WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017

Gloria wrote - "Janetr – how are your siblings doing? (((hugs)))"

My sister that has had pancreatic cancer and blood work showed cancer has returned had a CAT scan and they could not detect a tumor at this point, they will do another one in two months. My brother in law started out with leukemia 8 years ago now, then progressed to lymphoma, etc. He had a stem cell transplant almost three years ago and has not been well at all since then. While he was in the hospital last time when I mentioned him, they discovered there are a couple of blocked arteries in his heart (he already has a pace maker they put in a year ago) but the doctor decided he was in too poor of health to insert stents so sent him home. He's very thin and weak but hanging in there. Thanks for asking.

You're an awesome lady and I'm very proud of you. Taking on the raising of your two grandsons, going back to work full time and losing weight during all of that, pleased to be your friend.

Janetr okc

Penny - you teach us something new with each post, I love it. Thanks for enlightening us.

Lois Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. You are an inspiration for us all.

Janetr okc

Kate UK

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

Good Afternoon My Dear Friends,

Cheri, I hope you had a Happy, Happy Birthday. I’m late only because I’m a day behind on reading posts. LOL

Meredith, congrats on the loss. Great job! You can actually stay on 1200 calories a day longer than you think but will need to change up your diet and find new ways to get those calories or you’ll get too tired of it. Good luck.

Heather, glad the trip to the airport went well and I’m sending strong vibes for the whole trip to be wonderful and easy. I always have to giggle a bit at how you and your DH stress before travel and yet you do it so much. I’d think you are old hands at it and yet we all have our little stressors. Looking forward to hearing all about the trip. (((Hugs)))

Joyce, as I read your post about getting estimates all I saw was dollar signs. Isn’t it amazing how much things can add up to? Good luck on finding the right contractors, materials and prices. We have never lived in a house older than 12 years thus have never had to do lots of major repairs. Over the years we have had siding put on over Masonite and replaced a couple of air conditioning units but that is about it. Our new house that we had built when we moved to the beach is going to be 10 years old this summer and looks like we will be here until one of us can’t get up and down the stairs, so I’m guessing repairs are in our future. I just hope you and Charlie have no health problems to slow you down this time. (((Hugs))) Oh yes, you should show all the new ladies the before and after pictures of the tree removal. That was unreal the difference it made.

Mia, good for you on getting rid of 4 of your holiday pounds. Wish I could say the same but I’m working on it.

Sarah, way to go on the tread mill. Don’t ya just feel great after a good workout?

Leigh, welcome. Yes this is a wonderful group of “mature” ladies with wonderful support and information. Please tell us a bit about yourself to help us get to know you. It’s also appreciated if you sign each post with your name and a location, general or specific.

Lois, that is fantastic that you have had such success with your weight. It also sounds like it’s something you can maintain. Way to go.

Cat, I’m glad we don’t have a Cheesecake Factory here. I didn’t go often when I lived in Charlotte but OMG aren’t they good!!!!

Yvonne, I do think I’ve done a good job for my friend, getting things packed and selling off much of the rest, but ya know what? I’m over it. It has been a job. My DH and I went this morning and packed up two SUVs full of left-over “stuff” that I will try to sell for her when we have our neighborhood garage sale in the spring. Now if I never see her house again it will be fine. Lol Now calling a church that will come get the rest.

Joyce, sorry you are in such pain and not sleeping well. Boo hiss Does the space bot do anything other than go all over the place? All I can picture in my mind is the floor cleaning bot. lol

Nancy, where did you grow up? My DH is from West Monroe and still has family there. And no, they don’t know Phil Robertson or the other Duck Dynasty guys. Lol

Janetr, so sorry to hear about your siblings. Cancer is such a terrible and scary disease.

Mary, sending healing thoughts your way. Please get well soon!!! ((((Hugs))))


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

fanncy0626 wrote: »

Stronglift Workout A
Squats-1X5X 55/65/75, 5X5X 85
BP-1X5X 45/55/65, 5X 5X70
BR-1X5 80, 5X 5X85

For now this is all I am going to do for today. Unless I feel a lot better later tonight. I still have the respiratory flu.



Mary from Minnesota

Sending hugs and praying you will feel much better soon. Its horrible to feel so badly. Very few of us would be moving at all let alone doing all you did today. You are our hero

Janetr OKC

Allie – Woo Hoo! Now make sure you don’t get talked out of it (by Tom); better yet, don’t let it slip out. Proud of you! One step closer to “freedom and able to breathe!” I agree with Yvonne in TX – sorry if we sounded like we were ‘harping’ we just think that you need to protect yourself and what you are entitled to. Attorneys on both sides are to work through matters to make sure that everything to protect or help their client is being done. Being truthful is utmost important. Your attorney might want Tom followed ... to see 'if' he is really spending time with another woman - sexual or platonic - it still might mean 'loss of consortium'.

Cat – When my DH and I have our ‘date night’ (usually going out to eat); as soon as my dinner is served; I cut everything in ½ and push it to one side (including appetizers and desserts); then I ask for a ‘to go plate’ and bring it home for the next day. As for the ‘cheese cake’ … that would have been my meal for the next day. Then adjust my caloric intake accordingly; that might mean that the next day, I drink a lot (of water). That’s sort of like ‘having your cake and eating it, too’.

Kelly – Dairy products (and salt) can give you heartburn if you have not been having it on a regular basis – tummy doesn’t take milk products as well as adults as a child. My sister ‘hated’ milk, because it made her sick, she has a sensitivity to it; and doesn’t drink it or eat ice cream and she watches her cheese intake. I loved milk as a child, so long as it had ‘ice’ in it. As an adult I became sensitive to it; my grandmother could not eat ‘aged’ cheese. I know that I will have a bloated tummy if I eat more than 1 ounce of ‘aged’ cheese a day. White cheese, provolone, pepper jack, and the like … I can handle more … but, I am also allergic to penicillin (mold) … I take small bites of the cheese I eat … I love it … Louis calls me “The Rat”. Dairy is a big ‘gassy’ food and that feeling will give you heartburn (as a way of escaping your body; rather than the other end). Go off it for a few days and see if the heartburn subsides. If not, you might need to talk to your MD or take an antacid.

Joyce – I wore a tens unit after I had a really, really bad wreck nearly 20 years ago; the MD put the pads over the ‘trigger’ points, which when the electric shock goes through it makes certain trigger points and will make muscles contract and relax; then it changes to a different set of muscles to tense up so others will relax. If you are putting the pads on yourself and not feeling like it is working, you might not have them over the ‘trigger points’. You can Google ‘trigger points’ and it will show you where on your body they are, Upper shoulders, right about where the shoulder blade can be felt; harder to get to; and on your back up about ½ say and down on your butt around where you have those ‘dimples’ or right about your butt crack on either side. More specifically they are sometimes called ‘tender spots’. Inside your knee; on your butt where the sciatica nerve runs over and down the side of your leg. Up near your neck; but, not really on it (more like at the base of your neck). A good PT can show you where they are located. If someone ‘hits’ one … you will know it. As your body gets better you can turn the unit down. It normally has different setting and some of them can feel like needles are being stuck in you. The goal is to get to the point you don’t feel them as you start turning them down.

Lenora

Hello ladies: Wet, rainy day here. Went to yoga this morning and will go to choir practice tonight. Hope it stops raining for a while. I hate driving in the dark and the rain. One or the other is OK but the two together is hard for me. Food is better today. I ate at Taco Bell after getting new phone last evening. Knees are sore after standing for over an hour to do that. They had no private area for patrons to sit while getting contracts done. I would not write a really good review for their service.

KarenNY - Sorry about DH not getting the job, I'm sure it would make life easier.

Katla and Marcelyn - Hope you both stay out of the flooding.

Mary - Feel better soon.

Pip - Enjoy! Are you riding in this rain?

Barbie - Hope you find the perfect dog.

Sherry - Hope you get things settled soon.

Heather -Traveling mercies to you.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Hi Ladies, this is my first post. I am a 71-year old retired nurse and a breast cancer survivor of 2.5 years. I want to get healthy again so I can play and have more fun, especially with my grandsons. I need to lose 30-40 pounds and started a ketogenic diet on Jan. 15th, primarily because ketosis allegedly helps to reduce inflammation and chronic pain, and is also anti-cancer. I have terrible pain from chemo-induced neuropathy in hands & feet, and radiation neuritis in my left shoulderblade. I have completed 4 days of the low carb hi fat diet, lost 3 lbs, and am beginning to feel better. Sugar cravings have already lessened and energy has increased. I don't know if I'm in ketosis yet or not, so tomorrow I will buy the dipstix to test my urine. The best resources for this diet are at www.dietdoctor.com. On MFP, I edited my food goals to reflect 1200 cal, 10% carb, 60% fat, and 30% protein. If pain decreases and I become more active, I will increase my calories to 1500, but keep everything else the same. You don't really have to count calories on a ketogenic diet, but I can't seem to give that up just yet. This diet is also known as the new modified Atkins diet. It emphasizes the importance of eating fewer carbs and more healthy fats, with moderate protein. It's surprising how much fat you are encouraged to eat, but I think it may be the key to what I've been doing wrong. Going low carb high protein didn't work for me and I now understand why. Dietdoctor explains it very well. I wish you all good health in 2017, and will keep you posted on my ketosis experience.

Hello Adorable Angels!

It’s another glorious gray day here in North Texas... chilly and blech. I stopped off at Quest to get my blood draw so I can get my forms filled out for the insurance company. I suppose I shouldn’t be so snarky about having to do it. That last annual visit was what got me back on the path to better health... if only inadvertently.

If I hadn’t gotten the surprise 15 lb. weight-loss last year, I might not have been so gung ho to see about what it might take to intentionally lose a few pounds... and I might not be here, now. I guess I will overcome the irritation of having to get everything done by a certain time and making sure the insurance company gets the data by the deadline.

Not much going on, at the moment... just in limbo, waiting for the MRI results. I have to say – my last dose of steroids was yesterday – and today I am feeling a bit more pain in my knee – so, there is definitely something wrong in there. Due to this, and a reminder from Lois that there ARE other exercises besides the elliptical, I did some research on swimming opportunities near me... I can go to the local community pool and swim in a lane for $3.00 a visit – OR – $135 annual membership. I suppose I will have to do that – since I imagine no matter what happens, I will have to baby the knee for a bit.

The good news is, the pool is not much farther from my house than my gym. The bad news? I would have to wear a swimsuit in public... *sigh* I spent the last few minutes looking at full coverage suits... got a pair of long bike-short style bottoms and a tankini top and a swim tee to go over it. These are going to contain my saggy thighs and cover the bat-wings, so, I will be able to force myself to wear them in public. Now it’s just the logistics of getting myself there when there is a lane open...



Cheri – Hope you are having the best trip, ever.

Toni – Gratz on the .8 pounds!

Pip – Such a girly color... lol. Enjoy!

Lois – Thank you for the gentle reminder to quit my bitching and do something else... I will miss my elliptical – but who knows? Maybe the swimming will be the most awesome thing, ever.... even if I will have to find the time to dry my hair, a lot. Excellent change in measurements. I am so glad you were able to find the thing that worked for you. I am just going to have to change mine up, a bit.

Lenora – Ah the total Yo Yo experience... Sorry, Sugar. Exercise is good... Sounds like you are on the right track to lose those 2 lbs for good.

Barbie – (Hugs!) Thinking good thoughts for the perfect dog.

SueBDew –

Mary – Hope you feel better, soon!

Michele – Everything is ridiculously expensive, now... it's kind of horrifying to grocery shop, these days.

Maritill – Welcome!

Goldberry57 – Hello! Pretty sure I don’t have abs, either.

Gloria – I had to google TENS - Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Apparently it’s supposed to stimulate your nerves so your body generates Endorphins... it also helps stop muscle atrophy. They used one on DH when he broke his ankle – although I had no idea what it was. We just called it the zappy thing... lol. Glad the Drone could be saved.

Sharon – ((Hugs)) maybe the other shoe is that one that you always see in the middle of the freeway... it dropped in the middle of the road, never to be found, again.

Lisa – Happy Press Day!

Heather – Now is when the fun part starts... Be sure and tell all...

NYKaren – I know the feeling. You get your hopes all up and then, wham. Even though you knew it wasn’t going to happen – there was just that tiny spark... *sighs* Sorry, Sugar.

Allie – Three pounds is pretty respectable. Man... if I lost weight from stress – I might never have been fat at all! I tend to eat comfort food when I am stressed... LOTS of comfort food. And you know we only harp because we love you... Stay Strong. Glad your friend is willing to help out. Maybe her company has a branch down in Florida and you can get her to hook you up with an agent down there?

Sarah – Growing things... yay! I need to start some seeds soon – I love growing my own veggies – it’s just so satisfying to eat a meal that includes something you produced yourself.

Leigh – Welcome! That is the beauty of this thread... We are from different parts of the world, with different philosophies and beliefs – but we are all grown – which gives us a point of connection. Please come back, often.

Margaret – Doc hasn’t recommended anything, just yet. She is waiting for the MRI results. I really will be interested to see what they say. Based on the returning pain, I have to assume that whatever is wrong will be pretty clearly visible.

Karen/VA –

Kate/UK – Thanks! I should have known that one... and I am down with High Fat and Low Carb – although I am not really following that plan too strenuously. Hope the Robins return.

Rita – ((HUGS!)) Wish I had some “Funk Away” to send you.

Marcelyn – Time to break out the swimsuit! (Hugs!)

Nancy – Rutabegas are excellent! But, I might not brave polar bears for them, either.

Penny – Sounds like my DH would be happy up north... he is a fan of Kefir – so he would probably groove on Filmjolk.

57Terris – Welcome! Thanks for looking out for us.

Carol – ((Hugs!)) Hope your sinuses clear up, soon.

Cat – How did your brain block the Cheesecake portion of the Cheesecake Factory? It’s amazing what our minds can do, isn’t it? Tomorrow is a new day.

Yvonne – I can’t think too hard about my goal... it’s too far off, yet. I will start getting all antsy and weird, and that just doesn’t do me any good. I have to just focus on the next week. (**shhhh, don’t tell me, but... I am getting a little pumped about the thought I will be making that goal pretty soon – and I am hoping I can make Onderland before my full year on MFP rolls.)

KJ – ((Hugs!!)) Hope you get past that, soon.

Joyce – ((Hugs!))

Katla – Thanks! Glad your SIL could get someone to shovel off the roof.

Janet – So sorry about your Sibs.

Rori - *waves*

DJ – Glad you are seeing light at the end of the tunnel on your friend’s house.

Sherry – I am impressed that you are managing to keep your eating under control during this stressed out time. I don’t know that I could have done as well. I have my fingers crossed that "the man" gets the karma he deserves.

Sue/WA – Hope you have fun at Choir Practice.

Cico48036 – Welcome. Pull up a keyboard and tell us a bit about you...

Chris – Hurray for ready to heat and eat dinners! If my DH wasn’t so picky, I might just package up dinners for the whole week on Sundays – so I didn’t have to think about it anymore. And I changed my goal weight a while back, too. My initial goal was just to get to Onderland... but, I decided I would go for half my highest weight as a first goal.

Zoldio – Welcome.



Well, I am making potato soup, tonight. I found that the calories are pretty controllable if you just don’t go too nutso with the cheese. Shockingly enough, I have found that it is JUST as delicious with 5 ounces of cheese in the pot as it was with 8... Who knew?

See y’all tomorrow!

Hugs for Everybody!

Re in TX

Ok, guess I'll stop trying to post from the ipad. Have no idea why only a quarter of the post actually got posted!!

At any rate, it's a small world. My sister lives in Monroe, and has in-laws who live in West Monroe. None of us know the duck people, either!

Allie, good for you getting the CMA. I hope it's helpful. The only real difference in an appraisal and a CMA (performed by a qualified agent) is that the appraiser has a license that allows the lender to use his numbers to base a mortgage loan amount on, and the agent doesn't. Good luck, and if you end up down here in Florida, come visit us in Delray Beach!

Today was a pretty yucky day, all in all. Did well with food, but played tennis last night -- a league match, fun and we won -- and played again this morning. Apparently, that was too soon, because both knees hurt all day. So, stayed in today and have rested. Will do the recumbent bike and weight circuit tomorrow, rather than bodypump, so I can avoid weighted squats. Oh, for the days when all my joints worked properly...getting old sucks.

Have a great night, all...

Nancy D

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