WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018

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  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,856 Member
    Machka- I loved the article you posted about mental toughness. Have you read Angela Duckworth's book, Grit? It is a good one, with a lot of science behind who has it and the whys and how to get some.

    This link is from a race that took place in May of 2017; but it just came to my attention. The Tarahumara are a tribe of native americans who, due to their lifestyle, are extraordinarily phenomenal runners. AND they run either barefoot or in sandals made by themselves of tire rubber. Christopher MacDougall (marathon runner) wrote a book about his search for this tribe and a "white" man who left city life and lives with the tribe and learned to run like them. The book is called Born To Run and it is a REALLY inspirational read. I read it when I first started running and it was one of those "life changing" books for me.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40006985

    If the link doesn't work for whatever reason. Search for Tarahumara 50k marathon 2017.
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Oooh Wendy, I am sensing some tough love is in order for those dear daughters of yours....
    Living at home should be a temporary thing. Rent should be discussed. Respect, (like telling you if she will be staying someplace else for the night), should be implemented. Long term goals should be discussed. They should be in the drivers seat of their own lives. Maybe too tough? I realize raising boys is so different than girls.... Hugs!! You got this!
    Becca
    Oregon
  • Marcelynh
    Marcelynh Posts: 974 Member
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    wonder what i'm doing different, i don't gain while running

    I don't anymore. But I did at first. It was because I was gaining muscle. Now I'm pretty stable in body content, unfortunately. I'd like to dump a little more fat. :smiley:

    Marcelyn

  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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    Enjoying the "cold" TX temps?!

    Cheri
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,319 Member
    :) 4 :30 AM walk dogs for 45 minutes
    Eat breakfast
    Walk dogs for 90 minutes or more
    9 AM snack
    11:30 AM. Lunch
    4 PM. Small meal
    6:30 small meal
    7:30 PM bedtime



    :) About the year of no shopping, the woman who wrote the book made guidelines for the year that limited their shopping to necessities and excluded all the shopping she had previously done for personal entertainment. It was too extreme even for me but got me thinking about the extent to which I could do without a lot of what I bought. Ask yourself the question, "How could my life be better with less? " It's an interesting exercise
  • KarenUK56
    KarenUK56 Posts: 143 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    karenwatkins22 wrote: »
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    Welcome Terina! I live near Astoria, so hello fellow Oregonian!
    OK you do have your hands full with 4 kids still at home! I am 55, a retired Navy Chiefs wife, married 33 years, have 3 sons. One is stationed in Washington state at a squadron. Another is in transition, having done his 4 years in the Navy, married, and is going to have the Navy pay for his electrical college, when he does start. Wife is starting first, also out of the Navy, studying to be a nurse. My youngest has just entered the Nuclear Navy, so he will be in the next 2 years.
    I have recommitted myself, (just without the straight jacket), to losing 50 lbs this year. I am presently 244.8 lbs. Oh to get into Onederland again!
    Nice to meet you!
    Becca
    Oregon
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    Becca,
    You must have had an exciting time being married to a Navy Chief? Did you travel a lot during that time?
    Karen UK

    Well when I met him, he was a 1st class petty officer. So it was a couple years before he made Chief. We spent 7 years (2 tours), in Japan, and the rest in California, at different places every 4 years. He retired with 20 years in, at the age of 37. At that point, I recall the Navy just signing him out, not retiring him. So I remember having two kids, pregnant with third, the Navy not paying us, husband learning how to wear a civilian suit looking for a job, me a non-driver, and living in Fairfield, California. I would yell at my dear husband saying there is nothing fair about this place! Its 105' outside, you have moved me to hell! Lol!
    My last son, now in Navy Nuke school, never was a Navy brat, never knowing that life of always moving. He was our retirement bonus! I can look at him and always remember we got out in 1998.
    We have lived in 16 different places during our 33 year marriage. Some for just a year until we got on base housing. Its been a great journey so far!
    Some cute sailor pics
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    Eldest son (has been in the Navy for 9 years)
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    Middle son (he's out of the Navy after doing his 4 years)
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    Youngest son (will be in nuke school for 2 years before he starts the Navy)
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    Sorry this is a long post!
    Becca
    Oregon



    Thank you Becca, what a lovely life story. You have four handsome men in your family, you must be so proud of them all?
    The youngest one looks so young!
  • Jerzydeb
    Jerzydeb Posts: 4 Member
    Now if only I could figure out how to get my photo up and down and not sideways :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    langman22 wrote: »
    Barbie, I like your only 3 meals a day and wish I could do that. I have low blood sugar so should eat about 8 times a day. I have the hardest time in the evenings but try not to eat anything after 7. So a lot of planning to spread the calories out. I tend to eat the same things to make it easier.

    I also have low blood sugar and I've found what works best for me is this:

    10:30-11:00 am - small crackers & cheese (100 calories)

    12:30 am - banana

    2:00 pm - light lunch

    3:30 pm - yogurt

    4:45 pm - fruit

    6:00 pm - 100 grams of cottage cheese, cucumber & radish slices (mixed into the cottage cheese) and sometimes also a few whole grain rye crackers with margarine

    7:30-8:00 pm - dinner

    9:30 pm - first snack

    11:00 pm - second snack

    1 am - off to bed! Which I really should be doing now since it is 1:24 am. Oops!


    Machka in Oz

    Wow, that is a long day! Husband and I are in bed by 9 pm!
    Becca

    I'm up about 7:45 am and in bed between 1 and 1:30 am most days. Too much to do.

    M in OZ
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,467 Member
    Peach1948 wrote: »
    Pip ~ When you used to have your food diary open, I peeked and it looked like you ate very few calories compared with all the calories you burned. I can see why you would not gain. Envy your perseverance! :)

    Rye ~ So sorry you are having to walk to work in this cold. It was 13* here in my part of GA today and we are just not equipped to handle that. Hope your pipes do not freeze. That made me realize we need to call our renter and tell her to drip the faucets. :'(

    Lisa ~ I understood what you meant when you said everything had reached the point that y'all could be your true selves.

    Dr. Kay ~ On my way home from spending the NY's day with my BnL & SnL, I realized that my Snl's older sister lives in Jefferson.

    One thing that I am happy about today is this ~ I deliberately did not weigh during the Christmas Season and found out that I had not gained any weight. I understand that I should aim to lose 25 lbs but my goal is just not to get any bigger.

    Carol in GA

    Right , I rarely ate the calories that I burned, some maybe but not much. Thought everyone was like that
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,467 Member
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  • swim777
    swim777 Posts: 599 Member
    Happy New Year! Barbie: thanks for this thread! I’m sympathetic about frightened dogs. Mine trembles uncontrollably with thunder, gun shots, and fireworks.
    My husband has taken a few days off and is enjoying the comfort foods with our sudden extreme weather, (we are used to if you don’t like the weather in nc today just wait until tomorrow). I was proud I got my outside mile in at noon as well as an inside one this am. I just looked like the abominable snowman!
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Oh, I forgot. Do any of you have granddaughters that have and play with Barbie dolls? I found 22 outfits that my Mother made me when I had one 50+ years ago. I will be willing to sell them if anybody wants them. I'm thinking of about $65 (but that is negotiable).

    Lenora
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    If y'all are talking about getting notifications on your cellphones you can turn them off. Go to setting and there will be a setting for notifications and you will just go down the list and turn off the ones you don't want to get notifications from. I did this once for MFP and just did the same for Facebook ... I don't even remember getting it on my cellphone and I deleted the icon by holding my finger on it until it asked what I wanted to do with it. Hope that helps.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    edited January 2018
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Machka, I always book mark this thread using the golden star and i don't get any notifications at all, so there must be a setting somewhere that you can turn off notifications? I don't remember turning it off but maybe I did. I live life so fast that i certainly don't remember every little action I take.
    GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »
    If y'all are talking about getting notifications on your cellphones you can turn them off. Go to setting and there will be a setting for notifications and you will just go down the list and turn off the ones you don't want to get notifications from. I did this once for MFP and just did the same for Facebook ... I don't even remember getting it on my cellphone and I deleted the icon by holding my finger on it until it asked what I wanted to do with it. Hope that helps.

    No, I'm not talking about notifications on my mobile phone. I turned those off ages ago. I'm talking about notifications here within MFP's desktop/laptop version.

    I have bookmarked the three challenge sites I use, and I've got a constant stream of notifications coming up from them.


    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Rori - NYKaren - Barbie - Judefit - I reviewed my 2017 food expenses. What a shocker to see how much we were spending on junk food and alcohol and food items that were spur of the moment. I try to shop the grocery sales but tend to go overboard and things get lost in the freezer. :( I think planning to reduce food spending by 10% is a good idea, along with eating out of that freezer!

    I watched a documentary on FMTV this weekend about a couple decided to live off food stamp equivalent for a week. In their area, they would have qualified for $50 ($25 ea). They had a shopping list and stuck to it. It was hard and they were hungry by the end of the week and could no longer afford the variety of fruits and vegetables they loved - altho they did buy carrots and lettuce for salads as I recall. They even went dumpster diving for bread.

    What I didn't realize was in some inner city areas, there aren't grocery stores which sell fresh quality fruits and vegetables or which aren't terribly expensive, so folks don't have much choice other than fast food places and convenience stores with processed foods and canned goods. It's often case of ramen noodles vs. a head of lettuce and a couple apples, so the ramen wins.

    I lived like that for almost 2 years in the early days of my first marriage. Our income was well below the poverty line, and I usually had anywhere from $12-$24 for groceries each week. Fortunately we lived near my husband's parents, and we'd go there for Sunday dinner most Sundays and they'd give us a package of left overs to take home so that gave us at least 2 meals each week.

    I was able to get flats of 36 pullet eggs (the really small ones) for a couple dollars, we'd buy day-old bread, bulk bags of plain pasta or rice when we could afford them, and the cheapest bologna we could find ... and that's what we had the rest of the week. I went to bed with gnawing hunger pains each night, and woke with them in the morning. I just got used to being hungry almost all the time.

    People talk about craving chocolate and chips and things ... during that time, I craved fruit and cheese. But of course I couldn't afford any of it.

    That is a time period I have no desire to return to!! It was horrible.

    Since then, I have tended to be a bit of a food hoarder. I keep things like cake mixes and tins of fruit in the cupboard with no real intention of eating them ... I just like having them there, just in case. And it was years before I could touch an egg again!

    But as for grocery shopping now, we've got it down so it's all pretty quick and efficient. We buy the same things each week ... except at Christmas. :wink:

    When I first started with MFP I make several trips to the grocery stores and markets in my area simply to browse the shelves and see what they had available ... mainly looking for tasty, low-calorie food. And I discovered a reasonable selection, so those are the items we go for each week. :)


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    kevrit wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    kevrit wrote: »
    Found my stats for as long as I’ve been on MFP. Not very impressed for the length of time I’ve been a member. I need to improve for my health!

    Where did you find those stats?

    I found the on the progress page down towards the bottom.

    Roaming Rita

    Do you have a link?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    edited January 2018
    "Katla49 wrote: »
    Machka: I love the photo of the sailboats in the harbor. Thank you for sharing! :bigsmile:

    The harbour here is absolutely full of yachts right now, with their flags flying! It is impressive to see. :)


    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    Peach1948 wrote: »
    Pip ~ When you used to have your food diary open, I peeked and it looked like you ate very few calories compared with all the calories you burned. I can see why you would not gain. Envy your perseverance! :)

    Rye ~ So sorry you are having to walk to work in this cold. It was 13* here in my part of GA today and we are just not equipped to handle that. Hope your pipes do not freeze. That made me realize we need to call our renter and tell her to drip the faucets. :'(

    Lisa ~ I understood what you meant when you said everything had reached the point that y'all could be your true selves.

    Dr. Kay ~ On my way home from spending the NY's day with my BnL & SnL, I realized that my Snl's older sister lives in Jefferson.

    One thing that I am happy about today is this ~ I deliberately did not weigh during the Christmas Season and found out that I had not gained any weight. I understand that I should aim to lose 25 lbs but my goal is just not to get any bigger.

    Carol in GA

    Right , I rarely ate the calories that I burned, some maybe but not much. Thought everyone was like that

    No ... I always eat my exercise calories. That's fuel! And MFP is set up so that you're supposed to eat at least some of your exercise calories.


    If I exercise just a little bit ... like, say, an hour's walk ... I'll eat about 50% of my exercise calories back.

    If I exercise a moderate amount ... maybe a 3-hour bicycle ride, or an hour on the treadmill + 30 min rowing or something ... I might eat as much as 75% of my exercise calories back.

    If I exercise a lot ... like cycling 6+ hours ... I eat about 95% of my exercise calories back.


    When I was doing long rides, I tried to limit my intake to 50% for a while, and found I was a mess two days after. So I'd cycle a century (100 miles) in 8 hours on the Saturday, on Sunday I was OK but I would get some extra sleep and wasn't too active, but then on Monday I would go into the low blood sugar shakes, irritability, confusion, etc. all day long. So I had to up my intake to about 95% for those kind of rides, and I still lost weight quite quickly. :)


    Running is a new thing for me and I'll have to figure out where it falls in the categories above. When I finish a 45 minute run, which is a pretty short workout time, I feel like I've done about a 4 or 5 hour bicycle ride. So I'll have to see what replenishment percentage works.


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    So when you're on your desktop/laptop, and you scroll up to the top of the page and look to the right, you see the little grey bell, star and setting gear ... right?

    Is there a number beside your little grey bell?

    When you click the little grey bell and select "All notifications", do you get multiple pages of them?


    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,786 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    langman22 wrote: »
    Barbie, I like your only 3 meals a day and wish I could do that. I have low blood sugar so should eat about 8 times a day. I have the hardest time in the evenings but try not to eat anything after 7. So a lot of planning to spread the calories out. I tend to eat the same things to make it easier.

    I also have low blood sugar and I've found what works best for me is this:

    10:30-11:00 am - small crackers & cheese (100 calories)

    12:30 am - banana

    2:00 pm - light lunch

    3:30 pm - yogurt

    4:45 pm - fruit

    6:00 pm - 100 grams of cottage cheese, cucumber & radish slices (mixed into the cottage cheese) and sometimes also a few whole grain rye crackers with margarine

    7:30-8:00 pm - dinner

    9:30 pm - first snack

    11:00 pm - second snack

    1 am - off to bed! Which I really should be doing now since it is 1:24 am. Oops!


    Machka in Oz

    Wow, that is a long day! Husband and I are in bed by 9 pm!
    Becca

    I'm up about 7:45 am and in bed between 1 and 1:30 am most days. Too much to do.

    M in OZ

    OK you are not a mere mortal, but insanely amazing! I am up at 8 and in bed at 9. I have hours like a grade schooler!!
    Becca

    :)

    I just don't know how to fit it all into any fewer hours.

    When I complain that I can't seem to get around to working on my home office, I mean that it would require an hour's less sleep than I already get ... or a 25th hour added to my day.

    The only way I do accomplish things is to break them into about 15 minute tasks ... I can squeeze 15 min of cupboard organising, or putting away the laundry, or tackling another aspect of the cycling clubs I'm involved with into my day here and there. But I have a lot of trouble devoting an hour to anything.


    M in Oz
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,586 Member
    Volunteered at the Green Room, then went to the local library to put rack cards from the Newcomers there, then to Aldi. Home now, dinner ready and here

    Vicki - Congratulations!!

    Penny - gorgeous pics! You are so lucky

    janetr - I don't like hard cooked egg yolks. Now soft cooked, no problem. I just don't like them hard cooked. I'm quite convinced that it's more of a texture thing than anything else.

    Rye - I'm planning to go to the deep water class tomorrow. My way of thinking is that I'm probably burning a lot of calories just keeping myself warm. Well, that's what I'd prefer to think. Thanks for your feeling about the air fryer. I've been skeptical of them, now you've confirmed it for me.

    KJ - I must say that your dd her hubby better watch out, when Joaquin gets older he's going to be a real heart breaker.

    Wendy - you sound like me. It seems that every day I have to get out of the house, even if it's just to go to Lowe's Hardware. Vince constantly talks about how I'm always on the go. He's just the complete opposite, he's a homebody. Like today if I'd gotten home from Aldi's soon enough, I was thinking that I'd go to mahjongg. But that didn't happen

    Joyce - Yea for no more boot

    With this weather change, my sinuses have really been acting up. So I've been taking a decongestant. The only problem is that I can't sleep and I alternate between being hot and cold. Looks like I probably should take another decongestant.

    Michele in NC
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