WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017
Replies
-
Great group! I just joined My Fitness Pal. I am 59 and hope to learn from you all!
Hi and welcome. Jump right in and tell us about yourself and where your from. We have lots of women that know "lots of stuff" lol I'm sure if you have a question there will be some one to answer it. This a great group of supportive, encouraging ladies.
Janetr OKC1 -
My husband's latest project is completed and in the dining room. I love it, he is THE BEST!!
20 -
Barbie: I love yoga and hope you will enjoy it, too. I started when I was still more than sixty pounds overweight and yoga classes took a little pain away. I found MFP a bit later, and began to lose weight by counting calories. The yoga helped my strength, flexibility and feelings of self-worth before I lost so much as a pound. My strength and balance are still improving. I hope you will be glad you try it. At first I simply felt better for a while after class. Now I feel better and stronger in my everyday life. :flowerforyou: Keeping my fingers crossed that adjusting meds will help Jake feel better.
Marcelyn: I hope you have a wonderful experience with your marathon.
Heather: You are a good friend. I hope your friend with cancer really does feel well enough to take her trip. She is lucky to have you standing by to help if needed.
SueBDew in TX: I am so sorry to hear that your son-in-law's brother died unexpectedly.
Alison: It is wonderful seeing you move toward your new life. I am happy for you! :flowerforyou:
Joyce: I love your advice to Michele to ask her daughter what to wear for the rehearsal. You have good ideas.
Janetr: Your DH's latest project is wonderful! He is a talented guy.
Yoga tomorrow! Yay!!! A friend asked me to go riding with her later in the week, but I'm not optimistic. I haven't been feeling the greatest the past couple of days & haven't even gone to see Arrow. The day she wants to go riding is forecast to be raining. It is already raining and it looks like the season has changed. This is good news for putting out wild fires, but might also cause new challenges with soil stability. We shall see. I'll probably call and talk to her about the situation in the next day or two.
Katla in beautiful 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
3 -
Hugs for Everybody!
Re in TX5 -
Lenora, Barbie and anyone else considering yoga - it is important to get a good fit between you and your teacher. There are many different kinds of yoga. Our teacher is 50, not especially skinny, wears a track bottom and t shirt and is lovely. Most of our class are well over 60 with a couple over 80. She tailors the exercises to the different abilities. For example, I don't like sitting on the floor for long, so I sit on a chair for breathing exercises and chanting. Yoga should be mainly about breathing and mindfulness, not about fancy poses. We do a little bit of chanting at the beginning of each lesson, in Sanskrit, mainly as a way of centering the class and bringing it together. The teacher is not a believer and a few of the group are strong Christians so would not like a too spiritual /religious approach. Neither would I as I am an atheist. I just enjoy the chanting and she chooses verses that don't have especially religious overtones. I would find it very hard now to adapt to another teacher. Ours has a great sense of humour and is very natural. Of course we do poses, some more strenuous than others, but it is a gradual process and no one has to do anything. Today, because of my cough, I won't chant or do special breathing.
I am always amazed at the older ladies. Fantastic! And just shows you what you can do if you keep at it. My friend, who is 73, learnt to do a hand stand the other week. (I didn't )
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
Regarding yoga ... when I first started with yoga I had a great instructor. She was meticulous about ensuring that we were doing the poses correctly and weren't over-extending anything or straining anything ... and the class was more or less an hour of stretching, which was exactly what I needed. She also tailored it to our various activities ... so knowing that I was into cycling, she got me to do certain things more than what some of the others did, and got them to do more of whatever they needed. She also recognised that I've got all the flexibility of a support beam and would ensure that I was trying my best without hurting myself.
I attended two winters of classes with her ... from about November to April each winter ... and by the end of the second class, I had gained the most flexibility I think I've ever had.
Then I moved. I tried a yoga class in my new place ... attended the full set of classes ... but it just wasn't the same. I felt like the instructor was just going through the motions.
Unfortunately, I haven't taken a yoga class since ... just haven't been able to fit it in. But one day I'd like to do it again, and hopefully end up with an instructor like my first one.
2 -
Lisa- I'm sorry the Contrave is affecting you so badly. As my Granny used to say "It it's not one thing, it's another" then she would say "Might as well dance".
Rye - One of my favourite concerts that I ever attended was Stompin' Tom Connors. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the man and his music. I also love Garth Brooks.
Lenora - My heart hurts for all of you. So sad to lose the hope of that little life.
Heather - I still pray for your cancer friend. It seems she keeps a good attitude.
Terry - French toast looks delicious. Enjoy your vacation.
Barbie - Praying for a good result for Jake.
I went to a funeral today. My friend (her son) that I hoped to see was not there. He is in Minnesota with his daughter and first grand child. There was a great memory that my brother brought forward. We would hear Andy start up the old blue tractor down the road. Pretty soon we would see him driving with Rose beside him and 5 or 6 of his siblings hanging on. They were going to town to church. She raised 10 children. Someone asked how she did it. The reply stuck with me "Lots of prayers, tears, laughter and love"
I visited with another old friend of my Mom's who is 93 years younger. She told me that she celebrated her 92nd birthday by having an art exhibition. Wish I'd been there.
Talked and cried with DS yesterday. Talked and cried with DDIL today. I wish I could wave that wand and make everything better but that is not real life. Tomorrow I talk with Creedin, our oldest grandson. Better buy a new box of tissue.
Feeling Sad
Sharon in Lethbridge.3 -
Going to look at puppies tomorrow... Will post pic if we take one...5
-
cheers everybody
NYKAREN4 -
Morning Ladies
Woke up at 4:30 .and made dinner and lunches...I'm being a ding dong .found my router just don't know where I packed the modem lol I don't need it til the 28th and hope.to have most everything in by the move weekend and just will need a.pickup.
Gonna hop in the shower and get ready to get Tal on the bus the rest of the week.and watch Faith overnight Saturday and Sean and Jean will be home Sunday.stayed with her Tuesday night through Thursday last week.2 -
Yay for your own place, Allie!
JanetR - I have a serious case of furniture envy.
Beautiful woodworking!
About 18 months ago, one of the other sopranos in my choir was diagnosed with a form of ovarian cancer that's usually lethal. As a fully qualified physician, she can read the writing on the wall. She's always been very open about her illness, and talks about it very frankly, even to the children at the school where she works.
Luckily, she tolerates chemotherapy really well. She loses her hair, but doesn't suffer much nausea. After her first treatment, she followed the doctor's orders, avoiding crowds because of the risk of infection. She took sick leave from school, where the children would have been a significant threat to anyone with a suppressed immune system. So she sat at home with her knitting needles for a couple months. She went into remission and regrew her hair and continued with her life.
In late spring she had a relapse and went through another round of chemo. This time around she found her attitude had changed. She has realized that she probably won't make it to retirement age. Darned if she's going to sit at home! She wants to participate and be with people! So she's back at work and attends choir rehearsal and band practice at every opportunity. When she was fresh out of chemo, and Longyearbyen Big Band gave a concert for a full house, she wore a face mask at all times except when playing her saxophone, the spotlights glinting on her bald head. Such a brave woman!
Penny, a bit rushed at the North Pole8 -
I am at the condo..sitting outside on the patio..
The crickets are chirping the birds are singing.but I do also hear alot of traffic noise...there is a busy road right down the street...
I put new bulbs over the vanity in bathroom.at least I did something..5 -
Good morning, afternoon, and evening to our group that spans the globe,
Sharon- Thank you, your grandma had it right. Might as well dance... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The tremor was still there in the night, it actually woke me. but almost gone this morning, so it was definitely the right decision to stop. And I am so sorry for all the sadness... it's such a sticky emotion, hard to peel away from your soul.
JanetR - Like Penny, massive furniture envy here as well! Such a beautiful piece, gorgeously done. I work with wood, but scraps and end pieces, rough cuts, never enough of anything that would make something like that. Nor do I have those kinds of skills, I might add.
Barbie - thinking about you and Jake.
I finished up four grant applications, a letter of interest, and five final reports for other grants yesterday. Long, tough day. One more grant application to finish up today, and I'm off to El Paso on Wednesday. Las Cruces for one of our three annual events on Thursday, and back home...
Corey and I are going back and forth so much about next steps for our lives that I feel like a metronome. I am not fond of depending on circumstances outside ourselves, as in needing to sell the warehouse in order to move on to the next thing. I am not a patient person, as y'all may have noticed. The year and a half that it will take us to put the necessary money away seems forever, I'm like a child waiting on her birthday to come... and that year and a half would put me at 59 years old... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's just a shrugging kind of day. "The heart wants what it wants," as Dickinson said.
Time to get Corey's coffee going, get my second cup, and get on with my day. Welcome to the new ones, solace to those who grieve, cheers to those making progress, and a kick in the kiester to the backsliders.
Love y'all,
Lisa in West Texas. Still.4 -
Good morning all! Before I get started,
Janet Love the cabinet! Your DH is a talented man! Those drawers are wonderful! Are you going to keep it natural or do you have plans to stain it? Just lovely! Like Penny, I have furniture envy!
Penny- So sorry to hear about your friend. Cancer is such a pisser! I would like to think, after watching both my mother and my sister struggle and die of cancer, that I could live my life with grace, love and a certain amount of joy and still be me. Your friend is a brave lady, but true to herself and the way she wants to live!
Heather- also sorry to hear that your friend is feeling worse in her fight with cancer.
Well, I have shared about my MIL's fall and broken ribs. That happened about three/four weeks ago. She spent a week in the hospital and is on her third week at a rehab facility. The docs let us know that although she is in rehab, with the intent to get her back home, her ribs will never heal due to her age and advanced osteoporosis. She has been doing very well as far as regaining strength and independence. Well, we got a call yesterday afternoon that she was back at the hospital with pain in her side and a fever. Tests and x-rays/images were taken. Got a call last night from DH's older brother. She has internal bleeding and it can't be stopped. They figure she has been bleeding internally for a few days. I am just stunned. I was with her all day Saturday and she was happy as a clam and proud of her strength returning, talkative, .... Stunned. DH went to the hospital late last night. He has already cleared his work schedule for the next couple of days. So he will be there quite a bit. I will go after work. I woke up this morning with the term "holding pattern" in my head. This is a place I have been before, and I don't like being. IMO, there is not enough alcohol or ice cream in the world to make some one feel better. DH is in robot mode. This is going to hit him hard; I just don't think he knows how hard.
Ah well, sorry to end this on such a sad note. I will be checking in and reading. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Things are about to get bumpy. Love you all ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)4 -
Stunned is the word, Kelly. My thoughts are with you, your husband and his mother.
/Penny2 -
Sue sorry for son-in-law.
(((Beth)))
Sharon sorry for the loss of your friend.
Janetr love the cabinet.
Penny friend is inspiring!
Kelly sorry about MIL struggle and effect on your family. Margaret 2 -
Kelly Sad right along with you for you, your husband & his brother (& other sibs), and your mother-in-law. I hope for a bit of peaceful, quality time for your husband and mother-in-law.
Penny I liked the story about your friend with ovarian cancer. Inspiring.
Barbie, Heather, & Katla I think I should start doing yoga.
Janet Your husband's furniture making skills are impressive. That's a lovely and useful piece of furniture.
Karen in Virginia3 -
Kelly - so sorry to hear about your MIL. My prayers are with your family.1
-
Kelly - So sorry about your MIL.
Barbie - Hope everything comes back with helpful answers.
Penny - I hope I go with grace as well. My friend discovered her secondary cancer on the same day I discovered my primary 10 years ago. So far I am ok. But each day I know it could come back. Hers came back after 12 years. I wish I lived nearer so I could help her more.
Janetr - Beautiful! I am a bit of a furniture design geek and I think that is a fabulous cupboard. It would fit perfectly into our house! Just my style.
Cleaner coming again this afternoon. She is a replacement and not really on my wavelength.! I have to watch her and give strict instructions. She used a lot of water on our oak floors last week. I was not pleased.
Looking forward to going out tonight. They always come back for coffee, so I'm going to make a few cocoa dusted truffles to go with it. (We don't have dessert at the pub) I will have one.
They are one of the few sweets I like.
Trying to decide whether to do my roots this pm after the bathroom is cleaned. I have got to wash my hair anyway.
Maybe not.
Some good news today. One of my best yoga friends has a son doing a PH D in South Korea. He has decided to come home and is arriving Saturday. She is over the moon.
My son rang me today about our arrangements for the week we are renting a flat in Hove. Trying to coordinate visits, pick ups etc.They want us to babysit on the Saturday. That's fine. He has had Edie's cough really badly like me and so have the other grandparents. The other grandfather said it made him really depressed. Tell me about it!
I am definitely feeling a bit better, though I had to sit up in yoga and not lie down.
Much love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Good morning to you all.
I am old and have seen/done a lot. However, magnetic eyelashes are a thing I do not know. And from reading here, I am thinking I dodged a bullet! What about that string thing people do with eyebrows? Walked past it a few times but never stopped. I have mine waxed/just jerked out every so often for the unibrow.
Janet-what a lovely piece! How talented your husband is!
Rainy today (well, chance of showers). Someone is out there-Jose maybe? And I see another storm is in the Caribbean. I am missing sun but then I rarely go outside and just enjoy. Haven't mown the yard in 2 weeks!1 -
Kelly, Penny, Heather, and anyone else I missed dealing with illness and grief for their loved ones and friends, my thoughts are with you--sending what little comfort I can with mere words. You are all amazing, stalwart women with so much love given to those who need it, and I marvel at your strength.
Lisa5 -
Kate UK 2
-
JanetR - my word, that cabinet is awesome. Did he come up with the design on his own or did you give him suggestions?
Kelly - so sad to hear about MIL. I'm glad you were able to spend some good time with her this past weekend when she was feeling well. Glad your DH is feeling better and be at the hospital.
Lisa - is the plan still to eventually move to Arkansas?
Wendy - good luck with the puppy search!! It's hard for me to "go look" and not bring one home - or at least put dibs on one. Machka corrected me - is it legal for you to carry pepper spray or similar in NZ? Speaking of NZ, have you been there during any of their earthquakes?
Barbie - hope Jake's meds adjustment works well. You both need to enjoy that spruced up house for a long time! I'll get a walk in the rain this morning, bought a new oilskin hat so will try it out. Still need to get some better waterproof walking shoes... when I started to search for them this spring, they were already out of season - nothing in the stores but lightweight summer shoes. Should be plenty in stock now.
I took Sophie to the vet yesterday afternoon - no worms, no fever, nothing bad showed up in the blood test. So she must have just picked up a bug somewhere. She is now on kaopectate for a couple days, stomach pill and antibiotic. And a probiotic. I'll pick up a bottle of Kao next time I'm at Walmart and just have it on hand-it is super spendy at the vet's. Happy to say her digestion is returning to normal!
Rosie the puppy hates the rain. Hopefully she'll get braver when her adult coat comes in. I lectured her that schnauzers are terriers and brave and nothing stops them from going down a rat hole no matter what the weather and she wasn't buying it. Finally we settled on a good bathroom place for her - there's a small porch roof at the entrance of my potting shed which stays dry.
DH just built the first fire of the season in the woodstove - high of 58 today and windy, rainy. He is cold all the time.
Time to get back on track eating-wise. Will dig out my bean salad recipes and bring the Instant Pot back into the kitchen. I was almost back to the "need a kick in the kiester" stage but remembered Pip and her boot and now Lisa is joining forces, lol.
Have a good Tuesday!
Lanette
SW WA State where the air is finally fresh!3 -
Lanette - today, yes. Tomorrow it could change. Thus the metronome reference. It changes daily.4
-
Welcome to all the new folks. This is a wonderful place to chat, get new ideas, share lives, and grow!
(((Kelly and Family)))
Janet ~ Like everyone else, the cabinet is beautiful!
Sharon ~ I am so sorry your son's family is going through this. I was very, very upset a couple of weeks ago about my son and his wife. God's help seems to be pulling them through. I am saying a prayer for your's.
(((Penny & Heather))) Penny, your friend's story is so inspiring. Heather, so sad about your friend.
We were just told that the first layer of linoleum that was in the house when it was built has asbestos. So, hoping the insurance will agree to whatever needs to be done. When it is over, I am thinking about putting in the porcelain tile that looks like wood. Have any of you used that? The only problem I can think of is that my cabinets are dark and a wood grain floor might be too much.
Carol in GA
3 -
0
-
Heather It is good to hear that the cough is letting up some. I think you put your finger on why I thought I didn't like yoga ( tried one class a couple of years ago) it was I didn't care for the instructor. Maybe someday I'll try again. I have been wavering for weeks about coloring my hair again. My hair is naturally a mouse brown blah ( now lightly peppered with gray) and I have been coloring it with a touch of red for decades. But now that I'm swimming in a chlorinated pool a few times a week I've been worried about coloring it again. Haven't decided what to do. In my head I'm a redhead, so I might try to color it again.
Janetr That lovely wonderful impressive cabinet ( and husband too) is a keeper! How fabulous, I'm quite envious! I, too, wonder what stain, sealant, paint wash etc you might do. My husband dabbles in woodwork and has made some things I am quite proud of but nothing that elaborate for sure!
Kelly I'm so sorry. Take good care of yourself and your husband during this difficult time.
Barbie Waiting sucks for sure. Sending positive energy your way, stay strong.
Lisa I hear you, I'm not a patient person either. And I'd like to borrow your well written line: Welcome to the new ones, solace to those who grieve, cheers to those making progress, and a kick in the kiester to the backsliders. it is beautiful and perfect.
Penny Your friend sounds like an amazing person. You can tell her there are women you know, all over the world who think so!
Wendy I vote for pics! Whether you adopt a pup or not puppy pictures are always a goodness! Good Luck!
Sharon I'm sorry for your family troubles, I wish I could think of something to make you less sad right now.
Dana Good luck with the tests!
Maria Where in Turkey do you live? I visited Istanbul in 1990 but never got anywhere else in that country. As a matter of fact, my husband and I are in the 1990 Turkish census. We arrived in Turkey on census taking day, and we had to meet with the census taker because we were in the country on that day. Unlike in the US where the census takes many weeks or months, in Turkey they try to give everybody (except emergency personnel)a day off and they have a specified day for census counting. Or at least they did in 1990.
Kim That is a very good idea, but I doubt I can get up the courage to try. I am very shy and kinda tongue-tied in real life social situations - especially with new people or those I don't know. I know, I should just get over it, but it seems to be incurable in my case.
Felicia I hope your recovery continues! Glad you were well enough not to miss work.
Machka et al Thanks for the kind words on the photo. An unusual one for me because I arranged it, but pretty typical in my love for vivid color contrast, shadow and abstract composition.
Not much to say on this end actually. It is not a swim day, and everything else is the same here.
Have a great day, gals!
Rye5 -
On my phone so this is limited, funny read the post this morning and feel sad for people who have folks suffering and concerned and I just wanted to send out a little morning love
Kim in ca4 -
Machka: I agree that the yoga teacher makes a huge difference in the quality of a yoga class. I've had two yoga teachers who move around and help students on an individual basis. Neither of them is currently teaching and I miss them both. The teachers I have now do a predictable routine that meets my needs. The classes I attend are mixed in both gender and age, but a high proportion of students are 50+.
(((Sharon in Lethbridge)))
Allie: WTG! You'll likely be finding things in random boxes for weeks. I certainly did when we moved--back when.
Penny: You have a very courageous friend and I admire her for continuing to live her life on her own terms.
Lisa: You'll be 59 in a year and a half no matter what you do. Don't worry about it. I'm currently 9 years older than that. Life is good at this age because I work on being happy & healthy. This group has been an amazing help. (((hugs)))
(((Kelly: Hugs for you & your DH.)))
It is a rainy day, and the painters are supposed to be here today to begin washing buildings. It looks like they'll have help from Mother Nature. I'm planning to go to yoga today. It is weather proof. :bigsmile:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James
4 -
Not funny! Stupid auto correct! I don't remember what I was trying to put there but funny wasn't it6
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 424 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions