WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016
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Today I took husband grocery shopping, he got to drive the cart around, pointing at stuff, or putting stuff in his cart. On the good side his cart finds didn't impact my numbers too much. Bought a whole list of stuff, coming to $260, so we will eat like kings and queens for a bit. Not having my teenager to haul stuff upstairs wasn't great but I got in my exercise! Then I had to organize and put everything away. After that I went to the laundry mat. Fun city!! The manager of the place took my basket as I got out of my car, and carried it inside to the washers. I gave him a hug. Too bad you can't pay for like your cable bill with a hug!! Wouldn't that be awesome?? This world needs more hugging, so people don't freak out, have road rage, hurt people...
Thank you to the ladies that say I am handling things well. What is that saying, "When life gives you lemons you make a margarita? Something like that...*winks*..
The world measures itself by conflicts. People are like that too. When I tackle tough situations, I also seem to re-prioritize my life, and the cream (the people I love) rises to the surface. By handling things that only I have control over, I leave a lot of what I don't have control over to positive thinking, faith, karma...whatever you wish to call it. It's freeing really.
Poor husband is getting panicky about his itchiness. When he was in the shower this morning he was just ultra sensitive and so the water about did him in. It's kind of a mental thing, because there isn't any rash to speak of on his body. I did get him Benadryl so hopefully that will kick in. It's tough to be the voice of reason, when you don't know what to say. Like talking someone down off a ledge, mentally.
(((hugs))) peeps.
Becca
Oregon
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janetr: I'm sorry to hear that depression is stalking you. I hope you are able to evade it. :flowerforyou:
Jan in NC: Welcome to a great group. My DH also has MS, so I am sympathetic. He takes medication that is very helpful at minimizing symptoms and keeping him on track. I hope you are as lucky.
Pip: Happy Anniversary! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Heidi: Welcome! Is your fitness buddy an Irish Water Spaniel? I've met one and liked her.
Larissa: I like your idea about treating yourself to really good gelato once a week! WTG! :flowerforyou:
Joyce: Rest is the first thing to do, and then face the chores. You've been through a taxing time and need to recharge your energy. (((HUGS)))
Becca: Sending lots of good thoughts to you and your DH. I hope you hear from OSHU soon.
Yoga today was lovely. It was the second class with our new teacher & I really enjoyed it. DH and I spent the next couple of hours chasing down things he needs to stay healthy. He's been having a hard time getting a prescription refill for his MS meds & he was unable to reach the doctor's assistant today so I called & stayed on the line until they could tell me that the prescription had actually been called in. DH called the pharmacy to confirm and everything is ready to go. I didn't have to be harsh or rude. Persistence won this round. I hope that DH will discuss this with his doctor the next time he has an appointment and that should be this month.
Happy June!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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Ahhhh HUGE NSV today. My scale has been stuck for a month, so I needed this: I walked into the gym and everyone's jaw was dropping at how much leaner I look, than last week. It's true, too: I could see it in my quads. Take that, stupid scale.4
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I am at home with my feet up. The cat decided she finally had enough of me and went over and slept in Charlie's seat. I am wondering how she will react tomorrow. Will she sniff his side? Will she just lay next to him like she always does and expect a belly rub? I hope it is a combination of it all. I have no idea when he is coming in all by himself that she runs for the hills and hides under my bed.
I thought of something someone said about all my fans all over the world. I'm not saying I have fans but i am proud that I have friends all over the world. That is the wonder of the cyber world. Be tween my face book game forum, MS forum ileostomy forum, this forum I have a lot of friends all over the world. Makes life very interesting, learning cultures, foods, languages, etc.
Becca, I thought of you today as I was leaving the hospital. The lady that is the cashier in the morning for breakfast is the sweetest thing. She always remembers I want a receipt, asks me how Charlie is, just the sweetest thing. So as I was leaving this afternoon I went in there to give her a hug and she wasn't there. I thought about giving the older lady that looks like she sucks on prunes all day long a hug and telling her to give it to the other lady but I didn't. Now Becca have just to see if she could change the day.
I am catching up on my HGTV episodes of Tiny House which Charlie thinks is so stupid. I agree that it is a lifestyle that I would not choose but I don't like calling anything stupid. It is their choice of lifestyle and I admire them for the dedication to living that way.
Joyce, just veggin away at home with my feet up in Indiana5 -
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Thanks, Katla! It's my one indulgence, and I earn it hard at the gym, and then I relish it hard.Larissa: I like your idea about treating yourself to really good gelato once a week! WTG! :flowerforyou:
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison !!
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DJ - I am on the Fuquay side of Raleigh.0
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The time has finally arrived to begin the Great move-out-of-Chicago Exodus. Tomorrow we head to Chicago to first help our son relocate a few blocks away into a new studio apartment closer to The Loop where he works for Deloitte. Will get him settled in on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we pick up the UHaul and get our daughter moved out of her apt and begin making our way to Midlothian, VA. She will move in next Wednesday and we plan on staying around long enough for her to be settled in and ready to go.
In light of this I won't be able to check in here as often as I would like, therefore friends will you all please put your lives on hold till I can get back. LOL I can just see it now....page 43 and 216 posts! That is what I love about this wonderful, supportive group a ladies! Carry on and I will peek in as possible and look forward to reading the "novel" when I can really sit down 2 weeks from now and read back through the posts.
Sending kudos to all with successes to celebrate , healing thoughts and prayers to all in need and a wonderful welcome to all the newbies joining this awesome group of women 
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Cheri
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And so I sit at my dads and wait~they are still about 2 hrs out :0.. and I am tuckered, and i sure hope Kyles brothers plan on coming over and helping unload, cause this ol lady cant carry beds upstairs. The bedrooms are stiffeling , so I snuck up and turned Tals a.c. on, will go open there windows to at least get some air flowing..
I have 13,000 steps because I mowed the lawn and have been working all day..
will catch up later xoxo
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I'm new here!
My June goals:
* Keep working with my trainer 30mn/wk and going to her small group class 60mn/wk
* Make more of an effort to walk at lunch (when I get a lunch break at work) so I can be more consistently reaching 10,000 steps/day
* If the lunch walking thing isn't working out, get my butt out of bed at 5:00 am, grab a dog, and walk early.
* Be more consistent with meditating.
* Be more consistent with my food diary. I don't have a particular eating plan right now, other than trying to eat clean as much as possible.
* Get more sleep. . . my husband has made a special request that I do this, lol!
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Happy june.Ive been MIa for awhile.Just down in the dumps.Can`t walk eve with a walker.Knee surgery in 19 days.Missed u all,will try to be better logging
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Becca – Will do; might be a while because we are having to wait for someone else to do something so that we can finish doing the porch. Two weeks, I am supposed to get the door; I’ll believe it when I see it. LOL! I’ve been hearing that for a few weeks now.
I've got weigh-in next Tuesday; will try to wear something light-weight. I'm tired of being stuck at 160.5; I want to get under 160. When I get to my 'goal' weight (145-150); I will get a 'free' facial. That will be fun! Been a while since I have had one. I'd like to get a massage, if I had my choice.
Cracker has been 'in-and-out' all afternoon. She goes out whenever DH goes out; she wants to 'go out' when the 'dogs' from 'down under' go out. I'd like to take her to get her 'broken' coat cut off; she is so soft and smooth when that is done. Maybe DH will take us in to town to have that done. That and a shampoo. Well, need to go check my emails; my phone has been 'disabled' for about 10 days. I had it turned off temporarily because I had misplaced it. Found it in Cracker's toy box. Go figure! And covered in white hair.
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thank you for all your sharing today....this community has been so wonderful to me and all of you have been so supportive of each other. I want to write more, but Jake wants my attention a lot to talk and process a lot of stuff going on with him and I can't just say "sorry, I have to do something on the computer".
Larisa,This is so great, that it needs to be repeated Barbie from slightly sunny NW Washington 
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klanders30 wrote: »Hi Ladies, wanted to share a pic of my girl heading off to the prom!
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LobitaRicaFabulosa wrote: »I'm new here!
My June goals:
* Keep working with my trainer 30mn/wk and going to her small group class 60mn/wk
* Make more of an effort to walk at lunch (when I get a lunch break at work) so I can be more consistently reaching 10,000 steps/day
* If the lunch walking thing isn't working out, get my butt out of bed at 5:00 am, grab a dog, and walk early.
* Be more consistent with meditating.
* Be more consistent with my food diary. I don't have a particular eating plan right now, other than trying to eat clean as much as possible.
* Get more sleep. . . my husband has made a special request that I do this, lol!
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Counting calories works. You can choose anything that you love to eat and is healthy, and use portion control to meet your calorie limits. That was such a huge revelation to me, and it worked a miracle. It was slow, but a miracle all the same. :bigsmile: Good luck!
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I am at home with my feet up. The cat decided she finally had enough of me and went over and slept in Charlie's seat. I am wondering how she will react tomorrow. Will she sniff his side? Will she just lay next to him like she always does and expect a belly rub? I hope it is a combination of it all. I have no idea when he is coming in all by himself that she runs for the hills and hides under my bed.
I thought of something someone said about all my fans all over the world. I'm not saying I have fans but i am proud that I have friends all over the world. That is the wonder of the cyber world. Be tween my face book game forum, MS forum ileostomy forum, this forum I have a lot of friends all over the world. Makes life very interesting, learning cultures, foods, languages, etc.
Becca, I thought of you today as I was leaving the hospital. The lady that is the cashier in the morning for breakfast is the sweetest thing. She always remembers I want a receipt, asks me how Charlie is, just the sweetest thing. So as I was leaving this afternoon I went in there to give her a hug and she wasn't there. I thought about giving the older lady that looks like she sucks on prunes all day long a hug and telling her to give it to the other lady but I didn't. Now Becca have just to see if she could change the day.
I am catching up on my HGTV episodes of Tiny House which Charlie thinks is so stupid. I agree that it is a lifestyle that I would not choose but I don't like calling anything stupid. It is their choice of lifestyle and I admire them for the dedication to living that way.
Joyce, just veggin away at home with my feet up in Indiana
I watch that show too!!!! I like when they go back and "catch up with them and their acclimation". They usually have more storage for their clothes, something for the wife to put MORE shoes in, and things hung up here and there. But generally the young couples seem genuinely happy. I always thing, just you wait....I need a sturdy door to slam to end an argument. My husband always would say that the RV had a great door to slam. I would say, "Hey that is the door to the outside and doesn't count". If I am feuding with you and slam the door, you drive off...um who wins the argument? My husband would yell...ME..hahahaha.
Sweet you think of me girlfriend. I am GROWING on ya... ((((((hugs)))). And that cashier missed out!
Becca
loving all my sisters-in-heart in the cyber world
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The time has finally arrived to begin the Great move-out-of-Chicago Exodus. Tomorrow we head to Chicago to first help our son relocate a few blocks away into a new studio apartment closer to The Loop where he works for Deloitte. Will get him settled in on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we pick up the UHaul and get our daughter moved out of her apt and begin making our way to Midlothian, VA. She will move in next Wednesday and we plan on staying around long enough for her to be settled in and ready to go.
In light of this I won't be able to check in here as often as I would like, therefore friends will you all please put your lives on hold till I can get back. LOL I can just see it now....page 43 and 216 posts! That is what I love about this wonderful, supportive group a ladies! Carry on and I will peek in as possible and look forward to reading the "novel" when I can really sit down 2 weeks from now and read back through the posts.
Sending kudos to all with successes to celebrate , healing thoughts and prayers to all in need and a wonderful welcome to all the newbies joining this awesome group of women !
Cheri
In steamy NE oHIo
standing still.....Ok Ok how long do I have to do this?????
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Hi everyone! I started back on MFP May 9th when I started Keto. On the day I started, I was the heaviest I'd ever been, and I felt horrible both physically and mentally. 3-1/2 wees in and I'm still struggling to meet my macros, but I do feel better. The only weight I've lost is the 8lbs of water weight week one, but my pants were a tiny bit looser when I put them on this morning.
My goal for June is to- continue logging everydat
- begin using my wii fit
- start using my new fitbit that I ordered yesterday and challenge myself to take at least 6000 steps a day (I'm starting slow)
- continue zero tolerance for added sugars and fructose
- continue to keep my carbs below 20net/day
- I'm hoping for a weight loss of 8-10 lbs for June.
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The time has finally arrived to begin the Great move-out-of-Chicago Exodus. Tomorrow we head to Chicago to first help our son relocate a few blocks away into a new studio apartment closer to The Loop where he works for Deloitte. Will get him settled in on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we pick up the UHaul and get our daughter moved out of her apt and begin making our way to Midlothian, VA. She will move in next Wednesday and we plan on staying around long enough for her to be settled in and ready to go.
In light of this I won't be able to check in here as often as I would like, therefore friends will you all please put your lives on hold till I can get back. LOL I can just see it now....page 43 and 216 posts! That is what I love about this wonderful, supportive group a ladies! Carry on and I will peek in as possible and look forward to reading the "novel" when I can really sit down 2 weeks from now and read back through the posts.
Sending kudos to all with successes to celebrate , healing thoughts and prayers to all in need and a wonderful welcome to all the newbies joining this awesome group of women !
Cheri
In steamy NE oHIo
standing still.....Ok Ok how long do I have to do this?????
Ha, ha ..... as long as you can?!
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Hi friends and welcome newbies.
Barbie: Please let Jake know there are a whole bunch of nice ladies holding him in their thoughts and prayers. And we wouldn’t be a community without your steadfast leadership. Thank you.
Penny: The bird photos are just awesome. So jealous that you and Heather will be meeting up for more adventures. We will be expecting photos….lots of photos.
Janet: Sending up prayers for your grandson’s trip and recovery. And for you…chin up!
Becca and Joyce: Hugs to you both. Please take care.
DJ: I can totally identify with your cravings. I won’t even type out the foods because just having the words pass through my brain sets mouth watering….such a struggle.
Jane: Good to see you again and love the new DGC photo.
Will hold good thoughts for your knee surgery. Keep us posted.
I’m getting back into the swing of work after being on vacation for the past 3 weeks. I really do have a great job. This month, business travel will be taking me to El Paso, Central and Northern Indiana and Seattle.
Stay well, friends. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
June Resolutions
Eat mindfully
Strength train 2x/week
Weigh less at the end of the month
Maintain Gratitude Journal daily (on free app by the same name)
My word for 2016: Optimism
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Seriously. Can the rain please just stop?
Today it started pouring again and because the ground is so saturated the run-off started right away and so did the flooding. I was in the middle of the drive to my daughter's to get her children home and I could hardly see for the heavy rain. When I got to her street it was knee deep in water. I watched a truck go down it and when I saw it hit the bumper I knew there was no way I was headed down that street. She ran down the block and got the kids and they ran back through the yards to the house. I just talked to her and she said it is still pouring at her house. At my house it has slacked off and things are draining away but we are expecting two more days of rain. We are north of Houston and the people in the south are experiencing heavy flooding with the rivers not expected to peak until tomorrow. With the heavy rain up here they will be having more water head their way tonight. It is just crazy, seriously crazy.
It isn't just Houston, a good portion of Texas is flooding with these storms.
Time to head out and run in the rain or else I'll eat something I'll regret.
Developing web feet in Houston,
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stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 11.58min, 13.8amph, 127mhr, 2.7mi = 90c
SPIN- 32min, 94ar, 80aw, 10g, 120ahr, 157mhr, 8mi = 261c
ride gym 2 wk- 53.39min, 12.2amph, 125ahr, 151mhr, 10.9mi = 487c
ride wk 2 hm- est 57min, 10amph, 125ahr, 157mhr, 10.14mi = 501c 10mph WINDS!
TOTAL CAL 1339
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Marcelyn, I feel so much for all of you in the flood zones. If it isn't one thing, it's another. Rain, drought, fires, when will it stop. I pray daily for our country.
I was watching one episode of the Tiny House and this couple seemed to be just building everything with not a whole lot of experience, walls not straight and I just wondered how long all that money they put in it was going to just fly away as they drove it down the highway. Or a couple building their tiny home from a mini school bus and they hadn't done any insulation. I like the ones where they have professionals do it who know how to take advantage of every nick and cranny for storage. They are the ones who make it special.
Right now I am watching So you think you can dance the next generation. These young kids are fantastic. Ballet, ball room, Fantastico! I am saving America's got talent for when Charlie gets home.He likes that show. as you can tell, that has been my evening!!!! Just me and the cat. I have a lot of cat hair that accumulates on my lap top. I have no idea if it hurts it or not. I do use the can of air all the time. I also use it for punishment for the cat. The can I use for punishment it empty but it is still effective for the cat.
Larisa, I love your Asian proverb. What a philosophy.
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janemartin02 wrote: »Happy june.Ive been MIa for awhile.Just down in the dumps.Can`t walk eve with a walker.Knee surgery in 19 days.Missed u all,will try to be better logging
hugs jane
Hoping all goes well with the knee surgery so that you are able to walk and get around more easily. Don't stay away. Let us know how you are doing. (((Hugs)))
Janetr okc0 -
Hi my name is Nancy. I like the idea of 50+. I can't compete with the young ones. Its so much harder to get the weight off after menopause. I'm really struggling. I do cardio 3x week for 1 hr. and see no results. I started the gym a year ago in Feb. Not one pound! I get really frustrated.
My plan for June is to try and stick to the allotted calories and start weight training along with the cardio. Wish me luck!2 -
Wow Pip! :flowerforyou:
Marcelyn - I've been googling your floods and it looks really awful. So sorry for everyone.
I'm awake with anticipation. Haven't been as bad this time as I have on past holidays, but still apprehensive. I'm not flying, so haven't got to pack as carefully. We are leaving from Dover and being picked up from our house by car. We have to share the car with another couple, but it's only a couple of hours to the port. I've done some meditation and some visualisation, but in the end decided to just come to the spare room and write to you lot.
I always say, I am the world's worst traveller, which is a bit crazy for someone who loves travelling! But some holidays I have been sick with nerves for days beforehand and wonder what on earth I am doing it for, so, at least there has been an improvement.
One lady asked if I was going on the Hurtigruten. No, it's a Saga holiday for 50+ age group. On the Saga Pearl with about 430 passengers, so quite small by cruise ship standards. Neither my husband nor I are very sociable, so it's a bit of a new experience. The attraction was not the cruise itself, but the scenery, the land/town visits, the wildlife and the once in a lifetime chance to visit the Arctic Circle. Little did I know that Penny would be there waiting for us!
Will try to sleep now.
Heather UK3 -
Marcelyn - I surely would stop the rain for y'all if I could. Do you think you should build an arc? Big (((hugs))), prayers and positive thots sent your way.
Janetr okc0
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