WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017

supposed to b 18 degrees tomorrow morning.. year round riding at it's finest.

Hi everyone! I just read through Page 7, so have some catching up to do but wanted to say hello! I'm pretty excited about my weigh in today. Not only did I lose the 5 lbs I gained over the holidays, but I lost an extra 2 lbs! That was pretty good news.

Michele in NC Love your perspective on age! "you're as old as you feel and I feel 39" So true! I truly do not feel nearly 57 years old! Thank you for the tip about the hydrogen peroxide! I will definitely try it. Drops of blood from poking my fingers with a needle repeatedly are NOT cute on a baby quilt! LOL

Jana from Virginia: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Allie: I agree with Lisa in West Texas. I don’t know the history of your divorce, but the fact you are filing tells me you are unhappy and deserve better. You are NOT a failure.

NYKaren I love your tips about getting yourself to go to the gym after work, and I REALLY loved your tip on throwing your wallet in the trunk so you can’t go through the drive thru! Awesome! Haha! I’m going to use that one.

Carol: Your goal “to turn the tv off more often, read more, and move more” is one I am also going for. I haven’t figured out how to do it yet, since my DH has a tv on at all times and in every room he goes into. Drives me insane! I love the quiet and it is never quiet now that he has retired. So, I will have to be creative. I’m thinking about fixing up a nice corner in our basement where I can go be alone to read. Half of our basement is finished, so I think that might be the way to go! Good luck!

I'm unplugging soon and going to bed to read, so I will be back on tomorrow! Again, I love how this thread is just sharing and women chatting. No drama. No judging. Really a change from Facebook! I'm so thankful for you all.

Have a wonderful night and a beautiful brand new day tomorrow, ladies!

Tracie in WI
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got! Time for a change
Word for 2017 is Serenity.

Did an hour of Kelley Coffee Meyers DVD 30 Minutes to Fitness. There are two workouts, I did them both along with the abs section. The plan for tomorrow is to try the Stairmaster at the Y.

Does anyone know what's up with MFP? I've been getting these e-mails "your weekly digest". I just started getting them. At first I thought it was them trying to get me to sign up for their prime (or whatever its called) service, but I got it again today.

Welcome everyone new!

Volunteered at the Green Room, then returned some sheets I'd gotten (Vince didn't like them) then played mahjongg. Tonight we went to see Star Wars Rogue One. Brought dried peas with me, carrots and water. A lady from Newcomers said she wanted to come by tonight to see the decorations, if she doesn't come, she knows that tomorrow we're going to start taking them down. Update: she did come over. Gave her the brownies I'd made for her birthday and finished up the shrimp tarts I had.

janet - thanks for telling us about Mia. Wow! I've sure missed her. So glad to hear the surgery went well for her. Give her my best the next time you're in touch

Alison - you are NOT a failure. Not by any stretch of the imagination. You are a strong, caring person

NYKaren - what a great suggestion to keep your wallet in the trunk! I never thought of that but you are so right

Michelle - impressive!

Belle - you'll never get everyone straight. I've been here for a few years and I STILL don't have everyone straight! Just enjoy this thread

janet - i also love your pic

Joyce - a friend of mine's hubby worked in a hosp and he's the person who told me that they used hydrogen peroxide on bloody sheets and it took the blood out

Speaking of the Bay Area of CA and veggies, has anyone heard from sister veggie queen?

lklinkman - I weight weekly. There are too many fluctuations day to day that I would get frustrated. Weigh yourself at the same time every day, however often you decide to weigh yourself

Becca - so proud of you for donating blood. Isn't that endangered species chocolate good? And not high in calories, either

Barbara - where in NC are you? We have quite a few NC'ers here

barbie - what was the home remedy?

Kim - for some reason I was thinking that the apples should be cooked. Last time when I made a cranberry/apple crunch, I did let the apples sit in the sugar overnight, but there was still some juice. I'll be sure to try the cooking method next time. Thanks. I love spaghetti squash with tomato sauce on it!

Michele in NC

Hi gals,

I am so encouraged by the many new ladies here. I had a great deal of success with using MFP and interacting with these friends for a little more than a year. Then I got derailed, quit participating here, and gained back my weight plus more. I have been back since October and it has been like coming home. I hope you newbies will stick around.

DJ - great picture!

Kim - so sorry about your family situation. It sounds like you have a good perspective on it.

Getting up and moving has really helped me. My outlook has been so much better. I had a very productive and happy day.

I have chosen my word for 2017 - FOCUS

Focus on the present, not the past or future
Focus on the good things I have done, not all the things I haven't done
Focus on healthy choices and proactive ways I can improve my life, not things that bring instant gratification
Focus on what I have been blessed with, not what I don't have
Focus on my faith and WWJD

Toni in Tennessee

Toni in TN - Love your FOCUS resolutions. Great going and so glad you are back among us.

Janetr 7476

Toni in TN: I agree with JanetR. I love your focus resolutions. Great idea and good choices, too.

Katla in C-C-C-COLD NW Oregon

Mary – I only weigh every 2 weeks on a Tuesday, I do NOT weigh at home on our scales, they are not at all dependable and weigh ‘heavy’. Weighing daily would be a ‘negative thing’ for me and I’d be more likely to just ‘throw up my hands and quit’.

I have no idea what color team I am on, I think not knowing what is expected of me is only going to frustrate me with it. It’s like the person in charge thinks everybody has been through this before.

Becca – Great! Hope that empty feeling and slight headache went away. Yep, I know about that 'endangered species of special chocolate'. I found some that Louis had put in the fridge. I ate almost the rest of it; and, he was kind enough to even share the last piece even 'after' I told him the chocolate factory took it to make more, and, then - did not deliver on their promise. He told me that he keeps buying 'cheese' for the 'rat' in the house, and, I should stop taking his candy bars. Mmmm!!!

DJ – My oldest sister fell in love with a neighbor’s ‘white’ hair (when she was 10); and ‘prayed’ to have ‘white hair’ herself, which was answered. She was totally white haired by her mid-30’s.

Pip – Most Sundays I don’t exercise; it’s a ‘cheat day’ insofar as exercise goes. I’ve done a little walking on treadmill every day. Nothing compared to what you do, I’m probably ‘dead’ by your standards … or, at least ‘in a coma’.

Lisa – Yes, definitely a ‘life sentence’; but, ‘if’ you start noticing any changes; make sure you go get your ‘thyroid levels’ checked so MD can adjust it. I'd suggest, at least every 6 months. It is the thermostate of our body and can really throw off everything, how you feel, sleep, able to loose weight, or just the opposite. When I was taking Lithium … it would mess my Lithium levels up and every 6 months we were trying to get my Lithium levels straight; and, then other MD would take my thyroid levels and adjust my medications according to what was considered 'textbook therapeutic' ... something I have 'never' been with any type of medication where a level check is done - number-wise. I finally got him to call the other MD; so then he stopped trying to adjust it according to the ###s; but, more to ‘how I was feeling’. That worked better; then my MD had to retire from his practice due to health and it took me 7 years to finally find one who was a total 'idiot'. Also, took taking one before the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. She was the meanest woman I had ever met; and the Oath she 'supposedly' took ... did not 'stick with her'. Apparently, she thought that was something for all the others to take and uphold.

Barbie – I hate cleaning the bathroom, too; Louis usually helps with the chore. That I am very thankful for.

When we are expecting the Louisiana kids, we do a thorough job as our DYS is a ‘clean freak’ to the ‘nth-degree’.

When we go out there, he is already sweeping the floor as we are packing up. Last time, I told him that it would be best to wait until AFTER we had actually left the house, makes me feel like we have overstayed our welcome.

I’d like the ‘dizziness’ therapy, too! I have medication I take and it works; but, I hate it when I do because it makes me sleepy.

Allie – He could really be hiding money, if there is another woman involved; and, you have pretty well found that out through your sources. Putting money into her name or into a joint checking account with her. I’d get a friend whose car he would not recognize and have them take pictures of them coming and going in-and-out of her condo, or other places. Especially if he is spending a lot of time at “Lowe’s.” But, one thing you do want to do, is beat him to the ‘filing’ of the action. Because you can then have the Judge ‘order’ him to provide a lot of documentation that he also might be hiding from you.

richmondlady – Is that WW soup; or your own recipe? If it is your own, would you share it?

Sue – I was having the ‘identical’ issue about a week or two ago. I was told first off to change my default to Google Chrome because IE has not ‘kept up’ with changes; then I needed to ‘clear my cache, history, and cookies’. So far, knock on wood, which has worked; otherwise I had to “X” out (not log out) and I could come back and be exactly where I had left off reading. Since I use a word processing program side-by-side to the community, I would not lose my ‘responses’ either.

Michele – I do NOT open up any emails from MFP … they might be a scam or like you said, a sales pitch to buy the premium. I just started receiving emails that are supposedly from MFP within the past couple or three weeks. I have a ‘reading pane’ set up on my computer's email program, so that I can actually ‘see’ what is in an email before I decide to open it up or just delete it. Most of the time I don’t open up anything that isn’t familiar to me. I can’t tell you the number of times I have had to have my technical support team to run their security checks and get my computer(s) back up and running like they should. It is worth every dime of what I spend to have an English-speaking technical support team actually located in the USA. I got tired of dealing with techs that could not understand what I was ‘attempting’ to tell them was happening in a chat window. If I am not making myself 'clear' or have numerous issues they will call and then I can have them set it for 'unattended reboot'; so I don't have to actually sit in front of it to reboot it. I’m not so sure I want someone who won’t even ‘use their real’ name (instead, using a short American name such as Tom, Bob, John, and other very common names).

Lenora

Michele I have been receiving those emails from MFP also. I think it's just a new service from them letting you know how you've done the past week.

Somehow I missed the picture of DJ so I need to go back and find it - don't want to miss a good picture!

Lenora and others regarding clearing your cache, cookies, etc. I learned from our IT dept at work many years ago to set up your computer so that every time you log off it automatically deletes all of those things. One less thing to worry about.

Kim I think that's a good plan to only post to a few people at a time. I do that often as I just don't have time to post to everyone all the time. I think our sisters on here understand that we read and care and are sending out telepathic wishes to them.

Time for me to listen to Calm on my phone and meditate. Then off to bed. I could not sleep last night so tonight I really need to sleep!

Before I go I want to share a new Stash tea that I found - Mint Mojito green tea with Matcha. It has a hint of lime and is just delicious. I also love Roobios tea.

Night all!

Gloria in very chilly WA

So I'm back once again. I'm thinking my word for this year should be BALANCE. For those of you who remember me, you know it is a struggle for me.
December was busy! I am thinking that I am burnt out in retail. There has been a discussion of me stepping sideways to allow another assistant manager. More on that later.
I've missed you all and it will take me time to catch up to where you are at.

Allie - I am so sorry that you are going through this. Please know that you are not a failure, your marriage may have failed but you are not a failure. You are a kind and loving soul. You did everything you could to make it work. Make sure that you have a day of discovery. Remember to be kind to yourself. Now BREATHE.

Janetr OKC - The new picture is awesome and you do look powerful.

DJ - I love this photo of you looking so young and vibrant.

4 extra people and 2 Olde English Bull Dog puppies in our house from Dec 21-27th, then from Dec 31st -Jan2nd. I love them dearly but we were definitely ready to have our space back. It was a lot of fun but also like a flying monkey circus around here. Christmas dinner was at my house, 20+. Deep fried turkey was delicious.
I loved having all of our kids here and most of the grandkids. I got to spend some quality time making bug houses out of plastic cups and frisbees out of paper plates. New Year's Day was quieter than most because of the bad weather/extreme cold. We still played a few games, ate a lot of food, shared laughter and made memories.

I feel so bad for my DDIL. I wish her Dad could think of her for once. It is not alright the way he treats her. I would love to tell him off but he would have to show up for that. We are never too old to crave a parent's love and attention. Poor Holly. I found her in the bedroom sobbing her heart out on Christmas Day.
It was a sensitive Christmas with our son's family missing his brother, Steven. Suicide leaves such an aftermath.

We are searching for a kidney for my brother. 3 siblings and none of us eligible to donate a kidney. His son has diabetes and his daughter an erratic heart beat so neither is suitable. This sucks but hopefully we will find someone.

I got the papers today to apply for CPP disability. 16 years ago, I was deemed to have a permanent partial disability so we will see how this goes. I have a novel to read and hoops to jump through.

Now to remember Balance.

Jan goals
1. To stay more connected.
2. To organize our house
3. To apply for disability
4. To test my sugar levels at least 3x/wk
5. To eat more vegetables
6. To laugh and enjoy the moments

-Sharon ( from the deep freeze that is Lethbridge, Alberta)

Goals for 2017
Lose 50 lbs by June 2017
Drink at least 4 glasses of. water daily
Eat 2 servings of vegetables and fruits daily
Log everything
Exercise 3 times per week - Just Walk Video
Find a dr and get a physical
Read Bible and pray daily