WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

Charleen, did you hand quilt that wonderful quilt. I admire you and those poor fingers if you did. Well, I admire you for doing it anyway.

I know some of you have read my story of when my first daughter went off to college. I had heard all the stories of how I would just cry all the way home. I was surprised that I didn't cry at all yet I do tend to hold in feelings at times. Not all the time and I can't seem to control why I do and don't. Anyway, Christina was planning on keeping her car there, we had rules about grades and her car, so her and her sister went in one car and we were in the other. Both cars were packed. She had one of those poppasom chairs and she was forever known as the girl with the satellite dish. After we got home, I couldn't stand it that I didn't know how she was doing all by herself. So the first weekend we went down there. I was shocked. Her room was clean, all laundry was done, she had friends, but the biggest thing was that she already had a boyfriend and his ring on her finger. Not engagement but high school ring. His friends say he had never seriously dated a girl so I knew this was serious. So when we went home, I DID cry almost all the way home. My girl didn't need my mothering anymore! She was grown up. So girls, just trust that you have done your best and have raised those sons to be adults

Barbie, thanks for being there for us every month.

joyce, Indiana

Barbie: Thank you for the August thread.

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome home and good wishes for our trip. You are all the best, both as a group and as individual women. :flowerforyou:

Karen and I talked about getting together while we were in VA but we both had full schedules and family obligations. Maybe another time we'll be lucky enough to meet in person. It will likely be quite a while before we head that way again, but you never know.


July Resolutions & comments:

1. Log every bite and swallow.
I logged everything to the best of my ability. Portion sizes were best guesstimates.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
Done. While were were with DS and DDIL I even had a pilates lesson. It felt wonderful. We have plans to try to
do this weekly over the internet. They will be travelling, and we have some technology challenges to figure out,
so we'll begin when the time is available.
4. Have fun every day.
Done! Smithsonian, Flight Museum, Montecello, Michie Tavern, Herndon Friday night concert . . .
5. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
Done. I'm even starting to like it. :bigsmile:
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
Sleep was good during our visit. We did not get over tired. The trip home was another story
and we are really tired today.


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

August Resolutions :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

((((((((((Big Barbie hugs)))))))))) Thank you friend for this thread and all the great help it has done for us all.


Becca Bio

I'm 54
a retired Navy Chief's wife

mom of 27, 21& 17 yr old sons (two older active Navy, and 17 yr old in a holding pattern until he graduates from HS).

I love suduko puzzles, and crosswords doing both in pen (with the help of a crossword dictionary).

Active in the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group in my area.

Live in Hammond Oregon on the coast as far north as you can go, before you fall into the Columbia River!

Love to swim, play tennis with my teenager, and lay out in the sun on my private balcony (with enough quilts anything is possible.

Love to wander my various antique malls and shops, losing many hours for some unknown reason....

Love to cook clean, a great meal is like "caffine" for my body. I am energized and AMPED.

Love a great cup of coffee, and have 2-3 mugs of it daily with Truvia sweetener.

Love to sing opera when I can, mostly at the Senior Luncheons I volunteer serving at.

Love all my friends on here. Really do, you'all are awesome!

Alrighty, that is my story and I am sticking to it!
Becca
Oregon

Hello Delectable Dames;

You all are so good about having goals… I have only one goal… to keep on doing what I am doing. So, for August my goals are:

1) To not be laid off from work
2) To keep on logging my food every day
3) To keep on exercising every day

Now, if I lose weight – and seriously, how could I not? – I will be pleased – but, I am not going to get all riled if the scales do not cooperate. What I am doing is not about changing a number on the scale, but about changing the shape of my body and the way I live my life. So, fingers crossed, nothing exciting happens to me, any time, soon. I find that so long as I can maintain the status quo, this is not that difficult. I am humbled by those of you who manage to keep on doing the right things in the face of adversity, illness and loss.

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Pip – you crack me up! And Kirby is adorable… They are so cute when they are sleeping. And gratz on the challenge finally be over… we hope.

Charleen – Marvelous quilts! And you are so sweet to make the quilt for the OS… You are completely correct… older sisters need to feel special, too.

April – Welcome! I imagine it would be harder to be more or less healthy all your life and then suddenly find yourself fat… for me, when I turned 40 was when I finally got it together. I had spent my whole life as “the fat girl.” It wasn’t until I started to feel my mortality that I really snapped out of it and make a change. This is a great place to be… we are here for you.

Becca – thank you. Your goal weight is just that… YOUR goal. Forget the doctor’s goal, or the insurance companies… I had the same initial goal weight as you – 200 – but have recently changed it because I have decided I want to be half the woman I was… Now my goal weight is 183 – half my highest weight. And Becca – I WITNESS THIS!

Carol – Thank you. Is there any end in sight on the rental house? Good luck with all that.

Joyce – Thank you. Hugs for you, Hon. Hopefully, that genetic fun will skip a generation. And Joyce, your girl will ALWAYS need her mother – just not the same way. Take it from a girl who still needs her mother at 51.

Allison – I assume the dogs survived the trip? *grins* Glad you had a good time. I am with Barbie… I hope someday you have your cottage by the sea, and all the peace and pleasure that go with it.

LisaAnne – Welcome!

Heather – your family is gorgeous. I love the Pokemon pictures… Good job on skipping the alcohol… Gold Star for you!

Kim – Thank you… And I am glad your garden has a chance against the bunnies and the birds. It’s nice that the two can coexist. I am rather fond of bunnies… but, I am more fond of my garden vegetables!

Karen/VA – your Mom sounds like a wonderful woman. ((Hugs!))

NYKaren – glad DH is going to rent the car. I wouldn’t want you to have an accident trying to see through your tears on the roadway coming home! And take heart… you know you have done everything in your power to raise that girl right. She will be just fine.

JPS Girl/Leigh – Welcome, and thanks for the flowers. :] And I am with you… Logging and eating low carb are the ONLY things that have ever worked for me.

KarenE – Thank you. And it must have been something in the water, yesterday… I ended up having a giant burrito for dinner. I didn’t go over my daily goal = but it was a near thing. Since my calorie goal is very generous, that means I ate a LOT. But Kudos to you on the exercise! Keep it up.

Margaret – Thank you.

KJ – Thank you… Yeah, Denial… just call me Cleo. I feel ya on the speeding ticket… we don’t have to take classes here, but we do have to pay for the nose for Deferred Adjudication… oh, and I am still laughing about you “sleeping in” until 6:00. That’s AM, right? That is sleeping in? Sheesh!

Lisa/W.TX – you hit ‘Gentle Humor” right on the nail. The toast idea is cute. Gratz on making your goal. I could probably use “be lighter” as my goal, too. Not putting any huge pressure on myself… I figure I get enough of that from the rest of my life. Just trying to do what I know I should do so I can be healthier.

Spikeyhair – Welcome! So sorry about your DGD.

Michele – thank you. Yes… I was actually kind of shocked by how much difference there is between 260 and 243. I can’t wait to see what 220 looks like. So, what do you do with your purple potatoes? Anything special? Or do you just use them like any old potato? I have never tried them.

Katanthus – Welcome!

Cheri – I hope you have the easiest move ever!

DJ – Thank you. Hope you and DH had a marvelous time at the beach!

Beth – We will remind you, for sure. And you know you raised your DS right… He will be just fine.

Barbie – Our own Dancing Queen… It sounds like your exercise is a lot more fun than mine. Of course, I like being able to go whenever I want – so, I will take the monotony in order to keep the flexible times. Thank you so much for keeping this thread going.

Larisa – you are a legend at your gym? Do tell… lol. Nice pic. You named your board? I never did get the skateboard under control.. so I am in awe.

Katla – Thank you. And isn’t it always great to be home? No matter how much fun you had, home is always a relief.

Mary – Thank you.

Summer – Thank you, and Welcome!

Chris – Hello!

Carrie – Thank you.

Miriam - *waves* I am a cat person, too. Don’t have any cats right now – DH was so heartbroken when his cat died, we haven’t gotten another. He doesn’t think he could stand another loss.

Meg – I hope you manage to get Benny’s meds down.

Betty – Thank you. Sorry about the deer eating your flowers.

Lenora – I am not a country girl, either… *ick* Mold is bad.

Janet/OKC – so jealous of the squats… someday, I will get my knees fixed, too.

Janet/TX – Welcome. Another Texas gal. Whoot!

KarenZ – Welcome!

SoCal Runner – Welcome!

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Wow – so many wonderful women, all in one place. Are we lucky, or what?

Here’s to another great month, my Beauties… *raises her glass of iced tea*

Hugs for everybody!

Re in TX