WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

I was sure hoping that my fudge incident and weight gain after would be gone from the scales this week but I don't think it will be. My back and neck pain has side lined me from the Y . I have gradually lost but I fear my weigh in tomorrow will be up a little bit from last weeks. But you pay for what you do wrong.

I went to the Y today. My intent was not do a regular workout, only do cardio and take it easy. I was so glad 'my' bike was available since it has a bucket seat and not a bike seat. I wouldn't be able to ride the bucket seat. So I set the intensity on 2, I usually do 3 and very slowly rode while I watched HGTV. I guess I lost track of time since I enjoyed the show, Curb appeal the block, but I ended up going about 7.25 miles in just a little less than a mile. But I burned 200 calories. I called my husband and mayed sure my heating pad was turned on because I was needing it. So I used the heating pad and then went and layed down on m sleep number bed for a bit to relax the back a little more. I wasn't intending to rest or sleep, wasn't needing that, I just needed the comfort of the sleep number, my sleep number!

I have a freezer story from my youth. Since we were a poor preachers family our garden was very important to us. Often preachers are paid in meat, gardens, etc. So it was well filled and Mom and Dad did a lot of canning. But all of us kids were animal lovers and couldn't stand to see an animal suffering. We had a hummingbird try to fly though our window and it broke it's neck. We wrapped that poor bird up and it stayed in our freezer for many years. I also loved to see how animals worked so all the kids in the neighborhood kids would bring me dead animals and I would do autopsies on them. Well one day some brought me this big box turtle and it had been a long time since this big ol dude had moved even when we left it alone so I brought out my trusty 'tools of the trade' and cut him between the shells to seperate them. That really made him move.:noway: Dad told me that once I had started I had no choice but to continue. so he taught us hwot o make turtle soup that night. It was so hard to eat that:sad: But Mom helped me make sure the shell was really clean and he spent many years sitting on my shelf and was taken to show and tell by my brothers, Bible school. He was one of my prize possessions since no one else I knew had one. But I did autopsies on dogs, cats, mice even snakes. I loved my childhood.

Have a good day everyone, Joyce

Hi Ladies,

Haven't checked in for a few days. I fell off the wagon over weekend due to some pancakes that wouldn't stop calling my name! I'm not going to lie, they tasted fabulous! I didn't love the bloated feeling after, however. Back on track this week, including the gym.

Ryder did well over the weekend. He goes into that ''old dog coma sleep''. I keep checking to make sure I see him breathing. So hard to watch our beloved pets age...

Off to make a smoothie. I'm getting sick of my usual. Anyone have any yummy smoothie recipes?

Have a great week!

Critter Sue

Vicki . . . my daughter is a duct tape fanatic too! It’s amazing what she does with it, and we have also given her rolls of tape for Christmas.

Joyce . . . I had a box turtle as a pet when I was a kid – his name was Knoll. And I know he was a male because he tried to mate with anything he could. If you’ve never seen an erect turtle penis, let me tell you, it’s quite a sight! My father wouldn’t allow us to have any mammals as pets (perhaps because he couldn’t relate to warm-blooded animals) but one of my brothers had all kinds of reptiles and amphibians.
Congrats on the 7.25 miles!

Jb . . . oh my gosh, I can’t believe your garden – you do all that and work too? Amazing.

Grandmallie . . . “sort of tired tonight”? I can’t believe that you’re not exhausted every night, with all that you do.

Terewilliams . . . I’ve really been slacking in the exercise department myself. Congrats on not letting your birthday martinis derail you!

Sandy . . . good luck with the shopping. I don’t like dealing with stores and salespeople. I’ve really taken to buying my clothes on the internet. However, it’s certainly been hit or miss with shoes, and I’m not good about returning things that don’t fit. So even though I virtually never buy something if it’s not on sale, I probably don’t end up coming out ahead.

Liz, Meg, Pat, and all who are dealing with illness or family issues, my thoughts are with you.

(one of) my lockout stories: (This was many years ago, before cell phones or children - my children that is.) My husband and I were visiting family in Chicago and were staying at my sister-in-law’s. They had cats, and we were supposed to be careful about not letting them out of the apartment. I was alone in the apartment, and for some reason, opened the front door. One of the cats went running out, so I went after him. The door closed behind me and I was locked out. I was wearing some kind of pajamas (probably a long t-shirt), was barefoot, and had toast in the toaster oven (for some reason, I was terrified that the apartment was going to go up in flames). Oh, and it was winter and there was snow on the ground. The good news was, my MIL lived about 2 blocks away and Chicago has alleys. So I scurried down the alleyways in my t-shirt and bare feet to my MIL’s, who luckily had a set of keys, and I returned in her winter coat and a pair of slippers. The cat was still roaming the lobby of the building and the toast was merely burned.


Thanks again for your support and encouragement!!
Kate in Brooklyn

August goals (with update):
Couch to 5 K minimum of 3x/week. (Try to complete program.) Update: not doing well. Going to try again tomorrow.
Limit significant overeating/binging to 1 day/week maximum. Update: I’ve had a couple of bad days, but even those were nowhere near as bad as some of the days in July.
Start strength training. Update: nope. This might need to wait until I get back from vacation.
Make 3 phone calls. Update: made 1 phone call, substituted email for one (not the best way, but at least I made contact)
Post on this thread at least 2x/week, including a weekly update on my goals. Update: Not sure if I’ve posted 2x/week, but haven’t gone completely into “lurk” mode. This is my 1st update on goals.

I wrote most of this yesterday and thought I had posted it, but I don’t see it. Sorry if I’ve posted twice.
DeeDee–so glad your foot isn’t fractured; take care of yourself!!
Katla–planning commission; don’t think I could handle that!
Pat–what encouraging news for your son’s friend
Janemartin–keep up the good work; you’re definitely moving in the right direction
Vicki–prays for your friend
Michelle–hope things get done for your party
Cindy–can relate to having trouble staying on track over the weekend; I equate food with good times and crave it when depressed; basically, I can easily find any excuse to eat; hope you did have a bit less excitement in your day (hope you don’t forget the keys again!)
Grandmallie–I get tired just reading your posts
Yanniejannie–Oh no, not a flooded kitchen!
Suzy–glad someone has had good beach weather
Heather–sounds like you are having a wonderful time
Robin–sorry about the freezer, but so happy the new job is working out well
Joyce–your posts reveal a person with so much strength

The weekend was rather quiet until Sunday night when another thunderstorm popped up. During the storm there was a tremendous lightning strike/ thunder boom and we knew it was close. DS#2 thought that a transformer had been hit. He is a member of the community volunteer fire department and five minutes later the all call went out to respond to a house fire. He heads out the door and on the way to the fire department hears the address of the house and calls me to tell me the fire is next door! Lightning struck the neighbors’ house. They are all fine; it was a good thing they were home because the fire was put out very quickly with much less damage than if they had not been home!!!
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Now for today’s post:
Amanda–Glad you have Wi-Fi again
DeeDee–looking forward to hearing the Thanksgiving story
Joyce & Katla–when DS#1 was in high school he and a friend made their prom outfits from duct tape; they were quite heavy!!
JB–your garden produce sounds so yummy!!
Meg–Sorry to hear about DH’s favorite aunt

Swam this morning and walked the dog this evening. Also had my 6 month dental checkup–always glad when I’m told no further work is needed
Rhonda in SE TN

Tomorrow is dentist day and Thursday is chiropractor. Does it seem like the older you get the more medical appointments?

It's been a lovely summer so far where I live. Dry and warm. We could use more rain in fact, because fire danger is xtreme. I decided to take off 2 week vacation (staycation), and have just gone back to work. Sure enjoyed getting some things done around the house, and also got away for some day trips.

New grand baby is doing well, although she cries a lot. Nothing like our grandson, when he was in his first couple of months. He just turned 2 btw. He has learned to scream!! Here was a child who barely made a sound, and now he screams, just because he is 2?? Oh yeah right, he's 2. that explains it. :bigsmile:

Hope everyone is well. Thanks for the welcome back wishes. Not sure how much I'll be on the forum, but I'll try to keep up with reading the posts.

Rebel
Vancouver Island, BC

The FitBit emailed me to say I had walked 32.5 miles last week. That was an unexpected surprise!

Now, really, I AM going to bed!

Gail, metro ATL

Bumping to try & catch up tonight.

Good morning,
It feels strange to be back home without our little companion! He is such great company, we are still talking about him. Before we left DH did a game where he pretended DGS's Spiderman slippers were catching the farmer from the toy farm. DGS laughed so hard he nearly cried, having hysterics! I managed to capture some of it on video so it will be a lovely memory. As DGS said, "Too funny!"

When we got home I must have felt a bit empty because I had a little too much to drink. Feeling it this morning, but I managed to do my gymming and even some weights, but I think I'll leave the plank until later! Not good, but I will take the advice of all you, forgive myself and move on. Up a lb today, but it's mostly water, I'm sure.

Tomorrow morning my new friend is coming over for a yoga session and then DH's new cricket friend is coming for lunch. I haven't met him yet, but he says he eats everything so I will just make a roasted tomato and red pepper soup and serve bread and cold meat and cheese with salady bits. We are going out to buy a few things this pm so will also get something for them to take to the cricket for the evening. I can freeze some of the soup for DSIL next week when she arrives late on Tuesday night for a short stay. It's one of my favourites, made with lovely home made chicken stock.

Busy week next week as DGS will be here, staying on his own with us. He so loves DH and was so sad to see him go yesterday, that I think it will all go well. The only problem might be getting him to bed, but he is not normally a problem. We will take him back to the other grandparents Tuesday night before DSIL arrives. What a lucky little boy! I think the arrival of a baby sister is going to be a bit of a shock!

I will post a picture of him blowing bubbles in my profile. Behind him you can see the table where all the cutting and sticking goes on. My forte.

Love to all. Got to get off to the post office and collect a package that couldn't be delivered while we were away.
Heather, Hampshire UK

Cindy . . . I'm sure I didn't have a bra on. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take off my shoes and my bra. :happy:

Joyce: Your autopsies of animals were clearly part of the medical curiosity that led you to a career in nursing. We didn’t have a freezer when I was a child but our neighbors rented a “meat locker” at a business that made ice and rented freezer space out to the public. This would have been during the mid to late 1950s.:flowerforyou:

Meg: You are lucky to have good medical care, but no one has to be grateful for diabetes. :noway: On the good side, DH has had it for decades and is still under good control. The quality of insulin is wonderful compared to the bad old days of "purified pork" insulin. Back then, when I told him he was being pig headed, it was true. :frown: The humalog he now uses became available to the public in 1983 and it is an excellent medicine. Diabetes has not stopped him from doing the things he wants to do or enjoying life. MS is another story.

Kate in Brooklyn: I’ve never heard of anyone with a horny turtle before. Your post made me smile. I picture your box turtle hanging out at the street corner with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth saying, “hey little girl” to passing strangers.:laugh:

Rebel Renny: Our calendar is full of medical appointments for DH. There is something at least every other week, and sometimes weekly. He’s worth it.:flowerforyou:

Heather in Hampshire, UK: Your grandson is a real cutie! :bigsmile: I suspect he’ll do okay with a baby brother or sister and I hope he’ll do okay at Grandpa’s house. :flowerforyou:

Cindy: I’m surprised that a doctor would be upset that a patient is tracking her own calorie intake, too. :huh: I speculate that he was worried about rapid weight loss in an older, morbidly obese person. You’d think he’d be patting her on the back and saying “atta girl.” I can’t help but doubt she showed him her food logs. This is a great system. :bigsmile:



I enjoyed my first planning commission meeting. The other commissioners are an interesting group and I found myself liking them. I didn’t get to vote on the issue at hand, but did make some worthwhile comments about federal v state and local law that seemed to help move the discussion along. A few members of the public who were there on another issue that will be coming up stayed for the discussion.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

August goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 2 glasses of water daily.

I have a favorite jacket, that I bought about 7-8 yrs ago- it is a polar fleece Great Blue Heron jacket.. i have tried in vein to find another one,no where to be found.. so I took it to a french lady in the town next to ours, and she is going to take it in:bigsmile:
she said she doesnt do pockets, told her,I dont care about the pockets,I love my jacket. do what you can...
told her I am not in a rush,she is doing wedding dresses and other stuff,
so freakin excited to get this back and see how it fits, I put a sweatshirt on under it so she could measure with heavier clothes on underneath...

Freezer was delivered. DH was working from home today so he could be there. I will have to organize it tonight when I get home.

When DH got home from the office this morning the boys figured it must be afternoon and time to eat. (Very strong Pavlovian repsonse in those two labs of mine) DH had to tell them no so Ritter decided to open the food bag and stick his head in anyway and get his own "dinner". Typical imp. Byt thats why we love him.

Work is still awesome but I am soooo ready for our Alaska trip commencing this Saturday. :bigsmile:

Much love to you all,

Robin, Bodi and Ritter.
PNW

Bump 2 trying to catch up.


Sue in Tx