WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018
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Karen NY ... Enjoy your mini-vacation at home! By the way, 8" of snow is a lot by any standard! We had a good laugh when we saw this ...
Airline Baggage ... my son checks everything in ... playstation consoles, computers, electronic equipment ... with very little sound packaging in my opinion and definitely not my recommendation. So far he's been lucky. We only fly Southwest ... don't know if that makes a difference.
Weather ... very cold this weekend. Negative temps with even more negative windchill. Not sure I can differentiate between 5 below and 25 below ... it's just cold!
Heather ... hugs ...
Allie ... thinking of you and your Dad. The landlord sounds disagreeable ... I would definitely watch things closely if you decide to buy in the Spring!
Doing lots of laundry today as my younger son is getting ready to fly back to school tomorrow morning. He changed his flight to an early morning run so he would be back in his dorm in time to watch the Buffalo Bills play their wildcard game tomorrow. Football fans are a different bunch! He'll be getting up at and leaving the house by 5:00am ... with his Dad ... I'm not getting up then!
I'm a little sad today. I do this every time my son gets ready to leave for school ... a little mini-grieving ...
Beth near Buffalo9 -
I am at an all day sit down meeting so I had to get up super early to walk the dogs and be ready to leave at 7 AM. I drove home at lunchtime to walk the dogs and eat my lunch. I don't do well sitting still so today has been a challenge.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington4 -
stats for the day:
spin- 60min, 90aw, 85aw, 157mhr, 129ahr, 14mi = 507c
apple watch- 467c
fl exerc- 7min, 3sets of 10ea, 6 diff exercises, 114mhr, = 47c
apple watch- 51c
total cal 554
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Home and in bed...2 1/2 hours of sorting and it's a bit better...all I can say is he has alot of junk...3
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Temp 5, "realfeel": -16; 18" snow on the ground. It's January. Only 2 more months of this to go...
I'm trying to keep up on this page, it goes fast.... Oh, yeah, I managed to keep to my goals today, mostly :-)
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Okie, looks like I lost my message. Doing a happy dance for your smaller size pants!
Guess who shoveled today.
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Allie, when my dad passed away we got a LARGE dumpster so that we could go through the shop. The house wasn't bad, mom wouldn't let him bring a bunch of crap in and would always tell him to take stuff out to the shop if he wanted to keep it. We filled that dumpster. Yes, there was some stuff from our house too, but mostly just his shop. Old extension cords, old nails, just old junk! We found a few treasures too, but mostly just lots of junk that he'd bought at other people's yard sales and thought he could sell at his own yard sale for more. Yeah, didn't happen and eventually people stopped coming to his yard sales because it was the same old junk and he wanted too much money for it. I all but gave away a LOT of stuff when we held a yard sale in the fall, but I was just so glad to see it go, the money was just gravy! lol It is definitely a process. When I finally attacked the house, it actually took me about 6 months to sell, donate and generally get rid of everything. I sometimes look at our stuff and wonder "if I were to die tomorrow, what would the kids think of some of this stuff". Oh well, hopefully I'll be around long enough to make some sense of it myself! I keep trying!4
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Machka, sure hope the fire doesn't affect you and that it gets put out quickly!M in Oz: We were plagued with fires last summer. The smoky air is horrid & I have great sympathy for your current situation. It may put a crimp in your training routine and biking for a while. Take good care of your lungs! :flowerforyou:
Fortunately none of the fires (there were 3 or 4 in our area) were very big and they all got put out quite quickly. The police and fire service did something a bit different ... they targeted all the firebugs in the area, so they had crews on hand where known firebugs live.
M in Oz
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Oooh my kitchen smells wonderful!
Toasted coconut flakes
Toasted oatmeal w/ a drizzle of syrup
Toasted walnuts and peanuts with a bit of butter, brown sugar and tossed with cinnamon sugar
Mixed it all with some dark chocolate chips, after it all cooled!
I have labeled it Trail Mix of the Gods!
It should last a long time, put a saltine cracker in the container so it stays dry.
I have a little container I will use as my portion control.
Fun stuff!
I ate a sliced tomato on whole wheat bread. Fast is over.... Lost 2.2 lbs this past week. Thinking fasting once or twice a week might be a good thing.
Becca
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Out of step with the prevailing sentiment here as usual. I rebel against ‘positive’ resolutions. Add x food, eat more veggies, etc. These become chores in my mind and then I tend only resent them.
If I can frame things as goals, then I am more likely to wholeheartedly give it my best. Especially goals with flexibility or wiggle room. My calorie goals, for instance are now weekly goals - enabling me to be more flexible. I like games, and my Apple Watch makes getting my movement and exercise each day into a game (oops, have to go walk now if I want to close that ring today...). But paradoxically I hated the MFP challenge I joined - it felt too much like chore and too little like goal.
Probably ought to get my head shrunk, I sound a bit crazy and conflicted- lol
Rye
I'm goal oriented too ... with some flexibility.
I cannot commit to something that requires I do or don't do something specific every day. Last year I even tried again with a silly little daily "resolution" where I decided I would wear a necklace 5 days a week going to work. I have a lot of necklaces but I so rarely wear them because I just can't be bothered. I thought it might be nice to wear them all over the course of a year. That lasted until about the third week of January!!
Mind you, in those three weeks, I bought several pairs of earrings because one thing I discovered is that I don't have a lot of matching between necklaces and earrings.
So I train for events and have annual goals instead. I just work away at them, and usually along about the end of March I check where I'm at ... and again in June, and toward the end of September. The check ins can spur me along a bit if I'm lagging behind in my goals.
Machka in Oz3 -
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Sending warm breezes to the frosty east. We are in the 60's today!!!! No snow expected until Wednesday.
Busy day of errands, prelim packing and cooking. Trying to use up all the fresh items in the fridge. Just blended and refrigerated two protein drinks made with spinach, banana, ginger and pineapple. Think I will take inspiration from Wendy, Rye and Becca and make the next two days liquid fasts. I'd like to shrink my appetite and tummy before stepping onto a cruise ship to the Mexican Riviera. I've been reading all the restaurant menus online, which alternately makes me hungry, excited and confused. We haven't selected any shore excursions yet, but DH really wants to try parasailing. My choice = a combo salsa making/salsa dancing class!!!! Not a chance I'll get DH to do this, but we'll see. So many fun options. I feel like a kid again knowing we're heading to an amusement park in a few days. I really want to do it all. And, I'm prepared to have an adult beverage or two. We are, afterall celebrating my birthday and our 30th wedding anniversary. As for attire, I've decided on one long black sheath style dress, with a variety of belts and scarves. And pearls. I seldom wear my fine jewelry, and the 30th anniversary is Pearl, so I'll be keeping that as a theme. I have a collection of Tahitian black pearls from my years of working in a shop in Hawaii. Does anyone have ideas for how to glam up a Fitbit Charge?
A couple months ago Mary in Arizona mentioned that the way to flatten one's stomach is with push ups. So, I've been doing them 3x/week since and am seeing definition...yay!
Lanette and Kim: How I envy your gardening skills and plots of land.
Katla: I've flown a gazillion flights and never lost a bag. However, I think Priority Mail is a fantastic service, and I wouldn't hesitate to go that route.
Beth: Go Bills. It's amazing how an entire community comes together when their team is doing well in the NFL playoffs.
Cathy, Sue and KJ: Sooooo happy you got to meet up. This group has such amazing connection, perhaps due to our maturity and mutual interest in living healthy, loving lives. Meeting many of you in person has been one of the supreme pleasures of my journey to goal weight and fitness. Unfortunately, my business travel budget was slashed, so I'm not out and about as much as I used to be. But, any Colorado residents or visitors who want to meet, message me, please!
Stay well. Stay warm. Stay the remarkable, wonderful people that you are. We can do this.
Rori
Colorado Foothills
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Not bad for a day filled with sitting at a meeting:
*13,000 steps
*160 minutes walking Sasha and Bessie
*90 minutes riding the exercise bike
My current audio book is "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" by Dan Harris....it's fabulous
Barbie from beautiful drizzly NW Washington6 -
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I think omits have had to read 5 pages! Note to self, don't wait so long again.
I'm with you all about resolutions that involve not allowing myself something. Moderating Joyce, moderation.
Katla, could it be that your daughter wants to take her things in a suitcase so she can be there to see her open it. If it is mailed, you can't control when it gets there.
I'm really enjoying watching the figure skating. I can't be.ieve it is less than a month when the Olympics start!!!!!! I find myself getting involved in sports I never even paid any attention to. DirectV has the Olympic Channel and I enjoy its offerings. I can't wait to see what kind of coverage it has for the Olympics.
My numb fingers and side of my face is driving me bananas. I am all wrapped up in a double layer fleece ball get and I can't get warmed up at all. I want my body back. And my blood pressure still isn't under control, it is the highest at bedtime. Makes Charlie very nervous to know I am going to bed with it so high. I will run out of my as needed pill tomorrow.
Love you bunches, stay warm and safe. Joyce, Indiana4 -
M in Oz - those cherries made my mouth water, then there was the cherry crisp. Boy do I want some cherries.
KJ - I though about you when it was in the 60s the day after you left. Oh well, I’m sure you enjoyed your time in TX anyway. Probably when you come back in the fall it will be in the 90s.
Terry - take care of yourself. Shoveling can be good exercise but it can hurt stuff also.
Yvonne - wanted to tell you how sorry I am about the passing of your DAD. Hopefully next time KJ comes you can meet her as she is amazing.
Cathy - I really. Enjoyed getting to know you better and it was kind of funny when that man got out of the car. I just kept on driving.
Katla- thought of you this morning as I attended Yoga for the first time at the Y. It was harder than I remember but I think I am just not use to using those muscles. Really enjoyed it.
Rori- so exciting to hear about your upcoming cruise. We love to cruise but we always try to go to the gym or walk on deck.
Since I didn’t take notes I’m having problems remembrances what is going on. Hope the NE folks are staying warm.
Better get my food logged.
SueBDew in TX
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