WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016

Got on the dreaded scale this AM and am up 6 pounds from when I last posted my weight. Back to being honest about logging. My biggest problem is after dinner snacking.

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Mary: Congratulations on the twins!


We woke up to a sunny day in VA this morning and have planned an adventure for the day. I'm borrowing a power cord from DS and have access to my computer at last. I'll stop by when I have time. Today we're in tourist mode.

Katla in Virginia

Good morning, Ladies! I look forward to keeping up with your adventures all weekend.

Meanwhile, random updates:

I got new X-rays yesterday, and found out the persistent pain and limited range of motion is because I have bone hitting metal. This is actually not that bad of news, though, because the bone has begun to remodel and should eventually shape itself to where that stops happening. IF I push persistently to that pain. Yay-harumpf!
This will require the bone to narrow somewhat, but there's a metal rod down through the center right there, so at least it's relatively safe to do so. If for some reason, that doesn't end up happening (it should though), there is a surgical intervention available, but he doesn't recommend it for people he considers medically young. I have super dense bones, from the 3+ decades of strength training, and ironically, that makes surgeons more conservative about not wanting to remove any bone mass...if my bones were already thin, or weak, he'd go right ahead. I have decided to accept that there are things I don't understand.

Here's the fragrance in my apartment this week,



Last but not least, a hilarious conversation....

Me, to my (tall, handsome) trainer: I need to complain about my not losing weight.

Trainer: Not in that dress!

HAHAHAHA Smooooooth.

Off to get my haircut....Happy Saturday! :flowerforyou:

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Lisa in TX – I’m not the least bit surprised that the bank is ‘upset’ about you paying off your warehouse and RV being something you will be poised to do by the end of the year. They make their money off the interest you pay to them for using their money … which is really a ‘paper transaction’ to begin with. When we refinanced our mortgage to lower our interest rate by ½; the mortgage company we were using had ‘nip-ups’. Calling us and asking why we’d change. In that deal, besides lowering our payments, lowering the interest, lowering the time for us to pay it off by about 7 years; we put $45K into our pockets. The same thing occurred when I consolidated my credit cards into one account at my bank, interest free for one year; even though I had to pay a ‘fee’ to have them transferred; but, paying anywhere from 14.99% all the way up to one that charged me 29.99%; I’d rather pay what my bank charges (low side of what I had been paying) than knowing the amount of interest on all those cc bills’ with their unbelievable interest rates. I do keep my Belk's card active; and buy clothes on it twice a year.

When my Daddy was alive and cc had just come out; they were sending them to ‘everybody’ with credit limits off the charts. He thought that the 3% they were charging was ‘mobster rates’. He did not believe in using them at all. When we went on vacation he’d take the $$$ we needed out of the budget and buy “Traveler’s Checks”. Does anyone remember them? There were quite a few people who had gotten the ‘cc’ in the mail, some with credit limits as high as $10K and run them up and maxed them out with no way to pay them off. Several of his clients went ‘bankrupt’ because of them; when they did … the banks suffered more because they could not recoup what they had purchased … because they are considered as ‘unencumbered’ items. Kudos to you and you DH for being in a position to pay them off. My DH and I have been ‘in and out’ of debt probably 4 or 5 times during our marriage. Getting to the point of being able to pay off ccs is one thing we are working on. I don’t use mine anymore; for any reason … it is coming down slowly; but, it is coming down. Wish we could have refinanced our house down to 10 years; but, 15 was the lower it the most; but, even then, much better than 30 years. Best thing, our payment only went up $10 with ‘interest and insurance included’. So we don’t have to come up with that at the end of the year. I have this container, basically a clear bottle that we put our ‘cut up ccs’ in; as a reminder not to ever apply for another again. I did not ‘close’ the accounts because even though it would be ‘better’ … it would affect my ‘credit score’ negatively. Go figure. So I freeze them in a Tupperware canister and ‘if I needed to’ which is doubtful … I can defrost them.

When we pay one off; we take what we were paying on it to apply to another one.
Sitting all day at a desk; why don’t you check into one of those desktops that raise up to make the desk at a level where you can stand up while working? Then you could ‘walk in place’; walking would be ‘good exercise’ even if it in just standing there. I’m pretty sure that if you are in a warehouse, you’d be walking on concrete when you are working out in the warehouse. A good pair of walking shoes should help.


Heather – I have a set of ankle weights; but, have not seen them since we moved here 15 years ago; but also have a few other things that must be packed away somewhere, too. I’ll have to wait until it cools off ‘significantly’ before going into the attic to look for them; we have a metal roof and it would be like entering a sauna at this time. We’ve been in the high 90’s and heart indexes into triple figures. I need to get into the pool while it is still cool (if high 70’s is cool). DH and Cracker are already outside; DH using the Weed Wacker and Cracker running around.


Mary in Minnesota – At least your DH’s daughter has started to ‘come around’ about reconciling with her Dad (and then maybe y’all can see your granddaughters). Ours will NEVER reconcile; and that is what hurts DH the most. In that regard, she is like her mother; who enjoyed holding being able for "Little Nana" the chance to see her. We had to jump through a lot of hoops and she'd make threats. One year, he went to the judge (directly, about her threatening to send her back to FL from LA for visitation. The judge called her at 7:00 in the morning and told her that when DH sent a plane ticket to her, she'd better put her on a plane; if not he would have her arrested and brought back to FL for a hearing. He upped the amount of child support until he was current; but, by that time, we were able to pay the higher amount. She then wanted us to send her to 'her mother and dad's house for a week of vacation to be cut out of our 2 weeks with her). He told her 'no way'; he'd let her spend one day with them, no more than that ... because she'd fly them out to LA several times a year; and, we only got to see her 2 weeks out of the year.

To have a DGD that he’ll never see again; is like they are also ‘dead’. Not only did he have to 'grieve' the loss of his mother; he has had to grieve the loss of his daughter and granddaughter. Makes us wonder what she has told her mother about the reason we no longer are in their lives. She also had a child that was killed when she was 12; now, would have been close to 25 (and maybe with children of her own). For a short period of time the older sister of our former SnL would babysit for the granddaughter we can't see and she’d send pictures of her. When daughter found out about it, she stopped using her as a babysitter. But, one thing … she does have the ‘auburn’ hair that I told daughter she’d have. She said, no, she will look like Brandy. I told her that God would never do that to her or to the child. She looks more like her Daddy. When she lost that child, only child at the time; and a few months afterward her own mother told her to 'get over it'. I don't think you ever get over losing a child. She'd call us and spend the better portion of an hour wailing; but, we let her do that and to talk it out.

She knows how old her Daddy is; and, that he could possibly pass away within the next 10 or 15 years. But, it will be 'her loss' and especially that of her child's. But, at this point I would think it would be more difficult for her to now see us and be told that DH is really her granddaddy; she's 10 now.

Lenora

So far 1025 miles

Heather That food sounds yummy. Methinks you must be a very good cook.

Debbie TX I do go to Jazzercise, but I'm pretty sure Mary does all of her exercise at home, as do a number of others on this site. I don't have a gym membership. The kettlebell routines I am doing today will be done at home. I forgot why you have balance issues (?MS) but there are so many exercises you can do at home (Wii & others) that can help you improve or maintain your balance. And @exermom Michele has a bajillion exercise videos at home. We can help you brainstorm!! Ladies?

@SonicPal Hi! Be sure to highlight the pale star above the top post on this page to bookmark this thread so you can find it again. What shall we call you? Where are you from? Tell us all about you! And LOL!!! you just got a lot more than one motivation buddy by posting here!

JanetR Thank you for the kind words recently. You gals really are the best.

Edited to add: @prbford64 Are you lurking out there? Are you coming back soon? And @TerriRichardson112 I miss your posts, too. I know we all get busy and have to pay attention to other things...

Karen in Virginia

Okay, I had to scroll back and see the baby pictures from Mary and Heather. SO GREAT!
and it it gave me a chance to skim the other updates, so I'm feeling a little more caught up now.
I'm going to have weeks like this, being employed full-time-and-then-some, but I appreciate this group so much! You are all wonderful...and I'll always check in, when I can.
Larisa in Seattle