WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2014

Patty,
I just read your post abut being "ELDERLY" after fifty. I do not play a lot of games on the computer, but I like one company which is called Last Day of Work.

They have games where you manage a population to grow food, make scientific progress and build communities.. Once the people hit fifty they become elderly and slow down. That part is so frustrating to me that I try everything to keep the elderlies alive. In one of the games you can eventually rejuvenate them and they become children again.
I just think fifty is too early to consider somebody elderly. I was also offended when AARP started bombarding me with membership requests at that age.

Well, I guess I have issues with getting older too.

Anne

Happy Wednesday. Well I finally wrote the letter to my DB. It ended up 10 pages long. I prayed about it and hope it will help, but long as they are drinking and blaming mom for dad's death and worried that they will not get anything. I tried to explain there is nothing to get. Mom is still alive and living at home. So time will tell if he replys. Today is my short day and off at 3, but my nite to voluteer in the Gift shop so will be after 8 when I go home. Found out my co-worker's funeral will be Friday in Bellevue which is about 150 miles from here. Not sure if I will be able to go. I would like to see if they can have an memorial service maybe here at the hospital as she worked here for years and knew alot of people.

Katla--Sending prayers for things to work out with DH and his pain.

Joyce--Don't beat yourself up about the hot dogs. Life is met to be enjoied and sometimes we just have to do that. Long as back on track it will all work out. Just alittle while ago one of the doctors brought us some rolls and I am eating one. Not going to let myself feel bad about it, but will make it part of my lunch.

Lesley--So sorry to hear about Arthur, hope he feels better soon. It not easy when our babys are hurt. But they love us just the same. I know when mine jump on my lap for cuddles it makes me smile.

Jane NNY--congrates on the 98 BS. Sounds like things are going well and getting all the things needed done.

Jenn-Long as you feel comfortable waiting till Oct 6th that is all that matters. And sounds like your doctor and those you talked to know what they are doing.

Tammy welcome back!!

Pat--I am like you as don't watch the news and only look at front page of the paper. Figure if I can't do anything about it, not worth getting myself stressed out about it. I do pray for the world everyday and believe God is in control.

yanniejannie--that camera deal sounds terrible. What is wrong with some people. Glad to know they know who did it and taking care of it.

Sylvia--Sorry to hear about your friend. Prayers and hugs to both of you. That young lady coming in acouple times a week sounds like a good deal. I agree about school pictures and they are not cheap. I know about the selling stuff all the time. We try and help when we can but with 28 grandkids it adds up. And you sure do not get much in the way of pictures for that price.

Well ladies enjoy your day and remember we are not in this alone.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Happy hump day!!
nice day out,gonna get to the 70`s.Love the fall weather.
HUGS
jane

I did it! I hit my 10,000 steps already. Walked the kids to school, then walked around town for my Liberal Ladies meeting, then walked to buy markers for the meeting to use to make posters, then walked to the school and took the kids home and walked back to the studio. The fitbit went off before I got back. Yippee! I'm back! My friend Betsy was at the studio before I left to go get the kids and she had her big goofy labradoodle with her, so I asked if I could take the dog with me. It was lots of fun. The kids loved her. I don't think I'll do it again though. She slowed me down a lot, watering every blade of grass between the studio and the school.

Tonight hubby is supposed to go to a chemical society meeting at the local italian restaurant. I usually go, just to visit the wives of his co-workers who I'm friendly with, but there is very little there that I can eat, so I think I may beg off. Last time I had pasta with olive oil and garlic with grilled chicken breast, and it was good, but too big a serving. It's not on their menu but I asked and they made it for me. If I was a stronger person I could just eat half and take the rest home.

Well, I'm off. Have a great evening.

Sylvia

Lesley in UK - how scary for you and your furbaby - So proud of you for making better choices than you would have before, that is the right way, one small step at a time until it is a real habit.

Jenn – Good job reaching out for all the information and what good feedback, I am glad your stress is down.

Tammy - welcome back –you can do this.

Katla – send good thoughts and a few Levi licks for good measure!

Vicki – good job on writing a letter…. Sometimes I think a well written letter is best as you can go back and verify exactly what was written, and the writer can be sure that it says what they wanted to say.




September goals:
Stretch 5 minutes 8 times done 2 times
Walk 100 miles –as off 9/14 69.33 miles….
Do 4 errands walking (from home or a 15 minute walk from the place the car is parked)
Do Heather’s abc balance 2 time a week – 1 done


Kim from N. California

Thursday and off to doctor's this morning. Cough has improved but rash still hanging around. I think more antibiotics.
Going to do my boxing this afternoon. Food cals are fine and all healthy food.
Realised that people on here do NOT understand body building and starvation mode, it IS real and I prefer to be guided by Tom Venuto in this matter and not people who do not or cannot understand the problem. It is NOT caused by anorexia or something silly. OK said my piece and moving on.
Thinking of leaving and just using food and exercise and NOT commenting to be shouted down as I KNOW what needs to be done


Leslie - is that Bob Harper's Inside Out Body Conditioning DVD that you're referring to?
Yes I have all Bob's DVDs as well as those by Jillian Michaels and Jeannette Jenkins. I only work out at home with my won weights now, easier

Lesley in Tasmania

Hi everyone. I have had a good day so far, just over 9,000 steps, did my after lunch walk with stairs, have had my water, well under calories, and did the 40 minute treadmill workout. I ended up running for a total of 5 minutes. I was amazed I could do it; last time I did 30 seconds at a time!

Michele: you are so right….tomatoes right off the vine just can’t be topped!

Barbie: I may have to start watching DWTS to see what all you guys are talking about!

Katla: sending healing and peaceful thoughts your way!

Diane: I’ve seen that plaque too and it makes me smile everytime!

Kim: cleaning like that sure feels good doesn’t it?

Joyce: maybe you should calculate the burn for jumping up and down and figure out how long you have to do it for one smore!


Lesley UK: OMG! Your poor dog! I can’t imagine a dog with a skull fracture. Poor you too! My Benny Beagle is sending get well wishes for your baby.

Patty: your personal training seems to be very popular; you must be really good at it!

Jane: hooray for a great blood sugar!

Jenn: I’ll be sending you good health wishes until your biopsy results come in!

Tammy: welcome back! It’s nice to see you again

Pat: I do miss baking and have been slowly trying to adapt recipes to make them diabetic friendly. This weekend I’m making some pumpkin bread.

Yanniejannie: a camera in the locker room is worrisome; some lady at the Y always is on her laptop (with a built in camera) or her cell phone in the locker and I hate to sound like I’m paranoid, but I always worry she’s using that camera

Sylvia: I’m so sorry about your friend That is one tough diagnosis especially with all his other problems. I have always hated all the stuff schools charge for.

Anne: stay dry!

Vicki: I hope you feel better after writing the letter. I’m sorry about your co-worker. I live close to Bellevue. I’m in a conference until 5 that day or I’d offer to meet you somewhere.

Heather: when is your trip to NYC?

Shana & DMRinehardt: welcome aboard!

Barbie: I think planning ahead is such a great idea and makes for more success

OK gals I’m off to look at grocery ads to price match since tomorrow is grocery shopping. There was something else I wanted to add but can’t think of it! Sheesh! Take care all, Meg from Omaha

Did about 55 minutes of yoga today then about 55 minutes of deep water. Tomorrow I'm planning to do the "10 Pounds Down" DVD

So, barbie - did the one you didn't like on DWTS get voted off?

Diane in TX - love that plaque! Loki is an indoor cat. He's been having seizures for a few years, now. I just wish I knew what triggered them. At one point we increased his med, but he was very lethargic. Oh, we've had all sorts of blood work done. We have to have it done at least yearly to check his liver function since he's on phenobarbitol. I guess the good thing is that these seem to be mini-seizures, he doesn't lose control of his bladder. He used to. I guess it's just something that we'll need to keep on top of for the rest of his life. Plus, now they don't seem to last as long as they had.

Kim - glad you're getting to go thru things. It's so nice to get rid of too big clothes, isn't it?

Joyce - maybe they were thinking that they'd put the marshmallow in the microwave (I know there isn't one there) to melt it? I agree with you, the gal who was eliminated on DWTS really didn't show any enthusiam at all. I do feel so bad for her partner, tho.

Lesley - so sorry about Arthur. Hope he heals fast and there aren't any more complications

Yea for me. Last night I got to thinking about Bryan but I didn't indulge at all. Guess I wasn't missing him a whole whole lot, maybe I'm getting used to this?

Supposed to go to lunch with some gals from the neighborhood. I'm going to get the watermelon salad and ask that they put the dressing on the side. For one thing, I'm just afraid that they'd put too much dressing on. When we went to this place last time with the Newcomers I asked for the garden veges and to go light on the sauce. It was still way, way too buttery, at least to me it was. They said they could wash the butter off, but I'm still thinking that the watermelon salad is a better choice. Less of a chance for them to screw it up. Last time I asked for no bun with the creole burger and guess what I got? When I took it off the plate I could tell it had been buttered. Why?????

Patty - I remember when I worked at the Y I would have members from 7 to 70. It's interesting as each has a different set of needs and conditions. I took a class in "Exercise Prescription for Special Populations" which helped me a lot. I like the class online. But to be honest, it's not like I'm learning a whole lot right now. I was going to ask you -- how do we submit our menus to them? Update: I didn't know that it's recommended to have your sodium intake at 1500! I think MFP gives more. Can this be changed?

Tammy - welcome!

Pat - I love baking but really find it enjoyable and challenging to make the recipes lower cal (making substitutions that don't taste like a substitution was made) or else I try to take only recipes that have the nutritional info and the ones that do and have a high calorie count I just immediately eliminate. dh loves his baked goods (brownies, cookies, cake, muffins). He was brought up that you always had something sweet after dinner. You know, it wasn't until we started dating that I learned to have cake after dinner. After dinner was always a piece of fruit for me growing up. You know, I have to laugh. At the beginning of our development you can see when school starts/lets out. There are a line of cars to pick up/drop off the kids. Even on sunny days! Oh, I was the real mean mother who made my kids walk home from the busstop unless it was pouring rain or snowing real hard. Just lightly raining? They won't melt! To this day I'm still viewed as the "mean mom" When I was younger, I remember my father driving me to school but my girlfriend's mother didn't drive so she never picked us up -- we always walked home from school. Honestly, it doesn't sound to me like you were poor

Carol - I always buy the bananas that are overripe (they're cheaper, too), then peel them and freeze them, so I always have bananas ready for baking. It's good that you can take the boot off your foot to drive, I couldn't even do that. When I broke the bone in my foot, Vince had to drive me everywhere. He got to the point where he'd take me to the food store, drop me off at the front, go park and read a book or his email, then when I finished shopping I'd call him on the cell phone.

Sylvia - yea for the 14's! How well I remember what a rip-off I always thought those pictures were. Well, the school does it as a fundraiser, too. And, of course, if you don't get any pictures, you know that you'll be looked down upon <sigh> When my kids were in school and they were selling something as a fundraiser, unless it was something that I really, really wanted, I'd give them a donation. If I were to spend, say $100, the school might get something like 60% of that. However, if I gave them a donation of $100, the school would get 100% of that money. So they were actually coming out ahead, and I wasn't getting something that I really didn't want. I'm so sorry about your friend. Cute joke. Yea for getting in those steps! I'm not real strong, either. I'd rather get less food to start with than having to discipline myself to only eat half because I know that I'd wind up eating the rest. What wasn't on the menu?

Anne - I'm not a runner, either

Exercised, went to Bi-Lo to get the things on sale (really only got one item, but had a raincheck for another item along with coupons that they doubled and I got 10 cents off a gallon of gas), then went to Big Lots to get Vince some more bread, then stopped at Burke outlet, but they don't have any more summer tablecloths, came home and then went to lunch with some of the gals in the neighborhood. I logged 2 cups of watermelon salad but I think this was only 1 cup but it was on a bed of mixed greens so I'm going to leave the 2 cups in there. Have a Chicken Barley Chili in the crockpot. It is supposed to get warmer as the week goes on, but it's cool right now. I even have pants on (boo)

Shana - welcome! You'll get lots of good tips here, that's for sure and lots of ideas.

Leslie - are you thinking of leaving this group???? I certainly hope not. I find your posts so very informative. I really really like how you list the titles of the DVD's you're doing. Personally, I'm not a fan of Jillian, but I just added the Bob Harper DVD to my wish list

DMRinehardt - welcome. Boy, you and your hubby sure do a lot of traveling!!!

Meg - if you start watching DWTS, you won't be disappointed! I just got this visual of Joyce jumping up and down and then having a smore....made me smile. There's a sign at our Y saying that camera phones aren't to be used, but who knows if someone truly listens? I find that planning ahead seems to be working for me most of the time. Admitted, I'm not as disciplined as barbie.

Loki had another mini-seizure tonight. Tomorrow Vince is going to call the vet. He had one Sunday and again today. I hope (but I don't know what else we can do) we don't have to up his med.

Michele in NC