WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016
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sweetsouthernsass,
When you relinquish your evaluation process to another person or system you begin to lose yourself. When you lose yourself, you are not able to be fully present in your life, and the world around you is robbed of your unique gift.
Becca
mantra momma from
Oregon
Making a note of this one, I like it!
I'm just outside of Raleigh, not far from the coast in NC.
Still on the run. There's a lot I want to respond to, but yes, I think I'm going to have to open a word document later tonight when I get home.
Welcome to all the newbies!!! I'm a newbie too.
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Cheri, great idea! I am copying/ pasting too!0
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Hi there! Heather here! Heather Eyles on Amazon where there is an author page for me. Lots of children's books on there that I wrote over 20 years or so when my children were growing up. Also the "adult" book I self published last year, WINDOWS, that I originally wrote in 1982. I am currently writing a memoir of my early years, which were pretty traumatic.
I also was involved in theatre for many years, writing, directing and producing pieces and teaching therapeutic drama and performance skills. I had a play on BBC radio.
I have gained and lost weight several times in my life, but after breast cancer and chemo, I lost control completely and went up to 197 pounds. I had joint and breathing issues and felt OLD.
I was married to my wonderful second husband whom I met on line in 2003 and he patiently encouraged me to take the first tentative steps towards exercising . When I burst out of all my fat clothes I was shamed into taking charge of my eating. 
I joined MFP about three months into that journey and it took me 18 months in total to lose 57 pounds to get to target. I have stayed there for 2 years now by logging faithfully every day and exercising 600 calories a day.
I have two boys and one of them has given me two gorgeous grandchildren with another on the way.
The other is coming out of a severe depression. My DH has two girls, but no grandchildren of his own. My two and he have a mutual adoration society. :laugh:
I love travel, languages, art, science and food. I have an insatiable curiosity about almost everything. :bigsmile: Including other people. I used to be a mess, with long and severe depressions, but this is the best time of my life. I am 66.
I lived in London for 40 years, but now live in the countryside in Hampshire, in the south of the UK.
Just enjoyed my Moroccan Chicken with Preserved Lemons.
Heather UK0 -
Flowers DH gave me because he knew I was having a hard time.
Hi I am Margaret from Minnesota. I love to garden and to sing. I was a full time teacher for fourteen years and now I sub.
Margaret
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Good morning, All-
It was a super busy week at work (4 training workshops produced) for me and that meant additional hours before and after my normal schedule. I hate it when my workout time gets encroached on. Oh well, still able to get 30-40 minutes in on most days. I made a lobster mac last night as a big treat and now we're planning a (cold and maybe wet) hike this afternoon to atone.
Love reading all the comments here. Lagopus, my mother's family was from Norway and someday I hope to visit. Your pic of the house 'neath the golden eagles is amazing. Inspires me to get a little more serious about planning this kind of trip.
Welcome to my fellow Newbies and cheers to everyone on their successes this week.
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Afternoon Ladies,
Kim, I love your plans for the money if Heather wins the lottery. Wouldn’t it be a blast to all get to meet up at once? I felt the same way when I took our tree down, about how spacious things felt.
Sylvia, so glad you had a banner day at the studio. I hope you have many more like it.
Celia, welcome. How nice that you and a work friend are supporting each other. It helps. Come here often and just take it one day at a time.
Joyce, my mind went the same direction when Lillian talked about the compost. ROFL. So when are ya’ll headed to Cincinnati? Also, count me out of any step challenge with your Michelle. That was a lot of steps!
Grattracey, welcome. Finally admitting we need to do something to get the weight off is a huge first step. This is a great place for support so come often.
Gayle, you do know they say shivering in the cold helps burn calories. But it would be great if we could freeze the fat off. I like the way you think.
Heather, sorry about your pain. It does sound like a pain pill is in order if it is keeping you awake. Glad you are focusing on your book again.
Walk2health, welcome. It sounds like you have had a lot to overcome but are doing it. You mentioned the neighborhood but not where it was. Are you in the US? Come often and if you don’t mind, please sign your post with a name that you want us to call you.
PolePenny, do you really have trees that only grow to an inch tall? “species of willow and they grow to an inch tall at most” I’m thinking that was a typo? Good deal on DH going to the gym with you.
Allie, good for you in talking to Tom about getting help. I hope he will move on it.
Lisa, I never thought of eating in the dark!! Funny how the calories don’t know if it’s light or dark, or in public or in a closet. Way to go on a work out because of boredom. That’s a novel idea!!
Sylvia, I hate to disagree with you BUT, you do not “post so much boring "poor me" stuff”. I always look forward to your posts.
Southernsass, congrats on that great loss. I do just want to mention that we often lose fast in the beginning so don’t get discouraged if it really slows down. Great job!
FitKat, welcome. You will find this a very supportive and informative group. Come often and join right in. We also request that you sign each post with the name you want to be called as it makes it easier to respond.
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 was the first Janet here but changed my nic to my initials (DJ) when Janetr and another Janet joined. I’m 68 years old but don’t feel it. I’ve been married to a wonderful man and my best friend for 47 years. He has been retired for 10 years and we moved to Myrtle Beach, SC from Charlotte, NC about 8 ½ years ago. I worked here until 2 ½ years ago when I retired. We have one daughter, 44 yrs. old, single and no children. She moved across the country to Oregon 2 years ago and I miss her very much. I started MFP in Oct. 2014 and have lost 62 pounds with 18 still to go. I don’t think I would have made it if it weren’t for this wonderful group of ladies. I plan to be here for years. I have a bad back so I’m very careful with exercise. I had a spinal fusion 12 years ago but my back is much better since I’ve lost weight. I was Type II diabetic and have been able to get off all my diabetes medication 6 months ago. I just hate that I was so overweight for so many years before I got to the place that I was ready to do something about it. Better late than never.
I was very excited to wake up this morning and find I was 2 pounds lighter. These are two that I gained over the holidays and they have been hanging on for dear life. I just hope they don’t reappear tomorrow. If not, then maybe I can start moving down again.
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
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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
PS. Margaret, beautiful roses!!!! My favorite color.
Sylvia, Love it!!!
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Great idea, Sylvia, to introduce ourselves.
I am Kay from Northeast Georgia, horrible at remembering to add a signature, so most just call me Katiebug. The dr is from an educational doctorate and is only there to remind me that I am a successful person even if the weight loss thing seems to evade me. I am 61 years old, married for 40 years, two children, two grandchildren (one on the autism spectrum), retired math teacher and math curriculum specialist. I don't mind any of you knowing my real name (my last name is unusual), but I never put it on here because I don't want my posts to show up in a Google search. I still dabble a little in professional learning for adults, some math related and some related to my church.
I was still at a very healthy weight after having my two children. It was only when I started going back to school for extra degrees that I put on the pounds. Then a hysterectomy and more degrees and I found myself weighing 250 lbs in the middle of my doctoral program. I joined weight watchers online and managed to shed 30 lbs. My screen name was healthydr2be. That is the sad story behind why I added the dr to Katiebug. I became the dr but not the healthy. I started to put the weight back on when I stopped paying for WW. That scared me but somehow I found MFP. I am a slow loser, but I have managed to get back down to 210. I just recently joined a gym and began a weight training program to see if that would bump me off of this "premature maintenance" and into onederland.
Welcome to all the newbs.
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Positive thots even if you don't believe in prayer.
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Happy Sunday. It was -6 this morning when I came to work and only to get to 20. I would rather have 30's with snow. But this is Nebraska. Last evening DH and I tried the zumba, but he must of found an advanced one, we lasted less then 2 minutes and was laughing so hard. The furbabies were running around barking. Tonight we will try a beginners one.
Jane--Sounds like DMIL is doing better. Glad to hear.
Pip--Glad the new year is going well for you.
Welcome to sweetsoutherasaa and Clelia--This is a great group. Keep coming back as this is a great group for friendship and support.
Ok Sylvia, I will go next. My name is Vicki and I live in Grand Island, Nebraska. I have worked at the hospital just over 29 years in the administration center. Fancy word for answer phones, do doctors answering service, call codes and keep track of patients. I have been married to my second husband for 31 years, I will be 59 March 2nd. Between us we have 7 children, 28 grandchildren and 4 great grandsons. We belong to a christain motorcycle group. My highest weight that I know of was 402. I had the lap band done over two years ago with no ajustments in almost 2 years. I am down to 240 and want to lose about 70 more. But do not want to have my band ajusted anymore to do it. Welcome to this fantastic group.
I have so enjoyed reading about everyone and refresh my mind. I also am going to copy and paste them all in one place.
Margaret--Beautiful flowers. Hope you are feeling better, sending hugs.
Janetr- Thanks for the knot prayer. I really needed that.
Well ladies enjoy the rest of your weekend. Love you and remember we are not alone.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE0 -
May I add that I am enjoying the introductions. It is a good refresher even for those who have been here awhile. I still have trouble keeping some people straight in my head.0
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Nope. No typo. Here's picture proof with my engagement ring for scale.DJ wrote: PolePenny, do you really have trees that only grow to an inch tall? “species of willow and they grow to an inch tall at most” I’m thinking that was a typo?
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walk2health4me wrote: »Hi thanks for letting me post I'm 62 recovering from bad falls and knee injuries due to diabetes leg drag now i am off the knee braces and walking to park again boy did the weight come back if you don't walk every day...i love to garden and will be getting most of my spring summer work outs with planting hubby calls me digger..for now i am using a indoor pedal bicycle and gazelle glider..i love doing Tai Chi DVD and Yoga DVD.. I know i can drop the weight its the strange changes mother nature does to our bodies once we shift into wise woman stage of our life's things go snap crackle pop and its not the rice cereal...LOL i am a cancer survivor and feisty and a fighter..I love to come here and chat and compare notes with other women on how to get healthy..I live in a Spanish
Speaking neighborhood so have some folks to chat too would be extra nice too..
this is a great place for chatting and getting support and encouragement....we all seem to have some sort of physical limitation that requires creative ways to exercise. I have a recumbent exercise bike in my living room so I can ride and knit while watching TV.
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Sylvia loved the scale at the docs, laughed out loud. Me to a tee.
Margaret so very thoughtful of your husband. The roses a gorgeous shade.
DJ Doing the happy dance with you on the two pound loss. (Had to throw the dang pom poms out)
Katiebug I agree, I'm loving it. Been on here since June and have learned tons today. Thanks everybody for participating.
Penny Wow, just wow.
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My December goals were to just survive the holidays. I did that so now it's time to move on. My January goals are to get healthy and stop procrastinating. I am not getting any younger and I need to get moving now.
1--eat healthy--this means cut out the crap. I have been making smoothies for breakfast and packing a healthy lunch to take to work. I don't snack on junk anymore, I have fruit and nuts and other good for me snacks available.
2--get my big butt to the gym--part of my problem was that I was too tired to go to the gym after work, even though I passed it every day on my way home. So I am approaching it differently. I get up an hour earlier and go before work. I feel better that I am getting in the workout and I can still get home at my regular time and relax. I also found out that the gym offers a Yoga class early in the morning one day a week, so I am super excited about that. It was something else I always wanted to do, but could never find the time.
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I guess I didn't introduce myself when I first got on here! Not the first time I've messed up and surely not the last!
So here goes: I'm Donna and I live in West Virginia. I'm married to my best friend and love for going on 36 years. We have 4 children, three boys and a girl. Two sons are married and we have 1 grandson and 2 granddaughters. Hubby is 62 and still working. He's just not ready to retire yet. I'm 55 and still working. I work for the BOE. Probably about 4-5 years more for me.
We are very involved taking care of our elderly mothers. That is a job in itself. Thank God we both have siblings to help out.
I've always struggled with my weight. Not a lot of pounds but nevertheless extra pounds. In October 2009 I had a hysterectomy and when I went back to work, I couldn't get up 2 flights of stairs without sucking for air. Then in February 2010 I decided I couldn't stand myself and my "fluffiness" anymore so I joined WW for the umpteenth time. That time was different for me and I lost 44 pounds over the next 2 years but never reached that magic goal! I lost down to 159 which felt so good, but I just couldn't get the time to go to the meetings and the online plan didn't work out for me. I've gained back up to 176 and I'm struggling to get back on track before I'm totally out of "one-derland."
Totally my fault that I'm where I am. I found this group on MFP and I think this is the support I really need to get back in the saddle again. Not only that, but maybe I can be a help to someone else on here!
Oh one more thing. I have been having trouble with my feet, ankles, and hips for a while. Like 4-5 years. Went to podiatrist in December and the doctor said nothing shows wrong with my feet in the X-rays. Wants me to have an EMG to rule out a compressed nerve in my back before proceeding with anything further on my feet. Just one more thing for me to be stressed about......
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Becca wrote:
Being philosophical in Oregon...and no I won't go out and start talking to trees.......
Why not? I talk to trees a lot! :flowerforyou: They're great listeners, and since their responses come from your own imagination they always very wise and say exactly what you want them to say.
Of course the trees I talk to are the ones in northern Norway, so they're very small. (Here in Svalbard we only have a couple species of willow and they grow to an inch tall at most.) In Oregon you might be talking to giants. I can see that being a bit more intimidating.
Just back from the gym and (hooray!) my husband went along this time. He did a good stint on the treadmill while I threw my weight(s) around. Small step forward! Now time for lunch.
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Penny I have family (both sides) that reside in Trondheim Norway :-) I tend to not really talk to trees, I just stand among them and LISTEN and watch. HYPNOTIZING!!
Good work with the weights....show them who's boss girl!!
Becca
Tree whisperer
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Becca how are you feeling today, gf? (((Hugs)))
Janetr okc
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well it has been a long day...
just ate mac and cheese neutral: .. I am really tired.. made a roaster chicken and meatloaf
Tom finished the backsplash and it looks stunning,,,
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Penny, great photo. My daughter asked how they got the ring so BIG! Finally it sunk in that the trees were that tiny!0
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janetr7476 wrote: »Becca how are you feeling today, gf? (((Hugs)))
Janetr okc
My nose has woken up and I can BREATHE....It was a couple of days of the "sleep on one side then turn *blow nose* then roll over...*blow nose*. Hard to sleep!! Thanks for asking! (hugs)
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drkatiebug wrote: »
uh wait....did DrKatiebug call me crazy...hahahahaha.....ok I will take that as a compliment. It's better than calling me weird (which most Oregonians are proudly by the way).drkatiebug wrote: »sweetnsouthernsass wrote: »
To the new gal that said this was a closed group, she never introduced herself, or anything. I have a "new member" feature built in to my computer, and it didn't go off. She said none of the key words like, "Hi I am New, may I join this little group, or how do I join". My computer picks up on those. With all the bells and whistles too!
Becca
Oregon
Becca, sweet southernersass introduced herself on page 25.
I'm sorry, sweetsouthernsass. We didn't mean to ignore you. This is a very chatty, fast moving group. To keep up, we (well, at least I) often skim pages at a time, so we miss things. Welcome! Please come back. I promise we really are a friendly, supportive (but possibly crazy at times) group.
um DrKatiebug, I will plead the 5th and say it was all my colds fault. But I am getting better :-)
Becca
Becca
that crazy Oregonian...(hmm it has a nice ring to it) snickers..
Ha! Love you, Becca. What does that say about us when we take being called crazy as a compliment?
DrKatiebug bwahaha......crazy is the new normal right? I try not to evaluate the "Many Moods of Becca (sounds like a great movie right?) I just look at my emotions as permanent buttons that keep me "living life AWAKE and not living life mentally not present or asleep. I know of a couple of my friends that live their lives asleep, no emotions, things I say should make them utterly roaring mad but there is no response from them. They figure if they don't mentally show up in life, then they won't be held accountable, and they won't disappoint people. Aw, but people can't and shouldn't function like that. Its just not healthy.
Becca
Oregon
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Cheri NE OHio Aw you're welcome. I am all about visuals, and says reprogram my brain. I have many years of re-booting to do!
Becca
"an old computer of a brain with a heck of of motherboard"
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Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon In the past we had a "sunscreen cabinet". From face lotion, to kids, to sprays, from 9-50 protection. Sadly once at the resort, my husband got "turned into the office" for putting sun lotion on my youngest son "too thoroughly"....My husband walked calmly to the office and explained "its what you do when you're at a nudist resort you nuts!" The lady that complained had hit on my husband earlier and he has turned her down....so she had gotten uppity about that I guess. She was told to politely leave..so crazy things do happen at those places!!
Becca
was a nudist now not as much
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DJ - Great going on the 2 pounds! :flowerforyou: You are sooooooo near target now!
Janetr - Love the knot prayer! :laugh:
Penny - we used to live on the coast for a while and I loved it, but I did miss big trees. Don't think yours would really help. :bigsmile: We have some gorgeous trees round here, including some really ancient oaks.
Got to tackle the dreaded mobile phone company tomorrow. I'm still being billed for the phone I returned. Wish me luck. I can't even get into my account on the website. :sad: Last time I rang them it took about an hour for them to answer and my reception in this house is terrible so I have to hang out of an upstairs window. :sad: Dreading it.
Love to all, Heather UK0 -
Loved the idea of collecting the intro info into a single document-I will love looking back when I am confused (daily LOL)
Heather - does the mobile company have a chat on line feature? I have found that to be very helpful.
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When you go to a 'nudist' beach, community, or do it at home in your fence-in back yard - you soon learn that the 'body' is not what interests you ... it's the person. Best conservationists around. Sister and our respective spouses went to Hallover (phonetic spelling?) Beach, FL; the man who 'policed' the beach had an interesting tattoo on the side of his butt ... 'USDA Government Inspected in a ring with Grade A inside the circle'. He'd run off the people who did nasty things in the sand (like digging a hole, laying on it on their stomachs and then masturbating ... or taking picture which was NOT allowed). He'd run off people trying to take pictures where boardwalk had steps at them. All the rest had hedges growing up, to block off the street that ran beside the boardwalk. Those just gawking. They'd have activities you could join in; I won the sand sculpting contest and won a T-shirt that I sleep in during the summer that says: "I got my Allover at Hallover" It was a 'flamingo' one of the things i collect. I have about 70 of them, no two are alike. The regular city police would run off those that were on the boardwalk gawking, too.
When my sons was younger; I did not try to hide my body from them, nor did their Dad. We would not 'flaunt' it; but, if they walked in on use we did not go 'ballistic'. I think my DDnL#1 is so ashamed of her body now that she hides from the girls and screams at them if they come into the same bathroom when she is showering. My DOS grabbed the two youngest ones one day and shoved them into the shower with her telling her that they needed to see the things they did not have yet; but, would. Breasts and pubic hair. She stayed mad at all of them for weeks.
I sometimes wish that I could be 'succinct' when posting or replying to post; but, that is the 'writer' in me, I guess.
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