WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013
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Good afternoon. It has gotten really hot here again. Temps right at 100. I just hate the heat. I am off today so staying inside. I have been feeling down today. Not sure why, but tomorrow is another day. I got all my 4& 5 x in a box and called and found out there is a church that has a give away every Thursday. I talked to the minster and he is glad to have me bring them down. DH is off tomorrow so will have him take them. The homeless house told me about the church. Tomorrow is weigh day and not feeling good about that. I have been under most the week, but lots of salt. So drinking lots and lots of water today.
Liz- Prayers and hugs to you and family over your loss. The tribute you wrote about Martha was beautiful. I lost my sister 7 years ago and I think about her often. One thing I do is remember her kids and grand kids. I send them cards and gifts so they know this side of the family loves them. We talk about Patti and that helps.
Pat-- Thats what we are here for and we all have our ups and downs. I went to OA and learned alot.
Joyce- hugging and showing love to your MIL is a great gift for her. You are a speical lady and she knows. Sounds like with her heatlh issues she has alot to deal with.
Katla- Sounds like you had a great weekend with family. I understand it does not get easier each time they deploy. My BIL went over 8 times. I worried every time. Prayer does alot.
grandmallie- Sounds like your DGD is doing well at her new school. I wish more teaching about God was done. My DGD is learning about Jesus and asks alot of questions. My DS went to church growing up, since he got married not. So I worry about the girls. Paytn is 5 and we are doing alot of talking. My DS gets upset with me when I repeat myself or ask him to repeat things. I have alot of trouble understanding on the phone. Everyone has cell phones and I find them hard to hear. I learned not to agree to anything unless I know what it is.
Suzy- Sounds like DH was lucky. I know what you mean about trying to get blood out of the carpet. Our dog Sassy was bleeding alot before she passed and my carpet was a mess. DH read if you put milk on it and use a dry cloth to pat it up it works good.
I know about spending to much on the computer so I had to dicide what is important. So I have cut way back on game time and making this my first choice. The support and help this group gives me keeps me going. I have learned alot by logging my food.
Well have a great evening and hope you are staying cool
Blessed! Vicki L GI NE0 -
evening ladies,
was on my feet alot today and now im icing my heel.. I dont ask for much,I just wish this would go away:grumble:
havent figured out what I will make for the DH tomorrow,but will figure it out in the morning...it is trying to rain here and we need it so I hope it does...0 -
The vet called back about my little Melody. He said that according to the literature, true lethargy would be a rare reaction to this medicine. He thought it was more a tummy upset even though there was no throwing up. He says when cats get a tummy upset they tend to want to just be left alone and they know not to eat. So we talked about titrating the dose up to the 10 pound dose or jsut cutting in half and leaving it there. So right now I am to give her the 5 pound dose. I hated to take her food away but I did that for two hours and after supper I gave her a dose. I will let that set awhile and take her food out of the pantry. She does look like some of her fur is growing back. The tortoise shell cats colors are so beautiful I'm anxious to get her back to normal. After I gave the medicine to her she shunned me for a couple of minutes but she is back sitting between DH and me as usual. I also called the podiatrists office and told them to get my toenail removal scheduled.
Joyce0 -
bump - not much to add today, though I've read the posts.
Suzy - sorry about DH's foot! Yowzaa!!
Gail, metro ATL0 -
JB, your garden is gorgeous. For some reason I always seen surprised to see black dirt. I'm so used to looking at red Georgia clay.
Liz, I am so sorry for the loss of your sister.
Pat, I used to attend OA a long time ago. I found it very calming. The meetings were at an inconvenient Tim for me, so I gave them up. I wish you the best with yours.
Michele, my daughter left her cat with us 10 years ago, and he is still with us. Just sayin'!
Off to bed for me,
Kay0 -
Good Evening, Ladies- Boy, some of you sure have exciting days! So much to do, so many places to go, so many flowers! Wow!
Meg- Aw, you make me blush...... thank you for your kind words!
Nancy- I started Al-Anon a couple of weeks ago to help me deal w/ some family issues. I think doing that made it easier for me to pick up the phone and call OA for help. I think the shame issue for many overweight/obese people is a major problem because our families, friends and society (many times w/o meaning to) have ground that shame into us as children. But, I am working hard to put it where it belongs- - - behind me! I am glad to hear that you are doing well with this issue, it gives me hope.
Joyce- Those happy Wednesdays will return! You are awesome, and I know you can figure out how to get back on this healthy path...
Sue in SD- Glad that you got back into the pool. I am working on that, too. I know that it help my arthritic ankle feel better!
Suzy in DE- OMG! I am glad that your husband is Ok..... I don't do bloody emergencies well; I am very proud of you. :flowerforyou:
Liz- I am so sorry for your loss. Please, accept my deepest sympathy and prayers.
We did go down and check on the retreat venue today. It will be fine. It is a nice golfing resort that is only about 35 miles away, so we don't have to haul all our gear too far. Now, I just have to get myself organized so I have projects to work on while I am there. It is my plan to put together my remaining Christmas cards, but, since I haven't even designed them yet, I am no where near ready to put my kit together. I know, I know, I know......but I like procrastinating!
I was going to take just a little nap when we got back, but.. I really slept hard! Then we had a window-rattling monsoon storm roll through. I just don't like swimming in a lightning storm, I am a weenie, ya know.
My food for today is going fine. I have found over the last few days that I often do not follow the menu I write out in the morning, but I work within those same calorie parameters during the day. It is like my mind is more clearly focused on thinking about the choices during the day if I have first thought about it in the morning.
Tomorrow I finally have my appt w/ the dermaltologist to check these little spots on my face. I do not think they are cancer or pre-cancer, but everyone down here is hyper-sensitive to those issues, so I have let them (my friends) talk me into the appt. I will keep you posted.
Have sweet dreams, my friends..
Pat0 -
Posting to mark my spot. I've been away from this thread over 10 days and just want to settle in and start catching up with my Vitamin F friends.
till later,
Rori in the Colorado Foothills0 -
grandmalle - I do hope we don't get extra pets. Lance is diabetic. BTDT with PJ and I know how sometimes it can be so challenging. Plus, they don't like other cats. Well, Jessica is very much an animal person, so I'm hoping that it's just that she's now tasted the freedom of not having the responsibility. She does always ask about them when she calls, we keep telling her how they're starting to look to me as their "mother". God sure does work in mysterious ways
Jackie - welcome back! Sure wish I didn't have to log but could still lose. You have no idea how lucky you are. Hope things work out with this guy. What happens on 9/15?
Pat - I am so proud of you for going to OA. Please be sure to pass on any tips you get from them, I'm anxious to know
Did about 20 minutes of yoga today, held my plank for 2 min 15 sec and then took the extremepump class. Tomorrow I'll do some HIIT on the elliptical
Joyce - I know that people say "a calorie is a calorie", but I've found that even if I'm under on calories, if I eat late at night, it never fails that the next day I will show a gain.
Suzy - I'm so sorry that happened to dh. If you have a bloodstain, put hydrogen peroxide on it. That's as long as you haven't washed and dried the item. FIL had this thing (I forget what it's called) put into his arm so that it would be easier for him to get his dialysis. Anyway, at one point it started bleeding while he was driving. Years later I was down there and cleaned it. The blood came out. Of course, the seatbelt hadn't been washed...lol But MIL was amazed that it came out. Yes, it did take a few times to do it (putting the hp on it) but the stain did eventually come out.
Yesterday we put the riverrock down on the one small part by the upper part of the pool, now that's complete and I know Vince feels much better about it. Now we have to work on getting the ground behind the equipment pad ready for landscape fabric and then rock.
Vicki - I agree, sometimes it can be real hard to hear when someone is talking on a cell phone
Michele in NC0 -
Hello everyone. I am new to this site and so far I like the idea. This may be what I need to get to my goal weight. I've been struggling for years to be the person I need to be. for me and now for my family. I am finally out of denial that I have high blood pressure and plan to see a doctor very soon. I need to lose 70 lbs. I've been with a personal trainer for a year and a half, faithfully I go 2 to 3 times a week. and I do feel so much better, and was loosing weight there for awhile but I stop the nutrition part of it and just kept trying to convience myself that I was doing ok because my clothes kept fitting me loose, but I was never getting into my size 16 pants that are just hanging there waiting for me. So here I am now finally listening to my trainer and my good friend to this and I'll actually see what Iactually eat and how active I actually am. so plz everyone. I can use all the support I can get because I tend to get bored and want to yoyo diet. or just plain give up. but yet, I've stressed about my appearance now for 16 years.0
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:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Today was my appointment with the osteoporosis specialist in Seattle at UW. We had to go to bed very early last night to get up early enough to walk the dogs, etc. , drive for an hour and catch the 6:20 ferry. We got to the doctor’s office plenty early and had time for a walk before the appointment. First I talked to a doctor who was doing advanced studies in endocrinology, then to the osteoporosis specialist who concluded from my bone scan, lab test results, and answers to her questions that my bone density had not yet reached the level of osteoporosis and that there was no need for any treatment at this time. She said that the extra amounts of calcium and vitamin D that I've been taking were not a good idea and I should keep the calcium at 1200 mg and the vitamin D at 1000 IU.....she also said that my exercise levels were excellent and not excessive. The other recommendation she had was that I gain 5-10 pounds and have another bone density scan two years after the last one. She said that the drop in bone density probably had three causes---genetics, age, and losing a lot of weight. We celebrated the good news by going out to lunch and going home, walking the dogs, and taking a nap.
:flowerforyou: Meg, when I read the article about Bill Clinton and his vegan eating plan, I had the same reaction you did that he had a cook…..I don’t think I was inspired to become vegan as much as I was inspired by his willingness to make such a huge change for the sake of his health
:flowerforyou: DeeDee, I love your early morning posts, but applaud your decision to cut back on computer time.
:flowerforyou: When I walk in the mornings, I listen to recordings of speakers from OA, Al-Anon and other 12 Step programs…….there is a website with files that can be downloaded to mp3 players……..it makes my morning walk filled with inspiration to start my day.
:bigsmile: Walking the dogs, walking on the ferry, and taking a walk around the block a few times at the doctor’s offices added up to 24,000 steps……I didn’t log food or exercise but my step counter keeps me moving.
Barbie from sunny and rainy NW Washington
“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”
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Monday (late) (actually Tuesday but I was watching tv and didn't realise it was so late).
Lawn bowled this morning and came 2nd so was in the money. Then I called the garage because I had a warning light come on in the car. After lunch took the car in, on my way to the mall, and they called me later to say that it looks like it is something wrong with the transmission - thanks car, I just got the bill for all the house renovations I had done this summer.
This evening DBF and I went to the AGM of the theatre group of which we are members. There was a presentation first of songs by the choral group part of the organization, and then we got on with the business. It was election time, but there were no contentious issues so it finished soon after 8:30.
I made good progress on my lace and have finished off about half of the threads, just need to finish the rest tomorrow and take all the pins out. I hope I didn't make any mistakes this time.
As Zebedee used to say on 'Magic Roundabout' - Time for Bed0 -
Long day today. DB's family coming over about 10.30 to take a walk around the lanes and see if there are any early blackberries. Last year they made masses of jam, but I think it is a bit early. Then back here for lunch. I'm glad I have done so much of it in advance! I had to chip the beef casserole out of the freezer last night as the cast iron had frozen to the shelves! Time to defrost the fridge :laugh:
I am a bit nervous about it as DSIL hasn't seen me since April. Hmmmmm. I'm sure it'll all be great once we get together.
Then later in the day, when they have all gone, my old schoolfriend is coming over on her way back home from a weekend away. She usually only stops for an hour, but it willl be nice to have a chat. I know she is to become a grandmother soon. She is already a GM, but her daughter is estranged from her. Such a shame. My friend had terrible mental issues when the children were teenagers and the daughter has never forgiven her. She grew up to be a famous model and I think that kind of life turns your head, not to say the extreme eating. Even now she looks far too thin to me. My friend is the lovliest, kindest person, so it really hurts. Her son lives in Hong Kong, but she sees him fairly often, so this grandchild will be a blessing.
DH had a sleepless night again. Barbie- I suggested the tapes you use. I have also suggested yoga and other things, but "you can take a horse to water . . ." :laugh: He seems to have several bad ones and then a good one. The bad ones are really bad.
Well, must get on with my day. Deedee - hope you don't desert us. Please pop back often.
Love Heather in sunny and beautiful Hampshire UK
PS Barbie- good news about the osteo. Putting on weight - yeah!:drinker: :flowerforyou:0 -
well I am not feeling so hot today..
im up and went to the gym, only did 1/2 hr on the bike and came home..at least I went
I think since I havent had any vacation since December and wont have any until October, I am just feeling exsausted..
will plug along till the weekend and having a 3 day weekend will help....
well hopefully the DH wont be cranky, he had chicken and baked potato sunday well he is having chicken and stuffing with gravy tonight, and he had chicken sandwiches today.. he gets cranky when he has the same thing ,oh well like you guys say , he can always do YOYO.lol0 -
Greetings from Omaha the oven. The temp today is supposed to be 100 with a heat index of 106 (41.1 C) so it is a real scorcher. I’m really tired today even though yesterday was a pretty tame day in clinical. My 9 students and I went up to the ICU to find they only had 2 patients! OK time to get creative! So I doubled up four students on 2 patients, sent 3 to post-intensive care (hope no one cares!) and 2 will go to the ED today, so I hope that works out ok. Since it was just orientation we got done early so I went to Walmart and got the household type items (shampoo, detergent, etc). And I managed to have over 9400 steps on the pedometer.
Bad news is that I didn’t go to water aerobics either yesterday or today….just too tired. Monday I was tired from DH scratching all night so today I made him go to the doctor. He got prescriptions for steroids, steroid cream, and a heavy dose of prescription anti-histamines which are supposed to also be known for their sleep inducing properties! Let’s hope this works. To say the doc was a bit surprised at his total-body chigger bite is an understatement. DH said her jaw dropped!
The thread seems pretty quiet today~
Jane: stay cool in your heat wave.
Nancy: since you had meals with friends, you might have had too much sodium in the special foods which could lead to water retention. Wine does have calories….and I love my wine too!
Joyce: why have you stopped going to the Y? When your body is used to exercise and then you quit the weight will come back on. I don’t think you need to eat less. But maybe you can increase the produce ( which will help your bowels) and add more water. I know what you mean about pills. BLEH! I just bought a bunch of supplements that Dr. Weil suggests for high cholesterol (My LDL was 134) and it included psyllium (metamucil) which binds to LDL. So now I only take 2 prescriptions but a ton of vitamins and I always said people who took tons of vitamins were just crazy!
Sue: glad you finally got back in the water! I do miss my water time even when I’m too tired to go.
Suzy: om gosh poor hubby! I hope his foot is starting to feel better. It’s amazing how not being able to walk normally affects everything!
Jb: I am so jealous of your gardening abilities! We have 4 4x4 squares…the square foot method. I tend to be really good at caring for it during the summer, but once school starts back up I totally let it go.
Vicki: it’s hot here too. Did you go to the fair? One day we will make it there. I have not been to a state fair, only some county fairs years and years ago.
Grandmallie: that heel sure is a stubborn thing isn’t it?
Pat: good for you to keep within your calories! Let us know what the doctor says about the spots.
Rori: nice to see you again
Michele: I will have to remember your tip about getting blood out of things
Njimenez: welcome to our little group!
Barbie: great news from the doctor. I bet you are relieved!
Heather: I think you are right about modeling and celebrity; it does change a person.
Well I guess I better get my behind in gear since I have to leave in a couple of hours. See you all tomorrow and take care! Meg from Omaha0 -
happy tues!!
Exercised like crazy have been watching my calories.Lost0.2 lbs.Getting frustrated.The rate I`m going it will take forever to get back down to where I was.I`ll keep plugging alone.I hate having a sluggish metabolism.
Enough complaining.
HUGS
jane0 -
Just to say I did make that call to the breast care nurse at the London Hospital. I left a message on the ansaphone. Within two hours she had called me back, read my notes and made me an appointment for Friday afternoon. She said 'with your history it would be a good idea to take a look at it.' I don't know what they will do apart from examining it, but some kind of mammogram would be a good idea I feel. It is not swollen and hot now, but I am conscious of some sensitivity in the scar tissue. Of course, I so hope it is not a return of the cancer.
Anyway, my faith in the breast care nurse was justified. Good work!:flowerforyou:
My new friend has texted to say she will be over for a yoga session at 10 am tomorrow. :bigsmile:
By the way, the lunch went off well. We even found some blackberries on our wanderings. And someone had put windfalls outside their gate with a notice on to take them, so we even got the apples to go with them. I sent them home with the left over macaroni, some blackberries and the rest of the Camembert.:bigsmile: Even the veggy dishes for my niece were much appreciated. I kept to my calories and have extra walking calories to eat.:drinker:
Love to all. The weather is glorious today. Heather UK0 -
Hello ladies,
I am not even going to try to catch up.
The trip was less than stellar due to weather and the RV debaucle but we did have some pleasant moments. The river rafting trip and the 12.5 mile horseback ride (yes I was sore) were great. The last day the weather was beautiful and we were fishing in an old favorite spot of DH's. Althoug we didn't catch anything one of the locals gave a lovely Coho he had caught and we enjoyed it for dinner.(froze the rest and brought it home)
I am glad to be back and I need to get my head wrapped around getting back to the healthier living and moving that I need to do.
Robin, Bodi and Ritter (who were very very happy to see us)
PNW0 -
Good Morning, Ladies!
I really am have a mixed-bag kind of morning. I did go to the OA meeting and was made very welcome. That was good. I gained 3 pounds..... that is not good. I just realized that the 'yogurt' I bought tastes nasty & isn't even actually called yougurt, it is a "cultured dairy blend".......that is not good. Are we sure today isn't really a "Monday"?
The meeting was very small, and I did connect well with three of the four people. The last one, I think I will get along with, but today she was very highly excited and very difficult to follow in her conversations. I know first impressions don't always hold, and I am hoping that this was just a bad day for both of us. Of course, the meeting is at 7:45 A.M., so that might be my problem right there!
The weight gain was to be expected. I have done nothing about exercising all month, and for the last week I have been spending the days sitting in my recliner reading. No calories burned = weight gain. So, now I know what I need to do.
Barbie- I am glad that your bone scan gave some positive results, but how did you feel when the doctor told you to gain weight? It may be exactly what you need to do, but how did you process that emotionally?
Grandmallie- Take care of yourself, so you can feel better soon.
Heather- I am glad that you called for a recheck, it sounds like something is just not right.
Everyone at the meeting this morning and many at the Al-Anon meetings talk about journaling. I do not journal. Don't know why I don't, maybe that is something I need to think about.
OK- I need to get myself busy. My son's birthday is this week, so I need to arrange a present for him that he can just pick up at the sporting goods store. Also, my sister's birthday is this week (she who does not want to talk to me). I am going to call her. She may not answer, but I am going to call her anyway. I will not bring up the subject of the house, but I do want her to know that I am thinking about her on the birthday date that she shared with our Mother. It is always a difficult day for my sister, and I want her to know that I really do care.
For today:
breakfast: fake yogurt and blueberries (btw, I am going out to buy the real stuff for tomorrow!) & 1 slice toast
lunch: vegetable soup & rice cake
supper: pulled pork over polenta w/ cooked carrots
Pat0 -
Meg, you ask me why I am not going to the Y anymore. I ask myself that everyday I don't go. To me and I wold imagine many others, the longer I am gone the easier it is to miss it. Then for me I feel embarrassed in myself, and I feel like I will be to them to, if I show up. I know in my heart and logic I need to. But some how I just don't do it. It's like this other matter that wieghs so heavy on my heart and have never talked about it to anyone. As you know my Dad was a preacher and church was such an everyday part of our lives, not just because it was required of us as part of being a small church preachers family but it part of our faith to do it. Just like I can't imagine a day going by without checking on my Vit F friends here, church was that kind of part of our lives. Even when I became a wife I stayed in that routine. When MS came along sometimes I couldn't go and I missed it so. My fatigue with the MS got so that I had to make a choice, do I go to Sunday School, morning services or both. Usually I picked the service because of the music I loved so much. MS had already taken singing in t he choir for me. at first I kept a low profile kitchen stool in the choir loft that when we were standing, I sat on the stool and no one knew I wasn't standing and I fit right in. Then Wednesday evening practices became hard to do therefore singing on Sunday was hard because I didn't know the song. So I started going to Sunday school instead because I liked the fellowship I got there. It eventually became easier for me just to say I was to tired. I know this was breaking my Mother's heart. And it broke me to know how it broke her heart. But since my husband hadn't stepped foot in a church for years it was so easy to sleep in. My daughter living here didn't go either. After her failed attempt at college and she came to live at home to live she dropped out of church. But my oldest daughter married a man that being in the church was just as important to him as it was to her. They went to Bible college and settled their lives into ministry, not being in the pulpit like her Grandpa but being Gods servant in the world. They are still a very large part of it in their church about 3 hours from here. When we go to see them, if it's a Sunday morning, I go with them. If they are here on a weekend, I watch the service on the laptop with her and her family. But I know that my Mom died with her not seeing me back in church.
So is that why I don't go to the Y when in my heart and the scales I know I should. It all go along together
OK, now I've told you all about another part of me that I try to keep deep inside my heart and am ashamed for others to see.
Joyce0 -
Joyce - does your Y have the (free) Coach Approach program? If so, make an appointment as the first re-entry point and that should get you started back. You're really not accountable to anyone but yourself. And how does anyone at the Y know you haven't been going, anyway? When I'm there 1) I tend to focus on MY workout; 2) if there is a 'regular' I don't see, I always assume they HAVE been there, just not at the same time as me; 3) if I DO see someone I haven't seen in a while, I'm just glad to see them (whether or not they've attended regularly - doesn't matter to me at all or what their history is). So I say, get on back there and do what you can. It is YOUR journey and the heck with what anyone else thinks about it.
OK - have to dash back to work. Came home to let the dog out and grab some lunch.
Gail, metro ATL0
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