WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Happy tues to all.
Still under the weather.Haven`t done much ex per the dr.
Robin,sorry about your dd.It`s hard to see them hurt even when they are older.
Donna,keeping your hubby in my prayers.
Everyone else,hope your day is great.
HUGS
jane

Finally, five minutes of peace and quiet so I can catch up on all the great posts here! Only thing new to report is that I finally had a good report from a doc. My brain MRI showed no new bleeding at all so I got the all clear! Just have to keep getting MRI's every two years but he doesn't expect any changes and even gave me the go ahead if I ever decide to get a knee replacement. Now to check in with some of you!

Donna - Congrats on hitting your goal and I probably would have celebrated with PB & J too! :laugh: I will certainly keep your husband in my prayers!

Kate - How thoughtful of you to offer your home to your cousin's wife! I will keep them in my prayers as well!

Linda - Thanks for the link. I haven't read the article yet but I will later today!

Stardancer - I too loved what you said about having a child! It's so true! Even though my son is physically 8 hrs. away, my heart is always with him!

Well, unfortunately my quiet time is up, DH is coming home from work and is going to show me where to go for my Citizens Police Academy Class that I start tomorrow.

Even if I didn't get a chance to respond to more of you individually, I did read your posts and wish you all the best!

:flowerforyou: Kathy

Just marking my spot. I read all the posts and would love to reply to all, but schoolwork is keeping me very busy. You would think that after all these years I could get a routine going that would leave me more time to relax, ect. :grumble:

Hi my lovely friends. Another clinical day here. I probably will go over today, but it was all pretty good food and guess what? No clinical headache. Interesting. I had an egg for breakfast (actually a bigger breakfast than usual), string cheese for break, and a turkey and cheese sandwich for lunch. No headache, not starving….pretty good I’d say. Didn’t walk as much today as we were not as busy.

Well guess what other surprise I have? DH turned all our tax **** into the CPA this morning. Hooray, hooray.:drinker: Can’t believe we are finally done. Next year my goal is to get done on time LOL. I don’t know, we may give the poor guy a heart attack! :laugh:

Janie: I too love to read about what is going on in everyone else’s life and how they manage their challenges. I think there is a lot of wisdom here.

Lin: how old is dad? What was he like prior to his hip replacement. It does sound like he is not where he should be. The infection is worrisome, but should be covered by the flagyl I think you said he was on. Could there be another infection somewhere else? The pressure ulcers are a problem…poor nutrition will keep them from healing, but pressure ulcers should not occur. Even with positioning devices, he needs to be turned MINIMUM every 2 hours. If you are in the US, medicare will not pay for the treatment of pressure ulcers that develop in a facility. The facility has to eat the cost of that. I would look into the turning and see if he can get a special mattress that helps with pressure. Also is it possible he had a stroke? Has he been evaluated for that? I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you and him. Email me if you like.

Polly: so glad your Mohs surgery was a success! I’m with you and storing things!

Jen: thanks for your thoughts! So glad you got some kind of word!

DeeDee: hope you woke up headache-free!

Gail: congrats on the loss! :flowerforyou:

Liz: great NSV for the smaller pants! :flowerforyou:

Lila: wow that‘s a lot of work outside! Good for you. The old man as we call him still eats hard food; he vomits on soft food. He’s always been that way; don’t know why. He never seems to have problems chewing, which is part of why we were so surprised when we found the missing tooth!

Robin: Oh I am so sorry to hear about your daughter’s problems. :brokenheart: How did the scumbag get away with so much??? Poor thing, what will she do now? :flowerforyou:

Barbie: wow 70 pounds gone??? That’s is so impressive! I am proud of your accomplishment :happy:

Michele: orange oatmeal cookies? That would be an instant favorite here….will you share the recipe? I love the music turned up loud at my step class, in fact (when I used to go!) it annoyed some of the other ladies, so I never had it as loud as I wanted. I get totally engrossed in it.

Nancy: great job with your girls! They will remember all you did for them. You should have seen the look on DH’s face when I said we were supposed to clean the smoke detectors. He dutifully got out the ladder and a rag and when he climbed up the ladder I shrieked (in jest of course) “NO don’t clean them! What is the matter with you?” :bigsmile: He was totally confused until I explained that if they kept going off we could be invaded by the cute firefighters and I could follow them around! :bigsmile:

Barbara: when is your surgery? I’m glad you get to take plenty of time off! :flowerforyou:

Viv: you are right; start a new day. I love the pic of you and 2 wine glasses!

Amanda: glad to hear you actually had fun at the hen party. I would have felt badly for you if you had hated it!

Sally: it’s so wonderful that you have such a great relationship with your goddaughters. They will have such fond memories of your times together.

JB: your homemade salsa sounds great. Congrats on the loss, the rest will come too.

Kathy: good for you on your loss too!

Tigress: I’m thinking of buying a lint roller for my office. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your A1C. With all your changes, you should see that number move a batch

Donna; congrats on meeting your goals. Maintenance is truly a lifestyle. And you do deserve it!

Laura: what hours does hubby work now? Let’s hope the salmon works its magic!

Stardancer: that was me who asked about your itinerary. That’s a beautiful part of the country. Good for you on your loss too! It’s not always about the scale.

Kate: oh my sorry to hear about your emergency. So kind of you to open your home. Please keep us informed

Linda: great article, thanks for sharing. Well now you and the article have suggested I am not being consistent enough so I guess I have to listen now! However, I do secretly wish I had a thyroid problem LOL :laugh:

Well I’m off to do my elliptical for 20 minutes. Since it wasn’t as busy at work, I’ll only log 1 hour of walking and a slower pace. Take care everyone. Wish me luck too….DD #1 is cooking again tonight but this time hubby is by her side. Ugh oh….that may not be good! Meg
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Good evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Gail yay for the salmon!!!!

Liz hooray, next size down in pants!!!

Lila washing windows, roofing :noway: , I'm impressed! I love "expiring calories":laugh: .

Robin sorry for the pain your daughter is enduring right now:sad: :brokenheart: , and you too, sending good wishes to you both!

Barbie I think once I get to my desired weight I'll keep out one of my larger pictures, just to motivate me to continue on.

Michele I love your saying, Vince would decorate the dog house:laugh: ! Sometimes I decorate the dog, she has a witches hat and reindeer antlers, she doesn't really like it, but she's so cute:laugh: , she also has a rain coat but I can't get her to wear it.

Nancy 3 pairs of new high heels, woo hoo!!!! Good for younger getting those girls to run!

Barbara hope your surgery goes well!!! I love reading your posts, you and Meg make me giggle:bigsmile: .

Viv I love Indian food!!!! Tandoori steak or chicken is my fav.

Amanda sounds like you had a great weekend!!!! Partying till 2:00am:noway: , I remember those days, so long long ago

Sally your day with your niece sounds lovely.

Jb yay for the 1/2 lb. down!!! Snack on the fly:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , ICK.

Kathy yay for the 1 1/2 lb. down!!!!

Tigress hope you enjoy the Zumba class! Hope you A1C is lower too!

Donna hi, welcome back!!! Congrats, congrats, congrats on getting to you goal:flowerforyou: !!!! Saying a prayer for you and your hubby!

Laura80111 what kind of salmon do you get? I usually just go by and get a fresh filet, however I would love to have some in the freezer, for those times I really don't want to go out, but really want the scale to move down the next day .

Stardancer yay for an inch gone!!!! Hope no one gets sick from the beef, that's scary!!!

Kate Hope the cousin is doing better, and how wonderful of you to offer your home to his wife, I'm sure a home cooked meal and some hugs would do her a world of good!!!

Linda going to check out that website tonight, I'm fighting that dreaded up one, down one, up one, down one again, it's quite annoying!!! Thanks!!!

Mwheatcraft I love Indian food, will have to check that one out!!!

JaneMartin feel better soon:flowerforyou: .

Today has been a fun day, I got into my Halloween decorations, I have 3 Halloween trees, black candelabras with black candles, lots of ghosts, spiders, eyeballs, skulls etc. etc. I rename my spices, parsley is fairy leaves, capers are troll eyes, and hearts of palm (that one is perfect as is). It will probably take me 3 days to get everything set up, I'm like a kid though, I'm having so much fun!!!! However my house is cluttered now, most of the decorations are still setting in the great room, or on the kitchen counters. I got some exercise in today by going up and down the stairs many many times, I can already feel it in my legs and hips. I didn't get my walk in outside this morning though, it's been rainy and stormy all day, Noel and I have timed it just right and gone outside between showers, except for first thing this morning and it was pouring, she took the time to give me a nasty look before she got on with her business:laugh: . However the dog loves the hair dryer, so she pranced around while I dried her off.
I need to go check on dinner, I'm making carrot soup tonight, and it smells wonderful!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful night!!!! Until tomorrow....

Hugs,
DeeDee

Ok Ladies I have been on hold to talk to the IRS now for 42 mins, so I decided to take advantage of this time and chat with you! I go back to the last post I made and move forward. I started on page 5 and only got to page 7 until my word document was full!
So, some of my replies may be a little late, but I will finish the other pages after the gym tonight!:noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh:

Viv- Oh the tricks of the scale, Sure plays a mental mind trip! Some weeks I don’t get on that mental mind trip. I can feel the difference in my clothes and my body! Hope you are doing well! The positive vibe I get vs the mind game with the scale is good to keep me going on and on like the energizer bunny!

Liz- glad that you have an honest mechanic! They are a dime a dozen these days. It’s nice to go out when we are in a pinch and feel ok about what we are eating, just need to know the calories! Good for you! I am looking forward to the day that I can buy regular size clothing also! :drinker: :drinker:

Mwheatcraft- so if you won’t loll around on the couch, I will do it for you! Today is my one day off and I fill like a “lump”. My daughter doesn’t want to go to the gym and I would just rather take a nap! Good for you on your goals of shopping and cleaning! :laugh: :laugh:

Tigress, thanks for the info about defrosting the freezer. I need to clean the freezer and the fridge part. We have 2 huge white coolers. I think they will hold everything! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Teri, hope you did well at your GS birthday party. Let us know how you did! :happy: :happy:

Tigress and Meg, I have you beat on the animal fur. We have 3 dogs and 2 cats. I will in the fur ball capital of California! Your turkey dinner sounded yummy! I hope it was good! :ohwell: :ohwell:

Anjoneill- welcome and thanks for sharing your story. I have been in those binge shoes before and at time still struggle in want to eat or binge on some comfort food to make me think I feel better. I am glad that you have a healthy out look now and can look back on where you came from. For me binging goes back to my childhood, growing up in a family with 6 kids. If you didn’t get in there and get some food, you would not get any, especially the “treats” Habits like these can be hard to change, but they can be changed one day, one step at a time! Congrats to you! :drinker: :drinker:

Eileen, too funny I think we both live in San Diego! Padres and Chargers. My girls love the Green Bay Packers. I think it has to do with how successful they have been and the boys are pretty cute! Glad that you were able to talk with DS. I am praying that all our military stay safe, during these times of middle east unrest.

Polly, you are so lucky to have such a great DH. Glad that OLD RED is still working like a charm. Tell your trainer to slow it down. These young people don’t know what it means to be older and be hurting. We can’t spring back like we used to when we were younger. I hope you are feeling better! :bigsmile:

Michele- when I see the beautiful picture of your pool and the bluish water,it makes me thirsty! Looks like you have a big back yard! I cant wait to see the finished pictures!

Rjadams- Wow the dog run and the dog house are simply amazing! Thank you for sharing the picture with us! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Jen, Have you heard from Mark yet. :flowerforyou:

DeeDee, I have never eaten parsnips either. I was reading the posts on here and they sounded kinda good.

Lin, please tell me that you are joking about being “59” and still having hot flashes! That is a nightmare! Congrats on the weight loss! I am praying for your Dad. I see that Meg spoke to you medically about your Dad. I hope he is doing better!:huh:

AuntieBk thanks for the info on the parsnips. I will have to give them a try. That is great that you can dance for that long! You go girl!
What does Barbara, What does AHMOD MEAN? :huh: :huh:

Stardancer, it is fun shopping with my teenage girls also. They know what they want and just go into the store to get it! Hope you have a nice trip to the states. Let me know what plus size store you find that is cheap! The store that is down here is Lane Bryant. Way too expensive. Wal Mart has cheap, plus size clothes and they are usually cheaply made, but I don’t really care. How many stretchy pants can I have when you’re a “plus size” Lol :laugh: :laugh:

Kate, congrats on your weight loss. How did it go with your Doctor! I bet he/she was happy for you! :drinker: :drinker:

Kackie, hope all goes well with your company. We will be here for you when you get back! :flowerforyou:

Sally- hope you are having a good week! :flowerforyou:

JB your camping trip sounds like so much fun1 Good for you for being aware that maybe you were getting too comfortable and decided to kick up the exercise! :drinker: :drinker:

Nancy, I am so glad that you had a nice party for your Dad and you. Sounds like your family gathering was really nice. Plus you got some heels! WOOT,WOOT! :drinker: :drinker:

Kathy, hope your knees and feet are feeling better! I still need to try out those chair exercises! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Cindy, glad that you are back home. Seems like you had a good time with your DS. Its funny how food seems to taste so much better in our minds. Good job with the one bite on the honeybun! :happy: :happy:

Wessecg- too funny about your super fat clothes and just fat clothes. Happy for you that you can throw away the super fat clothes! Congrats!!

BirdieM thanks for your positive words! I really needed to read that today. Congrats on your keeping off the weight, as this is the hardest part! :drinker: :drinker:

Laura80111- your trip counting the deer sounds so peaceful. It should be helpful that your husband is eating low carb. So, that attack bug got you too! We all get that from time to time. Glad you are back on track! :drinker: :drinker:

Lentigogirl- Do you best to feed yourself nutritionally this week! :flowerforyou:

Janie –it is so true about the water. If I think I want to eat more I have to drink water first! It does work at quenching those cravings, if we let it!

Gail ,glad the salmon is working for you. I will have to buy some more this week! Yum :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Lila, brain swelling to hormones, an excuse for everything, when not feeling well or cranky ! Lol :laugh: :laugh:

More , later, welcome to all the new ladies! Linda :drinker: :drinker:

I know how you feel, I just went into menopaus at the age od 56 1/2years.

Linda - are you still on hold with the IRS????

Lin

I just had my first binge!!!! The snackwell cookies were sitting next to me and I ate 3 extra ones after already eating 3!!! That was my first time eating unplanned food in 40 days. I don't want to give in like that. I know from past experience that it gets easier and easier to "have extra" once you start doing it. I wasn't hungry, I just sat there and mindlessly ate them.

Ok, I've confessed my sins, I'm going to go say my Hail Mary's now.

Hello ladies!

Kate - you made 200! Good job! that wall is coming down! (and someday I will join you in the 20 pound celebration )

Wesscrg - I loved your clothes categories - superfat, fat, normal and skinny:laugh: And you are going down the category - good work! ( You must be one organized lady!!)

Lila - what a full Sunday you had.- you accompished SO much. It makes me feel just a litttle bit lazy:blushing:

Robin - I understand your hurt for your daughter. Once a mom, always a mom, and they are always our babies, especially when they are hurting. Their pain is hard on us too.

Barbie - those old photos can be an inspiration both ways, can't they? It is either "Who is that thin woman with my children?" or "Was I ever really that big? and how did I let it happen?" I am going to have to check out your book recommendations - sounds interesting.

Nancy - Good job on the runs with your students. You are doing so much for their self esteem and are being a good example of lifestyle activity. You have no idea what impact that may have on one of these young women. Thanks for investing the time and energy.

Donna - it is an inspiration to see you achieve your goals. Thanks for the encouragement! It is interesting how the eating and activity habits become the new normal. Here is to the new you, and us!:flowerforyou:

Stardancer7 - Good work on the lost inches. the changes don't always show up in the pounds!

Kate - love your 'open house' policy. I am sure she will appreciate the offer and you will be blessed as well.

I made it too the aquacise class yesterday, in spite of the construction detour that almost convinced me to go home to my relaxing cup of coffee. Today was a tight schedule but managed to get the bike out for 20 minutes and enjoy some of the warm sunshine. I took family dinner to my daughters today, but toted along some baked fish in order to avoid the ham/sausage and schwartzy potatoes....success!!

Have a great evening all! g

Happy Tuesday evening all you inspirational ladies. This will be a short post as it’s the start of book club again so tonight we go out for Chinese and set the book list. Not only that, but I had a shared birthday lunch with friends so had a roast chicken croissant. Thought I was doing good there but unfortunately the croissant was a killer. Someone on here said it’s a learning experience. …

Robin, the BF will disappear and be replaced with something better. If we could fix all our children’s woes, they would learn nothing. Look back and remember and pretty much your best learning experiences were sometimes painful. Still makes you want to go kiss their boo boos though……

Barbie – parsnips, yuck yuck, cannot abide the horrid little rotten carroty tasting things.

Michele – I can just imagine Robin’s doghouse all decorated for the holidays. What is bunco?

Barbara – just rock that “pirate scar” and I really don’t think you will have a permanent sneer. Thank God that the surgeons are so talented. No, CAO stands for Chief Administrative Officer, we call our accountants CFOs (and I’m that as well – I should be called GD for General Dogsbody cause I get to do all sorts of strange stuff).

Kathy – YAY to breaking 20.

Nancy – I will definitely take you up on the restaurant list. I did stay at the Manteo and had a wonderful dinner at the Wild Apple. I understand there is a great vegetarian restaurant somewhere along Pandosey but haven’t seen it yet.

Donna CONGRATULATIONS on reaching your goal. And your post made me feel I can do this too. Especially the exercise part as I’m having problems with the formal exercise idea. Prayers for your husband.

StarDancer7 – where abouts are you located? Northern Ontario? Manitoba? Love the heart quote, it’s so true.

Jane – glad you’re back, sorry you are still under the weather.

Kathy – great on the good doctor’s report. Citizens’ Police Academy class sounds interesting…..

Back from the book club, I had a great Chinese meal, spicy squid, squid and mushrooms, beef and green beans and a very little fried rice – it all tasted so good and I’m sure was full of sodium. More water tonight I guess. Well, I have my next 10 books to read and looking forward to getting them all. We do one night a month and whoever’s book it is leads the discussion and has to provide the snacks. I guess I will have to find something healthy to take along because I know all the club girls will bring wonderful baking that I will have to resist. ARGHHHH

Off to bed early tonight, nothing on TV and I’m tired and looking forward to reading, right after I give the dogs their final walk of the night.
Pleasant dreams ladies.

Lila
PS this didn't turn out to be a very short post did it?

:ohwell: Just a very very quick one, I need to pop to the vets before work this morning to collect our old cat's thyroid meds. Also need to tell them that we are trying to get a urine sample from said cat, but he's not cooperating trying to get one is proving almost impossible, (we don't want to collect one of the kittens pee instead :bigsmile: :bigsmile: ) :ohwell: :ohwell: Don't want them thinking we don't care! Oh our poor little kitties have been mewing for their mummy we thought they couldn't mew for some reason, although little Maggie is now mewing when she's hungry, Logan can only manage a small squeak.

:frown: So much to do and I'm not really in the mood for a long walk to the vets before work, but it has to be done so I'd better put my best foot forward :laugh: :laugh:

:embarassed: Fell off the wagon again yesterday, don't know what happens to me I can't seem to get back on once I've fallen off. We had Kit Kats on our desks yesterday, I resisted for most of the morning but in the afternoon I had to have a look /bite as they were special ones and one had a lucky number in and I could have won some money :bigsmile: EXCUSES! then Elaine brought cakes in because she has just started back at work with us and I had a bit of a caramel slice another excuse ! I did do well in the fact that I cut the caramel slice into 4 pieces and only had two bits (one with my morning cuppa and one with my afternoon cuppa) but when I put everything into my food diary there were too may empty calories and not enough nutritional calories. Back to the drawing board.

Well must dash or I'll never get to work.

Take care everyone.

Meg- your house sounds like mine in the evenings! No one wants to make dinner. I try to make it before I go pick up girls from school and before I start work. Has not been working well lately. I also have the same problem with the litter box. I usually have to nag the girls until it gets done. At what age do they finally do the chores on their own!! Hope your dinner was good with DD#1 and your DH. Having a thyroid problem is really overrated! It would only be good if one was hyperthyroid! Lol :laugh: :laugh:

Robin- that must be so hard for you re; your daughter. I am scared about that too, but all we can do is teach them the best we can. Sometimes, they have to make their own mistakes to learn. I am praying that you will be comforted. :ohwell: :flowerforyou:

Barbie, Glad that your friend found a long term house sitter! I am going to have to get that book, Happier at home!!! Its shocking for me to see any pictures of myself being so huge! I guess not looking at myself is how I got to be so big! One would think that looking at these photos would be motivating to be more vigilant, but somehow it does the opposite! your before and after pictures are very motivating, thank you for sharing.:drinker: :drinker:

Michele, be careful eating cookie/brownie dough with raw eggs in the batter. If your eggs are infected with salmonella you will get vomiting/diarrhea etc. It is amazing that as kids we ate raw cookie dough all the time. I don’t remember anyone ever being sick.

Nancy, congrats on your fitness goal. I am so happy to hear that your girls are doing well. I am also glad that they have you as a positive healthy role model, Not too many healthy role models out there today for young girls these days. Sounds like you need a plan for Monday and Wednesday evenings. You need some fillers, maybe some raw veggies, or drinking hot tea, and no eating until you sit down for the meal? I don’t know you will have to find something that will be easy and work for you. You can do this, yes you can!! :drinker: :drinker:

Amanda, so glad that you had a fun time at the hen party. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall and watch all the shenanigans! Now, you can get back to your routine and just look forward to the wedding! I missed seeing your posts here on MFP. :laugh: :laugh:

Sally, so nice that you have a close relationship with your niece and God daughters. It is a blessing these days! :drinker:

JB –so how do you put up salsa? I know how to make salsa, but never thought about making it to save for later. How does it keep? Nothing better than home made salsa! Please, educate me!

Kathy, congrats on your weight loss. Thanks for reminding me about house cleaning. It really needs to be done, but it just kills my knees and hips! It does burn the calories though! :ohwell: :ohwell:

Yardtigress, - can you eat whole wheat pasta or other whole grains. There are lower on the glycemic index. Hope your A1C is where you want it to be!

DonnaB- congrats on making your goal weight and now loving your exercise. I am so happy for you! I will be praying for your DH that all goes well and he will have a speedy recovery. :drinker: :drinker:

Laura80111-congrats on your DH getting a job. It is so hard to find a job these day , so I hope all goes well with his job. I work during the evening, so the walks are out now with the family. We also used to take walks with all the dogs in the evening, but have had to change this with my work hours. I hope you find a nice exercise that you can do by yourself! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Stardancer7 –what you quoted about having children is so true, I still have mine at home, but the 15y/o is talking about driving and going to do stuff by herself. I told her I was going to have her implanted with a GPS tracking device! Lol- not because I don’t trust her, its just all the other harmful people in the world. Yes, my heart was just ripped out! :brokenheart:

Kate, so kind to offer the food and shelter! The world needs more people like you! :drinker:

Jane, hope you are feeling better soon! :flowerforyou:

Kathy, that is AWESOME news about your MRI! You must have been dancing on the clouds with the news! Good luck with your police academy class!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Carolyn, I know what you mean about being able to share your nursing knowledge. The student was lucky to have you to share that info! I am going to have to look for more recipes on skinnytaste. I need to find picky kid friendly recipes! Happy to hear that your area was spared the tornado. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

DeeDee, your decorating sounds like so much fun. I did have some Halloween decorations when the girls were younger, but storage is the problem. Can’t have too many things to store in the “man garage”. Out here where I live in So Calif, we don’t ger many kids coming door to door. Must be some dog that likes a hair dryer! Lol :laugh: :laugh:


I am glad that some of you enjoyed the article on ‘reasons why your not losing weight” I enjoyed it too. :bigsmile:

I had my one day off and did not get a lot done. One daughter to an apt, the other one to school and then home to sit and talk to the IRS, Oh I mean be on hold for the IRS. After almost 3 years we might have a resolution here in the next 3 weeks. Pray that we get the refund we are due! It would be a nice end for all the stress, worry and frustration of the last 3 years. The house is a mess, laundry needs to be done. I choose to sit and read your notes, got my butt to the gym, even went alone and then went grocery shopping after picking my oldest daughter at school after her out of town volleyball game. Now it is 0100 and I have caught up on all the posts. :drinker: :drinker: :yawn: :yawn:

I must thank all of you for sharing your lives and making me stay on track and wanting to be better each day. It is time to go to bed and try and get a good nights sleep.

Praying for all of you or your family members that need comfort and strength!
May all of you lovely ladies have a healthy and good Wednesday caring for yourselves!

Hugs to all, Linda

Hello all, and welcome to Wonderful Wednesday! :happy:

Today’s the day my students perform a group jugging routine for the school – it’s part of a lesson about how our brains can be trained to improve reaction time & skills --- if we focus and if we practice. Fun, huh? We’ve been practicing since the first day of school and we don’t drop too many bean bags now. :happy:

Glenda, you are the queen of squeezing exercise into the corners of your day :drinker: aquacise and biking too. Well done.

Old photos! The picture on my Rec Centre pass shows me at my heaviest. If I ever need inspiration I just have to look at that and think about Barbie and Amanda's transformations.

Michele, I am going to make the orange-oatmeal cookies for the playgrounds leaders group at school (and I will share with J’boy too ) they sound tasty and they are healthy too, as cookies go.

Barbie, I love the fact that you have a TV remote in your hand in the before picture – there’s less of that now, I think!

Oh, Lila, Wild Apple was where we went for my Dad’s dinner the year before last, when it was just the four of us. That was amazing – the best mussels ever. What book did you pick for the club? I’m always looking for recommendations.

Barbara, your sitting room-library-fitness room sounds fantastic.

Wizzywig, I cannot imagine collecting a urine sample from a cat. No, not at all. :noway: Don’t beat yourself up about the “fall” off the wagon. Good for you, logging everything. You will get back on track because you know where it takes you and you like it there!

Kate! I hope you got a little sleep after your early wander in the garden. Can you count that on your exercise plan for today? :laugh: Good to hear your cousin is on the recovery side.

Meg & Linda - my girl (now 25) never did the chores on her own. At some point she started doing her own chores, but she seldom pitched in to help on a family level. She’s kind of an exceptional thing, though, and I had to pick my battles. Forcing her to load the dishwasher was low on my list. Trying to be sure she didn’t smoke anything but cigarettes, stayed away from hard drugs and didn’t drive after drinking was more important, and being on speaking terms was most important of all. If it were possible to implant a GPS I would have,:ohwell: instead I got her a phone and every night I’d say “Call me if there’s trouble” and she’d say “With my dying breath!” :laugh: :sad: She's OK now.

I like the raw veggies while preparing dinner on Mon/Wed idea. Today I’ll pull a pile of sweet peppers (they need to be eaten) out of the fridge and snack on them while I am prepping the tuna for the grill.

Linda, one of my operating principles is “Life is More Important than Laundry”. So good for you, going to the gym instead.

Liz, you can go to the donut shop and not eat anything, ARR me hearty, yess you can! :flowerforyou: (I would insert a pirate picture here if I knew how!)

After school to the gym to practice all the new things Tia taught me yesterday. I've said it, now I have to do it :explode:

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

September goals:
No bedtime snacks, no second helpings!
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination!
24 hours of exercise in the month. Total to date: 13.6 hours
Be a role model of healthy living for my students.