WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2024

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,137 Member
    Rats just lost a long post, and too bushed to redo.

    Off to bed.

    🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri
  • ATnowornever
    ATnowornever Posts: 389 Member
    kevrit wrote: »
    @April in Indiana it is called Everlywell they have a website, and I’ve seen it at Walmart and Walgreens

    Thank you @kevrit I will definitely check it out. :)
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,695 Member
    edited February 21
    GodMomKim wrote: »
    Lanette - when I was working in the camp garden, I would start tomatoe and pepper seeds in early january so they were ready in 4 inch or bigger pots to go out in April. Your growing season is a bit later than we are down here but you might want to pot those seed up asap if you have room so you have bigger plants for planting out... That always means a sooner harvest. I am aways ready for the first tomato harvest before it is here. LOL

    smiles Kim in N. California

    Kim - thank you.

    When I grew lots of tomatoes for the Master Gardener Plant sale held toward the end of May, I'd get them going in January. They had to be in gallon pots, preferably 18" tall or taller and staked, so they needed a lot of growing time in the greenhouse.

    Now that I'm just growing a few in 5 gallon buckets for myself to snack on, I don't need them any higher than 8" in 4" pots by the end of May. And I plant them as deep as I can so they make plenty of roots.

    My house and back yard are in a challenging microclimate and I can get frost through the end of May. :( My place is at 600'. For folks in the valley at 100', it's a different story.

    A few years ago, the summer here was so chilly, the plants just sat for a month in suspended animation. I didn't even get Sun Golds until September - I'd usually start picking them in late July. Just too cool to set fruit. Then, once they started to ripen, the nights began to cool and they started to split. Aggravating. Last year was a little better, but most of the varieties still started ripening within a week of each other. No use to plan for "early ones." Maddening.

    Maybe my luck will change with the Glacier - 55 days. We'll see.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,347 Member
    Stat for the day-

    Walk w/family- 2hrs 10min 17sec, 40elev, 2.81ap, 84ahr, 102mhr, 6.23mi= 598c
    Strava app = 763c
    No time to spin or go to the gym
  • Deb__23
    Deb__23 Posts: 24 Member
    ginnyliz hi there my cal counts is 1200 most days it is past 1800 with exercise and right know I am trying to focus on being in the healthy BMI low end then try for more weight loss but this is my 1 goal ,breaking it up in stages
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,549 Member
    Did Cathe’s Pure Strength Back Biceps and Abs DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a 20-40-60 workout on the treadmill.

    Went to the Space Center today. Jess got us all tickets. The nice thing was that at the end of the bus tour there was a launch. So glad Colby got to see another launch

    Ginny – hope you find the right person

    Tracey – Vince and Colby went up to Daytona Sat. for the Xfinity qualifying then on Mon. for the 500. Vince got cold so they didn’t stay for the Xfinity. It’s interesting that he got cold but Colby didn’t.

    Admitted, I haven’t been good at eating, especially today. I tell you, there wasn’t much to eat at the Space Center (decent food, that is). But I did resist having a calzone for dinner and just had a turkey hero.

    Wore my pedometer today. Walked almost all day but it only says I walked 8,000 steps. I’m sure it’s because most of the walking was stop and go. Barbie says that her pedometer gets confused with all the stop and go when she’s walking the dogs and I’m sure that’s what happened to me

    Flea – how wonderful for your hubby and you

    Lisa – so happy you found such a great MD

    Michele now in FL who is tired
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,347 Member
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    kymarai Posts: 3,725 Member
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    skuehn48 Posts: 3,068 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    Deb__23 wrote: »
    I want to say sorry for the late reply yesterday was not my day
    A BIG thanks to Barbiecat and Machka9 my cal intake is 1200 but with walking It is up to 1800+I can not eat that lol so I decided to forget the cal for I am not hungry or filling faint
    and the foods I eat are healthy so this keep going forward and not stress about it . :)

    Are you entering your exercise?

    When I enter my exercise, I choose a slow, low amount and round my time down. So 1 hour of walking works out to 200 calories. For me to burn 600 calories while walking, I would have to walk 3 hours.

    I found that when I understated my exercise, MFP didn't demand I eat a certain number of calories. And if I did happen to misjudge the number of calories I consumed onceinawhile, that was OK because I probably made up for them.

    M in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,137 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Machka - No, I've never smoked. I suspect I have some artery narrowing in the pelvic area. This causes the thigh ache and the intermittent claudication. I have been watching lectures by vascular surgeons. The prognosis is OK provided I do the walking to claudication exercises. That is the treatment at the vascular clinics. And many personal testimonies. To see what is really going on I would need an arterial ultrasound and a CT scan.
    The waiting list over here for any treatment is completely ridiculous, but I will battle on. People are waiting years.
    That October 22 consultation was entirely by phone and resulted in a blood test and then nothing. No follow up. I have emailed the doctor I saw last week, but have heard nothing back yet. She did not do a physical exam. I will ring again on Wednesday if I don't hear. The system is broken and in a mess. I will persist.
    I have normal sugar and chloresterol levels, but i do have high blood pressure. The main factor is genetic. My father had a similar thing, and my brother, although he is diabetic.

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Sorry ... sort of assumed that growing up when you did in the UK, just about everyone smoked. :blush: Well done on avoiding that!


    Lots of appointments here are done via the phone these days ... modern times.
    At least you do get to talk to an NP ... if I can't get into my regular doctor, I see an NP at an after hours clinic. She can send me for Xrays and all sorts. And I find the NPs to be quite personable.
    You'll be able to tell the NP what you think is going on and ask for that ultrasound and CT scan.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    Lanette - I don't have swelling as such, although my ankles swell occasionally. The claudication is in my left thigh, on the inner thigh. Otherwise, I am just in uncomfortable pain on walking. And moderate pain at night, but some nights are worse than others.
    I have always had 'thigh aches', even as a teenager, cold feet, hate standing, and been a terrible walker. I just thought it was 'me'. I would still think that, if the claudication hadn't come back. I first had it 20 years ago.
    I have a non aligned patella, which meant my left leg became very weak. I went to a private sports physio and she helped me hugely. I still do those exercises every day. I used to dance, because I loved it, but latterly in pain.
    Probably, quite a lot of me is furred up! I walked in the house this afternoon, because I was waiting for the cleaner, for 15 mins, including some backwards. :D Not enough to bring on claudication, but tomorrow is Bea pick up. I always get it then. It truly is agony and brings tears to my eyes. No one can understand another's pain. My husband doesn't understand, despite wanting to be sympathetic.
    The instruction is to walk to the pain, rest, and continue. Pain, rest, continue. I will take my little chair with me.
    Over time I should be able to walk further without claudication.

    And thank you for your lovely review. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Heather - do you have chiropractors in the UK? A doc that does spinal adjustment? Just wondering if a major nerve is pinched or irritated in your leg/legs and the problem is up in your spinal column? Sometimes they can remedy pain problems.

    Maybe a physical therapist - I think you call them physiotherapists - could help too. You probably need a referral from an GP. I think you were looking into that (maybe you did already?)

    Just a thought.

    Lanette B)

    The physiotherapists here are great! They can order scans and all sorts too. Even though I have to pay more to see a physiotherapist than a doctor, I tend to go to physiotherapists for a lot of things.

    I am planning to go see a pelvic physiotherapist soon. I do have to check if I need a referral - sometimes that's required, but it might not be required because I've seen her before.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Machka - My son was diagnosed, finally, with something similar and was given prism glasses. He said it's the reason he never learned to drive and got motion sick when being driven by others. It hadn't been recognized for many years, but he's in glasses all the time now and says he doesn't know how he saw at all without them. Pelvic pain is a huge part of why I'm seeing the gyno this morning, will be interested to hear the results of your pelvic physiotherapist.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in AR

    Now that you mention it, I often struggle with motion sickness when on the bus or when someone else drives me. Maybe new glasses will help that too!

    I want to ask my pelvic physiotherapist about Pudendal Neuralgia.

    https://www.thepelvichub.com/pelvic-health/pudendal-nerve-neuralgia-symptoms
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24438-pudendal-neuralgia
    https://www.melbournepaingroup.com.au/conditions/pudendal-neuralgia
    (and heaps more)

    M in Oz

  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,305 Member
    I think my next snack adventure will be Cole slaw. It looks like one of those foods where it can be slathered in fat and sugar, or can be made quite low calorie. And cabbage keeps for a long time.

    So if a cup of chopped cabbage is twenty calories, the dressing should be about eighty calories per 2 tablespoons. I will have to shop for that. I think I want to buy the dressing because I'm lazy and I want it to last longer in the fridge.

    Annie in Delaware
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