Senior Golden Sneakers............September
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Lol@ Sandy! Good one. I would be the one with bad eyes. I cant keep up with baseballs in the air, much less the golf ball!
happy Labor Day! For what its worth, lol, we get to work!
hi Gigi, you havent been forgotten, glad you checked in with the sneakers. I hope your Mom will get better, either way, we'll keep you in our prayers. When my beloved mil was ill, it was like that, in hospital, get better, go home, get worse, and so on. She was tired of going to the hospital, and pleaded with her daughters not to take her there anymore. So, everyone finally agreed to respect her wishes and we kept her at home with the help of daily nurses. And then hospice. It was harder for the family, but she got what she really wanted.
Marie, so glad to hear you are able to venture outside. We are having lots os rain and cool weather as well as tornadoes. Hope little kitties all found shelter. We left the door opened a bit on the garden shed, and put blankets down. I'll be curious to see who is still there when we get back. Oh dear, dh wants that kitten that he likes so much. He mentioned it today. I hate to say I dont want to put another one in the truck. Maybe I can get him to install the pet door for her,then she can stay home.
We are almost at our destination, union city, CA. It is near San Francisco.
I was almost useless this trip, so tired and sleepy.
Becky, I thought about what you asked me about always having coffee after dinner. I tried Not drinking any coffee, did ok for a while, then it felt like. I needed my coffee, but I just drank water instead. I chewed gum, and didnt eat. So maybe you are onto something. Hopefully by mid Sept. We will begin this eating plan. We are both practicing a bit. We had breakfast at Dennys today, ordered grapefruit juice. We didnt have bread. I didnt think about it until we were leaving, I think our bread was forgotten by the server, not refused by us! Ok! That will work too.
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So good of you posting again Sorry to hear of your Mother.
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:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: we went outside and did some puttering in the yard for the first time since we moved into the new house.....there's not too much yard but there are some bushes that need some pruning and some weeds that need pulling and some rocks that need to be moved to better locations. We worked for about 30 minutes just to get acquainted.:bigsmile:
:flowerforyou: Sandy, your explanation about the dog park was great. Our dog park isn't acres so I just walk along the fence around and around while the dogs run and play in the middle. I carry lots of "p**p" bags in my pockets and pick up whatever has been missed by others. I know that from time to time I have probably missed something one of my dogs left so I pick up for others knowing that someone has probably picked up for me in the past and will do so again in the future.
:flowerforyou: when I got to the dog park today, the sprinklers were going in the yard for small dogs and they were spraying the :double gate entrance area where we take the leashes off the dogs before taking them into the yard so everybody had to time their entrance and exit to not get sprayed. Because of the sprinklers there were some smaller dogs in with the big dogs. A woman came with a tiny dachshund and express sadness that the sprinklers had been going the day before when she came and had been going for awhile today. I think there was something wrong with the sprinkler system and because of the holiday there was no one there from the city park employees to notice the problem. A lot of the large dog yard was wet because of the sprinklers but we had a good time anyway. There was a four and half month old black poodle puppy that played well with all the dogs.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Sandy, that was a great joke, I'll try to remember to tell Jake to read it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:bigsmile: Gigi, it's great to hear from you again. :sad: sorry to hear about your mother
:bigsmile: Marie, it's nice that your food plan allows you the variety that you like
:bigsmile: Phoebe, I know how hard it is to let kittens go once they've become part of your life
:bigsmile: Becky, Labor Day has never really been a holiday for me. During most of my years of teaching in public school, school started the day after Labor Day so I was always busy in my classroom doing the final preparations. Yesterday Jake asked if I wanted to barbecue something and when I told him that I had chicken breasts defrosting, he suggested that we grill them on the George Foreman grill in the kitchen. It turned out great........we had a zucchini from a friend's garden and a salad that included tomatoes and cucumber from another friend's garden,
:flowerforyou: Sandy, I thought you'd managed to get out of going to your step-son's this week :sad: :sad:
:sad: I made a big mistake in my knitting about ten rows back, so I need to get busy taking out the stitches and fixing the mistake
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Barbie.said: I made a big mistake in my knitting about ten rows back, so I need to get busy taking out the stitches and fixing the mistake
a wonderful opportunity to practice patience.
Ok,but what were you practicing between the mistake and the ten rows? 'See no evil'? ?lol! jk0 -
Hi to you all. I hope you have all enjoyed the holiday weekend. Beautiful weather here. The family were all here for dinner last night and then for some games. Neil really loves that. Acually we all like playing table games so enjoyed that. I am madly getting ready for a quick trip to Winnipeg with my sister. We will only be gone a few days and Dave will be holding down the fort here. My only issue is that I seem to have a bit of thrush, likely due to being on antibiotic drops and ointment for over 3 weeks. Today was my last day even though the eyes are far from perfect. I will just have to keep rinsing. Ugh!
Gigi -- So glad to you back! I missed you. I do hope that your Mom is starting to feel a little better.
Buzz -- It is so funny that Dave and I were just contemplating a Panama Canal cruise. I hope that this one just may be the one that actually happens!! It seems every time we have something planned Neil gets sick. I am always afraid to book it but it is time to be brave! The one we were looking at goes from L.A. to Miami and is 14 days. It sounds heavenly to me and so exciting to go through the canal! I hope you have a terrific time.
I have to run and take Neil back to his home and get back to do some packing. I will chat with you all when I return.
Take care and keep smiling. Gayla
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by Gayla...
Buzz -- It is so funny that Dave and I were just contemplating a Panama Canal cruise. I hope that this one just may be the one that actually happens!! It seems every time we have something planned Neil gets sick. I am always afraid to book it but it is time to be brave! The one we were looking at goes from L.A. to Miami and is 14 days. It sounds heavenly to me and so exciting to go through the canal! I hope you have a terrific time.
GAYLA, we caught the Celebrity Summit, I think, at San Diego, and went to Mexico, Cabo St Luca (?), Aruba, Costa Rica and Panama City. But going through all the locks from the Pacific, down to the Caribbean, and turning and seeing a huge ship way up above and behind us, and watching us go through within an inch on each side of the ship...I cannot tell you how awesome the whole thing was! And now we'll perhaps be able to see the building of the new expanded canal...Oh WOW! Celebrity has ships narrow enough to pass through, and I recall their food and entertainment were excellent at that time. I probably would not waste money on the land tours again, as they sound much better than they actually are! Don't rain forests in the high Mountains of Costa Rica sound beautiful? I might someday go into THAT, and what we passed through on the way, and how little we had time to see before we might miss the boat! I suspect I'll remain on board and enjoy a pleasant lunch instead of inedible food and read by the pool or whatever! .....Do you think not mentioning it to Neil until the day before you leave might work better than having him anticipate you being away for a long period of time? By the way, ours ended in Ft Lauderdale. Be brave; you'll love it!
PHOEBE, you clown you! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , but of course you're right about BARBIE's patience! My dear Taiwanese waitress won't allow me to order brown sauce. She gives me the white wine sauce (dry sherry) with added garlic and ginger instead of sodium anywhere! I keep meaning to bring them some of my Five Spice Seasoning, since they never heard of it. But I go to only one waitress at the same Chinese restaurant and she watches me very carefully; for me, no sodium, for Mike, no sugar!
BARBIE, you seem to have fallen right into step with your new home; pruning , dog parks, the 2 of you BBQing again. Sounds like home sweet home again :bigsmile: ALso, I couldn't agree more with every word you mentioned regarding CONNIE. SHe's a treasure and we'll miss her, and hope she misses us, too, but she'll be too busy wherever she is since that's in her nature! Ever helpful
me too!
MARIE:
hey you betcha he knew what he was talkin' about!!! Low sodium soy sauce is still LOADED with sodium. I don't go near the stuff. ANd as much as I love Hoisin sauce, that's a no-no, too! I use pale dry sherry with a bit of clear chicken broth, ginger root or powder, and garlic plus a bit if Five Spice Seasoning and heat and stir in a tsp or so of corn starch. I wore out my Joyce Chen Cook Book way back cooking for my kids...AND POODLES!!! They also loved Chinese Food! That thickener can be used in any stirfry veggie mix, and I'm hoping to be as disciplined as you have become and start basing my intake on more vegetables! As that TV program said, if it has a mother or a baby, don't eat much of it! Plant based food is the way to go!:drinker: So glad about the cold wave; hope you're nowhere near those fires!:noway: And those ol cook books are priceless! Sounds like you're having fun!i had a Dr. tell me there is no such thing as low sodium soy sauce
SANDY, I have a laptop, and only keep it on a few hours a day, unless I'm tring to fix a download I shouldn't have installed and it gets everything really mucked up! But I only just discovered www.mywot.com, andd learne more than I ever wanted to know about how messed up some sites can be for us! Since Comcast gave me Norton Security, I've had to re-learn all about which malware sites are safe to install and which are not! WOT is terrific helping just that!
BECKY, how the heck did you lose 55#s and have you kept most of that off? Incredible!:flowerforyou:
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We all missed you. So sorry about the pain you are going through and we are here for support and hugs whenever you need them!
Well, I think my droopy eyelids are telling me something, so before a fall asleep on the keyboard again, I'm turning in! :yawn:
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:flowerforyou: buzz, I wish I had kept the 55 pounds off. But, no...I gain 25 back and lost some of it and I am now losing again. Last I weighed I was at 153. I want to be 140 at least. Maybe less. Like I said, I did this by following a diabetic diet. My sister was diabetic so I knew how to eat that way.
:flowerforyou: Phoebe, you are a riot !!!!
I don't have a lot of time in the morning anymore. My husband is on his winter hours now. That means we get here at 6:30 instead of 5:30. So, I will not be sure an early bird.
I weighed myself this morning. Looks like the weekend didn't hurt me any. I was worried because of the party on Saturday and then the steak last night.:blushing:0 -
I feel like today is the official "Changing of the Guards" in terms of Seasons. :flowerforyou: Something about after the Labor Day weekend, here in the states, that routines, temperatures, clothing, activities and projects ....take on a new look.
I am a little discouraged today because, although I've been with MFP since Aug 14, 2009, I still have some bad eating habits and am over my calories for the last 4 days.
So Barbie posted a list of good habits that I printed out to try to tweak my choices. I happily realized I do a lot more of them than I thought I did. This journey we are on is nothing less than an ONGOING journey and we keep learning and growing even (or should I say.....ESPECIALLY) when we are struggling.
Losing the weight is pretty much why we all started with MFP but the longer you are working out your day to day choices, you realize that there are ALWAYS new things to learn and areas grow in. NO ONE EVER GRADUATES FROM THIS PROGRAM.....WE JUST KEEP SUPPORTING AND HELPING EACH OTHER IN THIS LIFE LONG JOURNEY.
I have made many good choice but there is one area that I struggle in. I started having a glass of wine with hubby everynight instead of getting into ice cream and cookies. It turned into a lovely habit of spending quality time with him.
HOWEVER, I now have 2 or 3 glasses....sometimes more each evening and I know this is too much.:noway: (And that's the main reason why my calories are over most days.) 
I noticed eliminating alcohol was on the list, and although I don't want to totally eliminate it for social reasons, I definitely need to cut way....way back.:ohwell: I don't care about drinking during the day, but evenings have become a little too consumed with drinking. I need to find some replacements for drinking so much wine. I tried diet soda but that makes me gassy. I hate tea and can't drink coffee after breakfast. I have trouble sleeping and the wine has helped me relax, so I sleep better.....which makes cutting it out even harder. Besides water, tea, coffee and diet soda....are there any other non-caloric....or low calorie choices. Just looking for advice.
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Hello and good morning Sneakers
Gayla sounds so good to see you and Dave planning a cruise. I agree with buzz I wouldn't say too much about it in front of Neil.. Have a good time with your sister on your trip. :flowerforyou: Another beautiful day here in central Texas. Just got to love it. now if we can just get some rain. Jerry was out in our garden spot yesterday trying to did some and the ground was just like cement,Its been over 2 months since we have had a mesuring amount of rain You can imagine how bad the trees all look. well everything is in a bad shape.Rose bushes, hedges look like wintertime. But no snow. Buzz I am using the south beach diet as a guild line now. But still using my portion control. This morning I had 2 poarch eggs,. , 1/2 c grapes 1/2 c slice tomatoes I am in the phase 2 section. I am not ready to give up fruit.I have notice when I eat yogurt my stomach feel so bloted.. so want to lay off of it for a while. Had another real low reading this morning. I will be calling my doctor in the morning. She will be lower the lantus I take at night I imagine.I am taking 24 units at bedtime. now. It was 30 Hey maybe I will eventurally get off of it.That would be nice. Becky so glad you are losing.again. I was looking thru my diabetic diet cookbook and aeen a recipe for spanish rice cooked in a crock pot wnat to try that.
And Phoebe is a hoot. she is the nicest person that I know. She has been a good friend to me for 8 years.now along with Cayla.. can't beieve its been that long, my how times fly. Barbiecat I have always loved your attitude about dieting. You know How to do it. Sandy, Ypu have been so nice about keeping us altogether. Thank you And always enjoy reading about your life. Jeri and Irene you two have always touch my heart. such lovely ladies. Jackie, You are such a good story teller about your country Just love hearing about it. Birdie, You will get your evenings taken care of. Don't let wine control your life. You can control it. I know you can and you will. 0 -
BBirdie, first Of all, good for you, your post was spot on and inspiring. Thank you!
sandy mentioned diluting her juice to reduce calories. I dont know if that would work in wine, but grape juice might be nice, or grapefruit juice. There is a diet juice as well,but I forgot which one it is. Maybe a little wine mixed with it. My aunt always drank one glass of water with every glass of wine.
We will be heading for Georgia this evening, just getting a start to the day out here on the west coast. Be safe today, dear sneakers!0 -
:flowerforyou: Phoebe, what a great idea...one glass of water for every glass of wine.:drinker: :drinker:
:flowerforyou: Marie, love your puppies.:bigsmile:
:flowerforyou: BirdieM, I am doing the same thing with wine at night. I started out with one glass while my husband had his Coors. Now I usually drink three of them.:noway:
It got cold here in Ohio. Saturday was sooo hot. In the 90s I think. In the 50s now.0 -
sandy mentioned diluting her juice to reduce calories. I dont know if that would work in wine, but grape juice might be nice, or grapefruit juice. There is a diet juice as well,but I forgot which one it is. Maybe a little wine mixed with it. My aunt always drank one glass of water with every glass of wine.
Thanks Phoebe for the good ideas.:flowerforyou: You know my husband drinks a glass of water with his shot of Brandy but I never thought of doing that with the wine. Mixing it with juice (low cal) might be an option too. I DID try to mix it with diet soda, but it just made me bloated (if you know what I mean):laugh: .
Have a nice trip to Georgia!
Becky, isn't it so easy to slip into these habits. I DO like the unwinding part of it or should I say un "wine" ding part of it:laugh: , but I think I'll try some of Phoebe's ideas! Maybe you could too.
Marie, thanks for the confidence boost! I hope you get rain soon. I thought of you this morning when I was watching the weather channel!
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Whew! Got through most of the posts. Everyone is so busy.:bigsmile:
We had a great weekend in Wilson, NY. The weather was hot and sticky.
We had a storm on Saturday night and the boat was rockin and the winds
were scary. It finally calmed down so I could go back to sleep. :ohwell:
We sailed home on Sunday and left the boat Sunday night at 10:00pm
and it was pouring rain.
I had a great sleep in my own bed and felt great on Monday.
Now back to the weight loss journey.
I am going to give it hell and try my best this September to get down.
Marie: CONGRATULATIONS! on your blood readings. You are doing marvelous
I hope to get better readings too if I stick to my guns.
Becky: Don't you love it when people are dancing all over you.(Zumba) :huh:
I didn't gain much over the holidays so I don't have to lose that much to get back to where I was.
Great things ahead and Good Luck to all in their weight loss journey. Just think Christmas isn't
all that far away.
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Hello, just found this site and thought I would brouse around. I am 64 and need to lose 25 lbs. I have minor disabilities but I walk 2 miles a day, I plan to join a line dancing class in a couple of weeks, I want to try some low yoga too. I use my stationary bike too. I will keep reading and wishing all you seniors a happy day.:flowerforyou:
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Hi Chris and welcome, post as much.as you want and help us keep motivated. Whatever your disabilities are you must be setting a great example in how to overcome them, walking biking and soon, dancing! Barbie is a great one for those line dances, as well as walking. , ask her how many steps she averages in a day! Go ahead Barbie, brag a little!
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MADDIE...{{{{{{{{ ))))))))...about time you showed your pretty face!
CHRIS...Hi there, you certainly don't sound as if anything holds you down! Good for you and WELCOME to us SNEAKERS!
SHIRLEY, happy to see you are an EMily ****enson fan, too! You look terrific, by the way!
PHOEBE, Have you reached your destination? You sounded so tired yesterday!
MARIE, monkeying around again:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I forgot to open in a new window, so this is it for today, or I'll lose my post! UGH! But I'll try to read everyone else's later, or I'l really fall behind!
Have a great evening y'all!
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Thank you for the welcome, my disabilities are from in a year and a half I had 3 major surgeries. Both knees have been replaced and I had a major 3rd back surgery. They had to do surgery from the front of me as well as the back. Then I got a bad infection MRSA and that got me down for 5 months. The meds worked but boy were they expensive. Any way I am recovering but some pain and balance issues, but I just keep plugging away.
I did my walk today and counted calories and I am right on target. Hopefully this will continue. Thanks to all of you for letting me into your message board. Talk to you later.
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Chris, having had only a hip replacement, I say to you "RIGHT ON" lady! Knees are the worst, and that front back surgery, wow!!!
But MRSA is a complete horror! Were you able to actually get rid of it completely? I know people terribly debilitated from it. Good reason to stay away from hospitals, huh?
I'm off to sleep now. At 84, my NRG is not what it used to be! I'm in Delray Beach,Florids, where I moved 18 years ago from Long Island after 10 yuears in Providence, having moved there from Boston, where I was born. I have 3 kids almost your age, and my 3rd husband has the same, and we've been married going on 34 years, so there; enough to digest for an introduction. Now, where do you live, etc? Glad you're on board :drinker:
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:drinker: Hi Chris, glad to see you join the Sneakers :bigsmile: this is a friendly group :bigsmile: it sounds like you have had more than your share of challenges and you still aren't discouraged......slow and steady wins the race.
:flowerforyou: Gayla, I hope you get to go on the Panama Canal cruise
:flowerforyou: Buzz, you are right about Chinese food....the sodium is a big challenge----even most chicken broth is full of sodium.....the only time I've had chicken broth with manageable sodium was when I made it myself.........yes, we are very settled already in our new house......traffic patterns and routines seem to be established......the funny part is that our bedroom is at one end of the living/dining/family room area and the guest room and hobby room are at the other end and I keep turning the wrong way and ending up at the wrong end of the house wondering what I'm doing there :laugh:
:bigsmile: :noway: a funny thing happened yesterday.......I was walking the dogs in the afternoon in the big meadow behind our house and a woman on the other side of the meadow started yelling at me to get out, that I didn't belong there and I couldn't walk the dogs in the green belt......she yelled loud and a lot.:frown: eventually I took the dogs to walk somewhere else and thought a lot about what the manager had said when I asked her about walking the dogs in the meadow and about how many other people I'd seen walking their dogs in some of the other green belt areas. Eventually I walked past the house where the yelling lady lived and as I was trying to be sure which house it was, I heard a man calling out to me......at first I thought the woman had sent her husband to yell at me too, then I realized that it was a man and woman I'd met a few times before. They were the angry woman's neighbors and they heard her yelling and came out to tell me to ignore her, that she was crazy, and that I could walk my dogs in the meadow and all the other green areas. I thanked them while Brandy and Sasha solicited petting from them. When we got back to our own street, our next door neighbor came out to tell me that she had tried to catch me while I was still out in the meadow to tell me that it was OK to walk the dogs there and to ignore the crazy yelling lady. :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: Birdie, I'm glad you enjoyed the list and can make use of it......it was aimed at people who are maintaining their weight but I thought it could be useful to anyone. I don't have a problem with alcohol (I gave it up years ago) but peanut butter is the food I keep adding and eliminating :laugh: I have gotten used to drinking water and one kind of herb tea that i like
:flowerforyou: Marie, I think your portion control diet is a little like the OA diet which includes planning ahead and weighing and measuring foods and not eating certain things....weighing and measuring food has been very helpful to me......before MFP I used to eat pretty healthy but my portions were so huge that I couldn't possibly lose weight
:flowerforyou: Becky, the other problem about alcohol is that it is completely empty calories and often encourages you to have more after you've had the first one...I'll miss your early morning posts
:flowerforyou: Shirley, welcome back after your great trip......glad you had a good time and no big scale disaster :bigsmile:
:flowerforyou: Phoebe, going from Union City, CA to Georgia is quite a trip...even after all our traveling, that seems like a lot :bigsmile: thank you for your comment about all my steps. When I first got a pedometer it was a challenge to get to 10,000 steps a day,, but I kept finding new and different ways to walk and add steps, now I am constantly in motion and get over 10,000 steps a day pretty easily and often as high as 20,000 steps.
my highest day was about 33,000 :bigsmile: It helps that I am not employed full time and have opportunities to walk my dogs a lot.......they love all weather so even rain, snow, and cold don't keep us down.
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Maddie, glad to see you posting.......now you need to add some words :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: time to brush my teeth and head off to bed.:yawn: I get up at 5 AM, walk the dogs in the dark (yes, I have a flashlight), eat breakfast and take them for the hour long walk starting shortly before sunrise.0 -
Wow I've been away for a day or two and it looks like I have lots to catch up on. But I am afraid I'll just have to say hello because we are off camping again tomorrow until Sunday. Back into the mountains this time. Today we have been on the go since 9 am when we had window washers come to clean our outside windows.
Yesterday we went for a wonderful drive west of the city. What a perfect day -- warm and sunny. We packed a lunch but ended up eating it in the car as it was so busy. There were so many families out in the recreational area we were in Picnicking, fishing, hiking, trail riding, you name it. My dh and I did a couple nice walks, I took lots of pictures and we drove around and really enjoyed the day. We live in such a beautiful part of the country. I'll share one of my pictures.
See you all when we get back
Forget-me-not Pond by FancyLady, on Flickr0 -
Jeri: Even though I am a US citizen I just love Canada. It is so beautiful. I have been to Banff, Alb.
one of the most beautiful areas. Love your pictures they look like a postcard. Barbie: Don't you love it when you get into a new neighborhood and don't know the ins and outs yet.
We have one of those on our street. He is retired and likes to call the cops when people
make too much noise. He is also in bed by 8:00 pm. Not one of my favorite people. Marie: I just adore the pictures of those puppies. I am a dog lover. I would like another pet but
Dave doesn't want one right now because of our boat trips in the summer. Maybe when we
retire. You never know. I am still working on him. Chris: Welcome to the group. These ladies are just awesome.
Weather has been getting cooler and its my type of temperature. Summer will be back later in the week.
My girlfriend will be having knee replacement on Sept. 19th and I will be losing my cleaning lady. She used to
clean for me every other week. So Dave and I will be rolling up our sleeves and doing it again for a while. Once
she heals from this surgery she will be having the other one done. So it will be awhile before she returns if she does.
She has been cleaning for other people for 25 years.
Food for thought:
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Chris so glad to see you posting again. we Love seeing our seniors back again.
Maddie that goes to you too.Young lady Missed you.
I really love hearing from each and everyone.
Barbiecat I thought it was a lot like OA too. . I have put together a plan from all the plans I have been on and pick things I like and it is doing wonders for my blood sugar. I have woke up the past thee mornings with too low of blood sugar in the 60's 2 mornings and in the 50's this morning. Will talk to my doctor today about lower my lantus some more for I don't like being woke up and have to eat an unplan snack What a good well balance diet will do for you. I know I cannot. ot handle peanut butter and ritz crackers or icecream Jerry can for he will fixed him a couple of crakers with peanut butter and a fruit for his 3 Pm snack. He oess not overload his plates anymore either Like he used to.at meal times. He only eat 2 meals a day Plus his 3 pm snacks and his icecream at night.
Jeri another lovely picture of you beautiful country. Breathtaking.Would love living up there in the summer but would want to come back to Texas in the winter time.It sounds like you and your husband are enjoying your life to the fullest. Love hearing about it.
Well all of you ladybugs
and gentlemen have a wonderful day time to get ready to go to Walmart. See you laters0 -
Happy Wednesday! :bigsmile: Beautiful day today, so nice to have fresh air instead of A/C. Didn't go to the casino with my ex MIL, she wasn't feeling up to it, so I went with two friends to a different casino where I lost money. :grumble: We went to dinner after the casino so it was a nice day with friends. Today is the first day of the rest of my life, my ticker has been changed to reflect the extra 4 pounds I have gained over the summer and I will again start doing some extra exercise besides walking Daisy. I am still under he original goal I started with but I did get spoiled with losing an additional 5 pounds and would like to get back to that weight. I will open my diary again to keep myself honest and even if I go over you can watch my good and bad habits. :glasses:
You sound amazing, welcome to our group.
Marie, another cute graphic, have fun shopping at Walmart. Please do talk to your doctor about the low blood sugar in the morning, we don't want any problems with your diabetes.
Shirley and Barbie, we are lucky with our neighbors but we have all been here for so long we know each other well. Most people in our village know Daisy from our walks so they are all friendly because of her. :laugh:
Jeri, another perfect picture. Have a great camping trip, I hope that means your infection is gone.
Barbie, your story was funny and it always makes us feel good when we are right and those cranky people are wrong. :bigsmile:
Buzz, you seem to know about all things everywhere, your life is full of life experiences.
Maddie............
Phoebe, hope your road trip is going well, don't you wish you had that little kitty with you?? :laugh: I think I like the idea of having a glass of water with every glass of wine, I will let you know if it works.
Becky, whatever you are doing seems to be working, how is the rest of the team doing?
Birdie, as most of you know I do have two glasses of wine daily, one while making dinner and the other with dinner and there are days where I like to sit and watch a movie and have some 100 calorie popcorn with my wine. I am sure that is why I gained back the extra four pounds and I have to take control before it gets out of hand. It is easier for me to exercise and gain those extra calories for my two glasses of wine even though they are wasted calories, but once I start recording again today with an open diary it will help me stay under calories so my choices might change and instead of a second glass of wine I might prefer popcorn and water and/or jello with whipped cream. I am going to try Phoebe's advice and have a glass of water when I have a glass of wine since in realty I know that it is just a habit that needs to be broken. I hope I am making sense. So let's work on this together and lose those last pounds and keep them off.
I think I am in the cleaning girls way so I better move so she can do her job.
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Jeri, its easy to see why they call it Forget Me Not Pond, who could forget it? Just beautiful, Ms. Photographer!0
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Hi everyone, runnung late, but had to tell Sandy when she gets to be my age, she'll remeber more than I ever knew!
Read the latest posts, enjoyed, and have to go :ohwell:
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To everyone thanks for the warm welcome, I think I found my main message board now, you guys are so nice.
Buzz: Boy at 84 you sound like you are very active, and you have kids my age? oh my.
Barbie: Nice to meet you and peanut butter gets into my diet daily too. I have instant oatmeal with fruit and 1 Tbl. P.B. Love it and it keeps me full until lunch. I use to have eggs and thought that would keep me satisfied but it didn't.
Shirley: Thanks for welcoming me to this lovely board.
Marie: I just retired ( 2 mos. ago) and I love it. Thanks for the welcome.
Jeri: Your picture is so beautiful, do you camp in a RV? What places do you like best?
Sandy: Your welcome sign looks like a rainbow of comfort. Thanks for the welcome.
A little about myself: 64, married to the same man for almost 46 yrs ( Nov. 20th), 4 children and 12 grandchildren. I live in Montana but was born in Chicago, ILL. I just retired from working as a switchboard opr and receptionist for a hospital. I quilt, read, and love to visit people. My house is up for sale and I want to move closer to my daughter in Post Falls Idaho. I have a little chihuahua, (really big one 9 lbs) named Poquito. I am enjoying life to the fullest. Thanks for all the welcomes.
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Hello everyone!!
Thanks for all the welcome back, sure feels great to be here again, today I started to keep track of my meals and exercises,
just getting back and posting feels GREAT:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
I'm planning to take a friend to the Spa for a message and facil, that will be her gift, she just retired, will be good for both of us. a message is what the Dr. order:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Pheobe : You're so right, about how my mom feels about hospitals, maybe next time we can go with her wishes.
Gayla - Thanks for all the prayers, we need them, hope everyone is doing well.:happy: :happy: :happy:
Marie - thanks for all you thoughtsand prayers
Have a great day everyone!!
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Welcome Chris:flowerforyou: ! I am already inspired by how much exercise you do after having 3 surgeries! Wow what a role model! You can do it. Just concentrate on today and let tomorrow take care of itself! We only have control over the moment we are in!
Marie, I am like you regarding the dieting. I’ve taken everything I’ve ever learned in OA, Weight Watchers, The South Beach diet etc. etc. etc. and have come up with positive and helpful ideas from each. By the way I like your little monkey and Lady bug!!! LOL:laugh:
Buzz, you sure have been all over!:noway:
Barbie, I can’t imagine trying to get use to a new house! You must feel disoriented a lot!:laugh: I just hope you are very happy where you are…..regardless of yelling, crazy ladies!!!!:laugh:
Jeri, I can certainly see where Forget Me Not Pond got its name. How beautiful!!! Kind of…..unforgettable!!! Happy camping!
Shirley, I wish I had a cleaning lady who was taking time off! The only cleaning lady in my house is….me and I’D sure like a break!!!! LOL:laugh:
Sandy, I find it challenging sometimes to choose what to do about things like alcohol or wine because, as Barbie said….it certainly can relax your resolve to have just one.:ohwell: But on the other hand, I try to keep a balance between those things that I NEED to do to not put on weight & be healthy (like not having junk food in the house etc.) and those things I LIKE to do…..to keep my life in control but enjoyable!:bigsmile: It’s such an individual thing! What’s normal and comfortable to one person is not to another. On the other hand there’s the honesty issue that says…..How many glasses of wine does it take to live a HEALTHY and enjoyable life?????:noway: Hmmmm:ohwell: My doctor says we should not have more than 2 (5 oz.) glasses of wine a day if it is a daily habit. I’ve gone over that:embarassed: ……so I need to adjust the amount to be healthy and to lose the weight but still am able to enjoy having it.:flowerforyou: I too am going to try to drink water:drinker: with the wine and it should help me reduce the unhealthy amount that I am now consuming. Does any of this make any sense????:huh:
Gayla, Phoebe, Gigi, Becky .....and everybody else......greetings!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I hope you all have a great day!
BTW…I DID had a good day with my calories yesterday!:bigsmile:
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