WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

Looked at leggings on UK Amazon no lularoe but some others similar mad patterns

Kate UK

Just did the following video:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NYbpakuJ5SQ&list=WL&index=10

Total Arm Workout with Dumbbells for Women. There are several others I am going to try. My arms are feel like jello right at this moment.

Cheri
in cloudy College Station, TX

Thanks for the welcome, Heather (not forgetting the other warm welcome messages that I have received from this lovely group!)

Heather, where is Merida? Looks lovely!

Well done, Cheri on your strength exercises for your arms. I'm a big fan of strength workouts and try to do 3 each week. I use Fitness Blender's YouTube videos. They're all free and they're a lovely young husband and wife team. It took me a long time to get to the point where I actually look forward to my workouts, but I am finally there!

Have a great weekend, ladies

For those searching for LuLaRoe leggings, if you are on facebook, just post that you are looking for a consultant (it's kind of like Avon or Mary Kay; in that you need a sales rep). I swear every other woman in Michigan is either selling/hosting LuLaRoe clothes or they are "oilies" (Essential Oil converts). I believe in holistic meds, the mood lifting ability of aromatherapy, etc. But some of these oilies claim the craziest things "I have an oil for that!" My own former sister-in-law told me she had a mixture of oils that would take care of my husbands RA!

Welcome newbies. Yinka, you looks like a very happy person.

Our new stove should be here within the hour. I called and they said it was the last one to be delivered and should be around 6 PM but the delivery driver called and said it would be around 3:30! This morning Charlie spent a long time scrubbing the old one. He said he didn't want the delivery driver to get any grease spot from our old stove. Men, are they even meant to be understood????

I'll be glad when winter is over. My doctor said I need to use this cool mist vaporizer until I turn the furnace off. But it is so chilly sitting beside it. I have a sweatshirt on and am wrapped up in a blanket. But as long as it keeps me out of the hospital I will take it.

Joyce, Indiana

Hello all: Got behind but finally caught up. That is a hard thing to do with this group. I had a lovely birthday on Tuesday, dinner at El Lago. I had a chicken enchilada and salad, very good. Of course someone let slip it was my birthday so the waiter brought a big sombrero and they sang to me. Then they brought a small piece of cheesecake but we shared it among five of us so I think it was OK. DD just had to post the pic on FB, oh well.

Yesterday I used the gift certificate my DD gave me for a massage. Very nice and relaxing.

Today it has snowed, sleeted and rained here. It is very, very windy. Poor Pip! Are you trying to ride in this? Brrr.

Betty - You might see if you can find an aquatic physical therapist near you. They might be able to explain the reason for the cramps and give exercises to do in the water. I have seen people who were strong swimmers and have had strokes try to swim again and they often panic when their bodies do not respond as they used to in the water. The buoyancy can really throw them off. I can imagine not having the use of your legs would cause a similar feeling. Water exercises versus swimming is most often the better option.

Lisa - Sending healing angels to your DH and patience to you both.

Barbie - Glad Bess is settling in.

Heather - You had quite the adventure. Glad you are safely home.

DJ - If you are getting a sore throat only at certain times and it does not progress it may be reflux and not a cold. Just a thought. I often have a sore throat in the mornings from reflux but it goes away after I eat something.

Animika - Good to see you back.

Beth - Sorry that chocolate got you. Now you will have to go do some exercise but no more diving.

Sarah - Stay strong!

Welcome to the newbies.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Toni in TN: Your high protein, semi-high fat & low carb diet is the menu that my body likes, too. :flowerforyou:

Heather: I'm happy that you're safely home and getting back into the swing of regular life.

Joyce: If you ever figure out how to understand men I'll be first in line to buy your book.

Barbie: Tess will get used to the notion that she won't dissolve in rain water, but it may take a little time. :bigsmile:


We did some work cleaning up our office today. It is still messy, especially my part of it, but we got a lot of loose papers stowed in the right folders. Three cheers!!! Yoga today with my favorite teacher was a gift. I had to miss the Monday and Wednesday classes this week. We had good news about the raccoon damage. It looks like our homeowners insurance will pick up part of the tab. Yay!!!!! Unfortunately the work won't be done until April. :ohwell: The good news is that they can't get under the house to make things worse.

Katla in wet & cold 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

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Evening ladies.
Cheri- I was looking for a workout for arms and there was your post. It was perfect excerpt I couldn't figure out how it make it a favorite.
Welcome to the new ladies. It is hard to keep everyone straight so that is why it is suggested we post a name and location.
Barbie - there has been a lot of flooding in the Houston area so maybe Bess was exposed to some of that.
My February goals:
1. Walk at least 15 minutes each morning
2. Eat slowly and mindfully
3. Walk around while talking on the phone.
4. Continue to do workout program.
5. SueBDew in TX

Joyce – My oldest sister wore a 6AAAA throughout HS; they had to order shoes for her; but, penny loafers and ‘be-bops’ were ‘in style’ so with those and a pair of heels to wear to church; she only had 3 pair of shoes.

Before I had children, I wore an AAA; I think a ‘slim’ is between a narrow and a medium. There still are some shoes I can’t wear. I also have an extremely high arch. That makes it difficult; but, now I wear a 7 ½ regular. I think this sister still has a difficult time finding shoes.
In HS I had a ‘butt’; was a cheerleader; now it has gone ‘south’.

Re – A door – for any reason – would get a reward (for hubby). I’m going to go pick out one and do what someone suggested as ask if they have one that is being discontinued or in a ‘scratch and dent’ pile. At some point, I will get it; but, I want it now so I can enjoy it. It is just the start of doing something and once I get started, I on a rroooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllll!!!! I made a “Bucket List” for things I would ‘like’ to see done around the house. After 15+ years in the same place looking at the same things, I would sort of like to make a few changes.
Protein – in meat, peanut butter; put it in celery which is lot of ‘water’ content, so you don’t over eat. Whatever the # of tsp./tbsp. in the center of the celery will go far. Cheese. But, then you have to watch the calories for that. Milk? Yogurt?

Lisa – It’s only a NSV … if you never tell why he disappeared, how you used the scales to bop him over the head, and you feel victorious. That’s a NSV!

I agree with Sue’s DDnL – DH needs to start taking the pain pills ASAP to get ahead of the pain; in fact when I had my rotator cuff surgery done, both times, I was put on a pain pill the day before the surgery.

The Synthroid is working, girl! You cannot ‘fool’ your body’s ‘thermostat’ with a placebo. Glad you got it taken care of. You will feel like a ‘new woman’ in a few months.

You said you DH broke his ‘left’ wrist … did he wear a wedding band?

Carol – Yeah! Go FALCONS! I just hope that WALB-TV gets ‘their technical issues’ corrected by the time the game comes on. I don’t know what is going on … the last time this happened, they were in a ‘dispute’ with ABC, CBS, and NBC about ‘contacts’ between them and DirecTV. I’ve already ‘cussed’ out one technician, who made me repeat everything. SLOWLY! I hate dealing with technicians that are probably in another country, who shorten their names to Bob, and can’t understand you, especially when they are acting like a Dick.

bwctc – The weighed hula-hoop will cause bruising around (usually the sides); but, continue it, they go away. I have had mine ‘hanging’ from a tool; and, I think I am going to have to go back and make a new one; and then hang them differently. They are exactly a circle anymore. It does a lot of good for your tummy … that is why I want to do it. If you are not able to hold it up and it is weighted, it might still not be ‘big’ enough. Mine is 5’ around; using 3/4th inch black irrigation tubing, with a double-ended connection point and about ½ cup of water; then wrapped with 2 rolls of colorful duct tape – started an inch away from the connection, wrapping over it, then going back over it in the opposite direction.

Lanette – After losing 40lbs; I attempted to pick up a 40lb bag of ‘potting soil’ and could NOT do it; to think I had been lugging that on my body certainly gave me all the reasons why I would stumble when I walked, felt like my tummy was cutting of my ability to breathe, so any other things.

DJ – It seems like this year has been pretty hard on a lot of people getting colds, sore throats, coughing, just feeling like (*$& warmed over. I hope I can stay away from ‘sick folks’ because if I get a ‘cold’ it usually settles in my chest and I end up with bronchitis, pneumonia, or worst – pleurisy.

Gloria – Thanks! I’ll check with my friend at a CPA office or I will pull them off the Internet! Thanks!

Becca – I don’t weigh at home, naked or otherwise, because I just don’t trust my scales. I think they weigh heavy or not consistently.
I only count ‘calories’ and not what my DOGD calls ‘macros’. She would try to ‘fix’ her meals around them and I don’t think it was doing her any good by doing so. The only thing I watch out for is the ‘sodium’.

Michele – What about Azaleas? Do they bloom in your Zone? I’m in Zone 8, don’t know. Some are evergreen and some are more or less deciduous. They do well under pine trees with filtered light. You can use them as a hedge or as a bush, leave them alone, and they grow big like a large bush. You can cut them back drastically to get them to bush out. Whether you are looking for bushes that are evergreen and flower or what … look up where you live and stick with the ones that fall in the middle of that range. My Japanese Magnolia is blooming now; usually blooms a little later; then the leaves appear and it is green until late fall. I cannot believe the guy said you were ‘cheap’ … it’d be a little less offensive if he had said you were trying to be ‘economical’ … ‘word of mouth’ can either ‘hurt’ or ‘help’ your business.

pitegny – I take a medication that ‘if I did not have insurance’ would cost me $1200 a month. I’d just be S.O.S.; and, it is a ‘must have’ medication. I’d hate to know what ‘all’ of them would cost a month if I did not have insurance.

Lenora

stats for the day:

ride hm 2 gym- 13.51min, 12.8amph, 146mhr, 2.9mi, hail= 138c
apple watch- 106c
Ski Machine- 35min, 2incl, 25-45resist, 125ahr, 142mhr, 1.55mi = 289c
apple watch- 291
ride gym 2 dome- 8.03min, 152mhr, 10.7amph, 1.4mi, sprinkles = 75c
apple watch- 52
jog/walk station 2 wk- 5.10min, 10.30ap, 149mhr, 138ahr .4mi = 60c
apple watch- 54
jog wk 2 sta-5min, 10.45ap, 144mhr, .4mi, = 71c
apple watch- 53c
ride dome 2 hm- 21.27min, 7.3amph, 142mhr, 2.6mi = 186c
apple watch- 152c

total cal 819, I was slow at the tail end of the day.

ydailey wrote: »

canookie - "The odds are good, the goods are odd" is hilarious! I like 'em on the odd side.


-Yvonne in TX

Yvonne in Tx !!!! ... got me an odd one - it's name is Scott! (mind you i'm not exactly "normal" either) !!! LOL

Marni in Alaska

Kelly - no Canadian holiday here today. We have a Provincial holiday in Manitoba on February 20. As far as our PM, I don't want to trade - you can have them both.

Went to Tim Horton's for coffee with my son and grandson today. Ended up eating part of grandson chocolate mint cookie. Felt guilty about the calories but it was so yummy.

Hugs to all
Paula Y