WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

Cynthia - Sorry about your bike, but please call your agent(s) for coverage of the stolen goods under your car insurance and also your homeowner's insurance. We had coverage under our homeowner's insurance when DH had items stolen from his car. The worst they can do is say no!

Gail, metro ATL

Katla, they sell an ergonomic crochet hook at our local Walmart. I have not tried it but my friend used one when she crocheted baby blankets for her triplet grandbabies and she really liked it. It has kind of a chunky handle built in.

I had another down day today. Didn't get dressed till after noon. I think I'm in this funk because of my sons recent diagnosis. They told him that this disease is classified as "a terminal illness" even though there is treatment which can prolong his life and he could even get on a transplant list, but he doesn't have any money at all to pay for these things. I hate the thought of outliving my only child, and I also hate what would happen to his kids. They would most likely go back to their mother and her family, and I would never see them again. Hubby says we will find an attorney and do what we can, but we don't know that we can do much. When they were taken away from us the first time we found out that grandparents don't have many rights in our state. It's pretty frustrating.

So, enough pity party.

Has anybody heard from Meg? Also, Laura hasn't been on lately.

Sylvia

Hope everyone had a good day.
my oldest grandson turned 16 today,which I could spend it with him,but he lives in IN.
Busy day,drs,etc.Gonna shower and chill.
Hugs and prayers for those that need them.
Jane

There got got up on the posts. Thought better get that done before morning or then I can't catch up.

Thank you all for all the concerns. there's only one thing for me to do and that's care for me. It's one day at a time right now.
Next update will be on Tuesday after my stress test. I really don't know why they are sending me for this as I won't be able to do it. But guess it shows to what extent the damage is. The practioner don't want me walking more than 5 min. outside at a time. Did 3 times today. So that's pretty good. The breathing is getting much better with the water pills.

So I should be here tomorrow or maybe at 3 in the morning. I always wake up around then and just can't get back to sleep so get up for an hour or so then go back. I hate tossing and turning find it easier to just get up.

See you all lighter
Linda In Northern Ontario.

Amanda - great accomplishment! You SHOULD be proud. I don't know how many days I've logged in, I turned that off. But I'm sure it's probably around that number. I know I log in every day (with a few minor exceptions like holidays, etc) and I've been a member since 2009 (I think late in the year, I'm not even sure of that)

Heather - have a wonderful weekend, you deserve it. Congrats on the weight. HIIT does get your heart rate up. What intervals did you use (like how long did you sprint, how long recovery)

yaniejannie - love your quote. I'm going to remember that one

Allison - good thoughts for your hubby. Yes, you HAVE been burning that candle

Did 45 minutes of "TravelFit" DVD by Cathe Friedrich. It's a DVD that uses only bands.

Tomorrow I'm planning to do a treadmill workout that I found in a magazine. I'll tell you how it goes

Patty from Cincinatti - best of luck on your test. One of the things that sort-of irks me about our Y is that all the "trainers" (I put it in quote as I have no idea what their certifications are) are all these young 20 and 30-somethings. They just can't relate to the older members. That's where I think you're going to have a real big edge. when someone is 20, they feel invincible but you know that even tho something might not hurt right now eventually it'll catch up with you (like doing something that'll hurt your knees)

texasgal - get better fast

Katla - Sorry you don't understand the credit card question, lets see if I can explain it better. See, originally I had a Sam's club card. Nothing special and I was fine with it. I had to renew it yearly, which was just fine. Well, one day I get this Discover Sam's card in the mail so I figured that they're having Discover do all their paperwork now so I agreed to it. There was no mention in the letter which came with the card that I didn't have to accept it. Now my membership is up for renewal. I'm wondering if they're just going to charge that credit card? I have a $10 coupon, I'll need to take it to Sam's to find out how I can use it. There is one church down here, you would not believe the production their service is! I kid you not, there are videos (at least 2), the sound system is something else! Sitting at the service, you would swear you were sitting in the seats of a high class movie theater. I understand that they're very pushy about having people contribute lots and lots. It's just sad to me, too much of a production. But that's the way they like it. You wouldn't catch me there, that's for sure.

Joyce - the operative words from MFP when you log in are "IN A ROW". Silly as this may sound, I did find out that if I was planning to go away and not log in for a day or two, if I prelogged even one item, MFP treated it as if I logged in. To me, that's rediculous. That's one of the reasons I turned that feature off. I know I log in, and sometimes I can't get to it until later the next day. I don't know when MFP has the cutoff time for logging in that day.

I made an apple pie but I didn't like the way it came out so it went into the garbage. Then I made Vince a chocolate pudding pie.

Heather - you're right, the Quakers are very traditionial. I remember there were a lot of Quakers when we lived in PA, very , very traditional

peacelovehhs - welcome! Keep coming in and you'll get lots of support.

Sue in SD - prayers that everything turns out just fine for you. Feeling good isn't always indicative of the absence of disease, but I know how frustrating it can be. Happy birthday to your sister

katla - sending you a virtual box of tissues!!!

Juanita - when Vince isn't feeling up to par, you would think the world was coming to an end!!! He moans around the house, stays in his bathrobe. Me? If I'm in my pajamas all day, you KNOW that I'm really really sick. Regardless of how I feel, the house still needs to be cleaned, food cooked, laundry done. I think that helps somewhat.

Linda - sending prayers for you. Maybe the practicioner doesn't want you breathing in the cold air and you're inside when you take the stress test????

Sylvia - ((((BIG HUG)))))

jane - happy birthday to your grandson

Michele in NC

Linda in Ontario, I hope they are doing a chemical stress test instead of having you get on a treadmill. That's how they did my husband's after his heart attack.

Allison, I am so so glad you took a day off and was a 'lazy butt'. You needed it, your body needed it. Your brother needs to be bale to cope on his own, yes, in small doses at a time. but he will eventually have to be by himself.

Had one of my favorite pizzas tonight. We go to Old Chicago and I eat the thin crust cheese, have them go light on the cheese and have mushroom and onions as toppings. I love the sauce. They were a little heavy on the toppings tonight so it was extra veggies for me. I love it when I can find something special in a restaurant. I also love the individual pizza at pizza hut. I get it also with onions and mushrooms. I used to think you could never have a pizza without sausage. Now I don't miss it at all. I sat there tonight and watched Charlie eat his Italian sausage stromboli, extra sauce with an extra side of pickles, it comes with a huge order of fries. His blood is now a virtual salt mine.

I am going to try to gradually decrease my cats medicine for her allergy to whatever it is. I hate giving it to her. It has to be on an empty stomach, he says to remove her food 2 hours before and after. So that's 4 hours her dish is away from her. It's an awful smelling liquid I draw up in a syringe and squirt in her mouth. It has to be real quick and as I nurse I know that's not right either. It's a choking problem for you to squirt something in your mouth that quick. I hate it that she struggles to get out of my arms so quickly and run from my sight. She wants to get away from me, her Mom! She no longer wants to sit in my lap or play with me, she plays with my husband only. But she is no longer bald. She has a wonderful luxurious coat of hair that I am so proud of. But I don't like having to fork out $132 every 3 months for something that causes both her and me distress. When it comes time to pick her up to give it to her I have to make sure she is asleep or she runs and hides and then that's it. Plus she knows her food is gone and is well aware of what I am doing. She still does sleep with me at night and I love that. My cat I had before her was a gift to me from my daughter on Mother's day. But she chose Charlie as her human. The only time she would sit on my lap was if I had one certain afghan on my lap. So after she died I got Melody from a rescue place and she was immediately my lap cat. This all changed when she developed her skin problem and I was the heavy and Charlie was the nice person.

OK, time to go get my bedtime snack and start my calm down so i can sleep. I slept real well last night with no headache!!!!!!!

Joyce, Indiana

Off soon! My knee is completely shot!:sad: :sad: I'm going to take some ibuprofen and hope it clears up. Last night I could hardly walk. Today I can walk a bit, but stiffly. We are going to do a lot of walking in London!
Best wishes to all the cold sufferers! :flowerforyou:
Heather UK

morning ladies~
I feel sooo much better , I got about 7 hrs sleep last night.
well my brother pulled the tube out of his nose the night before last,,they should have kept him restaints on,Oh well:noway:
I have to talk to the unit secretary over in CICU,I am wondering if there is something we can do and a list of visitors that my brother can have..
some of his scummy drinking and drugging friends have come in to see him and I dont want that influence for him right now.
will go over tonight to see him.feeling a whole lot better.
Lucy~ so wonderful to have you back I was wondering where you got off to. sure have missed you,
Pat/Phoo hope your still lurking out there we miss you too

Good Morning Lovely People,
It is Firday and I feel good. Tonight a bunch of us are going out dancing and I'm really looking forward to it. Haven't been out since December. I'm the DD as I don't drink but none of the others drink emuch either. We just love to dance.

Kay, I do protein shakes daily, some or berries and spinach, some for breakfast are almond milk, protein and I add that to my coffee.

Welcome Peacelovehhs

Grandmallie, Hang in there, you are carrying a lot on your shoulders.

Katla and Rori, feel better.

Sylvia, prayers with you and your son, my heart goes out to you.

Margaret,, I am taking my test to be a personal trainer. I've taken it before but didn't pass the practical part which is what I'm retaking.The first time I paniced and got all tounge tied. They give you an exercise and you demonstrate it, explain it, modify it for a medical issue they give you, show stretches for the muscles used, show another exercise for the opposing muscle and name those muscles. It's a timed test as well.


Michele NC, I know what you mean about young personal trainers. I've tried other fitness places and found them there. They really pressure you. Our Y has a lot of older members, We have younger ones and are trying for more, but our clientel is mostly over 40. I like working with people of this age, especially women, who I don't feel take care of themselves as most of us have always put others needs before ours. Women are harder to work with for this reason as well, they stop coming or cancel more because they have to "babysit for the grandkids" or "run pick up something" or whatever reason.

I am at work and I haven't even poured my first cup of coffee, so I better get going. Everyone have a wonderfully healthy and happy week-end. Take care of your bod's!!
Patty from Cincinnati

Our Y has a lot of older members. We are trying to attract younger ones as well but have no child care available yet. Until recently we were an adults only facility but have changed over. I do know what your refering to with the younger trainers, some of our other branches have them and there is a big attitude difference in classes and training. My style of training is slow and steady, striving for more everytime but only competing with yourself.

Good Morning All,

Deedee drinking water as I type.:drinker:

Short this morning because I am off to sub in a fun Kindergarten class today.

Patty it sounds like you learned you get tongue tied under pressure. You are not alone. When I have a test like that the best way I found to prepared is visual myself doing the test then practice, practice, practice. Do you have a friend that you could do the test with? If you want you could practice on me by writing me. I know that practice would probably go over your allotted time, but I do find writing helpful too. However you decide to prepare good luck and you do not have to be perfect. You will make a great trainer because you understand it is not always easy to perform.
Goals
limit TV/computer
contentment/communication
Life is too short for a bad cup of coffee.:drinker:


Margaret

:flowerforyou: Good Morning--Meogge; Linda in NC (( glad you are feeling better!!)) ; Cynthia; Heather in UK ((sorry about your knee hope it gets better so you can enjoy your trip to London)) ; Viv; Joyce (( I know it is hard to give our animal kids the meds they need..our puppy had seizures and it was hard given it to him..they don't like us for awhile but they will trust again)) ;

Barbie ((Happy 25th Anniversary.....we will have our 41 yrs in March)); Michele in NC; Eileen; Susan (( sorry about your roof collapsing..hard when you cannot be there to deal with it)); Poerava; Sylvia (( sorry about your sons terminal illness ..him just knowing that you will be there for him during this is a great help in him and you dealing with this..I will pray for your family)); Deb in CNY ; Gail ; Jeanne ; Margaretturk ; Jill ; Juanita ; Katla ; Skuehn48 ;

Kevrit ; Peacelovehs ; Kay (( I don't know if I could drink a grey juice..maybe knowing whats in it will help :noway: )); Linda fr Ontario ((that is scary..having a heart attack..going to the ER..and them not diagnosing it :noway: )) ; Texasgirl ; Seasonsofjoy (( I was also diagnosed with Arthritis then later Fibro at a much younger age..and if I knew then what pain I would have to suffer..I would have been much kinder to my body)) ; Dee ; Amanda ((congrats on your 1000th day of logging)) ; Laurelfisher ; Sue in TX ; Sandy from ON Canada ; Carol in NC ; Vlabreu ;


Jane ; Lucy in DE ; Planoteral ; Vickigine ; Marygettingfi ; Kathy in Cherry Hill ; Hesther in Hampshire UK ; Anamika fr Mumbai ; Jane in Colorado ; Juanita in Sudbury ; 641345 ; Skuehn48 ; JacquenlynKay ; Nccarolb ; Renny ; Kay (PNW USA) ; Karenowen60 ; Mcorenma ; Anamika703 ; Claire ; Tammytylerjon ; Techinteachin ; Geri in UK ; Maryann in UK ; Ruthanne ; Vickil57 ; Tazgirl1960 ; Lizmil79 ; Kayak-kutie ; Lucygoose0673 ; Nccarolb ; Rori in Colorado ; Anne in Vancouver BC ;

It has been a rough week..not sleeping well...but I have finally lost a lb..doesn't sound like much but when I was gaing instead of losing it was depressing..so losing a lb is great!!!!! Everybody have a great Friday and Weekend :happy:

Liz fr Halifax NS

Good morning. The sun is shining this morning! We haven't seen that for a while. This morning I was 208.4 after being stuck at 209 for four long days. Yippee!

MKD1955, I've been through a couple of earthquakes in California. It's no fun. In high school (1970 or 71?) I was awakened by a bad one in Lancaster and my two brothers slept through it. I promptly threw up. We had some damage but it was worse down by LA. Wasn't there for Northridge though. That was a really bad one. Time really does fly by, doesn't it.

Alison, glad to hear you're feeling better. Hope your brother gets over the worst of it soon. I understand how you feel about his friends visiting. My son is still friends with a few of his druggie friends and every time he mentions one I cringe. I think they are all clean now, but still, they worry me.

Linda, how scary! I hope you get good news with the stress test. I much preferred the treadmill test to the chemical test. I really thought they killed me with the chemical test.

Margaret, subbing in kindergarten sounds like fun! They are so cute at that age. High school, not so much. I did a pottery demonstration for a school once and the high school class were bored, rude, profane, and insulting. The middle school classes were at least polite. The kindergarten class seemed to think I was a magician, and watched with great enthusiasm and rapt attention. They were so cute.

Have a great day!

Sylvia

Thank you Katla49 for the warm welcome! I do regret not being able follow posts as often as I'd like to. I am from sunny Northern California, and hope someday soon say rainy California, as the potential for drought is looming. I am coming to my first weekend on mfp, and looking forward to seeing just how well I do - easier during my structured work week.... Here's to a great weekend! :drinker:

Juanita in Sudbury: Thanks for the Vicks Vaporub reminder. I used to use it frequently and had forgotten how helpful it can be. You’ve had the cold for a long time. I’m glad its better this week. I hope I have a shorter version.:flowerforyou:

Jill in W MA: I had canned chicken soup yesterday. It was just what I wanted. Perhaps I can talk DH into making his homemade version today.:flowerforyou:

Sylvia: I am sorry for your worries. Your situation is frightening and I would also be upset. I think your son should get on the transplant list and apply for Medicaid. I’m not familiar with the details of that program but it is for adults without insurance. His children need him. http://www.medicaid.gov/:flowerforyou:

Rori: I hope you’re well enough to meet with the Colorado Ladies Who Lunch. :bigsmile: If so, say hi for me.:flowerforyou:

Linda C: I know that they want stress tests for checking out your heart and how effective it is. I don’t know the details. I had one once when I was having pains under my rib cage. I was lying down and pedaling a “bike.” My problem turned out to be digestive and stress related, not heart issues. Thank goodness. The stress test wasn’t horrible, but waiting for it was stressful. I hope yours isn’t horrible, either. I’m glad that you’re getting some rest and minimizing stress.:flowerforyou:

Eileen near San Diego: I hope you are safe throughout the fire season. My cousin in S Cal had to be evacuated once a few years ago, but her home was not damaged.:flowerforyou:

Michele: Thanks for your explanation. You were correct; I didn’t understand.:noway: :flowerforyou:

Barbie: Enjoy your Anniversary trip. :flowerforyou:

Heather: Good luck with your sore knee. Rest is a very good idea. When mine was in extreme pain ice, ibuprofen and elevation also helped.:flowerforyou:

Alison: I’m so glad you had a good night’s rest. I’ve been thinking about Pat/Phoo, too. I hope she’s doing okay.:flowerforyou:

Moeggep: Good luck on your personal trainer test. I think there should be more personal trainers in our age group. The “kids” don’t have a clue. They seem to have a “break it down to build it up” mindset. Those of us ‘of a certain age’ have already broken it down farther than it should go. :flowerforyou:

Mkd195: Those of us who call out a bunch of people open a word document on our computer screen beside the MPF page and type into it as we read posts. Then we copy the word document and paste it into MFP. Easy-peasy.:flowerforyou:

Liz from Halifax: Nice to hear from you. Every lost pound is a victory. Congratulations!:flowerforyou:

Meg: I’m so glad you posted. I’ve been thinking about you and hoping things are improving. It sounds like you have more worries than I knew about. Will send good thoughts and prayers your way.:flowerforyou:


I slept better last night but still have the cold. I’m breathing better, too, but have junk slipping down my throat so that I cough it up. Not pretty. Maybe I’m over sharing. Sorry if that is the case. :ohwell:

Count your calories, drink your water, and take care of yourselves.:flowerforyou:

Katla in foggy NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


January goals:

1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Focus on fitness: daily cardio plus strength training a minimum of twice a week.
3. Water: According to an article a friend posted on facebook, drinking water at certain times maximizes its effectiveness on the body. So I’ll try to follow these recommendations:

* 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
* 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
* 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
* 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

TGIF~~Trying to get caught up with some cleaning.Seems like `I`m always on the go.
Sending hugs to those that need them.
Have a good day.
HUGS
jane