WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Wow, Lyn! When I saw all that juice, I thought you were buying it. And you're making it yourself!! really impressive! No wonder you're tired!

Vicki, oak trees are really bad for pollen this time of the year in our part of the country, but those ash trees are the worst, and they can be blocks and blocks away. We have a white ash tree right in our front yard.....Achoo

Barbie you have the most amazing animated figures in your messages. One day maybe I'll figure out how to do that, but first I'd better figure out how to use MFP to lose weight..

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Good all of you nice ladies :yawn: Sleep well.

Hi Everyone,:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
It's 4:30 am and I am wide awake.:noway: ..don't know why. I can tell my body is cleansing because I had a hard chill before I went to bed. So, I don't know why I can't sleep ..probably a combination of cleansing and day light saving time.

Some of you have asked me about my fast/liquid diet. I am drinking juices and a bullet for anything that goes into my mouth.:drinker: I am choosing organic/fresh/raw fruits and veggies. For protein I use a raw organic egg and Blue Diamond Unsweetened Original Almond Milk. I use the almond milk all the time because I have to be very careful using dairy products. I'll explain a little more about that but back to the juices. Some have asked how much. Carrot - 16-32 ozs a day. Celery/Romaine combo- 16 ozs a day- Granny Smith Apple (they have less sugar than any apple) 16 oz a day. Red Pepper (one of the highest natural vitamin c) -8 ozs- Tomato 8ozs --I supplemented with a raw pico/salsa recipe pureed in to the tomato juice. I add a dash of Redmond's Real Sea Salt/ red pepper and yum. I don't get this much of everything but these are my guidelines.

The reason I have to be careful with Dairy is that 8 years ago I had COPD/chronic asthma. I was having pneumonia about every 6 weeks. I was on steroids, breathing machines etc...I heard about a naturopathic doctor who had helped a lot of people by nutrition. I did all juices/veggie/fruits for 6 years. I was on 90% raw foods. I took lots and lots of supplements, etc... I did not eat wheat, soy, peanuts, dairy, refined sugar, white flour, or red meat for 4 years. I am very careful to this day. You will see on my diary, that I may do that now but only occasionally. I no longer have asthma or copd.

If you have sinus problems/lung problems, etc..., dairy can cause inflamation in the soft tissues of your body. This will cause drainage. Red meat in excess will do the same thing. Peanuts, wheat, white flour and sugar can cause so many things I won't bore you to tears with my post trying to explain it. If you are interested, I would suggest Googling it.

Mary:flowerforyou: I hope your Mom is doing better. Let us know about the surgery. Sometimes, you have to wonder about hospital and nursing home staff. Sorry about my memory lapse with the eggplant recipe.:happy: I came to realize it was the color of yours and Vicki's pics that I was remembering...I like red.:flowerforyou:

Joy-:flowerforyou: Hope you enjoyed your fancy restaurant on your birthday. Sometimes, it's nice to "do" a meal and enjoy it without thinking about it too much.

Barbie- I have your sleeping "issues" tonight. :noway: Decided I would catch up on MFP. Although, I don't thnk computers are conducive to sleep habits, have you noticed that?:huh:
Ps -hope your weather has improved.:flowerforyou:
Chiclet-:flowerforyou: I am so glad you are going to have a new place to live. :flowerforyou: That will help you...a fresh place. What about what Barb suggested with the Pension? Would that help?
I think the ladies on here are really trying to help. Maxymom and some of the others have had some good suggestions to try.

Vicki-:flowerforyou: I hope you enjoyed your chocolate bliss...sometimes, you have to get the urge out of your system and then "take a new hitch." I will contact you for the eggplant recipe...that might be good on my trip.:flowerforyou:
I hope your allergies improve. Glad you enjoyed the joke.
Maxymom-:flowerforyou: I really like your pic.. .I smile everytime I look at it. Did your daughter get home?

Amanda - :flowerforyou: We are all in your cornor and will be hoping for you during your surgery and recovery. Is there anyone who can keep us updated on your progress throughout the procedure and recovery? I feel I can speak for us all to say that we will be on "pins and needles" waiting to hear from you.

Barbara- :laugh: I am glad you enjoyed the pedometer story...believe it or not it's almost happened again. My Dh and I still laugh too...you can well imagine some of our conversations.:noway: :laugh:

Marilyn-:flowerforyou: I am so glad your excercises are getting easier. I hope going back to work goes well for you.
Did you read my joke? I hope you laughed.
Suez-:flowerforyou: enjoy your new lingerie! I have always liked pretty undies...sometimes, they haven't like me. Good luck on your project.:flowerforyou:
Barb-:flowerforyou: It looks like you are enjoying your new phone. Your friends sound very generous and kind. Do you have sleeping problems too?

Sally - :flowerforyou: I hope you were able to get back into your routine after your trip. My DH is planning one for us next week. That will be after my fast. I am thinking, okay, from a fast to eating out? If I can do this fast, surely there is more willpower in there. We will have a condo, so that will help some. I will get organic products to have in the room. I, sometimes, will cook our breakfast. A lot of condos have a blender or something similar. That will help.

Shirly-:flowerforyou: 55 mins of strength training is very good. You will be burning cals while you are resting.

Vickkij - noticed your bump in here. Let us know what is happening with you.

Michelle-:flowerforyou: I hope you enjoyed Ruby Tuesday. I really like their salad bar!:drinker: :drinker:

Doobie- I have to agree with you about fruits and veggies. :drinker: It is wonderful when they are fresher...I will be glad to eat a "home-grown-tomato." I can eat them like apples. mmmm:drinker:

WizzyakaViv :flowerforyou: I hope you get some warm weather soon. We are on our usual roller coaster ride with our weather. It's 35-40 one day and 60-65 the next. Hard on the physical body.

Hopeful, Kackie, and many others...hope you are happy and well..

Have a good thursday.

:flowerforyou: Happy St. Patrick's day everyone, and especially Amanda. :happy: Wish I could send the warm Texas Gulf Coast weather to you folks in colder climes.

Happy St. Patrick's Day all.....

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

May God be with you and bless you:
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.

May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near.

May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.

St. Patricks Day! Cheers everyone.

Lynn, yes your jokes are very funny, I'm happy to read them.

Been very busy cleaning up the house, thought I would test my legs today and work as I would at my job. Three and a half hours and my legs are sore, I really don't know what or how I'm going to get through the week after next. I think I will try my leg exercises and knee exercises again to get some strength back, they helped a load before. I am just making progress with my pelvic muscles, yet the ones in Pilates will have me moving other limbs, and when I do that now I loose form. Thinking hard on it I traveled back in time (I have my own machine!), and I was dancing to music at school and at my friends place, it seems that we took dancing so seriously that we danced our lunches away. That was the time my body was slim and firm. Well that kind of dancing would fall into dancercise now, so why not start somewhere and move tighten and keep it at a managable pace.

I guess I will wait until I see the physio doc., again to see what he thinks.

Maxymom, hi, yes, the cold weather is not a good thing, but it is much better temps than -15 degrees celcius or better. I fear though once the warmer weather comes the battle of heat, fumes, and ronch that will fill the air. I was thinking... New York, Haiti, Japan, all had devistation on the 11th, has anyone got the dates? We have had some tornado warnings and some small, but damaging ones touch down, mostly in Quebec. But I have noticed that wind patterns have changed here, they are getting stronger and lower. I am terrified of wind, lightening together in a storm I'm up until it goes away. I do try to keep things in the yard secured and think about possible problems, before I leave home or go to bed, if I know a storm is lurking about.

Does anyone know much about wild turkeys? We have one around our neighborhood. One was walking very calmly down our street the other day. I feed birds, I'm wondering if they will frequent my yard? Being a good neighbour, I don't put out my paper recycling until morning to avoid winds blowing it all over the street, and I am not really comfortable about meeting one of those things at 4am in my PJ's. My bladder will not survive!

Anyhoo, anyone that knows some up beat music that is good for dancing to, please let me know. I have music but it is so old I'm not sure I would get new albums at the music stores unless they contacted an archive source. I'm not a rap person but the beat of some songs are worth a try, I like just about anything else, easy on the country though. Def Leppard, Aerosmilth, AC/DC, INXS, are some of the albums I have, oh and Tina Turner and some of Cher's songs are good as well. I'm hearing there are CD's with mixes that are just for exerciseing, has anyone heard of this, it might be the better avenue.

Well I'm off and going to try and dance a bit tonight before bed, just to work up a bit of heat would be good. Good evening ladies.


Marilyn

Lynn thanks for the info. that sure makes a lot of sense. I feel much better not eating certain things. just have to pinpoint what triggers are. never knew about dairy and sinus issues. I will be looking forward to juice info and I will send you eggplant recipe. Birdie so good to hear from you, Knew you were busy with taxes but still missed hearing from you. looking forward to end of tax season. prayers for your hubby and MIL. went on field trip with regan today and ate yogurt for lunch so having hubby take me out to dinner. I will try to be good LOL. got some walking in on trip though. Talk to you ladies later.
vicki M

I didn't realize that I hadn't visited you all since Sunday! This week has flown by. I quickly read back through the posts and I am going to reply to just a few:

:flowerforyou: Amanda......praying for your surgery.....when is it?
:flowerforyou: Mary, you mentioned your mom is feeling some better, prays answered. Enjoy spring break! You deserve it.
:flowerforyou: Lynn for making all that juice. Holy cow! So, how long will it last you? Do you freeze any for future use?
:flowerforyou: Maxymom because I'll be forever grateful if you share with me how to do those animated figures etc when you learn!
:flowerforyou: Michelle because you answered my questions promptly about your kitty and I'm just now reading it.

I had a wonderful day today. When my son married my DIL, little did we know that her parents Joy and Dave would become our closest friends. So, not only do we share our grandchildren, we vacation together etc. Last April we almost lost Joy to a stroke and it was touch and go for a while. Miraculously enough, she not only survived, but she's survived with minimal damage. So, today was the first time that we've gone out and about where she ran me ragged!!!!!! I am thrilled beyond words. Before we went out and about, I showed her MFP and she signed up. She is just interested in tracking food and exercise, but I'm hoping she'll eventually participate in forums. She's not real computer savvy, so I think she's leary of knowing how to use a forum etc. Whatever, she was very excited about the tracking.

We also ate lunch out and even tho I didn't eat much at lunch, calorie-wise it blew the calorie budget, that's for sure. We had a most awesome dessert....a chocolate cake roll filled with mint cream. Oh my. What a treat!

Well, that's it for tonight. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Dee

I was reading a story this afternoon about an inspirational author that had researched and written several books on successful people.....he was asked which of the MANY successful strategies did he find the most valuable...

"The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, "Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."

He went on to say, "There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work."

This made me think about dieting...there are literally hundreds of plans and programs you could participate in...and they will all work....as long as the self discipline is there.....I'm going to try and remember that the next time I am tempted.

Got a question for any cat owner: our daughter brought her cat here back in December. She never got it neutered and it sprayed. Of course, our cats have tried putting their scent there. So, what has happened in essence, is that the comforter, sheets, and mattress cover in that bedroom get peed upon. Honestly, the smell of cat urine makes my stomach turn. I've tried washing and washing, we got this stuff from Petsmart that's orange-smelling and is supposed to take out the smell. Only the cats went back and used it again. We got other stuff, so now I'm using this and I'm putting the sheets, mattress pad, comforter, even bedspread out in the sunshine. We had one cat who peed in the corner. I think this was because he was sick at the time and probably couldn't make it to the litter box. So my question is: does anyone know of a product that they've used and know that this product gets rid of cat urine smell and the desire to go back to that spot? Oh, I have a plastic covering on the mattress so I know that the urine never got into the mattress. I've washed that plastic covering.

Michele

I've had cats (and dogs) ALL my life, but only recently discovered a product that actually does the job. OdoBan. I used it on my Mom's clothes while she was in the nursing home. It was the only thing that would completely remove the smell when she had accidents. As for the carpet, the problems is most likely the pad below the carpet. I'd say pull back the carpet and look at the back to see just how large the spot is. REPLACE the pad underneath and use a carpet extractor and OdoBan to spot clean the stain. Here's a link to the product: http://www.odobanpet.com/testimonials.php

Hubby and I started taking RAW whole food vitamins today. I'm expecting noticeable results over the otc multi-vitamin we were taking.

I'm pleased to say Sophie is barely coughing at all now. Looks like THIS vet knew what she was talking about :happy: Going to be a busy day at our house. Getting the car ready for a weekend road trip, giving the cat her yearly bath before we board her and packing. I hope to squeeze in some time working in the flowerbeds.

Happy Friday y'all :flowerforyou: