WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017

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(((Kim)))

I ate endame and 1/2 navel orange for lunch. The endame was frozen in pods by Pict Sweet and I didn't realize you don't eat the outside. At least I guess you don't. Never had them before.

Carol in GA

Carol You got your fiber.

Beth ~ Thanks for that info.

Oh Joyce... I sincerely hope you get to choir practice. I've also been in places in my life when choir practice was what made it all worthwhile. Masses of (((((((HUGS))))))) to you my dear :flowerforyou:

/Penny

Barbie, how do you download audiobooks onto your phone? That's a GREAT idea -- I love audiobooks to knit to, and walking to one would be awesome. If this isn't appropriate to discuss on this forum, feel free to email me at nancydiaz710@gmail.com.

Penny - Today I put up (a bit late I know) the Spitzberg calendar I bought when we visited your church with you in Longyearbyen last June. It has a polar bear on the cover. Happy memories.

On Friday we are going up to London to meet DSIL and her boyfriend again. We are meeting in the Coach and Horses, which is a famous Soho drinking den. Then we will go on to an Israeli café in the Charing Cross Road.It's a good choice for a vegetarian, but I expect DH and DSIL will have the amazing Salt Beef.
We have decided to go to the Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery before the meet up, but I wanted to get to London in time for lunch. I have decided to treat DH and me to a meal in the National Portrait Gallery restaurant. It has what I consider to be the best view in London. A perfect scene of rooftops, cupolas, domes and Nelson's Column. I'm not bothered about the food, I'll just be looking out of the window. :bigsmile:
As you can see from my user name I used to live in London. The thing I miss most are the galleries/museums and the Soho/Chinese/Covent Garden area. It was my backyard.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

I thoroughly enjoy reading the comments and suggestions here.

Not a lot of time to respond right now, but I did load up on veggies this morning on my shopping trip - carrots, cukes, broccoli - I like to dip them in a bit of hummus. Love the crunch! Not sure I'll be getting a pound a day but it's better than a bag of chips!

Nancy D, I'm also 5'9" (but am tending toward the 5'8 1/2" range) - measurements much the same. Don't want to get skinny, just want to feel healthy and more energetic and get some strength back. And fit into my clothes better.

Gearing up for another cold night...we still have snow on the ground (I'm about halfway between Seattle and Portland OR kind of in the foothills). Weatherman is saying 14 tonite.

Have a great evening all and thanks for the warm welcome!

Lanette

SW Washington State

evening ladies~ long day at work and we got an invite for a suprise birthday party for Toms cousin, we will be going to that together.. I am going to go through paperwork tomorrow and take it to work and get some of it copied.. going to go to the bank and speak with them about putting my paycheck into my sole account..I did use some Walmart Gift cards and bought a nice comforter and mattress pad for my new bed... trying to keep the rest of the gift card for himalayan salt lamp...
well will check in in the a.m.

joyce here's hoping the choir practice is just what you needed. Just a thought, could you maybe tape record the practice so you can listen at home, it may make you feel better just to hear it sometimes, just thinkin'

I step on the scale everyday, only write it down once a month. Stepping on everyday reminds me what I'm doing. I also take my BP everyday, that reminds me to watch my salt intake and reminds me that exercise is the reason I no longer have to take BP medicine-my big achievement since working with MFP!!
NYKAREN

01.04.17

1 min. timed count of each:

Knee push ups 31
Sit ups - regular 40
Jumping jacks 67

They were sloppy and lacked good form.. its been too long. I use to do 100 varied crunches at a time... no problem. I would love to get back to that point again this year.

Todays workout...I did the challenges fitness test, 45 mins of yard clean up and over 5 miles on my Fitbit!


@fanncy0626 Mary am I missing anything else for the challenge here? Thanks for taking the lead on it!

lesson learned (...again)...eat "all calories" you are aiming for.....or you'll make-up for it tomorrow! still "net" ok. Joined Lose 20 lbs by March as well as "no late nite snacking".... thinking might be good tools to keep on track.

Took too long reading now out of time. Lost 2.4 lbs over the holidays. I'm sure it was all the walking we did in FL. Working to decluttering my house and already have a garbage sack from just two drawers.
We are very cold here in NorthCentral TX. My car had a little picture of a snowflake this morning. Probably won't snow.
Fun reading all the interesting posts. I do believe I am the oldest "girl" on the thread. Maybe II am crazy for trying to keep up with all you young chicks. Lol
I also weigh everyday. It helps me know if something I ate the day before affect my weight.
See ya tomorrow
Sue Dew in TX

Jana in VA – My ‘minimum’ exercise is 15 minutes on the treadmill (which I hate ‘royally’). I prefer warm weather exercises … swimming and walking outside. While we do have nice days here in SW GA most of the time, it’s been awful the last few days. We had torrential rains for 2 days, making our dirt road difficult, at best, to navigate. I had to go pay property taxes and also son’s because he has been really sick. I think I went up and down it 3x today. But, really happy we were no longer living in Albany, that got hit by several storms, knocking trees over in a large section of my old neighborhood, down in an ‘older’ section of town, and down the main road going to the hospital which was lined with old live oak trees that formed a canopy over the road. That’s no longer the case. I went into town; but, nowhere near the damage. They’ve had a 7pm to a 7am curfew. I think most people are ‘surprisingly’ abiding by it; but, if you don’t have a very good reason to be out; you’ll probably be a resident of the city/county jail. Ambulances who normally go down 3rd Avenue to the hospital have had to find other routes or take people to the North Campus. Friends that stayed through it say it was the scariest thing they’ve ever gone through.

Gloria – How do you go about doing that? I could use one less thing to worry about. Especially when it comes to my computer.

KJ – Some have silvery white gray hair and some have yellow gray and that can be aging even on a younger woman. My middle sister puts blond in her hair because her gray is more yellow. My oldest sister met a new neighbor when we moved when she was 10. Solid white hair (silver) and sister prayed every day since that she would, also, have a head of white hair, she started turning gray in her mid-20’s and never stopped until she was totally gray in her early 40’s. My gray hair is white; but, my nature color is auburn, although a bit mousy. I’d highlight it for years to bring out the shine and not cover the gray; now I am almost too gray to put color back in my hair without a touch-up job every 4-5 weeks. Can’t afford that so I try to find a hairstyle that I like.

I was surgically put into early menopause at the age of 35. I finally told the OB/GYN that taking hormones was going to get ‘someone’ killed if he did not do something. So he put me on them 365 and I finally just went off them … best decision I made. As I have gotten older, I can say that the one thing I inherited from my mother was ‘good skin’. I’ve never wore foundation other than in my early teens (13-14) in an attempt to cover up a birth defect. It has faded to almost nothing now.

Toni – Happy Birthday (a day late)!

Tngram2seven – My DBnL had a stroke (bad one) while they were traveling back from Key West with another couple and when she called our other sister, her son answered and told her to NOT let them take him anywhere except Mt. Sinai (in Miami). That was the Friday before Halloween; they performed 3 operations on him with 4 or 5 days to remove clots and control bleeds. The MDs said that it was the 'worse' bleed they had 'ever' seen in their practice and they were amazed at his progress. He has made a miraculous recovery; he will be on blood thinners for the rest of his life; but, every time he came out of recovery he recognized and spoke to sister and their two adult daughters who had flow down to be with them. She opened up a site called CaringBridge.com and that was the way they let friends and family know how he was doing, and also what types of prayers they needed specifically. He was in the hospital about 6 weeks and the MDs/Surgeons told sister that he was within 4 hours of being dead. He was home by Christmas and is doing well and doing the PT/OT thing and in 6 weeks they will reassess him. I believe with all my heart that God has a big plan for DBnL, if not just his testimony. We called him a couple of days after he got home, sister said that he might get emotional, which he did; but, then when DH came back from Louisiana, he cried because he said that DYS had gone to the gate with them (saying he needed to fix it). When they said their good-byes … said that DYS grabbed him and just ‘hugged’ him really tightly. When he was talking about it, he broke down; what else do you do when that occurs, other than to cry with him.

I hope that your friend’s husband is doing better. I think under those set of circumstances … you just need to let her know that you are there for her. I see that my sister’s life will change drastically; because her DH has always wanted ‘her’ to do things for and with him. I know that my oldest niece was concerned about it when they transitioned home, hoping that he would not be so bad once he got home. If you live close enough to ‘give her a break’ so she can be ‘off’ or ‘by herself’ … that might be helpful.

Heather – I like the ‘highlighted’ message, ... sounds good. But, I have to agree with Mary … and we had a similar circumstance that Mary and her husband have had. Being cut out of ‘family’ and being in their lives. Also hurtful when it occurs ‘online’ because you have nothing you can ever do or say to some that have disagreed with you.

Cheri – We can get fresh pecans around here, too. This part of the state is known for its pecans and peanuts.

Nancy D – I like apples; but, I stick with the crisp ones, I do NOT like a mealy apple or an over-ripe banana. I’ll buy my bananas on the greenish side; leave a couple out for DH (to eat when they are ripe); but, put mine in the refrigerator. The skin will turn black; but the banana won’t ripen nearly as quickly.

Lanette and Nancy D – My goal is to get my weight down enough that my BMI down to a ‘normal’ rage. I tend to gain weight from the toes up; and, lose from the face down. I have to watch to make sure when I lose weight that I don’t start losing too much (in my face) and start looking ‘gaunt’.

OK, a 're-introduction' of myself:

I’m 65, retired on a disability (bipolar disorder) from a job that I truly loved and for the man I had worked with/for about 20+ years as a paralegal. When he was an attorney, instead of a judge, we were in a plaintiff-based firm that concentrated of medical malpractice/malfeasance, auto collisions, product liabilities, divorces, and criminal actions. I loved all of it. Hard work, good pay.
1) I got up to 200lbs at my heaviest; or should I say, I would no longer weigh myself on our home scales; still don't. I’d only weigh when I had to get weighed at MD, who only ‘fussed’ about the extra weight. I've on a CWLCP which is taking it off slowly and incorporating 'real' meals in
2) I was 200lbs when my DYS got married; and, I ‘looked’ dowdy and probably more than my years. At least I felt old. Now I feel like I am in my early 50’s; but, my personality is ‘I’m a teenager/young adult at heart’.
3) I’m trying to get my BMI down to what is ‘considered’ normal for my age and all that. I think I have 2 or 3 more points to go. I got within 1 point once, than I have lost and found those 5 – 6 pounds since. I’m ready to make a change, even if it means I have to do something ‘kooky’ at this point. I’ve changed up my eating habits; and, hopefully that will help
4) I a wife of 44 years to the same sweet man (9 ½ years older than I am); mother of 2 wonderful sons; have 2 DDsnL; 4 DGDs, a cat – outside – doing his job; and a spoiled rotten Jack Rat – inside – name is “Cracker” … she is so spoiled rotten stinky it is funny - Louis says that 'if' she could talk (English) she would and we've never get a word in edgewise. But, I only have myself to blame. Louis (DH) loves her as much as I do, even though he was not ready for an ‘inside’ dog. Since I am out here most days alone, I wanted a companion and she is certainly that.
5) I think if I get somewhere around 145 – 150lbs I will be in the ‘normal’ BMI range.
6) Tracking my food and drink is a habit that I do not plan on changing.
7) I’m an artist and I love to talk (and type, which is very relaxing to me).

Lenora

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Evening My Dear Friends,

Joyce, I sure hope the doctors can get you back on track. I don’t like for you to be in pain or bleeding. (((Hugs)))

Janetr, thanks for the update on Mia. So glad she is doing well.

Heather, I have to agree with you on enjoying food and having it as entertainment. I certainly don’t go to the lengths that you do to prepare such wonderful meals but I do enjoy food and work to savor each bite. You are my inspiration to work out more so I can enjoy the things I like to eat and drink. We do all seem to agree on the negatives of mindless eating and stress eating. BTW, I’m making the Spinach—Feta Pie tomorrow.

Rita, sorry to hear that you are a bit down. Wish I could reach through the computer and lift you up!!! (((Hugs)))

KJ, I had to giggle when you talked about your hubby not eating your veggies. Thanks for the smile.

RLady, we often have more than one Carol which is why we often put the state after the name. You can be CarolVA if ya want to? Our Carol is CarolGA and for the longest time we had CarolNC. I really miss her and hope she is well.

Belle, don’t let us overwhelm you. Just read what you can and post what you want. The main thing is to log everything that you put in your mouth and check in here as often as you can.

Toni, when I read you post I thought you said yesterday was your birthday. You said it was 64 yesterday but I read, “I was 64 yesterday”. Lol

Mary, I have been having trouble with MFP not working well for me, also. Especially the food log. 

Joyce, I hope you made it to choir practice. Wish I was nearby to come help do your hair and drive you there. (((Hugs)))

Nancy, the nice thing about this group is we discuss almost anything. (NO politics) I can’t tell you how much I have learned from these ladies over the past 2 ½ years.


to all the Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

I went to my friend’s house today and a cleaning lady was supposed to come start cleaning it to get ready for renters. She was sick and showed up two and a half hours late, too ill to work. I sent her home and rescheduled. I got a lot done to prepare for the next Garage Sale. I was planning it for Saturday but the weather will be around freezing and raining. Decided to do it Sunday later after it’s had time to warm up a bit. I hope we sell most of her things as I may sell the rest in one lot to a resale store. The movers come on the 15th then I can get needed repairs done to make ti more livable. Yes ladies, in a month or so I hope you won’t have to hear this storyline any more.

Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

DJ wrote "Toni, when I read you post I thought you said yesterday was your birthday. You said it was 64 yesterday but I read, “I was 64 yesterday”. Lol

Too funny because I read the same thing and went back and re-read it. Several others read the same thing we did and have wished Toni Happy Birthday. Why do you suppose so many read it wrong at first? Never say it might be our age.

Janetr okc