WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2016

Carol in NC...

Your symptoms are like mine. Profuse sweating, shaky, woozy feeling, weak in the legs and if it's horrible I feel like passing out. All those were my symptoms of hypoglycemic attacks. Took awhile to figure out what was going on. And one weird thing is I get blinding white spots in my vision before the attacks sometimes. I now carry glucose tablets with me all the time now. One thing is for sure... When my diet is bad and I'm off track I have more of those attacks. Nutritionist said to have protein and some complex carbs to keep my blood sugar more level. So it's jerky or Greek yogurt or a cheese stick and a couple of triscuits etc. to keep me in line. Of course like everyone else sometimes I'm just not paying attention when I'm off track and I'll have one. Just some info Carol, hope you're feeling better.

Kat in Illinois

@laoighse I don't know how old your daughter is. I have lost 2 nuclear family members to suicide (nuclear families do blow up) and as I have mentioned previously, am not so naive as to think that my grandson is immune to thinking that might be a solution. At the age of 10 he has already mentioned that he doesn't want to live anymore on at least 2 occasions when things seemed bleak. I am also very glad you still have your daughter. I am sure you have done everything in your power to help her.

Carol Thundershirt may be worth a try for your aggressive Pom. I am not a dog whisperer, but we noticed Farley started barking at shadows and realized his eyesight was failing. Vet says it isn't cataracts, but nuclear sclerosis. He can see far away but not as well close up and sometimes gets startled by something that pops into his visual field that is too close to make out. Good luck with your little Pom. I love Poms.

Karen in Virginia

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Cheri, welcome home. I know you were ready to sleep in your own bed. Glad the kids are happy.

Beth, great looking couple. I do think he’d look better without the beard.

Re, what kind of work do you do? When I was working I never had a job where I could have gotten on the computer for personal use.

Miriam, feel better soon.
Dawn, wow wee you are going to be our new Poster Child for swimming! That is some serious exercise. Good for you.

Penny, great pictures. It does sound like living there is a never ending adventure. I love that you share it with us. Thanks.

Mary, I think I’d have been more than a “little” scary if I had been that close to a whale on a jet ski. Yikes.

Stump, welcome. Please tell us a bit more about yourself and sign each post with the name you want to be called. A general or specific location is also helpful for us to remember you. Happy Birthday! Sometimes when on a plateau it helps to change things up a little. More protein and less carbs is what seems to do it for a lot of folks. It sure sounds like you are getting the exercise. Good luck and come here often.

Anne, you can vent here any time. It is ashamed that people can’t just let others alone and that anyone has to live in fear.

Dawn, don’t feel like you are alone. I’m not too technically challenged and it took me a while. I’m still not good enough to explain it to you. Sorry.

Linda, Happy Birthday to you! I hope it’s a special day for you.

Joyce, glad you and Charlie got to go out.

Margaret, I agree that 5” of rain qualifies as a major rain. Glad you didn’t float away.

Kim, that is funny about your godson and his hair.

Marcelyn, sounds like you are having fun!

JoyceSD, welcome back. It can be a challenge to get enough exercise when it’s really hot but we can move a lot in the house if we put forth the effort. Good luck.

Barbie, I hope Jake will get cleared for the surgery. That is miserable to be in pain like that all the time.

CJ, you tell those young whippersnapper sadists to go easy on you! LOL

MicheleNC, I love your mermaid. It’s hard form the picture to tell how large it is? How tall is it? (I just read that Mary asked also.)

Joyce, glad to hear Charlie is getting back to his old self.

Penny, I love your post. Now we know what you do in the middle of the night! I am lucky enough to have a DH that is very supportive but it’s still not the same as you ladies. I am so thankful that I found you!!!

Lisa, good point. I think I’d like a small town if everyone was nice but the few I’ve been in for any length of time just had too many busy bodies. Lol There is a lot to be said about city folk just thinking of everyone outside of their circle as an object or a number.

Cheryl, welcome. Glad you got a FitBit and decided to start using MFP. This is a great place for support and information so I hope you’ll come often.

Paula, I eat lean meats and lots of fresh veggies. Fresh fruit also but limit it due to the calories. I have chicken 4 or 5 times a week and happy it’s a favorite. I often have a salad for lunch but must have some protein on it or I think I haven’t had a meal. Now that you are off of fast food I’m sure things will start to happen for you. Especially if you start to get more rest.

to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

A little over a year ago or er ah, who knows it could have been two years ago, we switched from Time Warner for our TV Cable to a local service. That was because we kept having problems and DH got fed up. Now this service is having problems and reboots one or two times a day so we are switching back. They will be here Friday to install it. We are getting the whole house DVR where we can record 6 shows at once. Wow. That is actually good because it’s unreal how often there are two or three shows that we like and would record and then nothing for a week or two. We can watch them from the Family Room or the Master Bedroom. I just hope they have solved some of their other problems. DH has also been very unhappy with our Virus Protection on the computers so I just ordered Norton and installed it on his laptop. Now I need to get off of here so I can install it on my desktop. My laptop and phone will probably be tomorrow. I don’t want to get carried away. LOL As always, you ladies are in my heart and my prayers. I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy Day!
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

Attending tomorrows TOPS meeting, (because my husband says let me be already). Not looking forward to the actual number it says on the scale, but will be happy to be with my ladies. It's not about the losing or the gaining, its being accountable to the people that love you and support you. ((((((hugs))))
Becca
Oregon

Goals for June 2016

-Go to bed with husband every night.
-To not get lost in being a caregiver, but to appreciate my independent self.
-To taste food I am eating. Amazingly enough, when your mind is elsewhere, food is tasteless.
-To go with the flow of life, and not think so factually.
-To Laugh at least a couple of times a day.
-To breathe.

Definitely different than my last couple of monthly goal listings. Refocus, live in the moment. Control only what I have control over. Oh and not be too controlling. Husband goes bonkers over that!
Becca
Oregon

Pip please post the link so we can sponsor you.

@laoighse Lawdy, girl, you have your hands and your heart full. What shall we call you?

Karen in Virginia

KetoneKaren wrote: »

Pip please post the link so we can sponsor you.

@laoighse Lawdy, girl, you have your hands and your heart full. What shall we call you?

Karen in Virginia

Karen- I think her name is Gaelic. Pronounced Lee-sha? Is this right Laoighse? Very pretty and I recognized the origin; but to be honest I had to look up the pronunciation!

Eating like a horse lol. Diving burns the calories. Four dives today. Tons of fish. Beautiful corals. Tomorrow we are heading to the West End of the island (Roatan) to look for turtles.

Marcelyn in Honduras.

kat02092015 wrote: »

Is there any kind of "how to" articles on using all the parts of MFP? I get so confused on how to work everything. I can log my calories and that's about all I know. I come across a million things that I have no idea how to use or what things mean or what people are talking about. I am feeling so techie challenged right now. Im praying there's a manual for MFP somewhere.

Here's a link to some of the articles in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/?

Hopefully this will help.

Carey - N. Alberta

SSC1958 wrote: »

kat02092015 wrote: »

Is there any kind of "how to" articles on using all the parts of MFP? I get so confused on how to work everything. I can log my calories and that's about all I know. I come across a million things that I have no idea how to use or what things mean or what people are talking about. I am feeling so techie challenged right now. Im praying there's a manual for MFP somewhere.

Here's a link to some of the articles in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/?

Hopefully this will help.

Carey - N. Alberta

Thanks Carey!!!

Did 45 minutes of Jeannette Jenkins Cardio Sculpt DVD. It sure didn't feel like 45 minutes so I really need to check the time next time I do this DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to take the deep water class.

Jess came last night. There was a lady at ceramics who brought in a kitten and she had more that she was giving away. Jess wanted some but Colby doesn't think it's a good idea. As Jess said "this isn't over". She really wants them. The lady wants to see that they go to a good home and she feels Jess would give them a good home. She's right.

Exercised, talked with Jess some, she went to the dentist while I went in the pool. She took the things that Carrie (who went to Australia) gave her like dishes etc and I went back in the pool. I promised Vince that I'd go shooting with him tonight. He has the Newcomer shooting. Maybe I'll be able to shoot that snake if I need to, but the reality is that I wouldn't look at it long enough to shoot it. I'm thinking that I'll have some sardines before we go shooting. Then they usually go out afterwards to have something to eat. Not sure where we're going to go.

penny - I, too, like the fact that I can come here at any time at all and there are new posts, even at 2a.m. my time.

Karen in VA - that cake sounds like something Vince would like. Are you saying that you cook the pudding first?

Paula - I usually do my ceramics in bisque. I brought that mermaid back from FL and other things (like the sea turtle that I'll work on next and the wolf that I'm working on now) from VA. I don't know that greenware would make such a long drive in one piece. To me, I have to log all my food and watch what it is that I'm putting into my body. That seems to be what helps me. Also, having tofu or applesauce at night helps as I get really hungry at night. My body wants carbs (like cookies) but the tofu seems to satisfy that. Boy, you've sure had it rough with your husband and all.

Martha and Tanya and jchappe - welcome!

I see the doc in Winston Salem about the tumor in my ear on July 5. Actually, they had an appt at 8:30 on June 30, but it's a 2hr drive (or so Vince said) from here and that's pretty darn early so we took the appt on the 5th at 10:40

Becca - I downloaded the Skype feature to my laptop, you probably could, too.

KJ - I wouldn't say that I was talented, not by a long shot. I'm terrible about picking out the colors for things and just imagining what it would look like. I need a pic to follow. Even then, that rock maybe could have been another color. I don't know if they have a dark green (like a dark olive color) with brown specks in it. I did want to stay away from a brown rock because her hand is on the rock and her hand is a skin tone. But thank you everyone for the compliments!

DJ and Mary - I would guess that the mermaid is about 9" tall and probably about 7" across. We usually want things larger, but I just thought this mermaid was so different from all the other ones that I saw. So she's going to go down on the same level as the pool where we have a smaller turtle that MIL made

DJ - the foods you eat sound like the foods I eat, I'm not real big on red meat but give me my veges. I like my fruit, too, but do limit it. If you record a TV show in the bedroom, can you watch it in the living room? Or can you only watch what you record in that room? That's the way we are

Well...I did go shooting with Vince tonight. Hey, I hit the target...and all 8 times no less. Afterwards, we went out to eat, I had a black bean burger (no bun) and asked for green beans on the side. The waiter told me that wasn't any butter on them, but when they came out there certainly was something greasy on them! So I sent them back. They came back out with the same greasy stuff on them. I had two mouthfuls and honestly couldn't eat them any more. One gal came by and asked how my green beans were and I told her. Do you know that she cut our bill in half because of it? That I was not expecting.

While we were there, there is this gal who does balloon sculptures. I've attached a pic of what she made me. She made the other lady a balloon corsage and her husband a balloon lady, one guy she made a balloon beer mug. What impressed me was the detail. I think we just might have found the thing for the social! However, Vince went to talk to her and she said to him that she's working with a client for that day (this I don't completely understand) she's not saying "yes" and she's not saying "no", but we are to call her in a week or two I do hope that she can do it. I think this is something that Newcomers would enjoy.

barbie - about calling everyone, can you make a "phone tree"? Then you'd only have to call a few people and they can relay the info to others.

pip - awesome stats there, girl!

Michele in NC

michele - love the balloon figurine!

doing a happy dance, been working on banking issues all day (not quite but it feels like it! ) and finally every thing balanced!!! yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!