WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2015

really quick note - but then I read the posts... Margaret - wow, such a sad list of events, but really remindes each and everyone of us that even a small amount of help to the youth among us could cause ripples that we would never know.
Sharon - holding you close! if you feel like you are in danger, please leave the situation! and I suspect as someone else said that the counseling is opening issues that he would rather not, and/or calling him to explain bad behavior not just giving him a pass.

But my quick note was to say I woke up with a much improved ankle, and walked a slow mile with Levi, now off to the chiro... I really missed my calorie burn yesterday, and will today too!

Allison, totally agree with others. Go for the job!

My son texted on his lunch break to say so far the training is going great. He passed his uniform inspection (thanks to steel-toed shoes I bought), that he made 100% on his first written test, and that another new hire fainted during one of the videos. I can't wait to hear what was in the dang video. It must have been some kind of safety thing. I pray that this job is a good fit for him. He is super smart and a good worker. I think it's time. He is about the age his father was when he found a job that "clicked." My DH does not see the similarities between himself and our son, but DS is definitely a chip off the old block.

Major, major family drama back home. I am so thankful that DH and I chose to raise our family 30 miles away. I can't share details on the internet but it is awful! I'm staying out of it. I wish my mother would stay out of it, but she won't. I'd love to give some of my extended family members a piece of my mind, but it is best if I keep my mouth shut. I certainly can't change them.

I had to fill in for our pastor yesterday while he was on spring break. That went well I think, but I am always exhausted afterwards.

I have my yearly physical on Thursday. I called my retired GYN's office today and told them I would be by to pick up my records. They said the last two years were free, but I would have to pay if I wanted them all. Is that standard? I mean, he's the one who retired and the others in his practice are the ones not absorbing his patients and making us go somewhere else. I'm just getting the free ones since she said they would also include any surgeries, no matter how old, for free.

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding.

Good Day Ladies,

Michele, I hear ya on the baking. I think the problem with me is that I have no willpower when it comes to baked goods. I have been making the bran muffins and probably eating too many of them. I freeze most of them in small bags when they are cooled, but it’s too easy to defrost them. I’m not interested in pie or ice cream but give me cookies or muffins or Ohhhh cinnamon rolls and I lose all control. Even though I just got 10 pounds of bran, I think I’ll lay off the baking for a while. I gained a pound over the weekend. Boo Hiss Now that I know how short I am, I guess I’ll be shopping in the Petite department. I have often bought pants there because they have a shorter crotch. I hope your dip in the pool was fun? So nice to be getting ready for the hot weather ahead.

Sue, didn’t you love that Jordan led the Master’s the whole time? I am so happy for him. What a great young man! Okay, no more excuses! Just do it! You know you can and we are with you. You can download Google Chrome for free. It’s just another browser like Internet Explorer. It will often let you do things that can’t be done in Explorer, for some reason.

Katla, Me get confused? ! ? Well I guess it’s a sign that I’m getting old or that I am reading posts too fast. Thanks for setting me straight. Skipping dinner is just not something I can do. It’s just a mental thing, I know. If I had a big lunch and am not hungry, the best I can do is to have an apple and cheese or maybe a yogurt.

Lillian, it sounds like a wonderful way to get in all those miles. I’ll bet you slept well.

Kim, I hope you didn’t break anything in your foot and it gets better quickly. That was a heck of a way to ice your foot, but you are a dear for helping your Mom when the guys won’t do it.

Joyce, isn’t it great to be able to cut the Metformin in half? My ultimate goal is to be able to get off it totally. I’m happy that Charlie was able to get through the beginning of his prep. Hope the rest goes well.

Sharon, I’m with you on Cilantro. Yuck. I can taste it in salsa even and just don’t like it. My heart goes out to you in dealing with your DH. I pray the counseling helps and that he will go. Know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Try to remember that they say “God won’t give us more than we can handle”. But I now at times you probably think you are at the end of your rope.

Sylvia, no matter how well I sleep, I just want to stay in bed on rainy mornings.

Yannie, thanks for the wishes on my A1C. It is still under 6 which is great. Doc said I can cut out taking the Metformin but suggests that I continue for now. I told him I’ll keep taking 1 a day until I lose the next 20 pounds. He liked that. He was very pleased with my weight loss and all my labs. Woo hoo

Katla, I hope you don’t have to drive to get your taxes. Our boys are going to the beauty shop tomorrow. They are getting too long and curly but thank goodness poodles don’t shed. We will both have some pretty and good smelling doggies.

Margaret, your post just gives me chills. It’s so sad the way many of these young people are raised and how they respond to things. I really admire you and all teachers that are trying to give students values that their parents don’t bother to teach. (((Hugs)))

Heather, I am also glad that DH didn’t do any damage with the glass he was eating. Good for the free meal. I love your word, “frenchified”. That sounds like something I would say. Lol

Terri, good luck with your plan of attack. I hope you at least warned the week?

Dr.Katie, I know it’s hard to believe, but doctors’ offices do now charge for copies of records. Like they didn’t charge enough the first time. The first time I ran across that, I was shocked. Good luck with the new doctor; hope you like him/her.

Welcome to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

I had a great doctor’s appointment. He said I am making his job easy. I said, ”well you weren't doing anything to make me lose weight or exercise, so I just had to do it myself”. He just laughed. I still miss some foods and want to eat bad things at times, but no food is better than the feeling of losing weight. I met a friend for lunch after the appointment and ate healthy. Tonight is chicken on the grill and grilled veggies.

I hope you all have a healthy and happy day.

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.

Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC

Thanks, guys, for the info on medical records. Since I'm only taking the free stuff, I will get over the shock. I could understand if it was my decision to change doctors. It's also mixed in with my feeling like I'm being kicked out of their practice. Luckily I know other former patients, too, so I don't have to take it personally. LOL! I'm not going to a new doctor right now. I'm just going to let my GP order my blood work and mammogram and fill out my wellness info for insurance.

Just wanted to tell you all that tonight I finalised my cover and blurb and submitted it to the website for a final review. It takes 24 hrs to be approved. Then I had to fill in a whole rigmarole about tax etc. That was hard work!
So now just waiting to hear if it has gone live. Pressing that final button was nervewracking!

Thank you for all your support. I will tell you when it finally appears.

Heather, exhausted in the UK . X xx x x

Thanks for everyone"s support. Terri it sounds like the chain of events for your son helped to identify a serious illness. It also sounds like the student who hurt your son was held accountable. Hopefully this little girl too take responsibility for her actions. She not only upset me but the other students too.

Today, I worked at a school where students were encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and held accountable if they did not. I had a great day. The system works when expectations and consequences are clear. I also went and helped my friend in Kindergarten last Friday. It does help me gain my perspective there are good things happening in the educational system too.

Weather is getting nice and I am doing more walking. Now I just need to work on portion control.

MNMargaret

Ok so it's been awhile since I posted here and didn't realize you need a link for each new month (not great with computers lol) but I figured it out. Am so happy with this MFP I cannot gush enough about it. I am finding that logging each day has really kept me focused. It's amazing sometimes how much we can put in our bodies without thinking twice Just read an article about unhealthy dishes at certain restaurants and one happened to be a BK my mom ordered just last week. The total calories were around 1600. I was floored I mean that's more than a whole days worth of calories for me at least in ONE meal. I am finding that eating healthier doesn't mean I have to skimp on taste at all. Lots of veggies are awesome this time of year and don't get me started on the fruit :wink .
Came across this on a inspiration site the other day and wanted to share it here if it's ok has done me a lot of good these past few weeks when I'm feeling like I'm not getting anywhere . Hope you can relate.
Keep up the good work HUGZ to all.

Here are six little tips to help manage your expectations...

Here they are:

1: Life is sometimes difficult.

Bad stuff happens to all of us at one time or another.

2: Control is a myth.

Many times we think we’re in control, but we’re not.

3: It’s not about you (or me).

There is much more important things in life than what we see in the mirror.

4: Things will change.

Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.

5: No one person can make us “happy”.

Happiness comes from the spirit within.

6: We must live with the end in mind.

Any adversity you experience will eventually pass.

Focus on the forest, not the trees.

If you’re struggling or not happy with how your body looks, or you’re not getting the results you’re looking for, hopefully this helps you put things in perspective.

Keep going strong.

Hello my great friends. I am done with my knee pity party and need to get serious including being here daily. I realize that by not coming here I am not accountable. So I want to wish all of you strength to continue on the journey and I want to say I will commit to being here more. See you tomorrow; with over 500 posts since I was last here, there's no catching up! Take care, Meg

Littlen2015 - You just did! Come back often and tell us a little about yourself.

I'm pretty much just marking my spot. It was a long day and I fought the battle of stress eating and won. Yay me!

Congratulations, Heather!

I'm thinking of you all!

Carol in NC

stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 12.01min, 14.7mph 2.9mi = 110c
spin- 36min, 88ar 93aw, 10-14g, 15.6mi = 271c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.33min, 13.2amph, 1.4mi = 54c
ride dome 2 hm - 18.07min, 8.8amph, 2.6mi WINDY! = 177c
total cal 612

matthewsfive wrote: »

Would love to join your group, looking for people who are committed to this weight loss journey. Here is a little about myself, I joined MFL in June 2014 at 270.4 pounds and as of today i am at 188.6 pounds. I want to lose another 50 pounds. I am hoping my the end of June to hit 100 pounds.

About Me:
I have tried many times to lose weight but never made my goals.
I need to be accountable for my weight loss and becoming a member of MFP has done that for me. I have been married for 27 years and have 3 grown sons.

Why I want to get in shape
I need to lose weight for myself first before I can do it for others. I want to look and feel healthier

My Inspirations
My sons wedding, I want to feel good about having pictures taken of me.
To shop for clothes without thinking about sizes.
To have my Knees feel better so i can jump and run if I want to.

WAYTO GO so far!!!!!! Welcome, keep posting and we will keep supporting!!! :0)

Tonight's joke of the day:



Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "why is the bride dressed in white?"

"Because white is the color of happiness," her mother explained. "And today is the happiest day in her life."

The child thought about this for a moment. "So why is the groom wearing black?"

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding.

Good Evening Ladies,

Heather, congrats on the button pushing!! Way to go. I hope you are proud of yourself for finishing the book. I think It’s terrific. I know I’m proud of you. (((Hugs)))

NMMargret, so glad you had a good day. It’s nice to hear about positive programs that are working.

Mary, wow, you just got home and have to take off to be with your great nephew. What an angel. Have fun with the birthday boy but don’t eat too much cake and ice cream.

Cutec, I agree that MFP is great and also have been amazed at the calories in things that I used to eat. In fact, I sometimes wonder why I’m not losing pounds by leaps and bounds when I think of the fattening things I am no longer eating. LOL I liked your tips to manage expectations. My favorite is # 5: “ No one person can make us “happy”. Happiness comes from the spirit within.”

Meg, glad to see you and looking forward to seeing you more. I don’t think I could get through a day without visiting this group of ladies. I hope it will help you as much as it does me. So sorry for your knee.

Carol, Yay, you is right! Way to go, girl and keep up the good work. Ok, if you can do it, I can do it. In fact, all of us can do it.

Littlen and Matthewsfive, welcome. This is a great place for support and encouragement. Come often and let us know what’s going on with you. Please sign each post with a name you want us to call you and a location, be it general or specific. We are happy to have you with us.

Sylvia, what a bummer about the new, now ex doctor. I’d say that is too many strikes for any one. Hopefully the next one will be the right fit. I hope you cancelled any tests that were ordered? Funny joke, but that little girl is too smart.

Michele, I keep seeing you talk about holding your plank so I finally tried it the other day. Notice the word “tried”. I think I might have held it for 15 seconds. Not sure, it could have been less? I have to hand it to you with all your exercise!!!

Thought for the day:
When nothing goes Right....
Go Left

I hope you all have a healthy and happy day.

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.

Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC

Checking in. It is late so it will be short. I hope everything went well for Sharon today.

Take care every one.
Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

Sharon, I am so sorry that your husband is acting up again. Sometimes I think Charlie gets more and more riled up because I refuse to stoop to his level and get mad or participate in his tiff. I just stay quiet, continue reading or whatever I am doing. I can't remember if you have said anything about whether the doctor has given his a complete physical. Sounds like he has some paranoid tendencies.

Heather, so glad it all turned out OK with the glass in your DH food. If he had swallowed that, oh my goodness. Hurray on pushing that send button!

Allison, one benefit you might get for working with the mechanics is discounted work on your car! I had an incident happen to me at work a long time ago. We had a physician that hadn't crossed the line as being negligent yet but was pretty close to it. So the doctor that was head over the doctors made a rule that any new order this doctor made we had to call him and get an OK. So one night, during which we were having a fantastic run at the NCAA basketball tourney and the head of doctors was there, this creepy doctor calls me and says that a patient of mine had called him because he was so sick, nauseated and in horrible pain. So he gave me some pretty outrageous and dangerous orders. Well I checked on the patient and he was eating pizza, laughing and watching the game on TV. So I dind't carry out any of the orders. So the next day this doctor come up to the unit, looks at this guys chart and sees I hadn't carried out his orders. Our nursing station was a pretty good size station and he is standing outside the station close to the wall of the hallway. I am on the opposite wall on the other side of the station. He starts yelling at the top of his lungs at me, telling me what a terrible nurse I was. He was only trying to help his very ill patient and didn't bother to have the head of the physician board called because he knew he was at this very important ball game. So I tried to calmly tell my side of the story and he said he didn't care about my side and only wanted his dear friend taken care of. He was really, really yelling at this time. The secretary had called for the shift supervisor to come ASAP. When he left I was hidden in the bathroom crying my eyes out. I called my husband up and told him what happened and he actually called this doctor and told him that he didn't want to see him walking to his car from his office, he might just run him down!!! Anyway, back to the story. All the patients on the floor had either come out of their rooms or their family had. So the rest of the evening, my make patients were very protective of me, my female patients didn't say a word. Oh, the ugly doctor actually apologized to me the next day. Now that news made the hospital grapevine!!! He had never done that to anyone.

Terri Milwaukee, I have often wondered if I look as rediculous as I feel when I try to eat soup after I have had dental work done and my mouth isn't awake yet.

DrKatiebug, years ago, and I mean years, when I was applying for social security disability, I had to get all my hospital and different doctor's records, I paid all that money to get them from the hospital and specialists. Then when I went and got my family doctor's records, all those specialists records had been sent to my family doctor and I didn't need to spend money. Now he charges also.

Cutec, thanks for all those tips. Good things to ponder to keep us in control.

Matthewsfive, you DO NO look like you are 50. You look like you are in your 30's.

Sylvia, you have every right to find a right match for a new doctor. I love my family doctor, wouldn't change him for anything. And since I have had my cervix and uterus and tubes removed, he doesn't even do a pelvic exam. After my surgery, I had to go to my gyn guy every 3 months for a pap smear just to make sure the cancer was gone. I did that for a year and he gave me an all clear.

OK, Charlie. The procedure went fine, he loved the Propofal (Michael Jackson milk) said he knew why it was such a wonder drug. He had 2 polyps which wewe removed and biopsied. But he saw just generalized inflammation through out. So now we have a preliminary diagnosis of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. This guy retired 4 years ago to enjoy life without stress. Since then he has had a heart attack with 2 stents, atrial fib with angina with 2 more stents, Parkinson's disease and now ulcerative colitis. So that is what retirement does for you. Plus he just now came up to go to bed and said he took 2 nitro while watching TV. Good grief. Why is a man so stubborn. So who knows what tomorrow holds. I was going to go to a Sunday school lunch.

Joyce, Indiana