WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2015

Betty - when we were in France, I don't think we had a one french fry. but their pastries....to die for!!!!

Mary from Minnesota - I thought we were going to mow the grass today, but we took the handrail covers off the pool's handrails (boo) and put away the furniture (double boo). Until March (even tho Vince says April). Everything is in except for my ceramic "creations". Vince wants to add shelves in the garage to put them on. Don't know if that'll be enough room, but I'm not saying that to him. When you said that terri's hubby might have a change in behavior "which can be very violent" what did you mean by violent? Physically? Emotionally?

terri - a few years ago Jess was hosting Thanksgiving (like she does every year). At the time she was dating this guy whose mother was diabetic. I decided I'd make a sweet potato casserole to take with me since sweet potatoes are better for diabetics than white potatoes. Jess just said to me "she'll have the white potatoes" And Jess was so right. A few months ago you may recall that a friend of hers came here to look for a place to live. Well, her hubby is the brother of the guy Jess was dating (they've since broken up). The brother is -- to put it mildly -- a medical mess. You should see the cocktail of bp pills that he takes in the a.m.! Remember, he's probably only around 30. He's on dialysis, he's diabetic, due to the diabetes he's losing sight in one eye. So...while they were here for dinner one night I had white and sweet potatoes. He took the white potato. Like I said...you can lead a horse to water! Best of luck to you. If all you have in the house are diabetic friendly foods, that will probably help, too. Vince likes to eat out (he just doesn't always like the bill...lol) because he can order things like pub chips and french fries, things that I won't have at home and he knows it. I won't have greasy hamburgers so he orders them out, which isn't all that often.

barbie - you deserve only the best, sending good thoughts your way for your legs. Hope everything works out at the M.D. tomorrow. Please let us know what happens. We all care very much

Patsy - welcome back! We used to have a 120lb sheepdog.

Remember a while ago I got a plantar wart removed from my foot? Well, it never healed. Now it feels as if when he removed it, a tiny bit got forgotten and has grown. Well, I have my physical Friday so I'll bring it up to him then.

Welcome everyone new!

Just finished watching the third episode of Downton Abbey. What interesting turns it's taking

Michele in NC

Michele- physically. A friend of mine when he didn't get his insulin he would sometimes become confused and physically violent. My DB sometimes became disoriented and confused but only verbally abusive. Usually during low blood sugar levels.

Mary from Minnesota

Oops forgot the one with her in it... :-) She is a fierce woman. We came back with homemade butterhorns that we all fought over. I still have 3 left, but those are my husbands'.
Becca

Becca- great pictures! You have a lovely family! It is nice that you were all able to get together!

Mary from Minnesota

Terri: My DH was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18 by his family's veterinarian. He was sent to a hospital and the diagnosis confirmed by them. He is a type 1 diabetic. His body no longer produces natural insulin. He wasn't expected to live more than a few years when he was diagnosed. This year is his 50th anniversary as a diabetic. He still has all his fingers and toes, but he also has developed other autoimmune diseases including arthritis, blood pressure issues and MS. He has survived 50 years as a diabetic by taking care of himself to the best of his ability. In his case, that means testing his blood sugar repeatedly each day and multiple doses of insulin daily. If your DH is a type 2 diabetic it is possible that he can get oral medications that will help him stay healthy. He will also need to eat according to the plans his medical team gives him. I hope you will be able to persuade him to take good care of himself. Taking a cooking class through work is an excellent plan. Good for you! I hope he realizes what a treasure you are. :flowerforyou:

Joyce: Thanks for the reminder that men are not always good with words. :flowerforyou:

Barbie: I am sorry that the problem with your legs can't be resolved by your chiropractor. I'm glad he has told you to go through your regular doctor. I hope it turns out to be something that is manageable without depriving you of the exercise you love. Good luck at your appointment.

Becca: The picture of you and your DH in the town square at St. Helens was taken just a few blocks from my house! :bigsmile:



We're getting ready for window & French door replacements Thursday and Friday. We have the freezer moved away from the garage window, and will move things away from the upstairs window tomorrow. They'll do the upstairs window Thursday, and the downstairs one on Friday. I'm not sure which day they'll do the garage window & French door. They claim they can get the job done even if it rains.

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

October 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.

Barbie-hope the dr appt leads to some relief and some answers..
Patsy-welcome, i am a newbie to the group and logging, reading forum everyday helps me stay focussed. One choice at a time. Enough already, put down the cupcake, its not worth how it makes me feel. Good luck, stick with us.
Becca- loved the family pics. Butterhorns? Calorie freee?
Karen from ny

Morning, all...

Terri – my mom was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (at the time, they called it “adult onset”) in her early sixties. The scariest thing for her was the thought of losing limbs. She had been a silent witness as they lopped one extremity after another off her father once he was in the old folk’s home. They attributed his dementia to undiagnosed diabetes leading to extremely high fevers prior to his open heart surgery. It was a genuinely horrible way to die. I know you know all this—hope you can help your DH break free from his family patterns. My mother turned her life completely around, lost more than 50 pounds, and never ended up on insulin, just low-dose medications, diet and an active life.

JanetR – sorry the leg isn’t coming forward quite as fast as it was, and really glad that they figured out what was causing the headaches. Sounds truly awful. I’m with Joyce—without a car, I’m a basket case. My mobility is so important living on the ranch. There are weeks (or were before the restaurant!) where I go into town only once, if that, but knowing I can if I choose is basic to my mental well-being.

Becca—great pictures! And yes, the lady looks quite fierce.

Darsecam1611 – Welcome! The absolute best thing when I started on my journey on April 1 was being honest about how much food was going in my body, calorie-wise. I actually started paper journaling that a month beforehand and was utterly shocked at how much I was eating, and how often! I ended up on MFP due to a business trip, as I didn’t want to pack a paper journal, and it has been vital in losing a little over 40 pounds since April 1—and this group reminds me that I’m worth continuing to be honest. When I find myself blocking the thought of how many calories are in something, I keep reminding myself that it matters—and lying to myself, through omission in particular, is the first step to gaining all of it back. Log everything. Then start adding in the exercise, the rest of it to get yourself healthy again.

Pipster – good to see you moving… hope the shoulder’s getting better.

Patsy in Oregon – Welcome! The DH (darlin’ husband) and I moved from West Texas to Oregon in 2011, and then back again to Texas in 2013. The constant dampness and cool air hurt us both so badly, it was amazing to get back down to Texas in October of 2013 and be able to walk without pain. Glad you’re here.

Carol in NC – How’s the son doing? Hope he’s recovering well… and that you’re doing well, too. I know the winters can be hard.

Barbie in WA – hope the docs can figure out what’s going on. Similar symptoms for me were the first sign of my right knee moving into full-blown osteoarthritis. I was very near bone-on-bone on the last x-ray, and afraid to have another. Still not ready for knee replacements! Hope yours is not that serious, I know you love to walk…

Rosie in So Cal – thank you, I got an e-mail from that crew chief that said “Thank you for all you taught me in such a short time, I really appreciated it.” Told her I’d be a job reference anytime, and I will. She may have frustrated me on occasion, but she knows how to work, and how to sheepdog others into it. Hope she finds something soon.

Joyce – the ranch is almost 70 miles from where the crew chief lives, as she lives north of town, and we live south… so working here is not really an option for her and her family. Plus, were they to hire and house her and her family, all the houses on the ranch are eight to ten miles from the highway, and the school buses won’t actually come through locked gates—so it’s really hard on families with school age kids. Three out of her five kids are school-age.

Grits – Cracker does indeed look like a sweetheart.

Allie – hope you feel better today!

Beth – you nailed it – “I cannot control the events swirling around me, but I can control the way I treat myself.” It’s the same as what we used to tell people when I was a flight attendant: “Please put your own oxygen mask on before assisting others in need of help.” To make sure the rest are OK, we have to be OK ourselves…

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Thanks for the response to the monarch migration pictures. It truly leaves you in awe that these fragile creatures can make a trip that I would hesitate to make in a car!

Thank you so much, too, to those of you who had kind words for the ending of the Restaurant Impossible saga... the one-and three-year-old left in the car were just fine, in the end. It was a rather pleasant day, low 80s. My outrage for it knows no bounds… not because of the temp, but because of their safety. The restaurant is right by the Interstate, any stranger could have walked by and snatched them…

For my own sake, I think I’ve finally closed that chapter of my life. I may go back someday and use him for a villain, but would have to find some redeeming qualities in order to make him… and I’m not ready to do that yet. Every villain is the hero of his own story—and this one truly believes he is the hero—it’s part of what makes him so dangerous.

The GM has found some closure as well. Spoke to him on the way into town yesterday, and found out the new restaurant manager now reports directly to the owners—the GM and his assistants are completely out of the picture, and all are extremely glad of it. The GM looked like he’d gotten a full night’s sleep for the first time in the last three months. He really is a good man, and no blame to him for the way this turned out.

Painting yesterday at the warehouse was therapeutic, though climbing an extension ladder to paint trim around the bay doors on the warehouse was rough on my knees! It’s looking better by the day… Got the water turned on, but found there was a PVC pipe coming up in the back of the lot that was just open to the sky, so had to turn it right back off. It looks like they had an RV hookup back there at one point, and who knows, that could come in quite handy! Luckily, my husband can fix that in like five minutes…

Unluckily, while I was inside trying to turn on the toilet and the water in the battered little sink, I broke BOTH the plastic, cheap valve turny-thingies on their inbound water lines… They’re not expensive, thank goodness. It’s just annoying. But minor among all the other rehab stuff. Would have had to be done anyway...


October Goals:

• Weigh less at the end of October than I did at the end of September. Will have to lose four pounds to get back on track… but I think I can do it. Lots of physical work to do in the warehouse, plus no snackies there… no way to keep them yet.
• Run three days a week minimum. Have the time now to do this, and should make it this week.
• Finish out this restaurant contract with some semblance of honorable closure and get back to my real life with a sigh of relief!. COMPLETE!
• Log every calorie every day! Getting better about it now the stress is off.
• Keep my calories under 1500 every day. Again, getting better about this now the stress is off.

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Becca, what is a butterhorn?

Janetr, I don't think i could live without my own car. When we have a car in the shop, and I know it's only temporary I can handle it. It was nice when Charlie wasn't able to drive so we only used one car and Michelle was having real bad car trouble so we had one she could use for as long as she needed it. The minivan is the car we take on vacation since it's a 7 passenger. But with this ulcerative colitis i don't know if those days are over for us. For right now they are. It was good for Charlie to see that oldest daughter and husband was able to put together enough money to have a fantastic 2 day vacation

Barbie, sorry I almost ruined your show results. I normally don't talk about different TV shows unless some one has already made a comment about it.

Joyce, Indiana

This is just temporary too. He will be buying a smaller vehicle, like a Jeep, etc. That we can pull behind the motor home. Timing was just bad with the truck selling a few days before he has to leave.

Janetr OKC

Good morning everyone, my name is Estell. I'm 55 years old and I need motivation to help me change the way I eat. I have high blood pressure and was diagnosed with Afib. I haven't completely changed my diet because of lack of will power. I just don't know how to get rid of the sugar and salt craving but it's really important that I change my eating habits asap. Thanks for listening guys.

Welcome estella and the other new people. I hope you have seen my pics. I always love seeing other people's success stories. I forgot to add that I am 66, so if I look a bit wrinkly that's because I am! :laugh:
Don't let your age be an excuse. :noway:

Heather UK

Checking in after a long 2 weeks.

The back story: My MIL came for a 4 day visit from South Florida as part of a forced hospice care respite program. My FIL had been under hospice care in their home for over a year and she was beginning to fold under the pressure she was putting herself under to keep him alive. He was taken "away from her" into the hospice unit at the local hospital and she was told she could not visit him. My husband's siblings who live near her would visit him daily and report to her. She knew she could only do this if she left the area so decided to visit us in NE Ohio. We weren't sure she would make it here but she did and we even flew our children in from Chicago to surprise her. She had a good visit but as expected worried herself about the care of her husband. Unbeknownst to us she had been "force" feeding him a Boost drink every evening and that small amount of calories was keeping him alive. He was in a near comatose state at this point and couldn't communicate at all. She returned home on a Monday evening and had her daughter take her immediately to the hospital to see her husband. She kissed him and told him she was home now and that she would be back tomorrow to take him home. Well he must have realized he could let go as she was able to carry on without him because he passed at midnight of that day. He was finally at peace. In Jewish tradition he needed to be buried within 24 hours. Somehow the family coordinated all of us arriving in NY city Wednesday morning of last week (where their cemetery plots are located) from 5 locations around the USA. We were loaded into a limo and to the cemetery for the burial. It was a beautiful day in every respect. Sad but having the knowledge that he had lived a long (80+ years) life giving so much to all those lives he had touched made it that much more bearable. We returned home to NE Ohio and immediately packed up for a trip to Chicago to spend several days in mourning ( in Jewish tradition we have several days of sitting shiva, a mourning period) with our children. Finally home and returning to our routine of life.

I was able to remain conscious of my MFP goals during these days and am returning to my normal routine which I missed. In the past I would have called it a mess and dropped everything but this time my commitment is evident to me which I am grateful.

There is such finality in death. This journey has really made us think about our own mortality. We have opened discussions with our children (25 & 27 yo) as to how we want and don't want to be taken care of in our old age. They were both a great comfort to us during the burial and since it was the first of 4 grandparent's to go provided them with a new circle of life experience.

When I have time I will read back through the many, many, many posts our little group has generated. In the mean time passing on comfort, prayers and encouragement to those in need.

Cheri in sunny NE Ohio

Cheri - why did they prevent you MnL from visiting with your FnL? That's weird! That would have upset me.

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Karen from NY

pipcd34 wrote: »

morning peeps -
had a lil more energy in working out this morning. kirby told me we are going to get the bug (volkswagon bug 1971) running again to drive. he got it for me for one of my birthdays. it started right up for him yesterday. he's going to have modern disc brakes put in and we'll drive it like once a week to keep it going. he was thinking about selling it (with my permission) and getting another restored one. this one was bought restored from california. the inside is all redone, just need to replace the dash if he wanted. when we retire, that will be the driving around car instead of the beast that we use to haul the airstream (save gas of course when we're not riding).


speaking of vw bugs....I was in my early 20s, flat broke, my first boyfriend gave me a vw bug to drive; it had a rusted floor, you could actually see the pavement below your feet on the passenger side! As I was driving one winter evening through the Baltimore harbor tunnel, I heard a loud explosion and a white sticky residue flew out all over the car interior. Unbelievably, I did not lose control of the car-- a can of "Fix-o-flat" had exploded inside the car as it was lodged next to the floor heater! Covered with sticky gluey residue I made it home in one piece. How in the world did I ever survive my early 20s.....I truly had a guardian angel, with a great sense of humor. And oh, how I loved that VW bug (the boyfriend meh, not so much)

lmao, glad u were ok. the stories i could tell you... i had a bug too in my 20's. when i'm able to type with both hands or i have time, i'll tell u about some of them

morning peeps and new peep-c's -

there's so much i wanna respond to but it's hard, don't have my other monitor (at home).

from what i can remember,

annr - love your pics!

gloworminwa- don't stress, that happens to everyone, just get back on the bandwagon. one weekend when kirby is a work we have to go walking, (i'll go your pace)

since i haven't been riding to the gym, i've been taking showers here at home and wearing "normal clothes". i put on one of my favorite skirts (looked it was a size 10) and the only thing keeping it up were my hips. :0/ not going to get it altered, i might as well buy a new skirt if i want one. i guess this is a good way to slowly find out what i need to get rid of. wearing size 4-6 depending on style.

i can't believe i don't have a pic of my bug, especially the day it was delivered. when we get it cleaned up i'll take a pic.

not too long ago i updated my profile and i put that i wanted to maintain and mfp put me on 1900 cal to eat! ahhhh ain't gonna do that. kirby is off on sat so he's gonna do another long run so that means i'm gonna have another long workout. type to ya later