WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014

Mimi: I agree that the text is too small. So are the pictures of us. I put my ticker back. I found it on my home page and added the url to the bottom of the word document I use to compose my messages.

Cynthia: I agree with you about the silliness of removing the tickers. Some people have always chosen not to share them, and it should be the choice of the poster/member.

Alaska Susan: Welcome.

Heather and Renny: What have you done that has improved your depression situation? I take Wellbutrin plus lots of vitamin d3 with calcium. I also added daylight temperature lights all over my house. I haven’t been depressed since I did that combination of things. I need all of them.

DeeDee: I don’t like the new format either. They have work to do. I have to search for this group each time I come by typing in the name of it. The only things that come up under my posts are the ones I send to MFP about problems. I don’t like our teeny tiny pictures or the teeny tiny font.

LizPlus: It is nice to hear from you! Congratulations on jacking up your cable provider and getting some improvements.

JB: Your dogs have friendly faces and an amazing background. Where was the photo taken? I couldn’t get the picture to enlarge. I wonder why not.

Painted Lady: Welcome. This is an open group and we welcome new women. All of us were new at some point and some of us have been here several years. My second anniversary is coming up. You’ll learn the acronyms and abbreviations as you go along. NSV=Non-scale Victory. DH = Dear Husband, or less flattering D words depending on the situation.

Sylvia: I LOVE the lawyer joke! I also love your comments about the supportive aspect of this thread and the “little things” that make up the fabric of our daily lives. You are a wise woman, and this is a very special group. If this is what sisters are like, I’m even sorrier that I’m an only child. But I have all of you and some other very dear long terms friends who are like sisters. I’m grateful.

Robin: I’m happy that you got the prescription sorted out with the pharmacy. Finding a counselor is always a challenge because you need someone you can relate to and vice versa. I wish you good luck with the search. Once years ago I was having a lot of stress due to teens and sick elderly parents, so I went to the free counseling provided by my employer. The “counselor“ greeted me and then lay down on his office floor. He told me it was to make me more comfortable. I walked out and never returned. I also reported the situation to my employer’s personnel department. Now I think it is funny, but I didn’t at the time. Your girls are beautiful. I’ve no advice for the urine situation with Bodi other than hard floors and a handy mop. Carpeting doesn’t seem like a good idea.

Heather: You started here about 6 months before me. My second anniversary is coming up. :-)

Carol: Good that you went to see an attorney. This is a situation where you needed good legal advice. It sounds like you’ve made a sound plan. Good luck! I’m sorry to hear that your coworker lost his wife. He needs all the support he can get.

Cynthia: Only you can get your mojo back, but what drove my change was anger that I couldn’t do something I wanted to do because of my weight. It was a powerful motivator for me. Somewhere along the line I started wanting to be healthier, and then began enjoying the feeling of better health. This group has been a huge part of that transformation in my thinking.

Beth in WNY: Your sons are very handsome. They take after their mom.:-)

Juanita in Sudbury: Welcome back. I hope we’ll see you regularly. You’ve certainly had an eventful year. I’m sorry for your losses and stress.:-)

Nannyjackie: welcome.:-)

Sue in SD and yanniejannie: Thanks for all your advice and support regarding the riding helmet. I bought a Troxel helmet yesterday. It is fuchsia in color. If I’m out riding trails, I want to be noticed as a human, NOT a game animal. I know that black is the appropriate helmet color for a show ring, but I don’t expect to ever be inside a show ring as a contestant. I might be on bleachers looking at a show, though. :-)

Joyce: My ticker was saved to my homepage. I had to copy the code under it and paste the code into my posts. Since I normally type my posts in a word document, I simply saved the code at the bottom of the document. That way I don’t have to go back and copy it from my home page each time.:-)

Heather: I love your quotation, DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD! It is an excellent reminder and one that I need. I hope you get over your virus quickly and enjoy life again. Your reminder that 98% of dieters put the weight back on strikes a note with me. I did exactly that after the birth of DD years ago. I deprived myself for months on a thousand calorie diet, took the weight off, and then checked it off of my “to do list” and went right back to my old way of eating. Surprise—I got my old results. It took time to put it all back on and then I put on some more. I don’t want to do that again, which is why I’m still counting every calorie and sticking around with you wonderful women. Plus, you’ve all become important to me.



I have my bright fuchsia helmet at the ready and my riding lesson starts at 4:30 this afternoon. I look forward to meeting my new teacher in person. I hope she is good at her job and I make lots of gains in skill.<3



Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

October Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!

Katla49 wrote: »

Robin: Finding a counselor is always a challenge because you need someone you can relate to and vice versa. I wish you good luck with the search. Once years ago I was having a lot of stress due to teens and sick elderly parents, so I went to the free counseling provided by my employer. The “counselor“ greeted me and then lay down on his office floor. He told me it was to make me more comfortable. I walked out and never returned. I also reported the situation to my employer’s personnel department. Now I think it is funny, but I didn’t at the time.

Katla, I have seen a few counselors in my day and there are good ones and really not good ones. :bigsmile: I am sure it will all work out. I have to just keep trying.

Walking along the High Line, an old railway track through the Meatpacking District that has been turned into an urban park.

TGIF~~have a wake for the husband of one of my knitting buddies.
My friend with the cancer was suppose to go home,she developed fluid in the lung,now they are doing surgery.
HUGS
jane

Hi Everyone - found you again at last! Wow so many changes since I last logged in! I couldn't even find the message boards to begin with! Why did I have this week to be so crazy busy that I couldn't find time to post in community!

Welcome to all the newbies - really good to hear from you. Keep posting!

Hopefully, I will work out how to attach my ticker - I like to see how little I have lost in a hope to encourage me to keep at it!

This was just a quick post now that I have found you. We are just about to go out to spend some time to support our Street Pastors, taking the dogs out with us.

Happy weekend everyone.

Maryann (MA) in UK

Found the bb code - will it work and add my ticker? Here goes!

Good late afternoon ladies :flowerforyou:

Mimi I love your pics, your granddaughters are so cute, and your parents look marvelous !!!

Joyce Wow! Your hard work has certainly paid off, I would have never guessed that was you in that pic! I sure hope your daughter starts feeling!!!!

Cynthia Love the pic of the doggie and your “new” room! I`ve had a few spots frozen off and they blistered up, looked awful and felt awful, hope yours is better now. You`ve been going through so much, you`re overwhelmed right now and it`s okay.

Heather Hope you feel better! Love your pics!

Liz I`m so sorry you`re not feeling well!

Margaret Thanks for all the tips on how to navigate the forums! I bet your friend really appreciates your help with the students and I bet the students love you!

Jb Timber and Rugby are so cute!!! So glad you had a good time on your trip!

Joy in the UK Jump in and join the conversation!!!

Sylvia Thanks for the tips on how to navigate the forums!!!! Hope you`re having a good time!

Robin I`m so happy to see you back!!! I hope the meds will work for you and you`ll be feeling much better soon! Noel is sending Bodi and Ritter hugs!! Olivia looks just like a little princess! Andelane looks like a little disappointed princess! Your daughter is just like you…beautiful!

Caron in NC Glad you got advice from the attorney! Sorry to hear about your co workers wife! What a cute pic of your son, and yes, I saw the graduation pic, big difference, but still very handsome! Hope things are okay with your DD!

Cat in Utah I so enjoyed reading your post! You`re right aging is not for wimps!!!

Beth Your sons are so handsome, as handsome as their mother is beautiful!

Juanita So nice to see your post and your beautiful face! Sorry you`ve been going through so much!

Lesley Oh my goodness, that Mildred, yuck. Looks like you`re doing good on your plan!

Michele I still don`t like the format, and for some reason when I`m on my iPad on MFP it will freeze the screen, I spend more time resetting the iPad than I do getting to read, guess I`ll just have to get the laptop out. It was a gorgeous day today, nice and warm and now it looks like we`re getting ready to have a ferocious thunderstorm.

Yanniejannie DH thought your oregano was weeds, and lost his keys and started a fire…yikes!

Katla You can click on the star and bookmark the thread and then click on the star when you go to community and it should take you right to the thread….it`s just more steps than I like, and it wasn`t broken before, in fact I thought the old format was awesome! I`m glad you decided to get a helmet, and a bright fuchsia at that!

Viki I love reading your posts, you are a very thoughtful person! Hope you enjoy your granddaughters visit!

Jane Martin Sending you hugs!!! So sorry to hear your friend didn`t get to come home yet!

I know I missed a lot of people, if you`re new… Welcome, this is a great group of supportive women, pop in often and chat away!!!

It looks like the sky is about to fall in right now and there is thunder in the distance, Noel always looks forward to a little afternoon walk, guess we`ll miss it today!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Hugs,
DeeDee in stormy NC

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Trying out the pic feature, this is Noel.

Afternoon friends,

Welcome newcomers :flowerforyou:

DeeDee Noel is such a cutie.

Heather your trip looked delightful. Hope you feel better soon.

Jane prayers for your friend.

The newcomers to my friends class are settling in well. Despite all the new additions her class is calmer than the one she had last year. She is doing a fabulous job with them. :bigsmile:

I prefer the old icons to the new ones. You have to have the exact word and put it into :: to have it added. I found the words by going to sending a message. All the old icons are there when you put an arrow on them the word pops up underneath.

One feature I do like in this new format is when you go to bookmarks it tells you how many new posts are there since the last time you visited the site. I will probably not use bump so often anymore.

I still think they should put a short statement about bookmarking when you visit the community page, so you know how to more easily find discussions you are interested in. Heather thanks for explaining about the star. I think it is good to keep repeating it.
As I edit this I also think the edit feature should also be explained. Miss edit feature in old system. It is the cog in upper right corner of your post. You also need to click on edit when it appears. Too many steps. :grumble:

Saturday morning here. I am sure I posted yesterday but GONE.
Had a good day yesterday exercise wise at 595 cals. Walked the dog and toxic neighbour's husband in garden. He NOT happy with her as garden NOT in good place. He was whippersnipping garden as she too lazy to mow. Just said yes and said have to go. Dog behaved herself.
Have done Bob's Body rev cardio and off to do his kettle-bells and then walk this afternoon.
My scale is being stubborn and stuck on same weight 5 days. See what tape and BF% says on Monday,
Had the Livinglite breakfast and its beef bourgignon for dinner.
Lesley in Tasmania

Short note. Been a hectic day. I have tried to do some organizing but decided to sit and cal my youngest daughter and see how she is. Well she had tried to go to work, that's just the way she is. You go to work unless you are half dead. But the more she was in the getting ready process she went the worse she felt and then felt real faintly in the car. So she went inside and called in. So I called her,glad I did, and convinced her to cal and see if she could get in with her doctors nurse practitioner. She got an immediate appointment so off I went. Hadn't curled my hair, was raining. NP agreed with me that she didn't understand why she was put on Vistaril just to dry secretions. She could have used an over the counter drug and it wouldn't make her so drowsy. She said she needed an antibiotic but wasn't sure how quick it would make her feel any better. So I suggested a shot to give her a boost of antibiotic. . Then we went to walgreens, they said they hadn't received the prescription so called Dr office. It got called in again. Took her to the grocery store them back to Walgreens. Still no prescription. I don't know how many times I was in and out of the rain, well drizzle. Other daughter should get in around 8:30this evening and if the weather holds they will all go to the Fall Festival tomorrow.then heading out to Florida on Sunday

Sylvia, so sorry part of your kiln was broke. The kids need ground rules not only from you but their parents also

Joyce, Indiana