WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2013
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Well I bought a Fit Bit one, now I have to figure out how to sync it to here. This may take a while! Joyce0
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I've read all the posts but can't respond tonight. DH and I had a DPT shot on Saturday and I'm feeling really wonky. Arm is red and swollen and I feel weird. Sure hope it's the shot and not something else. We also had flu shots so it could be the combination.
Stay strong and believe in yourself. I'll be back tomorrow.
Sue in TX
By the way, the doctor thought DH had whooping cough last year so that's why we took the shot.:grumble:0 -
Hello, My Friends,
Have been struggling. Spending time trying to work through some stuff that seems to keep coming back to haunt me. I haven't been feeling well, but I have nothing that I can point at and say, "Aha, that's the problem!" Even my teeth hurt, for Pete's sake! Went shopping today so that I can fill some Shoeboxes for Christmas for church. It is windy down here today, which means that everything in the air is affecting my allergies. I walked through the stores with my eyes watering, I looked like I was crying, and people were looking at me like I was crazy. It is hard to smile when you really just want to scream! And, the bottom line is that all of this is just an irritant! I am fine! Crying, but fine......weird.
Well, time to do something resembling supper. How 'bout a pork chop? Sounds good to be. Talk to you all later. Take care.
Pat (Phoo in Az.)0 -
Grandmallie - sorry to hear about your DD, she has so much on her plate.
Joyce - congrats on the fit bit. I absolutely love mine.
Suzy - wow zip lining looks amazing. I'd love to try and do something like that
Pat - I'm so sorry to hear you are struggling. I completely understand that feeling of things haunting you. Sometimes depression makes everything hurt. Be gentle with yourself.
I took a rest day yesterday and got some much needed housework done. I skipped the aqua fit class as I was just plain exhausted. I made a roast in the crock pot and cooked a chicken. Enough to protein to last the week. I just have to cook veggies when I get home from the Y each night.
I finally emailed my ex to find out if he was going to agree to a divorce. I would hope so since he's living with someone else :noway: For some reason he doesn't want to tell me where he's living as if I'm going to stalk him or something. I just want to know what area of town to avoid :laugh: . Now I have find the marriage certificate to file it with divorce papers. I'm hoping he will agree to a joint divorce so I can do it myself. No joint property, no kids, no support payments.. should be easy.
Early to bed tonight, have a great night all
Sandy from ON 0 -
Dr. ordered X-rays for my back, so we will see what shows. He thinks it may be Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) Being active is key. High impact is not, so the jazzercise will have to be low impact.
See you all later,
Renny
Vancouver Island, BC0 -
Joyce - hey, starting off with 2 two pund weights is a good start. Before you know it, you'll be doing 3's, then 5's. When I'm doing squats, I just keep the weights at my sides. Good luck tomorrow!
katla - we have a condo in Florida. Really, it isn't much taking care of it. To be honest, it sits empty for most of the year. We do pay a maintenance fee so the grass is cut, etc. We just have to take care of the inside repairs if any are needed. And like I said, it's empty most of the time so there isn't much maintenance. Many times when I get a recipe for a muffin, I make mini-muffins for the exact reason you stated. It's a portion control thing. I remember seeing something on TV "Not My Mothers Meals". Bobby Dean made a chicken pot pie but instead of a thick pie crust he used filo dough. Wonder if that'd work in a pie? hmmmm.....maybe something to try out.
Sylvia - you poor thing!
Tere - boy, do you have a lot on your plate! Jesica is "having" Thanksgiving again this year, and that just translates into "mom brings her entire kitchen". But I do want her to get experience doing these types of things. I agree with Joyce, sounds like you need to set some boundaries. I know that it's tough for me to do, and that might be tough for you, too.
Joyce - what is the Skittles game? Never heard of it. Congrats on your purchase!
I ordered a glass tea pot from Amazon. I just can't find any in the store around here. Anyway, Amazon used to have free shipping for orders over $25. Well....they increased it. Now the order has to be over $35. I couldn't understand why I was being charged shipping when I knew the order was over $25. Then we realized why
Did about 20 mninutes of yoga today, held my plank for 2 min 30 seconds and then did the extremepump class. Tomorrow I'll do some incline intervals at the Y on the treadmill. I do need to renew my membership at the Y so that is one of the rasons why I'm going there tomorrow.
Tomorrow is supposed to be nice weather. Vince is talking about turning up the heat in the spa so that he can get into it and do something to close the drain. We were going to go to the movies to see "gravity" but we will probably do that another day
Played mahjongg here tonight, mainly so that the girls could see the Halloween decorations. I only maj'd once but that's OK. For some reason, I really didn't mind at all.
Renny - let us know what the doc says. Isn't there some sort of cement that you can have injected between the discs?
Michele in NC0 -
:flowerforyou: Katla, I gave up baking completely when I started on this weight loss journey……Jake will eat desserts at potlucks or restaurants, but I stay away from them completely because I am unable to be moderate with them…..I am very fortunate that the cold and dark don’t bother me. I have lots of warm clothes and no desire to go anywhere to get away from the cold and dark. I know a lot of people who go south for the winter (Florida, Texas, Arizona, Southern California). Many people from my neighborhood go south.
:flowerforyou: Liz in Halifax, I check out a lot of books from the library. I got some good ideas from women on this site. A lot of what I read is series with a main character in many books and I read them in succession. I do my reading in the bathroom and in bed before I go to sleep.
:flowerforyou: Suzy, I always have a hard time psychologically on days when my exercise doesn’t include a lot of steps like strength training, yoga, exercise bike, and pilates……I have to keep reminding myself that step count isn’t the only measure of activity.
:flowerforyou: Jb, our ancestors got their exercise doing what you’re doing…..they didn’t have to run the track or go to the gym to stay fit. You’re staying healthy the old fashioned way.
:flowerforyou: Heather, hope you feel better soon….congrats on getting the taxes in the mail.
Sylvia, sorry to hear about your pain.
:flowerforyou: Tere, taking Storm for a walk would be good exercise and a good chance for meditation.
:flowerforyou: Renny, when I took Jazzercise in the 1980’s the teacher always showed the low impact variation on all the moves. It became automatic for me.
:flowerforyou: Michele, have you tried side planks?
:bigsmile: Today we’ve had beautiful sunny weather that was cold enough in the morning that Jake built a fire and I made beef stew for lunch. I bought daffodil bulbs and potting soil to plant bulbs in pots----I waited too long to want to get the ground prepared but pots will be easy. I made time for strength training while the stew was simmering. Barbie from NW Washington
"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: 25,000 steps today0 -
Dr. ordered X-rays for my back, so we will see what shows. He thinks it may be Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) Being active is key. High impact is not, so the jazzercise will have to be low impact.
See you all later,
Renny
Vancouver Island, BC
DDIL has disc issues and has gotten so much good out of theraputic pilates that she's now training to be an instructor. Perhaps something like that would help you. Yoga certainly helps me with my aches and pains.0 -
you are so funny, I needed the laugh tonight. I'm a caretaker for my dad and the day has not gone to well. So thank you again for your honesty and still being able to keep going on the "weight trail".0
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Michele, how do I describe Skiddles????? Well it's played on a table or if everyone wants to sit on the floor you can play it there. It's this wood box with little 'rooms' in it. You take the provided long string, or with ours you use old shoe strings. You wrap it around this top that will spin real fast, according to how well a spinner you are. It will go through all these little 'rooms' and knock down pins. Each room has different point values since some 'rooms' are easier to get to than others. When you are done you just put everything back in the wood box and store it under the bed. That's tradition!!!! It was under Mom and Dad's bed in their home, Mom's apartment and now at my home. I guess I could put it somewhere else but it just wouldn't feel like tradition. My SIL, well, ex SIL, said that the keeper of the Skittles game has to be the family gathering hole. So that's why I got it. It is tradition after everyone opens gifts and gets their initial play out of their toys that you all get on the floor and play Skittles. Even the little ones can get the knack of yanking that string and spinning the top. And the animals get to barking and the cat wants to chase it and there is just laughter all around!
Well my husband opened Pandoras box, or rather the bag of Halloween candy. It had set on the kitchen table like the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk abut. I knew that once it was open I couldn't resist. At first I ate just one of those little mini bits. But then he went downstairs to watch TV and let me up in the living room with the kitchen right next to me. I'm sorry to say I only logged one. But I ate many more. And knowing me I will feel like I have to go out and buy more of the exact kind and replenish the bag so he won't notice how much I ate.
Joyce
OOPS, I think I am spelling it wrong. I think it's Skittles instead of Skiddles.0 -
morning ladies,
have been to the gym, no lemon water because im out of lemon:grumble: but im up and feeling good.
was talking with my DD,my DGD keeps telling I want to call grandma and go back to her house :bigsmile: im glad they miss us, because we miss them.. havent lost any weight,but havent gained it either so I guess that is a good thing, it will come off eventually.0 -
Renny - hope you're feeling better soon. Back pain and foot pain are the worst, IMO.
Can't recall who was talking about the winter light -- since exercising regularly over the past 2-3 years it doesn't bother me as much, if at all. Perhaps you'll have the same experience.
The bed was so hard to get out of this morning -- it was perfectly comfy and warm between the flannel sheets and electric blanket!
DH got home last night from his trip. Had a meal of chicken, stuffing, sliced tomatos and we shared a sweet potato. Delicious! Sunday I made a big pot of beef and vegetable stew that is all divvied up for grab and go lunches or dinners.
Off to get ready for work.
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Good morning all you wonderful vitamin F friends. I was having withdrawals haven't been here since page 9. No good reason for it but that I took a muscle relaxant Friday night and slept the weekend away. Got up fine yesterday. Had a good day yesterday and wii told me so. Lost what I had gained on my lazy weekend.
Seen my dietician on Friday and she was ok that I maintained over the summer. I'm not sure that i'm ok with it. I find it was a lot of wasted time. But pretty hard to lose when you can barely move. I'm almost back to my normal didn't start no big exercise but I do move and walk more. Bringing the pedometer close or over 2000 not much but i'm moving more.
See you lighter
Linda in cool Northern Ontario0 -
Good morning again. I hope everybody is well today. I think I may have the flu. My wrist pain grew till every joint in my body hurt, and then I got a fever and coughing has started. And my nose is running a little. I had a flu shot. This is not fair.
Joyce - we had a game that lived at my grandparents house under their bed. It was Carroms, which is a big square wooden board with pockets in the corners. You put it up on a table to play. You have little red and green wooden donut shaped pieces that you shoot into the pockets using an unpainted donut called a taw. There was also a black one that you tried to save to the last. Two people can play, or two teams of two. We used to have so much fun with that game. When my cousin got engaged and she brought her fiancée out to the farm to meet the grandparents, my grandmother told us that the game had to stay under the bed during his visit. She did not want him to think we were a bunch of hicks. Of course, we pulled it out anyway, and he had as much fun as the rest of us. I want to get one of those games to have here for when my grandkids come over.
As far as sweets, and baking cakes goes, I really like the 321 cake idea. I had one just last night. You can make just one serving, so you don't have a big cake calling to you. You mix a dry angelfood cake mix with any other flavor of dry cake mix. I put it in a gallon ziplock bag and store it in the pantry. When you want cake, you mix 3 tablespoons of the cake mix with 2 tablespoons of water and cook in the microwave for one minute. I like to put some frozen cherries in the bottom of the bowl to make a cobbler. It takes a few seconds longer to cook with the cherries. It's just enough cake to satisfy my need for sweets. The calories are in the database too. That bag of cake mix lasts a very, very long time. I have a tiny cake every week or so.
It's raining and cold here this morning. Bruno is not sure he wants to go outside. It looks like I am going to have to go out with him.
Have a great day!
Sylvia0 -
Seen my dietician on Friday and she was ok that I maintained over the summer. I'm not sure that i'm ok with it. I find it was a lot of wasted time. But pretty hard to lose when you can barely move. I'm almost back to my normal didn't start no big exercise but I do move and walk more. Bringing the pedometer close or over 2000 not much but i'm moving more.
See you lighter
Linda in cool Northern Ontario
Lin, Did you have some sort of accident over the summer? I'm wondering why you could barely move and how long that lasted.0 -
Just got back from the dr. My blood pressure is down from last week, 130/90. Not quite normal but then again I don't think I've ever been called "normal" :laugh:
NO meds and he gave me the all clear note to work with a personal trainer. :drinker:0 -
Happy tues my wonderful friends.
Renny,hope u feel better.
Kailey-good about the bp going down and ok for work outs.
I am so excited.I lost 3.4 lbs.I`m not recording because my son`s scale doesn`t say the same as mine,but I was 3.4 lbs lighter on his since yesterday.I haven`t seen the scale go down in awhile.Gotta keep plugging along,have a long way to go.One day at a time.
HUGS
jane0 -
Renny – A friend had very bad back pain and even the painkillers were not helping. After seeking the aid of a back specialist, he was told to have blood work done because even though he had some back issues it shouldn’t be causing the type of pain he was having. He could barely stand it at work and as soon as he got home he would have to take his pills and lie down with ice. Finally, after suffering for many years, it was determined that he had very low Vitamin D levels. He started taking Vitamin D and his back is so much better he is completely off pain medicine and has resumed a normal way of living. He had been going to doctors for years and no one had thought to look at this.
Gail – Great picture. It was a thoughtful thing to invite the people over and I’m glad you had a nice visit.
Linda – your little guy looks so cute in the outfit. So nice that you’re able to make them.
Suzy in DE – Way to go! That is an awesome picture and I’m sure a memory you’ll treasure.
DeeDee – Hope you’re feeling better. The flu hasn’t started making its rounds yet at work but probably won’t be long. I get the flu shot each year and so far I’ve been able to resist it. Hope that is true for this year too.
Katla – Love the skinny jeans! You look great in them.
I know I’ve missed so many others but took days just to get caught up reading after being gone for a week in West Virginia. We had a great time, the leaves were beautiful and I took too many pictures. Once I go through them I’ll try to post a couple. We almost had to cancel because the day before we were to leave my older dog (Duncan, almost 15) had a seizure. We took him to a 24 hour vet hospital and while there he had 2 more. After consulting with the Drs. they decided what would be best is for them to keep him for several days and start him on Phenobarbital and monitor him so the dosage could be adjusted. As we were planning on going out of town, they suggested to medically board him there for the week as he would have been there for 4-5 days anyway. We called twice a day to talk to the doctors and fortunately, he didn’t have any others. They ruled out various causes for the seizures with blood work so they are leading towards some type of brain tumor. We could do an MRI to see but at his age we wouldn’t consider surgery so it wouldn’t serve a purpose. He also has weakness in his hind legs and needs help getting up especially on the wooden floor.
For the trip, my DH had prepared and froze most of our food so we were able to avoid eating out. Since starting this, we have really noticed the amount of salt in foods so we stopped at a store once we got there to pick up the fresh vegetables and breakfast items. We did a lot of hiking so I think this is the first vacation where we came home actually weighing a little less than when we left. I remember someone (can’t remember who now) posted that sometime she and her DH will walk around the bedroom at night to get their steps in for the day if they’re a little low and one day after hiking I saw that I was just .2 under 5 miles by the time we got back to the truck. My DH stood there laughing when I won’t get in and started walking around the truck to reach that 5 mile mark! He is such a good sport and really is a great help making sure we’re eating right as he does the shopping and cooking.
Ok, I’ve rattled on long enough…
Tina from MD0 -
Hi again.
Katla it's that fall I took way back in Aug. It is finally better and I can actually walk more move more. So that is a plus.
Having a good day. Finally figured how the pedometer works you need it on your hip not the belly area. LOL. Good steps so far today. Going to easily make my goal of 2000 plus.
Eating is good so far.
See you all lighter.
Linda0 -
Good evening everyone,
Tina- sorry to hear about your dog. I had so many traumas with my pets when I was young that I have decided to do without animals in my life. I love animals, but can't bear to see them suffer. And they have such short lives. Some of the suffering was caused by my parents' neglect and some was just a terrible accident. I was scarred for life!
My amaryllis has just arrived in the post. It is absolutely amazing! Well worth the money. The packaging was also a marvel!
Made the Christmas puddings this pm. There was enough gor two even tho I only used half the ingedients. They are now finished their 3 hour steam! With 2 cakes and 2 puddings I feel we could survive a snowstorm that lasted several weeks!
DH is in the throes of my cough now, while I am getting better and feel more lively. He didn't gym this morning, but just stayed in bed while I had a lovely time doing yoga in the living room with my friend.:bigsmile: We didn't go hell for leather, but took it more easily. Then he went out to take the car in for its bodywork repair and to collect the hire car. We were going to get some shopping in, but by the time we had made 2 puddings he didn't really feel like it and I couldn't leave the puddings!:laugh:
So, a quiet evening in, watching our favourite programmes and keeping half an eye out for my football team in a cup game. We are too mean to pay for satellite so it has to be on line updates! It's not really my team, but my sons' as we lived there for the whole of their childhoods and my youngest still lives nearby. He used to live on the concourse in a flat, so occasionally DH and I used to go for an exquisite lunch at their place, cooked by my gourmet son, and then toddle 30 yards over to the game. Heaven!
Lovely to feel my strength coming back. I shall so value it. Tomorrow I want yo get down to our favourite bakery to buy lots of loaves to freeze.
Love Heather UK0
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