WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016

klanders30 wrote: »

Drum roll please.... Today I actually tried 5# Dumbbells and did a series of exercises for my arms! Woo hoo, proud of me. I am making myself not spend the whole week worrying and working at my sisters place. I walked through wonderful food markets to plan a delightful party for my brother and sisters to just celebrate being together.
I am an anxious person and being around my family brings it out even more and my OS is the most anxious person EVER so it is taking a lot out of me to hang out with her. Don't mean to sound like I am complaining, I offered the help and knew what it would mean but it is unbelievably challenging. I am saying this today and will try not to keep repeating this vent. On the plus side, I am not over eating in reaction and I am getting plenty of exercise. That is a monumentally different response to the family stressors.

Thanks for listening ladies! NYKAREN

Jan – I live in SW GA. Tell us more about yourself. Name you wish to be called; family; hobbies; children, etc. Have you just moved to GA? See that you are looking for a GP. I know Peach1948 (Carol) because she and my middle sister were HS classmate. Then we lived right square dab in the middle of the State of GA.

Peach1948 (Carol) – I had my hair cut short and layered; but, got extremely tired of only being able to fix it one way. Then I let it grow out – long enough to put it up (in a ponytail); then got it cut off about chin level and love it – so does DH.

Heather – I have a ‘lipstick’ plant which is out on our glassed-in porch … it does NOT like any sunshine; doesn’t like it’s “feet” wet. But, I don’t think it likes the heat that has been building up in the room because of triple digit figures in the weather lately; but, if had been outside ... it still would have gone limp. This Spring I put more soil on top of it; because it was getting a bit heavy on the ends and thin on top. It ‘looks’ like it is trying to perk up. I don’t think it would live long anywhere at this point. Coming inside will be too much of a shock to it. Just have to try to baby it for a while.

Becca – What drives me absolutely ‘wild’ is when they go in and ‘dig’ around; I tell them ahead of time there is a LOT of scar tissue on the right; and, the ones on the left ‘flatten and roll’. There are just a few people that can get it the first time and doesn’t kill me. The ‘head’ nurse in the phlebotomist section at my OB/GYN's office; and a phlebotomist at the ‘hospital’s out-patient clinic’. I laughingly said that I was feeding the Duke University Medical Hospital’s ‘vampire’ for a year back in 1974 because I got 5 tubes of blood taken out every week for a year. I get stuck every 6 weeks to 2 months, it seems. Got to check my cholesterol level because I cannot take any kind of cholesterol-lowering meds (allergic to them). Seems like the older I’ve gotten, the more ‘allergies to medications’ I have. I finally figured out that I am allergic to ‘latex’ the difficult way. Every time I got a ‘pelvic’ … I’d hurt like Hell for days; OB/GYN asked me if I was ‘allergic’ to it. Of course, I did not know, so he used a pair of ‘latex-free’ gloves and did not have the same problem. He could put one on and just touch me and I’d break out. That and my allergy to penicillin is on my ‘medic alert’ necklace … EMT told me the last time I had a ‘seizure’ that I really needed to get a wrist bracelet because that is where they look for a 'medic alert' when they find you; and, keep my ‘history and medication list’ in my purse with me. Both are extensive. It’s difficult to answer what I am taking or what I am allergic to when I am ‘out of it’ basically. DH keeps one in his truck; I keep another one in my car; and, one in my medication bag.

I asked the EMT how he ‘knew I had a seizure’; he pulled my necklace out and said, ‘this told me; and, what the lady said you were doing when you passed out’. OH!

Tracie – The ‘easiest’ way to answer the posts is to open a word processing program and put it side-by-side (if your computer will allow you to do this); and, answer then as you get to one you want to comment on. You can NOT go back a page unless you hit the “POST” button. If you do, you will lose anything you have typed. But, if you do use the word processing way, you'll need to copy and paste it into the MFP box. It will give you 1 hour to ‘edit’ or ‘remove’ it. In the upper right-hand portion of the block you are typing in. You’ll get the hang of it … anytime you have problems just post them and somebody will answer it. On the last day of the month Barbiecat posts a link to go to the next month’s postings. Make sure you ‘bookmark’ it by clicking on the outline of the star that will turn ‘yellow’. After that just hit the gray star between the bell and gear and you’ll get a dropdown list. Sometimes at the end of the month there is some overlap. I usually go read them first and then close and go back and hit the gray button again to get to the present month.

Annc3333 – I was about to tell you to increase your protein and lower your carbs; but, you have already figured that one out. I’m on a low caloric intake plan; and, I ‘exercise’ at least a couple of hours in the pool during the summer; I walk in the Spring and Fall for an hour each pretty day; and then grudgingly walk on the treadmill during the Winter on those days it is too cold to get ‘outside’. I get weighed every other weel and don’t get on my scales at home. Great NSV for your pants beginning to get looser. That is quite often far more important than the number on a scale. Increase your water intake. If you are not drinking 8 8-ounce glasses of water a day; try to increase it a little each week until you are. The more you exercise, the more protein you’ll need. If you are finding it difficult to lose with the caloric intake that MFP; then, I would check with him/her about how few calories you need to be taking in, in order to lose weight. It has a lot to do with your age and height. I've also heart that heated water (like for making coffee) is a 'hunger' stopper.

Glo – Start ‘drinking’ water any time you start feeling ‘hungry’. Drink a glass of water before your meals as well; this will probably ‘help’ with the ‘starving feelings’. I've also heard that if you heat it up, it seems to work even better.

Karen and Katla – I remember telling one of my MDs that I had been ‘gaining’ only a 1 or 1 ½ pounds a month … got an eye-opener when he remarked; well at that you are gaining 12 – 18 pounds a year; and you said you have been doing this easily for the past 5 years. No wonder I was about to top 200lbs and was miserable with it. I started on a MD-order medical weight loss program. It’s been expensive; but, worth every dime of it and I am not hungry. Losing about 2 pounds every week. I’m near my goal with trying to get my BMI down to ‘normal’ weight. I got all over my OB/GYN for ‘not remarking to me’ about my ‘weight loss’. When he told me that he had remarked to his nurse, Nancy, that I was looking good; I told him that I am the “Nancy” he should be telling that to. So, when I got ready to leave he told me ‘that I was looking good; and, he was very proud of me’.

A bit of 'sad' news. My DDnL#2's niece lost her baby on the 4th while they were all at her (niece's) grandmother's house. She was 7 months along and it was 'stillborn'. She only weighed about 2lbs. DDnL#2 said her little head was no larger than a tennis ball and she was perfectly formed. They had found out about 4 months ago that she had a 'fatal' disease; so they were expecting her to die shortly after being born as it was. I don't understand why a woman is put through carrying a dead fetus to term, guess I never will. If it were me, and I knew the baby was dead, I think I would fare better to have to go through a C-section; but, I am sure it has to do with 'hormones' when giving birth. She told my DDnL#2 that she was 'sort of glad that it was all over with'. So sad. My DDnL#2 said it was hard to give condolences when she, herself, is trying to get pregnant. After they get back from vacation I think she is going to go through the IVF procedure ... but, she won't be telling anybody about it. At least, not until she gets past a certain point. Then the other niece lost her little dog to the gators.

Lenora

Thoughts by Becca........ (insert annoying elevator music here)......

Universal laws dictate when you give nothing, you get nothing.

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Take the focus off how losing weight is going to make you look. Put it on how losing weight can help you improve your life.

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The most important ingredient in food preparation is my mood!

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When you relinquish your evaluation process to another person or system you begin to lose yourself. When you lose yourself, you are not able to be fully present in your life, and the world around you is robbed of your unique gift.

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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great!

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Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe its unbecoming everything that isn't you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

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and finaly:

Losing weight isn't the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to losing weight.

no wait one more:

Healthy body me
strong me
easy to laugh me
unquenchable spirit me
adventurous me
confident me
life grabbing me
happy me
ME


by lots of amazing people not Becca, but I can't remember who the dang they were...
Becca
quote quota Momma in
Oregon

kabwe777 wrote: »

Thank you Drkatiebug! I love how supportive everyone is. This is my first day of my 6,000th (so far in life) diet. Ha!
Where is the gnat line?? Lol. Im a transplant.

The gnat line is an imaginary line separating North and South Georgia. Supposedly, gnats are much much worse in South Georgia. There is an actual geographic fall line separating the coastal region from the Piedmont region, which is what most folks really mean when they say gnat line.

Edited to add: and that, my pals, is your geography lesson for today.

Hello my friends, this is my second day so I'm not a newbie anymore lol lol

Jackie - welcome from this 2 day wonder. And welcome Jan too!

Becca - I'm glad you know your veins. I used to go to a place that gave $30 vitamin drips (they are like $100 or more everywhere else) but it was a training place for naturopathic doctors so I had some pathetic vein situations due to the training doctors being sooo bad with finding veins and mine are hard to find.... Thanks for the welcome and I the quotes. Especially the elevator music that was a nice touch lol

Michelle - glad the tumor is benign and sorry that the hearing loss is sticking.

GLo - glad the hubbie's prostate cancer is slow growing

Larissa - sending you good vibes to get back in Onederland

Heather - 'd hearing you are a writer

Joyce - hope the ostomy nurse gets tracked own.

Carol - yes we must see a pic of the haircut!!! That is the only way.

Lenora - sorry for DnL#niece's loss.... that is sad.

And thanks Tracie for the welcome too.

On mowing lawns, and condo living, I picked my condo partly for the fact there is NO LAWN care for me. The full extent of my lawn care is throwing my coffee out on the front patch of grass and letting my little doggie graze there, lol. Everything else is the HMO!!!

So last night I was super tired right after work. At first I wondered why and then I remembered I had had insomnia the night before, doh! So I also had forgotten my tennis shoes - and had worn only my new balance "flip flops" (they don't really flip or flop though)... and it was not a regularly scheduled gym night... so I just went to the drug store after work and got some needed items like k.litter and detergent and picked up my thyroid.

so important to have on hand... I am in the process of changing doctors, I think, and I might have to redo my labs and I am not sure if my current insurance pays labs or not... I am still reeling from last doctor ordering me labs and she doesn't have a front/back office... she had struck out on her own and didn't' check to see if my insurance covered it... so I got the tests without checking myself since usually the doctor's staff used to do that for me and I got hit by a $600 unexpected bill for that... I've changed insurance again, but this time I will try to check first. So I have two "prior" doctors now - one is my prior naturopath who caused that $600 charge or contributed to it happening anyway, and the other is a long story... the first office I tried to go to to replace my naturopath. It was naturpathic w/ regular Western but I didn't like the doctor. Then the office had me call the insurance about the charges, so I did and they said they would pay them if it was "preventative". Since it was a intake appointment I would've thought it was preventative AND especially since the insurance was willing for it to be rebilled as preventative - but the back office WOULD NOT rebill and in fact, acted like I was trying to cheat the insurance. So I just paid it and got my labs at Theranos, now Theranos is in the news as having shaky testing.... so.... back to the drawing board....

Long story huh. Anyway, I didn't sing, go to the gym, or do any goal work of any kind after work. Tonight I AM going to the gym, I do have my shoes! I am gong to ride the e-bike for 30 minutes. Then home, I have a sponsee in my 12 step program who might need a call, and tonight I am going to sing or ate least do 15-30 minutes of vocal exercises.

My breakfast was a frittata from the delivery meals and it was overcooked ... yeuck. I should call and complain, not necessarily for money, I just want them to stop doing that!

Today work went well. I still don't have my fitbit back on. I did get up and walk around 2x for a very short walk but better than sitting all day. I had Toastmasters and I was grammarian. So that was pretty fun.

My basic plan for the week is gym tonight, gym tomorrow, and gym one more time this week - and I would like to do some yoga or belly dance with some of my videos. If I can solve my doctor problem and plan my trip to my sisters and get this website done this month it will be super month.

Also I can't wait to weigh in and find out if these delivery meals and staying within calories are helping me go in the right direction weight-loss wise!

oceanmelody wrote: »

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Pip, we have a mixed marriage--one hybrid bike and one touring bike. I feel like I am not so effective on the road but I like being able to steer off onto the grass and not fall down! And DH does well on the road but he is claiming that his shoulders hurt more than they used to with the touring bike position. We may need to have better matched bikes but who should get the different one? I would love to go on the pavement and the bike paths both, and most of our paths are not paved.

Welcome new people!

Betty ROC

i have a hybrid (winter bike) and a road bike (summer bike), i only ride on the road. if your husbands shoulders are hurting i am wondering if either of you have been fitted for the bikes you are riding.

iremiare - nope no day off

Well, we both got our bikes ages ago at reputable shops and were fitted then. I am wondering if the shoulder problem could be related to weight gain over the years resulting in a different total body configuration or maybe just getting older or over compensating somehow for the knee arthritis? DH has ridden off and on for decades and knows lots more about bikes than I do. But the older he gets the more I hear about his aches and pains and not just when bicycling.(update: today his shoulders are not hurting--yet).

We just made it home from a 67 minute ride wherein we had encounters with a bunny and a deer. Silly deer did not want to leave the middle of the road! We even barked at him. Surprised he wasn't in our yard munching on hostas and day lilies.

The hills were not any easier but I did enjoy the fresh air and countryside!

Betty

Barbie so glad that Jake is progressing well. Why does the doc want him to take more pain med if he doesn't feel the need? Seems counterintuitive? But what do I know. Sounds like you are on call right now and that is just how it has to be,
but each day brings you a little closer to back to normal I am sure. Glad that the nap strategy worked and Jake got the nap he needed! Rest is a healing thing.

Tonight I enjoyed a family gathering with delicious red snapper with ginger lime and roasted Brussels sprouts and stir fry baby Bok Choy (And plenty of red wine!). Absolutely terrific. But I so miss my girl and my DH, had a lovely phone conversation with them both and feel loved and missed by them. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

NYKAREN

Kabwe777 and drkatiebug – Additional geographic and 'bug' information. Gnat Line is along the “Fall Line” in Georgia (where long, long ago, the ocean covered by the sea). Piedmont plateau. Runs approximately from Columbus, to Macon to Augusta, GA. Above that gnats are generally not found (but they are getting up there mainly because of the heat). I grew up in Forsyth, GA (right above Macon) and we did not have them … would come down near Ft. Valley for family reunions and they’d drive us NUTS. People in the Deep South (below the Gnat Line) learn how to blow them out of their eyes without having to ‘wave their hands’ to do so. Wearing sunglasses ‘helps’ a ‘little’. If you open your car doors and park it, they’ll get all inside it; so, don’t do that. To ‘help’ a little, you can spray your hands with bug spray and pat lightly around the orbit of your eyes. Just make sure you wash your hands good before touching the rest of your face. Not much else works. Even for those who have lived here a long time.

Kabwe777 – I’m an artist with portraits being my favorite subject; but, I would be what you’d call ‘a starving artist’ … I do it for pleasure and most of my work ends up being ‘gifts’ for family and friends. Took private lessons from the age of 7 and went to 'art school'. My parents started trying to find someone willing to ‘teach’ me when I drew a toy wind-up penguin at my great-aunts house (away from the gnats in a back room). Really enjoyed private lessons, ‘art school’ was overwhelming … 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, and that did not count projects which took up the other ‘waking hours’ of my day. Sort of took the ‘wind out of my sails/sales’ if you know what I mean. I’ve done a few portraits for friends on a commission basis. Art is a very expensive ‘hobby’. DH ‘knew’ I had gone to art school; but, did not really think much about it until he found my art box from school. Then, he ‘nagged’ me about it. GGGrrrrr!!!!! I just got finished painting my DGD#4 some ‘pink’ sunflowers; but, I am going to go back in, now that it is ‘dry to touch’ to put some yellow over the pink, sort of like a wash. I think they’ll look more like sunflowers. At this point, they look too much like zinnias.

Re in TX – It was actually my DDnL#2’s niece who lost the baby.

I think my DOS and DDnL#1 get irritated with me about ‘exercising’ in the pool; so I do it when they aren’t’ home. This weekend, I figured out a way to exercise without them really ‘knowing’ that was what I was doing. Got the ring and put it over my head and around my waist and kicked the entire time we were in the pool … about 1 ½ hours before the thunder ran us out. HEHEHEHEHE!!!!! Joining in on their throwing the ball … which I cannot do because I don’t let go of it quick enough. They just laugh at me. Then, I leave them to their play and I go back to kicking around. There is more than one way to 'skin a cat' ... when it comes to 'exercising'.

Lenora

Oops -- forgot the rest

Karen in VA - actually, the tumor is a vestibular schwannoma. Vince likes rye bread and the Pepperidge Farm rye bread is marked down there. I can get it for $1.50 a loaf, the regular price is about double.

Lenora - "the wife" was just the wife of friends of Vince's parents. They socialized a lot while Vince was growing up. It's just so sad that she wouldn't talk to us for 30 years or so, even when she died. Her husband at first was keeping his distance but in time he came to visit us whenever we went to visit Vince's parents. We have an auto fill for our pool which we turn on and it will automatically add water when it's needed. Of course, there is the overflow pipes for when we get a lot of rain so the pool doesn't fill up. The installer of the pool kept saying that he wasn't crazy about these auto fills, but I find it very handy. All you have to do is turn on the faucet. I used to do leg lifts but found that if I held onto the concrete, the concrete would get so hot that it hurt. For a while I was wearing gloves in the water, but that was just a pain. I still really like floating to the sound of the waterfall..... We love our saltwater generator. Let's hope your pump goes out quickly....lol You won't be sorry at all.

Heather - so happy for your son. congrats to him and the family. Vince and I share the mowing, he uses the tractor and I use the walk behind (self-propelled) then weedwacker. He also uses the weedwacker some, then sweep. that depends on who has time.

Becca - I'm so proud to know you

tracie - sounds like you're having a wonderful vacation

Brought home the angelfish that'll go on the pergola. Vince painted it. I'll attach a copy here.

Michele in NC

Am walking on clouds today! I lost 8 lbs in June!! Now I just need to get the exercise on a schedule.
I have to say that logging all food has made it easier to stick to my new eating plan. NOT a diet!!
Daughter got her China work visa today, so she is all set to move in 6 weeks. Will be moving in with us the end of July. This is getting more real. I have been ok so far but when the time comes for her to leave, I may feel differently.
DebbieTX

Rororosie~ heehee, I could hear you humming with the Musak out in Oregon here! Strangely enough, when I try to get zen with my thinking, that type of music pipes thru to my brain. It's from a couple of years living with comedians I tell ya!
Becca
loony in Oregon