WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2014

Good Morning to you all (well, it's almost noon....)

It was a good weekend with my DH, last weekend we mulched the whole yard so I told him we could play this one. We went for a walk around a lake here in South Jersey and then drove by a house our DS wants to buy. It's his first and all on his own. He set this goal for himself a little over a year ago and I am proud of him. He has a good job and good income. Plus it's time for him to be on his own. I do wish he could find a companion to share these things with! The house needs work, but it is affordable for him and he is young! We won't be needing our 4 bedroom house much longer :bigsmile:

Father's Day - I lost my Dad in 1998 very suddenly and miss him every day. He was a good man, but did not know what to do with 5 daughters! I think we drove him a little crazy. Mom is gone now too. They were great parents, I only wish I could be as good as they were. Both DS and DD remembered their Dad yesterday with cards and thoughtful gifts. Although DS has a phobia about "Hallmark" holidays. He did not buy a card, but gave him a handmade one (DS is 30 years old!).

To all of you out there struggling - I wish you peace.

Goals for June:
1. Workout
2. Log everything I put in my mouth
3. keep up on this blog
4. be inspired by you all!

Thanks for welcoming me back!

Kathy in NJ

Quick Question Quandary: (I love alliteration!) I have several Atkins meal replacement shakes in my refrigerator from the boy child's last esophageal procedure. Has anyone ever used those instead of milk in a smoothie? I don't want to throw them away, but don't really want to just drink them, either. Any other ideas for using them up?

Patty, congrats on the new grand child. It is so nice that a company pays for employees being healthy. It cuts down on their insurance pay outs so it benefits both. Sure hope you can be picked to be one of those elite few.

I understand about your Dad. I had my Dad's picture as my face book profile picture and I couldn't wait for the end of the day to change it. It was just to haunting to me. My father was the best man a person could know and the absolute best father a child could ask for. As a child and young adult I always thought that when he died he would surely take the place at the right hand of God because that's where he belonged!!!!!:laugh: So before I logged off last night I changed the picture to a pic of my grand kids. It's such a more pleasant memory.

Carol, such a beautiful picture of you. You look so young. Good picture of you and your son.

Joyce, indiana

:bigsmile: back to normal Mondays! hooray. bump for later!

Thank God it’s Monday and I am at work! :flowerforyou:

Really busy Father’s Day weekend. DD became a single Mother Friday night. I don’t know how long that’s going to last nor do I know how I feel about it. :sad: :ohwell: What I do know is that I was able to spend time with my grandkids and we had fun! :happy: My well meaning childless sister decided to weigh in on DD. :explode: I am proud to say that I calmly advised DD just not to answer the phone when her auntie calls for the time being and I didn’t stress at all. I cooked after church Sunday afternoon - the SOs favorite meal! :happy: I could not make myself log in 3 hour marathon in my exercise log! The good part was I really was too tired to over eat! :laugh: My dad has been gone for 2 years now and although I miss him so much of him is in my heart that I hear him constantly.:flowerforyou: Last night I was in bed at 8 pm. :yawn: Tonight water aerobics!

Hi there,
Back from the hospital and the knee man who was very nice and called Will.
As I suspected, nothing much to report, apart from a bit of calcification of the cartilage. So it is a shifty patella! Only answer - even more exercise, though I have been working on that knee for a few years now. The thigh muscles are still weaker than the right one. He recommended deep lunges and standing on one leg with a bended knee while you move the other one around. I could feel that one doing something. So I will keep at it. The knee is actually ok at the moment, wouldn't you know, I have most pain from worn out hips when I am walking a lot.
I bought a skirt this morning as I gave all but one, slightly too large one, away to the charity shop. Black and white - again - but in a cotton material. I've found a few tops in the wardrobe that will do, but I need a short sleeved off white one. I hardly ever wear skirts anyway, but I thought I ought to have one in my wardrobe! Don't like my white, fat legs, my feet in sandals, or my wrinkly arms in sleeveless tops. I'm a lot better covered up!:laugh: Plus I wear a lymphodema sleeve. Roll on winter! :laugh:

I had a lovely lunch of oysters and mussels before the appointment. I read my history of New York and had a glass of white wine under an umbrella in the courtyard. I made them take away the bread and butter and the french fries so I wasn't tempted, but when the espresso came it had a piece of fudge with it, so I ate it. :blushing: Never mind. I made up for it by having shiritaki noodles tonight while DH had tagliatelli.

Bbq tomorrow for our friends who are on a cycling tour of the New Forest. That is a national park very near here and one of my favourite places . It's not a forest, but a heathland with clumps of trees. Free ranging ponies. Wonderful wildlife.
The wife is on a diet so I have made alternatives for all courses. Also she doesn't eat red meat. So it's foie gras or kipper pate, homemade granary rolls or light crackers, lamb or chicken kebab bbq, couscous or potato salad, green salad, tomato salad, and gooseberry crumble with homemade lemon ice cream or a slimming homemade raspberry and yoghourt ice cream. She and I should be able to negotiate our way through the food to consume the minimum calories. She doesn't drink and he drinks beer so I wont be tempted to overdo the wine!:laugh:
I doubt we will be able to eat outdoors, but you never know.

Pamala - we used to live in Kent, in Whitstable. Loads of lovely places to see! Oysters to eat!:laugh: I wish I could have joined you at the French antique market.:drinker:

Carol. - yeah for amazing young men!:flowerforyou:

Heather in flowery Hampshire UK

The difference in the two pictures is amazing. You should be very proud of yourself.

Oh right. If I were scared to shower, the first thing I'd do is operate a motor vehicle....

But I hope you get some answers soon!

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

From CT as well....weather finally nice enough to walk outside!!

I wish one could reply to specific posts but I don't think one can. Thanks for the support!

Good evening Ladies, Had a busy day today going to the gym and logging 50 minutes on the bike, doing weights for arms and back. My daughter who is 40 and single goes with me to work out, she is 30 lbs overweight. Then it was off to take her flower and mulch shopping and unloading it all onto her porch. Tomorrow we are going to see how much of it we can get done, hopefully all of it.

From reading today's posts it seems as though all of us are very busy ladies.

Patty from Cinci, I live in Wintersville which boarders Steubenville and about 15 minutes from the Ohio River.

Goodnight from hot and humid Ohio.

God evening from New England! Just a quick check in and thanks for all your inspiratonal stories!

Hi. This sounds like a good place for me to check in. I am definitely over 50 and it would be great to have more friends on MFP. I hope I can figure out how to get back to this topic in the future.

Did 10 Minute Tummy Toner DVD (just one segment), held my plank for 2 min 25 sec, in a bit I'll be off to the extremepump class. Tomorrow I'm planning to do stepping on the AMT. Not quite sure how I can mimic that stepping machine that I think was so great that they no longer have. Can't wait to go up to Jess's next weekend and use the one by her.

Welcome everyone new

Carol - I'm so sorry about your father. It's so hard losing a parent

Kim - my mother died when she was 42. Yes, it IS weird to think that we're older than our parents ever were. I remember when I was 42, it was just a very weird feeling. To be honest, I really don't remember her very much.

Sylvia - whenever I make an angel food cake, I find that I need to put parchment paper on the bottom of the pan. After it is baked I need to run a knife around the edge. Do you? when I make my angel food cake, instead of the water it calls for I use a 20oz can of crushed pineapple. This is a weight watchers recipe. The pineapple gives the angel food cake a bit of a "zing"

katla - you know something? I don't know if other homes around here have rhododendrons or azaleas. I don't know what they look like! I THINK we had rhododendrons when we lived in PA. Don't their leaves curl up in the cold so that they are an indicator of how cold it is outside? Do they attract bees? I remember the plant we had in Pennsylvania would attract bees and the reason the previous owner planted it outside the living room window was so that you could look out the window and get an idea of how cold it was outside.

CynthiaT60 - we have a rug in the back bedrooms, around here we have this nasty red clay instead of normal brown dirt. Lowes Hardware sells this Krud Kutter for red clay and that stuff is AMAZING (now you can only buy it over the Internet. Don't know why Lowes doesn't stock it. We buy it on the Internet then have it delivered to Lowes. However, it doesn't get the red clay out of this rug. Good luck at the cardiologist!

Patty - today I did a "crunch free ab workout" on the 10 Minute Tummy toner DVD. If you can borrow that DVD, maybe it'll give you some ideas of things you can do. I remember one of the hard parts of teaching a class was that I didn't want to do the same thing each and every week so I'd look for different ways to target certain muscles. I know the "Play It Again Sports" by us used to sell DVD's, not sure if they still do or not

Sylvia - I'm going to try that Urine Gone. Certainly can't hurt

Carol in NC - way to go girl at Lowes! Very handsome boy you have there

katla - hope your baby is better soon

Off to mahjongg

After the extremepump class, Vince and I went out and mowed the lawn, it needed it. Just as we were about to finish, it looked and sounded like it was going to rain. Evidentally, the rain was to the south of us. But it did make the air a lot cooler.

Then came in, showered, and went to Bi-Lo. Came home and made these spice oatmeal cookies for Jessica. Even tho she won't eat them, the people who are helping her will.

Pam in the Netherlands - yup, thyroid issues surely will affect weight. I know what you mean about missing your veggies. I feel the same way, too, when we go away. Sometimes (if I can) I bring my own

Tomorrow we take Lexi to the vet. Before they do the radioactive isotope treatment, they need current blood work and a current chest x-ray. Hopefully, she can get it done early in July.

I agree that handmade cards have so much more meaning than store bought ones

yanniejannie - doing the happy dance with you

Michele in NC

I really like this thread, but I'm having trouble keeping up with people I meet and having to check in with everyone. It's a big commitment. So, I think everyone is doing really well and I love reading about different experiences, but I'm too busy to keep up.

I'm working really hard at a post retirement new part-time career that is eating up a lot of time while I get up to speed. I have three months till a test for group fitness instructor certification, I'm taking a bunch of Zumba classes to get up to speed with having enough dances choreographed to teach a class, and I'm starting a mentoring program with Zumba set up to help new instructors. There's more. I don't think I was this busy before I retired!

Also, even my body is an issue because I started lo like being fit and in shape, so I'm involved with spending a lot of time in the gym.

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