WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2023

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  • GodMomKim
    GodMomKim Posts: 3,708 Member
    Tina - I didn't see your post till after I posted mine, I had planter Fasciitis too about 15 + years ago, and tried everything rest/braces/insoles... I was hesitant at the idea of steroids a friend recommended acupuncture and for me that was the answer 2 sessions and it has never come back.

    smiles Kim
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,659 Member
    (((KIM))) Big Hugs!

    Carol in GA
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
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  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,836 Member
    Kim ... so glad you have your nephew and trusted counselor in your life. Hugs, hugs, hugs ....
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,155 Member
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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,956 Member
    sh0tzz99 wrote: »
    Lisa-Good news that you have an advocate! I hope you get some answers. I think I’d have given up trying to figure it out by now.
    I finally have something to try regarding my sore feet. I should know if it helps by next week. Sadly, I’ve been dealing with it so long that I forget to pay attention to the pain. [/quote]

    Tina - Not trying to sound facetious, but I'm pretty sure I don't have a "give up," button where certain things are concerned. I don't mean I'm Miss Mary Sunshine. I sometimes think the challenge of having to fight for every inch with the VA keeps me from giving up. I have always loved a challenge. Hope the steroids are helping.

    Kim - So good to see you... Your life will be your own soon--but I know it doesn't make the worry stop. Thinking about you.

    Katla-So good to hear your DH was up and walking, hope his progress continues.

    Tracey-Thinking of you, baby girl.

    Later, y'all,
    Lisa in AR
  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,411 Member
    Kim-It's good your DN is able to help with getting mom home. Someone else in the family seems to understand. I still think it is outstanding, given your bio family situation, that you have cared for your mom so well-speaks volumes about your character as a person.

    Tina-steroids can be very helpful. I have taken them for some things. I got a call late this afternoon from the company that is compounding the cream (ointment?) for my foot. Not sure what all will be in it other than gabapentin). They told me my insurance is paying for it 100%. I don't like the way some of those nerve medicines make me feel (I have tried them before) so I like the idea of just putting it on the body part that is having the nerve issue. My doctor has told me all along that I have to keep moving. So I am still working on best shoes and will try this medicine. I was able to get 3 miles in today. I am trying to at least get 30 minutes in a day.

    Lisa-I concur with your lack of "give up" button!

    Going off to watch some tv before bed.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio
  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    edited April 2023
    Tracey – (((HUG)))

    Barbara – a lady at the soup kitchen today told me that she has narrowing of the spinal column and that is spinal stenosis. Why the MD didn’t just say that (if that’s what it is) is beyond me.

    Kylia – the movie “Where the Crawdads Sing” is somewhat different from the book. The book takes place in Hickory, for one thing and the movie takes place in Asheville. I thought the book was very interesting but the movie was just “ehhh” after reading the book. Maybe it’s because I could identify so much with many of the places

    After the soup kitchen stopped at WalMart to get a prescription for Loki

    Took my walk then walked down to Food Lion to get some fruit. Actually, I went for stuffing (they're the only store that sells the kind I want) then we went to Lowe’s to get more salt for the pool. Got 5 bags (each is 40lbs). Took them down to the pool area and dumped two bags into the pool. You know, pulling those 5 bags in the cart reminded me of when we were putting down all that river rock. It just seemed harder to do. Well, putting down that rock was 10 years ago.

    After dinner went for another walk. Unfortunately, Vince didn't go with me. The good thing is that he did his pt exercises while I was gone. So I guess that's something.

    Karen VA – if you learn MahJonng and want to play online, I’m up for it. Let me know

    katla – fantastic news!

    After dinner took another walk. Just as I got home, it started to rain!

    Warning: whine below. Skip if you’d like
    You know, I’m getting somewhat frustrated with Jerry. Today one of the managers told me that M (store manager) wasn’t picking him up because he doesn’t do his job. He does like to have everyone else do his job and he gets paid for it. Many times he does cut corners. Anyway, what we’ve been doing for months since he doesn’t work on Saturdays is on Friday we take a pail of pickles and divide them in a tin container and drain the liquid from the rest and leave it in the pail. I then put a note on it “do not use” and if I don’t need it all on Saturday, I just take this note off. The objective is that I can pick them up on Saturday. Well, two weeks ago I reminded him twice that we needed to do it and I got “I know, I know”. Well, I finally had to go to M to ask her to have him do his job. I shouldn’t have to do that. Last week he never brought up the fact that he doesn’t work on Saturdays when A told me that she’d pick him up the next day. I think she 1) forgot that it was Saturday and he doesn’t work on Saturdays and 2) just wanted to get me out of there so her “labor” was down. Another manager, A1, had to do it for me.

    Then today I reminded him twice that we needed to do it and I got “I know, I know, you don’t have to remind me”. So I didn’t. Then when I was ready to leave I had to ask the other manager, A1, if she would comment to Jerry that it had to be done. Well, she said that she’d do it. I shouldn’t even have had to go to her.

    I understand from a third manager, A2, that M isn’t picking Jerry up sometimes since he doesn’t do his job.

    I left work today at 10:30 and the garbage still hadn’t been taken out.

    Yet, he was so proud of the fact that Wednesday he peeled and sliced the onions for me. B came in around 9 and left around 4 and told me that he didn’t see anyone else doing the prep. Why do my job when you need to do your own job? I’m sure early in the day there are lots of things that he needs to do.

    I’m just whining here. I am going to mention it to Jerry on Monday that he doesn’t need to do my job. He should concentrate on his job. It could very well come to where he doesn’t get picked up which would mean he’d make less money. He still has to pay his electricity and rent (which he told me went up but who knows?) and if his income decreases, that’s not a good combination.

    I’m trying to treat him as an adult. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what he has against “pickles”. It’s really not a big deal.

    Michele NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    edited April 2023
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    I caught a bit of an interview the other day, and it was of someone who had written a book about fitting exercise in where you could. Unfortunately I can not remember exactly when I was listening, the author’s name, or the book title… BUT the good news is it was about the little things, so not kicking your shoes into the closet but bending down, picking them up and putting them away, learning to balance enough to put your pants on while standing, standing up without pushing off, walking with great posture, pushing the cart (at the grocery store) or a stroller without leaning on it but just pushing with your hands … you get the idea and for me where it is hard with a full time job, full time care giving, and just keeping a house and yard going I have a hard time fitting exercise in these were ideas that did not take any extra time they were just going about life with exercise as the default. I thought it was brilliant. At least for me.

    Kim in N. California

    Purposeful exercise is great, but many years ago, an ergonomic specialist told me that it is also very important to keep active throughout the day by doing all those little things.

    - parking a little further from the store to lengthen the walk
    - taking the stairs
    - carrying a grocery basket rather than pushing a cart if you're getting a small quantity of groceries
    - standing up straight and sucking the tummy in when walking around the office
    - taking extra steps around the house rather than trying to make it all in one trip
    - doing calf raises while waiting for the kettle to boil
    - get off the bus a stop earlier
    - park in one location and walk to all the shops around
    - clean the house
    - tend to the garden
    - have walking meetings
    - stand in meetings (and lots of people, I've noticed, move their desks into a standing position to stand during ZOOM meetings). I'm still waiting for my sit-stand desk to arrive.
    - stretch periodically
    - I take Rhody (the cat) out for a walk when I get home from work. While that isn't a lot of exercise, I am standing (and often stretching or doing calf raises), and then jogging to the next spot where I stand for a bit.
    - I keep weights next to my comfy chair at home so I can do a set of bicep curls whenever I want


    13 Easy Ways to Sneak Exercise Into Your Day
    https://www.everydayhealth.com/hs/weight-management-guide/easy-ways-to-sneak-exercise-into-your-day/

    Sneak Exercise Into Your Day
    https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ss/slideshow-sneak-exercise

    25 Ways to Sneak in More Exercise Every Day
    https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle/25-ways-to-sneak-in-more-exercise-every-day/

    30 Office Exercises to Try Right Now
    https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/office-exercises#exercises-with-your-chair-or-desk


    Type 'sneak exercise throughout the day' into Google for more! :)


    Because parking in the city is a real pain, I take the bus which means that walking is part of my commute, and at lunch, if I'm running errands or attending appointments, I walk.

    First thing I do when I arrive at my office building each morning is to walk up 4 flights of stairs with my backpack on to get to my office floor. Plus I get up and walk up and down more flights of stairs throughout the day ... got 193 flights of stairs in April!

    I mentioned Rhody and the weights by my chair above.

    I also take 2 or 3 trips to get something done at times. So I'll carry my food to the work kitchen and get it into the microwave, then I'll walk back to my desk to get my water glass and coffee cup and I'll fill them, then walk back to my desk to drop them off. Then back to the kitchen to get my food.

    I hang dry all my washing because I don't have a dryer.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    Poerava14 wrote: »
    Last February I signed up to do rowing workouts at the Row House in support of a friend who enrolled. I regularly use the rowing machine in our condo gym, but I enjoy the Row House sessions for variety and more intensity, so figured I'd go for a couple of months. I hit my first milestone, 50k, last week. My trainer Ryan makes our 30 min sessions fun. Think I'll keep on going to see how long it takes to hit the 100k mark. Sadly, the scale is not budging, but I think that has more to do with resetting my daily routine to accommodate working late and shifting my eating window well into the night. Thankfully, this is just for another few weeks.
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    Stay well, friends. It's been a challenging month. Here's believing that May will be much, much better!

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills


    Very well done!! :smiley:

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
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    Like reading and colouring and riding my bicycle. :)


    Machka in Oz
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,272 Member
    got to work in my garden a bit- got the one raised bed for my tomatoes all worked up/added composted manure/worked it in and then planted some of the tomato plants. I will need to find more places to plant them. I have ten different varieties and multiple of each kind. I will be sharing with mom and a few friends. Felt great to be up there working in it. I will have my son work up the other one. For some reason, that one is always harder to work up the first time around. I think I need to add even more compost to it.
    Planted more catnip seeds- none of the ones I planted before came up at all. I NEED lots of catnip ;)

    Got new cell phones. Mine was working fine for me- I need just the basic(text/Facebook and CandyCrush). I use my desktop for most things, including MFP. Took a long time to get them set up
    They offered dh a great deal so now we will be paying $10 less, we both got new phones and they are sending him a $400 gift card.

    Toy show tomorrow. Doesn't look like he has as much to take this time as we did our first one. He doesn't expect it to be very busy. The guy isn't charging us for the booth so we aren't out anything except our time. Temp is not supposed to be as hot as they were predicting. Only 85. Not sure yet if we are inside or outside. Hoping inside. Have to be up early, leaving here at 7:30, show starts at 10.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    dlfk202000 wrote: »
    got to work in my garden a bit- got the one raised bed for my tomatoes all worked up/added composted manure/worked it in and then planted some of the tomato plants. I will need to find more places to plant them. I have ten different varieties and multiple of each kind. I will be sharing with mom and a few friends. Felt great to be up there working in it. I will have my son work up the other one. For some reason, that one is always harder to work up the first time around. I think I need to add even more compost to it.
    Planted more catnip seeds- none of the ones I planted before came up at all. I NEED lots of catnip ;)

    Rhody becomes aggressive around catnip. We've tried it with him a couple times and it's not a good reaction.


    And I'm planning to change and get outside into my garden shortly. :)


    M in Oz

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Rori – so great to see you. You’re missed when you’re not here. Yea for the Row House. Great pic

    Debbie – good luck at the show! I use my desktop for MFP mostly, too. Sometimes I do have to use my tablet, tho. Like if I’m away or something. But most of the time I use the desktop.

    M – what an inspiration. Way to go. Showing how small steps lead to big leaps.

    Not sure why, but I can’t seem to get to sleep. Hope this doesn’t last long.

    Michele NC
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,076 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,793 Member
    Rori - Counting down the days! :D<3

    Tracey - That kind of narcissistic, gaslighting personality is very hard to deal with. There are a lot of pointers online. One thing you can't do is treat them like a normal person, because they aren't normal, they are wired differently. They will never change. Lots of books out there too. It may help, temporarily at least, to see it as a personality disorder, rather than something you are 'doing wrong'. They are very clever, manipulative, and nice to those they haven't targeted. (See Kim's mum) I would think some reading up on 'how to deal with a narcissist' would ease your mind a bit, although you are definitely going through all the right procedures. Document everything.

    I decided yesterday to get a Waitrose delivery this evening for the bank holiday. It's a cheaper delivery fee after 7 pm! :p There are my standard chicken/meat cuts that I use all the time that I'd run out of. (Chicken thighs and neck fillet of lamb) Plus salmon fillets.Tonight's dinner, before they arrive, will be sea bass.

    The sun is shining and the apple blossom is covering next door's apple tree. The lilac is about to blossom. I might have to do another 'view from my bedroom window '. :p

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    edited April 2023
    Saturday --

    Just spent 2.5 hours in the garden!

    Digging and hacking with mattock, hoe and shovel.
    Weeding.
    Watering with water can - carrying it back and forth up into the higher parts of the yard.
    And planting 2 new hydrangeas. :)


    I have a feeling I'll be stiff tomorrow.

    But it was a beautiful autumn day and I'm so glad I could spend time outside. :)


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    edited April 2023
    ACTIVE APRIL
    1. Commit to being more active this month starting today. Yes!
    2. Spend as much time as possible outdoors today. Yes!
    3. Listen to your body and be grateful for what it can do. Yes! I can garden, which requires all sorts of body motion, and cycle.
    4. Eat healthy and natural food today and drinks lots of water. Yes! Ate my usual food and drank lots of water up till about 8 pm. We won't talk about what happened after that.
    5. Turn a regular activity into a playful game today. Hmmm ... Walking around the shops? Climbing stairs?
    6. Do a body-scan meditation and really notice how your body feels. Achy.
    7. Get natural light early in the day. Dim the lights in the evening.
    There isn't much light early in the day here. Plus I was sleeping then. Plus it was cloudy, drizzly and rainy all day.
    But I do dim the lights in the evening. It's one of many steps I take to wind down in the evenings to prepare myself for the night.
    8. give your body a boost by laughing or making someone laugh
    I rarely laugh. Most things don't strike me funny.
    Lots of things amuse me, but not enough for laughter.
    9. Turn your housework or chores into a fun form of exercise
    I often do, but as today's work involved sitting at 2 computers, I walked on the treadmill during a break instead.
    10. Have a day with less screen time and more movement
    Unfortunately, today was another day sitting at 2 computers.
    But I did go downstairs to row and lift weights.
    Hoping the rain will let up soon!!! It's been 4 days already!
    11. Set yourself an exercise goal or sign up to an activity challenge
    One of my more favourite areas!! :)
    We aim to cycle at least one 50 km ride each month and have been doing that for a while. :) At our AGM at the end of March, we got a bag full of these each. :)
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    We will have to see when we can fit our April ride in ... the 5 days off over Easter would have been good but it rained and rained and was cold and windy. Snow at higher elevations.
    Maybe next weekend ... we'll see.
    AND ... one of the bigger running events moved their event to September which is fantastic for me. Originally, it was this month, but I was nowhere near ready to even sign up for the 5K. Now I've got the winter to get in shape. :)
    Also, now that I'm working back in the same building I was in about 16 months ago, with many of the same people, we've started our stair climbing challenge again. We are easing into it this month because of Easter and ANZAC Day but we'll be ready to be much more consistent in May.
    The stair climbing challenge is exciting because when I'm busy climbing 20+ flights of 20 stairs each day I am at work, I lose weight.
    12. Move as much as possible, even if you’re stuck inside
    Absolutely! I climbed stairs. :)
    13. Make sleep a priority and go to bed in good time
    I do when I have to work the next day ... make sure I get at least 7 hours of sleep.
    But I am not keen on that. I'm a night owl and like to get things done late at night. Having to be in bed by 11:45 pm is a bit uncomfortably early.
    14. Relax your body & mind with yoga, tai chi or meditation.
    Gardening ... will gardening do?
    15. Get active by singing today (even if you think you can’t sing)
    I sing every day. My husband is very polite about it. :)
    16. Go exploring around your local area and notice new things
    I've spent 5 years on our island.
    I've done a lot of local exploring!
    I think exploring locally is a great idea and some people don't do enough of it. However, I'm getting more and more restless to go somewhere else as the weeks go by.
    17. Be active outside. Dig up weeds or plant some seeds
    I usually do this on the weekend when there's daylight.
    However, I occasionally do some weeding in the pitch dark when I walk Rhody right after work.
    18. Try a new online exercise, activity or dance class.
    Hmmmmmmm ... not that keen on online exercise, aside from Zwift.
    However, I have started a stair climbing challenge at work, and we keep track of it on an Excel spreadsheet. :)
    19. Spend less time sitting today. Get up and move more often.
    Walking in the morning and evening as part of my commute.
    Walking at lunch.
    Climbing stairs.
    Walking back and forth to the kitchen and toilet.
    Walking with Rhody after work.
    20. Focus on eating ‘a rainbow of multi-colored vegetables today.
    As always. :)
    21. Regularly pause to stretch and breathe during the day.
    Does huffing and puffing up and down 20 flights of stairs count?
    22. Enjoy moving to your favorite music. Really go for it.
    I always enjoy my music, but I don't necessarily move to it.
    23. Go out and do an errand for a loved one or neighbor.
    Not on the 23rd (Sunday) but today.
    24. Get active in nature. Feed the birds or go wild-life spotting.
    Walking ... and watching the pigeons.
    25. Have a ‘no screens’ night and take time to recharge yourself.
    Tuesday was ANZAC Day ... so I didn't spend as much time in front of my computer. I was out in the garden for quite a while, then we went cycling.
    26. Take an extra break in your day and walk outside for 15 minutes
    Wednesday, I was back at work. But I did a longish (over an hour) walk to the Botanical Gardens and back to work.

    27. Find a fun exercise to do while waiting for the kettle to boil (or pan of water.)

    Thursday ... today. More climbing stairs.


    28. Meet a friend outside for a walk and a chat.

    Does cycling with my husband count?


    29. Become an activist for a cause you really believe in

    A very quiet activist.

    30. Make time to run, swim, dance, cycle or stretch today

    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,793 Member
    I love rowing! Partly because it's sitting down :p but also because I can watch something on my tablet, or listen to a podcast. Two of my favourite Netflix series are coming out again in May, and that makes the rowing go really quickly. Sometimes I end up doing some cycling as well! At the moment I'm watching surgical operations. My favourite thing, but I often watch Ambulance, or 24 hours in A&E. :p

    I went running this morning. That's four times in 9 days! I managed to get to the turn around about 5 minutes before the Parkrun. On the way home I bought Scotch Eggs for Monday lunch, and pigs cheeks for dinner on Monday, a Bank Holiday.
    Tomorrow's dinner will be salmon with leek and fennel in crême fraiche.
    Today's lunch is 'ancient grain' rolls, ;) with smoked mackerel and horseradish, cucumber and lettuce.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Good morning ladies!

    My pinched nerve issue must be improving, I slept through the night. Yay!

    And it (mostly) stopped raining! Yay! But it must be soggy out there.

    I'm going to dye my hair today. I haven't done it in awhile. My roots are almost two inches long, but they blend in. My natural color is a dull washed out sort of charcoal, and I put red henna on it to give it some life. It's such a mess to do, but it gives great results.

    Have a great day!

    Annie in Delaware

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