WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER

Hello everyone,

I made a large pot of homemade beef soup. I put cut up okra in it to up the veggies in it. It turned out really good and everyone ate it. Anyway that's my big veggie news. Just trying to expand the vegetables we are eating.

Mimi- Glad your back and glad you were able to maintain.

Jeannie

Mimi,

So glad to hear how you have been doing. Congrats on maintaining!!!

Amanda,

Sorry you are missing your mum, but glad you have a celebration for you future grandtwins to keep you busy.

I have to leave soon to go and give a friend on a budget a haircut. I am not a pro, but I have learned a few things from my own hairdresser, and my cousin, who owns her own shop, and therefore, I can save my friend the price of a haircut, and she won't even have to wear a paper bag over her head when she goes to work on Monday!!!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I have given a few doggy haircuts over the years, but people are easier because they don't try to jump out of the chair partway through the process, and they don't expect you to give them treats when you are done!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Have a good evening, all. Welcome newbies!!

Barb

Roxanea - pull up a chair

bcmg - have a wonderful trip!

Last night I noticed that one of the cats peed on the blanket in one of the back bedrooms. Well, since no one was going to go into there anyway, I just waited until today. Had to wash the blanket, sheets, and mattress pad. Then, Vince saw in the other back bedroom that the blanket had been peed on. So, I'm washing the blanket, sheets and mattress pad. Fortunately, we have a plastic liner on the mattress so that wasn't rouined. That only helps solidify in my mind that we did the right thing by Sadie. It wasn't that he was too weak to go to the litterbox, I think it probably was just too much work for him.

Made the chicken (I put it in the broiler for a bit, then Vince can put it on the grill tomorrow to finish cooking it), made an angel food cake, the key lime pie, and shrimp bites. Have the peas and carrots bought along with the potatoes and sweet potatoes. Made the corn muffins and lemon muffins earlier and they are in the freezer. So I think I'm about ready for tomorrow, just have to pick up a veggie tray. I'm really surprised, I got a thing of dip a while ago, it's past the expiration date but it's STILL good. Instead of dip, I'm just having them put in cheddar cheese cubes. When I went to make the angel food cake, I needed crushed pineapple. When I opened one can I found that it was the pineapple tidbits. Well, Vince can use them on the pizza that he has left over.

Did an hour of yoga today (Sat). Not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow, either Wii hula hoop or balance games. I know that Vince wants to go practice bowling. On sundays from 10-2 the games are only $1.

Hey Genie. Welcome to one of the best boards on the net. We laugh together, cry together, b**** and moan sometimes, listen, offer advice on all things, and lots lots more.

SuzyQ - wow is all I can say!

Kathy - I like the idea of the departed cuddling the newborns while they are preparing to be born. Awesome thought, I'm going to always think of that.

On Sun I did 1 hr of hula hoop on the WiiFit, then Vince and I bowled four games. My followthrough really needs work! Tomorrow (Mon) there is some sort of cardio class that I'm going to try. First, I'll take things to the local soup kitchen. After working out, I'll stop at the Salvation Army. They have this neat Halloween display, they said they'd sell it after their customer appreciation sale Sat. I can't go this Sat. Every third weekend of the month our church takes up a collection for the soup kitchen, and this is my month to man that. That means I have to get there early to set up, etc. Then I have to lector. But I will be taking the donations to the soup kitchen on the following Monday so hopefully, if I pay for it now, they'll keep it until Monday. I don't care if they use it.

For some reason, I can't sleep. I finished the x-stitch bookmark for my cousin (she's the one from CA who is going to be visiting her sister in VA, and while there her sister is going to have a birthday party). Now I'm going to try crocheting some. Maybe I'll fall asleep in the chair.

Michele

Hello everyone,

I've been MIA for quite some time now. I have thought of many of you ladies on this thread and have missed chatting with you. I've had a weird year. Started off so gung ho, being dedicated to working out and healthy eating. I hit my goal weight, stopped working out (thought I somehow earned the break). That was a mistake because it's so hard to get back into working out when when you stop.

As many of you know, my father died and my mother went into a deep depression. I soon forgot about portion sizes although I typically am a pretty healthy eater. Since I had turned 50, my doctor took on a new interest in me, she said that "now that you're in your 50's you have to get your colon checked and get an ultrasound (to check into weird abdominal pains I was having). So off I went on my numerous medical appointments. Got my colon checked, hated it but got the "all clear" signal. (Thank you.) Got my ultrasound, turned out I had 3 large gallstones and got booked to have my gallbladder removed (that explained the weird pains). Had my surgery a couple of weeks ago and am now almost as good as new.

So....I don't have anymore excuses. Time marches on and weight climbs up. I need to get back into a regular workout routine again and watch my portion sizes.

Just to show I'm not a complete sloth though,before my surgery I completed a hiking challenge, I hiked over 160 kilometers (over 100 miles) in under 3 weeks. I joined a weekly badminton group and starting tomorrow a weekly Beginners Adult Hip Hop dance class. So I'm trying.

So, I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I could really use some encouraging words from you ladies to get going again on a daily basis. I will try very hard to get re-connected with all of you.

Chat with you all soon.

Debbie

Happy Monday, Ladies!

Debbie: Welcome back...you've been missed. Know you will get right back on track here.

Mimi: So good to hear from you and glad you have managed to maintain while so busy.

Have a house full still, so I'll sign off....just wanted to say hello. Take care, all Kackie

Hello everyone! Got the chores caught up, now the week should go quietly. Great weather for the weekend no complaints from me. Just got to pack a lunch for tomorrow and get another ready for wednesday, they are 11 hour work days. Weather forcast is getting colder for next week even a flake here and there added to the showers. Looks like we could have snow for the hollowe'en night.

Time to get things moving again, catch you all Thursday or Saturday, have a good short week everyone.

Marilyn

Hi everyone! This group looks great!!! Can I join you??? I'm a "fat50" turning into a "fit50"!!! However, I need all the help I can get:sad:!!! This site is so amazing, and I'm loving it:bigsmile:!!! Take care, Laura

Hi everyone and welcome "fit50". I'm new too and just as I'm getting started with this group, I am going on vacation for two weeks. I have goals set for this vacation and even if I can't keep up with the message board, I look forward to reporting that my goals were met. becky

Hello everyone!

Seems like everyone is doing well losing weight. I forgot who said they ate all the yummy things and still lost weight, but hey, what a way to lose weight! I dont know about everyone else, but I would have loved to eat the things you ate (especially the peanut butter cups and cinnamon roll) and still lose weight. Maybe it was because you didn't eat your normal calorie limit or somehow allowed for it while eating even though you werent aware of it. Either way it was a loss so good for you.:drinker:

:flowerforyou: Well last week was not a very good week for my mom. My brother and his family had gone in and harrassed her about telling them that she will need to use her money when she leaves. It got her so depressed it affected her performance and attitude. I was so upset at him. I try so hard to keep my mom in good spirits and always praise her for new accompishments. consequently though, she did not do very well in her workouts and actually regressed a little. This of course was noticed by the insurance company who after reviewing her progress said they would give her 1 more week to stay, but if she did not improve drastically on her next review they were going to stop allowing her to stay there. So I had to play hardball with my mom and tell it like it is and she was a little peeved that the insurance company felt that way. But I told her, they were right. That after My brother showed up she let him get to her and it caused a bad performance from her. At first she denied it but eventually realized I was right. I also found out that she had refused to take her pain med (Ibuprophen) and a pain patch for her sciatic nerve, so she was in constant pain also affecting her performance. When I talked to the nurse, she said my mom was refusing them. So once again I got on her on how important it is she takes it while her muscles are being retrained and makes her sore and the pain meds will help her get through with it until she is at the point where it doesn't hurt as much. So she began them again and miraculously, today she was able to walk on her walker and get into a standing positon on her own with the walker. (She has been using the parallel bars to walk in the past. She walked a total of 20 steps with her walker. She was shocked, because she thought with her soreness she wouldnt do well.(She realized then the pain meds helped, plus over the weekend I had the Physical therapy dept put those large rubber band handle thingys tied to her bed so she could work out on the weekends and not let her muscles kink up) It all seemed to work out well. I just wish she would listen to me more.

Tomorrow is her birthday and I know my brother and family will not go see her. I'm in Cali so she will only get a call from me and I don't have the money to send her anything. But I called the social worker at the facility and asked them to please inform everyone who works with my mom that it was her birthday tomorow and if they could just telll her Happy Birthday. She told me that they would get a small committee to put up some things for mom to celebrate and make something special for her to eat on her birthday. I wasn't expecting that, and thought that was very kind of them. Then the physical therapy guys found out and are goiing to pitch in and buy her something. I told them it wasn't necesary, just saying Happy Birthday would be enough, but they are so proud of my mom's accomplishments that they want to do this for her.(My mom says they are big old brutes and are always teasing and egging her on. But they are soooo good looking! Friggin horny mom!:noway: ) I hope she has a really nice day without having to think about my brother shunning her. Wish I could be there for her, but this was the best I could do. When she finally comes here I will bake her a cake and her and Boo can enjoy it. (Believe it or not, she is excited to come to Cali so that she can see Boo. She says she misses her. I said "What about me?" and she said, "Oh yeah, you too". :laugh: Either way incentive is incentive and if it is Boo I'm just glad it's something!

And to cap this off I have met a young man, who I like very much. ( And I mean young man, at least for me.) He is 44 and I am 52. I don't have the nerve to tell him because I am afraid he will run when he finds out. Since losing weight I have noticed that I am more energetic and keep up fine with him. He thinks I am in my 40's as do most of my friends. When I told a close friend of mine my age today, she said I thought you were close to my age (41) and I said, 'Yeah right." She said "Seriously, for a white chick you held up well. Usually white women age more because of exposure to sunlight and get wrinkles faster than hispanic women." I laughed and called her a racist. She said "No its true, and its even worse when they are smokers!" So I am assuming the only reason I may look younger (at least in her eyes) is because I hate the summers and don't go out in the sun. I am as white as the backgroung of this post! So maybe that's a plus for me. Either way he thinks I am gorgeous :noway: and it is getting harder and harder to keep the guy from wanting more and more. He is very nice and I enjoy talking with him and he is very respectful. He also makes me laugh a lot, something very important to me. One thing I have decided to do now is instead of denying or calling him crazy when he compliments me, I have started to believe him. That's a big thing for me to adjust to. It's always easier to believe the bad stuff, you know? I feel like I am traveling in foreign land here,but he really likes me.

But I am going to tell you a little secret that really made me feel much more attractive and begin to realize that maybe its true. This weekend my ex showed up to paint my pumpkin for Boo and saw a bottle of unfinished wine. He knows that I don't normally drink wine, especially Merlot and asked me if a man brought it over. I told him that one did a while back, but he was so gropey that I had to tell him to leave. My ex became infuriated and told me that I needed to be careful with men and that I was very pretty and should watch out for these guys. I waved my hand at him to dismiss his comment and he grabbed it and pulled me to him and kissed me, holding me tightly and it was a long kiss. I was shocked!:noway: I asked him why he did that. He said "Because you have no idea how attractive you are and you are like me having a leg amputated and I still feel the itch. Now the thing that really amazes me, is that he is still with the woman he left me for. I had no idea he still found me attractive. I mean he has a 38 year old woman, that he is sneaking around kissing me with!
That's when I realized maybe these men who are telling me I am pretty just might be telling the truth. I mean honestly, what better compliment could a woman get that her ex finds her attractive and sneaks behind the back of the woman who broke up our marriage? He also told me he has asked her to please move out as he does not feel he is the right man for her. :noway: I guess what goes around comes around and actually does bite you in the *kitten*. So I don't actually feel sorry for her. Have any one of you seen that movie "It's complicated"? That's how I felt (like Meryl Streep) Not a bad feelig too have if I do say so myself.:laugh:

And no, I have no intention of going back with my ex. There is nothing there for me. So he better work out his issues, because he is out of luck with me.:brokenheart:

Chiclet

Hello everyone,

Welcome back to those MIA for a while. It is good to hear from you all again and know you are OK.

Welcome all new comers. This is a great group of ladies and we all support each other in our journey.

I thought I had time to post individual responses, but just looked at the clock and realized I don't. Reading each post took longer than expected this morning and I have a 9AM meeting I can't be late for. So a general well wish to all of you!

Have a great day,

Jeannie

It's Tuesday and a wonderful day in New England!:happy: I had a super weekend! My food wasn't perfect, but I'm doing 100% better than I did 14 mos. ago before I joined MFP!:laugh: :bigsmile:
This journey has taught me many things and I will share how it helped this weekend!
I had a pancake breakfast to go to on Sunday and the menu included pancakes, sausage, muffins, donuts etc.:noway: There wasn't much to choose from as it was a Cub Scout fundraiser.:ohwell: So, I had 3 pancakes (no butter) with a drizzle of maple syrup, 1 sausage link and 1/2 glass of orange juice.:bigsmile: I DID NOT have any pastry........ So even though I may have been over on the pancakes...I felt GREAT about my choices!:flowerforyou: Before (MFP) I would have panicked!!!:noway: Yikes!!! :noway: Nothing on the menu that's on my DIET!!!:noway: So I would either pig out on donuts, muffins and smothered pancakes with butter and soaked in maple syrup:grumble: .....or opted out of the breakfast all together!:frown: :noway: NOT NOW.:bigsmile: I make the best of a situation and I feel good about it! :bigsmile: :blushing:
We brought my MIL some pancakes at the Nursing Home and she loved them!:happy:
Then we took a lovely New England ride through the countryside! When we got home hubby put Rib Eye steaks on the grill and we had an "end of the season" cookout (just he and I):blushing:
I did not exercise that day because of time constraints, :ohwell: so my calories were over by quite a bit. :ohwell: But what I feel great about is the choices I'm making now.:happy: I had steak but skipped the potato and had salad instead. For a snack later (instead of 6 Chunka Munka cookies with a glass of milk) I had some green grapes.:flowerforyou:
What I actually ate was over what I should have eaten but SO MUCH BETTER THAN I WOULD HAVE DONE BEFORE! And this is the joy I have with this new life!:bigsmile: I am not in prison with the food.....or overly obsessive about eating things I normally wouldn't..... on occasion!
Monday I got up and exercised for 70 minutes, got my mom and went visiting for the day! You ladies have helped me to be sooooo grateful for my mom and the special relationship we have....and I think of you dear women who are missing your's. Although I always have had a great relationship with her, I have be especially grateful after hearing some of your heartbreaking stories! :brokenheart: My mom said, "This day is a keeper"....and indeed it was!
We went to my daughter's to see her new house, had a nice lunch and then I got to see a brother of mine who lives in Michigan that was visiting. We have a close family and he's the only one that moved away:frown: So it was so special to see him.
I came home and had a glass of wine on the deck with my husband!:blushing:
I find that it's the simple things in life that give me great joy and this weekend was filled with many of those special...simple things!
I am blessed!

Welcome back Mimi and Deborah....YAY!!! we missed you!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: And a big welcome to all the newcomers!!!!:flowerforyou:
This website will help you to find a new way of living! :happy: It is not a diet:noway: but a way of life!:bigsmile: When approached that way....you will find that you may get knocked down (because that’s just part of life) but you never get knocked out!!! :flowerforyou: We just keep picking ourselves up....and walking this journey together on good days and bad!:drinker: :drinker:

God Bless!!!!!! And make this day a good day!:flowerforyou:

BirdieM

Just popping in to say HI:flowerforyou:

Glad to see that Mimi has checked in

Amanda glad the shower was a hit

Still working on the maintaining...too busy to think and stress only hits the surface.


Will come back later when I think things settle down..

Laura

Hi, I'm Jeanne & just discovered MFP this morning. I rejoined WW about 3 weeks ago, I'm a lifetime member who 'found' the last batch of pounds I lost. I like the program, but really feel a need to track nutrition, particularly sodium & iron so I though I'd try both sites side by side for awhile. I come from a family with a history of high blood pressure and am very proud of my low blood pressure. I also donate platelets on a regular basis so I am very conscious of keeping my iron levels up. I put in my profile that I'm sure I've lost over 2000 pounds over my lifetime, the same 20-40, over and over again. I'm determined to break the string of that yo yo :bigsmile: I also suffer chronic pain because of back issues so it's important for me to stay active. I love to quilt & find it's a good way to keep me out of the refrigerator, as long as I'm not having a glass of wine while quilting Yes, I have been known to have a glass of wine while operating my quilting "power tool" :laugh: G

Hi Jeanne! I too am a WW lifetimer who regained weight. With this site I was able to get back down to my WW lifetime goal and I'm now working on my new "personal goal", 5 more pounds! I don't understand why WW only counts calories, fat & fiber. Since calculating my carbs and sugar as well on this site, I was able to lose the weight. ( I also do Jillian Michaels 30 day shred a couple of times a week) I started looking at the sugar content in foods and was amazed, especially at yogurt & milk & fruit!! I cut those out and my stomach has really gone down! Glad you joined MFP, I hope it works for you!!

Barb, you sound like you’re in a good place. Your posts always give me a chuckle. If you get a chance, I’d like to know how you looked up Debbie's posts.

Mimi,

and anyone else who wants to know.....To read someone's prior posts, all you do is left click on the little number that appears below their avatar in any post. When you do this, you will get a listing in the same format you get when you are reading a thread, except that each post will have the title of that post above it. The most recent post appears first, and you will get multiple pages so you can go back quite a ways. By doing this, in Debbie's case, it was easy to see that she hadn't posted on the 50+ thread since June, until she popped in a couple of days ago.

Michelle,

If you know you haven't been consuming excess sodium, there can be other reasons for water retention. Water retention can be an early sign of congestive heart failure. It can also affect those with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease--IE emphysema; chronic bronchitis). There can be other causes for edema, IE certain drugs, such as lithium, can affect the body by fostering water retention. I am not trying to alarm you, but a call to your doctor's office might not be a bad idea. Have you had any recent changes in the type or dosage of any medications you might be taking? If so, your pharmacist might be able to shed some light.

Good luck.

Amanda,
I am sorry you have to deal with the unpleasant situation you described in regard to your ex's current spouse. I agree, the kids will figure out soon enough who the REAL grandma and grandpa are!!!

Jeannie,
I got a kick out of the coffee mug link. And all this time I thought "Everything's better with Bluebonnet on it!!":noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Chiclet,
I am glad you were able to make something nice happen for your mom's birthday. And, I agree with whomever said you are beautiful inside and out!! Hang in there.

I am ready to crash for the night, but plan to watch Nightline, as they are doing a story on the rescued Chilean miners. What a relief for them and their families that after 69 days they are finally back on the surface of the earth.

BFN

Barb