WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2016

Sherry, this is a screenshot from the app on an iPhone. The camera icon is the one on the far right on the line that says reply.

Hope this helps. I can't help with the android device. Is it a tablet?

stats for the day
ride hm 2 gym- 14.02min, 12.6amph, 144mhr, 2.9mi= 141c
fitbit- 135mhr, 108c
SPIN- 41MIN, 76ar, 100aw, 120ahr, 139mhr 11-15g, 15.4mi = 309c
fitbit- 137mhr, 250c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.57min, 12.3amph, 146mhr, 1.4mi = 81c
fitbit- 134mhr, 61c
walk station 2 wk, some bike - 11.58min, 107mhr, 3.7amph, .7mi = 78c
fitbit- 135mhr, 99c
walk wk 2 sta- 8.27min, 3.6ap, 106mhr, .5mi = 56c
fitbit- 134mhr, 83c
ride dome 2 hm- 19.55min 7.8amph, 2.5mi = 175c
fitbit- 138mhr, 148c
total cal 840

OMGoodness. I know MFP takes you back to your last post; but, then someone says something and you need to go back several pages, and there are posts I have never seen. I call myself reading all; but, apparently I don't.

Lenora

Hi Gals,

Carol – sending hugs

Sherry – great job on smaller clothes - I do all my shopping at the thrift stores, some great finds! And a wonderful box of joy!!! How fun!

Heather – perfect decision on going out to eat!

Katla – love the video

Re – bad snacks happen, just figure out a way to not make it a habit…

Joyce – glad Charlie is stepping up!

So I started weight loss for none of the typical reasons – health problems, mobility problems – and I don’t think I am very in touch with how my body reacts to things, so I can pig out on crap and not feel crappy and while there is an up-side – the crappy feeling is a motivator I don’t have, no meds to go away so my motivation is weird, all this to say I started researching putting in ceiling insulation myself, and after the holiday I have to get out the ladder and look into the ceiling crawl space, but I think I can do this myself. And I know some of my belief is because I am smaller, I can get into the space better and not feel so claustrophobic as with less of me it will not feel so constraining. So not really an nsv but just a pat on the back.


December Goals:

Write Christmas letter, and have all cards ready to send by Dec1…this was for nov. but still working on it.
Read and report on a book
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Work on water consumption –
Lunch with Kyle - Done

Smiles.

Kim from N. California

]Welcome Pam Great to have you on board. We do use a ton of abbreviations, DH = dear or d##m husband, DS = Dear son, MIL = mother in law etc. NSV = non-scale victory like your clothes are too big or you don't give in to a crazy food binge or walk away from a cookie, or someone notices that you appear slimmer.
CICO= calories in and calories out, those are a few of the most common abbreviations.

Some of us post every day, others once in a while, but the more we log our food and exercise honestly, the faster this works. Some of us are after better health (using mfp helped me lower my blood pressure) and others to lose weight, others to get stronger muscles and endurance. I must have read this forum for months before deciding to post and it is a little overwhelming but oh so worth it. I've gotten a lot of support and encouragement from the ladies on this forum. I am very thankful I wandered in and decided to stick around!

NYKAREN[/quote]

Thanks for the information. NYKaren

Lenora thanks for all the details. Let's see if this post works.

Penny: This year's memorial service for those who perished in the avalanche last year seems to have been just right. It is good that those who were lost were remembered.

Becca: You are a delight. (((HUGS)))

Joyce in Indiana: I hope your spasms ease and you feel better soon.

Sherry: Great walking today!!! It was nice of your friends in Georgia to send a care package. It looks as though the gifts were just right for you.

Charleen: Your home is lovely.

Sue in WA: I am so happy to hear that your DH is doing better. I hope he decides to put some effort into caring for his health. My DH has been an insulin dependent diabetic for 51 years. He was not expected to live for more than a couple of years at the time of his diagnosis at age 18. He takes good care of his blood sugar levels and is doing very well managing his diabetes. He has other autoimmune problems as well, including MS and arthritis. They are more debilitating. I hope your DH will learn to manage his illness well. (((HUGS)))



The rain has come and is melting the snow away. There is a possibility of flooding in parts of the Portland metro area. In past years certain creeks have been more prone to flooding & I hope the people who live near them have good luck this time and are able to stay dry. We live beside the Columbia River, but don't expect flooding problems here.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

Hey now.....

Sorry I've been kinda sidetracked with dinner and movies and walking (just got back, 5 blocks up, 2 blocks over, 5 blocks down and 3 blocks back home, it's a new record for me from the 3 blocks up,1 block over, 3 blocks back and 1 block home I used to do at the old house...) and PT exercises.....haven't logged anything yet in MFP and haven't checked my fitbit yet since I walked earlier today to the post office, but I am hoping it was all enough to get my steps in and burn close to 900 calories again like yesterday....cross your fingers....and even if it's not, I still consider it a good day as far as exercise....

Lenora - YAY!!!! Pink flamingo slippers!!!! You did it, I love the pic!!!!

Cheri - I know, right???.....what's up with that??....aren't us android users good enough for the camera thingy or what??....we should send MFP some feedback and tell 'em to fix it dangit!!....and if they want me to pay for the premium version then by God they BETTER fix it or they can kiss my money's butt....lol....

Barbie - so glad you got a good report from the doc....I have to take 5000 iu of D too....I use to take a statin but once my numbers got low enough I asked my doc to take me off of it and let me try maintaining my numbers with my diet I have now....statins have been known to cause some bad problems medically and it kinda scares me cuz it would be just my luck it would mess me up too....so I watch my cholesterol intake on my diary really close and do my damndest to not go over my limit....I try to stay as far under it as I realistically can....please be careful taking your statin, I don't know which one you take or for sure which ones are the worst offenders of them all, so just be careful....I don't want it to hurt you in the end....OK?

Katla - jeez I'm so glad I don't live in Portland anymore....sounds like it's raining pretty good down there if it's threatening to flood in the usual places....speaking of raining, it warmed up enough here air temp wise that it's now raining pretty good, it started while I was on my walk....the air temp is warm enough for rain but the ground temp is still cold enough that the rain is freezing on it....WeatherBug says it's still supposed to get a little warmer still tonight, then be 43 degrees here tomorrow, which will seem almost balmy considering it hasn't gotten over 25 degrees here for over a week....it's kinda nice to hear the rain pittery pattering on the roof again, I kinda miss that, it's kinda like having one of those sleep machines that plays rain sounds....lol....

Kim - I always do my clothes shopping at Goodwill's and other thrift shops....I hardly ever buy new clothes for myself....I'm just the penny-pincher from hell and have always believed in "why buy new when used will do?".... lol....something my foster mom taught me....it's cheaper and if I look hard enough I can usually find stuff that still looks pretty new or is new and somebody donated it cuz they bought it and never wore it for whatever reason....when my weight topped out at it's highest, 319, I became very frustrated that I just couldn't find much in used stuff and I was so big I was forced to buy new stuff from places like Lane Bryant and Roamans and whatnot....it got really expensive and I decided that I had had enough of that crap and changed my diet drastically and started walking as much as I can even though I have such a hard time even walking, and I wanted less pain in my back and my doc was threatening me with bariatric surgery if I didn't get myself under control...so now it's a really big bonus for me to drop to a 26 from a 28....it's really hard to find a 28 in jeans used or new except for the high dollar places....yippeeee, now I don't have to!!.....my foster mom was a very thrifty woman and managed to care very well for the 5 of us foster kids on her husband's meager salary and the funding she got from the state for taking us in....and back then the funding wasn't much....so I learned a lot from her....including how to really appreciate what little I do have....she was a really great woman and I miss her deeply....and since she taught me so much I am gonna take out an ad on Craigslist and donate my bigger clothes that are too big for me now to a plus size woman that is in need....the last time I did that I got a lot of responses and chose a woman who turned out to REALLY be in need....she showed up at my house with two kids in tow in a really runned down car that was barely running and when she got out of the car I knew I had picked the right girl cuz the clothes she was wearing didn't fit her very well and looked very old, worn out and quite shabby and stained....she was very well groomed, her kids were in clean neat clothes, but you could tell she put her kids first......so I was very happy she got them....I just asked her to please pass on what she decided not to keep to another woman in need.....pay it forward kind of thing....lol....

Re - maintaining is a good thing, so don't be hard on yourself....we all slip from time to time....just as long as you don't gain, and you said you didn't so if I were you I would chalk that up to an NSV and just move on and maintain....and when are you gonna come back and post on a regular basis??....hopefully after the holidays....I miss your wit and humor.... you always seem to get me to belly laugh and girlfriend, that's hard to do (I don't usually smile much, it's been a hard life)....sure I post a lot of lol's but those are just minor giggles that I use to show that I find something entertaining or humorous....it really takes someone special to make me belly laugh, even some of the best comics only get grins out of me....

Boy, look at me, Miss Chatty Kathy here....jeez, I talked poor Kim's eyes off...lol...sorry ladies....I know some of you don't like reading long posts but I can't help myself....it's been so nice to share things again with people that sometimes it gets away from me and before I know it I've written what seems like a book to you all....lol....hope it doesn't bug ya too much, and if it does well then just don't read it....lol....

Aaaannnyyyway, I'm off to bed and going through emails (don't know why I do that at night in bed, just a habit I developed that my doc doesn't like but too bad, it's my way of rebelling against him, I gotta do that somehow or I'm just not being an ornery patient....lol....)....good night all....sweet dreams!!...

Sherry in "the relaxing sound of rain on the roof" Dufur

Meredith - Wow! Jos, Nigeria....I'm gonna check that out on Google Earth....don't mind me too much....I'm pretty harmless....I just do a lot of what I call "couch traveling" since I have never been outside of the lower 48 states and envy those who do get to travel or live in weird or exotic places....welcome to the group....great bunch of ladies here, with lots of support and encouragement....and just do what feels best for you and your body at any given time, no judgement here....yes, I will talk your eyes off more often than not....and it's nice to meet you, I live in Dufur Oregon....

Alright ya'all....stop lookin' at me like that....I'm going to bed....lol....just wanted to say "Hi" to the nice lady....

Sherry in "OK, I'm gonna shut up now and let somebody else talk" Dufur