WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014

Fall has definitely set in. We don't have the wonderful colors yet but the temperature is fall like. Maybe we will have those wonderful colors on our way down to Florida!!!!! maybe that will take away from the very noisy child right behind me:laugh: President Oboma is in town today. He is celebrating manufacturing day, didn't even know there was a day like that. We have a manufacturing plant that is built by and I suppose is run by minorities. So he is speaking there. although I am not a Democrat it is nice that a President of the US chose our area to come and speak. It throws a wrench in the works as far as using one of our main highways though. Two days ago it showed the huge transport plane arriving at out airport that carried all the vehicles, including what they call 'the beast' which is the car the president rides in.

Patty, in the senior aqua group I was in at the Y the young lady would jump n and out of the pool all the time during the class. She would jump out and show us our move and then in to do it with us and to help people who were having problems. I go to a Southern Baptist church and we have district offices or what we call associational offices. So I called the office, told them what kind of church I was wanting and she gave me a list of 6 churches. A lot of churches have 'small groups' that meets some time during the week for study and fellowship. That might be something to take the place of those weeks that you can't attend.

I sure hope Melodies skin condition doesn't take a back track while we are gone. It is very difficult to give her medicine, you have to take her food away for two hours before and after she gets her dose. She knows and trusts my youngest daughter and me to give it to her. So we will just have to not give it. I was able to stop it for about 6 months when her allergy seemed to let up and she no longer lost her hair. I really don't this is an allergy since I don't see her scratching or anything. She just gets this little crusty place and then starts the hair loss back by her hind legs and progressive from there. Vet says it si an environmental allergy but it would cost a LOT of money to find out what she is allergic to and the doctor who does that comes to Evansville once a month and charges a lot of money.

Next week is every dieters nightmare. Our annual Fall Festival:sad: It is the second largest street festival, Mardi Gras is the first, in the US. Block after block of food booths, most of them deep fried. We are a community of German heritage and like our food. Every gastronomers delight. The parking is atrocious. The police allow you to ignore any parking rule. so sometimes you have to walk blocks to find a parking place that you have to squeeze into and never know if you have your bumper hit when you get back to it. There are many parking lots that organizations have and you pay up to $10. There is one small handicap lot which is free. We usually go and Charlie gets so upset with the parking situation that we end up going home and give each other the silent treatment the rest of the evening. Before we got our latest car we had an older car which we drove but it isn't easy to park either a 7 passenger extended length minivan or an SUV. It was always a favorite of our girls when they were growing up. Our son in law has gone one time when they were dating and he is excited to go again. Our grand kids have never been. So we leave on the 12th to go to Florida so the kids will drive up on Friday after work and then all go to the Festival on Saturday.Sadly, well I don't know if it is sadly or a victory for me, I will not be going. Two days of driving 600 miles, 4 days at the beach, means I need to conserve energy somewhere. So I will not go to the Festival.

Tomorrow is a fund raiser for one of the local animal adoption agencies. They find fosters for animals in the animal control, that gets them into a vet so they are checked out and all vaccines, spaying, vaccinations and anything else they need are taken care of. Then when they are socially and medically OK to adopt the animals are taken to adoption events. So it is a one mile walk plus a picnic with chili and hot dogs. It's one of the biggest fund raisers, tickets almost $30 but it will be fun to go with my daughter and her big goofy boxer.

Joyce, Indiana

Saturday here and got up ready to exercise. Was going to do a Jeannette DVD "Bikini Boot-camp and Tabata and walk the dog. Then went on FaceBook and a friend's son and girlfriend want to visit. Sooo jumped in shower and dress, did the cleaning.
At least house is clean now although NO exercise. Ah well!
I am tolerating the Duramine and keeping within my cals and trying to get protein levels up, fibre was fine yesterday. BUT scales have stayed the same for 4 days. I am going to shoot those darned scales. Argh!. I have to weigh each morning and feel like chucking them out. Will see what tape says on Monday.
My knees played up for first 3 days I was on Duramine and only walking but seem OK now again
YES I did tell my doctor that I did NOT refer Maria and she was doctor shopping
OK best go
Lesley in Tasmania

Did an hour of a bosu workout DVD. Tomorrow's plan is to do Jari Love's Revved to the Max DVD.

Jeannie - I so agree with everything Jolene said to you. Like her, just get right back on the bandwagon and you'll be fine.

Patty - I would think that instructing from the deck and also in the pool would be best. Sometimes there are things that are really hard to do in the water and you'd never know it if you're on land. Things that you need to modify. By the same token, it's also good to have the instructor in the water, closer to the participants. Guess you just need to go with their policy. Yea for your daughter!

Heather - your dinner sounds absolutely wonderful! I always say I'm as old as I feel and I feel 39 (up from 29)

Rita - I hate insurance companies, too. They are so sllloooowwww and incompetitent. Hope you feel better fast

grammarn - welcome! Good luck with your surgery

Rita - thanks for the smile

Lesley - I don't know about you, but when I clean the house, I get lots of exercise (bending, stretching, etc)

Sue in SD - never heard of a decongestant massage. Tell me more about it.

Meg - yea for you cutting your med. I tend to graze all day

Michele in NC

Wow! What a terrific thread! What an intersting group of women, doing so many things!

I had a pretty good September. Had my annual physical, blood pressure 102/60. (Yay), blood work normal, (yay), cardio stress test - very good. (Yay). So, I'm good to go.

Unfortunately, my husband brought home a nasty virus from a business trip and everyone in our house got sick. My poor husband spiked a fever of 103F and I ultimately had to take him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with moderately severe pneumonia. Prior to this, he had only missed 1 day of work in 28years of practice, but he was off sick all last week.

My daughter spiked a fever of 103F but her chest stayed clear.

I got the virus, too, but have not been as ill - only low and normal fever, off and on.

This week we're all back at work and school but only half power. I'm sure we'll be close to normal next week but that was some nasty flu!

I just earned my 14,000 flights of stairs badge with fitbit (I've worn one for quite a long time) and I'm quite proud of that badge. Those miles and stairs do add up.

For October:
I'm going to host our family thanksgiving next weekend and I'm looking forward to that

I need to drop by a little gift at my step-sister's house. She had a double mastectomy last week and my husband had suggested getting her some jar openers because she will have difficulty using her hands and arms (very clever idea) but I didn't go because i didn't want to get anywhere near her when I was probably toxic with germs.

I have a new horse, so I'm hoping to spend a lot of time getting to know him in October

I'd like to get a chance to spend some time with my good friend Heather, who I havem't seen in a year. She is just one of the most special people I have ever known and I really like her. We just get busy and don't have time. She lost her Mom this summer and I know it's been a crappy time for her, so I want to make sure I stay in touch this fall.

And, just in general, I'd like to spend as much time outside before winter comes.

Lastly, I have to go to a funeral tomorrow. This, I'm dreading.

Thank you for this really nice thread, Barbie!! Happy Dancing!
Tracy - from Rosemont, Ontario.

Good evening,

I put the MFP app on my new smartphone last night so hopefully that will help me stay on track with logging my food again. I did log every last bite today and was doing well until I caved and got dessert with dinner (ate out tonight). Oh well, I will dust myself off and try better tomorrow. No more eating out this weekend so that will help I'm sure. DH and I are volunteering tomorrow morning at the annual electronics and metals recycling drive. Plan on wearing my winter coat since it's first thing in the morning and the weather is supposed to be pretty nippy in the morning. Then on to local pet adoption event, not that I need any more four footed critters! Plan on supporting the local vendors though. The rest of the weekend will be spent de-cluttering. Have stacks of paperwork to go through and get organized before school starts again Monday. Thanks for the warm welcome back and to all the newcomers-this is an awesome place to come for support! My laptop battery is about to die so signing off before I lose this post!

Kathy in windy IL

Hi everyone,

It is a beautiful spring day in Melbourne, and I have been for a 7 km walk with a friend this morning, and I plan to walk the dog later on today. That should push me over my 500 cals burned aim for the day.

We had the most beautiful dinner last night: salmon fillet marinated in peri-peri oil with couscous and asparagus, with a blood orange and fennel salad. So yummy, and coming in at under 400 cals.

Re: fixing my own washing machine. I heartily thank the trades and handypeople who take the time to put information on the interweb to help people like me who want to have a go at fixing something before forking out money. I've just had my car in the shop to the tune of thousands of dollars, so I really needed to save money with this washing machine. Keep your fingers crossed it stays fixed!

I'm quite obsessed with eating well and I post my diet daily, so if anyone wants to friend me and check out what I eat, feel free to add me. I'm almost at the end of ditching 20 kilos I put on after menopause and two broken ankles, and it has been hard but rewarding work.

Cheers everyone.

Good morning everyone!

Looking forward to a relatively quiet day. I hope it stays that way! The only disadvantage of quiet days is that I don't earn calories...but I need the rest. Feel vaguely like I might be getting a cold; wouldn't be strange after how the last several weeks have been, but I hope it doesn't get any worse.

I've got a friend's Border Collie here for a few days. She's the friend who takes mine during vacations etc. She had an eyelid correction two days ago and isn't allowed to bend over or lift for several days. I've known this dog as long as I've had mine and he's sweet, but two is a lot more than one!

She called last night to tell me that another Border we both have known for years had to be put to sleep. She (the dog) was 12 and had some kind of abscess on her spleen; not sure of the details. She was a sweetie and a good friend of my dog. Before my dog had his cataract surgery at the age of 2, she was kind of a seeing-eye dog for him. They would tear around on small paths in the park, my dog on her heels, and she was fine with it.

It's a sunny day and I may take the "guys" and have coffee at the outdoor farm-café near here, where I/we go often.

Hope everyone has a good day!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Hiya!

Another gorgeous, sunny day in store for us. We're packing up for our weekend at the beach, I'm hoping to get an early start. I made a little list of things to take...camera, coffee, dog shampo, and Breathe-Rite strips for snoring hubby. :laugh: I'll never sleep if I forget to take those along. Dog shampoo in case the boys decide to roll in a dead fish like they did one time when we were there. Oh it was horrible! :sick:

Yep, it's always a fun vacation when you can't sleep because of constant, rolling, thunderous snores and stinky dogs that reek to high heaven. I'm going prepared this time!! :bigsmile: Can you put 2 Breathe-Rite strips on a person's nose? :laugh:

I'm feeling a little better this morning about my upcoming 60th. :noway: I must admit I've been a little depressed about it! I had fun writing a blog post yesterday which helped me swallow the bitter pill of reality. Here's the link in case you'd like to read it. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jb_2011/view/countdown-to-60-700138

Have a great weekend everyone!

jb in the beautiful PNW

Hi to all you wonderful ladies. I won't be here much this weekend; it's crazy busy. But I'll be cheering for all of you! I'm nervous about cutting my meds, so I'll be logging for sure, just not chatting much. Monday will be better....who looks forward to Monday for heaven's sake! Take care my friends, Meg from Omaha where the sun is shining!