WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2015

Pip, your photos of Yogi make me miss my black lab/ border collie mix that died a few years ago. She was definitely a character. Would squeeze through the smallest holes in the fence! I was amazed at how tiny she could squash herself to get out! She loved to play ball and would bring her balls to anyone who walked by.

Happy Wednesday beautiful ladies. Going to be another cold day with some snow. A friend and I are going to start walking at the mall. Going to walk on my days off and when I get off before 4. So going to start today. I know that having a walking partner will make it harder for me to space off. So going to start the new year off right.

Meg--Glad you did not get all the snow they talked about. We have a little snow, but a lot of ice. Glad you're sending a letter to the officer that stayed with your daughter. They do a lot of good and need to get that out in the news just not all the bad things.

Mary--Does sound like he is learning and with that cute face how could you not love him.

Katla--Sorry you are not feeling well. That crud lasts a long time.

Joyce--Sending hugs and prayers. I do hope the doctor can figure out what is going on with your eyes and make things better. I understand how you feel about your marriage vows. I feel the same about mine. Long as you can see the good in him I wouldn't worry about what others think. Just my opinion.

Lisa--Glad you are enjoying your trip. I do enjoy the trips we take where we don't have to be anywhere at any certain time.

Beth--My sister gave me an adult coloring book and I find that it does help me destress in the evening. Keeps my hands busy and not thinking about eating. So that is a double plus.

Terri--Thanks for the soup for lunch idea. Going to the store after work today and stock up.

I am putting together the basket for the New year's baby. Do think I got some nice donations and now this evening get a card made and all put together so can bring it to work tomorrow so they can have it in the birthing center for when the baby is born. I enjoy doing it for the most part. Going to sign off and type at you again tomorrow.

Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE


December Goals
1. weigh less end of the month then at the first.
2. log my food, every bite
3. Take each day as it comes

afternoon ladies~
well today i soaked up every glorious minute in the pool and the hot tub... visited with friends and enjoyed every minute down there have the last load of laundry in and have everything pretty much cleaned up and packed..
we will be going over in a few hours to our renters friends house for dinner.. will leave early early tomorrow morning... I feel truly blessed to be able to have spent this time down here and God willing will be down here permanently someday soon..

LOL! Terri's story of biting the puppy's leg reminded me of the time our old dog was a puppy. We were on the floor and he got a bit rambunctious and nipped me. Without thinking I yelped and bent over and nipped his ear. I'm not sure which one of us was more surprised. After that I simply yelped when he nipped and it was enough to call a stop to the nipping immediately. It didn't take long to get him to stop nipping.

Mia in MI

Hi all. Pretty quiet day around here. DH arranged for a junk yard to pick up DD#2’s car; the best offer he can get is $175 which I find ridiculous. I did the grocery shopping for the week. I had to buy a whole ham and have the butcher cut it in half. I’ll vacuum seal it for Easter. There must be a ham shortage around here; I had a really hard time finding any at all. At least we have cauliflower and only $3.98 each. For the last 2 weeks, IF you could find them, they were 7 or 8 dollars apiece. Not sure what that was all about.

Mary MN: what a cute little doggie! I do agree with the others; a mile is way too long for him at his age. He is almost too young to leave his mother.

Pip: that is amazing. Where do you live that you can ride year round?

Gayle: I’m not sure I’d believe any physician who says you are too old to lose weight. It will be harder, but there
are plenty of people around who have accomplished it.

Katla: sending get well wishes to you and DH! Is Schooner smiling or about to bite you? That face is adorable and hilarious!

Alison: is hubby the one you are referring to? I hope things get better for you

Ann: good for you to donate blood!

Barbie: stay warm!

Sylvia: stay safe in all that water! Hope the chili goes ok!

Grit: congrats on that weight loss!!! Glad DH is ok

Beth: I think the occasional gleeful binge is worth it! Hope the knee is ok!

DJ Hope you enjoy the wii fit; we sure do but only usually do it in the winter

Michele: congrats on staying as low as you did over the holidays. I’m with you; kids need to learn their own lessons in life. What kind of therapist is Brian talking about; I notice you put it in quotation marks like maybe it’s not a real (licensed) one?

Tina: those were all great resources!

Kim; can I come over for the lobsters?

Janetr: stay safe in all this bad weather on your travels!

Joyce: instead of a dilated eye exam, ask for an optimap. Same results, no dilation

Mindy: glad your holiday is going well. I’m waiting for the crowds to thin before seeing Star Wars
Lisa: sounds like a grand vacation!

Tracie: nice to see you again! I have been awol a lot too lately

Heather: how much rain have you been getting?

Vicki: stay safe in that rain

Dr.Katie: hope the gym works out for you; good for you!

Mia: your story cracked me up

Linda; loved the pic!

Well I have loved all the pics here today, but must sign off. Take care all, Meg from chilly OMaha

Yeay drkatiebug!!

annestrei wrote: »

I am new to my fitness pal.
My name is Anne and I am from the Boston area.
I just turned 60 and have to get my act together and lose some weight.
So my January Goals are to eat healthier, track and exercise more.

welcome... I LOVE boston! been there once. you are so lucky.

Alison ~ So glad you are enjoying your last day. When do you think y'all will move to Fla. permanently?

Day ~ Good for you joining the wellness center. I have been trying to make myself enter the fitness center near me but have still not got up the courage to do so. On a good note, I have been trying to do some easy stretching movements this week. Can almost touch my toes.

Many folks around here are having to battle floods. My college friend posted on Face Book a video of her driveway. It looked like a river.

Carol

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jaydasbuddy wrote: »

Hello all, just saw this thread and wondered if it's going to continue to the New Year.

jaydasbuddy wrote: »

Hello all, just saw this thread and wondered if it's going to continue to the New Year.

Hi everyone. I am new to fitness pal. My declining health and increasing weight have convinced me that it's time to get myself together. Right now, I'm moving more (it's hard for me to walk much right now), saying goodbye to sugar, and drinking more water. Once my leg improves, I plan to talk long walks with my husband and the family dog. Looking forward to a great new year, and I wish the same for all of you.--Janine

Finally caught up on all the posts, but I didn't take notes so I can't respond to everyone.

I am off work now until January 4th. Yea! Tomorrow, we are going to go bowling and then to see the new Star Wars movie at a new theater here in town that serves food while you watch the movie. Should be a fun afternoon. We'll be home by dinnertime so the girls can go out with their friends. Then hubby and I will just hang out at home. I'm sure he'll head to bed early and I'll watch the ball drop on TV by myself, but I've gotten used to that over the past few years. New Years Eve is just not worth the hassle of going out somewhere anymore. Does that mean I'm turning into an old fuddy duddy? Oh well.

If I don't catch you before then, hope you all have a pleasant New Years Eve. Talk to you in 2016!

Linda/IA

Beth – Did y’all get a ‘sugar’ rush with all the chocolate candy. Before Christmas I saw a huge box of Stover’s candy at Kmart. I always like the ones with nuts in them, not too crazy about the one with nougat in them. I used to take them out and press on the bottoms to see if they hate nuts; especially when there were enough. My Daddy would get so mad at me for doing that. I’d still look for candy with nuts in them.

Exermom – DH keeps telling me to HIT the deer; but, I think it is instinctive in people (especially if they don't understand deer and hunter) to swerve. DH stresses it to me because we live in an area where they are abundant. People do not realize that more deer are killed by cars and illness every year than killed by hunters. Most hunters, if they don’t eat venison; will take the deer to the taxidermist and he will donate the venison to a soup kitchen or shelter.

Death and funerals weeks later – they put them in coolers; like a Medical Examiner has, especially in the north when the ground freezes. Can’t dig a grave.

Linda – sometimes you have to ‘let go and let God’ be involved in what grown children do. No different than letting go of your children at different ages so they learn to walk, talk, go to school, do anything they need to learn in order to grow up; saying all that my DH is still working because our DOS works for him. I wonder what will happen if DH is unable to work – would he step up to the plate and go to bat; or would he attempt to find a job at nearly 40-years-old? I ‘think’ he would actually step up, at least for a while, and go to bat for his family. I certainly could not help them, although I do help them with school tuition now. That would cease to be if DH unable to work. He is 74 and still working as hard as he did at 35. They are polar opposites. Husband is more of a Type-A personality; DOS is a little on the ‘lackadaisical’ personality.

Kayak_kutie and Mary – I would not take my puppy (6 months old) into a pet store to walk around for any reason; I carried her into get a bath. She doesn’t like it much; but, she sure loves the hair dryer. I don’t go barefooted except at the house. I hate sticky floors – means it is washed/mopped with dirty water. I do walk outside barefooted and DH fusses at me all the time; now I wear my Crocks. Cracker has “Grinch” feet so when she goes out and the grass is wet; her feet need to be dried off. I think she is ‘loving’ DH about as much as she loves me … even though I am her “Mama Human”. She’ll lay under DH’s chair on the floor beside him. She follows him to the bathroom and sits/lays in front of the door. It it is cracked she is going to nudge it to get inside.

Tina – good for you for re-losing the 10 pounds you had gained back. That is an inspiration to a lot who have re-gained weight (or hit a plateau).

Kim from N. California – At least in the Deep South; New Year’s Day traditional meal consists of ‘howl jowls’ (I usually buy pork chops, sometimes I will slice up a brick of salt pork and fry it for long life; greens for $$$, black-eyed-peas for luck; and some good old-fashioned cornbread. ALSO, what you do on New Year’s Day will be what you do all year long; for example – cleaning up all day – NOT something I do. I’ll make the bed; load the dishwasher; but, other than that … I am going to take it easy.

Jnkmom – Men make terrible sick people; kids are a lot better – you can tell them to go to bed, stop whining, etc., but not to a grown man. LOL! Yesterday brought DH home after we met for lunch. He has been moaning and groaning about not peeing or pooping for 2 solid days. He started cussing and I knew he was in a lot of pain; so I told him he could let me drive him to ER or I could call an ambulance; but being constipated was not something you mess around with. His bowels could rupture and he’d be dead before we could get him to a hospital, even in an ambulance. I begged him to let me do so, he moaned and groaned and then, with tears in his eyes, he said, ‘ok’. Four hours later we were home; ER MD did not have to put in a catheter; said that if he had the same issue (and NOT to let it go as long as he had, he needed to return) before his visit to his Urologist. By the time the ER MD had gotten to him he had peed – all over himself. They brought him a ‘huge’ diaper; and some paper scrubs that were a foot too long for him. LOL!!!!! He said that he was going to have to hold it up by the crotch to keep from wetting the floor. But, he felt so much better after he peed. The discharge nurse said she had bowel problems and while she isn’t a MD, she gave us a lot of good information – from personal experience. I think we got more out of talking to her than we did with the MD.

Husband told me ‘how to drive’ up there and then I had to drive at night; but, I was not about to let him drive … he turned red as an apple every time he moved or moaned and groaned. Feeling much better and I think we now have 4 different products to soften it up. He bought 2 and I did without knowing the other had.

Mindy in Slushy Boston – Thanks! Only 3 more points off my BMI – I will be ‘in the NORMAL range’ … no longer overweight. Then we will sit down and discuss what I should weigh with my bone structure and age. 162.5lbs now! I can’t even smile enough to show just how happy I am! DH thinks I am doing great and I appreciate his support.

Lhannon062709 – Our DYS and DDnL#1 and DSGD live in Vidalia, LA; she works as a hair dresser in Natchez, MS. Son said the Mississippi was up! Two more feet (or more) from the time DH and DOS were out there hunting. He used to work at a plantation on the Mississippi and he went over to help them move all the mounts and furniture upstairs in the Lodge. They think that the ‘new’ house the owner is building on the same spot burned down to the ground in 20 minutes flat is going to be ‘ok’. It sits up on the highest ground of the entire place. If you look out your window for the nearest tower with a red light on it at a point … that is where he used to work. Stayed friends with the owners and workers so he still gets to hunt there, one condition is that he help with any moving or clean-up that needs to be done. A few years ago, the Mississippi was so high that it came up to the floor joists of the main living area (which was one story off the ground). Not his boss’s house, the guest house where the manager (nephew) used to live. Oh, if you like pizza, they own the Johnny’s Pizza place in Vidalia (on the right-hand side of the highway that crosses the Mississippi (Todd and Vicki). You got a much better deal with getting a river side view. Natchez, MS is so hilly you might not have seen a lot of the city lights at night. I’ve never stayed there; but, I know where it is. Big wheel ship right below it. They were going to close it as a casino and move it somewhere. Don’t know if they did or not. It was there in August of this year.

Carol – thanks on the congrats about weight. Once when DH and I were out of town, his brother came over to keep the boys for us. That night lightning struck the house across the street and set it on fire. One of the dormers burnt. Said that it was like an explosion and lit up the entire house, including the bedroom on the back of the house. Neighbor came running over screaming for him to call the fire department. I think she beat on everybody’s door. DBnL said they all sat straight up in the bed. I wonder how this did for a Vietnam Vet. He was pretty shook up about it.

Katla – I’m really sorry that you have the flu. I thought I was getting it 3 weeks ago; but, not so; this Monday when I had the same symptoms I thought, ‘oh, no; not again. Turned out I have a UTI. UGH!

Pipcd34 – Thanks … how are you and Kirby doing with your PT?

Mary – also deer racks are good for puppies to chew on. Not with any meat on them (unless you cook it). You should not allow a puppy or even a grown dog to eat bloody raw meat – they get the taste of blood in their system and that can make them start attacking to kill. Not something you want your puppies/dogs to do. That was a piece of info from vet who knows DH and DSs all hunt. They pick up ‘sheds’ at the end of the season, wash them good, and give them to their dogs to chew on.

Terri in Milwaukee – Some stores have coupon bins where you can donate your coupons you don use and pick out ones that you will. I don’t know if that is a practice where you live, or not.
Mary from Minnesota – puppies sleep a LOT; when they wake up take him outside and then PRAISE them a LOT when they succeed outside … take them to a particular area where you want them to go to do their business. They pick up on this pretty quickly.

Drkatiebug – Congrats on joining a gym.

Mia and Terri – I did the same thing to my DYS when he was nursing and looked up at me with a smile while still nursing and bit me (no teeth thankfully; but it still hurt); I grabbed his arm and bit down without thinking about it. He did not cry; but, he leaned back and looked at me funny. Never clamped down again. When he would roll his tongue around my nipple and smile, I thump him on his nose. He finally learned that I meant business. DOS would stop as soon as he heard DH’s car door slam; had to tell him to call me when he was an hour out from the house so I could nurse him completely. DYS always had his arm waving in a Figure 8; and when DH would grab his moving arm and lean over to kiss me, he’d grunt!

Becca – I am so bloated from this UTI and trying to flush it through me … I think I have had 12 cups of water/coffee. Maybe the coffee wasn’t such a good idea. Normally it does not bother me; but, on 2 different medications and it just did not taste the same. My tummy looks like I am at least 4 months pregnant (especially in this top). Took my bra off and that made me feel better; but, can’t hold in my tummy muscles – too tired and it hurts to do so. So I am just laid out on my chair (about to turn on the heating pad).

Raining all day long, late last night, too … supposed to rain through Friday and then turn cooler. Washed clothes and it bubbled. So dishes in dishwasher will wait until later, “Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day>” At least we are not in a flood zone. BF watched water almost come up to her brick wall on the patio; went to go look at the pool and it is sitting under water. Water was receding; but, now it has started raining again; and we are supposed to have rain through Friday. Might get her son to bring some sandbags to put at the rear of her patio. Or move her Oriental rugs up the stairs and some of her other good things; she is a renter and has ‘renters’ insurance; but, not flood insurance and doesn’t know if the owners have it (that area flooded big time back in ’94) and doesn’t know, if they do, if it would cover damage to her stuff.

Lenora, from totally wet and saturated South GA