WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

janetr7476 wrote: »

Joyce IN - "Janetr, $1700/month alimony! Wow, what a windfall for you now. Maybe you can go on vacation. I don't know anything about alimony but if they divorce does she go back to collecting alimony for your husband?"

lol No thank goodness, she'll probably get it from this new one tho. She will continue to get half of my husband's military retired for as long as Jack lives and collects it. They were married for 30 years, therefore got half of everything. The alimony was ordered for 15 years and was down to the last two years. I think she thot she'd better marry while she had the chance before the alimony income ran out. She has never worked a day. I'm just glad we are done with it!!

Sister made attorney show that 'alimony' was a 'settlement' (monthly payments) so she was not responsible to pay taxes out of it. I don't know if ex is still paying it. After nearly 30 years of marriage. He agreed to it; so he has to pay the taxes; not sure that can be done in any other states from the one she lives in. I'm pretty sure she must still be getting it - she's never remarried. He was paying 'child support' separately. She has to be getting something to afford the life-style she is living. I know she will collect something on SSI from him, since she was married for so long to him.

Lagopus wrote: »

Penny here.

I live at the North Pole. Well, almost. I'm about 800 miles from it.

This looks like a supportive group! I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the posts, so if you don't mind, I'll just rubberneck for a while and get to know everyone before I start commenting.

Goals for June:
Weigh my food and register my calories as consistently as possible
Jog a total of 80 miles (three marathons)
Play with the grandchildren when they visit

See you
Penny at the Pole

Best of luck with your three marathons Penny and enjoy your time with your grandchildren!

janetr7476 wrote: »

GritsandSluts - hey and Kitty Chow would be crunchy I'm sure. Might help satisfy a lot of "stuff". Would it make my meow a bit louder Ha!!

When I feel like being 'catty' for some reason - I ask husband to pour me a small bowl. Otherwise I say "M-E-O-W" a lot. Like the commercial ... 'Meow, meow, meow, mow, wow, wow, wow,
M-E-O-W'! When husband is stressed and I say something to him, he answers with "that's what the girl at the picnic said." I know what his stressors are and he always finds some way to interject this comment when he is around that certain person. It keeps him from blowing his stack (which he is always saying that he will). It's sort of an inside joke between us; like saying, "PLEEEAAASSSEEE, get this person to 'go home'!" Then when we have no reason other than to be with them, it gets so bad, that I have to say, 'we're having a lot of fun; but, I think it is time for us to go home'.

I've sent my email to get the survey twice and haven't gotten the link either. But, from the discription from Nancy, I would say I am a lion. Low carb/high protein and fat. I think I said before that I have finally come up with the "formulat" that has worked for me to lose the weight I have been toting around for decades. I wish I had known this before. Who would have thought that cutting out all the fat in my diet contributed to my steady weight gain? When I look at the daily pie chart tracking carbs/protein/fat I am always amazed that I eat more fat than anything else. Now I know not to question it because I am a fierce lion! There must be something to all this and I guess we shouldn't assume that one diet fits all. All I know is that I am losing weight, not starving and not craving sugar.

Penny...absolutely beautiful pictures. I admire you overcoming your fears and climbing that mountain.

Poopy/Pip...you look so much better and healthier than the "other" competitor. Can I ask how much weight you've lost? Were you always this athletic and active or was this something you discovered later? I love Kirby's bicycle earring. You are a lovely couple and I'm glad you found each other.

Chris in rainy MA

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

Good Morning Ladies,

Miriam, your house is darling. How old is it? So sorry about your health issues. So you just have to get older to get any relief? Is that the plan? Hang in there.

Yannie, fantastic job at Applebee’s! What kind of hot chocolate do you have every day and how many calories? How nice that you can share the brown eyed Susans. I hope they make the move.

Janetr, okay if you want all the help we can give you, you have to make a deal with us. Be totally honest with us about what you eat and drink and your exercise. That doesn’t mean you can’t still lie to yourself (not that you would do that) but be totally honest with us. And we will encourage you and whip up on you when needed, and just ask that you do the same for us. We are all so different and yet so much alike. That is why this group makes this journey so much easier and doable. We can do this!!!

Nancy, if all else fails on that skin problem, try Blue Star Ointment if you can find it. We had a dog that had such skin problems and had tried everything else when someone told us to try that and it did the trick. They still make it but might not be carried by ever store. LOL

Lenora, you said, “I'm learning that "Kitty Chow" is low in calories . . . makes a good snack, too! LOL!” I’m not sure about it, but when my DD was real little, she told us that dog food is real salty. Ya might want to check the sodium levels before you snack on too much of it. ROF So happy for you to be getting all that great exercise in the pool while having fun, no less.

Sylvia, it sounds like an exciting outing. Even without exercise, I know your heartrate was up! It is amazing how fast they can slip a collar and take off and like you said, a whippet can run like the wind. Glad it all turned out. Smart thinking on your orange ball. Love the picture. She is so beautiful!!!

Shari, welcome. You will find us a very supportive and informative group of ladies. It sounds like you have found the right place both in this group and MFP. Tell us a bit more about yourself to help us get to know you. We ask that you sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location helps too. We are glad to have you so come often and post whenever you feel like it. I know you can do this, too.

Penny, I’m guessing today is pretty much all daylight for you when you are at home? I still can’t imagine living where some days are all light and some are no light. When I was reading Sylvia’s post, my mind went the same place with Venus and Jupiter, but I had never heard her mention them before. lol

Joyce, the father’s day gift for Charlie sounds like a winner. I hope he likes it and appreciates it.

Becca, thanks for sharing about your dad.

Heather, glad you had a good time at the party and also that you don’t feel guilty.

Thinn, welcome. Please tell us a little about yourself to help us get to know you. Also, we ask that you sign each post with a name that you want to be called and a location, general or specific. We are happy to have you join us.

Lisa, nice looking hubby. Yeppers, I’d say he looks like a keeper.

Yannie, there is something so extra peaceful about a quiet morning before anyone else is up. Glad you enjoyed it for a while.

HoneyRose, welcome. Please tell us more about yourself and sign each post with the name you want to be called. A location, general or specific, also helps us know you. This is a very supportive group so come often and join right in.

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 think I have been reading too long here. A few of the posts are just confusing me and I have no idea what they are talking about? Maybe they are a follow-up to earlier posts that I missed? I just don’t know, but think I need to get off of here and do some exercises.

I hope you all have a wonderful Father’s Day, weather you are with a father or not. Be healthy and happy and have some fun.

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.

Love ya,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Nancy...it must be so distressing and frustrating to have to redo everything you enter on MFP. I've been very fortunate, I can enter on my PC at work, iphone when I'm on the go and ipad at home and it all synchs beautifully. To make it even better, it integrates with my fitbit sharing the info between the 2 sites. I hope that you get it all to work soon. Have you tried the help forums on MFP, there may be some help there.

Chris in MA

I am pages behind because I have a house full of guests, and will not be able to finish catching up at this moment. DS and DDIL are here. DS’s best friend from grade school and his family were here yesterday and we had a lovely visit.

Regarding tickers, I write the majority of my posts on a word document and have the document itself saved with the ticker code on the bottom. That way it usually posts with my messages. My goals for the month are also saved on my word document.

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

June 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.

morning peeps -
eyes are SOOOOOO much better. the drops are doing their thing. don't have a contact in the right eye and wearing my old lens prescription in the left eye. doc seems to think the new lens weren't fitted for me well, i don't know. hurt like a mutha tho!!. i was glad the sand was packed hard enough that i didn't need to wear googles, should have just in case if i was smart.

i was just skimming thru all the posts so if i don't answer your question, please ask me again.

someone asked if i had always been like this or how much did i loose. well. at my heaviest (i'm 5'5", i used to be 5' 6-1/2 i swear) i was 198 and that was after my husband died and i was 36, he was 34. when he died i was an aerobics instr. so i was pretty fit then, i gained weight slowly after that because i stopped working out and depression set in. i'm about 132 now. growing up i was ULTRA skinny. as far as being this athletic, i would say i am more strong, healthier than i have ever been, even when i used to teach because i didn't ride or do any lengthy running then. gotta go to the gym now, will write later. thanks for everyones concern for my eyeballs. i'll be back
muuuaaahhhhhh!!!

Damitjanit- My house was built before 1900, but I don't know how much before. There are some cement patches in the basement in the old coal cellar that have the names of the three girls who lived here, and a friend's name, and the date of 1900. I don't know if they did that when it was built or during a repair. The original owner was a doctor named Gardener, which is so funny since people, even doctors, have often thought I was a doctor (I read medical books for fun) and I am a master gardener. The original hitching post is out front. I am beside a Methodist church, which feels like home since I grew up in the rectory beside my dad's church.

Hi Ladies, Just touching base. Following my food plan very well. Still haven't added a regular exercise plan. Getting lots of walking in; just at work though. Scale seems to be stuck at the same number, won't budge. I've been yo-yo dieting for 30 years so I think my body knows how to hold on to the fat when I try to do something about it. Went to trader joe's last night and found some new protein bars to try. 3 carbs 20g of protein. Just staying the course, it has to give eventually...it's just math, after all. Hope you all have a beautiful day.

Elizabeth in California

As far as getting junk mail from that survey, I did get an email afterward telling me they had signed me up for a Bear Diet Newsletter. Didn't ask for that. If you tried to do the survey and couldn't, check your spam folder. When I put in my email address they sent me a email with the link to the survey.

Thanks for the sweet comments about Molly. I do think she is beautiful, but she is dumb as a box of rocks and spoiled rotten. She is hubby's favorite and she knows it. She starts fights with Spot (who fights back) and has Bruno so well trained that he cowers if in close proximity to her, like in the van. She lies on the floor, right in the middle, and spreads her skinny self out to take up as much room as possible, then if either of the boys get too close, she snaps at them. And she can't be around the kids or strangers because she bites. I've been looking into getting a muzzle for her. Most whippets have wonderful gentle personalities, but not Molly. We took her to training classes, but she didn't do well no matter how hard we tried, and to be honest, we gave up. Actually, she wasn't so bad at first, but in one of the dog training classes the instructor KICKED her to teach her not to jump up on people (I'm not kidding!) and she's never been the same since. It was through the city parks and recreation center, and I filed a complaint but they just refunded my money and let her keep teaching. That burned me up. Molly was on the floor writhing and whimpering in pain, and the woman said, "oh I didn't hurt you!" Then, as I was walking out the door she apologized and said "I didn't mean to kick her that hard." I took her to the vet the next morning and he said she was just bruised, so nothing was broken, but still, I was really mad about it. So, I've wondered for the past 8 years if that was what destroyed her sweet personality.

We didn't get to sleep at the lake last night after all. As we were getting ready for bed hubby discovered that he had forgotten to bring one of the pieces to his cpap machine. Both of us were scared for him to try to sleep without it, so we packed up and went home about midnight. Better safe than sorry.

Well, I hope you are all having a great Sunday. Happy Father's Day to your DH's.

Sylvia

SSC1958 wrote: »

While following up a link that someone had sent I came across link to the best diet ever. acaloriecounter.com/diet/
There seems to be a lot of common sense written in here, although figuring out what my caloric intake should be is interesting since I seem to be at maintenance at 1200 calories (which is what MFP set me at and so did the Dietician). Using the first 2 different methods on this site my caloric intake for Method 1: 2268, Method 2: 1472

I did do all the math as to how many grams each macro I should have in each scenario.. bottom line is that the recommendation is to up protein to 160g / day if I want to build muscle. I did up my calorie intake yesterday and did get over 75g of protein..guess what the scale went down this morning. I'm going to increase my daily intake for the next couple of weeks and see what happens.

Carey-Edmonton

Carey, my dear, I'm about halfway through the site you cite - and there's a LOT, but honestly, one of the best I've ever seen. The calorie load does seem excessive--but you're seeing a similar excess to me, which makes me wonder if it's worth it to go ahead and try to at least get the protein levels up to 1g per pound of body weight when you're trying to lose. 180g would be almost triple my current amount (720 calories of protein alone!), but even trying to yank it to around goal weight (134g, or 540 cals) would be interesting. I need to do something that steadies my losses and keeps me from these ungodly stalls.

Went to Stowe with DSIL this afternoon. Amazing landscaped grounds with baroque "follies" all around. My word, the owners spent a FORTUNE, literally.
This morning I found the street where my grandmother lived when she was a child, though her house has gone. I also found my grandfather's brother's name on the 1st World War memorial in the parish church here.

Penny - can't wait to share your country. Amazing!

Loving the old houses. Absolutely stunning. :flowerforyou:

I am sooooooo tired. Hungover and woke up at 4.30. But managed to walk round Stowe for an hour and a half. Can't do much more posting - falling asleep at 6 pm. ! ! ! !
Got to be in fine fettle for tomorrow's meeting with an old schoolfriend in London. She hasn't seen me since I lost weight.

Bye for now. Heather UK

Penny I have relatives in Sweden, they celebrate midsummer with the flower pole.

Lisa and Grits I agree about the salt. Now because of the war on salt some are becoming Iodine deficient. Salt on tomatoes. Yum.

Yes Lisa DH is a hottie.

Sylvia I hope that instructor learned not to do that. If not I hope that instructor is no longer practicing. Our neighbor has a dog who was abused by her owner who was an older man. She gets quite upset around older men even if they are walking on the other side of the street.

Mary we did not get to go into the homes. It was set up as a garden tour. Our guide also talked about the histories of the homes and area.

Heather sobering to find your grandfather's brother. I did visit Ypers. Their museum depicts the devastation of WWI.

#10 Kids in the back seat cause accidents. Accidents in the back seat cause...kids.
MNMargaret

Happy Father's Day, Everyone. Glad to read your posts and see that you're all doing well. Wishing happy visits for all who are celebrating with Fathers and families today.

After eating very little yesterday and exceeding my exercise plan, the scale is down this am. I've now lost 10 lbs. during the past month.Finally moving beyond the hated plateau and in the right direction, but had to force it to cooperate. I can definitely relate to how difficult and frustrating it is sometimes when we work hard but don't see the results or hit a plateau.

Just -1.4 lbs more and I'll officially no longer be in the dreaded obese category. I was very slender until my thyroid and hormones crashed going menopause. Unfortunately, I quickly gained 70 lbs! (from 115 to 185 and even 199 at a temporary high point). One month ago, I weighed 185. This morning, I'm now at 175.4. As a previously slender person, who would have ever guessed that I would say this: It feels great being very close to the next lower bmi category of 'overweight'!

Take Care and Great Job on all Your Success! - Nancy in Fort Worth