WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2015

Just marking my place.......hello and very best to everyone. Sleepless night last night, busy day today and I'm heading to bed.

Sylvia..........YAY for your DH!!!!!!

yanniejannie

By the way,

Here is a picture of a very old, very ugly lady who feels better than she looks.

Vicki - great going on getting back into loss mode. I know you have turned your life around. :flowerforyou: Shame.your half brother couldn't make it. One day............
My book does deal with the subject of grief, so I hope it doesn't upset you. With me the trigger was the sudden death of my sister-in-law, who lived with us at the time. I feel so much admiration and affection for you that I would hate for you to be offended by any x rated moments or bad language. But thank you for ordering it, it means a lot to me.

Toni - yeah for doing the class! ! ! ! ! I am right now up again in the middle of the night with an aching hip. I never know what triggers these things, but not sleeping doesn't help. Moving about in the day time I feel fine, but I am often uncomfortable in bed. I have a vascular clinic appointment tomorrow and don't want to be all tense!

Sylvia - just seen your photo! I don't know what you are seeing, but to me you look great with a wonderful smile and some great collar bones! Pretty woman! :drinker:

Love to all. Must go back to bed!

Heather UK

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Meg, glad you made it here two days in a row.

Jane, your answer to hubby should have been, “it’s whatever you are serving me.”

Toni, congrats on your newfound attitude toward this spring. Whatever the reason, I’m so glad for you. And way to go on the exercise and weights. I hate to say that it’s more than I did today.

Barbie, you are such an inspiration and I thank you for continuing to support all of us, long after you have reached your goal…well actually surpassed it. I have to laugh at even the thought of a doctor telling me I need to gain weight. But I can always dream.

Sylvia, I love the picture. You look fabulous!! Look at that neck and arms, and all. Wow. You don’t look old, what is the matter with you??? Maybe you just need new glasses? Lol I hope you feel as good as you look.

Heather, you keep apologizing about the content and language of the book. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m sure when I start reading it, I’ll just get lost in the book and won’t keep thinking, “Oh my gosh, Heather wrote those cuss words”. LOL We are here to support you and not judge you, so try to relax. You also know that some of us use such language every day and others probably have done worse things than the characters in the book. We love you! I hope you are able to get a good night’s sleep.

Chris, if that is all the whining you needed, you are too easy to please. Lol Isn’t it great for clothes to get too big, except for the having to replace them. I love your statement of losing over 300 pounds. That’s a good one. Way to go on mailing your letter. You are the woman!!!!

I don’t know where the day has gone or what the heck I did, because it sure wasn’t exercise. Oh yes, I did spend a couple of hours trying on my big clothes and sorting out my closet. I hate trying on clothes, so it has taken a number of sessions to get this far. All I have left that hasn’t been tried are some turtle necks and some winter tops which I mainly wear around the house. I don’t think I’ll get around to trying those on because I can wear them no matter how big they are. I actually just started out, putting my new things together in outfits to make sure I have enough to wear on the cruise, but I got carried away. Of all the things I tried on, I think I only kept about 4 or 5 tops that are a little lose but I could wear in a pinch. They will probably come out the next time I get in the weeding out mood. The scale had been down another pound the past 3 days and I was going to record it today, but I woke up to it being up 1 ½ pounds. What a bummer. I think that is why I didn’t exercise today, but I’ll get back on track tomorrow.


All of you are such special ladies and I hope your days are filled with joy.


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

Sylvia, you are beautiful! I love that top.

fanncy0626 wrote: »

HKatla - do they recommend going to the gym to socialize as well or just to work out? I want to read that book I just haven't had time to order that and Heather's as well.

Mary from Minnesota

They recommend going to the gym and socializing. I read the kindle version of this book and got it from our library system. I've already returned it so I can't look up quotations or specific answers. The big ideas were more important to me than the details. Things that stood out to me: We need to exercise vigorously 6 days a week. We can get healthier than we were when we were younger and that can last a good long while. (There will be an inevitable decline, but it can be postponed a long while and doesn't have to be lingering misery.) We need to be involved with our friends and family. There were a lot of stories about doing active things like hiking and skiing, and planning fun with people who are important to us. The goal was to be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. The big warnings: Don't let yourself become isolated from others. Connect with family, friends, and the community. Stay physically and socially active as long as possible.

Sylvia - I think you look great! I think when we are frustrated or upset that we sometimes take it out on ourselves. You have been through a lot in the last few months. You are a beautiful woman inside and out! (((Hugs)))

Chris - congratulations on your NSV! Now you can go buy some new ones! Love the thrift store!

Janet - great answer to Jane's hubby! Cruise! You are so lucky! I have never been on one. It is always fun to look forward to a vacation.

Cory 17 - that is exciting news. Being able to spend time with your grandchildren should be great fun.

Katla - thanks for the feedback. I think I will download that book. I have been isolated too much the last few years. I need to break out and be free of the shackles that bind me to my house!

Have a great night everyone!

Mary from Minnesota

hi, back from the land of busy! read to end of page 28...so just marking my spot.

smiles Kim

I am going to have to post more during the day. I can think more and have more responses.

Patricia, Greenville, It won't be hard at all to find some some people here to support you. We are all in the same boat. And some of us, me included, have lost an oar.

Janet, I think you misread my post. I have lost .6 of a pound, not 6 pounds. I would be jumping all around the state if that happened.

Barbie, thanks so much for sharing us your story of your own journey. It's good to know that even though you are our 'leader' that you started out in the plces that we are in and had the same struggles.

Sylvia, how I wish I lived close to you and could give you some physical and mental help. What is your future ex DIL relationship with her children. I would assume that since your son has at least most of the custody of the kids that she isn't that good of a Mom. If something really did happen to your son, would the kids feel safe and loved with her because the courts would give her custody instead of you. I know that's a morbid thought but your son needs to think about this with his particular lung problem. Is a pulmonologist seeing him that you don't like. He needs the best specialist among specialists. You do have a saint of a husband. We here all give him a huge gold star. And you look great in the picture. I know right now you don't feel great but take it from us, physically you look great.

OK, I need to make sure you guys don't have any thing in your mouth such as coffee, wine, anything liquid. I don't want you to spew it all over the computer, your dogs, etc. Are you ready yet??? We took our Christmas tree down today!!!!! Aren't you proud of me. With my brother coming this week and staying here I couldn't have him seeing it up! So thank you Paul for finally making me stand up to my procrastinating and ttake the stupid tree down.

Joyce, Indiana

Love your pic, Sylvia! And, you definitely have collar bones.

Sylvia~ Love the picture!!!!!

Good Morning, ladies

Quick post this morning for support. Found out today is "Administrative Professionals Day" and the office is having a 'breakfast' for ours. This usually means lots of donuts (sorry for using the 'D' word), bagels, coffee cake, chocolate, etc. I need strength from all of you. Hoping that posting that I will resist and just eat my breakfast I brought will hold me accountable like it's done for some of you. I've posted it so I will do it!!

Sylvia - just saw your picture and you are beautiful! Very attractive outfit, great smile and you DO NOT look old or fat so stop with that talk!

Tammi65 - Welcome! You've done great so far with the 54 lbs lost. Wonderful that your surgery was a success and you survived the embolism.

Ok, they're calling everyone to the conference room for the breakfast. Will grab my water bottle to have something in my hands, listen to the speech, thank the administrative assistant for her work and quietly slip out of the door and go back to my desk away from all temptations!

Tina from MD

Joyce - your Christmas tree confession is awesome. I can relate as I've done that before. I still have remnants of the holidays that need to be packed up. It's just that those snowmen look so cheery. Guess now that the snow has melted it's time

Welcome Tammi - I've been doing Classical Stretch for a year now classicalstretch.com and am stronger and more flexible than I've ever been with any other program. Workouts are only 23 minutes long, with different island settings and are always different enough I've never gotten bored. I add walking, hiking and cycling for pleasure to that. It's 'gentle' enough (no impact) I think anybody could probably start where they're at and if they're consistent (I do it 4 - 6x week) would see results like I have. It is led by a former ballerina in her mid 60s. And yes, I feel ever so graceful whilst doing it.

Grandmallie - Sorry about the mean girl at work. My sister had one of those and she called her a 'frenemy' (acts like your friend but actions prove otherwise).

Janet - You're going on a cruise? Super fun! I was one of those people who never thought I'd enjoy it, that is, until my mom invited me to go on one she earned with her company. I found out real quick that having all my needs taken care of was quite delightful and I highly recommend it. For a second there, I went into a trance as I was transported back to the ship where I felt so pampered... *shaking my head* Oh how I wish I had some of those lovely and attentive helpers to assist me with some spring cleaning/packing.

Chris - Change is scary, especially when a relationship has ended. I would never have imagined when my first marriage crashed and burned 15 yrs ago how awesome my life would be today. I admire your attitude and believe you will be fine because you are definitely headed in the right direction. (Oh, and the company you keep *nod to all the ladies here* makes such a difference. You're in a great place )

Barbie - Thanks for hosting such a great group of ladies and for sharing your inspiring story!

Yes, after 4 years in paradise, we're moving. We had the option to buy this place, but there's something about not having an independent water source in the desert that just doesn't sit well with DH and me, so we declined. Local economy has gone in the tank and the owner has decided to move back here (I think he knows he can't sell it... banks won't give a loan because of the well situation). So with him moving in, we are headed to another adventure by July. Just not sure where yet. And packing is not the joy of my life. But I bet I can burn a lot of calories!

Hope everyone has a super fantastic day!
Selena
Utah

Good morning! I had a good day yesterday (even though I ate a D word) with macros mostly in balance and yummy food to eat and lots of exercise calories left at the end of the day. Because I had all of my food planned, I was able to say "Yes, I have room in my calories today for that" when the lady offered me a D. It was delicious, too! I even invited my daughter over for dinner and a walk after work. I fed her the same calories that I ate and she walked further than she usually does, so she had lots of exercise calories left over, too. I took work home with me (stuffing envelopes is infinitely more tolerable when I can sit on my couch and watch TV) so I left work an hour early to be able to enjoy a long walk without my tummy rumblings overwhelming the birdsong.

Tammi - I had a PE in 2001. I took blood thinners for only a couple of years. I live near teaching hospitals and participated in a study on the effects of low dosage coumadin vs. high dosage to prevent future embolisms. It was such a profound success that they ended the study early. Because there was no determination of what caused the PE for me, my "blood" doctor (who did the study) took me off the blood thinner after a couple of years. All that being said, I can certainly empathize with the terror that goes along with having had a PE. I'm still very alert to any pain in my legs and am very careful to move frequently.

I don't think I've ever talked about the pulmonary embolism here. Let's just say, I thought I was going to die in front of my children while sitting in the ER. I presented with classic heart attack symptoms AND told them that I had a blood clot in my leg. Once I went through triage, they sent me to register with the insurance folks and then put me back out in the waiting room. My then husband was so terrified that he actually raised a ruckus with the staff to get me seen to. They treated me for a stomach ache. Luckily, the ER doc got in touch with my regular doctor (who just happened to be a pulmonologist) and, at his insistence, did a CT scan of my chest and found the clot. At the time I had a 4-year-old and a just turned 11-year-old, one soon to be entering kindergarten and one to be entering middle school. My son would not even look at me when they brought him to the hospital to visit until he overheard me telling my mother that I might get to go home the next day. No one had bothered to explain to him what was going on and, I guess, he thought I had just decided to leave him and our home. When he turned around and looked at me and exclaimed, "You're coming home?!" I thought my heart would stop. I was furious at my parents and my husband! I had a rough recovery because, with two kids at home, I didn't understand the "take it easy" part of the discharge instructions. In reality, my heart did stop a few days later but kicked back in. That was a wake up call to both my doctors and to me that I had to simply stop and rest. All in all, it was a life changing experience for me.

I can't remember the new person from Greenville's name, but welcome to another NC resident! I live closest to you of the other NC ladies--I'm in Burlington.

Welcome to all of the new folks! I seem to be particularly slow at learning new names lately. I don't suppose age has anything to do with it....

Sylvia - You look awesome!! I don't see an old lady and I certainly don't see an ugly lady. I see someone who looks beautiful, kind, and loving. You look darned slim to me!

Pip - My son has both a trail/crossover type bike and a road bike. The road bike goes so much faster and is a lot easier to pedal, but is definitely tougher to balance because the tires are so skinny. I will be glad when he brings the road bike home from school so that I can take a little ride on it. (He broke the other bike back in the fall so I haven't been able to ride.) I'd also like to put it on the trainer to be able to use it in the house when it is so hot outside.

I know I had more to say, but I need to get some work done. Wishing a happy day with good choices to everyone!

Carol in NC

Joyce: Congratulations on getting your tree down! I read your announcement to DH and he laughed out loud. You’re a great storyteller.

Alison: Perhaps the office troll IS your sister. She would be the Evil Stepsister. :devil:

Tammi65: Welcome to a great group of women.

Janet: Happy Birthday lunch! I hope you enjoy yourself with your BFF.

Tina from MD: I think you have a great plan for the Administrative Professionals Day breakfast. We had a number of teacher support days when I was teaching, and they likely still do. Every one of them was filled with treats made with lots of sugar and fat. I didn’t do a great job of staying out of the goodies.

Selena: Keep us in the loop regarding your next adventure. Will you stay in Utah? On the subject of dry wells, we had dear friends who lived on Orcas Island in Puget Sound. They had a cistern and a well. When their neighbors ran the aquifer dry by overwatering their landscape, our friends had to have water delivered to the cistern. It was rather expensive and they were pensioners.

Sylvia: I am happy to hear your son is doing better! Yay!!!!! Good luck fighting the Casino. Is this going to be run by “businessmen” or Native Americans? The tribes around here do a great job with their casinos and I’ve never heard a word about increased crime in the areas around them. I did hear about crime of the white-collar sort. I had a student whose mom was a gambling addict and embezzled money from her employer to gamble. The mom ended up in prison and the child spent a little time in foster care. He was a very nice boy and I felt sorry for him. Eventually his stepdad got custody.

Heather: Add me to the list of people who will buy your book. Enjoy all of your successes and party planning.



Yoga today! It looks like a beautiful day outside and I may talk DH into taking me for a boat ride in the fishing boat a little later on. Right now it is only 37F at the nearby airport and a whopping 50F in a protected spot on the deck. The hummingbirds have been visiting our feeders and I need to refill the one beside the kitchen window. I refilled the other feeder yesterday.

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


April Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back
strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.