WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2015

Me too!

Thanks Barbie!

Meg, good to see you in good spirits! Great job holding on to family night. Is it the video link you thought was hilarious? I did too. Watched it about 20 times and laughed every time. That puppy needs a little more junk in his trunk.

It finally stopped snowing. I think we wound up with about a foot. The dogs were out frolicking in the snow. It was so cute. It's supposed to be warmer tomorrow, so hopefully it will melt off the roads. I don't mind one snow day, but draw the line at two. I keep reminding myself...At least I don't live in Buffalo.

Good night everyone.

Sylvia

March goals:
-100 miles walked
- 20 days over 10,000 steps.
- strength training 3x's per week.

Still snowing today - supposed to be done overnight maybe March will come in like a lamb.....

Good night everyone
Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

We had such a wonderful time today at daughter's house. They had cleaned the the living room and kitchen for us and Mom left strict instructions they were not to take us upstairs! But she had recently gotten some free organizers for the living room and it did actually look pretty good. She belongs to a group on the internet called 'All things in common' and people just trade things. She has gotten some pretty good things. But these organizers came from their church who were just going to throw them away. The musical was wonderful, not in the same way her younger sister's ballet was. But the ballet had all of the instructors and owner in it with the major parts and this musical was 7th and 8th grade students only. The musical was Godspell Jr and the young man who played Jesus did a wonderful job. Most of the soloists were nervous in their singing and you could tell it but their speaking parts were all good. I know my husbands reaction about it and so did my daughter and she just told him to keep it to himself and he did, well until we got in the car. I think I have said before, he went to our daughter's first musical and he saw it sounded like amateurs and never went to another one. Well they are amateurs, they are high school kids. And this group was middle school kids. But he didn't cuss much on the road and actually talked some which helped me.

Margaret, good job on the dishwasher! One day I noticed a bad smell in the kitchen. I don't always immediately empty ours so I opened it and could tell it was from the dishwasher. It was full of standing water, icky water. So Charlie had to empty it by hand, then tried to take it apart. I save every instruction book that comes with any appliance we get, even if it a mixer. So I got it out and it helped. Charlie loves the Lifesaver wintogreen mints. He can eat them by the handful and he leaves the celephane wrapper on the plate. Well it invariably goes in the dishwasher and sure enough when we finally got the the trap it was full of those wrappers.

Abstinator, I am so, so sorry about your son and what all you have been and possibly will go through with him. I can not imagine what your life is like. I had a sister who died at age 20 with bone cancer. She was the one who kept Mom and Dad's spirits up. She made every day count. She was the happiest person.

Allison, did you see a big change in your FIL? You know when we see some one every day you don't notice subtle changes but it has been a while now. I was glad my MIL was on medicaid and her nursing home did her laundry for free. Now you never knew whose clothes might come back in her closet but they were always clean.

Sylvia, I would have loved to keep my wedding dress but I didn't put in put it in the official preservation package, box or whatever it's called. I did put it in a heavy duty garment bag. Well the gerbils, who would forever be getting loose, found it and they made a huge mess of it. But the veil wasn't as bad. I had a dress that the veil was the long train also. There was still enough of the veil that it was a nice tea length. So my Mom cut it into a good shape and then I resewed the fancy lace back on. I put velcro on the top so that both my girls could choose their own head piece and just velcro it onto the veil. My grand daughters know the story of it and are excited that they can wear it for their weddings also. Both my girls have sold their dresses. But when I got married, I was an RN making good money and so was hubbie. Both of them left college dirt poor and still are.

Looking forward to March and turning the old 65!!! I like getting the coupons, I have a $5 coupon from Best Buy, Side kick of ribs at Texas Roadhouse and several other things. I will not eat the ribs but will give them to hubbie.

Joyce, Indiana

Good morning everyone, and thanks to Barbie for remembering every month! :flowerforyou:

Sylvia: could you get your beautiful wool suit altered to fit? That is, if you want to wear it again.

Michele: I've missed something. Where have you been? Not at home?

Meg: glad you are feeling a bit more upbeat.

The dust is settling (also literally, lol; I haven't been doing much housework). I will not be following my job to the new place of business (several reasons). I will stay with my present employer for a 13-month paid placement period and hope I will find something suitable. I have made enough of a stink about the situation that the behind-closed-doors scheming has been brought out into the light, which is good. I am working until June 1, and then the 13-month period will begin.

Hope we all have a good day. :flowerforyou:
Cynthia

Thanks Barbie :flowerforyou:

Thanks so much for continuing this thread! Although I don't post much, I do keep up (pretty much!) and love the inspiration. Just got back from my DD (I hope I got the abbreviations down! Could someone please review?!!) who had her third baby. Watched the other two kids and basically ran the house for a week (+ a few projects)! Needless to say, exhausting, but good! Now I have to face the music of going back to the office and catching up. Trying to do some of that today AND get around to cleaning up this house a bit!

CityJaneLondon - I can relate with you about needing to keep my schedule light. There are times when even having fun things on my schedule can stress me out. Realizing this, I try to keep it light while still enjoying the things that I love!

Love the fact that the sun is staying around longer! Makes the cold not feel so bad! I'll take the sun any day!

February was a good month. Lost 8 pounds!

March goals:
Log every morsel
Workout 6 days / week
Mindfully eat
Praying when craving
Enjoy the moment & let go of things not important!

Happy March!
Suzy

Happy Sunday ! ! !


I guess last night was my turn to be unable to sleep. Sad too, since DH was at work, so I had the whole bed again. Seemed I had restless legs, which is unusual for me. But every time I just got up, walked slowly around the house, and drank a big glass of water. Today is "hair care" day at our house. I will turn my hair from silver to red. DH gets a buzz job (what little hair he has left) and DS will get the bottom buzzed, and the top shorter and nicer looking (whatever he wants within reason). Today also I take DS and a friend to a town about 25 miles away to practice bowling for H.S. State next weekend.


Janit - thanks for the hugs for my job. It was trauma, and not drama, so easier to "let it go", since I know it will not be that way again. I am receptionist at a small private clinic located at Miller Beer. Friday starting at 7:00am we had a walk-in cardiac, positive TB, positive Influenza, positive strep throat, and breast cancer diagnosis for a woman who goes on Medicare next week (her birthday is this Monday), which means she can not come to our clinic anymore. What a terrible Birthday, and terrible position to need to find a new primary care provider. Plus, since the RN supervisor is "tough in any situation", I was the person to hug and cry in the waiting room with many of these patients. A rewarding feeling, but exhausting at the same time.


Jannie - same here with the cell phone. DH has the fancy iPhone, that he leaves in a different room, in the car, ringer and vibrate feature turned off, etc. We no longer have a landline, so there's no way to contact him most times. Frustrating ! ! !


Pam - let's do it. New day, new week, new month, new year. I wrote my starting weight in huge numbers on my bathroom calendar. I know I can do this, even if my vacation starts this Thursday. I am going to exercise and walk as much as possible, and watch the quality of my food intake (which should in turn keep the serving sizes under control, because I will not treat hunger like an emergency). Plus I will do my best to figure out how to use my tablet for this site and tally my steps.


Joyce - lol about the Haunted House. Years ago I was in one at Minnesota State Fair, and a "character" tried to take a cookie out of my bucket. My DD screamed, I laughed, and in the end the zombie got a cookie .


MNMargaret - thanks for sharing the pictures of Dr. Oz. When we lived closer up there, I enjoyed attending the center court events, like Disney and crochet, etc. It's a fun place to hang-out for a day or more.


Thanks, Barbie, for keeping this going. It is truly my obsession, as reading about the good, the bad, and the different attempts at success makes me feel empowered.


Sylvia - my mind about your wedding suit went immediately to a quilt, or quilted pillows, etc. I like to upcycle stuff. I have very fond memories of marrying current DH, so my dress still hangs in the closet. I hope to lose enough weight to wear it again. "First" wedding dress was altered for DD when she was in pageant many years ago (no positive memories for that).


Cynthia - Hugs for your job.

OK, DH will be home soon, so I better get the color on my roots so we can begin the haircuts. I hope you all can make it a good day.

Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee (where we are finally in double digits above zero for a few days)

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went to see DFIL , brought his clean clothes down and got some breakfast into him... came home and took my music box collection down from the plate rack. we have 2 plate racks that we will be taking down to update the home.. no one that I know collects plates any more.. and it will just be painted same color as walls, I have been collecting music boxes for 40 yrs...and taking them down and cleaning them and boxing them up, giving to DGD,sort of feels like a part of me is leaving.. after all this time just sort of seems odd.DH is painting part of the bathroom so I am staying out of his way..

I didn't get any pictures of me at the event. I was not feeling the best and still don't I tried to minimize my contact with others the best I could. He still does surgeries but not extensive ones because of his other commitments. He was seeing too many preventable heart attacks and that what got him so interested in helping people make healthier choices. He does insist that a person quits smoking before he operates.

Even though I was not feeling the best I am glad I went. Despite the threat being made the Mall was crowded.


MNMargaret

Is there some way to bookmark this page right from the page? I always have to go back to "motivation and support" groups and bookmark from there.

Michele in NC

Thank u Barbie for hosting this board. I am new to this program and to these "boards". I have just met my 57th bday and struggled with weight since puberty. My best success with weight was betw ages 29 to 35 (following an unsuccessful relationship) when I was often referred to as "hot" but when my life settled and my remaining parent passed away I seemed to morph into an "I don't care" attitude which has pretty much remained until now. Being this age and keeping this attitude unfortunately doesn't contribute to good health. I made an attempt in February to log my food, log what amounted to some hand snow shovelling for exercise, and a better focus on being present (in the moment). I've read all the posts here for this board, and from what I can determine everyone here are doing pretty fine. Still moving forward and succeeding; challenges yes, but moving forward. I believe I can understand the abbreviations, but correct me if I am in error: DH = "da husband" OR "darned husband" OR "duh husband" ; ditto for DD="daughter", DS = "son" ; DFIL = "duh father in law" ?
Thanks to all who have posted here, your posts are helpful and encouraging, and I'll try to be better at acknowledging each of you!
Didn't do so well in February but March is new, and fresh like the unending snow that seems to fall. You can call me Litre and I live in the capital city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Yes it's cold right now, but the sun it is a shinin'.
MARCH GOALS

• journal every day
• drink more water
• work out/walk at the fitness centre where I have a years membership and is only 5 min drive away!!!!!
• Check in with this board each day
• enjoy each moment

Litre in Manitoba

In case u didn't c my February post

Damnit u bring a smile to my face, I meant to get u dizzy, it was all for u!

Well I made my announcement at group yesterday and I was surprised by her comment. She did appreciated my honesty but also mentioned that she felt that I didn't really want to be there sometimes because of my demeanor, (being quiet not saying anything). I told her, trust me if I didn't want to be there I WOULDN'T be there, and as for my silence sometimes it's because I didn't have anything to say or add! she said that she felt it was starting to affect our relationship. I didn't show my true emotion but I was very hurt by her reaction. She said she felt uncomfortable with me sometimes during group by my reactions. Another member came to my defense (this lady and I along with Karen used to work together) and said that she felt that it was how she was feeling but not how I meant for her to feel.

A lot of people that meet me have told me I itially were scared of me ( thinking I will kick their ***** if they look at me sideways ), but it's a defense mechanism from childhood. I am so sensitive it's pathetic. I have no problem in making my life an open book and sharing my feelings. It is comforting because I am just typing into a computer and nobody is talking back. Sometimes people giving me harsh feedback like she did seems okay because of the personality that I give off and I have to accept that I guess.

I am sorry for the people here that R going they pain but rejoice for others that are happy in their accomplishments. Love u all