WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2013
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We had a Halloween party at line dance class this morning. Lots of people wore costumes and we danced familiar dances to Halloween music instead of the regular music.
After class, one of the students had a small party at her house with food and dancing. I danced for almost two hours and stayed away from the food except for the corn muffins.
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Hi my friends! TGIF!!!!! Two 10 hour clinical days wear me out. Les Mis was brilliant last night. I was very sleepy for the first half, which is not as good as the second half. But I got my second wind and really enjoyed the second act.
Well the carpet is done downstairs, and tomorrow the carpet guy is coming out to re-carpet DD#1’s old room. She ruined it with makeup that she spilled all over the room then ground into the carpet.
CritterSue: I was so worried about this very news about FIL…I’m so sorry about it. Hopefully there will be good treatments for him. Prayers and good wishes for all of you! Continue to take care of yourself! I guess we will have to wait til Saturday to see if the Red Sox win another game!
Joyce: did you mean 2000 mg of sodium? I’m not sure how you could manage only 200 mg! I’m glad your doc has a plan for you and maybe you can find out what’s up with the bowels!!!
Mollywhippet: I’d be very interested in knowing your secret to low sodium chili. I buy lower sodium beans and rinse them, but I think it still has a lot.
Susan: husbands!!! I have two tuxedo cats…the kitties. The old one is grey and white.
Sandy: what a great nsv!!! Keeping my fingers crossed for your next blood pressure reading.
Michelle: that sodium count for the crab Rangoon was before the soy sauce!!!! I have tried low sodium soy sauce but I hate it…it doesn’t taste anything like soy sauce!
Sue such a nice day of riding!
Katla: that is great to have such good walking companions. I forgot to mention how great you look in those jeans!
Lin: good news about a pain-free day
Liz: has your DD tried mediation? Oftentimes that works when the courts don’t or when people disagree over these issues. Seeing the kids without the GF would be a good idea. It seems she isn’t trying to keep the father from seeing the kids, but just the GF who should not have any rights for visitation.
Suzy: the Go Ape activity sounds like a blast
Sue: golfing in October! What could be better? I guess golfing in November!
Heather: YUM-ilicious!
BJ: so nice to see you here again. Congrats on the upcoming baby!
Vicki: enjoy your trip and family get together! Safe travels
Jill: enjoy visiting with your company. I think I smell your sauce!
Well it’s not even dinner time and I’m over 9000 steps. I need to add more food to clinical days. I was really shaky and extra hungry yesterday even eating what I was supposed to. Tonight we are putting the basement back together and doing some deep cleaning. Tomorrow is football during the day, baseball at night. We were going shopping for new furniture for the bedroom downstairs (we moved that furniture up to Tanya’s old room) and a new dishwasher. But with everything else going on and having to get DD#2 to work, I don’t think we will have time. Wednesday is her last shift….thank goodness! No more jobs until 1) her grades are better and 2) she can drive.
Ok take care, Meg from Omaha0 -
Meg - I use Williams Chili Seasoning that has no salt added (0 mg), wal-mart light red kidney beans with no salt added (so they have 40mg per 1/2 cup), wal-mart tomato sauce with no salt added (has 20mg per 1/4 cup), and ground round with no salt solution added. So it's pretty darned low. MFP database says its 90 calories per cup. I hope that is true, but skeptical.
It's an acquired taste, but I have gotten used to it. Hubby has to add his own salt.
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Sylvia- I use Williams Chili mix also. It's really had a great flavor.
Meg- sounds like you are giving the house a make-over. I find that when I clean out a closet, I have less to worry about...menial as that sounds. Tell us about the deep cleaning in the basement since the new carpet has been installed. My basement is unfinished. Poured concrete. Now for the good part...it's empty! I have 2 hot water heaters, furnace, abd 4 big bottles of emergency water. I have it painted white with gunboat gray on the floor. It used to be a storage dump.
Michele-I would be interested how many steps you take during the day as it sounds you are always on the go. I took Dad to his Parkinson's exercise class at the community center then went upstairs and worked out while I waited for him. I was going to do weights but was just too tired.
I'm watching the Andy Griffith's show and Andy told Gomer to comb his hair so it has a "rabbit ridge".
Aint Bee pressed Andy's britches, and they're all goin' to a dance.
I wish schools would teach seniors about medical insurance, automobile insurance, medicare, medicaid, the aging process, student loans as well as why we have vaccines. Oh, also about paying utilities and rental rights. I wish someone had explained all that stuff to me. I learned the hard way.
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Off to the deep water class. First, tho, I'll stop at the Humane Society and drop off my aluminum to them. I had this one pair of pants that for some reason I bought in an 8, I got another pair just like it in a 6. So I'm having a lady make the 8's into 6's. I gave them to her a few months ago when I knew I wouldn't be wearing pants any more. I'll pick them up from her today. I'll give her some of the chocolate chip pumpkin cookies. On the way home I may stop at one food store that's on the way because Aldi didn't have any chickens yesterday and I need one for this weekend. Also, Newcomers is having a social where you are supposed to bring what you'd like to grill and they provide the sides, salads and desserts. Don't know what kind of sides they'll be serving. I'm going to take veggie burgers with me because Vince always says that he doesn't know if the veggie burger is cooked. Every grill is different so if the burgers on this grill are a bit underdone, that's OK. I also have to buy burgers for Vince to make. Update: Looks like she did it backwards, not entirely sure what it is she did. Seems she did something with the 6's but didn't make the 8's smaller. Well, I'll see if I can get away with them.
Tomorrow is yoga
Suzy - there's a cookbook called "Fit It and Forget It Lightly" that has all sorts of crockpot recipes (with the nutritionals). Glad you found a Newcomer group. I'm sure they'll get back to you.
Sue in TX - when we moved to NC from PA, the first winter I couldn't get over how everything closed and there wasn't much snow at all!
Does anyone know what's going on with mimi?
bj - congrats on the new arrival. Hope it isn't delayed!
sylvia - how true this is or not, that I don't know. While I was at deep water today the lifeguard was saying how you continue to burn calories for 45 minutes after an hour's water class. However, you only burn calories for something like 15 miutes after a land aerobics class. Like I said, I don't know how true that is or not. My thinking is that for a water or land class, you are probably continuing to burn calories for 1/2 hour. But that's just a guess. Can you send me thae recipe for the chili? Sounds interesting, and I'm always on the lookout for something low in calories
Joyce - cottage cheese is the first thing that comes to mind that is fairly low cal/low fat/high sodium. What about some of the canned low fat soups?
Vicki - happy birthday to your gs. Have fun at the party. Honestly, you can't taste the pumpkin in the pumpkin/spice cucakes/cake.
susan - to be honest, I have no idea how many steps/day I take. Mainly because when I wore a pedometer, it was sometimes inconsistent. Like it didn't register when I wore jeans. So I just don't bother. But I am considering using one every once in a while, especially on days when I work the Green Room and we are selling only to Benefactors or Season Ticket holders. The phones aren't very busy those days, so I'm sure I can get in more steps (I know I did it last time I worked those days, between calls I just walked up and down the hallway)
Gotta get ready for tomorrow.
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Hi, all,
My friend Gwen is home as of late Wednesday.......took her for her first follow-up with her family dr. (a woman who just adores her!!!) this am; she was called a "miracle patient". Stayed over Wed and Thurs. nights; she's own her own tonight for the first time, fingers crossed. Think I may actually be back here for a bit...............and I get to sleep in my own bed tonight!!!! Offshoot of all this: I was offered a job with an agency (a friend of Gwen owns it).........as the man said, "Well, you're already doing this for free---I do pay better than that." Ha, ha. Hmmmmm, nice to be noticed but not sure I want to actually "work"; it's one thing to help out friends........swore I'd never do hospital or nsg. home nursing again, usually I have no trouble saying no when friends try to talk me into taking on a vacancy where they work........but, maybe, I'm really on the fence; and with dd starting grad school next yr. and all the debt she'll be incurring there.........I just don't know. Thought I was happily retired.
Exhausted, just a few words.
Katla..........Gotta tell you...........great, fabulous, look in those skinny jeans...........my impression is that you are tall. The dog is sweet and looks like fun.
Rori.......So very sorry to hear of the pancreatic ca.........it is one of the rougher ones for sure. Best of luck to your sister and dh.
Liz........Awful about your gs; seems like they could maybe get a court order that if she's involved, the visit must have a third party present to prevent (or witness) the verbal abuse he's been suffering.
Learned today that one of the ladies I exercise with is aunt to a Cardinal player; I don't know any of them......only ever followed the Yankees and that was years ago. Outfielder Carlos Beltrom (?); is he good? well, I guess he is if he's there. So, I guess I'm rooting for the Cardinals.
G'nite,
yanniejannie
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Thanks for all your kind words about my picture in skinny jeans. I added a picture of me from March of 2012 so you can see a before shot. I really had no idea I’d let myself get so unhealthy until it prevented me from fully enjoying something I really wanted to do, take horseback riding lessons DH gave me as a surprise. I took the lessons, but gave myself bursitis in my knee while posting and was in pain for several weeks. It was a real shot of motivation to improve my health. Then I found MFP and this group. I am so grateful for MFP and all of you.:flowerforyou:
Michele: We have a favorite local Chinese place and DH was so sad that he couldn’t eat there very often due to sodium and his blood pressure. When we went in for a special treat he asked the waitress if there was any chance the chef could leave out salt. She said yes, and they cooked him a meal with no added salt. He loved it and we go back for treats more often now. It never hurts to ask. The worst thing that can happen is the answer is no, and you aren’t any worse off than you were before.
Regarding pools. I’m with Sylvia. I don’t like to be wet and cold at the same time. I believe your instructor is right about water exercise continuing to burn calories after you’re out of the pool. I burn lots of them shivering.:grumble:
Sue in SD: I’m sorry your friend will be moving so far away you can’t ride together. I’ve had several friends move and we manage to stay connected through the internet, which is far better than nothing.:flowerforyou:
Meg: We buy low sodium soy sauce and enjoy the taste. It is Yamasa Less Salt Soy Sauce and has 520 mg of sodium per tablespoon. We get it at Fred Meyer, which is part of the Kroger chain these days. Regarding beans, if you start with dried beans they cost a lot less and have a lot less sodium, but the cooking process takes quite a bit more time since the beans have to be soaked.:flowerforyou:
Susan: Thanks for letting us share your Andy Griffith show experience. I liked that show.
Yanniejannie: I’m somewhere between 5’7” and 5’7 and a half. My dog is a Keeshond. He is the sweetest guy. He’s great with DGD, too.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
October goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
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Yes Meg, I meant 2000 mg of sodium!!! Sorry. Yeah the other would be rather impossible. My daughter and her family absolutely love Les Miz. When I first read about it and they said EVERYHING was in music I was leary about it. But we had one of the free weekends that Direct TV offers all the time and the movie version was on so I recorded it. I couldn't watch it all at the same time. It was just to hard to comprehend. But we went to my daughters house and she had read the book, all 2000 pages of it, so she was able to give me some insight as to the characters and I made her stop at the moment I had paused the movie. That helped a lot. So I eventually finished it. You are right, the last half went a lot faster. I still cab't pronounce their names but when he was ready to jump of the bridge I was yelling and screaming and 'face timing' my daughter. Surely he can't be doing this. He has just been forgiven. Then when when the other guy went back to the monastery I was the same. I'm sure she was laughing her head off on her end since it had taken her so long to convince me to watch it. Her employer had box office seats at the University of Ky opera and lets their employees use it so her and her husband was able to enjoy it on live stage last weekend. I just wish in the movie version they had all been trained musicians and their voices a little easier to understand.
Yes, I am going to have to discover canned soup again. But with soup also goes crackers. So that's a double whammy with sodium. We did go to Dennys tonight and instead of the usual salad with the senior meal I had a cup of chicken noodle soup. It was nice and warm and tasted good. But it's something that I will have to preprogram into my diary.I do a full day at a time and if a soup will fit in then I will eat it. I have found out that cottage cheese, pineapple and granola just don't taste the same as the yogurt does though. I can't believe that i am saying I prefer the yogurt.
I have to completely reprogram my brain :noway: I did eat Healthy life english muffin today with my egg and cheese. I toasted it and it tasted completely different than on bread. Yummy!!!!
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Hi everyone, my name is Eileen and I've just started using this site to help me stay motivated. To tell you a little about myself I'm retired, married,and have 6 GC. I have been going to the gym with my DD for the past month. She drops the kids off at school and picks me up. I'm also a type 2 diabetic.
Eileen in ND0 -
Took a late night stroll with DH and you can imagine my delight to come back only to find that I am still caught up with this thread - at least from the point I last posted :bigsmile: It's been a beautiful fall day in Plano and wonderful to be outside in it.
hi jane, cookies & a rest - it's a great life! HaPpY 1st Birthday to Leah :flowerforyou:
heather, good news! dad to take care of the car!
grandmallie, hope the cookies helped with the stress
katla, enjoy your new grandma look; clothes and all. You worked hard for it.
critter sue, sorry to hear tha about your FIL. It's always a difficult time when our loved ones are so ill.
joyce, that's really low on the sodium - how do you do it?! I enjoy cottage cheese too; gonna have to look closer at the sodium. I sure hope all the mentioned health issues are resolved and restores you to good health.
sylvia, to go an hour over on those laps just shows how much you enjoy them. My gym was pretty empty today too. I thought it was nice. Looks like we have several Red Sox fans online - sure hope they bring the win home for you. And praying for good news with your son's tests.
susan, I like that! "post menopausal grown woman" I agree; schools do not teach the realities of life - best to hope that the parents do.
sandy, great NSV! wonderful to have your efforts noticed!
michele, believe it or not it's taken me some years to like a hot tub in the cold - I really don't like getting out of it in the cold.
sue, hard to let friends go when you are so close; here's to keeping that friendship strong.
barbie, 37K - awesome day!
linda, no pain since August - that's a praise!
liz, God's canvas is beautiful in the Autumn. Sorry to hear that about your GS. It is hard to see them suffer when all we want to do is protect them.
suzy, nothing like a warm cup of soup on a cold day. Crock pot cooking is the best. You are a brave woman - zip-lining & photography.
sue, I am with you - negative any temp isn't happening well here. The conference was wonderful. God sent Beth Moore to fill in for Priscilla . It was a powerful message. I was blessed.
heather, hope your cold is on its way out soon. You cake & pudding sound delicious but are not a tradition in my household. There's a famous fruit cake company nearby in Corsicana that sells lots of them for the holidays.
bj, congrats on the new GB - I have one myself; he's 6 months old and a real joy to this grandma.
vicki, that's kind of how we feel in Texas about air conditioning...hehe. But I don't like a cold shower either.
jill, never made pasta sauce from scratch although I do know it is a lot of work. I sure hope you enjoy yours.
And that's the end of the line for this 50 something grandmother of 7 and expecting #8; life is good cause God is good.
Goodnight all!
Teral in Plano
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Jill thats a lovely story about Christmas cake..... I can picture the mailman running after your friend with the christmas cake, from one end of Europe to another.....
:flowerforyou: Sylvia happy for you n your grandsons, sending all of u my prayers. What an NSV u swam for an hour without realising it!
Joyce: a boiled potato salad with lemon juice, salt and chopped chillies comes to my mind
Vicki Yay for the warmth and prayers for your Father. am also glad about your new glasses
:flowerforyou: Grandmallie you are so amazing, the other day at the gym when I thought I was bushed a picture of u emerged in my mind icing your heel, smiling as always and I remembered all the walking, cycling u do and just sipping lemon water in between. Did it inspire me to finish???
Meg u are working hard and keeping up with all all your healthy habits. Wow!
Michelle that would be a bummer a size 4 and a size 8 trouser when u want two size 6.
:laugh: Heather alls well that ends well..... father agreed to pay
Barbie 37k steps!!!:noway: well if its Barbie :smokin: its possible. Thats what inspires me. Thanks
Suzy waiting to see your pics....am sure it will be a great activity n such fun
:flowerforyou: Yanniejannie so glad for your friend and you. Do take care of yourself too. What goes around comes around
Today finished with a brisk walk in the morning with hubby before going off to school.... we had to go in to complete grading papers n preparing the result. All was well till lunch was served..... Puri ( fried bread) with potatoes. Since I hadnt carried my lunch ended up tucking into puris:blushing: .So, have decided will not feel guilty but workout in the afternoon a little more..... In the past I would end up feeling guilty and beating myself about it...
Second lesson learnt always , always carry my food .
Prayers n hugs to all those who need them and Cheers to the remaining0 -
Good Saturday Morning Ladies: This has been a crazy and busy week, and I ate so bad last nite I didn't even post it . The tired is beginning to set in, but will have to wait til Sunday nite. Octoberfest at Church today, be there at 3 to set up (I did get the coleslaw made last night
) still need to finish sewing the cape for Elizabeth's costume for tonight. I take care of my Dad, so need to get his laundry finished, then work on his feet ,(his nails get so bad) he is diabetic and I don't want to let them get out of hand. . Church on Sunday, then finish my own laundry and house cleaning (Maybe someday they will invent a self cleaning house :laugh: ) but until then it's all me. I am going to try very hard to get back on my tracking and eating better today, my Dr's appt. is Monday, I'm still down but not where I want to be.
Eileen in ND--Welcome, the Ladies on here are wonderful and very encouraging.
Meg--Sugar is very tricky--hopefully you will find a balance soon. I try and stay away from sodium as much as possible. Sounds like a busy weekend. Enjoy.
Katla--Love your picture, awesome getting into skinny jeans.
Grandmallie--Glad your shoulder is feeling better, Hope your weekend works out.
Joyce: Glad you found such a wonderful Dr.
Heather--Glad all worked out well with your car.
CritterSue--Sorry about your FIL, sending prayers.
Sandy--It is nice when someone notices all the hard work you do.
Michele--I want just 1/4 of your energy to work out but not with Jillian Michaels (mean :frown: ) :laugh:
YannieJannie--Glad your friend is feeling better, good luck on your job decision. Hope your are able to get some rest.
Barbie--Love dancing but I have 2 left feet, sounds like wonderful fun.
Linda --Awesome No Pain, Hope it continues.
Liz--Prayers for your Family.
Sylvia--Hope all is well with your Son.
Vickie--Glad you have heat. Enjoy your weekend.
Teral--Enjoy those strolls with your Hubby.
Hope everyone has a Blessed and Wonderful Day. :flowerforyou:
Tina in Florida0 -
Our community is having a hazardous waste recycling day today, and we plan to get in line early. We have a partial can of old deck coating to get rid of and a box of batteries. It isn’t a big box of batteries, but it is a heavy one. We use rechargeable batteries as much as possible to cut down on the number of batteries we buy and throw away, but even they eventually wear out. I’m also sending off a box of slugbait. I’m going for the less toxic version in the future. DH finished working on the boat for now. The next step is to get recommendations for a good place to service the outboard motor. It is 42 years old, too. We got it started yesterday, so we know it runs. I want to move the boat back into the storage unit in the mean time.
Joyce: We don’t currently have any canned soup on hand because of the sodium content. DH just can’t handle it. We don’t have ramen anymore, either. When you’re shopping, look closely at the sodium levels and plan to compensate by drinking more water. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Eileen in ND: Welcome to a great group. This is an excellent place for encouragement and help with motivation.:flowerforyou:
Teral in Plano: It sounds as though your day was filled with blessings. Congratulations.:flowerforyou:
Animika: Dealing with high calorie food by adding exercise is very wise. Drink plenty of water, too, to help wash it away.:drinker: :drinker:
Tina in FL: DH is diabetic and has had the worst feet forever. Last year I finally talked him into getting a pedicure. He loves pedicures now that he knows his "man card" won’t be revoked, and his feet are so much better. We go in about every four to six weeks & both get our feet done. (He doesn’t get his toenails polished, but I do. I favor “French” style polish with white at the tips and clear covering the rest of the nail.)
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
October goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily.0 -
Didn't exercise this morning as I was coughing from before 5am and felt altogether blah.
Nothing serious, but I decided to give myself a day of rest.
Hairdresser came and I didn't let her cut too much off this time. Much happier with it.
Then DH and I made the first of our Christmas cakes. We will do the other tomorrow. I always get him to do all the bits that require patience, like greasing and linjng the tins and chopping nuts.:laugh: It is in the oven now for at least 4 hrs and soon the whole house will be smelling like Christmas!
I also made a start on tonight's dinner, chicken with chinese and button mushrooms. Will have with pak choi.
My Happiness Hypothesis book arrived so I will let you know if I discover any great insights! Also in the post were a couple of small things for Christmas surprises for DH. I might give him one for our anniversary in November. Had to chase up a parcel for my step daughter that couldn't be delivered to her apartment in London. I must say Amazon were very good and are redirecting it to her work place. But it won't arrive on her birthday. It is a book about Burma where she is soon to go for 3 weeks holiday. She is one of the world's great travellers, but DH is sad that he is not going to get any grandchildren from either of his daughters. Still, he is making a great job of being step grandad to mine!
Had a lovely thankyou card from my DDIL today with a photo of my granddaughter on the front. It was to thank us for the babysitting we have done and the presents we have bought. Of course I feel just enormously grateful to have the opportunity. It gives me so much pleasure. Can't wait for Friday 8th when we'll be seeing them again and this time DS will be cooking dinner. Double yum! Recently he's been working late so we've grabbed a snack for the train home or last time got kebabs in.
Bit headachy now and feeble. Eyes ache.
Bye for now my friends,
Heather UK, where it's set to be very stormy tomorrow night.0 -
Happy Saturday to the 50+ Vitamins here, old and new,
Glad to read up on all your lives, wow! such a range of human experience. Today is going to be great and crazy,
and we head to the hospital when the new grandbaby is born...sometime in the next few hours, I guess.
Glad DD3 did not go for C section.....if ever there were a pair of child bearing hips, she has them!
She is 39, and this is the first.....and this is her dream life, after spending a decade on painkillers for long term car accident pain.
Perhaps the baby brings new memories that will rewrite all the old bad memories out .......
I had a clean food day yesterday, both in calories and from grains, my allergy nemeses.......another day or so, and I will feel the
difference in my brain.
I went to a poetry reading ( who does that these days? - it was organized at my uni by my mentor) and the poet and the poetry were wonderful! Very accessible for understanding, lovely images. As much as I like the great American poet Wallace Stevens, she is much easier to grasp and feel....... I recommend her work, try her out : Jan Zwicky. She taught at Harvard for a while, but you can find her on You tube, and she reads her own work really well!
Have a great day everyone! BJ0 -
Eileen welcome to our family. Although North Dakota may be a beautiful place to live I don't envy you in the winter. Lot of claories burned shoveling snow!
Joyce0 -
Hello Everyone,
I love reading everyone's posts. All the comments on exercising are motivating. I made it to the fitness center once this past week, and anytime I had to use stairs I turned around and did them twice. I know it's not enough, but it's something.
We had our last cookout of the season last week. It was so great to have my children with me. I counted calories for my portions and so enjoyed the great flavors while still staying in my plan. That made me feel good. Love those Johnsonville brats :-)
How do you all manage so well to respond to everyone's posts? Do you take notes while you read so you can answer? I started doing that so I could add my comments/encouragements/compliments but ..... So how do you do it?
Since I'm new to mfp, does any one have any suggestions on what parts of the site might be helpful / practical / a must use?
Time to get to my homework.0 -
:flowerforyou: hello to all regular and new!
Have been reading and keeping up with everyone, seems like Prayers and Hugs need to be doubled this month.
Congradulations to all who are winning at this battle, I have had unexpected company and been busy, always stressful when not prepared.....
Haven't done too well lately was up 2 lbs as I just didn't get off track but derailed!!!!! Better this week down .05
Love your pictures from skinny jeans, horses and new babies
:drinker: best wishes to all take care of yourselves and thank you for being here daily
Juanita in sudbury0 -
It's down right cold, windy and raining here today. Good day to curl up with a good book and a nice cup of tea. I went to aquafit this morning, the teacher was late and not really prepared but it was still a good workout. I stayed and swam lengths for awhile after too.
I lost 2.4 lbs this morning....woooooooohoooooooo finally slightly less then when I started the Y 2 months ago. Hopefully it means that I'm back to losing again????
Enjoy your day. Sandy from ON 0 -
Gosh, I've missed you lovely ladies. I haven't visited in such a while.
We had to say farewell to our beautiful dog Charlie a while ago after nearly 16 years of faithful companionship & it really hit so hard. Even now I still expect to see him waiting by the window when I come home. I keep starting thank you notes to our vet & the crematorium service who took care of things afterwards but haven't managed to finish them yet.
On the plus side our gorgeous 10 month old grandson Ethan is walking & providing many joyful moments.
I'm off to catch up so hugs to you all.
Geri in UK0 -
just popping in,
today is not good, eating out of control, not even gonna count anymore today, no exercise and stressed to the hilt... OY, hopefully tomorrow is a better day...0 -
This morning after swimming and breakfast I went back to the Y to watch my granddaughter play her first ever basketball game. It was a hoot! None of the 7 year old girls had a clue what they were supposed to do, but they had the biggest smiles on their faces! It was so much fun to watch. My son was in a bad mood though. He said he is on the verge of his second divorce, so apparently they aren't getting along too well. I always got the impression that she resented his kids. He did not have contact or custody when they first got married, so it must have been a lot more than she bargained for. And now with all these health problems too. I hope they can work it out, but all I can do is butt out. They sure don't need my advice.
We are out at the lake cabin now, and it turned out to be a beautiful day. For some reason we always have a bunch of wasps in the cabin. Today it seems like more than usual. My theory is that they live in the walls, so I don't know what we can do to get rid of them. We keep a butterfly net to catch them and put them outside. Hubby is too sweet to kill them. They aren't aggressive at all. First thing when we arrive, I have to sweep up the dead ones and he gets rid of the live ones.
Tomorrow I'm going to the girl's school open house and community fair. It's so nice to be a grandma in demand.
I hope you ladies are having a great weekend!
Sylvia0 -
Happy Saturday. I had to go grocery shopping since we went out Thursday and I hate doing that on a weekend, but it wasn’t too bad. My store is being remodeled and even the employees don’t know where things are so it’s an adventure. Apparently the construction workers come in at night and move things to work on the next item! I didn’t want to take the time to go to both
Walmart and HyVee and I paid for it …..expensive!!!
Watched NE play; they lost to an unranked team. So we’ll work on the basement now til baseball comes on. The carpet guys were no call-no show, so DH called someone who has done other carpet work for us and he hasn’t called us back. Harumph!
Joyce: thanks for the info! I don’t ever use seasoning; I do it all from scratch, but I’ll look for that brand. I assume you get it at walmart since the other stuff is their brand. Glad you finally got to enjoy Les Mis!
Susan: we are doing an enforced makeover LOL. The basement flooded may 12 for the 2nd time in 3 years. It’s a pipe that has broken twice now, but I think we got that fixed. It’s impossible to get contractors to work around here; we have so many summer storms they are backed up for months. So that is why it’s October and we just got the carpet put in!
Michele: interesting news about burning calories after exercising!
Yanniejannie: nice to be noticed and offered a job! Yes, Carlos Beltran is a great player who has not been in the world series before. He was injured the other night though; he ran into a wall and got a chest contusion. I’m not sure if he played in game 2 or not, but he went to the hospital in game 1.
Katla: we have Kroger here (it’s Bakers) so I’ll look for that soy sauce. I do use dried beans sometimes but have gotten kind of lazy!
Eileen; welcome to the group. Lots of us here are type 2 diabetics as well,
Teral: you are right about parents having to teach kids the realities of life, but at least mine don’t listen. They want nothing to do with discussions of safe sex, checkbooks, insurance, taxes (DD#1 has never filed even though she could get money back), student loans (Same DD has never gone to talk to the financial aid counselor about loans or grants….she plans to pay cash), taking care of a car…etc, etc, etc. I finally told DD#2 I’m done with trying to teach you this stuff; you’re on your own for finding out!
Anamika: good attitude; that self-beating usually leads me to eat more!
Tina; sounds like a busy weekend for you too! Find some time to relax!
Heather : hope that headache went away!
BJ: sounds like your life is full and wonderful. I love poetry readings
Puzzler: I open a word document and read one post at a time and respond to it. When I’m all done I copy and paste onto mfp. I had several instances of writing directly into the reply area only to have the site go down or my post go into cyber space, so this way works well for me.
Juanita: darling puppy! You’ll get back on track in no time!
Sandy: good job on the weight loss!
Geri: so nice to see you again. Your grandbaby is adorable. So sorry for the loss of your wonderful fur baby. We love our animals don’t we? Life is never the same without them; each one is unique and special.
Grandmallie: take a deep breath. Stress does terrible things to you! Sending hugs.
Well gals I am off to the basement! Take care and have a good evening! Meg from Omaha0 -
Popping to say that I feel like grandmallie - not having a good food day - not overeating so much yet just not making good choices and I am soon to be on my way to my sister's for some dinner and a housewarming...Lord help us all! Thank goodness I did take a walk.
Meg, I have found that when that same child turns about 25 they realize how little they do know. I do feel your pain; no fun.
Sure hope everyone has a great evening; Sue and I are having cooler temps tonight - it feels like fall.
~Blessings~
Teral in Plano0 -
Good early evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
I`ve been reading and trying to keep up with everyone! Sending hugs and prayers to those in need!!!
I have the flu:sick: , and yes, I did have a flu shot:grumble:
! This is day 9 for me. I opened my 5th box of Kleenex just a little while ago, my nose went from being extremely sore, to numb now:frown: . One of the worst symptoms has been the awful headaches, nothing has eased the pain:sad:, and the coughing....ick! I did go to the Dr. and she said it`s lasting anywhere from 10 to 14 days:noway: :sad: . I have lost a little bit of weight:happy: , although I got on the scale this morning and was up a whole pound:noway: , not sure where it came from:huh: ( I have had no appetite) ! I have been staying home for the most part, drinking lots of fluids and trying to rest. This past week has been really trying though, if it could go wrong, it did, and my sweet doggie Noel has been very yappy, does not help when you`re ready to rip your head off anyhow:explode: !
Congrats to everyone losing and all the great NSV`s!!!!
Sandy Congrats on the scale finally moving in the right direction for you:bigsmile: !!!!
Anyone have any Halloween plans? I was having a Halloween dinner here tomorrow for the girls, since I`m still sick we are delaying it for another week:sad: . The house is all decorated, guess I`ll just have to leave it up a bit longer:ohwell: !
Have a wonderful night everyone!
Hugs,
DeeDee in cold NC0 -
Ladies, so encouraging to read this thread. Good luck to all and especially DeeDee-- the flu sounds awful.
Today I went on a hike in Prince William Forest. It was a beautiful fall day. Two years ago I would have been unable to keep up with the group, but because of MFP and hours of time spent walking, swimming, running and exercising-- I enjoyed myself without a second thought.
Good luck to all and especially DeeDee-- the flu sounds awful.0 -
Need advice again. I have been looking at the Fit Bit since my pedometer seems to be so unpredicatable. There are several kinds of Fit Bit's, Flex, One and Zip. The Zip is the cheapest and you know how that speaks to my husband. Does it track your sleep. And as far as sleep, what do these things tack when you sleep? How restless you are, calories burned during sleep, what? Thanks
Joyce0 -
Joyce - I have a fit bit one and I absolutely love it. I didn't want the flex because you wear it on your wrist. I clip mine to my bra strap and leave it there for the day. It comes with a wrist strap that you wear at night and it tracks your movement so you can see how you sleep. I believe all of them link with mfp and estimate calories burned.
Sandy0 -
:flowerforyou: Joyce, I don't know anything about the FitBit but I have an Omron pedometer model HJ-72OITC...I bought it from Amazon. I carry it in my pocket from early morning until bedtime. It has been very reliable. except that it doesn't count steps if you walk too slow or do certain line dance steps. I use it only to keep track of steps. I've had it for about three years and I love it. It has software that allows me to keep track of steps walked so I can see trends and averages.
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: DeeDee, here are flowers for you to help you feel better soon.
:flowerforyou: FiftySixFit,, isn't it a great feeling to be able to keep up with the world....keep coming back and share your progress with us.
:flowerforyou: Anamika, success is inspirational, disaster is educational......you learned a great lesson today about being prepared by bringing your own food.
:flowerforyou: Puzzler, the best parts of this site are logging food, logging exercise, and posting on this thread so you have an encouraging community of supportive friends.
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I had a super day that included walking my dogs (a lot), walking with a great friend (for two hours), doing strength training (while watching TV), spending time with my darling hubby, and going to an early morning spiritual meeting......now it's time for bed :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: Barbie from NW Washington
“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: 36,000 steps today0 -
Hope everyone had a great sat.I got good news from the dr.He still thinks I have stubborn inflammation.Thinks I over did it this week with walking and cleaning.Thinks also with the gaining of wt didn`t help.Doesn`t see a need for xray at this time.Have home ex to do and come back in a month.
Leah`s party was so nice.I loved being able to see my 4 grand children at once.Gonna try posting a pic later.
Promised the dr I would loose 4 lbs by appt.Also suggested I don`t go below 1200.
HUGS
jane0
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