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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,297 Member
    edited March 10
    Kylia thank you! And back at you!

    My store sells huge chicken breasts too. I usually cut each one into three 4 oz servings.

    Annie in Delaware
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,336 Member
    <3
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,909 Member
    edited March 10
    Heather - Yes, that was the first one they had me on for the Crohn's. It helped some (not lots), and plateaued after about six months in terms of improvement. Home injection every two weeks. It's a TNF-inhibitor. It was scary at the time, as that was right in the middle of the worst of the pandemic, so I was avoiding any outside contact at all for months longer than most. My biggest side effect was dizziness, which was just horrendous, but mine was complicated by the issues with the A-fib and them starting me on blood pressure medication that was too strong. He's an athlete, and should tolerate it really well.

    Oddly, the VA requires that I have tried one of the TNF-inhibitors but have it fail to put the Crohn's/UC in remission before I can take Stelara (ustekinumab) that they're trying to get through the VA approval system now. Interesting changes on each side of the pond.

    For any number of reasons, I won't address the life animals lead before we kill them and eat them. Most of the reasons stem from my childhood, helping raise calves and chickens. I have no illusions about any of it. Humans find interesting things to think about our omnivorous eating habits.

    Corey's outside and I'm headed out there. The day's warming fast, and the sunshine looks so inviting...

    Later y'all,
    Love y'all!
    Lisa
  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,297 Member
    Rita glad you had such a good zoom nurse visit. My mother used to swear by metamucil.

    I use acacia fiber ( Called Heather's Tummy Fiber) daily in my smoothie. I also eat yogurt daily. And I don't eat the large quantities I used to eat. All of that has made my belly much more reliable. Yay!

    Annie in Delaware
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    Rebecca when I get a cold I make a soup using fresh ginger, cucumbers, onions, black pepper, lemon juice super hydrating and helps clear out the sinuses. Sinus infections are no fun!

    HeatherI took a class on posture taught by a nurse years ago. I bought her CD because I like her exercises. She would always do a counter exercise to the one she would demo. Just thinking about it made me stop typing and take a moment to stretch pulling my shoulders back. When you paint or craft maybe you could set a timer so every twenty minutes arch your back in the opposite direction giving yourself a good stretch. I know I do not take the time to stretch enough during the day. Good reminder for me.



    Thanks for the recipe! I will try it!
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,211 Member
    :) One of the hardest lessons I had to teach myself was to say "no thank you" or something similar to food that was offered to me that didn't fit my eating plan. In some cases the person who offers the food is quite understanding and in other cases they are pushy. Either way, it has been my plan and I need to stick to it. One woman in our RV club actually pushed a plate of food at my face. I stopped eating anything at potlucks because it was impossible to figure out what was in most of the dishes so I attended for the friendship and fellowship not for the food. When I stopped eating at potlucks I was amazed at how many other people didn't eat the food, either. Some felt that they had to explain their reasons (food allergies, concern about the cleanliness of the kitchens that the food was prepared in, or other health concerns) and other simply said "I don't eat at potlucks". If someone is actually offended that I won't eat their food, I have to question the quality of our relationship and whether it's one that I want to continue. Would they push alcohol on an alcoholic or peanuts on a person with a nut allergy?

    :) One of my top reasons for wanting to lose weight when I started on MFP was so I could wear cute clothes that never looked good on my chubby body. Now I've lost the weight and am happiest wearing the same style jeans, turtleneck, and sweatshirt every day.

    :) We buy boneless, skinless chicken in large packets at Costco and cook in large quantities. Either we use the several packets to make a special recipes in the slow cooker and freeze it in jars the right size for one meal for the two of us, or we bake the chicken and freeze it in single meal amounts in freezer bags. We don't have "leftovers" Every meal is exactly two servings.

    :) I have no opinion about standard time versus daylight time. If you live on the edge of a time zone, you're not far from a place with time an hour different. I don't like the abrupt change twice a year. I wouldn't care if the whole USA were on the same time as long as it stayed the same all year. I walk morning and evening, in the dark and in the daylight. I think daylight savings time is appealing to people because it happens when the days are already getting longer and they think DST causes the longer daylight and the return to standard time causes the darkness.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,820 Member
    Well I have figured out a way to sleep easier without getting my hair in my face. I put my hair up in a tie, like a ponytail up on the top of my head. I look like the little kids in Whosville but at least I am not wrestling with my hair. Its only a bit longer than shoulder length, but its that long pretty much all over as I just curl it under. Clips on the sides make my hair weird, but the ponytail on the tip top just keeps my hair fuller, and I can take it out, comb it, and voila! Husband just smiles sweetly at me in the morning, because the ponytail usually moves forward and I must look quite entertaining!😂😂
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,725 Member
    This is the Iberico Bellota ham. It is from black Spanish pigs who gorge on the acorns and are slaughtered sometime afterwards. True free range.
    We have it for almost every celebration.
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    :D Love Heather UK xxxxxx
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    Chicken ... finding tender chicken breasts is a challenge! I try to find the smallest of the packs at the store. Anything the size of a football you have to question whether it's really chicken! :D

    The best chicken I ever had was from an older man who drove a truck with a freezer in the back and delivered to our home. Small, free range frying chickens from his poultry farm. I was so sad when he passed away. The family wasn't interested in delivering anymore and turned their attention mostly to raising turkey. Not a fan of turkey.

    Do you all remember chicken coming in packages called "Pick of the Chix" ... two (with bones) breasts, two thighs and two legs. Can't find that anymore as everyone seems to be moving to boneless. I'm going to have to buy fryers and break them down myself. We like chicken pieces simply baked in the oven!

    Heather ... Happy Mother's Day!

    It's snowing here near Buffalo ... possibly 6-8" expected ... :s

    Beth
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,615 Member
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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,297 Member
    My 11 reasons to lose weight

    1. Be pleased with my body
    2. Fit in my clothes
    3. Be attractive for dating
    4. Move easily
    5. Self esteem
    6. Less knee pain
    7. More energy
    8. Lower cholesterol
    9. Bathing suit
    10. Have success at a project
    11. Might go back to work

    Annie in Delaware
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,105 Member
    Afternoon ladies
    I made the mistake of going to Sams Club this afternoon..whoooo i put earplugs in and did deep breathing through the whole thing.. gosh it was a zoo.
    Alfie is with Uncle Tom and Auntie Elena for a couple of days..
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,616 Member
    Today’s gratitude: power was restored after only a few hours last night, mostly while I was sleeping. ;)
    Kim that’s a loving gift to your mom, cooking the cabbage and carrots with the corned beef and potatoes. I’m with you, carrots and cabbage are better not boiled ;)
    Allie ((prayers)) continue for Carmine, Tracy, Kyle and you.
    Rosemarie could you just not do some of the “still much to do” ? Enjoy the time with your son and DIL, much more important than vacuuming, imho. Brava for the changes you’ve made and are making, especially the exercising and joining the travel group. Soon’ you’ll be so busy the distance you want will happen naturally. ((hugs))
    Lisa try Ginny’s balsamic crockpot chicken. You won’t be disappointed.
    Machka I could no more do the pigeon pose than I could the butterfly. Hips way too tight.
    3/9: Move mins- wii:13 PT:13 d:0 x&a:0 dogs:48 Jeopardy walking:21 Steps:7899
    Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=6 CI<CO net=433 vits=1
    Live: Joe, readings, BP, ptT, ptS, laundry. Wt:133.6
    Only through pg 26 but want to play wii balance games and squeeze in some PT.
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD x8zcp1ya37k1.gif
    March: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
    Open heart and mind before mouth.
    2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,288 Member
    Stat for the day-

    Housecleaning etc- 3hrs 56min 37sec, make/refill hummingbird food, laundry fold and put away, dust, sweep front entryway and front patio etc= 1094c
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,065 Member
    Pg 26
    Back in the morning to keep reading.

    ☘️
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,667 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »

    One of the things I'm finally beginning to figure out is something that came out of comments from Lanette and from Heather, and from Barbie, as well. I'm paraphrasing, but Lanette talked about using our bodies for functional things, like walking with buckets, getting wood, hunting, gathering, etc., and Heather said something to the effect that she wasn't fond of just walking to walk, she wanted to walk to do something or get something done. Barbie talked about the learning she does with podcasts when she gets her thousands and thousands of steps in every day.

    The point of all that being that I hate lifting weights because I can't tie it to anything concrete. It's also part of what Annie's doing by listing her reasons for losing weight. It helps tie something fairly specific, like lifting weights or losing weight to the specific reasons for it. When I'm out working in the yard, lifting much heavier weights for longer periods of time than I would with my small hand weights, I feel an immediate sense of achievement.

    I don't get that feeling with lifting weights.

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

    Lisa - I totally agree. I'm trying to find the balance now with getting enough activity to build endurance but still get the strength in my arms to carry a 5# bag of groceries in each hand for 5 blocks. Peter Attia said that in his book, about getting strong and in shape in our younger years so we would still be able to have a good mixture of strength and endurance as seniors. Guess I'm one.

    I think once I work through the foot and sciatic stuff I can get back to that goal.

    I dug out my old weight lifting records from 2017. I was up to 10# on bicep curls and 15# on ankle weights. I'm 7 years older now, and have been out of shape longer with hernia, frozen shoulder, and now both feet so maybe it's not an attainable goal anymore. And I don't have the enthusiasm I had for it back then, either.

    I know our Barbie had to adjust her exercise program after back surgery(s?) and is still doing a great job being active in other ways.

    So it's doable. If there's a will, there's a way, right? Go team, go!

    I'll admit I'm a little envious of the outside work you and Corey did today. :p We don't want to hurt ourselves but sore muscles from accomplishing a task and pushing ourselves is such a great feeling. :p

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,631 Member
    kevrit wrote: »
    Quick question… Do any of you pay for the premium MFP? I had it and liked the info it shows but can’t justify the $19.99 a month fee any more. Do you find it is worth it to you??

    RVRita

    I got it for free for almost a year because I was doing Beta testing for MFP. It was all right, but I didn't miss it when it ended.


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,631 Member
    kevrit wrote: »
    My insurance company called and insisted I have an in-home visit by a nurse practitioner. I was about to refuse when they said they only used Zoom in my area so agreed. Had that on Friday and found out some things I didn’t know existed! Did you know there is a Functional Diet specialty? I did not. The NP was one and answered an embarrassing question I had for her regarding one of the symptoms of my Colitis. It may help someone here too. Women out age never get enough fiber, so she recommended I take a dose of Metamucil twice a day. She also suggested I use probiotics (50,000 units) every day and a digestive enzyme. She explained that because I have teeth missing AND wear a dental plate with some of them on it, I do not chew my food properly. Also missing a Perotid gland (spit gland - had a tumor removed about 20 years ago), my food does not begin the digestive process properly so adding the digestive enzyme (she suggested a ‘good one’ so did research and had a choice of $50 a month or $24, so bought that one at Amazon) should help control, possibly resolve the issue I have.

    So, I have some powdered Metamucil (generic), and some chewable ones. I take the orange sugar free powdered with breakfast, I don’t drink juice b/c of sugar and find it replaces orange juice flavor nicely. I take the chewable at lunch, and added 5 psyllium husk pills at night. Worked yesterday so hope she hit on something. I am waiting on the digestive enzyme but will go to town tomorrow and check my doctor’s ‘pharmacy’ (vitamins and health food) for the enzymes so I can start on them too. The research I did explained that the enzymes should show an improvement in digestion, GERD, acid reflux, and other dietary malaise within a month. We shall see….

    Oh, if you want to give the added fiber a try, add only 1 dose at a time a week working up to 3. Otherwise, your tummy will not like it. It’s not a bad thing, but you may want to avoid the uncomfortable feeling adding that much at once will do. Supposed to help with diet too. Fills you up!d

    RVRita who’s sorry about the book! In Roswell, NM

    I've been tested and I digest things very slowly. This means that food sits in my duodenum and causes me upper right quadrant pain similar to gallbladder pain.

    I take a digestive enzyme and use probiotics when I notice the pain starting up.


    M in Oz
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,203 Member
    edited March 11
    Dh has had a great weekend selling at Sac-Con. Pretty much sold out of everything. He will figure out the grand total for the two days but is sure it is at least $1,500.Will be getting all 6 printers(I think we have 6 here, plus one at his mom's he can get going) with shows coming up in just a few weeks possible- not sure if he is doing the one in 3 weeks- he just found out about it- I think he should skip it. It is Easter weekend and a 3 day show. Will be up to him.

    Didn't get near as much done this weekend as I had planned but oh well. Did get some done.
    I did go check on MIL and she was actually ok- lets see how she treats dh this week. That is the real test.
    I will be there at least a few days in the mornings to walk the dog. She is usually a bit nicer to him when I am there- just lets him have it when I am not there.
    Took a piece of cake that I made yesterday. She wasn't going to eat it- said she wasn't eating sweets because she is diabetic- called her out on that one, in a nice, teasing way, because she had us pick up Hershey bars for her and it had to be the really big ones and had to be 2 of them. She did try a pinch of the cake and said it was good. If it is still sitting on the table on Tuesday, I will know she didn't like it or won't eat it beings I made it.

    Need to figure out dinner- waiting to see what the "kids" want- not really kids but he is MY kid at almost 26 yrs old. He will be 26 on the 26th.
    numbers work out this year- I turned 62 and was born in '62, he will be 26 on the 26th, Ezie will be 8 on the 8th of Sept.

    Two dr/dentist appointments this week- PAP tomorrow and dentist on Friday. Should be done with appointments for a while I think.

    Have a wonderful week ladies

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,631 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    :) I walk morning and evening, in the dark and in the daylight. I think daylight savings time is appealing to people because it happens when the days are already getting longer and they think DST causes the longer daylight and the return to standard time causes the darkness.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA

    We used to exercise in the dark, until my husband's accident. He can't walk in the dark and feels disoriented cycling in the dark.

    DST doesn't cause the longer daylight ... DST shifts time so that we can enjoy the longer daylight. :) I'd like it to stay on DST year round.

    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,631 Member
    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    Heather - You're right - it showed your same post four times. Weird.

    And... went out this afternoon for two hours plus of brushpopping and fence-pulling once more. Figured out how to tape that dicky ankle at a level that let me get through it without swelling, which is great. I love working with Corey on these days. All the hard work to get these piles and piles of brush and branches burned and gone is so satisfying at so many different levels. And, unlike last weekend, didn't even fall down! :smiley:

    One of the things I'm finally beginning to figure out is something that came out of comments from Lanette and from Heather, and from Barbie, as well. I'm paraphrasing, but Lanette talked about using our bodies for functional things, like walking with buckets, getting wood, hunting, gathering, etc., and Heather said something to the effect that she wasn't fond of just walking to walk, she wanted to walk to do something or get something done. Barbie talked about the learning she does with podcasts when she gets her thousands and thousands of steps in every day.

    The point of all that being that I hate lifting weights because I can't tie it to anything concrete. It's also part of what Annie's doing by listing her reasons for losing weight. It helps tie something fairly specific, like lifting weights or losing weight to the specific reasons for it. When I'm out working in the yard, lifting much heavier weights for longer periods of time than I would with my small hand weights, I feel an immediate sense of achievement.

    I don't get that feeling with lifting weights.

    Please don't think I'm discouraging anyone from doing what's necessary to keep your body strong. But for me, I'm going to have to find something that feels like specific achievement, rather than just lifting weights. It can't be summer weather every day, so this can't be the only thing! But it's a start.

    I'm only 63. I am, apparently, kind of slow, though. :smiley:

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR

    I started lifting weights again when we started fencing ... because I realised that holding sword out in front of me for over an hour needed extra strength!!


    M in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,535 Member
    Did a pilates DVD today then walked to the Dollar general for a sympathy card for Lynette. Also walked by in-laws old house. It’s really junky looking

    Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate it today

    Posture: I tend to lean forward many times when I’m walking, especially if I’m walking uphill. I try to remind myself constantly to stand upright

    I love DST. Couldn’t wait for it to get here

    Went to the Orlando Wetlands. I’ve always wanted to go there. Well, I don’t think I’ll be going back. Too many alligators sitting on the side of the road. There’s a launch tonight so we’ll probably go out and see it

    My store sells HUGH chicken breasts, too and I cut them up. When we make a “beer butt” chicken, I usually get the smaller ones. We tend to like bone-in chicken breasts, but as you can imagine, they are harder to cut

    Lisa – government-controlled medicine leaves a lot to be desired. When I was on private insurance (I may have told you) they wouldn’t pay for the Prolia because my bone density improved so much. So I went on one of the biphosenates (what a pain) and, of course, bone density got worse. So the MD got them to pay for the Prolia.

    Sue WA – A tree by our house cracked. When we took it down what happened is that some sort of ant was inside eating away the wood which made the tree weak.

    Michele
    who wishes she was in the sun today
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,049 Member
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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,725 Member
    So sorry Machka about the cycling. I'm the same with going to the theatre. I used to love it, but John feels a bit claustrophobic, so we don't go. I try very hard to keep up my interests independently, but sometimes the enthusiasm just fades. I'm sure I wouldn't have kept up the painting without him. There is a joy in discovering a shared passion. Fortunately, I've always led an independent life, and have gone away and done things by myself, or with friends. At one stage John took against flying, and trains. He got extremely anxious and had severe panic attacks. If I went somewhere on my own, like to a girls weekend, I had to get his sister to stay and babysit him. He is much better now.
    A shared passion brings such joy. We were sad when our singing group moved. When even doing it feels like an uphill task, against resistance, it's hard to keep the enthusiasm. My sympathy.

    Painful, aching night. This resting and heat doesn't seem to be working. Fed up. I will do some mat work today. I'm sure John is lonely in the exercise room, but he doesn't seem to mind.
    I'm hoping for my X--Ray results.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,616 Member
    Sleepy, skimming, accountability tomorrow, maybe.
    Rita thanks for sharing the functional diet NP’s info. Something that helps me is to slow down and chew thoroughly. Digestion begins in the mouth so the loss of that gland really affects you. Mfp is $19.99 a month? No wonder I don’t subscribe. Now if it were $0.99 like icloud storage . . .
    Beth “snow” ? :noway:
    Lanette thanks for the Ed Deboo posture exercises. Much needed and timely.
    Barbie what you said about DST, the abrupt twice yearly changes and what some people think causes the longer daylight. SMH. Wish all the western states would agree to stay on standard time, like Hawaii and Arizona.
    Michele “alligators”?! :noway:
    Machka and Heather with me its travel. Before we got together I used to travel every other year. Joe won’t fly but we used to take long, lovely road trips together. Imagined that when I retired we’d travel more. Nope. Joe really doesn’t care to leave our property and mostly I want to be with him. Will take a girl trip with T to Crater Lake this summer but no other travel plans.
    mfp community has been acting weird this evening. Something called "vanilla" is reporting server timeouts, but able to get right back in. Hmm.
    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD x8zcp1ya37k1.gif

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