WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

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  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    Trying to keep up to speed.

    Alison-I'm sorry about your lab results. I would put off worrying until you can meet with your kidney doctors. Your husband's reaction was just so unkind. We are all looking to dump some weight and I think we all know how you could rid of 150+ lbs.

    Pip - We all want to take care of Alison's problem. You grab him by the throat and I'll kick him in the tenders.
    The # of times you've been married is a testament to your optimism. I think the posts/poems/ pictures show that you have it right now.

    Pip/Janet/ Sylvia - We are all lucky that you mad it through the tough times.

    Carol- Glad that you made it home and are recovering.

    Spent a half hour with coffee in hand this morning listening to the meadow lark and enjoying my flowers.
    Looked after one DGD for a bit. I try to help all I can since DD has her own business (face painting/ glitter tattoos/henna/window painting, etc.) She is a very busy woman. DGD is so sweet and tells me that her favourite time yesterday was when I came to her swimming lesson. She understands why I can't come every day " you have to work to get money so you can buy your pills and get us ice cream" I think the last might be a hint. lol
    DB stopped in for a visit. We talked mainly about our DC, DGC, and plants. We did get on the topic of growing up on the farm and how we rode Dusty up to the neighbour's to watch Zorro. No TV at our house until I was nearly 8.
    DH is being a martyr. No one can do anything as well as he can, oh well. He has a test coming up on the 2nd. It is a barium enema. You would think he was the first to ever do that prep. He's mentioned a few times that between me working and the counseling session he isn't going to be able to go to Granum to take in the car show. It really hasn't changed much in the last 10 yrs.
    DS is getting pre - approved for a mortgage. I worry that he isn't done with HER and if she's smart then she will wiggle her way back in. Live together for 6 mos. and she will get half the house. SHE does have her family throwing a pity party for her. She never spent a dime the whole time she lived here and she was collecting E.I. so I know she had money stashed away. GGGRRRR......I will have to let go of this eventually. So hard to forgive when she hurt my son so badly. I know I will be able to forgive her but I will never forget and definitely will never trust her again.

    Running on and it's late
    -Sharon ( in smoky Lethbridge)
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,183 Member

    Here is the link to the new thread for July

    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10200034/women-ages-50-for-july2015?new=1
  • Lilymay2
    Lilymay2 Posts: 2,525 Member
    Beautiful garden pictures.

    No I don't have a video for my trampoline exercises - there are some on You Tube though.

    I thought I would have time to catch up this morning but my little grandson seems to be up ,,, oh dear - it is only 6:30 a.m.!!

    So later girls!!

    Lillian in smoky west central saskatchewan
  • Lilymay2
    Lilymay2 Posts: 2,525 Member
    DJ in Myrtle Beach - glad you enjoy Leslie Sansone DVD's - they are my go to when the weather outside isn't favourable. Some strength training in some of them too!!

    Lillian
  • Lilymay2
    Lilymay2 Posts: 2,525 Member
    Charm4u76132 wrote: »
    Would love to hear from you all. What are your Start-Stop-Continue Goals for July?!

    My Goals for July:

    Start eating a small breakfast or drink a protein shake within 1 hr. of waking.
    Start eating more regular meals and snacks throughout each day.
    Start trying some Zone friendly meals and snacks to see if I have better results.
    Start making meals and snacks at home.

    Stop not having breakfast.
    Stop going for longer than 1 hour after waking to have breakfast.
    Stop not eating almost all day, until 3 pm, and then eating bad food choices (high fat, high calorie restaurant meals).
    Stop eating at restaurants.
    Stop drinking red wine for 40 days to see if I shed more pounds and inches.

    Continue slow, steady cardio by walking 240 mins. weekly at 65% MHR.
    Continue doing one high intensity cardio session every 10th workout as prescribed, based on my DNA results.
    Continue eating healthy. (40-35-25 or 40-30-30 based on my DNA results)
    Continue drinking 8-9 8 oz. glasses of water daily.
    Continue Honestly Tracking Everything on MFP.
    Continue Sharing here in this Forum.

    Hugs, Nancy in FW, TX

    I really like this Nancy. I think you will do very well with this posted on your fridge.

    Lillian
  • metallaxi
    metallaxi Posts: 17 Member
    Hi all from Greece, I have been busy trying to adapt to our new situation, as you may all know greece has closed banks and pensions are paid at max 50 euro per day after long waits at the ATMs.
    I like the start-stop continue post that Nancy posted, it would be really helpful
    I have not yet evaluated June's goals and set some for July
    Hugs.... kisses
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    Thanks to those who mentioned DH.Yes,it was a loong,tiring day. We went to bed early & slept good.In fact,he is in his "office" taking a nap.He could sleep for hrs,then also sleep like a baby at night.Not one of my talents. :'(

    He went from 3 mo checks to 6 mos,then a yr. We've met the nicest ppl at the hospital.

    Carol,glad to hear you are doing well.They surely have wonderful medical stuff these days. When DH had surgery,he had 3 surgeons,one as back up & one an EE&N specialist. The 34 yr old surgeon did the surgery going thru DHs nose.Took most of a day.Yesterday....they took pics of inner nose & pitutary gland.Showed it on a 30" screen,showing the surgeons "path" then the healed area where he cut out the tumor.So amazing!

    Alison you are a better woman than I am.You must never know what will set him off......so hard to live with. Try to wait till you see the Dr before you worry to much.

    Beautiful day here with sun & no humidity. Have windows & doors open to the breeze.

    Everyone have a great 4th of July.We will be going to Tenn for a wk,along with DD & SIL. Pat
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,183 Member

    Here is the link to the new thread for July

    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10200034/women-ages-50-for-july2015?new=1
  • loralou1571
    loralou1571 Posts: 11 Member
    My goals for July are to forget about June and focus on what's best for me and my health. I quit smoking in June and decided to really try to drink more water as my weight loss has been pretty sucky because of it. Positive thoughts and interacting with positive people are my goals for this month. Now if the Ohio weather would cooperate with being outside so I can walk outside with my husband and our three dogs. Here we go friends!
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    edited July 2015
    Annr wrote: »
    @barbiecat and @GRITSandSLUTS Sounds like you handled going thru parents items quite well. I wish my sisters and I had been. I was in California, and my Moms home was in Oregon, so when she passed, she had it in her will to let her husband, (my step-father) be able to live there for a year then it would be sold. I visited (talking a plane with 3 young sons) 2 times during that year and no one was "Ready" to go thru the house. One visit I had flown up with the boys, then my husband took off work and drove up with our van. I came out with a shoebox of stuff. So to end the story, I was home in CA, and my sister called saying that the house was being organized thru, and what did I wish. So on the phone, I had to mentally go thru my Mom's home, which ended up being pointless, and I said, "Just put in a box what you think I would want". So I got a box, while my sisters rec'd whole rooms full of antique furniture. Then the topping of the cake came when they divey'ed out the funds for selling the home. Each of us rec'd 64k for which I deposited and paid off some bills etc. It was a bittersweet thing, but the bitter part was my check bounced because when I added up all the fee's etc it came to more than the total of all our checks...so when MY check came there wasn't 64K to start with. The overdraft charges were mounting up, and totaled $200 which my step-father paid. I have always thought I rec'd the short end of the stick for so many things. A great therapy session for sure.... One of these days I shall get my sisters together for a weekend retreat and when we are half way thru a bottle of wine, I will vent. Vent politely, but still vent.

    I did good on my Mother's side about divvying up all the things. On the other hand, DH's daughter came in and took what she wanted and did things very dirty and underhanded. One day, she will have to 'answer' for what she did. It's been 8 years and apparently no hope for any reconciliation between the 2 of them or basically the 3 of them. After DH asked her to get another Death Certificate so that he and his brother could get a $3000 insurance check (a policy she did not know about), and she got mad that she did not receive $1000 of it; when she sent it she had a 'sticky note' on it telling DH that 'if' he needed anything else - to contact the funeral home directly. I'd say that said it all. She took my DMnL's wedding band (that she had told me YEARS ago, would be mine) - knowing that 'in the end' it would eventually become my DH's daughter's. Apparently, she could not wait, she actually took it from my MnL the day she had her sign several things, including a 2nd POA that she had gotten off the Internet. In FL it is against the law for a non-attorney to make out a POA; and we could have fought it; but, then the attorneys' fees would have eaten everything up. We could have made her put everything back into escrow for the attorneys to filter through and sell if they could not agree on anything. She took all the pictures and we got none of them. Not even copied for any of us. Get this ... when my MnL passed away, she was buried in 'old' clothes (lavender); but, I thought that surely a 'new' outfit would have been bought for the occasion; especially when DSD bought 2 new head-to-toe outfits for the wake and the funeral. But, what really was awful, was the dinner after the visitation was at her house; and they had a 'crew' there digging a pool (from some of the stolen proceeds of the estate). My SSnL was standing right below us on the patio; and I loudly said, 'now this is the epitome of disrespect towards my MnL' ... he went and told them to 'pack up and leave' and when he did so SD came out 'screaming and cursing and saying it would now be the end of the summer before they could work them back in'. Oh, to say the least, I chewed my tongue up that day. My boys will split everything 50/50 when we are gone; and I figure they can figure out how to divvy it up and still be fair to one another. We actually have 2 tracts of land; one my son cut out 3 acres for his house; I know that my DYS will never move back here because Louisiana has been his home for over 10 years. His friends and now his 'new' family are from that area. I just don't want my DOS's wife to get ahold of anything - it is between DOS and DYS to decide who gets what.
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    @GodMomKim - actually, it took me so totally by surprised, I did not say anything; but, I would have told her to tell my DH what she wanted to convey to him. I have gotten pretty good at stepping away from an argument; like the time she told him that we needed to change our satellite company. I told her that we had a contract that would cost $300 or so to get out of. She just continued telling DH we needed to change. I asked her 'what part of no, we can't get out of the contract and anyway we are happy with our television company and had been with them over 12 years'. She thinks that DH is a push-over, that can't be further from the truth - he just doesn't like to 'argue' a point. He'd rather just keep his mouth shut and hope the conversation will end for 'lack of interest'. I had been laying down because of a bad headache; but, it was just too loud for me to stay in bed with it. I know that he was thinking ... 'what's what the girl at the picnic said . . .'. "No, we're happy with our set-up!"
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Please pray for my BnL; called from ER - they 'think' he might have had a heart attack. Doing more testing; but, either way they are going to admit him, at least overnight.
  • loralou1571
    loralou1571 Posts: 11 Member
    Good morning ladies! So I started jogging again last night on the treadmill. Forgot to stretch and today my legs are tired and sore. Granted I only ran for 15 minutes but dumb that I forgot to stretch. I won't forget that again! Does anyone else have difficulty with getting enough protein in daily? I have discovered quinoa and love it. But don't want to consume to much of it. A girl can eat only so much fish and chicken before developing gills and feathers! :) Any heathy suggestions would be much appreciated. Also just purchased peanut butter powder. Looking for some suggestions for its use besides smoothies. Weather looks good today in central Ohio so I'm going to make the most of it! Until next time enjoy the weekend!
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,068 Member
    Morning ladies,
    Here at work until noon,kitchen floor being done as we speak..
    Slept well last night but woke up in the middle of the night drenched :s thought I was done with all that stuff...hope everyone is enjoying the day <3 .
  • loralou1571
    loralou1571 Posts: 11 Member
    Grandmallie, my husband and I did our kitchen floors ourselves 2 years ago. That was allot of work, more than what we anticipated! We took up five layers of old linoleum and subflooring. We anticipated a full week to take up the floor and replace with new and then to paint and refinish the cabinets! No such luck. It took us a week to take up the subflooring and to put the new flooring down. Don't get me wrong the floor looks great but it took two full weeks to finish the project! We decided we are to old to take on that kind of project again. It was a work out for sure and the sweat equity was worth it! :)
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Go back a few posts and click on the link for July 15 (this site changes every month). Make sure you highlight the star on the upper right-hand corner; and delete it for the month of June.
  • madrecon_3
    madrecon_3 Posts: 12 Member
    Hello Chatters new to the site!! My name is Tawanda. My July goals are increase water intake, I don't want to be a scale monster, continue logging in daily, (I have already lost 14 lbs!!)and I would love to be a motivation to others and find motivational friends so feel free to message or add me!!
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,183 Member

    Here is the link to the new thread for July

    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10200034/women-ages-50-for-july2015?new=1
  • JanetMMcC
    JanetMMcC Posts: 410 Member
    Everyone who's posted since June 30 - we're now over here:
    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10200034/women-ages-50-for-july2015?new=1
  • loralou1571
    loralou1571 Posts: 11 Member
    madrecon_3 wrote: »
    Hello Chatters new to the site!! My name is Tawanda. My July goals are increase water intake, I don't want to be a scale monster, continue logging in daily, (I have already lost 14 lbs!!)and I would love to be a motivation to others and find motivational friends so feel free to message or add me!!

    Welcome, glad to hear from new people. You don't have to be a scale monster or a diary addict to benefit from the help here. Congratulations on our you 14lb loss! :)
  • SharonK247
    SharonK247 Posts: 3 Member
    Good morning everyone. Just returned from a week in NY. Stayed with my daughter and we did a 60 mile bike ride together on Saturday. Long distance biking is new for her, but we both had a great ride. However, traveling to NY is always a challenge for me as I follow a vegan diet and there are just so many amazing vegan options that I can not find in Wisconsin (especially desserts) that are extremely tempting. But I made up my mind before I went that I would follow my plan and I did, YAY! I just kept reminding myself that even gaining a few pounds will make a huge difference when I bike up hills and that kept me motivated. This weekend my daughter is coming to Wisconsin and we will be doing the Scenic Shore 150 which is a 150 mile ride over two days along the shores of Lake Michigan raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Its a beautiful ride and Im starting to plan my foods in order to keep adequately fueled without eating any "junk" food (readily available throughout the ride). My priority today was to get back to tracking my foods and exercise so here I am. Have a great day as we all work towards our July goals.
  • PatsyFitzpatrick
    PatsyFitzpatrick Posts: 335 Member
    Good morning beautiful women. I am working very hard to stay the course and record all my MFP commitments. My mother n law 85yrs took fall and has a traumatic brain injury. Please pray that God hand will be merciful and let things go smoothly. She will leave rehab on Friday and move to ASL. The apartment we picked out is really nice and she has use of all amenities. I think this is the most stress we as a family have ever come through. Even the death of our fathers has not been this hard. The fall caused a brain bleed and advanced her dementia ten folds. Trying my best not to stress eat. I am continuing to jog a 5k 5x a week but time is getting so squeezed.
    My distraction for now is I am studying for my Real Estate License. My daughter returns to UF in August. She is such good company I will miss her. Our son is working a lot of hours in AC biz.
    Have a great week. hope to check in when time allows.
    Patsy
    Lutz Fl

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