WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017

Christy prayers as you prepare to start treatment.

Well I found this group 1 week late but am glad to join in with other 50+ women. I lost 10 lbs on MFP spring last year incorporating elliptical in the early AM before I went to work and 1400 cal./day. Then after 3 months and 10 pounds lost my body and mind said enuf of this crazy AM schedule and I just stopped both the cardio in the morning and the counting and gained 5 pounds back. 27 December I started a more sustainable routine after work - a cardio and weight training routine and 1400 calories/day eating program. I have been going consistently to the gym but I must need to tweak my eating because I have gained 2 pounds. I must not be logging carefully enough. It is so great to see such a varied and interesting group of gals on this thread. A little about myself: I am 56 211# an aerobics queen until illness and injury set me back starting at 39 y.o. But I am working on acceptance of where I am now with my age and weight. I need to remind myself that there are some things I cannot control but my diet and exercise are 2 things I can control. So here I (we) go "one day at a time".

Finally caught up with all the posts!

For everyone who is facing or has faced major physical problems, prayers for you.

Newbies ~ Welcome and keep coming back.

We are expecting anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of snow tonight. Now, for you who are used to have it in feet, you must remember that this is GA in the deep South. Folks go crazy here whenever there is any snow or sleet or ice. All of the shelves empty out of milk, eggs, bread and wine/beer. Most of the schools have let out 2 hours early to get the children home. A couple of years ago it was utter chaos and people who were leaving in the rush hour traffic abandoned their cars and tried to walk home. My biggest worry is for my son having to drive to Canton, GA early in the morning for work and not getting off work until late Sat. nite.

Carol in GA

Betty ~ I feel exactly the same as you. I usually just try to pretend like I don't see them. I feel very sorry for them.

Christy in Melbourne Australia: Welcome to a great group. I hope the chemo goes well and that you sail through it without too much discomfort. :flowerforyou:


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

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Cheri - Sometimes I throw it in the trash and then Louis comes and throws wet coffee grounds on it. YUK; but, like buying a ‘new’ dish; don’t even know the name of the maker, what it was or anything. I get the yogurt parfaits at Publix and that fills me up for breakfast. My biggest problem with cheese is knowing when to stop; or weighing it. If I cut thin slices it seems like a lot more than one big slice. The sticks, while only 80 calories in most of them, I want more than one. I take my printouts to the nurse/MD every 2 weeks, that way she can scan them into their computer and go back and compare what I was doing when I was losing. I think that my body has gotten ‘used’ to my menu; and, it is screaming … “CHANGE ME UP SOME!”

Carol – Reminds me of the time that Louis decided we’d just go to Jacksonville, FL to visit his parents. We were supposed to have ‘snow’ on that Christmas. I had jeans and a long sleeve shirt on when we were packing car, no coat or sweater. Got to Moultrie and snow on the yards; but, not on any of the streets. Got to Valdosta; and, we might have just have been picked up and set down in Cincinnati, OH or somewhere it snows or sleets a lot, or ices over a lot. I wanted to turn around and come back home. “Oh, no problem, it won’t last long" … so we got on the expressway. It took us 12 hours from the time we got on the expressway in Valdosta to the interchange to get on I-10 in North Florida; but, we could not go any further that way (1 lane) and 3 trucks were blocking it; so we had to go to the right towards Tallahassee, FL and then find a flat space on the median to cross over; because we knew we’d not be able to get up the exit.

We had stopped in Moultrie and bought a meal, with a 64-ounce cup of Coke to share. The trucks kept move in-and-out of the lane and emergency lanes trying to stop cars driving down the emergency lane; but, cars were coming around them whenever they moved back into the lane. Ours sons wanted us to stop and pull over; and, Louis told them … "Look at those cars on the sides of the road, they’ve stopped and can’t get rooms, they’re all full; we are going to Jacksonville.”

Then DYS says, “I’ve gotta pee!” I handed over the cup and told him to use it. His eyes get really big and he said, ‘Mom, I will fill it up’. “No baby, you won’t – your bladder isn’t that big." So he starts and pees and pees and pees; when he stopped I turned to get the cup; and, he had indeed filled it (about 1/16th of an inch from the top). The cars kept speeding past us, I needed to pee myself; so I rolled the window down and waited for the next car to come speeding by and threw it out the window! Splash … right on the window shield and door with a slightly cracked window so that the inside would not fog up. Everybody in the car could not believe what I had done. Looked ahead of me, and several others were doing the same. When I said I was needing to go, the boys, asked, “How are you going to do that? “In the cup”; so I get up on my knees in the passenger seat and parked myself over it … peed, carefully held on to the cup as I got back into a sitting position. Same thing … out the window on a car! We still laugh about it; but, if there is ‘snow’ or ‘sleet’ broadcast; I am not going to travel in it.

They are expecting snow down around Macon and a little further down. You can have all the snow you want. The last time we got snow was about 5 years ago and it was a ‘fluke’. Told by the meteorologist that we would not get snow or ice.

Pretty to look at, pain in the @$$ to deal with, especially if you are not used to it.

Maybe they will shut the streets and interstates down and his boss will let him off. I’ve heard that Atlanta says they will never get caught with the ‘pants down’ again in a snow and sleet storm that hit there a couple of years ago. I can remember having sleet storms in Forsyth growing up and Sheriff Grant calling him to see if we could put up a family several times a winter. Will and Tami are getting snow (or so Trey thinks from looking on the map). He called him; but, he hasn’t called back. He’s also been very sick over the weekend with flu-like symptoms. Trey and Jenn were hit with it this weekend, too.

Betty – Do feel bad or guilty. I’ve gone to the grocery store and see people in wheelchairs or standing around with “Vet” or “Will work for food” and accosted on the street by panhandlers. Stick with your “I don’t do guilt anymore” philosophy. I handed one of the guys with a ‘sign about needing food’ a sack that I had gotten the bag boy to pack separately and I handed it to him. He was offended and handed it back to me, saying he wanted ‘money’ instead. I pulled the bag back in the window and told him … you’re just a freaking bun – change your sign. Nobody wants someone looking like YOU doing anything around their houses. I’ve seen the ‘Vets’ or ‘claiming to be’ parked in a part of the parking lot that is set aside … and, then gone over and gotten in it. There is a lady that walks all over Albany and wears black from her head and down to her feet. A wool hat, a wool coat, black stockings, and black shoes; all year long. The checkout ladies said that she will come in and get the samples when they are cooked or being given, and, then walk out. Says she never is seem talking to anyone. Doesn’t say anything either. She’ll go to the deli; and want a sample of either the meat or cheeses, and move on. She never buys anything either. The manager just lets her in because she doesn’t bother anybody and doesn’t talk to anybody. I’ve seen her everywhere, always walking! Coat on, even when it is triple digits.

I walk away saying, “I don’t have any change.” And then, I am deaf to what they say once I do. My husband doesn’t mind giving them money. I act like I don’t see them; but, when they walk into what I consider ‘my space’ then I turn away; sometimes back into the store to ask a bag boy or security to walk me to my car.

Becca – That was nice of you to do that. I might do that; I’ve heard the story of the woman at McDonald’s who see a couple of guys come in to use the restroom, sit at a table and just warm up. She buys them breakfast and takes it to them. Some people have fallen on hard times, others do it because they want the cash … some to use on alcohol and/or drugs. But, I have to agree with Betty; a lot of them have chosen this way of life.

Lenora

I'm not able to donate blood. I also have a friend who has the rarest of bloods; I think it is AB- we found that out in chemistry when we had to figure out what blood type we were (or it might have been biology). We were in a 'lab' and I think the only lab in school was in Chemistry class.

yvonne. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water - donating blood will dehydrate you.