WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

fanncy0626 wrote: »

Stronglifts workout

Squats -1X5X 65/75/85/95/105/115/120, 5X5x122
Sumo squats-5X5X107
OHP-1X5X 45/50/55, 3X5X 60, 2X5X55
DL- 1 X5X 150

The OHP at 60 pounds was difficult and I started to lose my form on the fourth set so, I went back to 55 pounds for the last two sets. I will probably do a deload next week on the OHP so I can gain strength and be successful lifting 60 pounds with good form.



Mary from Minnesota

Very Impressive!

Lynn from NC

Goodbye my Christmas gift, my old car. My last drive was awesome, brought back memories

Did about 10 minutes of a crunchless abs DVD, held my plank for 2 min 47 sec then the extremepump class. The plan for tomorrow is to do a workout on the spinning bike. Had a different instructor today for the extremepump. It's good to change things around. She was more into endurance, so I found that I really needed to lower my weights some

Got a new weekly calendar in the mail. See, I usually get one for the year and the one I had this year for some reason was missing the last two weeks of the year. So I contacted the company and they sent me another one by Fed. Ex. They really didn't need to send it FedEx I'm not missing the pages until December.

Heard from Bryan. I'm supposed to Skype with him and his therapist on Feb. 2 at 10a.m. Now to figure out what my Skype address is....lol

Sylvia - what beautiful earrings! Good deal on that table. that was nice of you to give the lady $60. I'm betting that she told you she'd take $50 because she liked you.

Joyce - good luck to you. That prep has got to be the worst, but once it's over, that's it for a few years at least

Becca - cute truck. Good for you logging EVERYTHING

Welcome everyone new

DJ - I started feeling "yukky" after eating processed carbs after I'd gone for a while without having any. The body just adjusts

pip - how wonderful that you may have the bug sold. Did you have to pressure wash your deck to get rid of mold??? Update: wonderful that you sold the car

Colleen - keep popping in and you'll get lots of support! Welcome

ginaday - congrats on breaking that plateau!

Kim - I would think the other greens would work in the spinach feta pie. Actually, that would be a good use for beet greens that I usually get in the summer. I usually throw them away or give them away, but I never thought to use them in this pie Thanks for the idea

Gloria - good luck on the move. Where are you moving to?

Lynn - welcome! Yet another North Carolinean! What part?

bobshouse - welcome! From your pic, you don't look real plump to me.

terri - good for you only having a small square of the pizza! Great NSV

Bonnie - I'm so sorry for your son. It must be so very hard on you and your husband

Gina - you did great on that treadmill, don't sell yourself short. Like Kim said, if you were sitting there eating bonbonbs....now that's another story

terri - thanks for reminding me that I should have some quinoa. Forgot about that.

Miriam - love your furniture

Sylvia - I don't know if this would work for you or not, but one time we wrapped a pipe for the pool in a piece of this solar material that we'd had and cut down for a solar cover for the pool. It was just an extra piece of material we had but I would suspect that it retains heat. Clothing has a lot to do with how you feel about yourself.

Had senior bowling this afternoon and then went to mahjongg tonight.

Tomorrow after exercising I'll probably take the donations to the soup kitchen then probably stop at Food Lion since I want to check out their price of soda, I'll probably also exchange a cheese that I got and get a new canister of propane for the grill.

Michele in NC

Hi gals,


Welcome newbies from all over – this is an international bunch! I love it there is always someone around because of time zones.

Bonnie – thinking of you –

Pip – awesome on selling the car!

Michele – So glad to hear you are skyping with Bryan and the therapist. That was a great idea you had.

Running out of steam, tomorrow is hiking in the rain, we’ll do it on a paved trail instead of up the hill and down… it is too wet/muddy and slippery to hike the hill.

Levi and I have had a go around today, he HATES to be groomed, NO brushing, he will let me comb him, and a bit of trimming, but only for a few minutes at a time. Well he is a very long haired dog and it is wet and muddy out, so after yesterday of dealing with wiping paws over and over and over again, today I decided to trim the fur around the paws, pads, and up his legs so it would be less of a mess… Ok 3 legs done and he is not having any more of that ! The last leg really needs to get done – maybe tomorrow. He is stubborn.



Kim from N. California

Tomorrow we are taking a day trip to Quartzsite, 5 hours round trip. Big RV show over there. I've continued to go to the fitness center and walk on the treadmill and/or ride recumbent bike. I am so sorry for all you in freezing weather, it's supposed to be around 75 here on Friday. I WILL make it to the pool this week.

Welcome to all the new ladies. You have found a terrific group of caring, supportive ladies.

Miriam, I too love the pieces you have painted. Love your house also.

Congrats on all your successes, hugs to you all, love this special group.

Janetr OKC (temporarily in warm, sunny Arizona)

My heavens ladies! There were 5 new pages since last night!!!!!! I skimmed a little bit and read some. Many new people again. I look forward to 'meeting' you all.

Bonnie, I am so sorry for your son's illness. My Mom had cancer and my sister and I were going to be her caregivers in her apartment. I have MS and she has fibromyalgia so we knew it was going to be challenging. I thank the good Lord that while she was in rehab she had a fine nurse that had worked in our Visiting Nurse inpatient hospice. She recomended Mom go there for pain control and then go home. As soon as Mom got into the inpatient unit, I think her body knew it was time to give up and go be with her husband in heaven. So we were spared being her caregivers although we would have and had our husbands blessings. Hugs to you and your husband.

Miriam, I forgot to say last night how lovely your daughter's room is. The colors remind me so much of my grand daughter's. They love the pink and purple. And I love the underbed drawers you made. that beautiful shade of green just blends in so well. How in the world do you stay so exact in your painting.

Pip, congrats on selling the car and all the parts!

Charlie has his annual physical tomorrow. I have so many things we need to talk about. His appetite is the pits again, loosing weight, diarrhea increasing, he feels he has got the C Diff infection back. We talked to the GI doctor office today and if family doctor doesn't order some things, we are to call them and they will see what can be done. Night time is his absolute worse times as far as diarrhea. He is finally done with it at about 9 AM and can get about 3 hours of continuous sleep. Well Friday morning he has a stress test at 8:30. I hope his colon will cooperate with it. I know he will be exhausted not only from the stress test but from the lack of good quality sleep. I hope they can do the kind of stress test where he doesn't have to be on the treadmill.

It is frigid here. Not as bad as a lot of you have, like Meg but to cold for us. I called doctor's office this afternoon to get something for this sinus infection but never went to pick it up just because it was to cold and when Charlie has his physical he might get some new medicine ordered. Yes, I know I am a bad girl.

Nite, nite, Joyce, Indiana

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Karen - your plans for helping your sister sound great :flowerforyou: Being prepared to take baby steps and looking after yourself sounds excellent.

Heather UK

My girls are back in school today after the three day weekend. I am on my way out to the hot tub to do my workout/ soothe my achy joints. Just wanted to say Hi to everyone first, and respond to a few. Know that I think about all of you and love you all even though I don't respond to everyone.

Michelle, let us know how the Skype session goes with your son. As someone who worked in mental health, living in a state that does not have enough well trained counselors, I am interested in tele- counseling and how it feels to the participants. And I am cheering for resolution for you. Remember, I am in the same boat with my youngest son but he refuses to even talk to me.

Sylvia, I had a pipe under my bathroom that froze twice. I just crammed a fluffy old towel around it and that was all the insulation it needed. Has never frozen since. I didn't want to deal with the scratchy insulation.

Barbie, I am so glad you kept only the colors that bring you joy! We each have such different tastes! My sister sent those green drapes for my daughter because she is moving to a bigger/ better house and hated giving them away because she LOVED the color- they were her favorites. She was a bit miffed that I did not adore them too. I reminded her that she had not liked the fabric that I had chosen to make a day bed cover, either. That helped get her over her little snit.

Kim, I totally identify with the stubborn dog resisting grooming. I have to put a leash on mine and hold on to it to do anything with mine. She is finally getting a bit better about trimming her nails, but it is still a struggle. So hers are WAY too long.

Janet. I am longing for 75 degree weather...

McGowen, I am an hour from the Iowa/ Illinois border. What river city is closest to you? Muscatine is due east of me.

Joyce. How I paint so precisely is a struggle. I paint with a damp cloth in the other hand and wipe off mistakes until I get it right! I also use artist brushes for the fine details and edges. I have a bit of OCD so I often am overly critical of how it looks and have to remind myself that others won't be looking as closely at it as I do.

Karen, helping your sister with CP get her apartment safer to age in place is a great idea. You probably already know that CP is one of the disorders that really suck energy from a person, so it is hard to keep up with cleaning. (Those super tight muscles use a lot of energy- why you rarely see someone with CP who is overweight!) I am someone that finds it really hard to ask for help, and yet I am unable to keep up with all I need/ want to do, so I am trying to learn how to accept help when offered, and to ask for help. It is really hard for someone who has valued their strong independence. (and who doesn't trust people much) Things I have learned about myself are, 1) control. I have to feel like I am in control of what is tossed and what isn't, and also have a say in how/ where things are put away. More importantly, 2) my brain/ energy can only take so many decisions until it just shuts down. So frequent breaks are really important. Keep in mind ease of cleaning, so using semi-gloss paint instead of flat is helpful since it washes up so much more easily. Putting "pretties" behind glass is another way to cut down on cleaning. I leave my vacuum in a corner, already plugged in, so I don't waste energy dragging it out and plugging it in to use it. It is "hidden" between two pieces of furniture so no one notices it. Same with my two dust busters. Hide cleaning supplies near where they are used; windex and a cloth in an ottomon, bathroom cleaners in the bathroom. There are all sorts of storage options to make it easier. And it is okay to have duplicates so she doesn't have to go get something from another room. I have windex in four different places (I have a lot of windows and the cats/dog sneeze on them, smear nose prints, etc.). Anyway, hope my thoughts help. It is a hard situation for both of you.

miriam - Oh thank goodness I don't have to trim Levi's nails, we do 3 miles on pavement most days, so that takes care of his nails "naturally" -- another gratitude item!

Karen - good of you to help, and to keep the idea of success as baby steps!

I too had found it hard to accept help, but I love to help, so I have learned to swap it around and understand that I would want to help - so I accept that others want to help too, and just am better at directing it... so for example at christmas this year, I wanted the decorations up, but was lost for time - so had a friend put up the "house" decorations and I did the tree, that is the part that I am more picky on. And interesting she put things places I would not have thought of ---but loved.

So on Tuesdays I hike with the hiking club so always get up early (5:30) and right out the door for 1 mile with Levi then breakfast, then hike. Well it is pouring out, so full rain gear, and off Levi and I go, get home I check to online to verify where we are meeting for our hike, and it's cancelled! Whimps!!!! So I'm working - might as well get an early start.

smiles Kim in rainy (yeah!!!!) n. california

Annr and Katla49: Thank you so much for the encouragement. Annr: I have been thinking a lot about emotional responses and processes lately....it's been an eye opening journey, but exhausting...there are days when I literally think, "Just pass me the Twinkies for cryin' out loud." Probably because it's easier.