WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

Love the salt and pepper, Pip.

Meredith - Sorry about your cat. That happened to my mum and she put a notice in the local newspaper. Would be Facebook now I guess. Someone rang her to say she'd seen him about a month later and she went to the place and called him and banged his tin of food. She was never so happy when he emerged from the bushes yowling at her! (Siamese)

The post office rang this morning to say my "paperwork" had been sorted out. We were exercising at the time with "Desert Island Discs" on loud, so they left a message on the ansa phone. What a relief!

Just been talking to my cancer friend on the phone. She went on holiday to Agadir in Morocco on a package tour. Seemed to go well and she found it a good break. The hotel was very French though. Luckily she has a few words! We are going to arrange for me to go up to London again for a chemo session. The MRI showed that the chemo is having some effect, which is good news for now. Having it every week tends to dominate your life and she knows it is only palliative.

With regard to vegetables. (Katla - I LOVE split pea soup! :laugh: ) Apart from providing bulk and fiber to fill you up for fewer calories, they of course provide vitamins and minerals. But an often overlooked benefit is that they create a perfect environment for the gut bacteria . This is of enormous benefit to us for overall health. Lisa - You could find ways to "hide" your vegetables in your food. You wouldn't taste them, but they would still be doing you good.

Heather, feeling relieved about her cheque, in Hampshire UK XXXXXXX

PS - Love the photos of fancy dressed grandchildren and the beautiful couple and dolphins. Black and white photos are great aren't they.

Pat - I use well drained (pressed) frozen spinach in my turkey burgers. Someone else uses apple. Grated zucchini works too.

Heather, so glad your cheque's all sorted out. I hate having something like that hanging over me.

Mia, the picture of you and your DH is amazing, and LOVED the pics of you and the dolphins...

Marcelyn, hope the little one makes his/her debut soon--my sister swore she carried her daughter for 11 months, and her daughter Elizabeth is now six feet tall, and is still late to everything. Not funny when you're carrying them around, though.

Yvonne in TX, had to go look up supertasters - had run across it before, but hadn't really clicked to it being what I deal with. If Wikipedia has it right, I'm definitely on that spectrum. I've never liked the taste of alcohol, honestly, but will drink a lightly sweet wine to be social--and horror of horrors for the oenophiles, will spike even that with Diet Sprite or 7-up to make it palatable. Scotch, in particular, smells like gasoline to me, while to my husband, it smells like apple juice. I have to sweeten my coffee and iced or hot tea to the point where my husband finds it foul, and cannot handle honestly bitter or sulfurous foods at all, like brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, grapefruit, or tonic water. They literally nauseate me, sometimes just from the smell--and I can smell a grapefruit from across the room, whether it's sliced or not. I'm also not a fan of super-spicy foods, with horseradish being the only exception. The different pieces on it have varying opinions--some say supertasters crave salt, some say they hate it. I love salt, and easily salt my food twice as much as my hubby. Luckily, never had issues with high blood pressure, even at my heaviest.

Interestingly, they also said supertasters don't tend to be smokers--but as a former smoker, I can tell you that, for me, smoking actually opened up what I was willing to eat, as it deadened some of my reactions. Smoking also deadened my sense of smell, while, of course, making me smell to high heaven to others. The world is a very stinky place...

Oh - and Corey went to his place of work and his employers also believe it's not in his or their best interest to get him back out in the welding shop where he can re-injure himself. He promised them that, the minute he feels he can be of use to them, he'll be back. In the meantime, the insurance is covering 70% of his wage, and we're doing OK. He's being very faithful with the flexibility exercises every two hours, even though he turns white as a sheet and shaky every time. He's a tough one--and if anyone can get back full use, it will be this man.

Off to work out...
Love y'all,
Lisa in West Texas

I love reading this thread. I feel a common bond with so many of you! I really "got with it" in August 2016 and have lost 25 pounds. It doesn't sound like much, but it was slow and steady weight loss. I did well thru the holidays (which surprised even me)! Then January came and I hit a wall. I have struggled since the beginning of the year. I made a goal of exercising every day in the month of February and did not meet that goal. Even 1 day. I know what to do, I am struggling with my motivation because my weight loss just completely stopped. I am not gaining, but not losing either. It seemed to hit me when I woke up on Sunday, January 22 with the flu. I lost 8 more pounds in 2 days and since then I have struggled with cravings and being hungry. This is something I have never dealt with since last August. I guess the survival mode kicked in when I didn't eat for 2 days during the flu bomb.
Keep up the success stories and positivity. It is bringing back the motivation I need! Thanks, girls!

Just saw it's my. 1805 streak today!

TGIF ladies!

Pip! Wow, staffing is changing fast at your work this morning. Keep us posted! I’m on edge, lol. I’ve worked jobs where “reorgs” happen very quickly and things are in flux for a few days. Crossing fingers you get to move downstairs!

Barbie, I finally looked up “line dancing” and if it’s the group dancing that cowboys (and cowgirls!) do, that looks like a wonderful cardio exercise and calorie burner. Like choreographed aerobics. Is that what you are teaching? I remember taking square dance and folk dance in college (had to have PE credits) and really enjoyed it – group dancing gives the whole room energy!

Heather, glad your cheque deposit got straightened out….and that your insurance company agreed to foot most of the bill for you. Whew, that is finally wrapped up!

Marcelyn, hopefully the new arrival gets here quickly with minimum fuss and muss and your daughter can get some relief!

Joyce, house slippers seem to be the #1 item on my list as well most of the time. Happy Birthday! Glad that pillow is helping and I’m hoping the steroid pack gets you back in good shape. I tend to get joint bleeds in my feet and hands – blood vessel breaks if I step funny or lift a pail of water and the handle digs into my fingers-very painful bruises. Last year I got a painful “stone bruise” behind my big toe that wouldn’t go away until I had a cortisone shot in it. It’s a thing I inherited from my mom and likely related to Vitamin K which I might not be absorbing. Haven’t gotten one in quite a while.

Meredith, glad you survived the house move and sorry your kitty is missing. Hopefully she’ll realize where the food is and show up again and stick close to you! DH and I were just talking the other night about when we sell this place and move into town onto a smaller lot…what to do about our outside kitty who now has acres to roam and no busy street to worry about. This is the only neighborhood she has known and we don’t want an “indoor” cat again – allergies. She does come in the house to visit every day and take a nap on my chair. So I guess the solution is we stay here until the cat goes across the rainbow bridge? We love our fur babies!

Lisa, fascinating info about the Supertaster. I’ve noticed that I now seem to crave more highly spiced and flavorful foods (whether my tummy likes them or not!). I like veggies that crunch like carrots and raw broccoli and eat them with hummus – extra garlic is fine by me. Glad Corey is on the mend -I’ll bet he’s getting a bit of cabin fever and working thru the painful exercises will pay off. Glad the 70% check is coming through for you guys.

I went to work yesterday, spent 4 hours cleaning out files-mainly standing with a little walking and occasional sitting. Haven’t done that in a long time, but knee didn’t bother me a bit and the lifting/stacking full banker’s boxes was fine. Gettin’ in shape here for dragging potting soil around, lol.

I am scheduled to work 4 hrs each Monday throughout March and a possible Thursday if there’s heavy payables input. I am happy with that, I get to spend a little time with my peeps and earn a bit of $$. It’s still up in the air if my “job-share” gal is coming back full time (and my position eliminated). It’s all good.

I’ve been using the Voltaren for a week – it’s not helping my kneecap at all and there’s a rash developing where I’ve been applying it – I’ve stopped using it. So, twanged nerve it is somewhere along the circuit and I’ll just have to deal with it and practice kneeling with only right knee on the ground. Perhaps it will get better on its own, sometimes these things do.

Make it a great day, gals!

Lanette
SW WA State where it's rainy and windy and I need to dig out my waterproof walking shoes.

Happy Friday! Someone asked about ground turkey and how to keep it from being dry....just learned this trick, I added grated apple to the turkey! Wow, it was tasty.

You know how we sometimes get in a rut of eating poorly and gain weight, well I can say right now that is behind me, cause I am losing again after gaining or maintaining for at least 4 months. I am making good food choices and exercising but really don't know why the weight has started to come off, cause I was doing that before! Perhaps it is the hope of Spring, but if I can keep on doing it, I will be at my goal weight by summer! Woot!!

I'm ready for a spring cleaning kind of weekend. NYKAREN

Labor pains for about six hours yesterday, serious contractions not the Braxton-Hicks things. She went to bed to get some rest and they stopped. Hopefully they did some good though. She's at the point of tears today and called and said she's bringing the other three kids out and with their bikes and we can go walk together. The baby is so low that now that she's hurting to sit, stand, move, not move. I remember it well with my last one. Actually 3 of my 4 were late so I understand.

I have a concert (a lovely classical quartet) to go to tonight and my husband and I were meeting our other daughter for dinner beforehand. We shall see if I make it. I'm kind of torn, would like the baby to come, would like to make the concert. (how silly is that!) I'm "on call" for taking the other three kids when she heads off to the birthing center. I told her to be done and home before 5 or don't leave until after 10. She just rolled her eyes and said that she's sure the baby will listen to me because it obviously isn't listening to her. lol We shall see how she is feeling after our walking this afternoon.

Really being bad with food. I'm staying busy but in the evening because I'm on my own I tend to snack. I really need to stop that!

Marcelyn
thinking #13 is going to be a chubby little blessing