WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2016

Miriam - My husband's words were "bliss" and "a delight" and lots of moans and slurps! :laugh: It truly was awesome! And sooooooo easy.
Very few places have a fishmonger these days. We also have a proper butcher, a good greengrocer, a baker (not good), a sweet shop with gorgeous chocolates and a delicatessen. Like most people I use the nearby supermarket a lot, but I try to support local business. There was a HUGE campaign a few years ago to keep a national supermarket out of the village. Went to the House of Lords. We lost, but the supermarket has since stopped building any new outlets for financial reasons, so our lovely, almost unique town centre is safe for a while.

Lisa - Good news that your travelling will be at a minimum.

Sometimes I am envious of those who LOSE weight under stress, but I know it is NOT a joke. It drains you of all your reserves and resilience. ((( HUGS)))

Love to all, especially for those I am reading for whom the worm is turning.

Heather UK

10,000 Kettlebell Swing Challenge

Goblet Squat-3X7X 30
Russian Kettlebell Swing-25X 10 X 30 = 250

Day 8 Challenge Total- 2825

I am so excited that I got this done. I was feeling a little wore out prior so I only did sets of 10 swings. I also went for a 2 1/2 mile walk before this exercise because my puppy doesn't know the word no! After I eat my breakfast I will have to take him out for another 2 1/2 mile walk.



Mary from Minnesota

Happy Tuesday. Yesterday was a great day weather wise. Last evening we went for a motorcycle ride and I loved it. It was up to 80 yesterday and the rest of the week only to be in the 60's. Gottan love Nebraska weather.

I did go to the nursing home and learn how to change my friend's colostomy bag. Then we took a trip to WalMart. She did really well and even tho we were only gone a little over an hour she needed a nap when we go back.
I am going over on my way home from work and drop off her laundry and visit awhile.

Weigh in this morning did not go well. I do think I am gaining and losing the same 2-3 pounds every month. I need to get a handle on this and soon. I am hoping with the warmer weather I can get outside and walking again.

Kim NC--I understand and I do that also when I am stressed. But important thing is not to give up, just pick ourselves up and start again.

Pip--sending big HUGs, letting go is never easy.

Katla--Your saling sounds like a good time and glad no one panicked.

Penny--So nice of you to help the lady cross off something on her bucket list. I would like to see the northern lights sometime and also want to go to Canada.

Karen--congrates on saying no to the subway and not over doing the sweetes.

Suzy--I read some on the straw bales gardening and woundered if it works well. Keep me posted.

Sylvia--I do hope you are feeling better soon and I think the support group would be good for all of you.

Lisa--Great news on the job and not having to relocate.

Heather--Great news about DS and the job. The picture of the city is beautiful, I believe it would be even better in person. Thanks for sharing.

I am up to the top of page 24 so need to sign off and get some work done and be ready to leave at 3. Take care and remember we are not in this alone.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE

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tryingtolive1 wrote: »

Sorry I have not been posting but trying to focus on my eating since I am a non eater with emotional stress. Trying to push myself to eat but the nausea can be overwhelming. Feels like I have a stomache bug when I go through this.

Anne from Wisconsin

I did the same thing when my ex walked out. I was in complete physical shock and dropped more than 25 pounds almost instantly. I couldn't eat and what I forced down did not stay there. I, fortunately, have a wonderful naturopathic MD that I've been seeing for years and she prescribed some natural supplements that helped. Some worked on my stress and others helped directly with my digestion.

Me, too; I called it "divorce guts". At the time, I just took the weight loss, since I had the extra to spare.

Anne, mind if I ask what some of the supplements were? Thanks!

Larisa in Seattle

Beth Waiting to hear about music college acceptances is the worst! Two of my dear friends are going through the same thing, one found out (hooray, she got in at Crane school of Music) and the other, a great bass player is still waiting to hear....soooo tough to wait it out. The answer will come and then of course, we have to pay for it all......a reason to get up and work hard every morning. My own dd is not going into music, but undeclared, hoping that a light bulb goes off during freshmen year. At least she is job hunting right now, on her own, no nudging from us!

Truly fighting the crud...so mad that it landed in my lungs, I just am slogging through it, gonna exercise tonight before another school concert. Drinking lots of tea. Hello Spring in NY, gonna be 78 tomorrow!

karen from NY

In the airport ready to head back to Milwaukee. I'm certain I gained so my co-workers and I will start with new commitment and drive. I will do a proper check in with you all when I get caught up at home and work

For the first time in a week, my poor kitty's belly looks better than the last time I changed her bandages. The difference? Instead of using antibacterial ointments, I put a bandage soaked in HONEY on it. There is LESS pus and more healing! Wow! Cross your fingers that it continues to improve! She is sticky, but I can deal with that (after 15 years as a beekeeper's wife!)

evening ladies, had a couplf of stuffed mushrooms for dinner, and will be going to bed soon. The troll is doing her usual ,especially when I am in and around the front desk,I could be busy doing other stuff, and she will purposely wait for me to answer the phone, she wont pick it up..and if she does answer the phone she will put them on hold until i come up and she says answer the phone.. and she is the front end office manager.. really? ticks me right off...
that poor kitty with the arrow through it, I hope they find it and can help the poor thing...
well ta ta foor now...

Hello ladies ((((group hugs to you all)))) I sent an email to middle Navy out in the China Sea son, and he replied back saying he is doing well. Doing exercises with other ships, and getting food shipments where they form a human chain transporting boxes from one area to another. Imagine lifting boxes from one persons hands to another, and the boxes being 80 lbs, and you are doing that for hours on end! Definitely getting his exercise. He is on an aircraft carrier, so its not a frigate like his fathers ships, but he says on rough seas, its just a rocking, and it puts him right to sleep. :-) He works on aircraft. His time up with the Navy is in 2017, and he hopes to go to school studying electrical engineering. His wife gets out in 2018, and he hopes to have a job by the time she gets out. I think he just wants to start his married life, and be genuinely happy. I would imagine its hard when you are worrying about your mate that is in the Navy too. I think that is the difference because I think I calmed my husband by "keeping the home fires burning" and all that, sending him a bit of the normalcy of life, talking about what the boys were doing etc.

Today was a fantastic day! Had my doctors' appointment. Rechecking my cholesterol levels, and she said I was in the 3.5 range for total cholesterol. She said when it gets to 5.0 range that is high. My bad cholesterol is high but the good cholesterol went up. I visualize the good cholesterol as the "dump trucks that carry out the bad cholesterol". So I have a lot of trucks. My blood pressure was 137/72 which is OK. I would like to see my BP in the 125/70 range so something to aim at. I have a condition called lichen sclerosus which is a skin condition with no real cure. Just a bothersome thing, so I had looked it up and found some creams some "snake oil" salesmen were selling.. The doctor is setting up a dermatologist appointment so hopefully I can get a handle on this. I have had it for years.... Also chatting with her about my "having a difficult settling down my bladder" at night before I go to bed. She said cut out the stimulants like coffee, or chocolate. Well no nightly cup of coffee! Dang lol. Looking up "food's that stimulate your bladder" and posting it on my refrigerator! Also a listing of foods that are high in cholesterol. Being proactive!

After my appointment my husband walked me to another medical bldg. where there is a piano. I had rec'd a gift card for some free coffee at the "coffee/snack bar" area that is in the alcove area, from the front desk lady that appreciated my last playing stint. So with my cafe latte' I sat and played for about 45 minutes. The second floor of this bldg. overlooks the front desk waiting room area, so people coming from upstairs would mouth to me "wonderful playing" as they walked by... It was fun, and the front desk lady gave me another card for $6 of coffee, snacks at the snack bar. My husband said I need new songs, but its difficult to keep these 8 or so songs I have made up in my head as it is! Do any of you have any piano books you aren't using? I can read music, but its not at a level that I play my made up songs at. I define my songs as "art gallery music", or upscale elevator music. My dream is to learn some Windham Hill music like from George Winston, or Liz Story. I can play some classical stuff like Bach, if I read it slowly.

Well tonight is tilapia fish night! Son and husband having beef brats hotdogs, If my husband cooks them he always sets off the fire alarm....so I will try to char it without setting off the delicate stupid sensors...
Hugs to ya all!
Becca
Oregon

I am having such a hard time with sleeping at night and not needing a nap in the afternoon. I can't get anything
done because I am always tired. Last night I tried sleep eeezz and they helped but I woke up feeling groggy and ended up taking a afternoon nap anyway and getting up just in time to go to work. I started taking ginseng today to see if that helps. I just found out a few months ago that I have type 2 diabetes , my blood sugar was 170 this morning after a 6 hour fast. I am thinking maybe it's a side effect of my diabetes. I tried doing aerobics last week to see if that would help bring my energy up, it did for about 3 hours, then it was nap time. I am really getting discouraged. I hate this feeling. This is no life to live.

Silverstar - you might also look into Melatonin. It's a natural sleep aid and when I take it correctly, it works.

Allison, I think some men just like to hear themselves bark. It reinforces the animal in them. When Katla mentioned the characters she did, I also thought of Archie Bunker in All in the family.

Beth, my girls both took music in college. One was majoring both in piano and vocal and had to have a 1 hour solo audition of both. It was nerve racking for the both of us plus at the time she had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which has some short term memory loss. My other daughter wanted to be in the concert choir and had to audition for that and was applying for non music major scholarship. She sang a simple Christmas carol out of the Baptist Hymnal. So the daughter that was music major got a very nominal amount of scholarship and the other daughter got a pretty substantial amount! Oh was my oldest daughter mad.She worked so hard to have 2 hours of music memorized and her sis sings a Christmas carol that so many people sing every day and gets bunches of money.

Went to see nurse practitioner today after my echocardiogram. HMMM, the echo. I know the technician isn't supposed to tell you anything but I was talking of seeing my different valves and calling them by name. So I have 3 valves that are leaking. I will get the report that the cardiologist actual says tomorrow or the next. Then I did some errands and went to the doctor. She put me on a different antibiotic and gave me a nasal cortisone spray. She also prescribed me some Ambien. I fought that for quite awhile. I am afraid I will be addicted to it. And she scheduled a cat scan of mu sinuses. I told her I dreamed about having to go see a throat specialist and he did a scope and found out I had cancer! So she said she would send me to one if I wanted to but I said no for now. Now if this 2 month old sore throat continues after these new prescriptions I may reconsider. When I picked up the prescription i guess the pharmacist has a habit of talking to anyone who has a new script for Ambien. She said my dose of Benadryl, 75 mg, was way to high and I should not be taking it with Melatonin. She said if Melatonin is taken to long it can lead to depression. So I will try to go with Ambien for now. I know several years ago I didn't take anything. So that's my news for today. Oh, my sister and I went to Culver's this afternoon. I had a coupon for a free one dip sundae. You will be proud to know I had just one dip of the ice cream (custard) with no topping. /tomorrow I HAVE to make an appointment to see my dentist that I no longer have insurance to see. Nurse practitioner says that the jaw pain sounds tooth related although I have no tooth or gum tenderness around it.

Joyce, Indiana

Did an hour of Shaun T's Cardio Core Dynamic Core DVD. I really like his workouts, they really work you. The plan for tomorrow is to do an extremecardio DVD

barbie - welcome home! Awesome pic

Heather - I really like the way you look at things "I'm strong enough to do this"

Pole Penny - I can believe that older kids come out for treats. I'm surprised at the ages of some of the kids who come trick-or-treating. Loved reading all about the festival

Alison - do you grill in the house or outside?

Lisa - a friend of mine used to say "short people are the first to see the flowers grow and the last to feel the raindrops fall"

miriam - I have always heard that honey is a good ointment.

drkatiebug - you go girl!!!! Way to go on those NSV's

Michele in NC