WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014

Rita from CT: I am so glad to see you! :flowerforyou: Finding the thread is not too horrible if you use the star to mark it. Go to community and my discussions, then click on the star. It should bring up any thread where you've posted. I'm still grumbling about some changes since I am not a person who enjoys learning new systems. :noway:

Good evening, everyone! Feeling better today, but tired. I have been an insomniac for about 5 years now and sleep is very welcome. I am lucky to get 2 hours in a row, and I haven't done that for a couple of days. Just an hour here and there. Keeping my fingers crossed for some sleep tonight. Still have to go on my second walk tonight (youtube walk), but then maybe to bed.

Also got a new scale today (Eat Smart Precision GetFit Digital Body Fat Bathroom Scale). I love it. I weighed myself on it to set it up and did a weight adjustment of -2lbs. I hope this scale is the accurate one as it shows 2lbs less. I know it is not an actual loss, because the old scale showed my previous weight, but 2lbs less to lose to reach my ultimate goal is nice.

Kelley - Welcome and you are right, this is a great place for support and encouragement.

Katla - I agree that all gift exchanges where names are drawn should come with a couple of suggestions along with the names. It really would help where you don't know the person very well.

Terri - Days when you feel good are precious! I am so glad you had one.

Molly - Congratulations on the 185.0 {Fireworks and confetti}! (I don't know how to add the animations, so the words are all I have, LOL). Also congratulations on your epiphany. I always love it when I can see something decadent and just go 'Yep, there it is and it looks yummy but, nah, I'm good' and really be good!

Barbie - I think I will start the 30 day plank challenge again. Even if I don't get past the 60 seconds, the days before it that I can do always make me feel successful! And who knows, I may one day get through it all. Just keep on the last successful day until I am strong enough to move ahead.

Kataniki - My eldest daughter was diagnosed with keratoconus earlier this year. They caught it at boot camp (Navy) and she was discharged because of it. The doctor I took her to said it was a mild case (just at the stage of hard contacts) but it was enough to keep her from her dream of Naval service. Good luck with your son's treatment.

Donna - thanks for your kind thoughts - your daughter should consider the crosslinking, the sooner it is done, the less likely her condition will worsen. Everyone has a unique experience, some never progress much - hopefully this will be her situation.

Michele - good for you taking all these preventive measures! I am with you about not taking meds if I can help it. Only thing I take now is Vitamin D after I came up low after my last check up. Thanks for your good wishes, unfortunately, there is no expectation of improvement - rather that his eyesight won't continue to deteriorate. They are going to try and flatten his corneas tomorrow (first procedure - conductive keratoplasty) which may help some. This is a relatively new procedure as is the crosslinking (procedure 2), so long term outcomes are not really known. It is still in clinical trials in the US. He is still fairly functional - he no longer drives and has to enlarge things to read, uses dictation for his writing, etc... but lives a full life. He has not entirely made his peace with this - he hasn't sold his car but finally took it off the road to save on the insurance, most of the people he works with don't know he is visually impaired, he didn't even want to tell anyone why he has to take off work for the rest of the week. He may have to as it is expected he will be more impaired for 3-6 months until he heals completely and his eyesight stabilizes.

This is a great forum and just reading the goals of others is motivation enough!
I'd like to fit into all my skirts/pants/dresses from yesteryear.I'm about 50 lbs away.

Drkatie, we have used tracfones in our family for years. I wanted more of a smart phone so I thinkit was about 2 years ago that I bought one. My husband still uses one, he uses it so very little. But with his angina I wanted him to be able to call me. We love it for the cost. If it is renewed before your alloted time period is up you get to keep your number
Barbie I thing you are having a lot of fun with the graphics!!
Katanic I wish your daughter all the luck with her surgery and treatment
Syvia, I wish we all lived closer and could go shopping at your studio. But not living closer makes us so much more of a cultural melting spot and enriches us.
I used to be a bowler. The first year I was on a league I got a last place trophy. I pretty much kept that up but we sure had fun. My husband was the opposite. He had an average of around 170 and pretty much expected that out of anyone on his team, they hated to have to give up handicap. Well one year I didn't have a team at all and they were down a female on the team. So guess who he had to get on his team. my first game was a 57 and my best game was a 157. So that year not only did we take first place but I got woman's most improved.
I hate when adults draw names for Christmas. I understand why it may be necesary in some families, especially as they get bigger. But my brother and I were the only ones who voted to keep it the old way so we draw names now. I have a sister in law who handles all the drawing and I have figured out her system so I always pick on of my siblings. My sister's son always wants a gift card to go out and eat, Both of my brothers kids either have a live in situation or broke up but still together so I don't want their names. We all give to the kids. So I give to my siblings!

OK, time for the next days of vacation. I think I discussed going to Wonder Works on Monday. Tuesday there was 100% chance of rain but it all happened in the morning so we went out in the afternoon. We went to somewhere I think was called PierPark. At least it had the word Pier in it.It was a combination of outlet and botique stores. If I had known it was so much walking I would have used my wheel chair. So we walk up both sides of all the shops with about 1/2 hour actually on the beach at the end of the peir. I didn't buy anything, I would have if I thought I really wanted it. They had a 'As seen on TV' store and a Crocs outlet. I really searched that store but didn't find what I wanted. It was there that I took my bad fall. Charlie and I were pretty tired so we went back to the house and the rest of the family went what is called 'geo caching'. It's an app and has coordinates for something like a scavenger hunt. You get the coordinates but it's up to you to crawl around and actually find the treasure. It's not an actual treasure but the fun, I guess, is the hunt for it When you finally find it, it is some kind of water tight container filled with stuff. And some of the things are just stuff, a button, small jacks set, peel off tatoo, etc. If you take 3 things out of the box you must put three back. We ahd agreed before we went that both the girls would buy and fix one meal a piece. Well it was Michelle's night to fix her meal, all frozen and she clled me and said to put it all in the oven. I wasn't sure how to use the oven yet in the house. We had two kitchens and they both worked differently and it was to take 45 minutes to cook. So much for Michelle fixing the meal.

I'll tell you about Wednesday on tomorrow

I introduced my sister to CJ Banks today. I think she is hooked. Everything in the store was 40% off including clearance. So I knew my $30 gift card could buy her something nice. She added some money and bought two outfits. Well I had $20 in Friendship rewards and if you don't use them they expire. A woman does not want $20 to expire!!! So I bought a nice sweater and blouse and then on a whim bought a necklace to go with it. She wants to try to knit. Now she ha no idea how to but wants to try so we went to Jo-Annes and spent a lot of time there. By the time she was done we had no time to spend on making my jewelry ornaments out of Mom's old jewelry. I guess that means we get to have another sister day!!!

Jouce, Indiana

Just trying to see if this posts.
Pat

Good Morning!

Kataniki ... hope your son's procedures are successful...

Michele ... never heard of ice cream FOR migraines ... son would love that! Ginger is thought to block excess glutamate ... a suspected cause of migraines ...which is one reason you see it with sushi/soy sauce. Soy sauce is high in glutamate ... ginger counteracts its negative effects. Do you think Vince drags his feet with the Halloween decorations because he doesn't really care for the holiday? I get more family help since I've gone to mostly autumn displays... can keep them up through Thanksgiving too!

Sylvia.... do you have a website for your studio? Do you ship? We could all shop then!

DS#2 is in school today. A medication change helped. Appointment with neurologist was very productive. He also confirmed that eliminating processed food ... within reason ... was important in our situation.

I'm trying to get back to normal routine and eating. So today is another new day. Have a good day ladies.

Beth

Hi everybody, just wishing everyone a good day.
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Hello Everyone

I'm Rose, 51 years old and trying to stay on track with my health & fitness during menopause. In the past two years, I've put on 30 lbs and one way or another, I'm getting this weight off and getting healthy again.

I walk and exercise daily. That doesn't appear to be enough so I need to totally overhaul my lifestyle. If I'm not hungry, I don't eat and my doctor tells me that my body has gone into self preservation mode and is storing everything I put in my mouth.

I'd love to be part of a group of 50+ women who can relate the struggles of aging and health/weight.

Oct/Nov goals:
~ lose 1 lb per week
~ consistently exceed 10,000 per day
~ drink more water (8-10 glasses per day)
~ eat 5 times daily (3 meals/2 snacks)
~ cut gluten from my diet
~ log in daily

Thanks,
Rose

Hi, quick post----I am between Gwen's cataract surg. and high school cross country finals......barely 60, rainy, windy........going to be another miserable 2 1/2hrs. out on the course. Will bundle up!!!

Just a couple comments.

Beth..........I can't imagine dealing with all the insurance you do......my hat is off to you.

drkatiebug.......Your best bet would be to speak with the staff at Walmart. I think you can keep your same phone with Tracfone and just switch to their service. I've had them for years with few issues.......occ. have no service where others do but that is rare where I live. My DD has an iPhone and I pay $45.00 a month for Straighttalk service for her---had to buy the phone outright then buy whatever service plan she needs monthly---$60.00 gets you international if you should need that. We are happy Tracfone and Straighttalk users. Both are Walmart, T/F and S/T, either one may work for you and cost less.

Kataniki and Donna (?).......You both might want to check out an organization called FFB...Foundation Fighting Blindness, I was at a fundraiser for them last night because a good friend is co-chair for our area. They might be a source of support/information for you as they fund the very latest research in many eye conditions and diseases. They are the group that has the Vision Walk each year to raise most of their funds......we are always in competition with the northern part of our state to beat them in this!!!!

My heart is with our Canadian friends, shocked at the news. Will be calling my cousin next, her son works in Ottawa in a government office.

Must run. Best to all,
yanniejannie

Good morning ladies. I am so upset with myself. Yesterday I was out of control with my eating, mostly ice cream. no reason just did. I am trying to be back on track today and since this is my short day I will be walking home after work and plan to take the long way. I do not know what is wrong with me. But not giving up and doing alot of praying.
I am upset again with our insurance company. I called them on Monday to find out where some papers they were to have sent almost 3 weeks ago were. They looked it up and said they were to have been sent on Oct 3rd. Requested they be sent again. She asked me if I wanted them sent to our Post Office box. I said we do not have an post office box and have been at our address for over 11 years. It seems lately they have been getting more wrong then right. DH said the only reason we got that check is because I had asked it they ever got it settled and it had been almost 2 years. Think I will be checking out some other insurance places here in town.

Donna--Glad you are having a good first week. Keep up the good work.

Jane--glad you went to the doctor. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

Joyce--enjoy reading about your trip. Looking forward to tomorrows post for the next one. Acouple of our DD's do that geo caching and they love it. I just don't get the clues and no fun for me.

Kelley--Welcome and come back often, This is a great group and I have learned alot and gotten alot of support without judgements.

Beth--Sorry to hear DS#2 is having trouble again.

Sylvia--Congrates on being able not to get in to the call of the crullers. Glad to hear you are back at work and enjoying it.

Katla--I have a WalMart straight talk and I can buy time by minutes or month at a time. I love it and gets service almost everywhere. Sometimes better then DH and he has Cellur One. Also I got to keep my number.

Looked up the Biggest loser power walk and looks like something I can do. So after I get off work going to try and do one. Thanks.

Just read about the news from Ottawa, saying a prayer for all those there. Seems more and more this is happening.

Well ladies time to get somethings done and get ready to walk home. Sounds like we could get some rain and that would be nice long as not real hard as I am walking. So far today I am doing well food wise and feeling postive. Take care and remember the important thing is not to give up.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Dickefrau1105 – welcome, join us
Deb in Melbourne – could you get a used piece from craigslist or other discount place?

Joyce – Geo caching sounds like fun! I have wanted to try but have to have a smart phone or something with GPS in it first…

Beth – glad the appointment went well….

Cynthia – right back at ya! Have a great day 

Katla – I am not much of a milk drinker and tolerate cows milk fine, but my housemate chooses to not do cows milk and has had soy, almond and rice milk here… we did a taste test and I thought the almond was the most neutral… not sure about the stuff in it..
You know who else I don’t think we have seen since the change of format is the gal who bikes a lot from the Mojave desert…. Senior moment on her first name!

Rose – welcome

Yanniejannie - I went and looked up the news... I never have anything playing in the background when I have the embroidery machines going... WOW - scary time in Canada...


October Goals:
Breathe
Log every day
Walk every day

Kim from N. California

Thursday morning here and logged my food and exercise.
i got in 11432 steps yesterday as well as laundry, ironing and cleaning house.
Going to doctor's this afternoon. She wants me to have an ECG before I see her.
I lost 1 pound overnight. BUT hardly any loss in 4 weeks. Not sure if she wants me to do another month on Duramine, have funds for it.
I used to have almond milk but switched back to cows' milk this week.
Will let you know how doctor goes.
Lesley in Tasmania

Lesley,good luck to you & everyone with Dr appts,up coming surgery etc.Drs office hasn't called with my mammogram appt.I can wait
Made baked beans in slo oven today.Sure smelled good & we ate our fill. I had cottage cheese & we split a baked potato.Everything tastes good when I am hungry.
DD & SIL leaving on a cruise this wk end. Guess who is elected to get them to airpirt before the crack of dawn

DH asked if I am EVER going to make a pumpkin pie? LOL.....it's been chilly this wk,good pumpkin weather.

New mattress set was delivered this morn.Took 2 guys less than 20 mins to set it up & load the old one.Been having some problems with my hip,not bad,but hoping this will help.Crossed fingers!

Time to get a shower & robe on. So glad we are home for the eve. Have a good day
Pat