WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2014

Hi I'm Kitty!
Any suggestions on where to begin with exercising? I've been inactive the last 6 months due to health reasons and also depression. I need baby steps to get started.

Help! Any direction or suggestions?

Happy sun.spending the afternnon trying recipes from daughters cooking class-chicken with a sauce and ham rigatoni with a cream sauce.
Dinner tonite
hugs

no workout yesterday, made up for it today, didn't quite make 1000 calories :0(.. stats, long version: expresso bike, extreme trail, savage revenge- 1hr, 25min, 22sec, 142aw (average watts/power), 14.1average miles per hour, 20.02miles, beat best time by 33 seconds. average heart rate 142

Love the flowers, Margaret! They are so beautiful in contrast to the winter we are now having!

Lesley, I’m so glad you found Jeannette’s 15 week challenge. You seem to be so happy with it. I’m glad it’s working for you. Wow! I didn’t realize you could get banned from Facebook for saying your didn’t want Prince Charles to be King.

Heather, great news about retrieving the child from the Philippines. How tragic to have done that to a sweet child. How old is the child? Glad you had a good visit with your family.

Toni, in a word…yes, it’s hard to lose after 60, but several of these ladies have done it, so I guess we can, too!

Jacqueline, good luck with the aqua fitness instructor class.

Joyce, I know what you mean about Christmas and presents. I have a hard time giving just giving money or a gift card, but on the other hand if that’s what they really need they will appreciate it a lot and are probably counting on it to help them out. Don’t stress yourself out!

Kim, Thank you! I’m really trying…I want to enjoy Christmas instead of being glad when it’s over!

Joyce, I come from a very large family. I’m the 9th of eleven children. My parents had 26 grandchildren and I’ve lost count of how many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren they had. We never could afford to pull names or give to everyone. There were just too many of us, so we bought for our parents, our Godchildren, and our children’s Godparents. My parents insisted on giving everyone. They gave the couple $20 and $5 for the grandchildren and great grandchildren for Christmas. We always felt badly because we didn’t feel they could afford to give that money. Now that I have children and grandchildren, I can definitely understand how expensive it gets! Like you, I would have a hard time if I couldn’t give my children and grandchildren at least a little something. I wonder if the couple are asking for a gift for their children so they can afford better gifts for the other children. Just a thought.

Michele, I’m so glad that Denise and Petey joined you for Thanksgiving!

Sylvia, you are entirely too hard on yourself. I think your “funk” is not letting you see the wonderful person that the rest of us see. You do not look old and fat. You look like a wonderful lady who is intently working at her craft! You are a beautiful person inside and out. Look in the mirror, please, and say something nice to yourself! You deserve the kind words. I hope you start feeling better soon! Hugs to you! (Oh, and by the way, the pottery is beautiful!)…it took me a few tries to get the link to work, but I finally got it. I love the idea of jeans instead of stockings! What a great idea!

Barbie, good luck with your visitors. I agree with Kim. Focus on the child and talk to the mom about her daughter.

Alison, I’m glad you found the PKD society. They’ve been around for a while. I had a patient with kidney disease and looked them up about 10 years ago.

Yanniejannie, I’m sure you look better on that calendar photo than you think! I think we all are overly critical of pictures of ourselves!

Monica, welcome! I’m relatively new myself, but I enjoy this group because so many have reached their goals and are very supportive.

Katla, good luck with your Christmas decorating! I hope that DH’s recovery goes well.

Terri, good luck with the ice cream. It’s a weakness of mine, so I won’t buy it anymore.

I have a tremendous amount of work to get done in my house, but my DD#3 had to take a trip to New Orleans, so DH and I went over to her house to deliver another load of stuff that was left here. Previously, we just left the boxes in the hope that she would have time to put them away. She told me the other day that everyone is just digging in the boxes and messing everything up, so instead of just leaving the boxes, I put up all of the children’s clothes and cleaned the girl’s room. She wants to have a big Christmas tree, but really doesn’t have the money to get one this year, so I told her that we would bring ours to her. We’ll, also, bring her outside decorations. When we tried to find the Christmas tree, we couldn’t find it. We looked everywhere…garage, DH’s shop, and the attic. Then we looked in our storage rental, DH#2’s storage, and DH#3’s storage. You would know it was in her storage. We took it to her house and realized if she wanted it set up there was a lot of cleaning that would have to be done and she is getting ready to have finals, so we did our best and cleaned up for several hours. I just spoke with her and she’s on her way home. It should have taken her 2 ½ to 3 hours to get home, but she’s been on the road for 7 hours and isn’t home yet. She said traffic was awful and at times she felt she could have walked home quicker. I just hope her mood improves! As for DH and I we are so tired, I think it will be an early evening for us.
I hope that everyone has had an opportunity to enjoy family and/or get some rest during this holiday. Hugs and prayers for all!

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Maybe when I feel better I will feel better. That makes sense if you think about it. I've had a miserable day physically. The grandkids came over for dinner, but I felt so bad that we took them home a little early. I'm going to take some Tylenol and go to bed early.

Tomorrow I have a busy day, so I'd better recover quickly.

Barbie, glad your visit went so well!

Leslie, I know I don't get a vote, but I'd vote for William too. He seems so nice and level headed. Kate would make a wonderful queen. It's a strange thing to get banned from Facebook for, though. I hate facebook though, so it wouldn't hurt me too much.

Kitty, I think walking is a great way to get started too. It also helps depression. Bonus! Do you have a friend you could walk with? Getting a fitness tracker, like a fitbit, can help too, with motivation. Helps to make a game out of it.

Speaking of fitbits, I saw a new one out that shows the time, like a watch, and number of steps, not just flashing lights. I want one! I can't count the number of times I've looked at my fitbit to see what time it is. It feels like a watch, so it ought to BE a watch.

Well, I'm off to bed. Tomorrow will be a better day!

Sylvia
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I see a lot of dog people here so here is my baby Riley.

Decided to give away the rest of the left over Thanksgiving to my son to keep away the temptation. We didn't go hog wild - but definitely ate off plan for several days. Back to meal planning and portion control. One more birthday meal tomorrow - but it is breakfast so I can do eggs with no guilt as Son 1 enjoys his pancakes.

The Hubs went to the Ortho doctor today and confirmed a broken shoulder blade (fell off the attic ladder). No treatment other than rest for 4-6 weeks. No damage to the shoulder socket though so we are very thankful it wasn't worse.

Diana in Indiana