WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2014
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Have a great sun!!
Off to church.
Linda,how about oatmeal for breakfast.
HUGS
jane0 -
DeeDee: We have had snow and may have some freeing rain today before things melt off. We’re getting tired of being housebound! Well, I can’t say we’ve been exactly housebound. I did walk the dog and went to Walmart and bought yarn yesterday so I have something to do. Make sure you stock up on things to do at home before it hits if you get the chance. :flowerforyou: The Midwest, New England and Canadian girls probably think we’re wimps.
Amanda: I can’t imagine they’re keeping the gallery open if no one can get around. I hope you find ways to meet your responsibilities there without wrecking your knees or giving yourself pneumonia.:flowerforyou:
Linda Lou: We all go over once in awhile. You’re right to just keep going. Carbs are not an enemy when they’re in balance with other nutrients. Like everything else, there are good carbs and garbage carbs. Weight loss depends on calories in v calories out. :flowerforyou: Breakfast ideas: cottage cheese and fruit, oatmeal and blueberries, hardboiled eggs & fruit or dry toast… Much to my surprise, I’ve come to prefer my toast dry. I would have bet hundreds of dollars that would never happen.:laugh:
JB: Emerald Arborvitae plants and hedges are beautiful, and you are absolutely right that they can suffer from snow and ice damage. The neighbors who didn’t follow your example will be sorry. I know that sore feeling from a little too much exercise and am learning to like it. Put that on my list of surprises that have happened since I started this weight loss adventure. My rhododendrons are decked with icicle stalactites. I’m afraid of breakage. Stop by as often as you can. You are missed.:flowerforyou:
Renny: It sounds like you have jet backwash. I hope you’re better soon.:flowerforyou:
I bought yarn to make a baby blanket yesterday, and started. I bought an extra skein just in case, but now I can’t find the receipt to be able to return it when I’m done. I’ll look again. If I can’t return it, someone will be getting a hat or scarf!
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
February goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Move more: cardio at least 3 days a week and strength training as soon as I am able.
3. Water: According to an article I saw on facebook, drinking water at certain times maximizes its effectiveness for the body. I’ll work toward following these guidelines:
* 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
* 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
* 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
* 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack0 -
Hi everyone!
Recovering from our family weekend. DGS and DGD were absolutely fabulous, but the parents were coming down with colds and sore throats and didn't sleep well as a consequence. Next weekend we will put them in separate bedrooms and hope they sleep better. That means my brother and wife wont be able to stay over for Valentines, so one of them will have not to drink again. Bit of a shame, but the food will have to make up for it! Hope we don't catch the colds!
All the food was gratefully received and the zucchini tots vanished in a flash, on behalf of adults and DGS. :laugh: Now I've got to plan next week very carefully as my stepdaughter is coming on Wednesday, then it's Valentines with the six adults plus DGS and they are staying on for Saturday so more food required! Shopping tomorrow and freezer put to work! Of course I LOVE it and feel that was what I was put on this earth to do.:laugh: DH said he loved playing with DGS and found it very energising and mood elevating. So all round good, but I feel for the poor, ill parents. They are going back to a house which is a building site and a new nanny arriving this evening!
Had masses of posts to read through, but made notes on a few. . .
Susan - what a lot you have been through snd are still going through. I had breast cancer over 6 years ago and so far I am well. It took me a while to get over the chemo. Losing the weight was the last hurdle, which I have accomplished and I did it slowly. I am now around my goal weight. You can do it. :flowerforyou: I remember falling over in the street and barely being able to walk for five minutes.
Sue - I hope the prednizone nights get better. You have a lot to deal with.:indifferent:
Ellenja - I personally never look at the micros on MFP. I am not diabetic, nor do I have high chlorestorol. I am on medication for blood pressure, though right now it is perfect, but I do keep an eye on sodium. Life is too short to be cutting out food groups, unless there is a real medical reason to do so. For me the most important thing is to enjoy every morsel that passes my lips and eat in moderation.
FirforRiding - welcome!
Patty - good for you to avoid the creepy guy!
Gean - welcome! Yes we use this thread for just about everything! Vitamin F for Friendship we call it!
Joyce - stress chocolate sounds good to me. One day at a time.
Gloria - you have a real load on your shoulders. Can you spare yourself some lovingkindness in the midst of all this?
Renny - what a great photo!
Kayzoola - that rabbit sounds smazingly smart!
Sandil, Linda - welcome to our happy band!
Michele - 30 burpees! Wow! I wish I had your knees!:laugh:
Amanda - hope next week's tube strike is easier on your knees! Here's hoping for dry days!
Gosh, I am tired. I fell asleep on the sofa after they left. Now to plan my menus...........:laugh: :drinker:
Bye for now, Heather in sunny Hampshire UK0 -
Kayzoola, at the time we had all these animals we had a dog our own. Buddie was a sheltie so it was inbred in him to herd animals. He didn't like the rabbits roaming at all and did his job of herding them into one area in the kitchen and they worked hard to get out of his little herd.
Charlie is back in his irregular heart rythm again this morning. When I got there he was in a normal rythm but went back into the other later. So he stays another night at least and sees an electrophysiologist tomorrow. Who knows what this guy will want to do.
I'm weary, he is worse than weary.
Joyce, Indiana0 -
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this site, about 3 months now and I am cheating a bit as I won't be 50 for another 8 weeks, but figured I'm so darn close. I've been up and down with my weight since kids were born (over 21 years ago) and decided I'm so sick of this lifestyle and was on a path to be fit by 50. I didn't get really serious until after the New Year and I am committed to living healthy for the long term. The food logging is such an importment compontent of this process. I try to exercise at leat 5 times a week about 60 minutes on the treadmill and have been able to keep at it and hoping to work some intense cardio in as well. It seems it is so much easier to keep a healthy diet when you don't have to cook for the entire family everynight. I've informed my husband that he's on his own 3 nights a week, which basically means he orders a pizza or makes a hamburger while I have some grilled eggplant, soup or just a large salad. That alone has helped so much! I've been using my blender quite a bit for morning shakes and green smoothies and it is amazing how filling these can be while getting so much fruit and veggies.
I plan on checking in here everyday and look forward being part of a great group.
Thanks,
Happy Sunday0 -
well I have lost 8 lbs in a month...2 probably because the grandkids Son and DIL had flu...guess who was being good to help them out and got sick>
I seem to be in a rut with food....I buy the same thing every time at the store for the week. Are any of you in the same boat? I have the same things for breakfast , yogurts, cottage cheese, sometimes hard boiled eggs, a waffle with PB....Since I had the flu this week, and salad was what returned.....Im off salads this week..... I am opposite of most people....I don't over eat....I under eat, food is just not a priority for me....Yet I know I have to eat more to lose more.....I am walking...and doing some exercise....
Thoughts?
Sherry SO Calif0 -
Hello lovely ladies,
I got a new computer yesterday to replace the dead one. I will try to keep up with you chatty ladies but I make no promises I have to limit my computer time and I get sucked up into games. (sometimes I am so weak) I have been working hard and loving it and walking a lot at work. I hope you all are doing well
Deedee and Katlia thank you for your words. Its nice to be missed.
took the dogs out in the snow we weren't supposed to get this morning it was exhilarating. .
Robin, Bodi and Ritter
Snowy PNW0 -
Just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcomes. I look forward to contributing to the group.
Happy Sunday!
Linda_Lou_62 0 -
Good afternooon,
Happy Sunday! The banquet last night turned into quite a surprise as it turned out I was one of the honorees; I'm very grateful and amazed. Thankfully, I did not have to say more than a few words!! I had saved tons of cals (about 800) so I'm certain I didn't go over---no drinks, just water and decaf coffee, my usual when out........not sure why, but I drink only tea at home. This am was our gym friends breakfast at Golden Corral, so I'm cutting down for the rest of the day even though I didn't go overboard.
To the person looking for breakfast ideas.........sometimes I have made a big pot of homemade soup and it ends up being breakfast for me a couple times until it's gone.......nothing wrong with that.
Amanda......... My DD took 7 years of Latin, the last being her freshman year of college, all thanks to Harry Potter.....I had 2 years of it and loved every minute.
Joyce.......Hope Charlie stabilizes soon.
Dee Dee...........Yep, we'll be getting snow, then ice according to what I just saw on the weather; oh, no not again........
Scanned the posts but didn't make notes today. Welcome newbies!
yanniejannie0 -
Hello to all: Very cold here today but no snow. I feel for those of you in the PNW who are not used to that although according to my DGD in Snohomish WA it is a treat.:laugh: Got my valentine cards sent, sang at church and planning to go to the Wellness Center this afternoon. :happy:
Question: I know some of you have digital scales. We are needing a new one and I was wondering if any of you have a particular one you would recommend. I don't need anything terribly complicated just more accurate.
Sandy - I am rooting for you breaking the 300 barrier this week.:bigsmile: WooHoo!!!! Hope you have a nice reward planned like a massage or mani or pedi.
Joyce - Hope things settle down with your hubby soon. Please take care of yourself too.
Welcome to all the newbies. Keep coming back.
Healing angels to those who need them and congratulations to those with victories. Sue in SD0 -
Sandy - hope this week is all you are hoping for!:flowerforyou:
I did Latin for 7 years and took it for A level. Sort of matric. Can't remember much now, but I am sure it was worthwhile. We did Roman history with it, which teaches you a LOT!
This last year we went to Rome for the first time. I meant to go when I was 17. Better late than never!:drinker: :flowerforyou:
Heather in Hampshire UK0 -
Isn't that much snow unusual for the pacific north west? I figured you would have more rain than snow. We once had an ice storm and all of our loblolly pines were bent all the way over and the tops touched the ground. We went out and broke off the ice. They straightened up but later died anyway. We were told we should have left them alone. They were such pretty trees.
We spent the night at the lake cabin. When we turned the water on, it barely trickled out of the faucet. After a few minutes we had a good flow, so it must have been frozen up somewhere. Luckily it didn't break. We spent most of the evening upstairs though, because in spite of two space heaters and a fire in the fireplace it was too cold to stay downstairs.
Katla, I mentioned locking Bruno in his crate when I leave home and hubby said "don't you dare!". We searched the pet store for toys to keep him busy but didn't find anything we thought he wouldn't immediately destroy and/or choke on the pieces. This morning I took an empty water bottle and dropped in little pieces of dog biscuits, and he was pretty excited about that. He's been working frantically on it a couple of hours now and I just noticed that the entire neck of the bottle is gone. He must have eaten it, because there are no bits anywhere. I sure hope he doesn't have any tummy troubles because of it. His little guts must be completely full of plastic, rubber, wooden furniture and fiberfill. Little brat. He certainly needs more supervision.
Tomorrow I have to drive myself to Kansas City to the cardiologist. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and the roads won't be too bad. I'm planning to do a little shopping while I'm there without hubby's watchful eyes. Should be fun.
Have a great evening everyone!
Sylvia0 -
Good afternoon Ladies! So many posts to read through. I think I will have to keep notes so I can reply to everyone and remember names!
Last week's weigh in was 162 - I am really hoping to get into the 150s within the next few weeks.
Made my meals for the week, and plan on having smoothies in the morning for breakfast and alternate with oatmeal.
My calorie goal is 1200 since it only takes 1600 to keep me at this weight.
It is beautiful and 80 degrees here in Phoenix.
Have a great weekend!
-Angie0 -
Hi everyone,
I've been skimming on and off but hell has broken loose in my family. I finally convinced my stepfather to get my mom to the hospital for a "medical evaluation". My hope was once she was there, he could see how bad off she is and make the hard, but best, choices for her. It is clear to every medical professional that the cancer has progressed, she is dying and needs hospice asap. My poor step father is in denial and has her on a full code!! He is fully prepared to let them put a feeding tube down her poor, frail throat if/when necessary! The only person who might be able to get through to him is her hack oncologist who convinced him her cancer "is not deadly" because the CT FROM 6 WEEKS AGO didn't show any cancer in the liver, spleen, etc. He won't believe any of the trained medical professionals who are telling him that it can and often does change very quickly, sometimes the cancer that is spreading takes longer to show in a CT and that she is not going to get better, she is going to die. I did speak with the on call oncologist from the practice, who looked at her and immediately asked if hospice has been contacted, and he assured me he would be talking with her doctor to get this straight asap. This code status is also preventing her from the pain management she so desperately needs. He also thinks if she cuts back on meds, she will wake up. It's NOT going to happen. She is suffering terribly and when he realizes what he's doing he's not going to be able to forgive himself.
In the meantime, I was only able to get to the hospital early this morning because I can't have my son there with me all day seeing this nightmare and I have no where for him to go.
Since this IS a diet and fitness forum, I do have to say I've been doing a bit of stress eating, I haven't been logging for the past few days but I DID just get off a 2 mile trot on the treadmill...hoping to get my head as straight as possible.
I saw someone asked about breakfasts, my easiest meal of the day. My fave is Fage 0% with Truvia (sometimes honey), cinnamon (lots) and either chopped walnuts or a 1/4 cup low sugar granola. I also slap some crunch PB on a slice of ww bread when I'm in a hurry. I also make no sugar added, low fat pancakes every Sunday and freeze extra for during the week. Oatmeal with chopped nuts or quinoa with a little maple syrup, nuts, etc. Oh, the possibilities....
xoxo
Gloria in Metro Detroit0 -
morning my friends,
Up having my lemon water, then going to splurge and and have raisin toast with my tea this morning,
then making the DH ,egg,bacon and cheese on a hard roll and home fries.
I am not usually a huge breakfast person.. what I really miss is french toast:sad: but until i get my act in gear, then staying off the gut loading carbs.
Grandmaille
My response is that
I have French toast by using diet bread and egg substitute. I sprinkle cinnamon on it with a little bit of stevia. Love it. Don't need syrup.
I had a banana cut in slices and drizzled chocolate syrup on it and then sprinkled cinnamon over top with 1 marichino cherry and what ever juice came up on my fork with it. It was delicious and only about 150 calories!!
Susan0 -
I have determined that I do not make a good long term hospital visitor. I'm going crazy! It's a silly thing but in my 41 years off marriage, I have never taken the trash out!!!:huh: :laugh: So I will leave tonight in time so that I can do that while it is still light outside. It is still quite icy out there. What will be hard will be taking the bag out of our barrell in the kitchen. I know there is a lot of suction that can build up while you are pulling it out. I told Charlie that if anything ever happens to him that I will buy a much smaller trash can and just use smaller bags and take them out more often. Also Charlie thinks any box has to be taken and broken up into little 1/2 inch pieces!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My medicine for my MS came yesterday and it comes in a styrofoam cooler. So he breaks that thing up into piece. Do you know how many little styrofoam pieces go flying when you do that? Well there is no need to do that. The city provides us with these humongous 90 gallon curbside pickup trash barrells. It is quite big enough to handle my bag and a small cooler. But i want to have time to do that while the sun is still out.
I didn't got to church this morning. I will go tonight. I guess tomorrow will be a no show for me at the Y if this new specialist hasn't come in yet. I will not take a risk in missing him.
I sure wish there were two TVs in this room. My husband keeps Fox news on and then drifts off to sleep. if I pick the remote up he wakes up and wants it back on Fox.
Had my first orange in a long time today. They brought him a sack lunch last night when he could finally get up and it had an orange. That is to healthy for him to eat and I ate it today for a snack. He ordered a chef salad in addition to his food for lunch and I ate that. It was a might small salad. I don't like cheese on my salad and took that off so all it was was lettuce, 2 grape tomatoes, a few shreds of carrots and some egg. So that and an orange later have been my lunch.
Joyce, bored in Indiana0 -
It is hard to sit and wait Joyce. Don't tire yourself out too much. You need to take care of yourself too.0
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I received my Blair Catalog today. I marked all the items I want but I know would not look like that on me. I leave the catalog in the kitchen where I can see it. I am determined buy those nice dresses ( I haven't worn a dress in years, because I look dumpy) and capris by this summer!!!!!:happy:0
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Just a quick note -
Gloria, will keep you, your mom and stepfather in my thoughts. Please take time for yourself, my vitamin F friend. It's important to recharge your batteries:flowerforyou:0 -
Ahhhhhh......Gloria, your situation takes me back and I sure know it wasn't simple or easy; and I didn't have a stepfather in the mix. From mid-Jan to the end of Feb. the year my mom died my DD (older than your son, 12 and in 6th grade) did her homework on a nightly basis in the ER, a hospital room, or a room in a rehab center. Then I brought mom back to my home. My mom was 90 and my daughter was 12, it was a nightmare. I felt so guilty and torn---believe me, you have all my respect and long distance support in this.
yanniejannie0 -
I'm new to this thread and have been reading on and off. Caring for anyone is not an easy task, even when they are not 100% dependent on you for every need. I lived in a different state from my parents when they became frail. I would visit as often as possible. When my father became so ill my mother kept it from us kids for weeks thinking she would burden us. She tried diligently to care for him, but in the end she became sick as well. Dad passed suddenly from a fall. Six years later my mom was very sick. Although my siblings lived close, I kept trying to visit her. I really believe she just gave up. I think she wanted to "pass" with grace. I miss her every day. I feel guilty for not doing more.
Going through the experience of caring for my/our parents and children makes me want to prepare for growing old.0 -
Sue in SD: We have digital food scales and also digital human scales. We got both from Amazon based on customer satisfaction ratings. We bought them at different times and I never noticed until just now that they’re from the same company: EatSmart. One is the Eatsmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale, and the other is a Eatsmart Digital Scale (for weighing yourself.) They can work in English, Metric, and so on. We like both products just fine.:flowerforyou:
Sylvia: Good luck with tomorrow’s drive. If your DH won’t let you put Bruno in the crate, he must be volunteering to supervise. Right?:devil:
Gloria: My heart breaks for you, your mom, and your step dad. I hope her doctor’s colleague gets the necessary changes made for her comfort. Be kind to yourself during this process. :flowerforyou:
Joyce: I’m keeping you and your DH in my prayers. Smwert is right, you also need to take care of yourself.:flowerforyou:
“Oh, the weather outside is frightful… “ I’ve been knitting and watching TV. We got our errands done yesterday and haven’t left home today, although a kind neighbor stopped by to ask if we needed anything. Now that the fun part is over, I want the mess to go away quickly and safely. And while I’m wishing for things, I might as well include health, wealth, and three more wishes. :laugh:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
February goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Move more: cardio at least 3 days a week and strength training as soon as I am able.
3. Water: According to an article I saw on facebook, drinking water at certain times maximizes its effectiveness for the body. I’ll work toward following these guidelines:
* 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
* 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
* 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
* 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack0 -
Gloria - I am so sorry you are having to go through this! Hugs and prayers go out to you.
Joyce - I am not cut out to sit in a hospital all day. I did it when my daughter had gallbladder surgery (I had to "demand" that her dad stay with her long enough for me to get food!) and was bored out of my mind. I crocheted multiple items that day. I hope your situation is resolved soon.
Ladies, I'm going to confess.
I fell off the wagon big time today. My breakfast smoothie turned out to have more calories than I expected, I ate out for lunch, snacks kept calling my name, and then the Girl Scouts got me. I enjoyed every bite and, since I VERY rarely do this, I'm trying hard not to kick myself. Tomorrow is another day, right?
On the bright side, it was sunny for a portion of the afternoon and I got to walk outside for a few minutes after I took my son to youth group today--before I had to go to a work meeting. Church was good this morning, I got to spend time with a friend, and I got to have lunch with my son (even if he did immediately vomit it all up as soon as we got home). Oh, and we went to Wally World for groceries this afternoon and I splurged on some Vitamin Water and Sobe Life Water (all 0 calorie) for my beach trip this weekend. My son was adamant that we go through the self check out instead of waiting in the incredibly long lines and then insisted that he scan everything (apparently, I'm too slow). When I checked my receipt my bottle of Vitamin Water had cost me $20!! :noway: I went back this evening to get my $19+tax back and they ended up just giving me the whole $20+tax. Nice surprise!
I didn't sleep much last night so it is an early night for me tonight! Rest well, my friends. :yawn:
Carol in NC0 -
Well my fair ladies, I left the hospital today around 4:30. I have never, ever had to take the trash out!!! We have been married for 42 years and Charlie has always taken care of those things. With just the two of us there isn't as much trash of course but sometimes we have a full trash bag. We buy those big 55 gallon bags. Problem is the suction as you pull this bag out of the trash can. My dear husband seems to think if you have a box, even a box as tiny as a cereal box, it has to be personally torn up in 1/2 inch pieces. Maybe it helps him get his agressions out. I just throw them in the bag. Plus it was going to start snowing again. I had to miss going to church this morning so I wanted to go this evening. I wanted to get the trash put in the big huge 90 gallon city provided barrell before it got dark since the yard is still a sheet of ice with new snow fall on top of it. So I left, got the trash taken care of, piece of cake by the way, pet the cat, warmed my feet up after walking in the snow and decided I was to tired to go back out in even heavier snow to go to church. So I have sat here on the couch and enjoyed my cat and the peace and solitude.
I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Who knows, maybe he will go back into a normal rhythm on his own overnight. I doubt it but maybe. One can always hope. But this new doctor will see him, his own cardiologist will see him. The on call guy saw him over the weekend. His doctor, Dr Tat, knows that he had this rhythm after his heart attack and went back in regular rhythm on his own. But this has been 3 days he has been in this instead of just one day the last time. It will still be good to see Dr Tat though. One option is do to a cardioversion which is an electric shock to his heart. Whether they will want to do that, don't know. All I know is I do not want to see the hospital bill. I know how much it was with the heart attack and this has been more detailed this time. I'm not used to one unit being all levels of care. If he had to have open heart surgery he would be in the exact same room! Strange.
I see I am dwelling to much on this and it isn't letting me relax my brain for a good nights sleep so I will sign off for nwo and go back to the Olympics!
Joyce, Indiana0 -
:flowerforyou: I’m taking a break from watching the Olympics…..it was a delight this morning when I walked the dogs to find the ground covered with snow. We went out so early that we made the first tracks except for the deer and the car that delivers the newspaper. My step counter told me that we walked slower than usual because I had fewer steps for the same amount of time walking as yesterday. Now that it’s warmer today (31 degrees instead of 19), the dogs were willing to walk longer. When I walked them this afternoon, the snow was gone and the roads were dry.
:bigsmile: I’ve done a lot of walking in place while watching the Olympics on TV but it doesn’t seem to register much on my pedometer and I’m not counting it as exercise…..it just makes me feel better to be moving rather than sitting while watching TV. Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
:bigsmile: 15,000 steps today ----0 -
bump -- have had a lovely weekend with gym time, date night w/DH and retail therapy (shoes!) with a good friend.
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Gloria- I know your frustration in wanting palliative care for your mother. Hopefully by the time you read this, your mother will be receiving hospice care. The hospice nurses were angels and gave us that feeling we were doing the right thing and giving our mother the best care. They eased her pain and gave us both emotional relief.They cared for her so professionally. My thoughts are with you.
Did a long walk and 30 Day Shred. Stayed under my calories. Drank tons of water. Hope I see results tomorrow when I weigh myself.
Downton Abbey was so tense tonight.
I was looking at a selfie I took of myself and thought I look so old and different than how I envision myself. So weird.
Oh well, time for me to watch my tv shows...Restaurant Impossible, Diners, drive-ins and dives, housewives of atlanta.
Oh btw, I was at Kmart today and practically everything is discounted! Makes me wonder as there are so few cars in their parking lot compared to Target.
Good night all.
Susan in STL0 -
Did an hour of Denise Austin's Abs DVD. Tomorrow I'll do a bit of yoga, hold my plank, and then take the extreme pump class.
dh needs me to go to WalMart. He needs milk (it's on sale at Walgreens so I'll take my ad in and they'll price match it). He also needs me to pick up a prescription of his.
Ruth - welcome!
DeeDee - 7 inches of snow!!! I didn't move to NC for this!!!
Alison - hope you get your bureau finished
Linda_Lou - Perdue makes this ground chicken BREAST. I make four patties out of one package and each patty is only something like 90 calories. Sometimes I'll have that for breakfast. Also, sometimes I'll make soup and have that. I know, weird breakfast, but it works. Sometimes I'll have greek yogurt (plain) with a bit of honey or fruit (depends on which I want to use up). Of course, cereal. Tomorrow I'll have cottage cheese and steel cut oats. There have been times when I've fried an egg, had some egg substitute, mixed it all up, fried it, and put it on a whole wheat tortilla.
I was getting a slight headache the past few days so I suspected that my sinuses were a bit inflamed. So I took a decongestant. And, as usual, I was up all night. I did get to see the opening ceremonies for the Olympics, some of the figure skating, 4 TV shows. I got about an hour of sleep. Then this afternoon I took a nap. That's totally normal for me. The good thing when taking this decongestant is that I have no desire to eat, just want to drink like crazy, I get so dry.
Joyce - does your hubby know when he's going into AFib? I would think so. Hope they are able to control this real soon. The times when I've had to go to the hosp. with Vince, I usually take something with me to read, I've even taken my lunchbox with me! It can get soooooo boring just sitting there, waiting, waiting, waiting
julsmil - welcome! You are so right, food logging is so very important
Sylvia - good luck at the cardiologist's. Have fun shopping. Vince refuses to go shopping with me because he knows that I look at everything, try on everything and it just takes so long. He's the kind of person who just walks in the store, gets what he wants, and walks out.
Gloria - what a terrible situation you have. My heart goes out to you. No wonder you're doing stress eating! Good for you exercising. That's a GREAT stress reliever, and you sure can use the relief
ladygw - welcome! I miss my father, too. When he got real sick, we had a lady who would stay with him. She was FANTASTIC, she would cook, even wash his underwear out by hand when he lost control of his bowels, washind all his walls. I did have to go there on the weekends so she could have time with her family, but that was OK.
Carol in NC - you know, since you don't do that very much (fall off the wagon) sometimes it's actually a good thing. I know, that sounds weird. But it actually confuses your body, it doesn't know if it's going to get a lot of calories or not. Don't be surprised if you see a loss.
Michele in NC0 -
Sylvia- will you post a photo of Bruno? Or is he in the picture up on the thread? He is such a character!
I really enjoy looking at all the pet photos, I had to laugh onetime, a girl had posted a profile photo of herself with her pet rat on her shoulder, not to mention the girl and her snake. eewww.
Susan in StL0 -
Hi ladies - not sure what happened but the weekend has come and gone (again) and I haven't logged in for a few days
Won't have a lot of time this week, I'm working full time as my colleague is on holiday. She's taken lots of books to read because the weather forecast is horrible.
Just realised it's my turn to hold the weekly meeting too, how I hate having to do this - I wish I could either retire or change jobs.
Just wanted to pop in and say Hi
Love to those who are struggling with family life etc. it's not easy.
Take care
Love Viv xx0
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