WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016

hidee ho all~
well I was basically a clug all day, after getting about 5 1/2 hrs sleep last night.. I lolly gagged .. did make Tom a impossible coconut pie and bbq short ribs...
even though my trip is not for another 22 days, I have alot packed already.. I like to have things organized and ready so when its time to go, im all set...
gonna go to bed early working 9-5 tomorrow and it will be the first day back for Mary in a week and a 1/2 so we shall see how that goes...

Rosie- Beautiful pictures of you and your daughter and congratulations! You both look so happy.

Love the kitty pictures!

Cheri & Karen- great picture of you two! It is nice that you were able to get together!



Mary from Minnesota

Newbie alert! I'm Paula, and I've recently started using MFP to help me track my journey back to health! In browsing the community boards, you ladies sure seem to have it going on! I don't think I've ever seen a community board thread that's as active and friendly seeming as this one.

I won't bore you with all the details right off the bat, but I wanted to say hello rather than lurk! The basics...I'm 52 yo, I live in northeastern NC, I have a passion for animal rescue (LOVE the pics of the foster kitties), and have 7 furry, 4-legged furkids of my own; zero of the furless 2-legged variety. I'm trying to watch my diet (not the four letter use of the word) more closely, move more often & rejoin the world of strength training, and head in a positive direction back toward health. Hopefully I can contribute to, as well as benefit from, what seems like a terrific group of ladies here! Looking forward to joining in the group!

Thanks for the welcome, Barbie! I love your puddles...er, "poodles"! My sister has a rescued black standard poodle boy named Jackson...my dogs (6 of them) are all rescued mutts of the large dog variety and range in age from about 8 yrs to 14 yrs; the resident kitty found us in 2009 and decided she wanted to live here...we think she's about 9 or 10 years old. Brandy and Sasha are gorgeous!

My front room, which I suppose was designed to be a dining room (though it's an open floor plan) holds my treadmill and other workout equipment, but the most action it's seen from me lately is dusting & vacuuming it. That's exercise, right??? I've injured my knee, so the "dreadmill" is out for a while, and I'm planning to drag my behind back to Planet Fitness starting this week so I can use the ellipticals, bikes, etc. and get in some cardio without making my knee hurt. Y'all wish me luck and fortitude to actually make good on that intention.

Summer has finally arrived here, much to my dismay, and I'm already longing for winter. NC summers are so hot and humid that many times, the day begins in the upper 70's or 80's!

Haven't seen too many other Georgians on his site; and, the one that is (Carol/Peach) is from my 'home town' ... talk about a 'small' world. She was in my sister's grade in school.

Carey-Northern Alberta – I don’t take ‘fiber’ like you can buy OTC; but, my gastroenterologist prescribed Miralax for me to take it daily; but, I quickly found that ‘if’ I took it daily, it worked too well. So I usually take it about every 3rd or 4th day. I learned the ‘difficult’ way to be ‘patient’ when using a ‘laxative’. I ended up using a total of 4 one day (overnight and the next day); and this was before I went to my GYN for a 4th upper urinary tract infection in 2 months. It ‘worked’ too well; and, I told his nurse that he ‘could NOT’ do a pelvic on me and why. She laughed and said she’d give him a ‘head’s up’ (or is that a ‘tail’s up’?). I would have been ‘mortified’ if he had. I won’t make THAT mistake ever again. Believe me when I tell you that those 2 little Ducalax pills work! You don’t need to take anything else. Sorry, I know that was WTMI.

Sunnygirl_2015 – Beautiful daughter … I know you are proud of her; with Honors, too.

Dawn in Maryland – I agree with NO_Excuses… (Linda in hot and humid Iowa) I am on a very low CI, high CO because of the many medications I take (all with the side effect of ‘weight gain’) the ‘normal’ amount of calories in that is shown is really something I could take ‘if’ I was maintaining. I’ve lost just over 40lbs. since this past May a year ago. The other day I tried to pick up a 40lbs bad of potting soil and could NOT do it. Now I know why I was so miserable before; and, I still have another 15-20lbs. to go until I reach my goal.

Linda – Cute kitties.

Lenora

hey peeps - there were tons of dogs at the furry 5k this year. yogi just kept barking in the air to no one really but to everyone and everything. about 2 miles or so in he finally shut up.

at least i got some calorie burn out of it, back to riding tomorrow.

janetr7476 wrote: »

GLo, thank you. Love the quote from Ali, going to print it out.

QuietBloom welcome.

Janetr okc

janetr7476 wrote: »

GLo, thank you. Love the quote from Ali, going to print it out.

QuietBloom welcome.

Janetr okc

Thank you!!

Just a quick post to tell Kim that she is not the only one with a citation. We, along with almost every other person in our neighborhood, got one for our mailboxes being too low. Apparently, the USPS raised the minimum because the mail trucks are higher than the sedans that rural mail carriers used to drive. It took us over an hour in the blazing hot sun, many cuss words on the part of DH, and it still needs re-painting, but we moved the mailbox up 5 inches on the post without ruining the look too much. It is a custom made wooden mailbox post painted to match the house. I was not happy about having to alter it, but I understand why it had to be done, our mail carrier told us that several have been killed by falling out of their trucks when the boxes were too low.

Before and after..it looked so much better before, darn it!

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

time to get glammed up.

Love Heather.

Heather It sounds like this trip is turning out to be all that you wished. I am so very happy for you, your DH and Penny You and Penny looked so comfortable in her home - just like good friends should. Do send us a picture of the glammed up outfit. It could not make you look any better than you already are.

Did a pilates Super Sculpt DVD today. the plan for tomorrow is to do another segment of a Butt Lift DVD, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.

Kat - the only thing I can tell you about the hot bread which I used to absolutely love is that one year for Lent I gave up white flour. Yes, it was extremely hard at first. Sometimes, the hardest part was finding foods that didn't contain white flour, like a lasagna. At the end of the 40 days and to this day, I would rather have a whole wheat bun or pumpernickel or rye than a white bun. That's the only way that I was able to kick that habit. It used to be the minute I'd walk by a bakery and smelled the bread baked (even tho I knew it was an artificial smell), I was a total gonner.

zipp - the only questions that aren't appropriate on here are questions relating to religion or politics. Otherwise, everything can be (and is) discussed

CJ - so sorry to hear about your problems at the fair. I agree, Becca IS very brave. Which turtle are you referring to? The turtle that sits on the ground I finished a while ago (I posted a pic already) or the turtle that goes on the log along with the worm is finished (I posted a pic of this while ago). Tomorrow I'll pick up my mermaid and I'll post a pic of that. Next I'll be working on the sea turtle, but I haven't even started on that. That's one of the things that will hang on the pergola. Which turtle do you mean? The ones that I finished already, I probably have a pic in my files and can repost it. Great NSV! Sorry you had to cut your ride.

Since it's supposed to be in the 90's today I really don't want Vince to be working outside (and I know that he doesn't want to either), I'll probably go in the pool some.

I don't remember who mentioned Fitness Blender, but I checked them out. Some of their workouts look interesting. Do you use your computer to access them or can you burn a DVD?

Heather - even on vacation you exercise! Good for you! Love reading about everything that's happening on your trip

miriam - get better fast

Dawn - MFP many times tells me that "in 5 weeks you'd weigh ..." There is no way on this green earth that I'll ever weigh that amount and still be feeling good. Don't let that bother you one bit. I totally agree with katla - I know I was surprised at some of the things when I measured them. There are some things that really surprised me (how little a cup of the item really is). I don't ever eat back my exercise calories. If I go over, I figure I have a "buffer"

Zipp - one day I looked in the mirror and there was this roll of flab. I just said "what the h*** is this". I'd never had that before, or if I did then I could lose it. But that roll is just staying there no matter what I do so I'm just resigning myself to the fact that this is just part of me.

DJ - the timer I have that doesn't like the heat is a Kitchen Aid. I usually keep it in the garage when I'm not using it by the pool. Today I put it in the shade under a chair and the display went out. So I did what I mentioned to Vince that he didn't think would work. That is that I wet my towel (just a part of it) then rolled the wet part in the dry part and put the timer on top of that. No problem at all. Men!!!!

Gloria - be sure to stop in North Carolina on your way to South Carolina!

Larisa - the bosu DVD's that I have are basically aerobic and then toning. I have one by Mindy Mylera which I'm not crazy about. She's a bit too advanced for me.

Karen & Cheri - what a lovely pic!

Kim - whenever we go out, I almost always order "water without ice". To me, sometimes the ice makes the water so cold that you almost can't drink it. I usually add some of the "True Lemon" stuff to it.

Lenora - love that we're all winos. Not meaning to rub it in...but assuming no more seizures here only 52 more days!!!!

Sunnygirl - lovely daughter. You have a lot to be proud of! A streaker! Was he a throwback to the 70's?

Welcome everyone new!

No_Excuses - awwwwwwww! I know if Jess saw them, they'd be gone! She's a foster failure

Paula - welcome from another North Carolinean. There are quite a few of us on here. We're lucky, even tho it's hot (it was in the 90's today) it isn't at all humid where I live. You need to move further West

drkatie - I shudder if we ever have to move our mailbox. It's bricked all around it. So are almost all the others in this neighborhood. Not sure what you do if ever the mailbox rusts out. Hope I never have to find out. Your mailbox looks very nice. Did you put the reflectors on yourself?

Michele in NC

barbicat - yeah, we would have had some barking fools! more riding tomorrow

Dawn I agree with Kim. I use Under Amour Record & the caloric values for exercises I do seems really high...therefore I never eat back my calories. I also agree with Katla's suggestion of weighing/measuring everything you can. It was an eye opener to me & even though I've gotten better at eying it I still measure & weigh. I know doing this faithfully is why I've been successful in my journey to a stronger, healthier me. I've got more to go but feel very confident I'll get there and stay there.
It's been so helpful reading the posts of so many who have been sharing for a long time...

GLo on the very windy North Shore of Ma

Hi all. Kim, I want all of those kittens. I am one of those that would love to have kittens or puppies and after they get out of that fluffy cute phase give them up and get some more. It just seems like every step they take is an adventure for them. They have to attack, discover, bounce, fall, jump. They are just so cute then. But then when I remember our dog Buddy as that stage and then watching him grow into a handsome shelty I wouldnt' have missed any of those months. I feel sorry for you in having to give them up when the time comes. But I also admire you.

I think it was Kat who said she lives in Springfield Ill. I used to live there. I have no recollection of living there, my family says we lived there. I must have been pretty young.

WOW, the amount of new women coming here is mind boggling! It is kind of hard for me to remember names. Welcome and enjoy yourselves here in our community.

Well we had our first 'emergency' today. It was our day to change Charlie's bag. The 3 companys that make ostomy bags all sent us a box of sample bags a nice bag to carry all supplies in including a mirror with magnets so you can put it on a door in a bathroom. So today we tried a bag that would be a little shorter and he would't have the problem of only wearing long shirts that would cover the bag. He isn't ready to tuck it in his slacks yet. So it is outside his slacks. Well the other bags we had used were clear and I could see through it to get a good placement around his stoma. The bag today had a covering and it made it pretty hard for me to get a good placement. I did like the length. So after supper he comes to me saying we had a problem. Yep, we had a problem. So we tried another brand that was clear but all the other features I liked. He did say he doesn't know if he will ever feel comfortable changing his bag on his own. We see the ostomy nurse on Wednesday and we are making our list of questions for her.

Joyce, Indiana who is glad to see Joyce from SD is posting again. I would hate to be the only JOyce here. Haven't heard from Joyce in northern Indiana lately

Karen in Virginia ... I'm confused ... Griffin is entitled to an education, regardless of ability or disability. While we usually think of special education as referring to specific disabilities like ADD or other Learning Disabilities ... Physical conditions and mental conditions fall under the same umbrella. It would seem to me, that Griffin's circumstance deserves consideration as well. I would consider seeking the advice of an educational lawyer.

Rosie ... Congrats to your daughter!

Beth near Buffalo