WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2016

Hello to all: Have had a good day but putting off dealing with the Medicare thing. I think the only solution is to call and one always gets put on hold for so long. I just need to do it with "alacrity" like Barbie. Sympathy to all of you dealing with the ice and snow. That is one really good thing about the move to WA, the lack thereof.

Mary - I have tried smaller free weights and not too many repetitions but it made my shoulders really sore. I watched a video to try to be sure form was correct and included rest days. Any hints?

Katla - We leased our first horse. I wanted to be sure we would be able to commit to the time and effort. It was a really good experience and after a year's lease we finally bought a horse. I owned him for 24 years. We now have three horses between my DD and I. I have to say owning a horse here is definitely more expensive than in SD.

On meditation. I sometimes do a walking meditation, breathe in for four steps and out for four steps. With each step you use one word such as " I breathe in peace, I breathe out joy". You can use whatever words work for you or fit your situation. This can work especially well with a labyrinth.

Take care, Sue in WA

Tonight spent my night cleaning my house made me feel like I accomplished something. Since my recent long term relationship ending I have not been taking care of things including myself. Just have to get past a vacation that we are both supposed to be on in a couple of weeks then maybe I can really move forward. Going to make more of an effort to eat better and focus on me.

All the positivity in this group helps get me through the day.

Anne from Wisconsin

Good night!!

Ladies, for all who are praying women or just sending positive thots. Please send them for my great-nephew (sister's grandson, 27 yo) was drinking heavily last night fell and hit his head. He was later found unresponsive and rushed to hospital. He is on total life support and there appears to be no brain activity. They will take him off of life support in the morning. This family has seen more than their fair share of heartache. They buried their son when he was 29, car accident drinking and driving. It is all so tragic. I can't think straight at the moment.

Oh, I also had a letter waiting when we arrived home today saying my doctor, the one I just saw before Christmas for shingles, died unexpectedly and I need to find a new doc.

Thanks for your support, prayers and positive thots.

Janetr OKC

Sue in WA - I suggest that you look at the Stronglifts 5x5 site they have videos on form. I know that shoulder and neck issues can be caused by hyper extending the neck during squats. Imagine a pole going through your head and spine. Eyes forward chin down not tilting head back! I'm trying to find the link on doing the lifts with Dumbbells. Maybe Barbie, Heather or DJ still has it. I'm waiting for a message back from the original poster of it. There is a little muscle soreness with starting any program that is trying to increase strength and size of muscle. I'll let you know what I hear.



Mary from Minnesota

Kim - thank you

Janetr

Janet in OKC - sending hugs, prayers, and more hugs.

❤️ Rosie in So C

Morning ladies~
well bounced out of bed at 3:40 in the morning and I meditated for 10 minutes and just had a cup of tea.. and am charging my surge.. i must not have charged it long enough as it only lasted 3 days..
we are going to have a nasty commute this morning as we are getting freezing rain turning to snow.. Tom working 1/2 day so he took my car and I am taking the new Volt.. an a little nervous but luckly I only have a couple of miles to go to work....
Janet~ how heartbreaking,that your sister has lost one child to drinking and on the verge of losing a second.. your family is in my prayers...

Heather wrote: My friend in London who has the advanced secondary cancer has just been offered a new drug.... Anyway, I thought of telling you because the cost of the drug, prior to discounts etc. is $118,000 a year. :noway: I imagine the NHS is getting it free or hugely discounted for a trial period. Of course, over here she doesn't have to pay anything.

My parents still sometimes talk about how I was "born free" in contrast to my sisters, who had to be paid for. I happened to fall due when my father was doing his PhD at the London School of Economics, so the NHS covered my birth. (Thank you, all British taxpayers of the mid-1950s!)

and later in the same post she wrote:

Had a delightful lunch with my friend in Winchester. I had soup and fish with kale. Declined all bread and potatoes. Had two small glasses of wine, so none tonight.

Heather, there's a special corner in my subconscious where I'm collecting all your comments about what you ate and didn't eat, and what exercise you did to make room for this or that indulgence. I'm hoping they'll help me (a) get down to the weight I'm aiming for and (b) maintain it once I get there.

When I stepped on the scale yesterday morning I saw the lowest number I've seen in all the eight years I've been keeping records. Ya-hoo! I ate over budget yesterday, not because I figured I was home-free and was "allowed to", but because I was hungry. Then in the evening we went to a concert (the annual Polar Jazz Festival is underway up here). I continued to overindulge and had a small glass of wine. But then I also hit the dance floor and shook my booty ("like a teenager" to quote my friend the pastor, who observed the spectacle). I hope it burned up some of the excess.

Becca you and your sins are very creative!

Beth - Your typo really cracked me up. Are you sure it was a typo, and not a Freudian slip?

Lisa - Good to hear from you. It's been a while. However, you did warn us you would be writing so much elsewhere you might not post much. Best of luck with your freelancing. I'm suffering its negative flip side at the moment. So is Sylvia, apparently, with a sudden deluge of drafting jobs. In theory I have tons of stuff to do, but right now essentially everything is on hold because I'm waiting for input from other people. People who work for a salary and don't understand why a quick response is so important to me.

Janetr in OKC - So sorry to hear about your sister's family's tragedies, and your doctor's sudden demise. Sending good thoughts and (((((hugs))))).

Gloria - Nice to see you again. Packing, moving, and unpacking – such a hassle!
/Penny at the

Penny so very happy for you living at your lowest weight in 8 years, that is a great place to be and to keep going!

Gloria glad that you've got the BIG move behind you, you'll find that scale when you need to, right now just enjoy having the kids off in their new school. Moving is one of the top 5 challenges families face, so be good to yourself and be proud as well that you've gotten back to logging.

Janet okc I am so sorry for what your family is going through, keeping you in my thoughts.

Heather probably for the best to postpone the trip to france, I know for my DH soccer takes the lead in schedule for all of our weekly obligations as well as trips! He just needs that soccer in his life!

Some light snow here in NY has given me a delayed school opening so I can enjoy a second cup of coffee and a chance to clear up the kitchen a bit more than my usual once over.

Enjoy that cruise DJ and send us some pictures to live vicariously through you!

Karen from NY

and away I go ~ out to shovel snow

Anne from WI- I hate the thought of cleaning, but once I get started I find it almost meditative or cathartic. I am a clean house=clean soul kind of girl! Once the clutter and the dirt are gone, I feel so much better about life!

Janet, so sorry!

Heather, I can understand your decision not to go, but boo hoo! It sounded nice.

Lisa, always good to "hear" your voice.

Gloria, welcome back. Take time to take care of yourself!

Penny, congrats!

Kim, thanks for suggesting vinegar to KJ. I was going to do so when I read her post, but then forgot about it.

Janetr, I am so very sorry about your nephew. Heartbreaking!

I do not envy those of you shoveling snow. I'm thankful for my Georgia weather.

My church is having a soup fundraiser on Super Bowl Sunday to raise money for our ministry that makes sack lunches for the local soup kitchen. We are supposed to gather at the church at 9:30 this morning to make the soup. Well, my strength training class is at 9:15. I can't (don't want) to be there until 11:00, so I peeled and chopped 10 lbs of onions by myself last night to do my part for being late this morning. I just hope that my hands don't reek of onions at the gym.

Weigh-in day: down 0.4 lb. I'll take it. Slow and steady. Slow and steady!

Later,

K

Vickil57 wrote: »

Happy Thursday! Well I made it to work again this morning. City was working on the streets so was better, still a mess. I am working until at least 6 tonight if not later. But then I am off the next four days, if nothing else happens.


Lillian--I like the idea of putting jobs in a jar and drawing them out and doing for an hour. I will have to try that also. Let me know how it goes for you.

Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE

Yeah Vicki- you are off for four days too!! Well my jar idea worked until my hair dresser called and said she had a cancelation and I could get in. Otherwise I accomplished two things. Laundry and vacuuming.

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan