WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2024

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,383 Member
    edited August 21
    Today is Senior Citizens Day! WE aren’t these are we???? Have a spumoni cone to feel better! 😘

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  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,894 Member
    Tracey--Glad your first day was postive.
    Flea--Looks like a good program and that the men were proud to have put in the work to finish. Glad to hear your mom's estate is done and you can put it behind you.
    Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE <3
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,727 Member
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,292 Member
    edited August 21
    Here is am example of a lunch...Homemade broth...Argula lettuce, fresh tomatoes from my garden, organic hamburger from farmer's market mushrooms from Farmer's Market, onion, green pepper from Market, paprika, pepper, cheese from Marker, Greek no sugar yogurt (Fage 5%), small glass Kombuch, cherry juice, and water...small dark chocolate and slice of melon (from Market) for dessert... total plants and spice in this meal..11 different plants (I count mushroom) and spices in this meal.I didn't count broth yet that was full of veggies when I prepared it. I use the mushrooms to cut the amount of meat I use in my taco salad...No taco chips!
    Delicious...it is just a different way to eat than ultra processed food. Cheese and yogurt are processed but minimally.
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    Carol the vase I got in Italy about 50 years ago so I suppose it is an antique.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,354 Member
    edited August 21
    Stat for the day-

    Outside bike ride- 2hrs 24min 45sec, 151elev, 53aw, 119ahr, 157mhr, 12.5amph, 30.11mi= 1011c
    Strava app = 514c

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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,251 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    I have curly hair and it gets very frizzy, very easily, I bought some sleek n shine Aragon oil that I put on when it’s wet and it’s helping a lot. I washed my hair yesterday and scrunched it, today I just finger combed it, tomorrow I’ll probably straighten it or put it up. I don’t wash it daily anymore and that has made a huge difference as well.



    Lanette - I keep praying that I take after my maternal grandmother. She lived until 95 and in her book was probably about 3 years too long, but because she had to start using a walker and even the hearing aids didn’t help a lot, but her mind was sharp.
    I feel like I’m going to be a young widow. Rodger’s lung test told revealed that his lungs were those of a 68 year old, then last month he was told his bloodwork numbers were good for an 83 year old. I can’t make him quit smoking and I can’t make him stop eating what he wants. I’ve decided to stop trying. He will be 60 in January and if he doesn’t care what that will do to his family I have to just do what I can to be prepared for it.
    I have started making friends and doing things on my own for the last few years, I know he doesn’t understand it, but I can’t just sit at home and do nothing.


    I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!
    Tracey in Edmonton

    My hair is very curly too- I will need to check into that to try. I am so glad there are more products that are available. When I was younger, only kind of products for curly hair was for black women and not much of that was available where I was(on base)-it was better than nothing but I still remember how crunchy my curls were with it.

    I am starting to feel the same way about dh- He is 60, has high blood pressure, diabetic, stressed all the time, doesn't care about himself or anyone else, especially lately.
    Eating for him is all the things he shouldn't have- rice or chow mein almost every day if he can. Lots of carbs and late night snacking after not wanting to eat what I fix at dinner time.
    I too am doing more things outside of the house(class, walking, church)- he is resentful but that is on him. I am not stopping it just because he doesn't do anything for himself.

    We will be taking MIL to SF tomorrow- a whole day of driving, doing the appointment and more driving after we do take care of her at her place and after we are done. Hopefully she behaves a lot better than she did when he took her before(that is why I need to go with them-two against one).

    PT came over to her house yesterday- she confirmed everything dh told his mom- Social worker coming to do an assesment- hoping she can get some help- she has three kinds of insurance so one of those should cover at least part of the care. DH just needs a break.

    If I have already posted this, I apologize. Can't remember if I did or not.

    Enjoying the home grown veggies- red sweet pepper, cucumber and a bacon and tomato on a FlatOut-flat bread for late lunch. Have class tonight so ate a bit more. Split some fries while we were out shopping earlier- that has been all for the day so far. I will grab a snack after class. Having a natural energy drink now- need to get me through class.

    FitBit wearers=I have a question. Mine has stopped letting me scroll(go from just the time to see my steps, etc. Is my fitbit basically dead or will a re-boot possible help it. It is still tracking- I can check on the app on my phone(it is a bit glitchy but works).

    Debbie
    Napa Valley,CA

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,251 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
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    I've got bamboo sheets and pillow cases that are supposed to be nice and cool ... I've yet to put them on the bed.

    I've been looking for cool sheets and other cooling things at night.




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    M in Oz

    We have some of the cooling blankets we got on Amazon- they have been running great sales on them lately- They work really well.


  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,665 Member
    Heather --

    As Kylia said, unfortunately public transportation sucks here in the US unless you live in Chicago or New York. (Maybe Atlanta?) We live in the second largest metropolitan area in the state of Oregon, and while there is a bus, that is it, and I don't think it's very safe or convenient. You might be able to manage in Portland without a car -- there is a tram and bus service, but I don't know how reliable or safe it is.

    A car is a necessity, so the expense just has to be accepted.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley, OR
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,354 Member
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  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,071 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »
    A variety of plants is key too! Aiming for 30-40 different plants, herbs, spices in a week. One went on to say if you have that 30-40 you are more than likely to be in better health if it is less than five you are more than likely to have a health issue.

    If like most people in US your consumption is low it is best to start out slow. The goal is to gradually increase this variety. I am up to that 30-40 different plants in my diet. It took 4 months for me but when I started I had at least 10-20 in a week so it went a bit faster for me.

    A while back, a few of us began listing the plants we consumed.

    Every work day, I have 2 servings of vegetables at lunch. These usually consist of some combination of broccoli, carrots, peas or snowpeas, green beans and corn.

    Just about every work evening, I have 2-3 servings of vegetables at dinner. These usually consist of some combination of broccoli, carrots, peas or snowpeas, green beans, corn, brussel sprouts and possibly other things like mustard greens, sweet potatoes, potatoes, broad beans, and more.

    One of my snacks at work is usually fruit - apples, mandarin oranges, kiwi fruit, bananas. A couple of my favourite at home snacks are mangoes when they're in season and pears. I'll add Nishi pears, grapes, apricots, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew, pineapple, and lychee when they're in season. A number of those things are grown in our garden. :)

    About every other week, I have dried cranberries with my yogurt.

    I have a few grain crackers for breakfast - grains are plants.

    Part of my lunch is rice.

    About every other week, I have pepitas with my lunch.

    Part of my dinner is usually rice or pasta.

    And then there's coffee and tea.


    Machka in Oz

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,785 Member
    edited August 22
    Herbs and spices count too. :D
    I easily reach over 30 plants a week. I have lots of different nuts and seeds in my breakfast. As well as different berries and fruits. Salad stuff in my lunchtime sandwich, and a different vegetable or two, or three or more every night with dinner. A big heap. Onions, garlic, tomato sauce. It all counts. Coffee. Tea. ......

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    SophieRosieMom wrote: »
    That life span calculator was interesting. I came in at 102. I think there's plenty of wiggle room, but at least points out lifestyle habits that might be detrimental. I'm hoping more for good quality of life more than length of life at this stage. :p

    Nutrition vs. genetics (lots of this I've already rambled on about a lot in this group, so please skip if you don't want to hear it again, lol.)
    I'm thinking about what the "experts" are saying these days about physical and brain health as we age. I think in some cases, genetics actually wins out, supported by good nutrition, physical activity and especially avoidance of bad habits. My long-lived (into mid 90's) grandmothers were mentally sharp until the end. Big waists and hips. One grandmother physically active until she moved from the farm, but still hung wash on the line, continually mopped, vacuumed and cleaned house. Up and down flights of stairs. The other was in a wheelchair during the last decade of her life due to arthritis and weight problems, but still was able to live alone, do light housekeeping, cook and bathe just fine. They both ate plenty of pies, ice cream, cookies, noodles, beef, chicken, pork, eggs, not many beans except kidney beans, maybe twice a month in a salad with miracle whip. They ate lots of diary. They cooked with lard, ate butter and margarine, white wonder bread, bacon, ham and other cured meats. Never any olive oil or garlic, rarely ate any kind of fish and never even tasted an avocado. They didn't drink or smoke.

    Rarely ate sauerkraut, never any yogurt or other probiotic foods I eat now to support my microbiome. They didn't drink soda pop so never had a steady diet of high fructose corn syrup, but drank tea and coffee with sugar. Don't recall them taking vitamins although my maternal grandmother got Vit. B12 shots, and my own doctor speculated my mother's dementia might have stemmed from a B12 deficiency.

    On the flip side, my paternal grandfather had T2 diabetes, as did his father. He had a sugar addiction. Drank pop and craved sweets. Still, he was a farmer and was physically active into his later years. His diet could have been better - see what grandma put on the table, above. But still, I don't remember him having vision problems or peripheral neuropathy, slow wound healing or other symptoms of T2. He died of a heart attack in his mid-80's while on the tractor. (He stopped it first.) He made a choice - he was not willing to trade the delicious foods grandmother prepared for what might have been a longer life. Since T2 didn't seem to be impacting his health (other than probably contributing to the heart attack), maybe it was the right decision for him.

    What got me off on this tangent was an article I read this morning by Valter Longo who emphasized the Mediterranean diet as being close to perfect. That combined with a fasting mimicking diet 5 days a month - a program he sells "Prolon". He advises no red meat, hardly any white meat, mostly fish and then plant sources of protein like beans and nuts.

    The Mediterranean diet enthusiasts probably would have predicted my grandmothers dead of heart attacks by the age of 60 :p .

    Dr. Cate Shanahan and the Weston Price Foundation tend to look at the way our healthy grandparents ate as a guide, and I think there's merit.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State

    A lot of these "grandparent" examples have a common theme: exercise. Staying active. :)

    My grandparents and great grandparents on my mother's side all lived into their late 80s and 90s.

    They ate the typical meat and 3 veg, with homemade bread on the side and fruit for dessert, most of which came from their land or community gardens or local farms. There was hardly any processed food and definitely no white wonderbread! Actually reasonably close to the Mediterranean diet. Perhaps a bit more red meat and less fish than recommended, but otherwise pretty close.

    They were also all quite active right up to near the time when they passed. I remember that my grandmother had a hip replacement (or maybe both) in 2002 when she was 81. I visited her when she at about 6 weeks post surgery and she was motoring down the street with her walker (walking briskly with her walker) on the way to the shops. I had to put some effort in to keep up with her!

    BTW - the only way I eat avocado is in the form of guacamole. :smiley: I don't like the taste or texture of avocado without being mashed and blended with spices.


    Regarding the Mediterranean diet ...

    https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mediterranean-diet-meal-plan
    There are no concrete rules for following the Mediterranean diet, but general guidelines can help you incorporate its principles into your daily routine.
    The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including France, Spain, Greece, and Italy.

    Foods to eat (for example)
    Vegetables: tomatoes, broccoli, kale, spinach, onions, cauliflower, carrots, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips
    Fruits: apples, bananas, oranges, pears, strawberries, grapes, dates, figs, melons, peaches
    Nuts, seeds, and nut butters: almonds, walnuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almond butter, peanut butter
    Legumes: beans, peas, lentils, pulses, peanuts, chickpeas
    Whole grains: oats, brown rice, rye, barley, corn, buckwheat, whole wheat bread and pasta
    Fish and seafood: salmon, sardines, trout, tuna, mackerel, shrimp, oysters, clams, crab, mussels
    Poultry: chicken, duck, turkey
    Eggs: chicken, quail, and duck eggs
    Dairy: cheese, yogurt, milk
    Herbs and spices: garlic, basil, mint, rosemary, sage, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper
    Healthy fats: extra virgin olive oil, olives, avocados, and avocado oil

    Foods to limit (for example)
    Added sugar: added sugar is found in many foods but especially high in soda, candies, ice cream, table sugar, syrup, and baked goods
    Refined grains: white bread, pasta, tortillas, chips, crackers
    Trans fats: found in margarine, fried foods, and other processed foods
    Processed meat: processed sausages, hot dogs, deli meats, beef jerky
    Highly processed foods: fast food, convenience meals, microwave popcorn, granola bars


    More info from these reliable sites:
    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/16037-mediterranean-diet

    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324221


    I eat something along the lines of the Mediterranean diet with a bit more of a Vegetarian lean, and if I do consume meat, I go with poultry rather than fish most of the time. It's a diet I feel very comfortable with and it makes me feel good. :)

    And of course ... exercise.


    Machka in Oz


  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,727 Member
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  • Anniesquats100
    Anniesquats100 Posts: 3,306 Member
    Good morning beautiful ladies!

    Machka congratulations on the reformer! A new chapter in your exercise journey.

    Barbie Yay for rides!

    Margaret I love your flowers! And your enthusiasm is inspiring.

    Lisa glad you feel better.

    Heather look at you go! Getting down and up from the floor, and writing! Yay!

    Monique thank you for the encouragement. And sorry about your headache. Is it from muscle tension? Or migraine? Or sinus? I get migraines from passing weather fronts but they aren't as bad as they used to be.

    Well, we went to Dairy Queen yesterday because Dad had a gift card. So much for my diet.

    The tricky thing about the door alarm is that Dad doesn't really wander yet. I have to stop him from walking for exercise in the morning, but the rest of the time he is okay. I heard him go outside last night and he was just putting the lawnmower away. So he has free use of the yard, I just keep an eye out for him leaving the yard. It's tricky, and when he gets worse we will have to tighten up.

    Today his back hurts again so he is unlikely to walk out. He has a new puzzle book.

    As for me, I need to get to the bank, then I have horseback riding later. I have my larger jeans to wear.

    I'm reading a different series by Toni Anderson. I really loved her Cold Justice books, but these aren't as entertaining. Probably more realistic. They focus more on the effects of violence and less on the pleasure of a new romance. It's a tricky balance to get right in a romantic suspense novel.

    Plus there's an industry trend of the leading lady being truly nasty, going overboard with the independent strong women aspect. I still never tell people to "shut up" so maybe I am outdated. But I still think you can stand up for yourself without being mean. Another tricky balance.

    Anyway, have a marvelous day! May you all be happy, healthy, safe and free!

    Annie in Delaware



  • pipcd34
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  • barbiecat
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    I missed a SIG (Special Interest Group) meeting last week, so I watched it today. Right at the beginning, the presenter asked these questions which I thought were kind of interesting and so I thought I would share them here if others would like to think about them, write something, or ignore them entirely. :)

    List the following:

    • 3 wins in past 36 hours
    - presentation at work
    - solving something I put into the "too hard" basket a few months ago
    - ticking off a few work-related "to do" items


    • 3 areas for improvement in past 36 hours
    - saying ‘um’ in presentation
    - figuring out that one final thing from the "too hard" basket. I'm pulling my hair out!
    - climbing more stairs


    •1 thing I am grateful for today
    - quiet house


    • 1 Intention for today
    - solve the whole "too hard" problem


    •1 thing I am excited about ... I don't get excited. It's never good to get excited. I feel like I'm just setting myself up for disaster. But ... I guess ...
    - setting up house


    • 3 Things I would like to have happen if the day were to play out the way I would like it
    - solve the whole "too hard" problem
    - have the energy to do laundry and do a noticeable amount of unpacking
    - not eat so much



    Machka in Oz
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,292 Member
    3 wins...Had a healthier meal when I went out to eat with my son, roof here completed and paid for, staying on track with diet

    3 improvements son's deck project still in progress, windows cleaning still in progress, more strength training needed

    Grateful for DrewB my dog and friends

    Intention to keep learning and having an open mind

    Excited...Going to State Fair next week

    Intention...Like to see happen today get DrewB nails clipped, get outside and enjoy a good weather day, continue to work on home projects.

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