WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Jolene stunning!

Went to see MacFarland movie with Kevin Costner. Enjoyed it. Thought it handled some of the issues we are having today thoughtfully and the power of team work.

We actually could use some of your snow. The rabbits are having a field day on bushes that would normally have the snow to protect them.

They are treating my niece's prenatal baby for an irregular heart beat. It is not that unusual in the second trimester, so concerns me they want her on medication. Hope it is not something more serious. Best to catch it early.

2015 word: Strength

Just because your see the hook does not mean you need to bite.

MNMargaret

Hello crazsc from western md here..... Just signed on this site and wanted to try some support options. Got to the gym this morning 30 minutes on bike and 20 min on front of body muscles....
Trying to do very low carb and low fat diet and no sugar cant seem to get enough calories......anyone have any suggestions on snacks that might fit the bill....real strict.

I think the physical therapist here is trying to kill me. He told me to take it easier on the handbike last week when I had thorasic muscle fatigue, so today he pushed me even harder than last week, but for a shorter time. Yikes, my arms feel like rubber. But - I can't wait to see the definition when I lose a few more pounds (used more calories in that burn) and keep doing those exercises Plus, 2 more days and I get cortisone in both knees. Yay !!! REALLY looking forward to less knee pain, and all the great things that come along with it.

Terri in Milwaukee

Sue tn2 - I love that writing it has a really good message!

Toni - good news on it not being a bladder infection but, take it easy!

Jolene - beautiful crocheted blankets!

Heather - good news about your ex. I had liver trouble last year due to a tick borne illness and it took me 30 days to detox my liver with healthy eating, no processed foods, no sugar or high fructose foods and 8 to 10 cups of water per day. It also helped me to lose a lot of the weight that I lost at the beginning of joining MyFitnessPal.

Janet Myrtle Beach - good for you in having such dedication to exercising at home. I get a lot of my exercises off of the internet as well. It's fun to change them up occasionally and do different things. It is also supposed to help not to go into a plateau.

MNMargaret - you are so right about us needing some extra snow around here! I'm sorry to hear about your niece's issue with the irregular heartbeat of her prenatal baby. I know that doctors can almost work miracles in that field. They have even done surgery on heart issues while the baby is in the womb. If you don't mind we will be praying for her.

Pipcd34 - thank you very much for the information! I do know that some people have to be on medication if their blood pressure is too low. And very funny about dammit!

Crazsc - I think of this as a life style change and I do not restrict myself as much as you sound like you are doing. I eat Whole Foods fruit vegetable pretty much like I used to. I just limit my treats which I have a lot of on occasion as part of my calorie count. MFP gives you the amount of calories you should be eating for your size and goal. I am at 1260 calories and I feel that I eat very healthy as well as a lot of food. I had chicken fajita salad for lunch and I'm planning on having pot roast, sweet potato, bacon wrapped asparagus, and my snacks for tonight are pistachios blueberries and peanuts. That is a lot of food and it is under 1300 calories. The key is to exercise.

Resting heartrate - 52

Hi! It's a quick check in before I head home.

Michele - Check the weather carefully before you start home! We're expected to get 8-12" of snow tonight and it looks about the same for your area--including blizzard-like snow.

The last time I checked my resting heart rate, it ranged somewhere between 48-52. Since I'm taking cold meds and can't breathe very well, I figure it's not the best time to check it right now.

I'm glad I have the groceries I need at home because I'm sure there is not a loaf of bread or gallon of milk to be had in the county! You northerners will laugh at the panic over a foot of snow, but we're not equipped to deal with it. I plan to just sit back and enjoy the scenery. I'll be fine unless we lose power.

I think I'm going to head on out the door while there is still some daylight left. Hope everyone has a good evening (or morning if you're across the pond).

Carol in NC

Good afternoon dear ladies!

MA in UK: Howdy from an American Dog Obedience Junkie!! Let’s work on excellent Heelwork together. One of my goals is to get through an Open run and lose not more than ½ point in the heeling. I did it once in Utility but the heeling pattern is shorter. It takes a 1000 miles of repetition to get the same performance in the ring.

Looking for the joy in every day, just like my dogs.
Remember to breathe…

Sally W.
Oregon

Jan – we have the pileated woodpecker here too. We don’t see them very often though; I would probably scare the thing away with my delightful scream as I run for my camera.

Angels46. – Perhaps a hobby that occupies your hands. I do scrapbooking. And sometimes I am reading posts on here and drinking my cup of tea. It takes me a long time to read what I have missed all day.

Barbie – Love the Gretchen Rubin quotes. So true…

Mary – I walk on my rebounder with 2 lb weights. I am really trying to get rid of my “back boobs” and I think that helps. When I walk outside in the wintertime I wear my Sorrels with steel toes (STOP laughing – I need them when I go in the maintenance shops at work) and they each weigh 5 pounds. I seen the 5x5 weight thread but didn’t read it.

Pip – resting heart rate – 62 …taken in the doctor’s office last week. BP – 118 / 70. She said I had a slow metabolism. I said thank you… ha ha .. well what was I supposed to say?

Linda – good to see you here. Everyone has a bad days, Have a cup of tea and read some posts. Terrible to have to catch up…I know …I have spent 3 hours at it today!!!

SueTN – I printed off your “Life isn’t fair” , so good!!! And use the good crystal all the time – it saves having to dust


AND I am caught up with the posts.

Welcome to all the new people in the last couple of days. I hope you find inspiration here - I know I do.

Finished painting, been to town for the mail, and caught up here. Still didn't clean the house ...oh well... I will do a facial on it while I make supper. And then I will start on my rebounder... And I will check in later when I log the rest of my day.

Take care everyone
Lillian in Sunny West Central Saskatchewan

Did about 55 minutes of what is billed as a yoga class but it was really more ballet. Not bad, but I don't think I would have taken it had I known it was primarily ballet. Then did 45 minutes of a step class. I was so sweaty that I had to take a "rinse off the sweat shower", but I didn't have a towel with me (and they don't have a towel service here). I also forgot to bring the shirt with me so I had to wear the sweaty workout shirt. Oh well.... Now I know that I should always keep a towel in my gym bag. I used to, but took it out since one branch of the Y by me where I would use it has a towel service. Lately, I do HIIT at another branch that doesn't have a towel service so I really need to keep one with me all the time.

Mary - I'm still confused (happens easily), what is 5 x 5? When I use dumbbells, depending on the body part that is being targeted, I can use anywhere from 5 to 10 lb weights. For small muscle groups like the shoulders, I use the 5's. For larger muscle groups like legs and back, I use the 10's. I must admit, when I started using weights, I did notice a difference, especially in my shoulders.

barbie - how do you use the weights to make the plank more difficult? Do you lift one leg while doing the plank, I would think in that case you would increase the difficulty. But if you keep both feet on the ground, does that increase the difficulty?

margarettx - welcome! Be looking forward to updates from you.

kaatab - welcome! "Wacky and friendly", yup, that's us. Add to that supportive.

Joyce - for some reason, I just never thought of a xstitch tree skirt. What a great idea! Right now I'm working on these xstitch dish towels for Christmas, one for each of the kids.

Everyone who is in the path of more snow -- my thoughts are with you. Hot tea is good, you really don't need to eat anything else.

Bobbi and Lillian - just this year I've noticed the jelly roll being much more pronounced. YUK!!!

jolenc - hope you get better fast. That prep for the "c" is no fun and when I did it I didn't lose very much at all. But it's something that has to be done. Thanks for the pattern. I think I had already downloaded Smoothfox's Tree Skirt, but I don't know how easy or difficult it is. I need something pretty easy. Going to check out the link you sent me further when I get home. The blanket looks gorgeous

margaretturk - hope alls fine with your niece's baby. Keep us informed.

crazsc - welcome

terri in milwaukee - you mean to tell me that you didn't know that every personal trainer gets a kickback from the guys who install the bars around the toilet??? lol

pippa -welcome

fanny - will you cook for me???? Sounds delish. i can never get over how much veges I can have for a small amount of calories.

Carol in NC - thanks, we don't expect to leave until Friday so I'm going to be optimistic and say that the snow is going to melt by then. Vince calls me the eternal optimist.... To me, the worst part will be when we get home trying to get milk. I'm pretty sure we have enough food to last us, its just the milk

MA - welcome back!

Lesley - a shared dog...what more can you ask for? Great deal for you both

Lillian - I like your saying of using your good crystal so you save having to dust it. I always say "I'll be dead and buried and the dirt will still be here, so why clean like crazy?"

Took a shower so that I could wash the shorts that I usually leave down here. Our friends from NC who moved here are coming here tomorrow, we'll go out to dinner and then we'll be leaving for home Friday (boo)

I AM getting some of the xstitching on the towels I'm making for the kids for christmas done.

Michele in NC

Just reading tonight and not saying anything. Love all the different topics. Keep on keeping on.
SueBDew-TX

Thanks for all the notes about the quote, I really like it also. Someone had posted it on Facebook and revealed the author of these tidbits to be Regina Brett: www.reginabrett.com

Jolene: Your blanket is beautiful.

Heather: It sounds like optimistic news for your ex. I hope he heals well. I can’t help but wonder about the “big” supermarket. Our little town doesn’t have a really big supermarket, but there are some in nearby communities that qualify as huge. My question is cultural, I suppose. I wonder whether you and I would agree on a supermarket rating system for big, bigger, and too big to deal with. I’m impressed with your resting heart rate. Good for you!

Terri in Milwaukee: I’m curious about the cortisone in your knees. Have you had it before? What does it do?

MA in UK: Welcome back!

Leslie: It is hard to believe that autumn is starting there already. We have almost a month before the start of spring here. Our weather is unusually warm this winter. We’re getting plenty of rain at the moment, but not enough snow in the mountains. I hope the shared dog works out well for everyone involved. It sounds like a blessing.



DH joined the gym today. :bigsmile: I hope he comes to like it as much as I do. So far, he just used the recumbent bike and looked around at the things that are available. I asked him to watch my yoga class because there are some men in it that are working to overcome physical problems. I hope he’ll join in one of these days.


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


February 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!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep.

Got lots accomplished today. painted the bedroom, walked my dog - he was happy, did some book work to get ready for the tax man ( ) Even did a little speed cleaning!! Just facial stuff.... looks good incase I get company... ha ha

Goodnight (or good morning) to everyone.

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

Linda, Ontario, I used to do a whole lot of cross stitch, I have designed several patterns for the different things I make. Some day I will have to take a picture of them. For some reason I can only add a picture from my iPad so I will have to make a post from there. But just like everything else I do, including diet, I go gung ho then slowly trickle down. I have sold ALL my cross stitch things a couple of times!!! I have tried regular cross stitch but it has to be counted.

Mary Mn. , I would make sure your doctor knows about the low heart rate. It can mean that you are in as good as shape as an athlete is or it can mean you have a problem. There are many cardiac problems that cause a low heart rate. Mine has never been above 100 when I exercise! I guess I'm not doing enough but by the exertion scale I am doing what I can tolerate. Right now it's

Janet, Myrtle Beach, my husband would never allow me to drive on the interstate at night. Poo on him. When he was working I used to drive down to see my daughter. It's a 3 hour drive and you never change interstates. It is basically I 64 from our house to the Lexington Ky area. I have noticed at night my perception isn't as good as when I was younger. There have been times he didn't want to go, like to see Ellie in her ballet but when I said I was going anyway then he changed his mind. The same with this musical. A musical isn't worth watching unless it is as good as the screen version. But middle schoolers aren't that good. He would never go to see our oldest vocal performances at school or the musicals she was in. Our other daughter was in sports and he didn't go to those because they weren't worth watching. If they really wanted it and worked hard enough they would be as good as female NBA teams. HUH???? Although he is totally bored when he goes down to see daughter and grand daughters he goes anyway. My daughter is very controlling. When a commercial is on the TV is muted while if he had control of the remote he would channel surf. Plus they extreme budget and don't have cable, jsut antenna on a very old TV that gets 3 stations.

Ma P, UK, have you ever thought of replacing that traditional chocolate bar with the youth with a healthy snack. It would teach them a lot about self control and good eating habits in their youth which might pass on to their parents.

Lesly, I just Googled the American staffy puppy. How absolutely precious! have fun with him/her. I am jealous.

Michele, at our Y they have a washer and dryer that is being run all the time. They have a young lady who has down syndrome working there and it is her job to go into the locker rooms and collect the towels. If you even think about putting your towel down she will grab it. Those towels are her job and by you using it, it is taking it away from her. But she's a sweet girl

To those of you who make your home made yogurt, how much yogurt would 1/2 gallon of milk make. I saw a recipe for crock pot yogurt and it called for 1/2 gallon of milk and I believe 1 cup of regular yogurt to start the process.

Went with my sister to her doctor's appointment today. I was so glad she asked me to go. She has a tendency to treat herself and she knows that I will be very honest with her doctor and make sure he knows what she is doing to herself. Like if he says she can take Flexeril one 3 times a day then she takes it that he is saying she can take 3 Flexeril a day and takes all 3 at bedtime. This was a 2 week follow up from an ER visit when she was having repeat symptoms of mini stroke. Or that's what she was saying. It went on for 5 days which takes away the diagnosis of TIA which is less than 24 hours. This happened to a larger degree a couple of months ago and she didn't see the doctor that time. She has severe spinal degeneration, herniations, bulging disks, etc. So she is in a lot of pain in addition to the fact that she has Fibromyalgia. so she is to go of Flexeril and Lyrica. He said she can take 1 at bedtime of both of those and eventually go off of those. When she was in the ER they did a CAT scan of her head but did not do an ultrasound of the arteries in her neck which should of been a standard of care in my eyes. So he had that done today, She has 50% blockage in one side. I think it has to be 80% for them to do anything. They are going to do a dye study Friday.

Was SOOOOO good to fnally have church tonight and have choir practice!!!! Charlie said I can always go Karaoke with him but choir is so so different. In a choir you are with several or maybe a lot, all working toward a common goal and I am harmonizing which makes the sopranos sound so much better!!!! He he he. In Karaoke you are solo unless you have a duet or trio. He is part of a trio but they better give his solo time or he will be mad

Joyce, Indiana