WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY

Thanks for the info on vitamins . . . I think I'll do a bit more research and make some decisions! All good info.

Promised myself I would NOT get on the scale except once a week on Saturdays. Couldn’t resist this morning and found I am down a solid three pounds (from the 8 I put on between Halloween and Christmas) . . . so some progress!!! Love the recent posts . . . we all fall down, but the real strength is getting back up and starting again. NEVER GIVE UP!!

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Sad story...I visited my MIL at the "home" yesterday. She is so confused...she was talking about dying and hoping that she would just go to sleep and not know that it happened. She was surprised when I said I believed she would know because she would leave this world to enter heaven. She gave me one of her completely blank looks. She (who has gone to church for the past 75 years or more) no longer remembers Christmas, the baby Jesus, or even the idea of a heavenly home. I find that incredibly sad.

Oh Terri, that is sad, but rest assured that God has not forgotten your MIL--and never will!

Meanwhile my 51 year old niece just received news that she will be started on her fourth round of chemotherapy as her cancer (ovarian) numbers are up again. She is having a pet scan today, results Friday. Again, very sad.

:flowerforyou: Prayers for your niece:flowerforyou:

I hope God forgives me when I question his plan.
Terri

Of course He will! A very wise lady once told me not to worry about yelling at God (it was a VERY bad time) because He already knows how we feel!

Kathy(pmjsmom)

Hello All :flowerforyou:

This will be a quick post, as I need to get ready for work, but I wanted to give a message to Barbie. I am SOO sorry to hear about Haifa. When my Dreyfus was diagnosed with cancer, I ended up taking 2 days off work. He lived another 4 months, and it has been a year last August since I lost him, but I still miss him--even with these other three to take up my time. I know how hard it is to make decisions about care and other options. I know you will do what is best for Haifa. When the time comes, maybe Haifa and Dreyfus will meet in "Animal Heaven" and be good friends.

Welcome to all the newbies that I haven't previously welcomed.

I am glad someone else posted the important relationship between calcium and magnesium. I take a calcium magnesium zinc combination, along with a multivitamin, fish oil caps, and vit E, and vit D. Don't have time to go read the bottles and refresh my memory about what is in each one, but when I started this, I looked up info on how much I needed and how to balance it all.

I survived my first day of work, mainly because I couldn't do anything. The IT department automatically deactivates any employee login that isn't used for 3 weeks. I am told it might take THREE work days after they were notified I am back before I can get back into our system and actually do my job!!!! At least I am getting paid, but it is already getting old sitting watching someone else do the job I have done for almost 3 years. Oh well, I guess I should enjoy it while I can.:ohwell:

Barb

doobiedoo - good luck on saying "no" to those birthday cakes. You are a better woman than I am...that's for sure. I know me and I'd wind up having a little piece.

weaklink - that's how I usually take my heart rate. Actually, there are nights when I wear my HRM to bed (especially if I'm going to a spinning class the next day) so it's really easy to take it the next day

committed - your daughter is in my prayers. You don't need to tell me that the South is not a good place to be when it snows. I learned the hard way. See, we moved to NC from PA. The 18th we had a bad snowstorm. I was supposed to go out and I was of the "north" mindset that once you get to the main roads, you're OK. NOOOOOO What a night that was! Good for you not smoking! How long has it been

Benson - if your sugar was only a bit high, you know that it could also have been the food that you ate before the test. My blood sugar on the whole is OK, but last year the day before I had my blood tested, I had to go to PA. I took lots of those granola-type bars in the car with me. Well, it's better than stopping and eating at McD's, that's how I figure it. Anyway, that time my blood sugar was on the high side. The next time it was normal. I'm positive it was the food I ate

Renny - I feel for you. My hubby doesn't so much like to cook. If I left it to him, his idea of three square meals would be breakfast at McD, lunch at Pizza Hut, and dinner at KFC. Unfortunately what that means is that for him I'm winding up having to cook a different meal from mine. I really want to try having less meat this year and more veges and fish.

bradybooks - I take a calcium (it has vit. D and magnesium in it) suppliment and some addn'l Vit D during the winter (since the sun isn't strong enough to manufacture it in my body). I really do prefer to get my vitamins and minerals from food, but sometimes that just isn't possible

mamacindy - hope you feel better fast!

swissmiss - take care of your youngest (I know you will). my dd (22) just had some sort of stomachbug where she was throwing up and had diahhrea. Since she's in PA and we're 500 miles away, we told her to go to the hosp. She finally did and they had to give her two bags of fluid, she was so dehydrated. She sounds better now, but it was pretty scary for a bit there.

firetruck - When I'm stressed, I do one of two things. One is I bake and bake and bake (and then give it to the soup kitchen). The other is to exercise. Hubby has said to me "just go to the Y, just go to the Y" because he knows how much better it makes me feel. I remember one time dd was REALLY getting us upset. I went to the Y, and boy did I work out. Honestly, I stood in the front of the class to be near the door because I felt sick to my stomach, but by the time the class was over, I was no longer sick. Hubby, on the other hand, cancelled our reservations saying "I got physically sick". I didn't get physically sick because I worked out.

barbiecat - I feel for ya about your cat. We have to take one of our cats for an MRI at NC State tomorrow. She had a polyp removed from her ear back in May (they had the equipment needed since the polyp was so deep) and there's fluid oozing out of the ear again. Hope it doesn't mean more surgery. One of our other cats has a recurring fibrosarcoma. We've decided to just let him be happy and let mother nature take its course. We had another cat that had cancer. Hubby was adamant about giving chemo, but in the end we had to put it to sleep. So I know what you're going thru. One of our cats is diabetic, gets insulin twice/day. My thoughts will be with you. Update: so glad that there is a course of treatment that you can do. What a relief!

Love those "fill your face" and "yell at everything" buttons. Just love them.

LaurieFisher -- christiana -- is that in Delaware? We used to go to the Christiana Mall lots in Delaware. There might be another Christiana, that's why I ask.

Debbie - so glad you got right back on the horse. That's what we all need to do. Actually, in some ways it's good to "shock" your body by one day giving it more calories.

Had to take ds to the airport so didn't get to exercise today. Tomorrow we'll have to leave early to get to Raleigh for the MRI so won't get to exercise then, either. Then if they determine that she needs surgery again, Friday will most probably be out, too. Boo Hoo

aissesr - I hear ya about the junk food. If I let hubby, that's probably all he would eat! So what I do is I buy things that I don't like (like I'm not a fan of Doritos, so that's one of the things he has in the house)

heartw - how very sad, very very sad. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers

Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. As for me, I'm going to bed since we had to leave this a.m. around 4:30 (which means I had to get up around 3). Tomorrow is a late day -- we'll be leaving at 8.

Hello from (I don't dare to put in sunny) Greece, my adopted home.

I'm on day 3 and back at work which I thought would be more of a challenge than it has been. The staff kitchen had all kinds of goodies leftover from the holiday. But just having committed myself to writing everything I eat into my daily food chart has helped. I love that this way of doing it.

I'm so terrified that I won't meet my goal of one pound a week that I've hopped on the scale each morning and watched the grams go down and part way back up which makes me a little crazy.

Carol

Debbie, good girl!!! You're on your way to a slim and trim 2010!!! I find that whenever I have guests, I eat less because I am so busy talking and being sure everyone else have what they need. Just get rid of the leftovers...quick!!! {smile}

good mid morning to all many prayers going out to everyone. our cat max just pass away thanksgiveing eveing he was with us for 10 years lisa my ten year old ,max and her were best sister and brother shes says .. many prayers...
i have not had a bad pass few days. last night i a few more heresy kisses than i needed but my grandson and i are working those calories off this morning.. we are having a beautiful sunny cold new england day.. friday they say a little more snow today we are heading out snowmoble riding. i like doing the sunday riding way nice and slow i am not into speeding.. well when nascar is on or i go to a race i like it.. it sounds like a lot of us do the walking tapes with leslie i really like them when i go outside walking though it seems like i slow down a lot to add in the things i do when i am walking in place.. i have been doing hers for about eight mths now.. ok grandson wants to play a game everyone have a nice day love debianne and family

Good morning MFP Pals...thank you to all for your words of encouragement and for just listening when I ramble on about my personal woes. I truly do have faith in God and love him, but just like my hubby and siblings whom I also love, I do get a little angry, disappointed or discouraged with him once in awhile.

Doing very well getting back on track this week with the exercise, healthy food choices and logging. Feels so good to have this site and thread to come to. I reread a few journal pages I wrote early last year...I am happy to say that I am beginning this year down a whole bunch of weight and in a much more positive and hopeful state of mind. I've actually already cleaned out two drawers and put away some of the Christmas decorations. I plan on tackling the rest of them today. It's 0 degrees and so much snow outside I think I'll just stay put indoors and get some work done!!

Hope you all have a great day!!

Terri:drinker:

Hello all.

My heart goes out to all who are experiencing aging parent and sick pet problems. I've been there on both accounts and know how it tugs on your heart.

I spent yesterday helping a young family at our church unpack. My son and his wife are too far away to go help, so this is one of my ways of coping. Sweet family with a smiley little man of about 15 months. We didn't finish, but DID get her kitchen completely organized and ready to use.

Today it is cold and gray and I'm fighting the temptation to go get the leftover Martha Washington candies I put int the freezer the day after Christmas out and finish them off. They may just end up out in the compost pile yet!

I have a pot of soup on and have been planning to exercise ever since I got it started, but keep finding other things to do instead. Time to go throw some more logs on the fire.

Just a quick post to say I am finally making it back to the "land of the living".

Trying to log my food but haven't got back to exercising yet. I went out to the grocery store for a few things and forgot the temperature extremes were likely to set off a coughing fit.

I made Turkey Con Chili for lunch. Spicy hot things are what I am craving. Served with brown rice and I'll fix a salad.

well I hope things are going better for everyone else.

Again Hi to all the new people!

Cindy

I was planning to go swimming in an hour, but having a hard time talking myself into going back out into the bitter cold. We'll see which side of me wins, the want to get healthy side or the freezing to death side. Or maybe they can reach a compromise!

I was planning to go swimming in an hour, but having a hard time talking myself into going back out into the bitter cold. We'll see which side of me wins, the want to get healthy side or the freezing to death side. Or maybe they can reach a compromise!

Thanks you guys! I know, you didn't say a word, but just because I knew that you were all there for me, and I would have to report back to you, after posting this I was able to strike down freezing to death woman, and want to get healthy woman won the day! I worked out on my Wii fit for 30 minutes, and then went and swam 1/3 of a mile in 30 minutes. Woo hoo! Here's to smart choices!

I will say that I didn't get my hair quite dry after my shower, and some of it froze on the way to the car!

So HELLO to everyone! I have joined MFP for the first time a couple days ago. Just snooping around and trying to figure things out. I am 51 and totally understand the problems with thyroids, menopause, etc. I think these things are definately something we all could do without! :ohwell:

I have been planning my strategy for getting healthy for the last month and hope that together we can all reach our goals. I believe this forum is going to be good for me and help with motivation and support.

I look forward to chatting with all of you and have a blessed evening!

Weebles and Julie - Welcome! We're glad that you found us! We love to have new members, and we look forward to getting to know you. Just remember, you can do this, and we are here for you!