WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

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  • grogers511
    grogers511 Posts: 477 Member
    Accountability Post Progress update of my Feb goals.

    ✔1. Log and COMPLETE the entry daily.
    ✔2. No eating after 9pm.
    ✔3. Fiber 30g daily
    ✔4. Walk 30 active Fitbit minutes daily.
    5. Declutter clothes, books, office supplies.
    6. In bed by midnight.

    I would've been in bed by midnight - if I had done my walking earlier. Took a late bath and in bed by 1am. Really happy to cut out the late night snacking. It was quickly becoming a bad habit. And it was always something sugary. Slept well last night... and might go back to bed. It sure felt good and I don't feel done with it yet! No big plans today. DH and DM90 still sleeping... so it's tempting to stay up and have some quiet me time.

    Have a great day folks! I'll be back later.
    -- Ginger in Texas
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • pdboys1999
    pdboys1999 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you for your post. I enjoyed the quote. My goal is going to be called "The New Normal" I am ready to start ahealthy lifestyle again. I had significant life changes last year and ended gaining 20 pounds back. I need to lose that plus the final 30 I had to lose at the beginning of 2016. So 50 to go. But with my new attitude and support system I've got this and it's going to happen.
  • teklawa1
    teklawa1 Posts: 678 Member
    Good Saturday morning to all, I caught up on my reading and wish everyone well. Jack and I are still in AZ and will be home on Monday. We're glad we missed the snow in the Pacific Northwest but miss home and especially miss our sweetie, Ella.. (our dog). This ten days has been great for walking and hiking but my eating hasn't been healthy like when I'm home. I'll see the damage when I weigh on Friday. :-)... Have a great weekend everyone.
    Barbie, the dog coats are beautiful! and practical.
    Allie, thinking of you and hoping you are safe. Betsy from NW Washington
  • gotu52
    gotu52 Posts: 315 Member
    Happy Saturday,

    Stats for today:
    Treadmill 60 min @425K
    Strength training 30 min @ 150
    Leslie Sansone x 93 min = 3 miles @ 600k
    Total burn: 1175

    Got some tomato sauce in the slow cooker and about to have lunch. Then rest and reading for the day, my reward for my workout!
    Have a great day everyone.
    <3 Sarah, Ontario, Canada
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,261 Member
    There is a saying fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.
  • Jaja99
    Jaja99 Posts: 21 Member
    Karen in VA, Your sweet Olivia is in my prayers. Hope your trip goes well.

    Carey, I love the quote. It really fits my work stress right now.

    Charlene- I missed my license renewal a few years ago. They changed the date from the last day of your birthday month to your actual birthday. I didn’t know that and my grandson was in the hospital after a major surgery so I didn’t go until about 5 days too late. Anyway, since I missed the date I had to show my birth certificate. The supervisor decided my birth certificate was a fake and insisted they spelled Cincinnati wrong. They didn’t, but I didn’t have a way to prove it right there. She also said the seal was too flat. Um, probably because it was 50 years old. I had to send off for a new birth certificate even though she could have looked it up in the computer and seen that I had a license in that state and only in that state since I was 16. Funny thing was, I used that old birth certificate a couple of years later to get a passport with no questions at all.

    Yinka, loved your cufflinks. Have fun with the quilting! I enjoy it.

    Sarah, good luck with the new job. Sometimes change is so exciting!

    Heather UK- wow, what a trip you had. Glad you are better now.

    Sherry- you make me laugh!

    Lisa in W. Texas- Hope the surgery goes well and recovery is speedy.

    Penny, I don’t know if I missed your posts, you’ve been busy on your trip, or you froze up there in the Arctic. Hope all is well.

    I got way behind on my reading in this group because I had report cards, IEPs and IEP updates all due and then was sick for a week with a sinus infection. I teach special education students and I got 2 new students in January and 3 new students this month. The 3 new students have schedules and needs that don’t match up with the kids I already teach, so I am having to reconfigure my day and try to figure out how to adjust things to meet everyone’s needs. I’m taking my mom to Florida next week so I had so much work to get done before I could take off for a week. I still have one more IEP to write, three parents to call, and 4 days of sub plans to finish. But the end is in sight. Monday and Tuesday will be more long days at work trying to get everything ready, but Wednesday will begin a week of rest. I finally caught up on this group. I skimmed some of the 50 pages, so I know I missed some things. Loved the moose pictures.

    Jana in VA
  • tngram2seven
    tngram2seven Posts: 465 Member
    Jana - as a retired teacher I totally empathize with your class struggles. New students at midyear can throw a monkey wrench into schedules and routines. I used to spend at least 5 hours getting ready for a sub so I could miss six hours of school the next day. I can imagine how hard it is for a dedicated special ed teacher. And your paperwork load is unbelievable! Enjoy you time off.

    VAKaren - safe journey. Prayers for some meaningful time with your stepdaughter and little Olivia.

    NYKaren - are you the one going to Morocco? I get so mixed up sometimes. Whoever is going have a wonderful time.

    Allie - so sorry about Tom's blowup. Stick to your guns, sister.

    Penny - Where are you???????

    Marni - hope your back is getting better.

    I work from 1 - 6 today. It's basketball game day again. ARRRRRG!

    Have a great day everyone.

    Toni

  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Paula Y – I grew up in a family and knew I was loved; but, neither parent (especially Mother) was very physically demonstrative. My Daddy was - up to a certain age, when he felt it was not appropriate for us to sit in his lap. I’m not sure I understood it, then; but I do now - that I am much older. We always got what we ‘needed’; just not always what we ‘wanted’. I, too, started hugging my children when they were young; and, they never left my presence without a hug, kiss, and an “I love you!” Both sons, now 38 and 40 will still hug, kiss, and say, “I love you!” without hesitation. I’m only a hugger of others that I have a good, personal relationship.

    Because I was physically attacked, I won’t sit with my back to the door in a restaurant, I feel like I have a certain amount of ‘personal space’ in which nobody has the right to infringe upon unless invited in or with a bit of a notification that it is about to be. If I bend my elbows; and you draw an imaginary line in a circle around me that far out, that is my 'personal space'. If someone intends on hugging me, they need to hold their arms out and let me make that choice. I will jump 2’ straight up in the air, if someone comes up behind me, touches my shoulder [in other words, invades my space]. They need to come around and face me, or they need to call me by name, so I will turn around.

    The attack happened by a stranger, in a situation that I should have never been put in, and I did not get help until someone found me unconscious. It cost a MD her job because of it and I have never regretted reporting her to the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (for quality of care and failure to release my medical records to my OWN doctors). She has, since, bounced around a lot in different practices and different towns around this area. One thing that helps is knowing that she will never do to another patient, what she did to me. It will follow her around like 'white on rice'. Doesn't matter if she moves, even 'out of state'; if her record with the CSBME is ever checked, my complaint against her will 'pop up'. Just because I have a 'mental disorder' (that is controlled with medication) does NOT mean I am 'stupid'; and, she learned this the 'difficult way'. That was a case of me, 'not getting mad'; but, getting 'even' instead. She is definitely 'in the wrong field of medicine'. I was talked out of 'suing her and the hospital' ... because I did not want to have to relive 2 1/2 months of her sorry treatment.

    Scary and very much of a ‘trust breaker’. But, with family and my pets, I hug and love unconditionally. Both Louis and I hug our sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Last December, when DH and DOS went to visit with DYS (for a week of hunting like they do every year), DYS and DH went to ‘shake hands like men’ and DYS grabbed DH and hugged him ‘long and tight’. He came home and said that he ‘about lost it’; but, did not want to upset either son with his ‘emotions’. When he was telling me about it, he burst into tears. Of course, that made me do it, too. I cried every time we left him; until he married in May of 2015. Now, I rarely cry (or very long, anyway) because I know he is loved and cared for by his ‘new’ wife and daughter (who loves him as much as if he had been her ‘biological’ father). I get sad, because I don’t get to see him/them but 2 or 3 times a year. They did not come this past Thanksgiving, and I was ‘sad’ because DYS has ‘always’ spent Thanksgiving week with us. They came at Easter, a surprise!

    VA Karen – I’m happy that you and your partner will be able to go out to see daughter and Olivia. I can’t imagine how it would feel to know you needed to be somewhere and not able to get there fast enough. Angel Wings with {{{{HUGS}}}}} for a quick and safe trip.

    For the other baby in ICU (sorry, I can’t remember whose grandson it is); I send the same to you and your family.

    My sister had to fly from Miami to Los Angeles when her son got seriously hurt and I know from listening to her that it was the most god-awful experience of her life as it concerns her children. Both her children have lived as far away as NY or LA and now her DS is living with her until he finishes school.

    When DYS busted his scalp open while putting in a pig trap with a helper, my DDnL#2 sent pictures of it. OH! Flip-Flop stomach. This happened right before they were to be married and he was growing his hair out from a buzz cut she had given him earlier. I don’t remember how many stitches he had; but, it was a lot. Thankfully, he did not ‘crack his skull’ open. He is getting bald, very quickly so he wanted it buzzed to see how he liked it; thankfully it had been buzzed; because he came down with a roaring, raging case of the Shingles shortly afterwards. Had it up the side of his face, in his mouth, up his head. He thought he had a really bad toothache, when to his dentist, who sent him to a Periodontist (had to drive across the state of Louisiana to go to him. The moment the dental hygienist walked in, she went and got the dentist. He took one look at him and said that he had the shingles and sent him 'next door' to be seen by a MD. Got medication for it, back to dentist, who gave him a mouth rinse; then after it was all over with, he had to have surgery on his gums for receding gum line. He had to stay out at the lake place; because DMYGD had not had the chicken pox. Shingles is only contagious to someone who has not had the chicken pox. You only get the Shingles 'if' you have already had chicken pox. Being around her, he could have given her the chicken pox. Safe side ... live apart for as long as it took for them to clear up.

    I think the emotional connections I have tried to have unconditionally, has caused me to spoil Cracker absolutely stinky rotten. She is my daily companion and she has weaseled her way into Louis’ heart so that he can’t resist loving on her, too. She is so animated that she keeps us laughing all the time. Tux, our outside kitty, just looks at us when we let her in and out with this look as if to say, ‘why does SHE get to go in and out; and, I DON’T’? He is the most loving cat I think I have ever had. Well, Kissy Kat (black cat I had in HS) was also very demonstrative and she even ‘loved’ getting into water. I’d be lying down in the claw foot tub at home and she’d get up on the dresser, then on the edge, and slowly slide down into the water with me, purring up a storm. When I take Tux to the vet; he eagerly goes to the worker; hugs their neck and then goes totally limp so that his full length is evident. He is a big cat; and, he purrs like crazy. In the winter he weighs way over 20lbs. They are all surprised when they find out that he is an ‘outside’ cat. He is good with our DOS’s dogs; but, he hides if DYS’s dog come home with him.

    Our last cat, “Miss Kitty” … was, at least, 21 years old when she passed away. So old and decrepit that she would look awful … like she was going to just keel over. BUT, if she heard Louis and me talking about her; by the time we got home, she had groomed herself; from the head down about ½ way … like to say, ‘I’m fine … oh, the back? Well, I can’t see it, so just don’t criticize … I’m going nowhere any time soon’. That was the most determined cat we had had up until now. Tux comes running up like a dog when we drive up. Because of DOS’s lab; we put just ½ a handful of cat food in his dish every time we come in and out, so the dog won’t come down and eat it all. She’s being left outside during the day; but, thankfully she doesn’t come down but once or twice a day.

    pitegny – I can remember the first time I used a ‘Nettie Pot’ … I sucked up and thought I was drowning! I did not know until my sister told me that I just needed to turn my head and let it flow in one side of the nose and out the other. Yeah, right! When one side is so blocked up; that is difficult to do. But, once you get the directions down pat, it will open up your nose. I have been so stopped up, that trying to wear my C-pap has been like someone holding their hand over my nose and mouth. Last night, I had it on; but, I could not breathe. I sat up in bed and about scared Louis to death. I was gasping for air and he kept trying to calm me down. That hasn’t happened in a long time.

    I don’t worry much about the nutrients; except now to make sure that I get more protein than I have been, drinking more water, and exercising more - so that hopefully I will be knocked off that plateau I’ve been on for nearly 2 months. GGGRRRrrrrr!!!!! MD/nurse with weight program, said that now I have gotten down to the point I have, I will need to kick up calories in, with more protein, water, and exercise. I have a question; can you 'drink' too much water in a day? I've been getting about 14.5 cups of water in; but, it makes my bladder ache, like it is distended, even though I pee a lot. Sometimes I will pee a lot; feel like I am finished, then pee another couple of tablespoons full. This has been going on for at least a couple of days or more.

    Katla – Caloric count for Olive Garden must be some ‘new’ on their ‘menus’ … I’ve not really noticed. I know that Waffle House does … and that really helps when we are travelling.

    Heather – Isn’t ‘Hummus’ made of ‘smashed chick peas’? I love Hummus! Especially the dried roasted tomato variety.

    I missed a lot of comments when I lost my ‘last’ post before I hit ‘Post’. But, guess something I had responded to, just did not ‘need to be posted’ … that is how I look at ‘lost posts’. A way of ‘shutting my mouth when I should’. LOL!!!!

    Lenora
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Allie: You can't fix Tom. He has to fix himself. This quote is from Deadwood Days: “Even at his hour of doom, a skunk cannot change his stripe,” said Doc Peirce." I don't know whether or not Tom is a skunk, but he seems to act that way. Sometimes people change, but it requires a lot of desire and stubborn determination on their part. No one can do it for them. Each of us is changing her stripes one day at a time by changing eating & exercise habits to take off weight. To do this we have to really want to change and be willing to work at it, and it is not easy. To fix his life, Tom would need to do the same. Unfortunately, you can't do it for him. (((HUGS))) PS: I like Rita's advice.

    Karen in VA: Sending good thoughts for your trip. :heart:


    We used to buy free-range organic eggs from an old hippie (50+) & her DH. They were evicted from their home and were homeless for a time. Now they're back in business and we'll be getting fresh, free-range eggs later today. DH will be home for sure. I may not be home because I have a riding lesson this morning. I'm looking forward to it.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited February 2017
    Regarding Olive Garden nutrition: Go to Olive Garden.com. There is a nutrition link. Nutrition | Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

    I printed this and have it available to use whenever we are planning to eat there because I like to plan ahead. It includes calorie information and also nutritional contents for those of us with food allergies & sensitivities. You can also ask for this information when you arrive at the restaurant.
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Jana ~ I hated making plans for subs. I feel for all the work you are doing.

    Carol
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Happy Saturday. Started the day after a 12 hour fast to have lab/blood draw, had to wait over an hour to get seen, wow I was ready to cry from being so hungry :(
    I am feeling productive:

    :) lab work done
    :/ Taxes in to the accountant
    :p Workout done
    <3 Lentil cooking on the stove
    o:) bathroom cleanup begins

    Take care everyone. NYKAREN
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Allie ~ I hope you didn't put your pay check in the joint account.
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,533 Member
    Made brownies for Vince to have when we get back from FL. Then made chocolate cookies to take with us.

    Went to WalMart and they were selling Girl Scout cookies outside the store. I know if Vince had been with me, he would have bought some. But I didn't (sorry Rori) because he has enough that he should finish before we go to FL

    Lenora - You can drink too much water. But I think it's something like 300oz. I routinely have over 100oz/day

    Michele in NC
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,665 Member
    Ginger -- love the photos of your mom! She's one special lady - happy birthday to her and hopefully many more to come. Are there any grandchildren/great-grands she's able to spend time with? Some of my best memories are of my dear grandmother who lived next door to us when I was a child...actually the next farm over from us. Fun to walk to the grandparents and spend an afternoon...she dropped her chores (or let us help) and was always glad to entertain us. A blessing for both of us!

    Katla, we too have an "egg lady" -- their hens starting laying a month or so ago which is early... we go through a lot of eggs and it's nice to get some fresh from the farm - I swear the yolks stand up 1/2 inch high. I miss having hens.

    Karen, hoping you and your partner have a safe journey and a good trip. Hope Olivia is holding her own.

    Love the kitty stories..... I think they DO have nine lives. I know we too have had some (and old dogs too) who've been in sad shape...just when we'd get ready to "make the appointment" they'd rally. Bless their hearts. Guess they thought we needed them around for a while longer.

    Teachers, you are my hero's... I think it's a tougher job all the time. I admire folks who have the heart to lead these little ones.

    Well, DH and I have our 40th anniversary tomorrow. Not doing anything special. As I look back, it's been quite an adventure. Marriage for us has been many stages... and I think we are now in the "caretaker" stage. We are doing our best to encourage each other to be as healthy as possible and are more willing to take each other's advice - actually depend on each other's input before we make a decision. When we both worked long hours, seems we were sometimes strangers living in the same house.

    Allie, hoping you and Tom are able to see a counselor, that may help if you both are determined to make it work. I understand why churches often have "couples retreats" - if they are done well, many problems can be headed off at the pass if both are willing to work toward a common goal.

    But going down that counseling route is sometimes painful. Heartfelt good wishes going your way!

    Warm springy weather coming this week! The flood waters are receding.... happy Saturday everyone!

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,101 Member
    Peach- Carol - no it will be going into my account and I will transfer into joint..
    I will look into counseling/ marriage retreat...
  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Rori - sorry to miss you, but hope JanetR gets a chance to see you...

    Loved the UK, lived there for nearly six years, and didn't take near enough advantage of being in Europe to see other countries, only Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Then again, was young, and broke! :) Girlfriend-only vacations are kinda awesome. Totally different vibe than family or couple time off together.

    Lazy day today, mini-shopping trip to Wally World, and back at the warehouse. Hubby's tucked up with a book, and I will be shortly.

    Love y'all,
    Lisa in West Texas (91 degrees today)
  • ljdw99
    ljdw99 Posts: 360 Member
    :)
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,721 Member
    Penny! Penny! Penny! <3

    Rori and I hope to fix up a meeting in London in October. It's a long way ahead so anything could happen, but we are aiming to do something together. :D

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Charleen2
    Charleen2 Posts: 223 Member
    edited February 2017
    Jana in VA - Boy the person who was handling your license renewal was just the cream of the crop. Now a days I carry my passport to state offices where they are likely to request proof of birth/citizenship and have found most of them when given a passport get quiet and just process the papers with no further comment.

    Rori - Mars is so cute! Glad to see him hard at work given the wind we have had for the past 3 days. And dog people just don't get how much we value our paperweights.

    Charleen in Colorado (DD took me walking all over CSU campus for the morning playing/catching Pokemom)
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    <3:)<3
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Re, oh lordy.. OK my brain went to the movie ,"History of the World part 1" with Mel Brooks. Madeline Kahn is choosing, saying "Yes, no, no, no, no, yes. ......then on a high note YES".... I know Mel Brook humor is a bit off but...that's me!
    Wouldn't it be wonderful to live in a money free society, just using the barter system? OK I shall trade you some of my fine tomatoes for some of your beautiful eggs. *long sigh*
    Becca
    Oregon
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,665 Member
    Canookie, when I die I want to come back as a doxie and lounge on your couch :-)

    Lanette
    SW WA State
  • gotu52
    gotu52 Posts: 315 Member
    edited February 2017
    Marni I made this tomato sauce in my slow cooker today. I like it because it uses things I always have and is very simple. I tripled the recipe and it made 3 jars of approximately 3 cups each. Best of all, it is delicious: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/58854/slow-cooker-tomato-sauce/

    <3 Sarah
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK
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