WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2014
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Happy sun.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Took a walk to church.Burrr,windy and cold,30 maybe.
Got a corn beef cooking for corn beef and cabbage,celebrating today as I`ll be at Violet`s tomorrow.
HUGS
jane0 -
afternoon ladies,
sorry I havent been on yet today. didnt get to bed until 12:30 am, that is sooooo not us.but the concert was awesome....
got the fridge,but as with older houses it is about a 1/4 inch to high for the space...
so Mr fix it,is out there, he went and bought a router and is working on the cabinetry as we speak.. what a freakin mess.. have the vacume ready to go...
I im sooooo tired, got up and had a cup of tea then went grocery shopping, then came home and put it away ,then DH started work on this project so I have been the gopher, anything to help out...
then somewhere this afternoon I have to make dinner and his lunch for tomorrow ,but a nap sounds soooooo good...0 -
Good afternoon to all,
Deedee:drinker:
May you all be having a wonderful day!
Margaret0 -
I loved your post JB :flowerforyou: Sounds like you have gained a lot of insight through your journey.
We have freezing rain right now. I didn't think it was as cold today as it was and I wore my heavier light weight coat to church. I wore one of my outfits to church. it has a sleeveless tee and a sweater but the sweater is light weight and 3 quarter length sleeve. So I has quite freezing when I got home. I even put on my husbands narly gloves he wears to work in the yard. I think I got something in my little finger that was in the yard that was in his glove. My husband liked the outfit, he doesn't say that that often.
Sitting here drinking hot tea to try to warm myself up. It is caffeinated to wake me up also. I have been trying to go to bed earlier on Saturday evenings so I can get a good night sleep to get to church. I refuse to let the Devil win and I be really tired when I get up on a Sunday morning. I even gave myself only 30 minutes to get ready for church so that I wouldn't be tempted to get a couple of extra ZZZZZZZs in after the alarm rang.
I have an Ambien subscription that was given to me a long time ago by my neurologist while I was on high dose Solu Medrol (IV cortisone). It can cause quite a bit of insomnia since your heart is just beating out of your chest like crazy. Some people when they on the Solu Medrol do a lot of house cleaning during the night!!!! So she gave me this prescription. My insurance company decided to not cover any of it anymore. Well they don't cover any sleeping pill now. I do have Benadryl but it doesn't work real well unless I take 3 of them at a time. When my daughter was getting herself off of Effexor, she was having a real hard time and a friend recommended Wild Lettuce capsule. She also takes Ambien and she didn't like the combination what it did to her the next morning. She was kind of nonfunctional. To a single woman with 3 big dogs you have to be functional! So she gave them to me. I like the sleep function on my FitBit and when I look at the sleep tracker the morning after taking one, I do sleep very soundly. My brother sleep walks with Ambien, no evidence he does weird things though. But he sleep walked when he was a young boy.
OK, I'm warming up now. Joyce, cold dreary Indiana0 -
Hi everyone! How is your Sunday going? We went to church, then to see dad. Well DD and I did; DH is still sick. The funniest thing happened at church; we do “brunch with the bunny’” the week before Easter and our assistant pastor (a very young man with one small child) asked “Who’s wearing the bunny suit this year?” and the place exploded!~ It was so funny. People were giving him all sorts of grief…”I thought it was the REAL bunny” and “Does your 1 year old already know the Easter bunny is fake?”. So he had to go sit down. It was really funny!
Barbie: glad to hear your friend’s life celebration was uplifting even if it was tiring. Get some rest
Rori: good knives do make a huge difference. San Antonio is one of my favorite places
Michele: I bought some key lime pie cookie dough and frosting for tomorrow’s dessert. They aren’t too bad carb wise and they look pretty on the box!
Katla: glad you made it to your destination safe and sound
Kim: great nsv!
Heather: I had to read your post twice because I thought you were saying you hope your gallbladder, uterus, and ovaries might come back! Now that would be scary! :noway:
DeeDee: I have been seeing your weather on the TV. Bleh! It’s cool here today but lovely sunshine
Trojanmom: welcome aboard. Tell us more about yourself! Bumping your spot is a quick way to find this thread again when you look under "my topics". You may not have time to comment a lot, but by bumping, this thread will be near the top of your topics.
Tammy: sorry about your friend. Funeral food has got to be the best and the worst food around. Best because it is usually down home comfort food. Worst because, well ditto what I just said!
Renny: how about “baddies”?
Cindy: good luck on your remodel!
Patty: my best friend tried Ambien for the first time while on an overnight flight to Australia. After two drinks and her ambien, she stood up in the aisle and announced that the pilot was an idiot and she was going to take over the plane, because she could fly better than he could! This was pre-911 thank goodness because otherwise they would have made an emergency landing somewhere and arrested her! Mostly the attendants had to sit on her to keep her calm for hours until it wore off.
Jb: glad; your week has been successful!
Jan: I used to love David Brenner and was quite sad to read in the paper today that he had died. I had no idea how old he was; I still picture him guest-hosting the Johnny Carson show when he was fairly young
Sylvia: 6 cups of chili! You are lucky you did not blow up! Where do you live? My hubby’s relatives are mostly in Miami OK, just across the border from Joplin.
Anamika: enjoy Holi. What a lovely thought…a holiday devoted to overcoming differences. I think we in America could use a similar holiday!
Jill: real maple syrup! Oh my what a treat!
Jane we had our corned beef today too and will have the leftovers tomorrow for St. Patrick’s day
Alison: hope you find some time for those zzzzzzzs
Well I need to start paying bills….my most hated chore. If I don’t do them now when I am agreeable to doing them, they will never get done! Enjoy the rest of the day! Take care, Meg from sunny Omaha0 -
Good Sunday morning ladies: Well have been to church and sung at two services. Trying to get my steps in so went out and walked the dog, will go out to see my horse later. It is sunny but very chilly here. Went to the SD Horse Fair yesterday. Thought I might by my horse something but I ended up buying myself a pair of riding shoes for summer. They are lighter weight than boots but made by Justin Boots with support and a special heel for riding. It was the last pair, they were my size and only $10.00!!!!
Kim in N Cal - Are you by any chance in the Danville area? We have friends there and will be heading to Alamo this August when we are in California to celebrate my mother's 90th birthday. We were married at the San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church 45 years ago August 23 so we are going back for a visit. My parents lived in Danville at the time.
Joyce - Congratulations on being demoted to Christopher Banks. I love those stores too.
Patty - I was on Lunesta for several years but just took it as needed maybe two or three times per week. Then when I changed to Medicare this year my doctor changed me to generic Ambien CR. I am currently taking it every night as I am on a heavy dose of prednisone and that causes sleeplessness. I have not had any problems so far. Good luck with finding something that works. Not getting enough sleep is the pits and makes me cranky.
Healing angels to all who need them and congratulations to those with victories. Sue in SD0 -
Hi everybody; wasn't on the computer much today, so I'm just coming to say goodnight.
Goodnight. :bigsmile:
Cynthia0 -
:flowerforyou: Just a quick hello before I shower and go to bed.(also waiting for my fit bit to charge up)
:flowerforyou: Sorry I've not been around over the weekend, but I have been in a really bad mood and wasn't fit company for anyone. It started on Friday morning, the nearer I got to work, the more depressed I became and by the time I got there I felt depressed and angry/fed up. I'm only just starting to feel in an even keel. Let's hope it doesn't come back on my way to work tomorrow :noway: :noway:
I haven't logged my food for the last few days either so I'll need to start again tomorrow, I've not been doing too bad with my calories this last week. I need to find some lower fat yogurts though as the Muller Corner ones I've been eating are nearly triple the weightwatchers ones I tried the week before, and that adds up to a lot of extra calories in a week.
:yawn: :yawn: I think I'll call it a day, Night Night
Viv0 -
Sending hugs to Viv
jane0 -
Hello everyone,
I've been off this board for quite awhile. I got discouraged trying to keep up with the posts so backed off to take a breather - which lasted a lot longer than I meant it to.
To make a long story short - I need all of you. I have discovered that I need the check in or I drift. I've been keeping up the diary but I think I've been drifting from my goals, I know I have and the scale proves it. I have crept up 6 pounds since Christmas so I am recommitting and here we go again.
Thank you to all of you for being here and keeping up the posts. I read back until the beginning of March and my goodness, you are all very talkative!!! I will check in and keep reading and I hope I can become a part of the group again. There are so many of you now, and so many new ones (I feel like a newbie all over again - lol).
Lila in the grey but not too cold Kootenays, SE British Columbia.0 -
Wow, is it cold out today. This morning was -15 C with the windchill it was -23 C.
Did make it to aquafit yesterday & today. Got my hair done on Saturday ... no more grey :happy:
Been fighting with Comwave about my home phone and they finally agreed to cancel my contract with no penalty fees because they couldn't provide the service. To start they offered to cut my bill by 50% for a year. I said that's a great deal IF I had a home phone that worked. So now my ISP provider is coming to hook up our home phone tomorrow night. I've been without a home phone for over 2 weeks now.
I still don't know what's going on with my Mother's estate. I'll call my brother once the phone is hooked up again.
I'm heading to bed to crash and watch Amazing Race. Sandy in freakin cold ON 0 -
Good evening!
Viv, I feel your pain and I am so sorry!
To the person asking about Ambien, I have a prescription for it but haven't taken any in a good while. Even though I don't sleep well without it, I don't feel rested with it--if that makes any sense. I decided that if I wasn't going to feel rested, I might as well not have it in my system. I don't think I've ever "done" anything while taking it, but I do know that I've had to repeatedly tell my children to not ask/tell me ANYTHING after I've taken it because I will have absolutely no recollection of it the next day. I take a Xanax to help calm my mind and one Tylenol PM to help me sleep a little. My Fitbit measures me as sleeping maybe 5-6 hours on an extra good night--when I'm in bed for 8-9 hours.I've pretty much just given up on ever getting a good night's sleep again. Melatonin does nothing for me!
I had a pretty good day yesterday but the closer it comes to the end of the weekend, the more down I become. It seems as if life is nothing but work and worry. There never seems to be the time to do much of anything that I want to do or even need to do. I hope it's just the dreary weather talking, but I'm afraid it's not. I have no balance in my life right now and it's wearing on me. I'm going out of town to meet a friend this coming weekend and I truly hope it will help. My weekend at the beach was awesome, but it seems that the good it did me was all wiped out by this week. On the bright side, where would my mental state be if I hadn't had the beach trip?! :ohwell:
I suppose I'd better go get my last 400 or steps in for the day while I pack breakfast and lunch for tomorrow. Overnight oatmeal of some sort for breakfast, an egg sandwich with baby carrots for lunch, some grapes and a protein bar for snacks.
Have a good night!
Carol in cold and rainy NC0 -
Welcome back Lila. I am new to this group. I was intimidated too, but I just jump in and talk. They are a great group.Hello everyone,
I've been off this board for quite awhile. I got discouraged trying to keep up with the posts so backed off to take a breather - which lasted a lot longer than I meant it to.
To make a long story short - I need all of you. I have discovered that I need the check in or I drift. I've been keeping up the diary but I think I've been drifting from my goals, I know I have and the scale proves it. I have crept up 6 pounds since Christmas so I am recommitting and here we go again.
Thank you to all of you for being here and keeping up the posts. I read back until the beginning of March and my goodness, you are all very talkative!!! I will check in and keep reading and I hope I can become a part of the group again. There are so many of you now, and so many new ones (I feel like a newbie all over again - lol).
Lila in the grey but not too cold Kootenays, SE British Columbia.0 -
:flowerforyou: Anamika, thank you for sharing about Holi…..I read a little more about it on the internet and it sounds like a wonderful holiday and a wonderful way to welcome spring.
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Lila, I read the posts every day but don’t push myself to reply as much as I used to…..reading about the lives of all of you helps me keep my own challenges and successes in perspective.
:flowerforyou: Carol, sending hugs to you …..try to stay in the moment so the future doesn’t invade what you’re doing right now.
:bigsmile: Today was a busy day with dog bathing and grooming and laundry and it seemed that I didn’t get much chance to sit except while riding the exercise bike and eating the lunch that Jake made during his break from grooming the dogs. Barbie from beautiful rainy NW Washington
:bigsmile: 26,000 steps today ---strength training----exercise bike0 -
Hello lovlies,
No time to read back quite yet but just wanted to let ya'll know we laid my mother to rest last Thursday
The nurses, home care workers and visitors have all left. Tomorrow we attempt to start "the new normal".
Lots to catch you up on and I plan to through the week.
As of this morning I'm officially part of the "50 club". Ordering T25 tomorrow morning as part of a birthday gift. Will start getting back into my exercise routine tomorrow and will start T25 when it arrives. My eating has been sinful over the past few+ weeks. The "party" is over.
Looking forward to "coming home" See you all this week.
xoxo
Gloria
broken hearted in Metro Detroit0 -
I lose less than a lb this last week , It has been really stressful and I didn't get a lot of sleep . but stuck to my eating plan and worked all but one day . I feel better physically so I think with out the exercise I probably would have been a real emotional mess. So off to do nest week . Main goal SLEEP. :ohwell:0
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Gloria,so sorry about your mom.:sad: \
Sending hugs
jane0 -
Gloria, I am so sorry about your mother. I lost mine last April and am still hurting. Just be glad she is at peace and take care of yourself and your son.
Eileen near San Diego0 -
I did an hour of training games on the Wii today. Tomorrow the plan is to do some yoga, then hold my plank, and then take the extremepump class.
Made more of that apple zucchini. The other day I made it like the recipes calls for, as a bread. But today I made mini muffins. I'll send some to Jessica for her birthday and just tell her they're apple muffins. Tried the black bean brownies that I made yesterday. I think they're OK, but I know that Vince won't like them -- not choclatey enough.
kay - I think the black beas are what gives it a "different" flavor. But that also adds fiber, so it's really a tradeoff. Like I said, since I don't mind healthy food (as long as it doesn't have artificial stuff in it) I'll just eat them. Better than cookies, anyway.
Went to the KMart to see if the cat litter was on sale but it wasn't. I totally and completely forgot to take something back with me that I'd purchased the other day. Well, I may wind up going another day and if not, I know that Lowes carries this item so I'll just take it there and tell them I don't have my receipt. Then went to WalMart since that WM is the only one I can get the low fat brownie mix at, then took the material Jessica sent to the lady who is going to make her costume.
Drizzling here today, and not warm at all. But at least it isn't freezing. Vince says that it's supposed to get to freezing tonight but we shall see. I just look at it as "I'll believe it when I see it".
Tomorrow after the extremepump class I'll probably stop at the post office, mail a pkg to Jessica for her birthday and a card to Diana (her grandfather passed away a few weeks ago)
katla - glad to hear you made it safe and sound
Kim - I love miso soup, but I usually get the low sodium soup. See what happens, without even thinking about it you made good choices! Congrats on the NSV
DeeDee - do you have those weeping type of cherry trees?
renny - instead of "goodies" how about "baddies"?
Found a chlorine resistant bathing suit that I like at oneHanesPlace but don't really like the $60 price tag. Maybe it'll go on sale..... I hope so. I got one from them a few years ago and I absolutely LOVE it. That's the one that the suitspinner ate. So I'd leave that one in the condo and get a better one for up here. Who knows what the end of the season will bring? It's not like I absolutely need it right this minute
Cindy - our oven has the convection feature. I've only used it once. Probably because I'm not used to cooking in a convection oven, I just don't feel comfortable with it.
Patty - how scary not to remember things!
Sylvia - NC BBQ to me is "weird". I'm just not used to BBQ with vinegar. Jesica's friend sent us some ribs from Corky's in Nashville, evidentally they are pretty well know. Now that BBQ I didn't mind,
anamika - thanks for sharing about Holi with us. I'd never heard of it, but it sounds really interesting
Alison - so sorry the fridge didn't fit. What a pain!
I'm just feeeling so cold today. And I'm coughing. I'm sure it's because of the pollen. I'll take some Robitussen, but it also makes me very sleepy. Almost slept thru the alarm clock this morning.
Lila - welcome back. I was wondering where you'd been!
Gloria - sending big hugs your way
Hope everyone has a great night.
Michele in NC0 -
Gloria - I'm so very sorry for your loss. Be gentle with yourself. You & your family are in my thoughts and prayers. 0
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What a day. It snowed pretty much all day, but it melted as soon as it hit. I went to my clay club meeting in Joplin, then went shopping. I got a Barbie that comes with a horse and a set of Barbie dresses for my granddaughter's birthday. It's really sweet. I went to Kohl's and looked for some running shoes, but I hated all the horrible bright colors they come in. They didn't have a single pair of white running shoes. I also tried on some jeans but they didn't fit. They were a 16. I chickened out of going to Chico's. Not quite ready yet.
While I was shopping I got a horrible headache all of a sudden. When I got home took Tylenol and tried to lie down for a few minutes, but I had two dogs on the bed keeping me company. Later I realized I had forgotten to take any of my pills this morning. That had to have been the cause of the headache.
Meg, yes, I'm about 30 miles north of Miami, OK. Haven't been down there lately though. How is your brother-in-law doing?
Lila, welcome back! I guess I must have joined after you left. I find just posting to this thread every day helps me immensely. Even if nobody ever reads it, but they do, and the feedback is wonderful. I'm so addicted to this group that I feel tense if I don't check in regularly and see what everybody is up to.
Viv, I hope your mood improves soon.
Here is today's joke:
One day a man found an odd-looking lamp and rubbed it. From inside came a genie that told him he would get three wishes, but whatever he wishes for, his mother-in-law gets double of what he gets.
"What would you like for your first wish?" asked the genie.
"I want one billion dollars," replies the man.
"Remember," says the genie, "your mother-in-law gets double of what you get."
"I know," replied the man.
The man then chooses his second wish, "I wish I had a brand new sports car." So he gets his second wish and he's very content.
"Your mother-in-law gets double what you get, now what would you like for your third wish?" asks the genie.
The man ponders for a moment, then answers, "I wish to be beaten half to death."
:laugh:
Goodnight everyone!
Sylvia0 -
Gloria so sorry to hear of your loss of your mother, take care of yourself
Juanita in sudbury0 -
Katla,this has been a long standing eating plan for me & as hub says, "what choice do I have" LOL. Basically he eats the same as I do,maybe a bit different when we eat out. It's been many,many yrs since I bought full fat dairy food,cooked with almost no fat,make my own salad dressing & gave up a few things I love.
With that being said,a good cookie or real pizza is my line in the sand:noway: When it comes to food that is fatty or sweet,there is a limit in how much I can have,all connected to calorie deficit,but yes,I do enjoy sweets.They don't cause me to eat the whole box,it just tastes great & satisfies my taste buds. Portion control is a plan We can live with . Pat in Ohio
Quote"Several ladies here are abstainers and staying away from trigger foods works well to enable them to manage their weight. DH and I each have a long list of things that we can’t eat, so we have made another choice. We are moderators. For us, that means carefully measuring portions of the things we can have and staying within our calorie limits. He’s diabetic and I’m lactose intolerant. That has taken more than enough food choices away from our point of view. For us, managing our weight is all about portion control, counting calories and exercising. It has worked, we don’t feel deprived, we’ve learned a better lifestyle and we’re both healthier than when we started in addition to weighing less. Good luck to those of you who are learning how to manage your food and in the process of figuring out what works for you. "Quote
Katla0 -
Gloria
so very sorry to hear about your loss:sad: ! Will keep you and your family in my prayers! 0 -
Gloria, so sorry for your loss, take care of yourself. :sad:
Michele, thanks for the info on the oven, I bake a lot so I will figure it out I'm sure. I love yoga too, been doin it for years.
Sylvia, thanks for the giggle to close the day, hubby laughed too! :laugh:
Hope everyone has a good night.
Cindy in OK :yawn:0 -
Just popped on before bed............cold, cold rain so far, maybe no sleet or snow this time, fingers crossed as we seem to be on the edge of it.. DD made it back to school safely; had bad weather the last 10 min. of drive.............she, however, is in the expected 5-8" of snow area. and close to the 8-12". If it moves just a bit, they'll get nailed............again............
Gloria..........Hoping you find calmness and peace and that you receive all the love and support you need; my condolences.
Lila.........I think I remember you from when I first started; welcome back!!!
yanniejannie0 -
My goodness -- I didn't read, just check to see and I last logged in when this was on page 2. Lots of reading to catch up on -- maybe! The Braves lost both of the spring training games we attended, but we still have had a load of fun with my DS & DBIL. Will try to catch up soon....
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Michele, be careful or you'll get run out of town, speaking ill of NC BBQ. When we visited hubby's sister in Winston-Salem she always wanted to take us to Pig Pickin's because she knew we liked barbecue. Well, hubby likes it fine cause he's a North Carolina boy, so it tastes like home. But I do not like the vinegar stuff they call sauce. I was not terribly sad to find that place is gone now. Still, it's not as bad as the mustard sauce in South Carolina. And we got some horrible BBQ in Virginia once. I used to like the sweet tomato based sauces, but have not had any BBQ sauce in a long time. Too much salt. I miss it.
Big day tomorrow with the grandkids! Night!
Sylvia0 -
We spent most of the day at the Children’s Museum in Denver with DD, DGD, and DSIL. It is quite a place and we all enjoyed ourselves, but I’ll admit to being tired by the time we were done. We planned to invite the kids to come and swim at the hotel pool this evening, so I went to Kohls and bought a swim suit this morning. I’m pleased with what I chose. It is a “tankini,” black, flattering and, more importantly, comfortable. The day went well and I am exhausted. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
Katla in Colorado for a few more days0 -
Lila – welcome back!
Sandy in ON – I can not even imagine -23 – and I hate to tell you this but in Sunny California I was in shorts and a tee shirt – it was 78 F today (25 c)
Carol – hang in ! I am sad to hear everything is so tough here’s hopping for good news.
Gloria – I am sorry to hear about your mom, may friends and memories sustain you. And be kind to yourself. What is T25?
Well gearing up for company again - but with a new cleaning gal it is so much easier! the house is spotless! YEAH!!! so while she cleaned I made new curtains for the guest room and a new valance for the kitchen - I love having a few different valances for the kitchen so I can change it up.
Happy St Patty's day tomorrow - it is Levi's 1 year adoption anniversary. I'll try to get a picture of him in his St. Patty's head band - he hates it.. but it is darn cute!
Worked on cleaning the garage this morning and am making some headway - just need to cull out stuff I am not using! it is so easy to fill the space there is. - I have cupboards along one wall and most stuff fits in there (I do park the car in the garage) but I know I have more "stuff" than I need or want.
hope everyone has a good week and drinks more water than beer tomorrow!
Kim in sunny N. CAL0
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