WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

morning again,
went out to see DFIL, he didnt want any GD breakfast, lol so I put out his clothes, and gave them his candy for pills
we found a sealtest milk crate, and got some rinsed out gallon milk jugs, so whn he wants to go to work, they can give him that, and he can put the milk in the crate, he did that for 50 yrs in the refrigerators and freezers, so that might help him..
then stopped to see DB and DSIL and from there went to get blood work done, then home and made Toms lunch and dinner.
gonna stop at family dollar and pick up a case of canning jars for the jam I get to get together with a friend and do something fun.. whoo hoo
going into work today at 12:30 -hopefully I dont get an earful from Diane, the other one is off today for her cousins funeral..
will get the resume updated if need be,
dont really want to go out looking for another job as we will be moving in another 3-4 yrs

morning again,
went out to see DFIL, he didnt want any GD breakfast, lol so I put out his clothes, and gave them his candy for pills
we found a sealtest milk crate, and got some rinsed out gallon milk jugs, so whn he wants to go to work, they can give him that, and he can put the milk in the crate, he did that for 50 yrs in the refrigerators and freezers, so that might help him..
then stopped to see DB and DSIL and from there went to get blood work done, then home and made Toms lunch and dinner.
gonna stop at family dollar and pick up a case of canning jars for the jam I get to get together with a friend and do something fun.. whoo hoo
going into work today at 12:30 -hopefully I dont get an earful from Diane, the other one is off today for her cousins funeral..
will get the resume updated if need be,
dont really want to go out looking for another job as we will be moving in another 3-4 yrs

Not doing well with posting this morning!

Hey Ladies! Hope all of you had a great weekend!

Yesterday was my first session with the trainer! One full hour of torture All said and done I came home soaking wet and immediately took an Aleve. I still had to walk Storm before going to church. I really enjoyed the workout and we didn't do anything I can't do at home. I have just a little tightening in my core center. The SO is looking forward to this evening when I am going to show him the routine I did. He is going to do it too with me. He is dedicated to being with me through it and doing everything I do.

She did give me a "nutrition plan" that seems to be a planned disaster so I don't plan to follow it. There is no way I could be happy with a meal consisting of 3 oz of chicken and a cup of spinach. So I’ll still be following and logging on MFP! I walked Storm this morning and was not in any pain. I have just a little tightening in my core center.

Suebdew in TX: I would just love to get out and play golf at least get to the driving range. Hope you had a great game. We have lived next to a golf course for the last three years and have never set foot on it. My clubs are collecting dust in the closet

Sylvia: I am glad you are feeling better.

Allison: I am sorry about your day at work. I hope you find something that will make you feel good about going. Glad DH didn’t yell but I hope he starts to talking to you again. The nice thing about the SO is that I have had an opportunity to “train” him although he does slip from time to time. I haven’t made the mistakes I made when I was in my 20’s with the first husband. 55 is not old enough to keep you from getting another job. A lot of places look for the wealth of knowledge and maturity 50+ employees bring to the workplace.

JanetMMcC: No ham biscuits planned for the near future. Perhaps ONE next month although I think I’m over them until sometime next year.

Tere in Richmond Va

LisaH I am a visual person too and LOVE the graphic! Did you make it yourself? If so what did you use to do so....looks like you've had wonderful success. I keep seeing reference to your book. Share the title again for those of us that didn't see it the first time??
Cheri in Fairlawn, Ohio

Happy Monday, y'all! I blew off the weekend, broke my streak, and ate too much but on the other hand we got to spend some time with friends and even more time relaxing. My sweetie and I haven't had much relax-time lately so it was awfully nice.

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

Good Morning Ladies,

Mary, glad you are keeping your sense of humor while packing up your life. I think I needed some purple shoelaces once, but it was back in high school.

Joyce, don’t you just hate it when those alarm clocks turn themselves off and reset for later. It’s funny how that works. Yikes for your DD. Get her a supply of piddle pads. Okay, I’ll bite: Why does she work in a cave? Is she a “bat keeper”? I’ll try to get you a picture of the beach.

Heather, terrific news on the apartment! Lady, you live a charmed life. All that good that you do has come to pay you back. Yes, it never hurts to ask.

Penny, interesting info on the water there. Have a wonderful time at your vacation home. How far away is it?

Allison, you are wise to take it a day at a time. I’m sure some days are better than others, but you are such a kind and giving person that you deserve a lot of the better ones.

Barbie, I never thought that I would be a person that thought of things other than food. Yesterday at the beach, DH said something about a dish one of the restaurants prepares; I don’t even remember how the conversation went, but my reply was, “I don’t really think that much about food any more”. Before this journey, food was one of the main topics occupying my brain. I love it!!! Life after food, how wonderful.

Joan, we would let you join even though you aren’t 50 yet, but unfortunately you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight to qualify. Just Kidding!!! We are very happy to have you, no matter how young or skinny you are. If you are interested in health and fitness you will fit right in. Come often and chat when you feel like it. Also, I see you have a dog, so you are definitely in the right place. Please tell us a bit more about yourself: what part of the world are you from? Husband? Kids? Grandkids? Etc. Welcome

Lenora, if you have a bookmark, when you click on “community”, look near the upper right hand corner. You will see a gray Bell, Star and Gear. That is where you click on the star and should see any bookmarked rooms. You don’t have to search at all once it is bookmarked.

Carol, how nice of you to take in another boy. I would hate for him to spend the weekend in his truck. You are a good person.

Tere, glad you had a good start with trainer. How many calories are in the “nutrition plan” that she gave you? That meal didn’t sound so bad if you were eating at least every 4 hours. How nice that our SO will be with you on this journey. It can make it so much easier. Good for you on not planning another ham biscuit for a while, but how nice to know you can work it into your intake when you want to. Keep up the good work.

Mia, how nice for you to see what progress you have made. Hope that gives you the incentive to keep it up.

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.

Just for a smile:

We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.
So I’m not fat, I’m just really intelligent and my head couldn’t hold any more
So it started filling up the rest of me!
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Garfield

Maxine said,” Totaled up my summer vacation budget and I’ll be going to a movie.”


Please have a good day my friends.

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

KMHilinski – 5 miles is a great walk… 1 do 3 everyday with my dog, Levi.

Janet MMcC – thanks… love fun new things….

Michele – I thought about your turtle, and was not keen on the red/white and blue with the orange and purple… but had no suggestions, until I read Mary’s post and her comment about beige, I wonder if tan/beige, and a light yellow light purple,,, so the color expands in brightness as you look down the turtle…

Joyce – I had one, – I had been menstruating for 7 months without a break so that stopped that and I had no problems… no drainage, no period ever again… best thing I ever did.

Joyce, Heather had a great idea – cook! I have a great recipe if you want it… it is time consuming but awesome!

Joanthemom, kim1546 – welcome

Ydailey – don’t fret about the weekend or the streak break, just get back to it, and all will be well. We all take planed or unplanned breaks occasionally.

Mia – you are in good company, most of us have trouble realizing how much different we look – except if we look at a picture…

Well, it is supposed to be over 100 degrees here today, last week it was in the 60’s this is weird weather! Levi and I got a late start so took a walk but not as long as usual, I had hoped to work in the yard today, but am going to work outside tomorrow (it’s supposed to be 80) and do a bunch of the “new” work today.

June goals:
Walk every day 180 miles for the month (in May I did 175… thought maybe a higher goal would be good)
NEW – 1 plank every day – and log them here - 6
Log everyday
Eat slower
do 2 fun things every week - week 1 – no traditional fun – but working hard to get all embroidery jobs done, clean up clutter inside and out, so that my doggy sitter will not have that to deal with, and the house will look nice when I get home.


Kim from N. California

Janet: I am not a diet person. As soon as you say only eat this – I’m going for the bag of chips, cookies, etc. Her plan does have 4 meals per day. I may talk myself into committing to it maybe Thursday and see if I can make it. I didn’t try to add the calories up. One day at a time for me and it!

Katla: The next thing you know the DH will be like the SO! He didn’t go to the gym Saturday, he had to be at work before it opened on Sunday and Monday. He was moaning and groaning because he had been to the gym in four days! OMG! I enjoy the gym but only plan on going 3 days each week. He may need to lose 15 pounds max if that many.

Allison: You are a wonderful woman. Through the last couple of years I have been inspired by all you do for others. In some instances many of my family members have benefited from me rendering services to them because of that inspiration. You deserve all good things. I am aligned with Poopy Pip’s chain of thought. However, I am a little vindictive and prefer not to talk and try to make people that should understand me understand. One of the first and last times the SO tried being a little controlling it included asking me to fix him a bowl of popcorn while he watched TV. I happily did so including melted butter and a liberal sprinkling of Cheyenne pepper. I served it to him as he lay in the bed watching the television. Can you imagine my face when he brought the bowl down the hall and asked me to have some too? Nerves and tongue of steel! I ate a few handfuls, told him thanks and went back to what I was doing. He never asked me to make him popcorn again and understood that I was not around to be his cook, butler, and/or maid. So my wish for you is that you find your way to being the wonderful caring woman that God created without self-doubt and reaping all the benefits you deserve.

Poopy Pip: You are continually wonderful!

Tere in Richmond VA

Cheri in Fairlawn - thanks for asking on the book... It's This Little Pig, A Flak Anders Mystery. That book title is linked directly to its Amazon page. There are others with books written as well, including Heather Eyles, whose book "Windows" should be at the bottom of my page, "Customers Who Bought This Book Also Bought... " which shows you what an amazing force for good these people are. Mine is a murder mystery, Heather's is literary fiction, and I can highly recommend it, as well. EDIT: And the program that I use is Excel. Just a geeky grrrlll...

On yet another note, there have been a lot of people saying they slipped, slid, fell off, or whatever, in terms of eating, exercising, etc. I heard something quite interesting the other day at yet another place that I hang out on occasion. Not nearly as supportive as this one, but I get the occasional piece of information that I can hang on to. In terms of what happens when we "slip" or "break" our plan or our diet or our determination to exercise or whatever our current system is that we have in place to decide what we're going to eat, the question was asked...

"If you slipped and dropped an egg on the floor and it broke, would you stand there and drop the rest of the dozen? Or would you put them back in the fridge to use for another time?"

Made me think. So now, when I "break," I shrug, and go back to what I was doing. It's a broken egg, not a broken life. Not advising. Just something that's helped me out a time or two of late.

LisaH in West Texas

Hello, everyone,

So far it's been a kinda frustrating day..........I was late for my class at the gym because a neighbor asked me to watch her grandkids as she needed to run an errand. Made class 15min. late to find we only had three people. Had taken along a bunch of starter plants and extras that the women said they wanted but none of those women were there today..........so, I unloaded irises, dill, rosemary, and basil on the ones who were there and the rest are out of luck! Then, one of the ladies, who I've never had a conversation with before, decided it was the day to do so and I finally had to excuse myself as I had three other places to be. Did errands. As I finally got in our neighborhood the cell is ringing with DD wanting to know where I am. Today we took her horse pads, blankets, coveralls, and rugs to the laundry as I wouldn't let her put that stuff in my washer. Ate out with DD and know I can't have much more today. : (

Be back later, really need a nap! Best to everyone.
yanniejannie

Quick thoughts...
Allison...have you thought about a refurbished ipad from Apple. I got an earlier model, paid substantionally less than the newest model and it had a 1 year guarantee. I've also gotten some great Apple products thru ebay and Craig's List that were "gently used".

Carol...kudos for taking that young man in for the weekend. You are teaching through example, especially to your son.

Penny, Poopy Pip , Lisa and all the runners...I marvel at your running everytime someone posts about it. I have always thought of running as a younger person's activity, until I met you ladies. So...on Saturday I was walking Jake the rescue dog by a brand new athletic field with a beautiful new track. No one was there so I secured Jake and began to walk on the track, then I began to think that if you ladies run/jog, so could I and I began to jog. I was able to make it 3/4 around the track, not far but I was able to do it. I did discover that if I jog again I will be wearing my new sports bra that is on it's way!

Chris in MA

Annr wrote: »

Allison, Becca here, I know we haven't typed much to each other, but I feel your pain. When my husband and I lived in California, reasonably healthy, I settled for everything in my life. I bought food for my sons and husband but never really shopped and bought what I wished. I ate what they wished to eat. I have labeled those past years as when "I lived my life asleep". I cheated on my husband, and that is all I will say on that subject. After my husbands transplant, seeing how hard he fought, being truely proud of him, I realized I could see myself growing old with him. I confessed to him about everything, and we moved on. We have realized we are worth fighting for, the marriage, the US. It was alot of messy talks, but we never yelled, we actively listened to each other. It was alot of work, but alot of changes have happened. We sat down and wrote down some important things. This is our list, and yours will be yours...but its an important task.
-cuddle every night, an end of the day action. Couple of times I have even fallen asleep in his arms, but most times I do go to my side of the bed. This is not sexual, just a calming thing.
-walks or reading before bed
-go out and about together as a couple and hold hands
-nonjudgemental communication
-if anxious tell the other person
-always go to bed at the same time
These are just a couple of things, but they have gotten us thru the difficult times.

I might not go to bed at the same time; but, I always lean over and tell him "I love you!" If we had had an argument I will tell him (through a lot of sleepless moments . . . "I'm sorry that I was (or seemed) unfair in our argument." I'm not necessarily telling him I am 'right' about the issue we were discussing; but, sometimes it helps clear the air. If I cry at that point, he usually rolls over and holds me and tells me 'it's all right' . . . nothing is going to happen'. I am Bipolar and sometimes I have 'bad dreams' at night; and he is beside me and has been for 43 years (20 of them since the diagnosis). It can be 'hell' at times; but, I wouldn't give him away if someone would take him. He's MINE! . . . and I am 'HIS'.

[quote="lhannon062709;32812574On yet another note, there have been a lot of people saying they slipped, slid, fell off, or whatever, in terms of eating, exercising, etc. I heard something quite interesting the other day at yet another place that I hang out on occasion. Not nearly as supportive as this one, but I get the occasional piece of information that I can hang on to. In terms of what happens when we "slip" or "break" our plan or our diet or our determination to exercise or whatever our current system is that we have in place to decide what we're going to eat, the question was asked...

"If you slipped and dropped an egg on the floor and it broke, would you stand there and drop the rest of the dozen? Or would you put them back in the fridge to use for another time?"[/quote]

This is a good saying, I like it whoever it came from.