Golden Years

Hello MARIE, I do hope you are okay. It's odd not reading your cheery posts today.
Hi SHIRLEY, just read your post on the sneakers. You had a busy day shopping. How do you feel about target closing down? I'm glad you enjoy Downton Abbey. I did at first, but now I find it slow and tedious. By the way, I've been longing to ask this for ages, does DH mean "dear husband"? I'm not into these phrases and had to ask earlier what ROFLOL meant. Lin explained.
SHARON, my mother lived to be in her nineties too, but not my dad. I think I take after my mom in body if not so much in temperament, so like you I am aiming to be as healthy as possible. Actually she was quite remarkable and her sister (96) too. Neither went grey, they kept their lovely chestnut (my aunt) and strawberry blonde hair all their lives and were active, humorous, and sharp as needles until their final few weeks. I can only hope me and my sons and grands are the same!
Anne.

Hi Shirley, thanks for the explanation, DH. I was almost right! My dad would have lived a long life too I think if he hadn't smoked and also I remember him dismantling an air raid shelter and sawing it in pieces to make into something else, so I wonder if the dust got into his lungs. They didn't realise that in the forties and fifties. He was always making models that worked. Anyway the lung cancer wasn't detected and he died of bone cancer. Mom of old age of course.
Did your Mom meet your dad in Germany if he was stationed there? Quite a few of the girls in our UK village married British soldiers stationed in Germany and came back with them to live in the UK. That would be in the fifties. You should consider writing all you can remember for your coming grand baby. So much gets lost, and there's loads of stuff I wish I'd asked about, although I know quite a bit about our family history, but of course if I don't record it, it will be gone forever. My generation and my 2 sons are a mixture of Anglo Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic. My grandsons can add to that mix Irish in one, and Portuguese in the other. Sorry to have gone on and on. Got carried away. Lol.
Anne.

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Congrats on a positive outlook and
A hobby to keep u on track. I try beading and earings [making them] but fin d that if i am not inspired, i cant do it. And no amt of sotting thwre trying to dream up something accpmplishes the task: getting my mind off food.

Negative Nellie speaking here: i know that's not productive or helpful. Arthritis, vertigo, periformis muscle syndrome, facing another snow storm and not sure what to do with myself. Cleaning out the house makes me think I'm getting ready to move on. I'm too isolated and anxious. Deaf, i dont speak on a voice telephone. Constantly dieting, i feel deprived though not actually hungry because i had vertical sleeve gastrectomy 4 years ago.

Trying to be positive reminds me that i have to try...wish things would come naturally. No such luck.am going to make list and schedule of things to do on a snowbound day and vow to stick to that!

Thanks for listening!

Hi, my name is Janet. I'm 75. I have 2 grown grandchildren (my daughter died 7 years ago). I have joined MFP to begin exercising and eating healthy after years of sedentary lifestyle and eating poorly. I live in Glendale, AZ, where the super bowl will be played today. I'm just starting today so have no wt loss yet. Thanks for your inspiration.

Hi JANET, nice to hear from you, and especially from someone in a nice warmer place. I'm up in Canada, and it's a chilly, snowy sort of day here. A day to put ones feet up and read a book, unless you are watching the super bowl of course. I'm terribly sorry you have lost your daughter, unimaginable. I am 79 and I have two sons and two grown grandsons. Weight loss, well I was doing well until Christmas kicked in and I'm having great trouble losing the few pounds I put back. Sigh.
Anne up in the frozen north.

Hi everyone my name is Jo and I am 67....68 in April... I live in England ...I have just joined MFP after my granddaughter recommended it after she lost 4 stone .....I hope to lose 30lbs . I have lost 35lbs in the past but need to lose more as my husband is in poor health and I am having to take on a lot more of the jobs he used to do . He is a few years older than me he is 83 . I have had breast cancer 7 years ago , also i have diabetes, high blood pressure so losing weight will be real good .....we have 3 dogs which my sister walks with me every day when weather permits . My sister is called Marie . I hope your Marie is feeling better .....I hope I can join your group ...............

JO

Hello JO, I live in Canada but my sons and I are originally from the East Riding of Yorkshire. I'm older than you at 79, but I am pretty active. It really is a good site for losing weight. Congratulations on beating the cancer. I had 21 lbs to lose and once gone, everything else went too. All the aches and pains, it was quite amazing. I wish I still had my dog to walk, and would love another furry friend apart from Tabitha Daisy my 17 year old cat, but feel it wouldn't be fair to get another dog at my age. Just keep writing in, that's all I did when I joined this group 2 months ago. Our MARIE is a real sweetheart, and I just hope she gets better soon because I miss her encouraging posts. Talk again,

Anne (my real name, Blueharebell is so long winded!)

MARIE YOU ARE BACK!!!!!! Hope you feel a lot better, Anne.

Anne - Us too, Dave is snow blowing the driveway right now. Big storm last night.

I missed my Yoga Class this morning Today is cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping for my eating plan. I started the February squat challenge yesterday, so far so good.

Hi Marie, how are you doing?

Shirley
Ontario, Canada

Good morning, all. It's raining like crazy in SC. The temp is around 60 F but will begin to drop as the rain ends. At least we don't have to shovel it.
Hello to all the Newbies. Janet, I'm Janet too and 67 going up in April.
I love MFP and how it lets us see what we eat and how it affects our weight. I started in Mid Oct and have lost 35 pounds with around 45 to go.
Last night, I saved calories to have 1 small piece of pizza, which I haven't had since starting this journey. I had about 3 bites and gave the rest to hubby as I decided it wasn't good enough to justify the calories.
BTW, (by the way) I've been told that DH does mean husband for the H, but the D can mean, "dear, darling, Damn, dumb" or what ever fits the occasion.

I'm happy to report that after just a couple of months on this new journey, I don't think about food all the time. DH used to say that I lived my life from one meal to the next. It takes a while for this new way of eating to become second nature, but it is well worth the effort. It's nice to know this is something I'll do the rest of my life and not just a diet with an end. Every time I went on a diet and lost weight, I'd slowly gain it back with a few new friends in the process.
I wish you all the best outcome to your journey. There are a few words and sayings that I have picked up from friends that keep popping to mind at the appropriate times, so thought I'd share a few:

*Hunger is not an emergency.
*The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.
*Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
*Determined.
*My word for now is savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
*Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
*"now"---I won't wallow in the past or waste time worrying about the future
*If you change nothing, nothing will change.
*Do not reward yourself with food. You're not a dog.
*What you eat in private is what you wear in public.

I wish us all a safe, happy and healthy day.
Janet in Myrtle Beach, SC

Nice warm JANET, thanks for the explanation on DH!! Even I can use it, DH for "departed husband" lol. Liked your sayings.
Yes JO, being snowed in can be usual as I found out to my horror on emigration 46 years ago. We arrived to 95 degrees in July, just like walking into an oven when we got off the plane onto the melting Tarmac in those days, to have it snow on October 8th. I walked to the stores one day thinking I was still in Yorkshire without a hat or hood and my ears nearly fell off! I had a headache for 2 days. This was in Quebec, not quite so bad here in Ontario.
Anne

thanks Marie for telling me about the plan ...you suggest I should buy the book to understand it .....would I be able to buy the book in England

Jo

Hi Jo, it's amazing how many ladies I've met on here that turn 68 in April. Must have been a good month for lovely ladies. Or who knows, maybe just ladies that ate too much for a while?
If the 2 Janets are going to be confusing, you are welcome to call me DJ and I can sign my posts that way. That has often been my nick name on sites.
Thanks, Marie. I have been here all along but often lurk and don't post. lol

I'm off to the Moose Club for the Ladies of the Moose meeting. They serve food which is rarely healthy, so eating before I go. Have a great evening, All.

Janet or DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC