WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Hi Ladies

:flowerforyou: To all who are struggling for whatever reason I send best wishes, don't give up, we can do this.

Today is my day off so I have a bit longer to chat thank goodness. My uncle is going to be "assessed" today, he's finding it more and more difficult to look after himself. Since his last spell in hospital, he's been fine one minute and then not so good the next. :frown: He's spent most of the last few weeks in bed hardly eating or drinking. I've made him the odd bowl of soup and cuppa when I've gone down to check on him, but he's not eating properly and he sometimes forgets to take his medication. I'm not sure what the assessor will advise. He will either be given carers to call in every day to help him or be given a place in a care home where there's someone on hand 24hrs a day.

I've been busy looking at gifts for Christmas, I've already bought a few bits and pieces but still have most to buy for :ohwell: I've chosen my secret santa person for work and the person I have picked wants a surprise aaaaaaggggghhhh :grumble: I was hoping I would chose someone who had given a few ideas of the things they would like "santa" to get them.

:flowerforyou: Suzeque what a lovely picture, and good luck with the move hope it goes well.

:flowerforyou: Barb drive carefully and maybe a back up plan is a good idea just in case.

:flowerforyou: Piquilter thanks for sharing, and by the replies I hope you feel a bit better knowing you are not alone.

:flowerforyou: Michelle you are always so busy with your exercise routine. I wish I was half as motivated. I'm going to my beginners running course today, I'm not really looking forward to it, but I've committed myself now and want to complete the whole 10 weeks. I still need to motivate myself to do something on an evening ( I don't seem to have time on a morning now ) but by the time I get home from work I'm sooooo tired. Pathetic excuse I know. I should just do it.

Well DH has got up and time is getting on, so I'd better make a start, need to get some dog covers/towels in the washer and also have a quick tidy up.

Have a good day everyone

Good Morning Ladies,

I feel some better - still coughing occasionally. My back and hip is better too. I will, hopefully, be able to to go to a Christmas Show trip tomorrow with DH and an early Christmas Family celebration with my in-laws, Sunday. Our nephew is home from Afghanistan and that is why we are having Christmas with them Sunday.
I have 3/4 of my Christmas Shopping done. My DH is antsy while I have been sick so he is wrapping presents:bigsmile: . Everything has it's advantages.:laugh: I think I about killed myself shopping last friday..I went on determination...but sometimes even determination doesn't overcome viruses...:grumble:
It's a beautiful parly/sunny day today. So much better that the past few days of gloomy, rainy days.

Amanda: Hope things are progressing well for you and yours.

Viv: Hang in there with your running...just the fact you're doing it, is amazing! Hope your Christmas shopping is fun!
I love it, if I know what I am going for ...I don't when I don't know what to buy someone...:noway:

Robin-I was glad to see you had good news about your procedure. As Michelle said, there is actually a condition called "white coat syndrome" that when a patient sees or visits a doctor the BP and heart rate shoot up. It happens to my sister and mom all the time.

Birdie- so glad your doctor's visit went so well-those visits make all of us apprehensive.

Michelle-That's the way it goes when the "kid" fix dinners, however, to give you hope, it does get better. At this point, mine have me to cook very little. I suppose it's a gradual weaning away.

Barbiecat-I agree, a lot of us have things in our childhood we have learned to put behind us.:brokenheart: Unloading isa step in the right direction. You are always encouraging.:flowerforyou:

Mimi-I have found eating protein-not fruits is always a better start to my eating habits on any given day. Sugar, even natural, seems to make me feel hungry all day and I don't feel like I am ever satisfied with what I eat. Some processed foods will do the same thing. It seems like you have turned that back the other direction:drinker: :flowerforyou:
Your W00_WOO sounds like good therapy. Sometime, I may tell you all my story.

Kackie - Your time with your family and friends sounds like a "great time." Have fun!..:flowerforyou:

If I don't post anymore before, I wish all of you, that post on here, a Happy Thanksgiving...(If you celebrate it) and if not a Happy Week!

'til next time,

Hi Again,

Sorry to "drop" off so quickly this AM...DH was having car problems and needed me to help with jumper cables...right away!

I wanted to finish my thoughts before they are gone! ....

SuzyQ: You look wonderful! I am so glad that you were able to have a nice trip before your move....they are NEVER fun, no matter how many times you do them! Good luck!

Pquilter: I am glad that you were able to share with us...that is why we are here! Take care!

Jeannie: How wonderful to have a 16 year old daughter and your celebration sounds lovely! I'd love to help...but not sure I can be there by 8AM! Enjoy!

Viv: Hope that your uncles assessment went well. Keep us posted

Lynn: I am so glad that you are feeling better. Sunshine always helps, I think! Wow...you are doing great with your shopping! I have done a bit but have quite a bit more to do! ahhhhh.....

Barbie (and all of you other super-successful losers)...question for you: Did you progress on a fairly even course from start to end or did you ever have a long period of up and down anywhere along the way? If you did, how did you "handle" it? I am good about tracking and logging when at home, but when traveling or away, no matter how well I think I have planned, I don't end up doing as well. Thus, up and down weight. In front of the holidays, I want to try to have a "plan". Advice to those of us in the same boat? Thanks, in advance!

I have been to the grocery at least once a day for a week trying to stock up before next week. I hope to make as much as I can this weekend so that I am not in the kitchen the entire week. DDIL and son's girlfriend are great helpers, as are my sons, when ASKED, but still...I want us all to be outside as much as we can be!

Take care all and for all of you, I am very thankful that you are in my life! Kackie

Hello ladies

I've just got home from watching the new Harry Potter movie with my DH and DD#2. We loved it!

I am still spending most of the day helping out with my new grandtwins so that DD#1 can get some rest. Her blood pressure is all over the place and she's having to have it checked every day, but she seems to be doing better.

The downside of spending so much time away from home is that my eating is a bit erratic. Some days I'm just not eating enough. I'm trying to make sure I take at least one prepared meal with me.

Thursday night I went to my aqua fit class. Ouch! The guy who runs the class is MEAN! I ached but I thoroughly enjoyed it too.

Time for bed - it's after midnight here and I'm still afraid that I may turn back into a pumpkin.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Hugs to all.

Amanda x

Good morning everyone and welcome to all new comers,

My sauce and meatballs was on the stove by 8AM and is simmering as I write. Somehow the house feels warmer with the cooking smells. We made the sausage, peppers and onions last night. Only the chicken Alfredo left to make today. I haven't cooked like this in years. It feels good, but I want to be sure the food goes some place other than my mouth. lol

I'm going to bike while I drink my morning coffee and before I get cleaning and cooking again.

Have a great day everyone!

Jeannie

Kath, 30 minutes on the elliptical! That’s awesome. I can manage about 5…it kicks my patootie.

Amanda, you sound wonderful. Good for you for keeping up with the aqua class in the midst of all the crazy busy-ness.

Pat, welcome! I don’t judge you at all for having weight loss surgery. That takes a lot of courage and is the right solutions sometimes. I got a lap band 9 years ago. I lost 80 lbs but kept off just 25. But that was the start of getting my head (and body) straight. I’m now down 125 lbs from 9 years ago (70 in the last year) and am feeling wonderful. The loose skin is just a given (dang it!) Thank heavens for clothes (and good bras!) Congrats on keeping off 150 lbs. That’s wonderful. And congrats on coming to my MFP. I’m not a joiner either but this website and, particularly, this forum have helped me immensely.

Barbie, lol about the veggies. Hurray for veggies. The best “willpower” going!

Vicki, Jeannie, and SMwert, Hi…I’m running out of time but wanted to say hello! Gonna go for a walk with my mom while the weather holds. We’ve got just a small window of opportunity.

xxx

Did an hour of deep water workout today (Fri). This was the last day for that bathingsuit. Well, you get what you pay for, and I know that I didn't pay a lot for it. Fortunately, I have 5 more bathing suits in my drawer (that I didn't pay a lot for). Then I bowled three games. Broke 100 each game (but just barely). Right now I'm x-stitching this piece for my friend. I'll probably see her when we go to Europe in Jan. We've been friends since high school. It says "there's a warmth and joy that never ends between the hearts of special friends". I've done all the x-stitching, I want to get the outlining done for the flowers. The other outlining is pretty straight forward, so I can do that in the car while we're driving up to see Jessica. Tomorrow...yoga.

Viv - you know, when I broke that bone in my foot last year and couldn't exercise, I really could notice a difference in how I felt. I seriously think that exercising helps to keep the hot flashes at bay. When I couldn't exercise, there were times when the sweat, literally, would be pouring down my legs. Ever since I've gone back to exercising, I still sometimes get hotflashes but not the sweat pouring down my legs. Guess that's my incentive, if I exercise then I won't have that feeling. Plus...I can eat more (which I love to do!)

Welcome Pat. Logging your food is just great. What are your hobbies?

Vicki - I'm with you. If it were totally up to me, I'd want to have my Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Vince isn't that way. Denise wanted this necklace that had to be special ordered. Weeks ago I told Vince that it would take 4-6 weeks to get it in. He kept putting off ordering it and putting it off. Finally, I ordered it today. As long as it is ordered by Dec. 1, it'll be here by Christmas. Why does he procrastinate so???? I like to enjoy the holiday, too.

Today (Sat) did an hour of yoga. We're supposed to go to this restaurant with some friends of ours. Honestly, I'm really not all that crazy about going. The last two times this lady has asked us out, one time I had to serve at the church and the other time the food on the menu was so horrible (green beans cooked in fat back, just an example) that I lied and said that I had to lector that day. This restaurant that she wants to go to, everything is pan fried. Well, almost everything. If her hubby has heart problems, why would she choose a restaurant where everything is fried? Maybe his heart problems aren't as bad as she tells us they are. Anyway, they do have a poached trout that I'm going to get and instead of the potatoes I'll get the steamed broccoli (I do have to ask for it without butter)

Tomorrow I'm thinking that I may do an hour on the Wii of balance games.

Just got back from the restaurant. It is expensive, but I'd read that on the internet. I had the poached trout and steamed broccoli. Vince had the pommes de terres (meaning French Fries) and he said that they were REALLY salty. He just got the pan fried chicken breast, and to him it was like a giant chicken nugget with salty fries. I also had their "house" salad, but I had to ask for the salad dressing on the side. There was lettuce, but also these green beans (I didn't care for the dressing they had on them, so I didn't eat them), some sort of potato salad which I didn't eat since I'm not a fan of potato salad, beets which I ate, I think there was a cucumber that was marinated in some sort of balsamic vinegar which I ate, chopped carrots, alfalfa sprouts. The trout was served whole -- head an all. I just had a problem eating something that was looking at me, so I cut the head off. Someone else asked that it be taken off the table, guess it bothered him also.

We've been invited to a friend's house for dinner Monday night, so I'll make a pie to take with me tomorrow. Also, we're celebrating birthdays at the Y Monday so I'll make cookies to take with me tomorrow.

I made cupcakes for the "dessert" tonight. Gave them to one of the ladies. Told them that a friend of ours who has severe back problems (we do have a friend with severe back problems) needs something moved and his wife can't do it alone so they asked us. He needs to take his pain killer (or else he can't sleep, and this is the truth) at 10p.m. so we needed to go there earlier.

Vince just booked our hotel in VA. I'm thinking that it's the one that had a microwave and refrig in it. I'm going to take some snacks with me anyway.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Good morning Ladies.

I'm down another pound today. It would be wonderful to lose another 2 pounds before the end of the month (which would bring me into a normal weight range).

DH and I are going for a stompy walk this afternoon after we've been over to the babies. I really want to try to fit in a couple of visits to the gym this week if possible. I've also got my swimming lesson tomorrow morning and my aqua fit class on Thursday. At present I don't have a lot of time at home so I can't spend much time in my home gym. Still, I'm rushing around like a chicken with no head which means I'll still be burning some calories.

It's fascintating to read about everyone's preperations for Thanksgiving day - we just don't have anything like that in the UK. One year I would really love to spend a Thanksgiving over in the States. I spoke to my step-grandson who lives in Ohio, yesterday. I'd posted him some gifts as a 'well done for becoming a big brother'. It's very hard for my son-in-law to not have his first born over here while the babies are so 'fresh from the oven'.

Have a good rest of the weekend, and for anyone who doesn't get on because they are so busy - Happy Thanksgiving.

Love to you all, my friends.

Amanda x

Hello everyone,

The sun's peeking through after a rip-roaring (by California standards) thunder-and-lightening storm last night. More rain is expected later today but I'm enjoying seeing the sun.

Amanda's comment about Thanksgiving made me chuckle. Years ago, I drove up for a visit with my next-younger sister and her DH who lived in Vancouver, BC, in Canada. It was Thanksgiving (for me!) so I loaded up the car with a turkey and all the trimmings. I got grilled at the border. I'd completely forgotten it was Thanksgiving only in the US, not in Canada!

I was over a little on calories yesterday thanks to a glass of wine, 2 crackers, and an ounce of Cambozola. I feel good about measuring and logging though! I did much better than I did when I was at Tahoe. It helps to have fewer people around and to take the time to decide what I was going to eat instead of just nibbling. Nibbling is deadly!

The forum is awfully quiet lately. Must be the holidays. I'm thinking of you all.

xxx