WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

Not sure if I will ever get caught up.

Camping this weekend.

JanetR - Interesting to read about how your realization that you and your grandson were fighting the same battle against different addictions spurred you to action. May your triumphs live on!

Concerning my veggie snacks:

Lenora – Yes, they DO go a long way, and no, you probably couldn't eat a whole pound of raw veggies at first attempt. To be honest, it took about a month before my system was truly happy about them. But once the vegetables had become a regular component of my diet I discovered that most of my cravings were either gone, or could be distracted by a bit of raw parsnip. And I haven't been constipated once. Best of all, I feel that I'm getting my full ration of fiber, minerals and several vitamins for very few calories.

KateKyi, Poop and Heather – the pale yellow vegetable at the back is a rutabaga, and the red one at the back right is beetroot. Okay, Poop, raw beet sounds a bit weird, but I'm amazed how often it's truly delicious. Sometimes I get hold of a variety of beet that has alternating rings of red and white. Slice them up and they look like candy cane! Heather, you cook your beets. Do you do the same with the celeriac? I've considered trying it raw but haven't quite dared yet.

Cynthia and Lumamar – Transform that load into juice and I'd estimate the calorie content at about 150-170 (maybe 10% less than if you ate it all). I prefor to eat them as is, though, because it's more filling. Besides, it gives me something to do!

Poop – I agree with previous posters. Get that eye looked at!

Elizabeth - Good on you for the trek! I suffered severe headaches for several days when I went from living at sea level (Miami) to a conference in Snowmass, CO. I hope your preparatory hikes at high elevation get you well acclimatized!

I'm gearing up for a one-week visit of son and grandkids. (Mom is staying home working.) The stores are so far away (off-island) that shopping takes a huge hunk of time, and I don't want to waste any! So today is menu planning. Luckily both kids will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them, though they won't eat it every time. In particular, they enjoy snitching veggies from my snack stash. My son is philosophical about the fact that he probably couldn't get them to eat raw rutabaga, but grandma can.

Our neighbor has sheep and goats and the kids are already looking forward to visiting the little lambs. Too cute for words! Lambs have a certain perky intelligence in their faces that disappears as they grow into plain old sheep. We also hope for chance sightings of wildlife. Last night three ptarmigans had a rowdy party right outside our bedroom window (in plain view because of the 24-hour daylight) and my husband caught sight of an ermine this morning. That's a rare privilege!

/Penny at the Pole

morning kids~
well today has been interesting so far, I did get up with the DH at 2 am, yes thats right you read that right.. and had a cup of tea... yes the internet has been funky for awhile..
I stopped at our local gym,yesterday as the door was open. it is a 24/7 gym, and you need a keycard do get in..
the manager was there so I signed up for a free week trial..
pro's- it is in town and open 24/7
cons- to start the program fee is 149.95, 20.00 for keycard and $29.95 a month...
I dont really know if I can afford that.. so will use it for the week and see how it goes
contractor will be here after i leave for work and I start at 8 a.m.,and work to 5 tonight , have the weekend off, dont know id they will be working over the weekend or not...

Morning, my chickens - appetite control rant ahead - warning...


Woke up thinking about what it's going to take to get the appetite under control...

Trigger One: tried again, with thought this time, to go ahead and let the appetite have a couple hundred calories of regular breakfast yesterday morning at 8:30, as I had to run early. Still triggered that all day appetite. And was still eating when I went to bed last night. Didn't exceed my overall calorie intake, but only because of that "eat back your exercise calories" MFP does that I usually ignore. So, there's trigger one, twice this week, proof enough even for me.

Trigger Two is time... started just scribbling WHEN I'm eating things, something MFP's not good at, and about a quarter of my calories came before noon and a quarter after 7 p.m. last night. Carey - did you think about WHEN you're eating things while you were tracking your numbers? Just asking, 'cause you're my fellow geeky grrl.

Trigger Three is probably stress, but honestly not under any at the moment, now that the books are up and running. They FINALLY got both books hooked to my author page on Amazon, yay! The print version of "She's Thinking Out Loud" is actually available too, Amazon just takes forever to connect all the dots.

Someone said we dump all this out with each other because otherwise we bore the living snot out of everyone else in our lives. yeah, sorry for the yada, yada...


Weirdly enough, I was doing better appetite and grazing-wise when I was stressing over the books, I think just because I was so busy. So, even though I work at home, I have to figure some way to keep my everloving fingers out of the cookie jar.

And DamitJanet, that's a METAPHOR - I don't own a cookie jar, or cookies! If you say "don't eat cookies," they make you gain weight, I'll have to come find you and beat you...
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I have hope that, if I can control my intake pre-noon and after 7 pm, I can rein this back under control. Can and will enlist the DH after 7 p.m. Plus, I'm crocheting toe-covers *also known as useless things* for sale at the Christmas craft shows and I can just keep my butt planted in the chair and hands busy then.

I write and I run in the mornings, and I just need to stay the heck out of the kitchen, other than for coffee. When I'm struggling to write, like yesterday from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m., I'm quilting, and can't even think about eating.

Good morning beautiful ladies :flowerforyou:

JanetR Congrats to you and your grandson!!!

Rori So nice to see you popping in! Safe travels!

Meg I've been thinking about getting a new computer, now you have me wondering if I want to!

Michele We've had lots of humidity here in Winston, I think you're about 45 minutes to an hour away and closer to the mountains. I love going to Blowing Rock in the summer, cooler temps and less humidity there and it's just beautiful!

Carol NC Wishing you the best of luck with the surgery :flowerforyou:!

Vicki I'm sure your blood pressure is up because of your work situation...sending you a hug!

Joyce I'm like you, I had a fabulous childhood, wonderful loving parents who adored us!

Heather Much luck with book! Remember when the memories hurt, we're all there to give you a hug! Your book has arrived, I've not yet had time to read it, maybe this weekend.

Sylvia You could send some rain this way, it's been hot and dry here, we did get a little rain shower last night. I could hear the grass and the flowers sighing with delight!

Pip I will echo the others...get yourself to the eye Dr.!!!

Penny close to the Pole I think those kids are going to have so much fun! I would love to pet a little lamb!!!

Sassy So glad to see you again! Gorgeous pic!!!

I've had company since Tuesday...departure date is tomorrow. Company is fun but....it's also tiring. I think I will spend the weekend just recouping!

Welcome to everyone new!

Hugs,
DeeDee in steamy NC

DeeDee2211 wrote: »

I've had company since Tuesday...departure date is tomorrow. Company is fun but....it's also tiring. I think I will spend the weekend just recouping!

Must share a Swedish saying: Guests are like fish. After three days they start to smell bad.

Morning everyone!
I lost a few days on here and trying to get caught up! Had some chest pain and fevers, ended up in the ER...they couldn't find anything. .doped me up and sent me home...virus..they said. They gave me so much morphine that I slept the next day away...forgot that I had taken my fitbit off to charge it, until my husband asked me if I knew it was in the office! Do not like being that drugged up that I cannot remember doing things!

Fevers and pain are finally starting to go away...hoping to get back to normal and walking my 4-5 miles a day. Going to have to get serious about logging my food! I have reminders set and I just dismiss them and then get busy and forget! Any tips on how to make it more of a habit? I seem to always get to 3 or 4 days of logging in and then....

Those are my goals for July....to log my food EVERYDAY, continue walking daily and to stop the candy grazing at the office! Everyone seems to have candy at their desk...it's hard to just walk by and not grab a little piece! So instead I will bring veggies to graze on...wish me luck lol!

Have a great day and weekend!

Kat

Have I mentioned lately I love this group. Thank you all for the kudos on me and my grandson. I know we all have our "stories". Addiction is an ugly thing, I think most of us have been touched by it one way or another at some time in our life. So much going on with you ladies, I enjoy reading your posts. Have a good day all. Off to water aerobics class in a bit.

Good Friday Morning to All!

Kat ~ Wishing you a speedy recovery.

My mom used to boil and mash rutabaga. I liked it but have never cooked it myself.

My Sis and I spent over 4 hours boxing up stuff in my Mom's bedroom yesterday. That was the only room we got done. The air conditioner didn't seem to be working in that room and we were sweating like pigs. There are two more bedrooms and 4 double closets to go before we can move to the other living areas. I must say that she had/has some beautiful clothes and shoes (some still with tags) and sorry that they will have to be given to a thrift as none of us are her size. I think all of this hoarding stems from the time that she went through during the Depression Era. Her dad died during that time and they had a really difficult time. We only spent a few minutes with her at the nursing home as all she could talk about was wanting to go home. She had packed up some of her things in a pillow case and wanted us to take them to her house. It really makes us feel guilty to be emptying out her house but we cannot afford to just let it sit there empty as it has done for over a year now. Hopefully we will be able to rent it out sometime in the future.

Carol

Good morning ladies!

So much going on in our lives. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who are struggling right now. We are a group of very strong women and please don't forget that. Give when you can and take when you need.

Well looky there it is going to rain AGAIN! I better see when I can fit in a walk this a.m. My husband said we could walk together later (he gets off early on Fridays) but not to wait for him and go ahead and walk this morning. I think he is afraid I will drop the ball on this journey as I have so many times in the past. I appreciate all of his support but his lack of confidence is unsettling even though it may be warranted.

Have a good one ladies!

Cheri in wet NE Ohio