your DH be angling for some “pain relief”
Katla sorry your brave tilapia experiment had icky results.
Vicki thankful for your sisters invitation, your youngest sisters news and your oldest son’s news. Grandbaby 36? WOW!
Machka “normal range” what a relief! “Exercising the alphabet” doesn’t resonate or inspire, makes me shake my head “no!” :laugh:
Feb 1: 5 things accomplished “this year” in the past 365 days or month? Such a nitpicker!
1. Started “listening with the ear of the heart” training
2. Left the 140s behind
3. January board meeting minutes out the next day
4. Improved house by buying and using a Roomba
5. PT exercises at least six days out of seven.
Rosemarie, Both Joe and I just sleep when we’re tired, eat when we’re hungry, not consciously following any second sleep or intermittent fasting plans.
Ginny sure hope your insurance can pre-pay the implant and not postpone retirement.
Betsy the dream is the crucial first step. Without the desire you wouldn’t ever begin.
Evelyn great realization, good choice to rest so you can walk of that meal
Heather your self-knowledge and ability to determine new paths and directions are as inspiring as your trying new things like watercolor and drawing. “Right now is enough” = a strong charm against getting stuck in the past or fear of the future. Brava!
Karen in VA Lilybell is a doll and Rory precious.
Machka, suspect some champion understatement in “project plan . . .consultations. Great opportunity, great learning experience.”
Kylia “more active” is way more important than any arbitrary number of steps, imho. Well done!
Karen, couldn’t open the ultraprocessed link, but like the term. Makes me crazy when a health conscious person brags about avoiding “processed” foods. ? Harvesting, cleaning, chopping, cooking are all processes. (there goes that nitpicking again.)
Allie, in my H U M B L E opinion, it’s not how you look to others, it’s how you feel inside. If you want to express your love for yourself by finding ways to move and make healthier choices, fine. But Myles knows you for your loving heart, as do we all.
Lisa another plus to putting the fire off til tomorrow, you won’t have to clean out the fireplace before starting a fire with the lights out. (sound like I’ve been there?) Relish that beautiful image and sketch it, not to make it go away, but because it will be more lastingly satisfying than cleaning could ever be.
Lanette “…I'm betting we ate better quality food, not so much of it (family style meals where the kids fought over the last chicken wing), and had more exercise.” Bingo! Love that smart BMI calculator, a reassurance and an inspiration to return to BB&B practice.
Annie family issue on feeding. So hard to find a loving way to say “No, thank you.” To your mother and be able to disassociate from the ensuing guilt trip. ((hugs))
Welcome back Kay, Daily supplements and 10K steps, well done!
Rita 130% Jan goals met? You ROCK galfriend.
Beth yours on patient’s health decisions, doctors, politicians and insurers. Well said. Congrats on 2 lbs lighter and bold/boldly and your attitude about “opportunity to remember that.”
Mary glad you got back in!
‘k that’s enough sitting. Another chance to get outside before the wind kicks up.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2023: Be of good cheer.
February: Move more, fuel better, live NOW.
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Hi, I am a 58 year old divorced mama of 6 (four grown and gone, two at home). I have a golden retriever named Melody, who is my best buddy. I live with my 18 year old daughter and my 22 year old son.
I work a full time job and another full time job as caregiver to my son who is an adult with disabilities. I had a vertical sleeve in 2015, which threw me right into menopause. I went from 272-202 (335 before the surgery at the beginning of the 6 month mandated diet) and had a panniculectomy in 2019. That was a horrid surgery and I was not even able to lay on my stomach until 2021 and lift my hands fully above my head until recently.
I was 248 last November when I started again trying to get into better health. I had eaten Gluten free from 2014-2021, but since I had no antibodies to gluten, I went back to wheat full blast in July 2021 after my divorce, which coincided with the gain. Also, I have IBS and had to go GF again to get my body to calm down.
My GI doc asked me to get on MFP again and just journal. But that led to eating better, eventually to eating low FODMAP, which they also recommended. I feel better. I am down 18 lbs and it feels so much better. With the reduced girth around my belly scar from the panniculectomy, I have less pain there and feel more relief from surgical adhesions. My goal is to get to 200, but I know that at my lowest, 187, I felt MUCH better. I am looking forward to being able to wear a cross body purse again without it feeling like I am strangling myself, LOL.
I have only one MFP friend and would like other friends if anyone is so inclined.11 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »
Karen - many thanks! Wow, very comprehensive! Ovarian cancer stands out for sure.
Now add ultra processed foods and cognitive decline into the mix. This was also a hot topic yesterday.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2799140
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I did a low impact aerobics class today & made it all the way through. I am so proud of myself.
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SophieRosieMom wrote: »KetoneKaren wrote: »
Karen - many thanks! Wow, very comprehensive! Ovarian cancer stands out for sure.
Now add ultra processed foods and cognitive decline into the mix. This was also a hot topic yesterday.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2799140
Lanette
Thank you, Karen and Lanette ... both of these articles confirm common sense. (Did we really think that replacing natural foods with artificial ones would be good for us??) So now I have to ask: can we reverse the damage created by years of eating UPF? While I do better now that I know better, there were years of unhealthy, ultra-processed foods.
Beth4 -
We had such a lovely day with the girls, creating coasters. We did meet some problems getting the varnish on without smudging, but it was all a good education.
I absented myself from the girly Zoom five minutes early and we dashed out to catch the bus. Of course we got a bus immediately and were ten or more minutes early. But they arrived pretty soon after, accompanied by a glorious sunset!
Max was also there, with a tooth that had fallen out at school, but my son was out at a meeting.
Pizzas amazing as usual.
Bonus - my DDIL paid for us all!
Caught the bus home and we are now in front of the TV.
Looking forward to painting my pots tomorrow.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Heather- you are a wonderful grandma...and those kids have Johnny completely wrapped ❤️
Poor Miles was not feeling well today. Think his poor tummy hurt,he was very clingy. Mom took him for a walk in his little car and he is getting into mischief so must be feeling a bit better but I told her think she might need to give him a suppository tonight as he hasn't gone in awhile.
Im hoping my social security deposit comes tomorrow i don't like having things low and automatic payments set up..makes me nervous.4 -
Stats for the day-
Walk w/kids- 1hr 57min 32sec, 74elev, 2.87ap, 93ahr, 130mhr, 5.77mi= 615c
Strava app= 707c
Zwift home spin bike- strava stats- 30.07min, 348elev, 142aw, 20.6amph, 118ahr, 139mhr, 10.32mi= 251c
Strava app= 245c
Zwift stats- 30.09min, 349elev, 51arpm, 141aw, 20.50amph, 10.3mi= 245c
Total cal 866
Had to cut the walk short, Noticed Lucy was bleeding at 4.5miles. Didn’t take the stroller6 -
Pip— You are excellent at caring for your dogs. It is clear how well you take care of them. Sorry that Lucy was bleeding during the walk. Long ago we put flexible leather booties on our dog when we went out for walks. DH made them. Schooner was comfortable with them on long walks. I miss him. ❤️6
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