WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2012

Hello Ladies,

@Sasha good for you those puppies can really help get us moving.
@Michelle congrats on the pool passing inspection
@Jane glad your son is back
@Barbie interesting highlights like keep it simple

Today start out ok morning went find by lunch 3 of our clients went nuts got into a big fight big meltdowns the rest of the day was drama after drama. Took my daughter to her appointments just got home a few minutes ago. Heading to bed..

Food is going ok under my goal not that hungry after dinner good but come like 10pm so hungry. I don't eat cause its too late drink water.
Wishing everyone a good night
Liz

Good morning ladies

Fitz, hope you had a lovely birthday.

DH and I left earlly this morning so that we could walk through Hyde Park on the way to work. It is a beautiful day and we both enjoyed the walk and chat.

I'm determined not to let the 'non-working assistant' in the gallery get to me today. I've been here an hour and haven't seen her once, but can hear her talking on her mobile. Silly girl, it would be so much better if we all just did our own work and got on.

There's a lot for me to do today, so I had better get cracking.

Oh, by the way - it's 10:33 am and I've already consumed 3 litres of water! I forsee a lot of loo breaks today, which means extra exercise as I always use the loo that is up three flights of stairs from where I work.

Have a good day my friends.

Love to all.
Amanda x

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Update on Dixie:

I'm so sad to relay a message from Dixie that her husband passed away on August 18th. She wanted you to know and says she will be back here with us but not right now as she is in too much pain. She says she is not giving up as that's what her husband wanted.

I told her we would be here whenever she's ready.

Sorry, have to go now.....can't see the keyboard right now I feel so bad for Dixie.

Later.

Lin

Thank you for letting us know Lin.

Dixie - I can say nothing of any help but will say a prayer for your husband and another for yourself. Love and hugs.
Amanda x

Oh what a sad morning with the news of Dixie's dear husband passing. My heart breaks for her. I noticed she'd been away for a few days and was beginning to wonder if everything was ok. I completely understand the devastation and pain she must be experiencing, as I lost my first husband unexpectedly in '97. There are no words to describe.

Lin, thank you for relaying the message. Please let Dixie know we're sending love, encouragement and big hugs.

jb

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dixie. ♥

Thank you for the kind words about my son getting home safely. I appreciated them!

Shawna -- don't worry about mixing up names! I'm glad you "talked" to me at all.

Slsdoc -- good for you! I also have way more clothes than anyone ought to. It's good to bag them up and donate them to someone who can make good use of them. And it's nice to make room for new ones, too!

Michele -- who know that putting in a pool was such a long process! I'm learning as I read your posts. I hope you get to start using it soon.

Dixie -- I'm so sorry to hear about your husband's passing. I know that words can't change what you're going through, but please accept my sincere condolences and prayers.

Bigpal -- that's scary about your husband's blood pressure. I hope he gets it under control soon. Glad you got moved!

Laura80111 -- one of the great things about Colorado is the wildlife! I have a lot at my house, as we're the only house in the neighborhood without dogs. The epitome was one day when I looked out the window to see a large buck deer with a full rack sleeping on my deck next to the grill. I didn't realize they could do stairs!

Hope every one is having a great day!

Today is my TOPS meeting. The thing that helps me the most is being held accountable for my weight every week. There are only 7 of us...but they are a great group of women. Most of them have been going for over 30 years. WOW! They remind me of a the benevolent aunts with a side of onriness. The leader never has control of the meeting and they all talk at the same time. It is actually quite funny... When I first joined, I walked in and they were so excited. I had to get weighed and that was recorded, then had to fill out a form which also included my weight. By the end of the night, each one of them had figured out an excuse to see my card to see how much I weighed. My favorite was, "well, I better have the card so I can write down her number in case of an emergency. What if we all get killed, how can someone contact her to tell her not to come to the meeting?" :bigsmile: It didn't bother me, because it is pretty obvious why I am there.

~Robin, Bodi and Ritter - Hi, I love your pic. Hope your day is better...it sounds as if you are doing what needs to be done. Bodi and Ritter, hope you are helping out!

~SLSDOC - Cool thing about your clothes and great job on the loss. I sent a request.

~MiMi - Fabulous loss. WOW! You have come so far and are now back on track which is what matters. Thanks for sharing the article...your salad sounds YUMMY!

~Laura - Love your last paragraph. I do have some favorite clothes waiting for the return of me. I just couldn't get rid of them. I do love all the wildlife in Colorado...

~Linda Sundance - Thanks for sharing the great article!

~PS2CR - Thanks for the cedar plank explanation, I will be trying that this weekend. It is great to have a chef in the family!

~Lila - Hope you are feeling better. You did a great job with the exercise despite the fact you were under the weather.

~Barbie - Excellent list, even for still in the "losing" mode. I keep asking myself, "Would you rather eat or drink ______, or be thinner and healthier, again." Great idea with the oatmeal snack...

~Esther50 - Great job with the exercise..

~Ladyberyl - Hi! 10 miles is wonderful...good job!

~Lin - Hope you are having a great day.

~Michele - Hope you got caught up on your rest...you sounded as if you were exhausted!

~Jeanniebeannie - Great goal for your 60th!

~Liz - Hope you have a drama free day today!

~Fitz - Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend with your family.

~Amanda - Great job with the water and going up all those stairs to get rid of it. Hope that assistant comes to her senses soon..

~Bigpal - Sending thoughts for your husband and for you.

~Tigress - Great job staying on plan while you are so busy!

~Janehadji- Got it right this time.. I am partial to Colorado...even though I live in beautiful Pennsylvania now. We still go back every year.

I hope every one has a great day and stays "on the path." I do not know Dixie, but am so sorry for her loss and hope she well be back when she is ready. Thank you for all of your posts...they do keep me motivated. I'm so glad I found this thread.

TTFN

Shawna

Hello ladies,
Last night I made a beautiful smoky maple salmon filet and served it with asparagus and I made a quinoa pilaf. It was sooooo good. I would eat salmon everyday if I could afford to. At least I get it once a week. (I only eat pacific wild salmon) I hope that we catch a few next summer when we go back to Alaska for our vacation.

DH had never tried quinoa before. He said it was okay and that if I wanted to put it in our dinner rotation that would be okay. I had made a big batch of the pilaf to bring in to work for lunch to eat with my grilled chicken breast. Yummy!

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Lin - thanks for the update on Dixie. My heart breaks for her.

Laura - I love your tales of the deer. We used to see them all the time in our neighborhood but they have built up so much around us now I don't see them as much but in June when DH and I went to a B & B in Port Townsend we were out walking and basically came nose to nose with a few bucks and even a fawn and doe. I have never been that close before. (about 4 feet away) It was amazing.

Mimi - you are sister vegie queen again with a vengance.

Love to all.

Robin, Bodi boy and Ritter bit.

Good morning friends. I hope everyone is having a fabulous Thursday. I’m working in my office again; I need to get my course ready for October because I still have to be ready for my 2 courses in the spring before they start. With these accelerated classes, everything has to be done beforehand or it doesn’t get done. I’m further ahead than I usually am at this time. Last year I really updated all the classes in this course, so it’s been pretty smooth going so far.

Spoiler alert: I am going to rant and rave for a while now, so if you don’t want any more emoting from anyone today, skip the next couple of paragraphs!:explode:

I am so frustrated with my kids I hardly can see straight, mostly the 19 year old. :explode: If I didn’t explain before, we adopted them from Russia when they were 9 & 13. They had been in an orphanage for years as their parents were drug addicts, drunks, and mom was a prostitute. When they came they didn’t speak English and they were way far behind in development, in fact they were developmentally 2 and 5. The 9 year old was physically incapable of bathing herself and would throw herself on the floor and have kicking and screaming temper tantrums. They didn’t know how to use a toothbrush or toilet paper. It was quite interesting for a while! They have really done well especially considering where they came from.

The problem (well the one I am so frustrated with) is the 19 year old who is totally oblivious (to the point where it’s dangerous) and is an eternal victim. She will not take responsibility for anything. Things just “happen” to her. She has broken about 1/3 of my dishes, my cuisinart, trampled my plants while watering them, ruined the (new) carpet in her room, and the other day got hair dye on the bathroom cabinet.

She has been dying her hair and I helped her the first time and warned her that the dye is permanent and she needs to look at the floor, sink, cabinets, etc after she gets the dye on her hair because if she cleans up a spill right away from those hard surfaces, it will come off. Well 3 nights ago I saw a whole area of hair dye on the cabinet in their bathroom. That was bad enough (our house is only 6 years old), but she will not take any responsibility for it, no apologies, no “Oh my gosh….!” No “I will not let this happen again”…Nothing. I am steaming at her and have given her several chances to talk about it but she won’t (actually she rarely talks, which is another entire issue) so I told her no more hair dye. So now she is mad at me because I banned the dye! UGH We are both so frustrated and nothing we do seems to get her to improve this problem. She’s even in counseling and nothing changes. :mad:

OK done screetching! :laugh:

Laura80111; another salmon victory! Congrats on your loss!

Gini: I like to use cedar parchment paper to wrap my salmon and get that nice cedar smoke. Your salmon is >$20 a pound?!!!! OMG I’d never buy it at that price. It’s usually around 10-12 here.

Janehadji: glad your son got home ok. 200 pounds of luggage? What did he bring home, a bride??? :laugh:

Shawna: thanks for the info on the food saver. I will check it out. I too like the long posts people write; it does take time but they are so meaningful.

Lin: what kills me is the bread in things like subway. The bread I buy is pretty healthy and doesn’t have that much sodium. I don’t eat that much of it, but I sure couldn’t give it up! I love your idea of a tiny piece of dark chocolate at the end of the day. I’m going to start doing that too!

Robin: that burns me up too when it happens! You are already doing all these great things and it’s too bad these people don’t know more than the basics. We have the same health screening here and I get the same advice even though I say I eat <1800 cals, exercise 5 times a week, etc. I guess they have a script and that’s all. The only original one is once I was told to drink more beer to raise my HDL! I said now that’s some advice I can live with! :drinker:

Slsdoc: my legs do the same thing! That was a great description! :ohwell:

Mimi: welcome back! Great job on your weight loss! Thank you for the information on red meat and proteins.

Linda: thanks for the article link and information!

PS2CR: I have tons of salmon recipes, but your marinade sounds fabulous. Thanks for sharing. :happy:

DeeDee: are you feeling better?

Lila: hope you feel better soon too!

Barbie: good advice. I usually am under 1500 mg of sodium a day, but it’s those little “healthy” treats like subway that get me every time!

Michele: passed inspection! You’ll be swimming before you know it!

Lizmil: don’t you just hate all that drama??? :glasses:

Amada: new pic! I’m sending you patience to deal with the new girl!

Fitz: glad you had a great birthday!

Carol: glad your move went well and your new place is nice. So Sorry about your hubby; kidneys and blood pressure are always a problem. Sending you good thoughts! :flowerforyou:

Lin: thanks so much for the update on Dixie. We will all be here for her when she is able to return. That sure went quickly didn’t it? My heart is aching for her. :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart:

Dixie: if you come here and read posts, we are all thinking of you and sending you our best thoughts and wishes. We are here when you come back.

All the newbies: welcome welcome! You will find great support here. Check in often and let us get to know you. As you can see if you’ve been reading, we are very supportive.

Just got an email from hubby. He went to the foot doctor and got all his dressings off and can shower! YAY for showers. :drinker: OK this was way too long, thanks for letting me vent! Have a great day everyone! Meg

I have never posted on this site before but I think that I qualify as I am 50. It was interesting catching up on the reading from others. This is quite the group!

I had cataract surgery on my left eye this morning. They did the right eye two weeks ago so I am very enthusiastic about this. No more glasses the Dr. says!

I also reached my goal weight after 2 1/2 years of losing. I thought I would never get rid of that last 10 pounds but all of a sudden it fell off (plus a little bit more! Yeah!).

There are tons of things I could tell you but being new, I will stop there. I trust everyone has a goo remainder to the week!

Good Afternoon!

Beautiful day here today. Hoping to get in a bike ride tonight. I've yet to make it to the grocery this week, tho, so that has to come first. To answer a question, my new toy is a Hybrid bike made my Diamondback. So it has some suspension and the seat is big enough to not hurt my behind. I went for a ride last night and then went online to mapmyride.com to map it out and see how far I went. I haven't figured out how to use the little computer on the bike yet. It was 2.03 miles one way, so I did 4.06 miles. The way home is a slight incline and I didn't have any trouble. I mapped a couple of other routes while I was at it, so now I'll be able to log my distance. As I left the driveway, I noticed 3 deer in the school yard across the street and there was one greeting me as I entered the bike path. Now I agree they are beautiful and all, but they have eaten hundreds of dollars worth of Hostas and other flowers in my yard. We installed a 10 foot fence around the veggie garden 2 years ago which is the only reason we have anything to harvest. And I live in the city too!

A good friend called last night and said she had a lead on a job for me. She put me in touch with the guy she knows and he was supposed to call me back after lunch. It's now 4:24. What time do you suppose he eats? Hoping he'll call tomorrow or I'll give him a buzz back. It would be a great job and I am qualified. The only bad thing is that it's in downtown Cleveland. Trying to not stress eat over it. I'm on my 4th water bottle...

Meg - I've never heard of cedar parchment paper. That would be great to wrap some things in with the salmon. I actually soak my boards for about 4 hours. The first time DH cooked it and the board was all ablaze, he figured he had ruined a perfectly good piece of fish. NOT! It was fantastic.

Thinking of those of you with physical aliments and wishing you the best and speedy recoveries.

Cooked spaghetti squash for dinner last night and had the leftovers for lunch. I really do enjoy fresh veggies. Unfortunately the bugs got all my squash this year. Even the zucchini and pumpkins. My granddaughter is going to be upset. Guess we'll just have to go visit the pumpkin farm.

Best to all,
Gini

Good evening ladies,

I took some time to skim the posts as I have had a couple of busy days getting used to the routine at work. Thank goodness I planned for the week's lunches as I have been challenged already. Will need to plan for next week. Otherwise I will tank for sure. Took yesterday off from exercise but went to Jazzercise Wednesday and rode the bike tonight. Trying to keep it real!

Dixie- I know your heart is broken right now...take things one breath at a time and know your ladies here at MFP are thinking of you

Meg- Kudos for adopting the kids! Glad to hear your rant and raves because I STILL feel my daughters(now 23 and 26) have a different attitude when it comes to mom's stuff. The frontal lobe does not fully develop until age 26 so hang in there!!

Gini- Would love more info on your new toy! I would like to buy a new hybrid but I do have a budget

To those turning 50- It is just a number ladies! Forever young!

Those facing the daily challenges of life- every day is a new day and there will be slip ups. I myself have such a history of slip ups. I will not live a life of deprivation. Eat sensibly and exercise!

I apologize for not individualizing more. My brain already has short term memory loss...LOL

Carolyn

Gini – thanks for the info on the bike. I was the really curious person asking for details. Back in the day (when I was married) we each had a road bike and a mountain bike. We spent lots of hours riding and it was lots of fun. After I was divorced I started to look at a hybrid but never purchased one. This is all interesting to me! Hope you hear more about that job…….

Mommie55 – speaking of bikes, I hope you had a lovely ride with the children.

Howardmelinda – congratulations on reaching your goal weight and I’m impressed---cataract surgery and you’re already using the computer. My friend had her surgery a couple of weeks ago and she’s still doing eye drops, complaining, and not driving that much.

Kathy – all right. Counting down with you---8 days to the unpinning. Happy baby day.

Meg – yes, that is wonderful progress for your hubby. SHOWERS!! Super.

Robin – your dinner sounds wonderful. I’m starting to wonder if we could get a discount on bulk purchase of salmon. HAHAHAHA. I had my salmon and green beans for lunch today.

Debi – welcome. This is a lovely group of ladies. I hope to hear from you often.

Shawna – I’ve not heard anything about TOPS for years. I’ve never known where to join a chapter but I am a fairly private person so the ladies you described would have had me running out the door in a panic.

Janehadji – how long until the wedding?

Mimi – thanks for the info you passed along. I’ve *not* eaten red meat for years and some friends have criticized me for the decision. They seem to think you have to have some in order to get the right nutrients. I’ve never believed it; I just don’t care for it.

Laura – you have such lovely walks. I think I am a bit jealous (okay, maybe more than a bit).

Bigpal – I hope your husband can make some positive changes in his health situation. It really sounds as if you’ve been busy, busy, busy. Hope things settle down.

Amanda – I’ve had the opportunity to *work* with someone who avoided work at all costs. It is very frustrating. Good luck, try to ignore her and her behaviors if you can.

Sorry, I didn’t get to everyone but I’m beat tonight. Will check in tomorrow. Best wishes, keep eating healthy things and we’ll all drink our water.

Lin
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Exercise endorphins are an amazing thing!!! I FINALLY got my butt out of bed this am and bikes 10 miles...it has been a long week of busted plans and excuses..and we are going out of town this weekend and will no doubt NOT be eating the new normal...this too is part of the journey and have to figure out how it fits in (I know, I know planning) ...have I said that is notmy strong suit? LOL!

So just an update on my mother aka "the inspector"....:happy: I called her tonight to tell her I was not going to be in town for Saturday lunch and she wanted to know if I got the garden weeded...do I REALLY have to remind her I am 50 not 8???!!! LOL! Oh well..she is 79 with emphysema so I have to be thankful for all the inspections I get...but really!!!

I finally heard from ds. (10 days) ..all is well...relatively speaking...he is complaining about his schedule, so I guess all is relatively normal in his world...although did detect the first bit of homesickness in him since boot camp..so hard to know what to say to him without making him feel bad, but I do this like most of my parenting and follow my gut and fly by the seat of my pants.:noway:

Have a good night all. Hugs and prayers for all with challenges..keep logging and drinking that water..feel the high five coming your way!

Jen