WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2017

yo peeps -

my knees have taken a beating. i will never be a knee model, calf and thigh model i could do, but no knees. when i wear my bike tights to ride to the gym then to the train station, i am peeling off scabs, OUCHIE. i even put medicine and Kleenex on my knees before putting on my tights and it doesn't help, the Kleenex sticks and peels. i am putting medicine on them and coconut oil. i've even tried Vaseline. oh well... they are getting better. just gotta keep yogi's tail away from my knees, he wacks them as he is walking by..
love all the leggings. i've never been a print legging kinda person. i couldn't think about wearing then now cuz of my knees... last 2 days i've been wearing my bike shorts home. thank goodness it's been in the 50's

valentines day is just another day at our house. kirby is always thoughtful and loving and considerate, he doesn't need one day to show me how much he loves me, he does it every day., no if he WASN'T that kind of guy, you bet your sweet *kitten* i would EXPECT him to buy me flowers, dinner, (no box of chocolates) and a gift!!

later - welcome to all the new peeps

hugs to all that need them.

Cheri how's the headache? Hope its gone.

Lisa, praying for the best results for husbands surgery.

Janetr okc

Happy half-price candy day!

Philip was sick, so we avoided the usual temptations by not doing anything for Valentine's Day. We'll probably do something special this weekend instead.

Ginger - You are right, it's one day! You can just enjoy it and then get right back on track. Great job focusing on the good.

Re - I usually leave my bed unmade too. I saw an article on BBC News awhile back about a study that said leaving it unmade may actually be healthier because it keeps moisture out of the sheets and makes it unattractive to dust mites. So I can claim I do it for health reasons!

Cheri - Vegas, baby! What a nice surprise!

Jayne - I admire your ability to "just wing it" in the kitchen. I'm an OK cook, but I don't have that kind of creative cooking skill. I've got to have a recipe.

drkatiebug - Your Valentine's leggings are very festive. I love them with the black tunic and that fabulous long jacket!

Lisa - While "Mayor Lisa" has a nice ring to it, it sounds like you made a happy return to sanity by putting yourself and your family first.


Had an amazing weigh-in this morning! It's encouraging to see good progress. I've almost taken off all the weight I put on when I quit tracking after the accident. Being consistent with my exercise is important, but the second big factor for me is planning meals in advance so we don't make bad choices at dinner time. My slow cooker has really been getting a workout lately... last night we had white bean soup with andouille sausage and collard greens, and there's plenty left over for tonight.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

-Yvonne in TX

MINTAMICHELLE ~ All you have to do is come and visit. We are a great group of like minded (most of the time) women. Tell us a bit about yourself.

Carol in GA

Karen--Congrats on the loss! Way to go!
Mintamichelle--I joined a couple of weeks ago and this group has made me feel so very welcome! From one "newbie" to another...welcome!
Sarah in Ontario--my husband used to go to Lake of the Woods in Sioux Narrows-we stayed at Yellowbird Lodge. We went for the bass fishing! Absolutely LOVED the beauty of the area! Hoping that we can go back sometime in the near future!
Lisa (in West TX)--sending you good thoughts and prayers for today.
Yvonne--Congrats to you on the amazing weigh-in! We're doing the "Biggest Loser" at my school--my weigh-in wasn't amazing (up 1 lb.), but I'm determined to make it amazing next week! Good for you, though! Cheering you on!

Karen – You’re not alone with ‘family drama’.

Heather – I don’t consider myself ‘on a diet’; it is a ‘healthy life change style for me’. I have not [yet] reached my ‘goal’ weight; but, to do so after what I have been through. I think I will work very hard to keep it off. That and I have a good bit of $$$ tied up in doing so.

Cheri – I try to eat my heaviest meal in the middle of the day; because that is when Louis usually eat his. Of course, I want to know, ahead of time, when we are going out to eat so I can ‘eat’ according to that. I will always eat something for breakfast; because that is what we did growing up. Breakfast is “Break Fast” … what you are doing when you sleep after your evening meal. Children especially do better in school with a full stomach, even if it is nothing more than a bowl of cereal. My kids ate breakfast. I’m not sure about my granddaughters. Chewing food slowly and thoroughly to end the food is great. I put my stainless down while I am chewing; that slows me down a lot. But, most of the times I do tend to ‘gobble’ … (eat too fast) … that only caused ‘bloating’. I will always drink coffee before going to bed; my GYN would love for me to change to decaf … that’s not happening. Hate the taste, don’t think I could get ‘used’ to it either.

Re – That is my DDnL#1’s attitude about it. Her girls clean up the kitchen, griping all the time. Of course, if it were me … I’d be taking away all those things that she has to call them away from until it became ‘obvious’ they were not getting them back, if they did not do their chores. But, then ‘someone’ would wonder why she doesn’t do anything other than stay on FB (part of the ‘drama’).

Michele – I think what I like about my computer is that it had “Cortana” on it; and it gives me a search engine to go to no matter what program I am in. It helps me when someone probably calls a thing something that I do differently without having to go out of what I am doing. It's down in the lower left-hand corner of my page; next to the Windows flag.

Janetr and Lisa – My former DnL is all mixed up in drugs and other sort-of related activity. I think ‘if’ she had not gotten into ‘partying’ with the single women friends she had when dating, then marrying my son … and stayed out of trouble, she might have made a fairly decent DnL.

Yesterday was the first time that Louis said that DDnL#1 had been unhappy very early in their marriage (probably from ‘taking care of DOGD, who wasn’t ‘her’ child) and left; then came back because ‘supposedly’ DOS talked her into it. Lordy, mercy; ‘ain’t it a shame’. Now they are ‘both’ unhappy; but, take up for one another if you happen to say anything about the other in front of the other. But, she is NOT happy with us as her ‘in-law’s’ and makes it abundantly clear that ‘she thinks that she is not good enough for son, or for us’. It’s not that; more than anything she is so negative that it rubs off on everybody around her. She loves to get all up in people’s business, and ‘telling them what they should do’; then gets mad ‘if they don’t follow her advice’. I want to tell her to ‘clean up around her door, before trying to clean up around someone else’s’. I’ve threatened to ‘whoop her @$$’ if she EVER posts on FB ‘anything’ about us; especially, if we find out she has. Would not be too hard to do, a friend reports it every time. Now I want to tell her, ‘I don’t care to hear about it’. Mainly, because ‘she is answering herself’. I am pretty sure that DOS does not have his FB ‘on’ at the times he is supposed to have answered it.

He also said that 'her plan' was to 'leave our GMGD where she is going to school, because she wants to stay there; but, wants to 'home school' the youngest one. WTF? She has a HS education ... period; and, she is 'working a job with health insurance and retirement benefits (insurance will cover DOGD as long as she is 'in college', has not 'dropped out' or 'gotten married'. I can't believe that my DOS would 'ever' go for this (unless someone else was doing the home schooling). I have NO idea what she is 'thinking about'. DOS had already told her that 'if she up and quit this job', he was 'filing for a divorce the next day'. They ALL need the health insurance. She has her 'foot in the door with a state job' and has the ability to apply for any 'state job' that comes up (even if someone has more 'seniority' and would probably get it). She is complaining because they don't stay busy and they watch movies and work on FB. "SOoooooooooooooo?" What's the problem? They are paying you to do this, I think I would keep my mouth shut or they might say, 'you know right, and, we don't need you'.

DDnL#2 ‘deactivated’ her account because Will wanted her to; and, she got tired of customers trying to make appointments; and, the day would go by and she has not answered them. She's put a big sign up on her mirror at the salon, NOT to try to make appointment on FB; she has 'deactivated her account'. The only time she works on weekends is to do ‘weddings’. Will said they had to limit DYMGD's after school activities because it was going to take too much time away from her work schedule. She is in 'dancing' that she loves and tried out (again) for 'cheerleader' because she went up a level. I'm pretty sure she made it, she loves it, too.

Pip – We only do ‘cards’; and, ‘date night’ this past Sunday was my Valentine’s celebration, so I did not get a card.

Yvonne – I could cook a ‘few’ things when Louis and I married; but, for the 2 years before, I worked in a deli and ate what they had there. I learned to cook from my DMnL who was a fabulous cook; I am not as good as she was; but, I did learn how to cook ‘less than quality meat’ and make it tender. Can I come eat supper with you tonight?

I made 15-bean soup with Andouille sausage this last week; so we have some in the freezer. Since I have not eaten any lunch yet; maybe I can work it and rice into my daily caloric intake.


Had to take Tux in to vet … he has a ‘cold’ and was given an antibiotic and a steroid shot. That way I did not have to catch him every day and give it to him and make sure he took it.

Lenora

Grits- nah, we pass on the cards too

Accountability Post Progress update of my Feb goals.

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

Not a great day yesterday... I'll do better today.

DH bought us a BowFlex Max Trainer M5. It is scheduled to be assembled today. It's an elliptical machine. I'm hoping he'll get more on board with a healthy eating and fitness lifestyle.

-- Ginger in Texas