WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

yanniejannie wrote: »

WOW, When I said the rain was buckets, I didn't realize how right I was.........we had just over three inches in a couple hrs. and a suspected possible tornado a couple miles away......the roof lifted up and down off a small shopping center several times. All of it is condemned.

yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic, soggy

I'm feeling so sorry for those of you or those who have family that are in the way of the storms and floods. When one of the hurricanes stalled over South Georgia 20+ years ago; we ended up staying in Miami with my sister for an extended period of time/vacation. We could not cross over a bridge that we had to go over. Shocking when we did and the water was all the way to the bottom of the bridge. One week later we went back over the bridge on our way to Macon and it was totally empty! Husband told sons that they need to go up while the lake was empty and mark some good fishing holes. They never did however. Boss would check my street and call and tell us that the water was at both ends of the 1.5 block road; but, not in our yard. We had fun . . . didn't worry about the house; nothing we could do anyway.

One of my sons lives in Vidalia, LA and the Mississippi River has crested several times this Spring; but, not breached any of the levees. Natchez, MS (on the other side of the River) sits up higher and they don't flood much. Vidalia has a couple of levees as protection from it and between the house he and his wife leave in most of the time. Apparently, it has not flooded there in quite a long time. I do remember going to visit him once when the first levee was breached but not the 2nd one. By that time, it was just standing water, not flowing. The Mighty Mississippi is so 'crazy' that they never really know if they'll get flooded or not.

I guess, now, that the tornado has 'lifted' the roof over a small shopping center that is condemned . . . they won't have to burn the place to get 'insurance proceeds' . . . that was 'ugly' . . . forgive me. LOL!!!

Last year about this time, we got 6" in just a couple of hours and our son and his wife and children came over to spend the night with us because their tornado radio went off. I need to have mine checked or get a new one. They live in a trailer next door to our house . . . about 1500 yards really. I made the comment that 'if' we had a tornado they might not be any safer at our place; but, at least we have a house on a foundation. Trees down in a couple of towns away from us. We're on a high spot and we can watch the clouds and rain and wind headed towards us and then it splits and goes through one town and the other - totally missing us. Like the Parting of the Red Sea. Went to a plant nursery a few weeks later and it was practically leveled. Only 2 or 3 greenhouses standing. With a house within 6" of the mess. The Hispanics that lived in the house knew they were mighty damn lucky for it to hit so close and not affect them. Just took off a little siding at the corner of the house. They said, 'we be scared'! They did not speak much English but she knew what I was asking about the house.

Lenora

Good evening ladies! Long day, quite exhausted. I do love reading these posts, unfortunately I will have to wait until tomorrow

stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 11.18min, 15.5amph, 2.9mi = 91c
jog- 20min, 5.4-5.7speed w/6.5burst, 3.5incline whole time, 10.51ap, 1.84mi = 186c
other- floor- crunches- 20 min- 16knees bent, 16knees up, 16legs straight up, repeat 5sets, 240total, hamstring leg lifts, 16ea leg, 5sets, 80ea leg, 20 pushups, plank 40sec, repeat, situps - 20 = 70c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.46min, 12.4amph, 1.3mi = 54c
ride dome 2 hm new route- 19.05min, 9.1amph, 2.8mi = 199c
total 600 cal

barbiecat wrote: »

:drinker: :sad: :oh well: :embarrassed:

About what, Barbie??

Janet

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Jane, way to go. Congrats on being a loser!!!

Sondre, you are welcome. Lol You do know that you can respond to a post, without quoting the whole thing, don’t you? Just checking. Yes, we can still eat normal food, but I think we need to talk about his ice cream every day??? ROFL. *shakin’ head” I think you are going to be an interesting one to watch. Good for you that you have made changes in your eating. If I worked as a candy dipper, I”d probably never want to look at it again; but then I’m not a chocoholic. I can take it or leave it. (Now cinnamon, I have a hard time leaving.)

Pip, didn’t you even chuckle about not shaving your legs????? I’ll bet you were the first with a cat, but I hope he enjoyed it.

Dee Dee, a big Congrats on your retirement!!!! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I’m enjoying mine.

Penny @ the Pole, thanks for all the very interesting information on your living conditions. Have you lived there all your life? I lived in Milwaukee for 10 years and that was enough for me. Cold to me is 30 degrees F. I’ll bet you burn some calories running when it is that cold up there.

Bazandmary, welcome. Best of luck with this new lifestyle. Come often and join right in the chat.

Bkrimpet, does that mean that this group of ladies is “Bi-Polar”????

Michele, if you didn’t log just because you were lazy, then this ‘queen of lazy’ won’t say a word. Lol So nice that you buy things to donate. We were talking at the Ladies of the Moose meeting last night about all the children that really go hungry in the summer. They normally get some nutrition from school, but when school is out there is often nothing to eat. When I was at the grocery check-out yesterday, they are helping a charity called “back pack buddies” that donates food to send home with the kids. The lady in front of me said, boy they need this. She went on to explain that a child in her neighborhood never had anything to eat at home and basically goes around to neighbors begging for food. This is so sad in our society today. Anyway, the bottom line is, if you have the means, it is really important to donate to the food banks in the summer so kids can have something to eat. Doesn’t hurt to remind your friends and neighbors about the need, also.

Katie, I know what you mean about not being smart enough to use your new Ninja. Some of these things look like they could take the ingredients right out of the pantry and do the whole job….just who the heck is going to program them??? I do hope you enjoy it and a big congrats on that big paycheck.

JanetM, I’m just curious, do you live in NO or out in one of the burbs? Talk about humid! NO makes SC seem like the desert.

Mary, soooo sorry about the home inspection. I don’t think I’d rent from that guy either, but sometimes you just have to do what ya have to do. First of all, keep looking! The perfect house may come on the market tomorrow and solve all your problems. Try to stay positive, even though it may not be easy. You will remain in my prayers for a good outcome. (((Hugs)))

Joyce, congrats on the Big Squeeze and I’m happy they didn’t have to use the bobbie scoopie on ya. Now get off the computer and go call DirectTV. How long can it take? Well, I take that part back. Lol Sometimes those calls can be quite time consuming. On the note taking, I just open a blank word document and minimize it to about half screen, then open this group and do the same. When I’m reading, I can only see about 1/3 of the word doc but if I want to make a note, it just takes clicking on the screen. Then I just click back to the posts and carry on. But whatever works is good to go.

Penny at the Pole, now I am really curious (yes and nosey) Why did you move there?

Rosie, wow your son is really “going away to college”, isn’t he? That is one long drive. Duke is a great school so I’m sure it will be worth the distance. Is your brother in the Carey, NC area? I’m not familiar with Apex..

Cheri, this name is easier. And it would be great if you sign all your posts with it for those of us that just “forget” everything we ever knew.  As for responding to everyone, don’t worry about it. It is certainly not expected. Some of us just came to respond to more and more over a period of time. This group is for each of us to feel comfortable and get/give support. Did you start out your planks at 30 sec or build up to that? If you just started out, no wonder you are feeling the pain this morning. Take it easy so you don’t burn yourself out before you get going. And don’t let a day of the scale fluctuation discourage you. Mine goes up and down and up and down, but as long as it always goes back down, I’m okay with it.

Heather, sorry about the rental. I do hope you can get rid of it quickly and don’t lose too much on it. It is not fun or easy being a landlord.

Carol, what a bummer to come home to that mess. Even if you half expected it, not a fun site. I’d have been fussing and cursing at him the whole time I cleaned it up!!! Enjoy your local produce tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Terri, do you eat dinner? How often do you wake up in the middle of the night starving? Maybe you need to eat more at dinner or a late snack before you go to bed. To be honest, it doesn’t sound normal to wake up starving in the middle of the night. If your meds cause stomach problems, are you not taking them with food? You might even want to talk to your doctor about this. You know I’m rooting for you.

Pip, I think you might have too much fun with these names, also. But you can change your name to “Poop” and we can call you Poop or a synonym. Tee hee hee.

Chris, Cool pic of the windsurfing.

Yannie, WTG for DD getting the saddle. Very nice gift!!!

Heather, sounds like fun to get to dressed up for the party.

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.

We got some rain today that we could use. The problem is, we may keep getting more for the next few days. DH boiled some chicken and when it cooled, I’ll debone it and made some chicken divan. I got up and made bran muffins first thing this morning as I had been without for a few days. That may be all the cooking I do for the week. I don’t want to overdo. I didn’t really do too much else today other than a little exercise. I’m having a hard time getting back into my groove, but I’m working at it.

I hope you all have a fantastic day tomorrow. I think I’ll be going to bed early tonight.

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

@DamitJanit Thanks for the input. I've done planks before but not recently. It really is a great core strength builder and I can certainly feel that. I make sure to rest a full minute in between the 4 X 30 sec planks. My weight loss has been so slow and puny (.4 or .6 lbs) that when the scale goes up I get thrown off. I am well aware that this is a journey and that being 56 yo and 11 years post-menopause and taking weight inducing medications and having a negative metabolism that this is going to take persistence and commitment.

Had a good day today. The weather was wonderful and got in a nice trail walk.



Cheri in Fairlawn, Ohio

Well, I'm back to try again to get on the losing train. May was an up and down month for me. We had more rain in May than they usually get in a year! We live on a river that came out of the banks and met the big puddle left by the rain. Thank Goodness we live up a hill and have a 6 foot retaining wall between us and the water. I think it was all the rainy weather and the lack of playing golf that got me down. I did clean and organize four jewelry boxes. I'm making lists for what I want to leave my kids and grand kids. My daughter ask me if something was wrong that I wasn't telling her! Just rainy days.
I found it very interesting to see all the new names and places, Greece and the North Pole! Great diversity of locations.
Keeping DGD's this week so been busy shopping and playing games. I will have some goals but tonight just wanted to say hello and thank Barbie for another month.
Sue in TX

Hello Friends and Welcome Newbies.

Barbie: Thanks for getting our June thread going.

Pip: Love the image of your cat riding in bike basket. Mine would love that. Sadly, I don’t have a bike.

DeeDee: My friend calls her retirement ‘rewirement’. She’s busier and having more fun than ever. Congrats to you.

I injured my kneecap in a fall and so have to ease back on some lower body exercises until the bruising subsides. Still keeping to my schedule of workouts at 5:25 AM, and have added aquatics on the weekend. I’ve been going to bed super-early, mostly out of boredom and to keep myself from snacking at night. Meanwhile I just can’t seem to shake the edgy, restless feelings I continue to have. Today I sent my resume to a firm that is looking to place people in my field in temporary assignments in Central America and Europe. The notion of living in another country really appeals to me. For now, I’ll just be grateful to get back on the road. Lots of business trips scheduled for June. Yay!

When I do visit this thread it winds up being a ‘binge-read’ just to catch up on the few days I may have missed. You are all to be commended for your consistency, caring and compassion. I carry you in my head and heart wherever I go.


Stay well. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills

June Goals
Increase weekly calorie burn goal by 20%.
Keep consumption of alcohol to 2x week
Give someone a compliment every day
Once a week, call a friend just to check in.
My word for 2014 is mindfulness.

OH MY GOODNESS !!!! 6 pages already!!

Well.... back to May something... oh yeah ! May 30th ... the dog bath because he rolled in cow poop. NO Bath. He knew what was going to happen - he knew he was bad and he came nowhere near me... and today - still won't get near me if I have the water hose in hand.

May 31st... WE FINALLY GOT RAIN!!! 6/10th's and then the power went off at 6:30 p.m. and came back on at 8 a.m. the next morning... and then way to busy to get back here!!!

And as I skimmed the pages ....so many new people ..HI everyone!!

Off to bed now ...work in the morning.

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

Well folks last night I was up ALL night with issues with myself.... Lets just say I was abit blocked up. I swear I was lamaze breathing, pacing the house, getting sick, and generally just miserable all night long. Finally "things started to happen" and by 3am I took a warm bath, (falling asleep in the tub no less...yes my face was above water..lol) and today I am just plain sore. I feel like I did situps all night long.. That has never happened before. I have been eating well, but lunches have been wild rice and veggies, and I did make that homemade granola. So too much oats....Im gonna die like that Grape Nuts dude Euell Gibbons choking on a pine cone...... So any hints...I know NO granola late at night..... I was feeling really great up until yesterday afternoon. So I am thinking it was things just not processing well for awhile now... ok enough of that talk....sighes..
Today husband and I sat and watched the Navy ships come down the Columbia River to the Rose Festival events this weekend. We saw the Lady H. Washington, a sailing ship that is going to be pierside by the Maritime Museum in Astoria. There is going to be a "Goonies Festival" and with it being kind of a pirate ship it made its way here. The movie "The Goonies" was filmed in Astoria, and I swear there is a cult following here. We only say a Navy Mine Sweeper sail by, but no cruisers like we had hoped. We are thinking the water is too low in Portland to accomidate them, but we are just guessing.
It has been raining terriblly here, and I know all my veggies are just drowning in the garden.... Ack!
Well tomorrow is weighing in day at my TOPS meeting (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and I am certain I did lose some weight... (after last nights trama-filled I would hope so)...
Health and Happiness to you all..
(your Becca by the beach)

oops for the duplicate....grrrrrr dayum mfp...

Hey guys. Another short post tonight. Have read it all am amazed at how well everyone is doing in their daily struggles through life.

Penny, thanks for explaining about Norway. How did you come to move their. I told my husband that I can just imagine that you or husband got a job and your move was featured in a episode on HGTVs House hunters international. They did have an episode of a couple going to Norway.

Lenora and Cynthia, about the cemetery. I hope some one leaks it to some one that the apartment that is for rent is built over an old cemetery that was relocated and it is now haunted by dead angry souls! That would be a good job for you to do Cynthia!!!

KatieBug, I have a very small Ninja that I use for mainly chopping, like chicken for chicken salad or an onion. Just a short maybe 1 second pulse and it's done. I love it.

Janet, Myrtle Beach, our city has two impoverished areas and I think there are 4 grade schools in those areas. They have a summer lunch program that is also located in two other schools that offer free lunches to anyone, and that is anyone, under the age of 18 and adults can eat for $2.50. I have never tried it but it is usually sandwich type meals but occasionally a hot meal like soup and sandwhich or sloppy joes. It is a grant through some place. But it has been going on for some time. They also have some of the school employees like teachers, social workers that go there once a week and offer other things to do. It's a good way for the school system to see how the at risk kids are doing. I would open a word document program while I am reading so I can intelligently make a response but I can't figure it out. Besides that, I am burning calories by hand writing them down!

Allison, how is your mushy wall?

Kim, California, I did that to with Red Lobster. I loved to watch the commercials about eating lobster. It looked so succulent and yummy but it is expensive and we had never allowed ourselves the luxury of ordering it. So one day we decided to spurge and I ordered lobster and Charlie ordered crab legs. The lobster was terrible, I thought it had no flavor and Charlie could never get enough meat off those crab legs to get a meal. So it served a purpose for us. I no longer crave eating Lobster and I can just disregard those commercials. I do want to check out the nutritional value of Outback Steakhouse though now that we have a discount with AARP.

Mary Minnesota, I would check out an auction house. I do know that you can set a minimum you HAVE to get for an item or it reverts back to you. Is there any thing in your area that takes things like that on consignment? Were you good friends with neighbors that could store them for you? I don't think that a 1 month storage unit would cost that much. Of course I don't know if you have to lease them for just one month.

Got most of the results back form all of Charlie's tests back that he had done yesterday and so far everything is normal. I was relieved. With all the diarrhea he still has I was afraid that his blood work would be all messed up. And he had to stop the one medicine he was taking to keep his heart rhythm in check. That test was the one I was really worried about and it was normal. When I told him it was all OK he mentioned that it's terrible that by looking at his lab and xrays, he should be a healthy 66 year old man. I know how he feels. I feel very healthy, but then you look at our medicine boxes. I am still afraid to tell my neurologist I stopped my main MS medicine. Charlie wonders if she fires me as a patient some doctor says I do not have MS, would they take away my Social Security Disability. But it is granted not by a diagnosis but by symptoms. And it doens't matter if I have MS or not. I have significant cognitive problems. Plus I am 65, my disability checks have probably already converted over to just Social Security checks. Well that's a lot of blabber about me, sorry.

I am going to have to really discipline myself once this week and once next week. Friday is national doughnut day and I will be going to Kryspy Kreme and getting a doughnut of my choice and next week we are going to see the new Jurassic Park movie. The smell of popcorn is going to drive me crazy. i may have to pop some at home and use one of my bigger bags as a purse and sneek some in.

Joyce, Indiana

Yanniejannie: glad you're OK!

Becca: drinking enough water with all that fiber?

Tired from my first day back at work since being sick. Luckily I slept well.

Hope we all have a good day.

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Hi Everyone, I am new here although been on MFP for a year I think, but it felt a bit lonely, just getting to grips with how to friend people and use it I guess. It's a whole new world on the PC using MFP. I am usually just on my phone and log food and activities. Is there anyone using a fitbit too? maybe we can hook up there as I love the challenges on it, i.e. work week hustle - to see who does the most steps, etc..

Morning ladies~
Mary in Mn~ have you tried craigslist? we have sold alot of things on that... also if you are on facebook, there are usually local tag sale sites you can post to. I have done this also.
Joyce~ rain has stopped so no more dripping but the ceiling is soggy.. so this weekend we will investigate and see whats going on.
going to visit DFIL this morning, then stopping at a gym we have in town and see how much it is and what type of equipment they have,, if it is worth it then I will join there...it is a 24/7 gym but if it is 30-40 a month it will be a no go..
not going into work until noon,