WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Never going to catch up! Well, I learned how to use the snow blower because I had to, not because I wanted to! My DH has been in a wheel chair since Saturday and refuses to go to the doctor! I suspect a stress fracture in his ankle. His ankles and knees are not good anyway but this time, it really put him down!

I am so tired! Not used to all this snow removal! Alison, I don't know how you do it! I am at work and exhausted!

Have to go back to work. I skimmed up to page 14 and noticed we are on 17 right now! Oh, well, someday!

Rita from snowy CT

Words for the year:
Determination and Moderation
February Goals:
1. Pay off at least 1 bill (Paid 2!!)
2. Finish MIS (This is my last week! YAY!)
3. Exercise 20 times this month (already at 7, includes snow removal)
4. Lose 5 pounds (by eating 4 veggies, 2 fruits, and record every day)
All to get to my year end goals of Financial stability and lose 50 pounds.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.

Good afternoon! It is cold and damp here with more cold on the way--Friday is going to be miserable for us Southern folk!

Sylvia - I'm glad you're feeling some better. The swelling (fluid) will take a while to completely leave your body--think about all of the trauma it went through! I'm sorry you're dealing with insurance crap. I had a little go round with them over the weekend (I lost...) When my daughter was in the ER one night, the patient in the next curtained off cubicle was told she needed emergency gallbladder surgery and was being admitted immediately. The poor woman was on the phone to her insurance company at 3 a.m. trying to get pre-authorization while vomiting between sentences. They evidently told her she had to call back during business hours! :wtf:

Alison - I'd be tempted to go to the doctor and charge it to Worker's Comp if the pain didn't ease up soon!

My luck with phoning in stuff (by the rules) has been abysmal lately. Starting in December when my water at the new place was shut off on Christmas Eve (after I had placed the call to the city to have it put into my name on December 19), to last Monday when I walked in after work at 7:30 p.m. to no electricity because someone at Duke Power also failed to make the transfer and allowed the previous owner to shut it off (they had the record of my call so someone got in trouble!), to Sunday when I called to find out why I hadn't gotten the meds that I had ordered two weeks ago (insurance makes me get them by mail) to find out the person took my address change but never bothered submitting the prescription refill. Everyone else had better hope that that they haven't screwed up because I have been without one of my psych meds for four days due to that last failure!

On a good topic, Spot finally went outside on Sunday and explored the backyard area. She acted so incredibly please with herself when she came back in! And, soccer season started Friday night so now I know how loud it will be in the park during soccer games. Not wonderful in my bedroom, but barely noticeable from the living room. Also, the lights were all turned off by 9:30 p.m.!

Oh! Another good thing! I went to Aldi last night to pick up some bananas and a couple of little things that I needed (being out of work the past two weeks has really hurt my income so I'm mostly eating out of the pantry and freezer) and I was thrilled to find fresh raspberries for $1.49, fresh blackberries for $.99, and fresh strawberries for $1.49. They were delicious with my Greek yogurt this morning! I'm looking forward to more of them over a serving of no-sugar-added ice cream tonight.

Okay, off to take a walk around the building before I eat my lunch (chicken and wild rice soup then grapes and cheddar cheese sticks) and get some steps in. Good luck to all!

Carol in NC

Margaret, do you mean the roast I put in the crock pot? That is for hubby's dinner tonight and for him to tak for lunches the rest of the week. I'm still on soft food, although the instructions they sent home said I could resume my regular diet. But I don't feel ready for anything too heavy yet. I was trying to remember, and I don't think I've had any meat yet, but did have some eggs and cheese. Is that meat?

Tngram2- I laughed out loud (which hurts) when I read your comment about passing gas in my own bed. I have to be VERY careful about where I pass any gas now, because what feels like gas is usually something else.

Mary, what is eelpout? Never heard of it.

Well, I'm off to bed again. Have a great day.

Sylvia

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Did 15 minmutes of yoga yesterday, then held my plank for 2 min 40 sec and then took the extremepump class. Today I did an hour of HIIT on the elliptical. We have a Newcomer general meeting tomorrow so I'll do Kelley Coffee Meyers 30 Minutes to Fitness DVD, probably do it twice so I get an hour workout in.

Had mahjongg here last night. The one gal who had the detached retina came. She thought she had re-detached it (this would have been the third time) but it appears it's only a hematoma and it will go away. I think she was (understandable) overly-paranoid, but after she learned that it wasn't redetached, she did come over. Vince drove her vehicle home and I followed her. A neighbor of mine came over and another gal. So I didn't get home until around 11.

Tonight I'm hosting Rummikub here. I made a granola cake, made some ginger cookies so have some of those, tried making marshmallows from scratch (just cut them up, they came out quite good), and I have a basket of clementines.

Before I even get started, welcome to everyone new, you've come to a great place. And welcome back to all returning members.

After exercise today went and got the oil in my car changed. I needed new brakes on the rear. Then stopped at the Y near me, but the lady I wanted to talk to wasn't there. Well, I'll catch her another day. See, I would much rather do my HIIT there, but they only have one elliptical that gives you the step count, so I want to ask her if she can change that machine with another one, just move them around. Seems that people use the machine with the step counter and the arms much more, mainly because of where it's located. I really prefer not to go to the other branch if I can help it. They have the cardio machines so close together, to me, it's unsafe. You can't even walk between the treadmills, there just isn't enough room. I understand that they want to give access to as many members as possible, but to me safety should be paramount. But I'm sure it's not with them until someone gets seriously hurt and sues them.

CP - absolutely, the most important thing is that you stay on plan. I jot down on a piece of paper what I ate during the day and to me it's somewhat of a nusance to have to go back and put things under "lunch, dinner, etc". For the sake of brevity, I may just do it all under "snacks". Say, I wonder if you can change from "breakfast, lunch, dinner" to just one thing? I know you can add other times (like daytime snacks). I'll have to look this up.

Barb - hope you feel better fast! Congrats on staying within your calorie allotment.

Oh, stopped at the pharmacy for one of Loki's meds. This is one that has to be ground up and put in the capsule. Anyway, I know I called in the renewal a few days ago so I was surprised when I got there and they didn't have it. But the man told me (talk about shocker) that he'd have his driver DELIVER it so that I wouldn't have to go back. I thought that was very sweet of him. The driver got here around 7

The gal who had the redetached retina who came here yesterday gave me a small box of Godiva chocolates. Vince is a real chocoholic. I admit that I did have one of the small dark chocolate squares, but right now I'm not interested in any more. Just wish Vince would take that box over to the garage where he's working on his trains.

While getting ny oil changed, went to Aldi and just got two things. Then came home and made the bourbon balls to take to Jessica this weekend. I used up the last of the burbon! We had to get it a few years ago when Jessica wanted to have this bourbon glazed ham for Christmas, been using it up ever since then

Carol in GA - and you didn't invite me over for lunch????? lol Vince is the same way...everything has to be PLAIN and I love, just love, to experiment with different foods, spices, etc.

DeeDee - I sure enjoyed the warmth yesterday. You know, when I went to get my oil changed, it was chilly. I just now went to put something in my trunk and it's warmed up. It's supposed to get colder this weekend (boo). Hope you enjoyed yesterday. What did you do? Great pic

Heather - you make me feel like I'm taking the trip with you!

Beth - awesome week! Will you guys EVER get rid of the snow (and Alison and Rita, too). So sorry about your son. The wheelchair situation is abolutely amazing.

Sylvia - you'll get that weight off, just heal yourself right now. Good advice about the crowd funding. I'd never heard of it before. I hate dealing with insurance companiesl Good luck to you (I'm afraid you're going to need it!)

Barb from LA - happy anniversary! Good for you staying under calories!

Joyce - the same thing down here, even the THREAT of snow, and the place is like a ghosttown. In some ways that's good since many people don't have any clue how to drive in the snow. They'll workout the date for the musical.

Toni - yes, the eye specialist is for her. I think she has to go so far away because of her insurance (Obamacare)

Carol in NC - I find that many of Aldi's prices are pretty good. But they don't seem to be too good on eggs and milk. But baking items and veges are good.

Red - that was so nice of you to be there for your friend

Holy cow! Where did the day go? I have to get ready for Rummikub

I'm going to post this before too late. Sorry for anyone that I may have missed.

Michele in NC

Hello, everyone! Cold, very windy, and rainy here and they are saying frigid (!!!!) weather is coming.....think I'll stay in for the next week......lol. Miserable weather! To those with so much snow.........Beth, Alison, Rita, and others.....you certainly have my sympathy, it seems endless when I watch The Weather Channel. I'm having trouble keeping up on here; every time I get on there are 30 new posts. Let me just say congrats to those with losses (((YAY!!!!))) and hugs to all who need them.

Thanks again to everyone who posted their good wishes since I last thanked those who sent congratulations to my daughter. We did her taxes today so she can start her loan paperwork for vet school.

Sue......Would have just loved to be at the symphony with you.

Heather.......Greatly enjoying your reports......thanks so much for taking us along!!!!

Dee Dee......Thanks for the beautiful sunrise!

Sylvia.......You sound on the upswing!!! Keep it up....better and better!

Beth.......So sorry about your son's migraine; hopefully he's feeling better by now. Also hope your van problems are solved soon.

Barb..........Happy, happy anniversary!!!!!

Cynthia.........Interesting info; thanks for posting. (((hugs)))) to you still.

Best to everyone........welcome newbies.

Hunger is not an emergency.
Determined.
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

a quick hidee ho and off to bed, have been up since 2 a.m., and a busy day.. will catch up in the a.m.

Hi Suzanne from NJ. . . welcome to the group. You'll find lots of encouragement here.

Saw a sign today that I thought was funny. It said: "Sometimes when I'm on a diet, a chocolate bar jumps out of the cupboard, unwraps itself, and jumps into my mouth."
Well, now I have an excuse.

Hope you had a good Tuesday.

Judy in PA

Tonight's dinner: pasta 'primavera' with Dreamfield's rotini pasta (DH is diabetic) with leftover grilled salmon, leftover peas, artichoke hearts, and stewed italian tomatoes. Quite tasty.

Back to my walking and then the chemo cap I'm knitting for my sister.

Gail, metro ATL