WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY2015

Hello folks! I'm baaaaaaack!

Rubbish internet at the hotel. I was not best pleased when I arrived at the hotel to find that the "Generous" room my DH had booked was actually a "Comfy". Grrrrrrr! It was nice enough, but not at all the same thing. :sad: I should never let him book stuff, but sometimes he just goes ahead and does it. It is never quite right. Or he gets it wrong. I am a perfectionist and I always check things really carefully and ask questions.
DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. Hard for me.
I let it be the enemy for a while and had to give myself a good shaking.
We went for a walk along the beach and got my shoes full of fine sand. Had to empty them 4 times! Grrrrrr! :laugh: Not my best morning!
Things improved after a not very good lunch at the pub.
The walk to Old Harry Rocks was great, despite my hips protesting. I was necking painkillers! But beautiful views and a good temp for walking. The best bit was a drink in the garden, looking over the bay and a wonderful meal. I even got them to turn down the music.
We shared a cheese platter for dessert and I asked about the cheeses. That went through 3 people until one did some research and was able to tell me exactly where they were made. This is a restaurant that prides itself on home grown produce and everything sourced within 25 miles! A bit more training required. But it was an excellent meal.
It was the first time I have seen DH a lot drunker than me. He asked for a Kir as an aperitif in the garden and they brought a HUGE one. Enormous! He was quite hungover this morning, but recovered.
Today we went to Kingston Lacey - a National Trust stately home and garden. Wonderful. (Joyce?) We bought yellow zucchini from the kitchen garden and had them this evening. Yum!

Tired now, but glad I got over my hump. It only hurts me. In all it was a great time.

Welcome new peeps! I saw Bev and Gina, but there are probably others. Hallo, everyone!

Love Heather UK

Thought I would post a photo of me last night in my yoga teacher's hydrangea dress, just before we went down for dinner. I have others, but they are still on my phone and I have to send them to myself. :laugh:

SORRY! You'll have to click on the jpg link below. :sad:

Micmaust wrote: »

Hello,
I am new to this thread, and looking for some motivation. I have used F.P. for a few years, off and on. I need to get involved so I will maintain interest and accountability. Yesterday I went swimming and vacuumed for an hour. Then my back was killing me. Today I am going for a bike ride, that is easy on my back.

welcome!

@DJ, Myrtle Beach, SC. Because I cant couldnt cook, I went surfing the internet for recipes for all the new ingredients I am trying. Part of my new life style (note not a diet) is to look for new foods instead of manufactured processed foods. I have 2 food rules, a) no manufactured processed foods and only buy ingredients that have 3 or less ingredients on the label list. This way it cuts out all the "additions" to food like sugar and salt. I control what I want to add to my food now. The trouble was because I was used to buying processed foods I had to start looking for what to cook, as part of that process I stumble across things almond pastry made from almond mass left over from almond milk which in turn ended up as me making almond milk to see what it was like.
Kate

Heather – You look absolutely gorgeous in the dress. I'm glad all in all you ended up having a good time. Can you explain to us less knowledgeable, what a “comfy” is?
Oh wow, just saw the other two pictures. You look like a teenager. Beautiful shot of the cliffs. Thanks so much for taking time to share these with us. I've learned a ton.

I definitely have to post this around my house. I so do this – thanks. DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.

Micmaust – Welcome. You will find loads of support and encouragement on our page. This is THE greatest group of women. Please sign each time at the bottom of your post a name you would like to be called and perhaps a little about yourself and your goals. Again, welcome aboard.

Barbie – I would love to go to line dance classes. My hubby will not consider dancing, any where, any how. Can I go to classes alone and not feel out of place. I'm sure we must have some classes around close if I check it out.

Janetr OKC

Janetr - comfy is that hotel's speak for comfortable. The hotel style of marketing is rather twee. :bigsmile:

Heather UK

Carol/peach - Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Michele - Thoughts are with you and Vince. What is an EP, though?

Flying home to hubby and Shirley the cat tomorrow. It will be so good to get back to water workouts and normal routines. I'll be calling knee doc to schedule replacement. I'm so done with this pain! Toni

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Katla thanks for keeping us informed about Michele. Prayers to her and family as Vince receives care for his heart.

Heather outstanding scenery. You look fantastic.

Alison never easy when given that kind of treatment. ((()))

MNMargaret

stats for the day:
slow ride hm 2 gym- 14.24min, 2.9mi 12.3amph = 82c
slow spin- 30nin, 85ar, 95aw, 11g, 12.6mi = 178c
slow ride gym 2 dome- 6.41min, 12.5amph, 1.3mi = 60c
slow ride dome 2 hm- 18.47min, 8.6amph, 2.6mi = 176c
total stats 496 cal

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

Good Evening my friends,

CarolNC, you are in my thoughts. Thanks for checking in and you know we don’t care about caps. I don’t even know how you can type much. Hope you heal quickly.

Gina, I do have MFP friends but rarely even look at my home page. My real friends are all in this group of ladies and we visit often. It sounds like you really know what you are doing and just need to tweak a few things to be spot on. Like those drinks out?? What mixer do you drink? I find that is the worst thing for me. Luckily one of the places I go to drink is the Moose club and I can take my diet tonic with me. I’m not sure just any restaurant would be okay with that. Eating out in general is much more of a challenge to stay on track so we have really cut back on it. Barbie (our fearless leader) has taught some of us to not use food as entertainment. (Even though it is so much fun.) Keep up the good work.

Katla, glad you are working on that grumpy attitude. Why is it that when we get in “that” mood, we know it hurts us more than anyone else and it’s still so hard to shake? Good luck. (((Hugs)))

Lenora, glad the new meds are helping but want you to get over that cough.

Vicki, Congrats on your new habit. ROFLMAO about your brother. I know it wasn’t funny to him at the time. So happy for your Mom’s results. *sigh of relief*

Chris, great run!!!! Keep up the great work.

Teri, DH keeps corn chips in the house and now he has some that are multi-grain and delish. I should have never tasted one.

Cheri, good point on using WiFi when downloading to your phone. I do that so I use very, very little data each month.

Heather, glad you got over your tiff about the room and had a good meal. Funny that DH got drunk. You looked lovely in the dress. What a slim figure you are sporting. The pictures are beautiful. They don’t even look real, but like a postcard. Thanks for sharing.

Micmaust, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Please tell us a bit more about yourself to help us get to know you. We also ask that you end each post with the name you want us to call you and a location be it general or specific. Come often and good luck.

Kate, so interesting and impressive. Wow, girl, you keep up the great work.

Terri, you are so right about all of us wanting to Mother Pip. I hope it’s a cool 88 degrees for the ball game. Have a good weekend.

Carol GA, I always check on that shipping cost for returns when buying online. I find that many things are that way and not worth it if you have to pay the shipping both ways. I very rarely buy clothes on line for that reason. Maybe you can sell it at a garage sale or something? Maybe Craig’s List.

Michele NC, so sorry to hear about Vince. Please keep us posted when you can. You will both be in my prayers. ((((Hugs))))

Allison, I hope the rant made you feel better? Really sorry your day went south. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I’d tell Tom he made the mess, he can clean it up.

Toni, I know you will be glad to get home. I hope you can get the surgery soon, if that’s what you want. Pain is no fun.

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.

For those of you that are still trying to convince yourself that this weight loss thing is worth it, I just want to give you a word of encouragement. I have lost 56 pounds and still have at least 24 to go; maybe more. This is certainly not always easy for me. I have given up many foods that I used to eat all the time and loved. Now I don’t eat them because I know how many calories they have. The thing is, since I’ve lost weight, here is what my hubby and I have noticed:
1. I don’t get tired as fast or easy.
2. I can stand and/or walk much longer than I could before. (which means I can cook a meal without sitting)
3. My hands used to shake a lot but rarely do now.
4. I used to sweat profusely to the point of embarrassment and don’t any longer.
5. I am able to physically do things that I haven’t been able to do in years.
6. I have way fewer aches and pains; legs, back, joints, etc.
7. I look and feel a whole lot better!!!
All this is just to remind you that it is worth it. Don’t give up and if you fall off the wagon, get up and right back on it. We can do this!!!
I didn't make it to the nail salon this afternoon so will go to my class tomorrow with sad looking toes. I did make some bran muffins today since I ate the last of them.

Have a great 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.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Michele / exermom's latest status:


exermom
Just got back from the hosp. Vince talked earlier to one cardiologist (the electro guy) who wanted to see the results of the echocardiogram. He did want Vince to have the EP but he couldn't do it until Tuesday. Vince told him that if he had to stay in the hosp and do nothing until Tuesday, he'd go crazy. As it is now he's a bit stircrazy. So the cardiologist agreed that as long as the echo showed normal heart (no blockages), he can go home tomorrow. Well, while I was there the echo was read and we found out that there's no blockages so he'll be coming home tomorrow. I had to gloat a bit "see, because of the fact that I'm not feeding you all that grease, you don't have blocked arteries and can come home". I don't know how true that is, but it sure sounded good. Well, I think running on 2 hrs of sleep is starting to catch up with me, so I'll give the cats their "treats" and then get to bed. Someone, please post this in the forum for me. Thanks

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Thanks, alla y'all, for the compliments.
Larry suggested take-out Mexican last night. "How about I spend an hour at the gym first?" Spent a little while on a step machine, 20 minutes on a treadmill, 30 on a reclining bike. Halfway through the last, Larry came in. He had a menu, so I studied it a while and went for shrimp Veracruz (tomato and, I apparently failed to notice olives, which I'm not particularly fond of). He ordered, and it was about done when I was. I'd figured in garlic bread, which didn't show up, so I ended up even farther under budget than I'd expected.

Collected on part 1 of Larry's belated birthday present - 3 one-hour massages. Was nonplussed to get to where the GPS said my destination should be to find no building numbers. Turns out that Ms. Brittany Jones uses a made-over garage. I may have expected too much; I was hoping to feel somewhat limp noodly at the end. It was still a nice hour.


Starting from the back end.

Katla, thanks for the word from Michelle. Please relay my best to her and Vince.

Carol/Peach - Grrrr indeed. Small print everywhere.

Great steppin', Mary MN!

Heather - Gorgeous landscapes.
I'm glad you shook yourself and got over the hump -- / Cameelious hump -- / The hump that is black and blue.
(The poem at the end of the Just So Story is what you were thinking of, right?)
http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/camel.htm
And look at you rockin' that dress!

Micmaust - welcome! Let us know
how the bike ride went.

peep - Yikes! Fell, hit your head and dizzy. Clearly, I missed something 10 or 20 pages back. Good to hear you're taking care of y'self.
I sure hope the shoulder's OK on its own. When I broke my shoulderblade as a kid, I had a cloth figure-8 bandage for a while.

Cheri - I've got a library book via hoopla, and hoopla streams rather than downloading, darn it all. It's also annoyingly buggy -- the book will skip and jitter, and it's impossible to go just far enough back. Today, it was bouncing back and forth between a couple of chapters.
What I'm listening to is The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Good YA fantasy.
http://maggiestiefvater.com/wp-content/uploads/RavenBoys-CHAP-TEASER.pdf
I checked it out because I'd read and enjoyed The Scorpio Races.
http://maggiestiefvater.com/the-scorpio-races/

Terri in Milwaukee- next time the corn chips call, grab a handful of cherries.

Chris in MA - way to go on the running! I'm *very* impressed.

Vicki GI NE - Great news about your mother!
And what a delightful new habit you have. I know the feeling.

Lenora - I was gonna say that if the farmer had bought a steer for breeding purposes, that was a joke in itsef. But the dictionary tells me that while it's often used for a castrated male, the word's also used for male beef cattle of any age.
Glad your cough med is working.
Lovely about Mallory's father's Day book-card.

jlann55 - welcome and happy sunshine!

Gina - welcome! I'm a few hundred miles east in New Orleans.
Great walking! Exercise - or, rather, my slothfulness - also has been my consistent downfall. Drinking has never been a problem for me, but I've done plenty of grievous bodily harm to myself with only chocolate, chips and big servings in the mix.

NC Carol - your lower case writing reminded me of archy the cockroach, a denizen of Don Marquis' newspaper columns starting in 1916. Archy had to dive head-down onto the keys of the manual typewriter, and the shift key was beyond him. Growing up, I read "The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel" many times. And, with your typing to remind me, I just bought the ebook of "The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel."
Looks like EP studies are electrophysiological, to figure out the source of an abnormal heartbeat.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/SymptomsDiagnosisMonitoringofArrhythmia/Electrophysiology-Studies-EPS_UCM_447319_Article.jsp


Allison - a) your phone should show your data usage. And if you only use it on wifi, it should be dang near nil. b) The man is your husband, not your keeper. Your paychecks help pay the bills.
You are such a good daughter-in-law.
<later>I see the phone thing got figured out, and NOT yours. Ha!
Sorry about the work troubles.

MN Margaret - Good for you, both interacting w/ your son and cutting clutter.

KateKyi - I couldn't remember it all, either. I set the browser up so it takes 2/3 of the screen, and fit a Notepad file into the remaining one-third.
I like to make my own stock, too. Then I simmer it down so that an ounce will flavor 1/2 a cup or more. I taste it to figure that out, then freeze it in ice-cube trays and store in zip-locks labeled with the proportions. Takes much less space.
Me, I don't worry about whether it's clarified. It still tastes fine.

Lisa- congrats on the warehouse! May it help you reach your dreams.
About the restaurant turnaround - maybe your needing grilled food may give them ideas for expanding their menu?


Rosie in SoCal - that insight could make a poster itself: "Whether I exercise or sit and do nothing, the worry will still be right here with me. It's my choice how I respond to it."

(The photo isn't mine; I went on Google and looked for one that allowed reuse. And it looks as if I should have reduced it in size. Sorry.)

Great walking!

Joyce - As a kid, did you ever make "fortune-tellers" or "cootie-catchers" out of paper? You can use the same folds to make a dragon for your paper-loving granddaughter. She can make it open and close its mouth, and she'd be able to make them, too.

Barbiecat - lovely photos!

Becca - waiting to see your wiggle dress!
And your TOPS group - what lovely people!

Michele in NC - Good for you, talking yourself into that afternoon walking DVD. How does that work? Do you have space to walk, or do you walk in place?

Cheri - way to go! 6.1 miles!!
What audiobook?

Meg Blair - way to go, losing a kilo!

JanetR: Lovely pic at Galveston. Larry and I were there some years ago, and went to the sea-turtle nursery.
Wonderful about Trey's scholarship! And good of your husband to deal with the HS band fees. Boy, I don't recall anything like that at my high school, lo these many decades ago.
And yeah, obsession is sometimes necessary. I'm trying to find a balance that lets me keep tabs but still have time for other things.

Bev - Hi! Sorry; I don't know the Chuck Norris exercises.

Mia in MI - YAAAY for the smaller size. I'm doing the happy dance with you.

Carey - Edmonton -- To tell the truth, 10,000 steps is just a nice round figure -- and an auspicous one in Japan, where the goal first caught on. Apparently 7500 is enough to show significant effects -- and "more than you're doing now" is the most important.
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2015/06/the_10000_steps-a-day_myth_how.html
http://www.livescience.com/43956-walking-10000-steps-healthy.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33154510
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14715035

Chris in MA - what a lovely birthday! And Yaay! for the size 8 gift you gave yourself.