WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2012

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
:flowerforyou:

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

Well, I kind of over-ate today for the first time. We had a barbeque built in our backyard and so had company over to try it out. But I'll be back to paying attention tomorrow.

Everyone sounds so busy. I usually am too, but today I took a break to have company. And I also have developed a cough and little cold. I need to get rid of it before school starts next week.

Djhobbs, my son called today too! He's bored and I think that's great since not bored would mean a lot of activity in Afghanistan. I haven't spoken to him in two weeks or so. The communication center on his base does not work well. I sent him ice pops but he said their freezer doesn't work well so he has kind of a slushy once in awhile. It was really good to hear from him.

I need to walk a little. I'm not up to my 10,000 steps yet.

Have a good evening.

Eileen

Dixie,sorry about your husband.
Had a rough day,filing fell out on my molar and couldn`t get hold of dentist.Saw a dentist and tooth cant` be saved,have to have it pulled.OUCH!!
Have a good night!!
hugs
jane

Warm welcome to everyone who is new

Lila - Vince was just saying about how he's been sleeping so well this week. I would be willing to bet that it has to do with the fact that he's getting up early, he's outside most of the day with the pool builders. Good for you exercising!

Well, the guys doing the pool were here today. They dug out for the footers for the raised section where the spa will be, then the concrete truck came. I went and took some things to the food pantry. One gal left some things here after bunco Tues, she asked me to keep it so I told her that I'd donate it to the food pantry. She didn't have any problem with that at all. They don't serve on Fridays and I really wanted to get it out of my refrigerator, so I took it there this morning. I was getting such a sinus headache that I took a Sudafed then laid down and even went to sleep. I still have somewhat of a headache, but nowhere as bad. They won't be here for the next 3 days. If they had been able to pour the concrete yesterday, they'd have been back Friday. They do like to let it set up for at least 24 hours. Of course, the weekend comes up so the guy who does that will be here Monday. The guys vacuumed out the pool today, they put a lot of salt in it, so tomorrow I should be able to go in it. Yes, there won't be any decking and the spa won't be in. But I'm not about to let THAT stop me.....lol As long as all the chemical readings are OK, then in the pool I will be! They brought the samples of the tiles today. Now I have to pick it out! That'll be a job.

Did an hour of Jari Love Slim and Chiseled DVD today. Tomorrow I'll do a Jillian Michaels Burn Fat Boost Metabolism DVD. I'm planning to do some food shopping (for the things on sale) and then stop at this one daycare. I didn't know it, but they feed babies. See, I use empty babyfood jars for my hot grease. Baby food jars won't shatter, I think it has something to do with the way the food is jarred. Anyway, my "baby" is 28. I was getting them at this one daycare near me, but a teacher there needed them for a project so there goes my supply! On a whim I stopped at this place, I had no idea what it would be like. They do feed infants jarred food! So they said they'd save some jars for me. I'll probably want some more before the holidays, that's when I usually need a lot. I like the fact that babyfood jars aren't big, when they get full, I just throw them away. Not being big means that I'm not keeping the jar for very long.

Originally, this one gal was going to have mahjongg at her house which is near this food store and daycare. But now it's being held at someone else's house. Honestly, I don't want to drive all the way up to her place, I try to combine trips with the price of gas and all. There's NOTHING around her house except other homes. At least I'm near the mall and lots of other stores.

bigpal - so sorry to hear about your husband. I'll keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

Lin - please give Dixie my deepest sympathies.

DeeDee - you're so right, when one of us hurts we all hurt.

I had to buy some rice vinegar for a recipe I made. I'd never had it but decided I'd start using it up and put some on my salad. I must say....it's gooooooddddd. Lately I've been making a pretty big salad for myself, okra, tomatoes, today I had some cukes.

Tonight I gave Vince a purple potato. He thought there was something wrong with the potato, he was expecting it to be white! But he did eat it. Maybe he'll expand the things he'll eat, one can hope, huh?

howardmelinda - great on reaching your goal weight! How were you able to determine what your goal weight should be?

Meg - what a big heart you have to take those kids in! I'm sure it's not that their unappreciative, but they probably can't express themselves. Maybe something in their past makes them feel that they don't have to apologize. Maybe they didn't have to take care of things when they were in the orphanage and that feeling still sticks with them. But I know how frustrating it must be!

Jane - so sorry the filling fell out of your molar. I need to get one of my wisdom teeth extracted. Since I'm on the reclast and usually get my infusion in Feb, the dentist wants to hold off as long as possible to get as much of the Reclast out of my system. Since it's not an emergency, they'll do it in early November.

Hope everyone has a great evening.
Michele

Good morning ladies. YAY it’s Friday! :bigsmile: This has been one long week and it’s really not done yet because we have a mandatory conference to attend tomorrow. We are making some curriculum changes and brought in some experts on what we want to do, and of course they could only come on the weekend! Oh well. I’m leaving early today.

Today’s the last day of the summer biggest loser competition here at work. We start right away with the fall contest, in which we will be paired up with someone (“accountability buddy”). Your combined weight loss is what is counted. Should be interesting. I have a good friend here and we are going to buddy up. She lost about 30 pounds over the summer. I’m waiting to the coordinator to come in so I can go get weighed and then eat my breakfast! I brought yogurt and the Anne’s House almond granola energy blend. That stuff is fabulous.

Carolyn: can I deep-freeze the kids til that frontal lobe develops? LOL :laugh:

Lin: I have really cut down on red meat but don’t want to totally cut it out. We only have it one time a week. I’ll be interested in my “numbers” next week at our employee health screen. DH went last week and his numbers were worse. We eat fish twice a week and vegetarian twice a week (poultry the other 2) so I’m hoping for good results.

Jen: We will always be our mother’s little girls! At least that’s what I keep telling mine. Glad DS is doing well. When does he get to come home?

DeeDee: OMG I sure hope you are feeling better soon. This site is a little weird in their editing policies! :laugh:

Eileen: glad your son is doing well also. How long will he be deployed?

Janehadji: I’ll raise a glass to toast you tonight because we are having poached salmon! And I’m drinking the rest of the bottle LOL. That’s funny about your son and the “green card” wife! :drinker:

Jane: Ouch! Sorry to hear about the tooth! :flowerforyou:

Barbie: OMG You and the dancing cat are the CUTEST thing EVER! How do you do that? That made me laugh out loud!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Lila: Safety pins and light weight cardigans??? LOL I am wearing safety-pin pants right now!!!

Michele; you sound like you have such a fun life! I’ve never eaten a purple potato; do they taste different? I don’t eat too many potatoes, not because of dietary reasons, but I really don’t like them too much. Once in a while (a GREAT while) we will have potato-something, but it’s pretty uncommon. Good thing about my taste….I don’t like French fries either! They have to be nearly burned and crispy critters before I’ll eat them.

Well I’m going to try to get something done so I can leave early. I’ll update you on the weigh in. Thanks to everyone for their kind and understanding words! Take care , Meg :happy: