WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

For me it's eating mindfully - and remembering that calories count. I used to think that this little bite doesn't count or eating without thinking, putting things in my mouth mindlessly. But I try to remember now that yes calories count and when I eat to eat mindfully, enjoying and not just by habit for the sake of eating. It's a daily struggle because the mindless eating for me had been so ingrained. I'm down 25 pounds and am determined to keep going. One thing I realize is that I need the support from others on this weight loss/living life free journey.

Miriam (((Hugs))) I worked with a woman who couldn't be in the same room when someone was having fish for lunch. She ate Chia seeds to get her Omega-3s. Does she have ID warning of this allergy. Epipen?

Since I started back yesterday, I think I did pretty good.

I logged all my food for the day. Everything that went in my mouth (including the donut). We went to the park yesterday and DH ran and I walked (48 min. 2.5 miles). We went to Chilis for dinner and I had the buffalo chicken salad, but substituted grilled chicken for fried chicken. Watched Houston Astros game and then a movie then to bed.

My DH was laid off on 3/3 this year. He is in the oil & gas field. We were living in Houston Texas. We loved it there, but that industry is taking a really bad hit. Thousands of people laid off and the outlook is not good for the future. We thought about moving to Oklahoma, but they are having the same problem. So we decided to move to Albuquerque New Mexico. We did the uhaul and moved here the end of June. Things are a bit cheaper here, so my paycheck will go a little further. He has been off 5 months now and we have our fingers crossed on this one job. There just isn't much out there. Retirement has been pushed back. DH was wanting to retire at 66, now not sure. A two bedroom apartment is small when you are both home every day all day.

So today is day 2. Grocery store then church then some time on budget.

Have a good day ladies

drkatiebug wrote: »

Re and Pip, that's cause I'm an expert cyber-stalking Google freak!

Well, and because Pip has told us her last name before, and it's pretty distinctive. LOL.

its a fine mexican german name as kirby always says!

morning peeps -

miriamwithcats yeah, i'm isabel, no le on the end. that's how we mexicans roll. i have never liked the name, i go by izzy or iz (preferably iz) this will sound funny but when i hear me say isabel in english it sounds awful, but as i've aged, when i hear isabel in spanish, it sounds ok. when i hear a caucasian person say my name in english is sounds nicer than when i say it.. i can't explain it. but there you go.... i have people at work trained, i don't respond to the name if they say it.

a little lesson from the mexican

Grandmallie – I love 9 to 5; although I’ve never had a boss that was as big of a prick than he was. Got exactly what he needed!


Pip34 – Now it’s you turn to tell us your ‘real’ name, too! LOL!!!!! Never mind ... I see on subsequent postings that it is Isabel.


Charleen – I liked watching The Bird Cage, too. I had a couple of ‘gay’ friends in art school; but, only one that would ‘sashay’ like they did. He would entertain everybody who was on ‘break’ from the offices around the deli I worked in part-time. It was pretty ‘risqué’ with it came out; but, today … you see it everywhere, or so it seems.


KJLaMore – Our cat killed a quail last week … DH was pissed; wanted me to go out and put it in a Ziploc so he could see if it was male or female; went to the door, he had eaten the entire thing; either that, or he had moved it. He was lying down at the door so he probably ate it. DH said that the female will act like she is hurt and move away from the nest (on the ground) to lure the predator away from the babies. Guess she miscalculated how quick the cat was (or high how he could jump). We don’t have too many; but, the ones we have … we’d like to grow up and populate the area. Sometimes called “Bob Whites” … sound is “Bob White” or “Bob, Bob White”. I think it is the male who has the second “Bob” in his call. The turkeys also do the same; hiding in high grass. Deer as well. I’m surprised any make it to a size to be able to make it on their own.

We found a fawn, that obviously had been separated from it Mama, either he had a problem, or maybe she had been killed by a predator. When DOS’s lab found it, DH ran out to keep him from killing it. In the process Luna had broken his leg, trying to get it to play with her. He brought it up to the house and I got a towel to wrap her in. DDnL#1 took a video and posted it on FB; within minutes DYS told us to put it back where we found it, and ‘hope’ that the towel wiped off our scent. About 4 hours later, DH and DOS went out to check on it … they had to ‘put it down’ … would not have made it; but, the DGDs were so upset about it. There used to be a vet in town that would take injured deer and keep them penned up so that they could get out on their own; but, he stopped doing it. The Wildlife Management would not take it either. They said the best thing was to let it die (or put it out of its misery).

My youngest niece is deaf … with an 85 decibel loss in one ear and a 90 decibel loss in the other. She could ‘lip read’. He Daddy never wanted her to ‘sign’. She could ‘talk’ but sounded a lot like she had a bad ‘lisp’. When she got closer to being in her Senior year of school was about the time that the students on the Gallaudet College for the Deaf in Washington, DC, she told them that was where she wanted to go. So they went up and she applied and got accepted. She had to go to summer session so they could teach her to ‘sign’ as for the entire 4 years she was there, the students and staff could ONLY sign. The sit-in the students were having was over Gallaudet wanting to ‘hire’ a ‘hearing Dean’ and they did not want that to happen. The students got a ‘deaf Dean’ afterwards.


Karen/VA – They much buy the cheapest land they can find in a place where the ‘think’ they’ll get customers. I never think of them because of their location (and the difficulty getting there). You have to ride through 3 parking lots of other businesses. So stupid. What really got my goat is that SteinMart close up here and I bought ALL my clothes there and it was always packed with people ‘buying’ and not just ‘looking’. Here, Kohl’s is a little ‘pricey’ as is TJMaxx. Now most of my clothes are bought at Belk’s.


Re in TX – Gee, previously being that heavy … you should be proud that you’ve lost that much weight. Unfortunately the ‘bat wings’ and ‘thighs’ really isn’t something that any form of exercise will change. That really does have to be reduced through surgery. I even have a pooch; but, was told over and over that the stomach/abdomen is the last place one usually loses last; and because I have a scar down the middle of my belly; I might still have a bit of sag to my skin. All my weight was put on AFTER having the scar from surgery made.

I had to come in after 30 minutes of being outside. The heat just zaps me. Even for a little while. I was trying to help my husband who painted a chandelier for a client who really wanted white splatter put on the ‘light’ gray; he is going to take it to them anyway because the ‘white’ did not show up on the gray and he decided that maybe they’ll like it anyway. IF they had painted it a ‘dark’ gray … that would have been pretty; but, they picked out the paint for it. I guess they thought it would stand out. Actually, I think it would have been pretty to lightly sprinkle iridescent glitter on it (because of the light color). But, ‘my artistic ways’ might not be to their liking. He also would to want to repaint it (although they might want him to). “Cha-Ching”


Michele – We don’t have a BB&B – nearest one is in Columbus (over an hour away on a good day); and the mall is even further and hard to find, if you don’t know how to get around there (and I don’t). I’ll look at Kohl and TJ Maxx here and see if I can find one with a zipper; and, if so … will send the other one back and get a credit back to my card. A lot will depend on whether DDnL#1 wants to ‘ferry me around or not’.

Miriam – My best friend is highly allergic to shell-fish; she can’t even taste something that has it in it. I’d be ‘sad’ to find out I was allergic to shell-fish … love them all. I do think I might be allergic to ‘ginger’ …. So drinking ginger ale is pretty much out for me; it causes my throat to feel like it is closing up.

I don’t know how old she is; but, you might want to get an Epi-pen or inhaler for her to keep (or for some adult to have on them at all times … which I guess would be you).


Kylia – A couple of years ago, we had a stray goat, French Pyrenees, lab, part-pit bull, some smaller mixed-breed dogs running around in the area; they came through our property from about 5 miles away. The French Pyrenees was ‘herding’ all the others around. It was pretty funny. We had called animal control about it; but, unless they saw them ‘on the road’ or ‘off the road’ they would not do anything; especially not come on our property to remove them. Guess maybe they were two lazy. We finally 'figured' out who they belonged to and called him. Told him it was 'ok' for him to drive onto the property to see if he could find them. I guess he must have, never saw them again.

Lenora

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Stronglifts Workout B
Squat- 1X5X 55/65/75/85, 5X5X95
OHP- 1X5 45/50/55/60, 55
DL- 1 X5X 145

Kettlebell Swing
19 X 10 X 30

Walk 1,000 Miles Challenge
5 miles



Mary from Minnesota

Hi all reading new posts I love to keep up with what you are all doing.
Still at DD's but thinking of going home tomorrow to DH who is redecorating the kitchen. Had a rest day today as DGS has gone to his friends again so no decluttering. DD was painting all day yesterday in new house so she is shattered. No exercise but I really miss it, they say you can become addicted.
DGD has spent the last 2 days in bed after the walk in the park the other night. Such a terrible thing for a 15 year old to have to endure. Makes you grateful for good health.

Miriam - Congratulations on being so switched on the allergy incident. :flowerforyou: What a nuisance for her though. My DSIL's boyfriend is allergic to any fish. I have to remember not to give him olives stuffed with anchovy paste! The worst allergy I have ever known was a colleague of my ex to penicillin. He could drink no milk or eat any meat except grass fed lamb.

Re - Would something like my UV suit help you. I don't like wearing a swimsuit either as my skin is wrinkly and my thighs are blobby, even though I am now slim. I either just get in the water quickly after taking off a wrap, or I am going to be wearing my "rash" suit in Mexico. Online there are loads of suits for Muslims etc that cover everything. :laugh:

Watched a lovely film called 'Chico and Rita'. It's set in Cuba, Paris and NYC etc and it's a cartoon about Cuban musicians. I normally hate cartoons, but I loved this. Subtitled.

My best friend who took the lawyer locum job in London had to give it up after one week. It was too much for her at 67. Really harrowing care cases in court. I was trying to support her last week. She is finally realising that she has to give up a lot of dreams in order to live within her small means. At last! She rang me today while she was taking a trip down memory lane in our old town where we spent our teenage years. She was standing outside the Music Room of our old school where the Major who was teaching us clarinet used to make advances to our 12 year old selves. Yuk! I really feel for her. She has had enormous mental health problems in her life and is a real survivor. But not the most practical person.

I am looking forward to having DH's company tomorrow. We have to shop for food and make up the beds for the grandchildren. The new jungle duvet cover has arrived.
DSIL wants us to go to Hove to babysit in September as her new nanny has a prebooked holiday. Her parents are helping out and we will do a day while she is up in London working. Currently their train line is beset by strikes and awful disputes, so I hope she doesn't have too many problems. It's national news every day. She may have to stay up there with friends.
Not a good start to her going back to work. Just two days a week to start with and a day at home to write and do administration.

Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

Well it is a cool Sunday here. Only to get in the 60's today. I love it. I am working 6-4 today and then at 4:30 we have our monthly Christen motorcycle meeting. Last evening we went to church and enjoyed that.
Roxy--Welcome and remember to take it One day at a time. I am a stress eater and working on getting a better way of dealing with life.
Miriam--So glad things turned out ok with your daughter. I would be scared also.
Heather--I love your outlook on life. I am working on being positive.
Another slow day and getting caught up on somethings. Have a great rest of the day!
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE

I am new and was happy to find this group!
In a graduate program and full-time work so beside this, my goals are few:
August:
Juggle work and study
Exercise a minimum of 15 minutes four times per week
Lose 1 pound per week on a 40 pound journey--May 2018 reach my goal of better fitness and health
Continue with my priority of connection with my children, partner and friends