WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2014

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Good evening dear sisters. I am getting used to this awful looking thing hanging around my neck. I had managed a little pouch for it and was quite proud of myself since it didn't let the electrode wires hang all over the place. Today I was looking through the box it all came in and noticed it had a manual for the patient. HUH. Nice thing to finally notice. after reading it I decided that my pouch was not the best thing to have since the little button on the life watch device to push if I am having an 'event' wouldn't be readily available for me to hit. Actually it is two buttons one on each side I have to push simultaneously. So I took it out of my cute pouch and wrapped a rubber band around the electrodes to hold them against the device. At least now they aren't hanging beneath my shirt. I just have to remember now to remember to change the batteries Saturday and put new electrode sensors on. It's going to be a long 30 days. I just hope it is worth it. I don't want to have another event of syncope but it would help to diagnosis and treat what is going on. I haven't gone into Walgreens yet to buy any compression socks. I looked on line on their site and they have tons of wild colors available and even the normal colors all seem to be online only. HMMM, guess I better get to ordering. At least I didn't even notice it hanging around my neck while I slept. I did find out that the reciever, the cell phone, has to be connected to the charger not only all night long but for many hours during the day also. So traveling charger cord. Something else for me to have to keep out of the way so the cat won't chew on it.

I found out Michelles dogs eat each others poop and poop they find when they are out walking. I wonder if that is the reason my cat seems to want to eat her own stuff she throws up sometimes. Are they trying to replace some kind of nutrition in it?? Is that why many animals eat the after birth of their young?

So glad to see you Rita. We are all here for you and giving you one big hug. Sorry about your son. You do have a lot of reasons to be down.

Talked to my SIL today, the one whose teenage son has the obsessive defiant disorder. He is just about 2 months away now from turning 18. He had been placed in a detention center/group home after a lot of violence at home and neighborhood. He was good for about a month when he got home but then gradually started acting out again. After trying to set fire to their home and kicking his father numerous times when my brother tried to get him to stop he was taken back to jail again. His trial was today and he decided to plead guilty. So in a couple of weeks he goes to one of these boot camps where he has no option but to obey. You obey or else and it is highly regimented. When he gets out he will be 18. He then has a choice to get a job or go to college full time and live and home and be respectful or leave the home and be completely on his own. I just don't know if I could have that kind of tough love. To give you kid a suitcase and then change the locks after he leaves. You know he has no place to go. I just don't think I could have it in me. But I also couldn't stand to have a child in my home trying to set it on fire.

Why can't we enter these years in our lives after we have paid our dues, had good jobs, had our kids, and just be able to enjoy our later years and have no worries? We deserve it. I am just glad that our youngest daughter resolved her issues and we didn;t have to make those tough love choices. She was a handful during high school. Nothing like my nephews, 3 of them, but she tested her limits as much as she could and then a little more.

What kindof a singing competition is AARP having? That would be something my husband might be interested in submitting. He doesn't enjoy doing his Karoake thing unless he sees someone is enjoying his singing. He just leaves and comes home in anger

Joyce, Indiana in a very pensive mood.

Good evening all from Sydney Australia.

Just logged on here for the first time, and this group just sounds like the sort of lovely ladies I'd really enjoy having a coffee with! I am so impressed with the length of time some of you have been on here, and the amounts of weight some of you have said goodbye to. I can only imagine the effort and courage behind some of those numbers.

May I introduce myself? Me, I'm 58, my DH just turned 60, we have four children and four grandchildren aged from 3 weeks to 23 months. They all live close by (one actually living with us for a couple of months), so we have the joy of seeing them very regularly. Our lives are ridiculously busy, with both of us still working (only part time for me), and PLENTY going on. Oh, and I CLEARLY hate finding a user name.

I've been doing 5:2 most of this year, and have lost about 6kg despite doing far less exercise than in recent years. Very happy with that, but I've decided to work harder at finding time for exercise, as I miss feeling fitter. Food, I think, is wonderful stuff, I enjoy cooking, and love to buy from the grower (at farmers' markets) as much as I can, and also grow a few veggies. Love to avoid processed food as much as possible, and try to follow Michael Pollan's whimsical food rules. Look forward to following your adventures!

Cheers
Sue

Happy August, lovelies!

:happy: Katla Let me know next time you visit DSIL and DH's cousin. We could get acquainted on a greenbelt or foothills stroll.
:frown: Meg could Benny Beagle be anxious? Robby used to lick his paws when he was anxious but never to the point of sores. Scooter doesn't like my cell phone ring tones, they set him off into a frenzy of pillow chomping, as does thunder. Thinking about a comfort jacket, have you tried one on Benny Beagle? Take those cukes to the local soup kitchen. The people I've talked to at our church's food fellowship night really appreciate the chance to eat fresh vegs.
:flowerforyou: Welcome Sue from Sydney, this IS the place!
:noway: Barbie, 9 dances at the relay for life? Will you be dancing all night?:laugh:
Rita, Joyce, Michelle, Jane, Kim, Heather and everyone else, sending you all empathy, admiration and love.

July goals: Just for now: let anger remind to transform judging thoughts :noway: nope
be kinder than necessary sometimes :ohwell:
trust actually did this yesterday :happy:
Log like Mary MSH, every bite lick or sip whether over, under or sidewise! :flowerforyou: even logged last night's disaster but not til this morning.
Get out the tape measure -
and step on the scale :sad: done, ticker updated, 'nuf said.

August: keep logging AND hit mfp exercise cals burnt goal every week.
Change those judging thoughts.
2014: Focus on the important stuff

5:45 am MDT, time to brush teeth and get ready to go with DH and poches to the park before it gets any hotter.

Hugs,

Barbara, the SW Idaho AHMOD who wants to feel good NOW.

Happy August!

Michele.............I use a crumb crust; never a problem and you can do it on any pie that you want.

Looking back on July:

Upset that I reached 10lbs. over in the year since getting to goal; I kicked counting and logging into high gear........managed to lose either 5 or 51/2 lbs depending on how the scale feels about me that morning. I am very pleased to now be at my lowest weight of 2014 with more to do but have put a good dent in it. The tenacious 10 will be defeated!!!!!! : = ) !!!!

Still not quite "right" after the cold; last night my ears were bothering me again and still coughing "gunk", but slept well. Took a very quiet day yesterday.

DD sent yet another email yesterday to the person at the college who has meetings with prospective grad students for vet school to give feedback..........DD is at a loss to explain what is going on but doesn't want to be so pushy that she ruffles the feathers of the people who may decide her future, while I'm about ready to strangle them............so, you can imagine the friction developing there between us, which is sad as things have been going so well.

Carol..........DD issues sound awful familiar........

Margaret...........hope you win your singing contest!!! Good luck!!

Off to have my tea and read the paper.
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Good morning from sunny CNY!

I am still reading all your posts and gaining knowledge and inspiration from you daily. Sending prayers and hugs to all who need them. My stressful situation seems so much less serious when I read what some of you are dealing with.

Barbie- Thanks for keeping this going!

Deb A n CNY

Checking in... I haven't been here for awhile, lots of catching up to do.

I see everyone is busy....

:drinker: I keep my windows closed and NEVER ever mention that I have a good zucchini recipe. Because then a bag of them may show up on my doorstep. And I have a plant of my very own.

:drinker: Rori - I find it very hard to travel and eat properly. I get exercise as long as I get to the hotel soon enough so that I can use the gym.

:drinker: Kids.. We give birth to them, nurture & train them and pray they grow up to be respectable adults. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it goes over bumps or runs into a mountain.....

And on that note best get a move on and have breakfast ... Grandson coming in a couple hours. He is one and very busy little boy. Hopefully the rain lets up so we can go for a walk. Need to keep up the momentum.

August goals - 100 miles, make more than 10,000 steps a day 15 days out of 31. (Made 13 in July...getting close !!)
- weigh and log EVERYTHING!!! really want to lose those last 6 pesky pounds.

Later everyone,

Lily in rainy NW Saskatchewan

Kim...........Have been unable to reach your video on my own, will get DD's assistance later and try again.........looking forward to seeing it!!!

Katla.............I count my tea

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it's decaf and basically colored water .........I've read several yes and no opinions on the boards as to whether or not you can/should count tea/coffee toward your water total................and I opt to count it.

yanniejannie

PS I'm noticing that some of my adds are in Spanish ............anyone else having this problema??????