WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

NY Karen and Others ~ I taught mostly 5th grade for over 30 years! It was my whole life with the exception of my son and DH. I cried and cried when I left but now could not imagine working all day.

DH is getting ready to do his monthly antique show. The last 3 months have not been very profitable and I am encouraging him to get a booth in a mall to get rid of some of the small things that have accumulated but never been taken to the show. It is time to declutter. I have started going through my drawers and hope to do a bit at a time.

Carol

Mary and Barbie - Thank you. That's how I am trying to feel. I know they have a huge amount on their plates at the moment. I think it hit me a bit hard because I am trying so hard not to be like my own mother. I never want to be a hindrance, just a help.
I'm glad in a way that they felt able to say it. That's good.

We've repotted the mint. It looks as if it's breathing a sigh of relief.

Heather UK

PS - Welcome Janice! I have certainly been where you are. I finally had had enough and lost 57 pounds. I developed good eating and exercising habits which are now (mostly) second nature. You can't rely on willpower, so habits are important. It takes a while to develop them so you have to pay attention in the beginning and then it gets easier. I am going to make my new grip squeezer a habit. (Hand Dynanometer) To do this I have to assign a day (Mon, We'd, Fri) and a time - (7 pm) - and I have to make sure it is easily available (beside where I sit on the sofa). I am a lazy person who avoids putting myself out do I try to make my good habits as easy for me as possible. Easy availability is very important. That goes for food as well. If the healthy stuff is in front of your nose you are more likely to eat it.

Thanks for the encouragement Heather.

Janice- welcome to our very supportive group of friends! Ditto to what Heather said!



Mary from Minnesota

Stronglift Rest Day

Kettlebell Swing
Goblet squat-3X5X 40
Russian kettle bell swing-10 X7X 40

Walk 1,000 Miles Challenge
2 miles

Week one, day one of my transition from the 35 pound kettle bell to the 40 pound. Boy is it heavy! I am so glad that I follow the first four weeks of the five-week basic program. That way I feel confident that I will not injure myself. I will do this on strong lift rest days for the first four weeks.



Mary from Minnesota

I'm new to this program. Serious health issues have caused me to take a hard look at my weight and overall health. Can use some support to help me stay on path.

Only setting small goals
1 lb a week

Katie thank you for the welcomes

Welcome to all our new ladies.

Barbie, you must be in a lot of pain to have that much discomfort just standing in one place for an x-ray. hope this doctor finds the source of your pain and can set up a treatment that works for who Barbie is.

I called my doctor's office and told them I was giving in and would go ahead with nurse practitioner's suggestion of a steroid injection. So I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon. The Icy Hot isn't working as well and I am wondering if it is because I am putting it on skin and then not washing it off before I put on another application.

Charlie has been talking about wanting to move to a ranch style home. I know it would help both of us, especially him in the distant future. But it is the purging this house, decluttering, etc that I just can't even fathom the thoguht of me doing. he said we will have the movers do everything. I reminded him of what our drawers and shelves look like. He just said they can put everything in a big plastic bag and take it to new house!!!!!! Men, he doesn't see that we would just be moving a bag of junk from this house to a new house. I am having a real hard time with the thought of ever moving from this house. Right now I am just hoping that a stair lift would help. Neither of us are at that point in our life or illnesses. As a preacher's kid, I moved around so much. We had this house built in 1998, Michelle was born here, I watched both girls go off to kindergarten from here, graduate high school, proms, I could go on and on. It has a large family room for our family and an OK living room. If we would just redo the tiny master bathroom so it doesn't have any leaks and we can use it. This house is in our will for Michelle to have. Oh the fun her and her dogs can have in our large back yard. I have had such good thoughts over knowing that we would be able to do that for her. He thinks that you can just put up a house for sale 'as is' and it is easily sold. We have one outlet that is up to code and that is the one in the one bathroom that works and we gutted it several years ago. This is the home that the whole extended Peterson family has their Christmas. We have had to give in and have our big meal at another place.

Time to hit the shower. I dread that task these days.

Joyce, Indiana

Joyce ~ Have you thought of renting the house you love so Michelle can still inherit it? I would love to live in a house where I did not have to climb the basement stairs with groceries, etc. I would gladly move back to our old rental house just to downsize but that will never happen. We have too many antiques (junk???) to get rid of.

NSV ~ I have had a very bad day emotionally. But, I did not take it out by overeating. I dread having the 1-1/2 hr drive to check on my mom and never know how it will go. Also, DH going to do his show always makes me upset for some reason.

Carol

Joyce, before the girls came to live with me, I just stopped using the second story. I used a small room downstairs for my bedroom, and just left the two bedrooms upstairs made up for guests, but nothing I would need to access up there. It worked out well. Occasionally I would go upstairs and clean/ change the linens. But I was very comfortable using just part of the house and not doing stairs on a daily basis. The full bath is on the first floor, though. I don't know the layout of your house, but is that a possibility for you?

Well it happened again!,,, every time I use an emoji it cuts off the rest of my post. Any solutions?

I am finding it difficult to be an active participant here. I don't know how you all keep up! It's not the reading that is a problem for me, but the posting. I seem to either be able to read and post replies or read and post my own "stuff." I feel like just posting my stuff would be rather selfish! I am quite introverted by nature, so I tend to feel like an outsider no matter what. This isn't a complaint by the way; I have felt very welcomed here. I am sure that I will eventually figure out a rhythm for posting regularly.

Anyway, I will be leaving tomorrow afternoon for a homeschool family camp with my DH and youngest DD and won't be back until Sunday. There is no cell or internet service there, so when I don't post during that time that is the reason. Until then I will definitely be reading, and possibly trying to post again.

Blessings,
Juanita
Central TX

Mama tiger, don't worry about keeping up. Post when you can, comment when you can, talk totally about you when that's what you feel like doing. It's all good!

Heather, I think you nailed it when you said you are glad your son feels like speaking up. I would much rather my children be honest with me than to suffer in silence and resent me when I am intruding. It frees you for knowing you are truly welcome when they say, come on over.

Katla, was that you with the coffee pot that made horrible coffee? Explain more. I've always just thought it was me and my proportions of coffee to water when the coffee came out bad. Maybe it is my pot! My mother-in-law made the best coffee. She used an electric percolator. We had one once, but ours broke. We went back to a regular drip coffee maker. Must of the time it tastes okay to me, but I am not a coffee expert.

Miriam - my coffee sister! My real sister calls what I drink Rocket Fuel... but she drinks coffee weaker than they serve in any restaurant. I say - why bother? Either drink coffee - or just go with hot water.

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