WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2013

I've never posted on this site before, but have been a part of MFP for a long time. I need to get back at logging and being accountable. I was doing so well last year and now I have gained 8lbs of the 20 something I had lost. Not fun to go to your profile and change the weight to add pounds! So.....starting again with my goals:

Log-log-log! Everything I put in my mouth, even if it's not healthy for me
Exercise at least 4 times a week
Drink 8 glasses of water a day
Strength training 2 times a week
Don't be such a "couch potato"
Plan my meals!
More playtime with my grandbabies!!!

I love MFP and all the much needed support! Have a great June to all my Pals!!!

Hi!
Goals for June:

Get in regular habit of daily recording diet and exercising so becomes my norm (recent member)

Enjoy best of traveling location (food and sites) without losing long term focus on health

More fluids!

bump! I missed the link and the pages of your lives, but still think you are the best vitamin on the market!
BJ

Well, I'm STILL exhausted from my bike ride this morning! I'm torn about whether I should continue. I burned more calories doing the walking/jogging thing and I enjoyed it a LOT more ... but if this is so hard, it means different muscles are being used and that's probably better for me. It wouldn't be so hard if the land was flat here but there are just so many hills! :sad: :sad: :sad: I guess I'll just alternate days.

Heather – I haven’t heard anything (except from you) about problems with the rivers! I wonder why that is? I love skinnytaste.com!

Grandmallie - I have what has been referred to (somewhere online) as a baby’s bottom on my stomach. And I HATE it! Just looks disgusting! If you figure anything out let me know!

Tigress – maybe they are trying to catch mice or rabbits in your garden!

Tere – WOW! 3 grandkids keep me busy I don’t know how you do it! :noway:

Jb – I wished I could have been there to see you do that! LOL :bigsmile:

Lucy – That is HORRIBLE!!! Just horrible! God WILL get them.

Donna – Welcome back! :flowerforyou:

Yanniejannie - I LOVE antiques!! But I’ve never paid for something and then had it not show up for over a year! Here in Europe, you don’t pay until they deliver it and then its cash only … at least the place we use. I hope everything turns out right! Can you post a picture of it once you have it? (so I can drool?) The birds really didn’t give me a choice. :mad:

Katla – It was taken at an inlet about 10 minutes from our house here in Norway.

Sam – Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Lorrain – Nice jewelry! AND you make all the other things too. WOW! I’ve just started learning how to crochet. One of the women from Cruise Critic was showing me how on our last cruise. I’m a very basic beginner! Congrats on the losing your first 10 pounds! :flowerforyou:

Elaine – Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Debbie – Hooray for cleaning out closets! I HATE doing that but love all the space afterwards. I’m sure you’ll be buying that new top soon!

phoo513 – I’m too old to take tests! That would be pure evil! :sad:

Dorothy – Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Pawbabies – Welcome! :flowerforyou:

mi2ak2co – I like your goal about enjoying best of traveling location without losing long term focus on health. I think that should be one of mine! We travel SOOOOO much and I want to taste everything! I really need to do MUCH better with that!

Connie – my mom use to have Iris in her garden. I thought they were beautiful! Are they hard to take care of?

Joy (An American living the good life in Stavanger, Norway)

Hi ladies. This will be short; I am tired and cranky after visiting dad at the nursing home. I'm afraid I had a little snit fit over his appointment with the orthopedic doctor and xrays tomorrow. That appointment was made a week ago and yet today, at 3:15, I get told by the van driver that I have to be there tomorrow at 7 a.m. because someone has to sign papers for him. WHAT!!!!! I kind of lost it.

I told the van driver "I was standing right next to you when you made that appointment over 1 week ago and you are just now telling me this???? No I am not able to go. Figure out a way for me to get the papers signed while I am here for the next 30 minutes." So then he get's dad's nurse (Lane) and wants her to explain to me what papers I need to sign and why the hospital needs them. I'm afraid I wasn't very nice when I told him that I've been a nurse for over 33 years and understand what the paperwork is; I don't need anyone to explain it to me I need someone to figure out how to get them signed ahead of time. I also told him that had he told me a week ago I needed to be there, I could have rearranged my schedule but that it was ridiculous to ask me 14 hours ahead of time. I asked Lane to help facilitate these papers, so he could het his "frreaking' xray done. So I ended up apologizing to her (she's a sweet thing).

End of story...the charge nurse had the papers faxed to me, but then found out they could do the xrays there and send them to the doc and he will decide then if he really needs to see dad or not.

I am on the verge of tears....so pissed off. I am prepared for my dad to die sooner rather that later, after all he is 2 days shy of 89 and has been in poor health and debilitated for years. What I am not prepared for is for this injury to kill him. He is stuporous, won't wake up, and isn't getting out of bed. When he is awake he is totally delirious. I think he's over medicated for pain and they also sent urine to see if he has an infection.

OK rant over thanks for being here. I'm going for a walk. Take care, Meg, from beautiful (finally) Omaha

Wow! You guys are prolific. I've skimmed everything since my last visit, but no way can I reply to all.

Meg, I am so sorry you are going through so much craziness with your dad's nursing home.

This is the first day off I've had in a while. I went walking with DH then called the dermatologist to make an appointment to have a mole that had been bothering me removed from my arm. Turns out the PA had an appointment at 1:00 so I went into town, got that taken care of (all of 5 minutes, $45 please), then went shopping for some new capris since all of mine from last summer are too baggy. I also bought one of those long flowy bright tee shirt dresses but I may end up taking it back. I'm not sure I can pull off that look. Then I went to Fresh Market and stocked up on fresh veggies and fruit, fruit sorbet bars, skinny popcorn in individual bags and dried veggie chips - all designed to help me beat the dreaded after dinner candy. I had NONE for June 1, 2, and 3 but succumbed to temptation last night, hence the emergency trip to Fresh Market. I figure 3 out of 4 nights is not bad, but now I'm going to shoot for 5 out of 5.

Got in a good golf game today and got way over my 5000 steps. So far doing good with my June goals. Got up early to do my strength training before playing golf.

Meg – sorry to hear of your incident with the nursing home. The good thing is you know what’s going on and how to respond. My MIL was also over medicated so all she did was sleep. Finally DH had them take her off all meds until she could get some better medical care.

Waiting for DGK’s to arrive. They were suppose to leave at 4 and it’s almost 6 and they haven’t left. Dinner will be late!

Hope everyone is staying strong and doing well. I’ll BBT (Be back tomorrow). Oh, my picture is back. That is weird because last night it said no photo available.

Sue in TX
“If it is to be, it’s up to me”.

June resolutions:

-get at least 5000 steps EVERY day
-do weight routine 2 x a week (Have the book, the dumbbells and the ankle weights.) Now I’m ready
Focus on water. It’s hot and humid so I need more water.
Log and Post everyday.

Oh Meg I am so sorry for what you are going through. I am trying to think of the right words to say what I want to say. Hopefully it will come out some what right. I think part of what you are going through is your grieving of the loss of your Dad. Yes, the situation was quite inept and it should have been handled in a better way from the nursing home and I hope it became a learning experience for them at how to better handle it. But you have lost your Dad even though you still have have him there in person. he just isn't there as the person you remember and would like him to be. It's particularly hard around birthdays, Fathers Day, etc. Emotions are at the highest. Give him a hug for me. I wish i still had my dad to hug one more time although I know he is in a better place now.

Joyce

margaretturk, phoo513, terewilliams, nanmal, jolene, mightyold (what a great friend you have there), alakaa, Debbie,suzy in DE (congrats!), patceoh, kevrit (this IS a great place), keatsbeckos, Laurie, lvsglass, TheNewLorrain (of course your goal can be something not weight related), Mary, kathleen, Lynda, rcb, inthedistrict, MzScarlet, nancy (great walk), mimisam, Elaine, Dorothy in CA (congrats), pawbabies and anyone else that I may have missed- welcome

Well, yesterday was another hectic day. We're trying to get as much of the river rock down as possible before it gets too too hot. It did rain the night before, but we were able to get the rock down behind the pergola. The bad part is that now we're down to the (sort-of) bottom of the pile which means that there's more and more river dirt, so the last two cartfulls I had to unload by hand. Talk about time consuming! Came in, took a shower, made a quick dinner, then we had Mexican Train Dominoes. Before we went I wanted to stop at WalMart by there. The WalMart by me has these insulated tumblers, I'd like them in clear and I bought out all they had at the WM by me, so I went to that one, was able to get 4 more. Then went to Mexican Train. Had most of the veggies I brought (I really wanted to have something easy,). Did an hour of a step DVD.

Today (Wed) did 45 min of yoga and then an hour of the deep water class. Now we're off to senior bowling then we'll go to Lowe's Hardware. I called the lady who is fixing my dress, her son is a landscaper, to ask her if there's something he does with river rock so that you don't get all the river dirt. She said that he made this thing, basically it's a wood frame with a screen in it, he puts the rocks on it and the dirt falls. We're thinking of going to Lowe's to get this. We'll make it the height of the dumbcart so that I can put the rocks on the screen, the dirt will fall to the ground, then I can push the rocks into the dumpcart.

Yesterday did 1 hr of a step DVD. Tomorrow I'll do Jillian Michael's Killer Buns and Thighs DVD.

Heather - I find that if I do a yoga pose while in the water, I'm MUCH more flexible. I really like the shirataki noodles. Have you had them before? They are somewhat more "rubbery" than regular spaghetti, but it's a sensation that now I've grown accustomed to. One thing, the noodles come in very long pieces, I typically have to cut mine up some otherwise I'd get practically the whole thing in one forkful.

yanniejannie - yea for you -- 3-1/2 pounds from goal

Kathy - you know, lately there have been times when I've gotten just so tired. Out of the clear blue sky, it seems, I'm tired. Then today at bowling it occurred to me that maybe my being so tired has something to do with the foods that I'm eating. I admit, I've been worried about Bryan (it will never end, I know that. But it WOULD help some if at least I could talk to him), so I've been binging on refined carbs. Gotta get more veggies and fruits and less of the refined stuff.

Lynny - what a great goal, get to the burpees.

CoConnor - welcome back.

Connie - you CAN do it on the minitrampoline. You have such determination, I know that you'll get there.

grandmalle - so sorry you're having migraines. I've heard that ice cream is good. Honestly. The theory is that ice cream produces brain freeze. If you try this out, let us know the outcome, OK?

joy - the pic of you kyaking looks great

Lucy in DE - hope you're feeling better fast. Congrats on winning those tickets. Good for you not having that pizza!

jb - absolutely beautiful flowers, wish I could do that

jodios - there isn't any way you'll get me into a naked yoga class....lol No, I was mentioning that when Vince was in the hospital, I read three magazines and one of them had an article about naked yoga and I thought that was interesting. But there's no way I'd take it!!!

Meg - I think I'll always worry about ds. He was never this way before! Why the change?

Leigh-Ann from GA - congrats on getting to onderland

mightyold - that's just awesome about the sugar

nosoda - happy birthday to your daughter

TheNewLorraine - what kind of crafts do you do? What kind of show? Congrats on those 10lbs!

jb - I can just imagine you pushing that cart around the store...

Lucy in DE - that's terrible about your parish! What goes around comes around

texasgal - hope you feel better

Meg - take a deep breath

Better post this before I get too far behind.

Michele in NC

Thanks to all my Vit F ladies that commented, encouraged, and are praying for the situation with DH. I have been concentrating on the situation and have not checked back in and I am sorry that I couldn't do both.

Ladies, my call for help was posted on page 3. I scanned through page 10 and still found comments from at least a half dozen of you. I am so appreciative of your thoughts and prayers.

I hope I am not jumping the gun (so to speak), but DH told me when I was home for lunch today that the Young Woman would be on our property today to remove the remainder of her stuff and he would be done with her. (You see she had rented one of our rental properties and had fallen on bad times. She became very attached to DH as he was trying to help her get back on her feet). I believe I just saw her vehicle heading away from here. DH said we would block her number from his cell phone to discourage further interaction.

DH has not come back from the rental property as yet, so I am not sure exactly what went on. Time will tell if he really means to block the contact through the cell phone.

I am trusting that he will do as he promised.

Thanks again for all who are praying for the situation. Just because things are looking up doesn't mean that the prayers aren't needed for a while longer.

I don't know what I would have done without the relative annononimity (sp?) that this thread provides. I had no one close by me to turn to and I was stressed to the max.

Hoping for a better tomorrow,
All the best,

Mary C from TN

I made a terrible discovery tonight. Target sells these individual little 5.7 oz cartons of ice cream. I had made the decision to stay away from the boxes of frozen treats because I buy the box and then eat them all in one night.:sad: I don't think it's supposed to work that way:blushing: So I bought the two kinds they had. And ate both of them:huh: But the chocolate was my least favorite so I know some night DH and I can go to Target and get the two and have a nice snack that is better than Dairy Queen. But to get into Target I parked in the Coldstone Creamery parking lot, walked across the street and then through Targets parking lot! So I have walked close to 9000 steps today.

a good day,,walked for 75 minutes and am now going to do some squats and lifts with my kettle bell and hand weights, i'm trying to incorporate some weights into my week 2 or 3 times a week...today was our last day of school so i had lots of time ,,,tomorrow i'm off so will get another long walk in the morning,,,then many errands with my teenage daughters,,,
Friday i have a meeting for teaching summer school and summer school starts next Monday. We get out about an hour earlier than the regular school year, so my goal is to walk everyday for at least 60 minutes. Olive Garden was nice,,,my daughter really enjoyed her day,,,I am so enjoying read the posts,,,

sue,,,glad you got a good night sleep,,,it is so important to your health

joy,,,hope you enjoyed you bike ride

heather,,,i have been trying to incorporate kettlebells and hand weights into my day,,,hope you are doing well with the weights

the new lorrain,,,great goals,,,i like the no "can't" in the vocab

grandmallie...good way to start the day at the gym,,,and new smaller size clothes are fun

tere...new things are exciting and it is important to try them,,,i think it keeps life interesting too

jb in PNW,,i love the potato idea,,,i have lost 20 lbs and need to do another 30,,sometimes i feel i have really accomplished a lot and sometimes i get overwhelmed at what still lies ahead,,,but a ten pound sack of potatoes is pretty heavy,,,thanks

lucy...can't believe someone would sink so low,,hope they catch the thief .... prayers to your church

donna,,,good job on the spend,,,we really do need to work hard to prepare to retire

yanniejannie,,,nice idea on the cooler,,we were making another stop so i told the girls not to order too much because we wouldn't be able to take home leftovers,,,,(which we all like to do)

phoo513...good way to start the day,,,exercise and a clean house all in one

katla49...nice way to get a good walk in,,,and yes, we have to log everything that we eat,,,BLT...bites, licks,,and tastes

sam,,,i have heard good things about nrolfw,,hope you are seeing some good results

debbie in chicago...fun to buy new smaller size clothes

lorrain,,,good start ...keep going,,small steps really add up

nancylmrn ...great walk,,over 7 miles,,that is awesome

texasgal22,,,i actually have the laptop and an ipad from work,,,i could never remember either,,

dorothy in ca,,,great way to start with the 30 day shred,,i have read good things about nrolfw and hope you find success with it,,,i am trying to make sure i do some stretching ,,,yoga sounds interesting,,i haven't tried it but a friend of mine told me she went to a few classes

pawbabies,,,you do have to log it all,,,be honest,,,

mi2ak2co,,,good goals,,,fluids are important, especially when exercising more

connie,,a beautiful garden is such a joy,,,glad the grandkids are able to help out with the lawn,,,my dad was just here for dinner (he is over a few times a week) and i love he gets to spend the extra time with my teenage daughters,,,mom passed away two years ago ,,,

juanita,,,keep working at getting those steps in,,,great healthy exercise,,i am trying to walk at least 60 minutes a day

jmkmomm,,,nice june goals,,but i love the weight machine success,,that is great,,,and then the bike ride,,,awesome day

meg,,so sorry about your dad,,,it is so frustrating when you know they aren't getting the care they should,,,when mom had surgey a little less than three years ago,,my sister and i took turns for the week staying at the hospital,,,(mom had Alzheimers) and we just worried too much about her being there alone,,,and it would have been too difficult for dad to sleep in a chair in her room prayers to you and your family

kathy,,,water zumba,,that sounds fun, never heard of it before

drkatiebug...good goals 3 out of 4 isn't bad and 5 out of 5 is great

sue...great way to have fun and get in some good exercise,,i haven't golfed in so long

michele in nc...great exercising,,,what a role model,,,i'm thinking about yoga,,i really need to stretch more than i do,,,especially after walking

sheril57,,welcome back,,,good commitment

mary c frm tn...hope it worked out well with the renter...prayers to you

vicki57...so very sorry for your loss,,Sassy,,

barbie from nw washington,,,good walk with the dog,,and dance class,,you had a great day

jmkmomm...ice cream is so de--lish--- ,,be careful

hope all are doing well,,,and have a great night's sleep

alice in illinois

:flowerforyou: Started walking this week, two mornings so far, and a. Date for Friday. My dog is loving it, I'm sure she missed our walks even tho she's slowing down just like me! LOL. I also got into one pair of my summer capris that I couldn't get buttoned last week, good news for me, I hate shopping for bigger sizes. Keep up the good work everyone.
Joan from Ontario

Meg: I’m sorry you’re having such problems trying to care for your dad. It is so hard to see them weak and failing. :brokenheart: My dad was only 74 and wanted so much to live, but his heart wouldn’t handle the job, and no surgery was possible. I hope your dad fares better. The nursing home staff seems to need some training and organization so someone is responsible for communicating with the family regarding scheduled appointments. Sending you and your dad good wishes.:flowerforyou:

Dr. Katie: Such a shame you have to replace baggy clothes--not. :bigsmile: It is one of the best NSV’s around in my opinion. Congratulations!:flowerforyou:

Michele: I hope you’ll find a way to shield yourself enough to escape some of the constant worry and sadness regarding your son. My prayers are that he’ll grow up and treat you with the kindness and love you deserve, and I think that is entirely possible—eventually. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Mary C: I hope your worries come to a swift conclusion and things settle down to a happy home-life. You remain in my prayers.:flowerforyou:

Barbie: I love this quote, “we don’t have good memories….we have technology…..I write my responses in a word document as I read, then copy and paste onto the reply box.” True for me, too. Yay for technology! :bigsmile:


DH’s MS medicine arrived today. He took his first dose and had a good day. Several hours after taking the medicine he noticed some vision trouble focusing on his computer screen, but after a while that seemed to improve again. This is an expected side effect. We’re off on an adventure that I hope slows the progress of this disease and gives DH a better quality of life. This has been a long time coming.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon