WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2014

This looks like a good topic/group for me....50plus, new to MFP, and supporting women!
I am a Texas Native lost in the burbs of Washington DC, but hopeful of returning home someday.
So, I need some advice on how best to use MFP. Any dynamic tips???
Thanks so much!

Jane - I'm pretty sure that happens from time to time, I know it did with my mum, so I shouldn't worry, but it's just as well to get it checked out for total peace of mind.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hello friends!
Seems like ages since I popped in. Have been catching up off and on but must admit havent been able to read all the posts.
Thankfully the summer vacation begins tomorrow. But, I'm off to the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat to see my mom. I'll be off the internet and mfp, unless I can come up with something.
Had myhair attended to, read straightened and have been advised not to get it wet or even prespire :noway: . How do I work out? Its extremely hot and I prespire buckets even while strolling, dont think it was a good idea.:blushing:
Well will have to be more careful about my cals I guess:grumble:
Barbie happy about your teaching the line dance class and was so touched by your concern for the other teacher. I know what you mean by giving her a nice farewell as she retired to take care of herself. We need to be so honest about our health.
Had been for a medical check up last week and am glad to say all's well. We did find a couple of fibroids in the uterus but menopause was confirmed and so nothing to be worried about. :bigsmile:
Someone asked about spotting a year after the last period, it was an annual event with me for a couple of years till the final one about 4 years ago. i'll be 49 in june.
Applause for all those with victories specially the NSVs. Best wishes for all who are struggling.
Anamika from an extremely hot Mumbai

Just a bump here. We had our strenght training class outside in the sun today, it was a great work out and we got a little vitamin D.
The reason is because they are expanding our work-out area here and it's under construction but we all felt it could be benifical to have them outside sometimes.
Patty, Cincinnati OH

Hi again,

We had just left my sister's in Tucson when I got a picture (by text) of my new grandson, Shawn. About 3 hours later I got to see and hold him! He's a healthy little (6#, 13oz) boy with very happy parents and big brother.

Hugs to all.

Eileen near San Diego

Got in from therapy-going good.
Thanks for the advice -dr wants to see me fri and do an ultrasound.
Have a good night.
HUGS
jane

Eileen...........congrats on the grandchild!

Suein SD.................Is a Turkish van the same as a Gypsy Vanner?????; they are the most gorgeous horses!!!

Great day..............picked the first strawberries of the season a couple hrs. ago; eating them now with vanilla yogurt.........delish!!!

Early night for me---g'nite all, sleep tight!
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Today is DS's 30th birthday and I think I'm taking it harder then he is. We celebrated last weekend. He called tonight to say he used the gift cards that DD & I gave him on some new golf clubs. He's going golfing tomorrow for the first time this year. He's thrilled. It's so nice to hear.

My jaw is still just aching. It hurts more now then it did when the tooth was broken. :noway:

I did Cardiofit box class tonight. I still am surprised at what a workout it is. I look forward to it every week now. Who would have thought? :laugh:

Watching Grey's Anatomy and then off to bed.

Sandy in ON

Hi my vitamin F pals. Long day at clinical today followed by grocery shopping; I put on nearly 12,000 steps by the time I got home. NSV: I used to be just exhausted after clinical and now I’m not. So that’s a victory! The DDs are out together right now having some ice cream and talking. That usually doesn’t go very well but #2 keeps trying.

Beth; so sorry things are stressful for your son, but you are right; the relief tells you the decision was the right one. Zumba is great for that ‘wiggle’ thing when you don’t know what to do! We do the same in aqua zumba!

Rori: glad you are feeling better!

Deb; I know I do better when I can get on the site frequently during the day.

Kathrine: we are a chatty group aren’t we?

Mimi: welcome back! So glad to see you. When I first started wearing a fit bit I was about 2500 steps a day and every couple of weeks I’d make my goal 500 more. Now I’m steady at 6000 and many days get many more.

Alison: good for you to get so many steps in with just daily activity!

Patty: that’s pretty much what I did with DD. My dietician suggested protein shakes for the days I teach from 12-4:30 because I simply can’t eat lunch at 11! So I’m going to give them a try. I hope your new shake turns out well

Cindy: nice find!!!

Tigress: yeah, the getting pregnant is what I can’t get….they had sex for 6 months and according to the BF she refused to have anything to do with any type of birth control. That is just so dumb. Babysitting is something we talked to the girls a long time ago about….that will be a once in a while treat, not something to just assume we are going to do. We have too many friends who do nothing but babysit their grands and don’t enjoy it and feel they are being imposed upon.

Carol: have a wonderful trip!

Katla: five years?????

Heather: hugs for your bad episode!

Margaret: enjoy that weather

Gloria: you have inspired me to crack open a bottle and have a glass! I have a nice sauvignon blanc in the fridge.

Tere: it’s hard to catch up on all those pages, isn’t it? Glad you had a nice Easter.

Jill: has spring sprung in MA yet?

Vicki: did you have bad weather yesterday? We got some rain but it looked like you guys were getting drenched!

Yanniejannie: I too have books all over the house and haven’t read many of them. Right now I’m reading a Clancy novel that’s
probably 20 years old by now!

Moondoggz: where do you find Calms? What degree are you graduating with? Congratulations!

Kim: what??? You didn’t appreciate the half dead fly? I can’t imagine!

Barbie: so sorry about the teacher….that must be terrifying for her. Good thing she has a daughter who can take her in and care for her if needed. I’m sure you will be great as the full time teacher.

Amanda; lipstick always does the soul good. I read once that in bad economic times lipstick sales go up because it is a way to update your look without spending a ton of money

Heather; let us know the results of your xray. So happy for your good news!

Jb: that recipe hit my yummy nerve. I will try it!

Jane: always a good idea to get things checked out when there’s a change. Keep us informed and my prayers are with you to
calm your nerves!

Anamika: how hot is it there?

Eileen: adorable!!!

Joyce: speaking of ancient, you should see my old flip phone. It is now actually falling apart. I guess I’ll have to get a new one!

Sandy: so what’s going on with your jaw? Didn’t you have tmj?

Well that's it for me tonight. Take care all Meg from Omaha where I actually said "I'm going to be a grandmother" today instead of "OMG my daughter got knocked up". I guess that 's progress LOL

Meg...one thing I have been clear about with my DD and DDILs...I will babysit at times, but I will not be a babysitter. Clarity brings certainty. Meanwhile DH and I love having our grandkids over. It is such a joy. And of course we have been taken advantage of at times. But overall, it is working.

Finally had a good sleep last night. Hoping for the same tonight.

Renny
Vancouver island. B.C.

Did an hour of Bob Harper's Inside Out DVD today. Tomorrow I'm planning to go to the deep water class after taking my aluminum to the Humane Society. After exercising today, volunteered at the Green Room. They're "going computerized" but it's not working the way they expected so we're still writing things down then inputing the orders onto the computer, so that's what I was doing most of the morning, inputing orders and cutting out the tickets.

Then came home and a continuation of yesterday, we worked on opening the pool some more. Got the cover off. right now it's draining, maybe we'll get it out of the pool tomorrow.

Tomorrow a friend of Vince's is coming here for lunch, don't know how long he's staying afterwards. Ran to WalMart tonight to get hamburgers, rolls, some tomatoes that I'll cut up, I sliced up some onion, bought lettuce for tomorrow, iced the key lime cupcakes (I must say they turned out quite well)

Sue in TX - congrats on winning in golf!

barbie - don't be too impressed with the plyometrics. I did a lot of it low impact. I'm so sorry to hear about the other teacher, but that is so nice of you to take over her class. I'm sure it's taken a lot off her mind.

kayzoola - awesome that you're keeping your appointments and even more awesome that you're having more veggies. I know what you mean about sometimes being thankful for a rainy day. Yesterday and today were the first days we worked on the pool. I'm getting back into the routine, putting on my "crummy" clothes, take my watch off, and, yes, DeeDee, put on the sunscreen. Just had time to come in, heat up some dinner, and then go to WalMart, then ice the cupcakes, vacuum the kitchen floor, and clean the counters (which will get dirty tomorrow). As we were outside, I just looked around and saw all the things that needed to be done, use the weed killer, power wash the deck, wash off all the lights, the furniture, the tables, etc, etc, etc,

Heather - hope all goes well at the doctor's. What a lovely tradition you and dh have! Hope you get to see your son

DeeDee - Vince is much better today. Sometimes I wonder if some of his intestinal problems isn't because of the fact that he has such a limited diet (by his own choosing) and doesn't want to try new things

Gail - I don't know of anyone who likes going to the doctors....lol Well, it'll all be over with soon enough

Cindy in OK - have fun!

Gloria - so glad you found a good school for Aaron, hope you get it. It just dawned on me while I was in the shower, that this July it'll be 50 years my mother is gone

jb - your smoothie sounds fantastic

cadoro - welcome!

jane - yes, I have had spotting/bleeding. Actually, it's been less than a year between (more like 11 months). The last time it really bothered me. I went to the MD and he said that he thought my bleeding was my body's way of having its "last hurrah". I do hope he's right about that. So far, nothing since January.

Sue in SD - I think the silken tofu does add protein, but the main reason I use it is as an oil replacement

Eileen - what a cutie Shawn is!

yanniejannie - just thinking about strawberries has me drooling

Sandy - if you're like me, you're too young for a 30 year old. Bet son doesn't agree, I know Jessica doesn't!

Gotta get to bed. Take care everyone

Michele in NC

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer earlier today Everything was just so frustrating after a really bad nights sleep. And it all started just because my husband has to have his precious Netflix just so he can watch his racy movies that they put on the 'adult' listings. Yes, he enjoys some of the old series and has really enjoyed Doctor Who but that's not what he wants his Netflix for and i know it. And then he wants ME to fix it:noway: So trying to get it fixed then made me go to our internet provider. I think both my computers were having a bit of a senior moment at the time I was on the line with the help either that or the computers have MS and there is an electronic short in the brains system! But both computers are working well right now so tomorrow we will have to call Nintendo support and see if we can get it resolved and cancel our WOW service call. March and April have had some bad hits on our checking account and I don't want to have a service call if I can help it.

Oh fresh fruit,, strawberries, grapes, pineapple, apples. I could go on and on!!!! I love them all. I have never made a smoothie. I had to get my Ninja out to chop my onions Sunday and it worked so easy, I know that smoothies could work in there also.

Kim, just thinking about you opening up your windows and hearing and feeling the ocean breeze sounds so wonderful. That was one thing we tried to get in our beach front home 2 years ago and didn't. I think I will sleep better just thinking about them. Although when I put waves on my sound machine I can't sleep. Maybe they need to have some sort of scent connected to it!!!

Joyce, Indiana

Good night, all. (Or morning, as the case may be.)

I made it through Day 2. Today was more challenging than yesterday as my mom, sister, and I went to my mom's Garden Club for their annual tea. I was picky and did pretty well - a major victory as nibble-y things are a challenge.

I thought about staying overnight at my folks' house but decided to drive back home (about a 2-1/2 hour drive). My main motivation was to be in my own place...I've been away too often lately. In retrospect, I was doubly glad I came home as being around the tempting leftover Easter candy, and filled candy jar, etc., etc., at my folks' place was more than I could cope with.

Shortly after I arrived home, I got an extra bonus. My two granddaughters (7 and 9) came home after a week away on vacation and gave me great big hugs accompanied by loud squeals. (I wish I could say all the fuss was for me. The truth is, they were having fun making a commotion.)

For those of you who don't know, I'm single and share a house with my daughter, son-in-law, 2 granddaughters and 1 grandson. That's why my granddaughters missed me after a "whole" week apart. (Basically, we have two separate homes that connect via a foyer. We have privacy when we want it and togetherness when we want it. I'm a lucky grandma.)

I met my goal of walking 5000 steps for the day. With all the driving I did and going to the tea, I wondered if I would. However, knowing the Fit Bit was tracking my steps motivated me to go for a walk with my sister. I would have opted out if I hadn't set a goal and had a Fit Bit tracking my steps.

So far, so good. Step by step.

Mimi (Sister Veggie Queen and lucky grandma)

Citybonnie- that was a riot!!!!
I needed a laugh...
I have a migraine this morning, I dont get the headaches I just get the aura:grumble:
I ate all sorts of junk and didn't log most of it.. I just have been having a hell of a few weeks and I guess have been stuffing myself to deal with it, that is the old me...I have to get out of this rut and get back on track....
Tom is in South Carolina as we speak almost to Georgia, he will get to the house this afternoon.
yesterday I just sorta hung around here and then went to Walmart and Sams..
I bought a big huge tub of chocolate chip cookie dough,I asked my DFIL what snacks he would like to have and of course the answer was chocolate chip cookies, so I made a couple of dozen last night to take over to him....( and I didnt sneek any)
have a load of laundry in and will take a shower ,get dressed and take the boys for a walk and get my lunch together.. then go out and see my DFIL then to work by 9:30.. will check in tonight

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