WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018
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Barbara, You asked me to share tips from "Thinner This Year". The book doesn't lend itself to that. We all know that to get thinner and stay that way, the trick is to eat healthier, eat less, and exercise more. Reading the book provides the information that will help one be inclined to do that. Everyone know to eat broccoli instead of candy bars and be active instead of lying around, but what's necessary is to build the inclination to take those actions. I started taking mini actions to get going on my 2017 income tax. !5 minutes a day will get it done in a timely manner without making me crazy.
Barbie from chilly drizzly NW Washington
I love how you put this into a nutshell Barbie What's necessary is to build the inclination find your why, remember how good eating and exercise makes you feel, etc. and I think the Younger books do just that, I recommend them as real motivators.
When I started posting on this forum I had 2 whys: I didn't want to have high blood pressure and I wanted to fit into a size 6 dress for DD's high school graduation (okay so that was vain), my whys have changed 2 years later, but they are still just as valid: I want to stay off bp meds and I want to have energy and good health to stay off the sidelines and get out there and take chances, travel, have a joyful life. Feeling poorly from being sedentary will not allow me to do that.
The other thing you mention mini-actions is the how of making changes, small triggers and strategies that help you follow through. Checking in here helps center me, remind me of the committment I've made. Packing food with veggies (I need to crunch) and setting up gym clothes so I don't skip out are two strong micro-actions for me.
NYKAREN
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Hello everyone, hope 2018 is going well so far.
It's snowing here in the English midlands - the garden looks like a pretty and very expensive Christmas card.
We're warm and snug inside and when I have finished this, I'll be getting on with cooking.
My aim is for a healthy lifestyle where eating well, looking after myself (enough sleep, exercise and time with people and projects, turning the stress down low) become the natural thing to do. I've been on MFP for a while and reached some of my goals, weight and health wise, now I'm developing a lifestyle that will sustain me into an independent, disease-free, happy older age.
Logging and status updates have helped, and now I would like to do more reflective writing - and hopefully make some new friends along the way10 -
Machka - I like to freeze pitted sweet cherries IQF (individually quick frozen) on cookie sheets and then keep bags of them in the freezer. I'll put a small handful on top a dish of yogurt or add them to a smoothie. With all the sugar in them, they don't freeze hard and when they thaw they don't look appetizing.
So I prefer them still frozen or disguised, lol. But that's an idea. Your "loose" jam would be good for a type of syrup perhaps.
Heather - I finally checked out the C25K program you are doing- I found the website and will start poking through it. Good for you!
Karen in VA - Breakfast is normally an egg fried/scrambled in butter. If I scramble, I often add diced up mushrooms (I sauté them first in the butter) and/or a handful of chopped spinach or kale. I also have a slice of toast - Ezekial 4:9 Sesame. A loaf is super expensive at the health food store, but Trader Joe's has it a several dollars cheaper so I load up my freezer since I only head up to Olympia once every month or two. I like it because it's organic and high fiber and protein.
Work-I've done everything from write obituaries for a newspaper to ship frozen seafood all over the world to manage a 911 Center, lol. The jobs I retired from were the 911 job first - it was more burnout than retirement. I took a few years off, worked for an accountant and did some bookkeeping, came back to the county and worked as an Admin Assistant at Public Works in their engineering (traffic & water) and retired from that job in 2016.
Still work on-call at the county auditor's office doing data entry. Volunteer with Master Gardeners and the local Area Agency on Aging Advisory Board.
Karen in VA - How about you?
Broken Brain - I liked the episode on dementia so much I quickly watched it again yesterday and took notes with the clock ticking. Then I was reading the comments and someone posted a link to the whole episode on Youtube that has closed captioning! I'll review my notes and post more about it later. Good diet, exercise, de-stressing, and good sleep are the keys to a healthy brain. I am SO HAPPY to have found this group - there are so many great teachers here!
Thanks to all who gave suggestions on high-intensity exercise. We don't have hills and I haven't been stopping by the gym to do stair climbing. My knee has been a bit painful and foot arthritis is kicking me. But I like the idea of dancing (thanks, Barbara) and may try running in place and more gentle jumping backs - my exercise room is super cushioned with 2 carpets.
That's it for now. Have a good Sunday!
Lanette
Chilly and damp SW WA State3 -
Very bad sore throat here.
I have spent a couple years in London, Kate but I know that isn’t the same. But I especially watch out for the posts from your country too. My BiL is actually in London now, he will be bringing me back my favourite candy bar - a Cadbury Flake. I plan to save it til my birthday, then go to the best local ice cream shop (Braun’s) and get a soft serve ice cream with which to have it!
My husband and I were just talking about maybe trying to arrange a vacation next year for our 25 anniversary (2019) and go back to London. Or go back to Santorini. (grin). They are not very similar, but they are very special destinations to us in the past. Now that we have my part time income, we can save up for such a luxury!
Has anyone ever done any indoor skydiving? ( web site www dot iflyworld dot com). I didn’t even know it was a thing until a couple of days ago. I asked DH if we could go for my birthday but I don’t think he believed me ... I really want to go!
When I get up in the middle of the night (like now) due to hot flashes, I often end up sprawled up on the couch in the office. Because I overheat so often I now sleep in a loose tank top (XL size left over from pre-weight loss, now perfect sleep tops) and old boxer shorts (the ones my husband discarded for one reason or another - usually a waistband that irritated him). This clothing minimal state is perfect for the “power surges” (I was recently told that is the way to refer to them politely and publicly) and a warm robe suffices for when I cool off. Anyway, one or another cat keeps joining me and plopping down on my belly when I lay on that couch to cool down. I try to let them, but they ADD heat obviously. I wish I could attract their warm cuddles when I’m not flashing, I would enjoy their warmth then. This middle of the night couch time is the only time DH’s cat, Charlie ever cuddles with me.
DH’s new insurance covers a minute clinic for minor ailments. He went last week for ear infection and got antibiotic prescription from the nurse. I think I will have to go tomorrow, this throat is awful and a co-worker said they had strep throat diagnosis last week.
I took down 1/2 Christmas tree yesterday before (sickness) fatigue set in. Maybe I can finish it tomorrow. I did purge a bunch of sheets last week, but all the sets were claimed by nieces so they are still here until I can get them to them. Declutter not progressing.
Well, my temp has stabilized but now my head is pounding so I’m back to bed. Sorry for the random sicky ramblings.
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Machka - I like to freeze cherries IQF (individually quick frozen) on cookie sheets and then keep bags of them in the freezer. I'll put a small handful on top a dish of yogurt or add them to a smoothie. With all the sugar in them, they don't freeze hard and when they thaw they don't look appetizing. So I prefer them still frozen or disguised, lol. But that's an idea. Your "loose" jam would be good for a type of syrup perhaps.
Thanks for the idea. I did wonder if that could be done.
Most of these cherries were past their due-by date. When I cut the pits out, I had to cut something off of most of them, using maybe half or 2/3 of each cherry. So by the time I was done, I had 6 cups of little pieces. If I'd gotten to them sooner, freezing them might have been a better option.
But also, I don't think I could fit a cookie sheet into a freezer! It would have to be a really small cookie sheet, or maybe just freezing a few at a time.
I had filled two 500 ml containers and one 1 litre container with the jam. Today I decided to split the 1 litre container because evidently when I thaw it, I have to use it within 2 weeks. In splitting the 1 litre, I discovered that quite a bit of that one had set, so it's a much firmer jam. Couldn't say what made the difference.
M in Oz
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klanders30 wrote: »
The other thing you mention mini-actions is the how of making changes, small triggers and strategies that help you follow through. Checking in here helps center me, remind me of the committment I've made. Packing food with veggies (I need to crunch) and setting up gym clothes so I don't skip out are two strong micro-actions for me.
NYKAREN I lay out my dog walking clothes in the bathroom at night before I go to bed so they are there for me when I walk the dogs. My coat, scarf, and hat are within easy reach in the living room and my water-resistant boots are in the mud room near the leashes and dog coats. Just laying them out, firms up my commitment to walking in the morning. Once I'm outside, the walking is easy.Lanette, many women in my line dance class tell me that it get their heart rates up and occasionally someone will ask me if I ever dance to a slow song. I've been dancing a long time, so it's not so strenuous for me.shanitomorrow, welcome...this is a great place to share your reflections and learn from the reflections of others. Barbie from windy NW Washington 3 -
Welcome Shani (is that a name you would like?) from the UK Midlands. Apparently it has been the darkest January for years. Here it is just rain.
Yesterday's run was done in the rain and around huge puddles all over the lanes.
Please all new people sign each post with a name and location. I sign off as UK. I live in the far south.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
NYKAREN mentions how we manage to motivate ourselves. My original motivation was feeling sooooooooooooo bad in my clothes that I hid at my brother's 60 th birthday party. I hated the way I looked.
I really had no idea at the time how much slowly losing weight and slowly getting fit would transform my life.
Now I am motivated by how great fit feels. Better than any drug, even alcohol!
I read loads of motivating books. I have an encouraging husband. I stick to an unvarying routine so I don't argue with myself, it gets done no matter what. I have attractive exercise clothes and shoes. I cook fabulous food that I really enjoy. If there is something I don't want to do I follow Barbie's advice and go for micro actions. That usually works.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx6 -
Machka - I like to freeze cherries IQF (individually quick frozen) on cookie sheets and then keep bags of them in the freezer. I'll put a small handful on top a dish of yogurt or add them to a smoothie. With all the sugar in them, they don't freeze hard and when they thaw they don't look appetizing. So I prefer them still frozen or disguised, lol. But that's an idea. Your "loose" jam would be good for a type of syrup perhaps.
Thanks for the idea. I did wonder if that could be done.
Most of these cherries were past their due-by date. When I cut the pits out, I had to cut something off of most of them, using maybe half or 2/3 of each cherry. So by the time I was done, I had 6 cups of little pieces. If I'd gotten to them sooner, freezing them might have been a better option.
But also, I don't think I could fit a cookie sheet into a freezer! It would have to be a really small cookie sheet, or maybe just freezing a few at a time.
M in Oz
Machka - If you don't have room for a cookie sheet, just put them in freezer bags like ziplocs and pat them flat (I don't overfill) and you can lay them in the freezer that way and tuck them around other food. Since they won't stick together, it's not a big deal. I often do that with blueberries too.
Lanette4 -
In changing my sleep habits I mentioned I have a check list that helps keep me on track. If I have trouble with sleeping I reflect on what might have been the causes.
Last night troubles were caused by a number of reasons. As much as I enjoyed meeting with the friends I had not seen in about a year some of the conversation was intense. I continue to have troubles with DS#1. He is in a state that if we do not do exactly what he says we no not love him. He is very sick right now. I know part of it is his life is so out of control he is grasping to have any control he can find. He is having trouble seeing all the help we have given him and are continuing to stand by him. His illness is telling him he needs to make major changes in his life. I also watched an intense dateline show until 9:00. It was past my 8:00 no electronics time. The moral is when I do not follow the good habits I am trying to establish I pay for it.
The night before I had tea at dinner. The caffeine in the tea made it hard for me to get to sleep. Usually I am asleep in less than fifteen minutes.
Not surprising between the poorer sleep and going out to eat my weight crept up a couple of pounds. Time to get back on track.
Part of my check list does include a place for gratitude. I am finding that part of my reflection on my day helps keep me in a better place to face my problems. My problem journal is also helping to keep me in a problem solving mode. Margaret 3 -
For those who asked, no, not warm exactly here at the beach, but I do love winter beaches. Not least because there are fewer people who will brave the chilly winds. It was 40 degrees overnight (4.4 C), and warming up slow this morning. Am listening to the waves crash on the shore as I write this, through the open balcony doors.
It's been a good break for me and Corey, we needed to do some talking--always easiest on long car trips, for some reason. Took Heather's advice to heart, and the key is going to be setting May as the end date.
Until the warehouse sale is done and dusted, we won't bring it up, but once it is, we'll sit down with our daughter and let her know that, once her husband's back, we'll be moving on to our own adventure, probably to Arkansas, which was the original plan, and still holds more appeal than North Carolina (sorry, Michele!). Lots of reasons--but the main one is, we just haven't fallen in love with NC like we did with Arkansas (where is Dana, anyway? Haven't seen her in yonks.)
There are complicating factors - if I start the process to get my knees replaced here, it may take longer. I might wait on that until Arkansas, as there's a VA medical facility there, too. Will wait until I talk to the doc about what needs doing in March to make that decision. For now, just watching the world work as it will, hoping for an end to the government shutdown, or a chunk of that warehouse money may be going to helping our military kids survive. They'll pay it back, no fear, but hope it won't come to that...
Anyway, enough worries, Corey's just about out of the shower, and the beach is calling...
Love y'all,
Lisa in NC, at the coast6 -
Machka - I like to freeze cherries IQF (individually quick frozen) on cookie sheets and then keep bags of them in the freezer. I'll put a small handful on top a dish of yogurt or add them to a smoothie. With all the sugar in them, they don't freeze hard and when they thaw they don't look appetizing. So I prefer them still frozen or disguised, lol. But that's an idea. Your "loose" jam would be good for a type of syrup perhaps.
Thanks for the idea. I did wonder if that could be done.
Most of these cherries were past their due-by date. When I cut the pits out, I had to cut something off of most of them, using maybe half or 2/3 of each cherry. So by the time I was done, I had 6 cups of little pieces. If I'd gotten to them sooner, freezing them might have been a better option.
But also, I don't think I could fit a cookie sheet into a freezer! It would have to be a really small cookie sheet, or maybe just freezing a few at a time.
M in Oz
Machka - If you don't have room for a cookie sheet, just put them in freezer bags like ziplocs and pat them flat (I don't overfill) and you can lay them in the freezer that way and tuck them around other food. Since they won't stick together, it's not a big deal. I often do that with blueberries too.
Lanette
That's an idea!
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SHANI my daughter and her family live in the Midlands, I am in Liverpool. I am 72 (73 in May) and retired 7 years ago. 2 years ago I decided I had to lose weight, get fitter and stronger so came back to MFP lost 42lbs got off BP meds and go to the gym and use dumbells and kettlebells at home.
I don't always post but I do read every day, lots of encouragement, inspiration and general chitchat on here. Hope you find it useful and keep coming back
Kate UK 2 -
LANETTE I missed episode3 of Broken Brain a lot of comments on Ep 4 complaining that people missed it because of time differences around the world. I looked on YouTube but couldn't find it. Most annoying, it is very interesting and looking forward to last episodes which will give practical advice
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klanders30 wrote: »I love how you put this into a nutshell Barbie What's necessary is to build the inclination find your why ...
My why is long distance cycling.
When I moved to Tasmania, I came from a part of Victoria (Australia) where I could choose if I wanted to cycle in hilly terrain (rarely) or in flat terrain (mostly). I had put on some weight, but I could still cycle quite well in flat terrain. I could still do some of the events I wanted to do.
Then I moved to Tasmania and southern Tasmania, where we live, is anything but flat. Suddenly I had to haul that extra weight up hills. In some cases, I simply couldn't do it ... way too steep. In other cases, I could do it, but I was so slow and in so much pain by the time I got to the top it just wasn't worth it.
I wanted to do a particular event ... a relatively short 100 km, but a quite hilly 100 km. Yet definitely not the hilliest ride around! Because I didn't feel entirely confident about it, my husband and I decided to ride the route about 3 weeks before the event. We figured that if doing the 100 km within the deadline (6 hours and 40 minutes) was sort of touch-and-go, I'd do some intense training over the 3 weeks and then do it for real.
I rode those 100 km in about 8 hours ... about 2.5 hours OVER the time limit. No amount of intense training for 3 weeks would help me shave 2.5 hours off my time.
I was so upset. I felt like "my" events had all been stolen from me. Of course, I blamed the terrain and moving to Tasmania, but really I had to look at myself. I'd gone from being a slender and fit cyclist to ... dumpy and definitely not fit. And when it came to cycling up hills, my husband described my situation this way ... every 2 kilograms over an ideal climbing weight was like carrying one of those 2 litre bottles of pop in a pannier on the back of the bicycle.
Now I don't know how many of you have tried to ride a bicycle with a load on the back but the more weight there is, the harder it is to get the bicycle up a hill ... gravity!!
And there I was trying to carry the equivalent of 25 of those 2 litre bottles of pop (over my ideal climbing weight) ... well, it's no wonder I was having trouble!
So I dropped those 25 bottles of pop! And what a difference it made.
Now I've picked up a few again, and I'm noticing it when I do rides like I did today ... so I've got to drop them again. Happily, I dropped one of them this weekend. I'm down 2 kg all of a sudden. Water weight, probably, but I'll take it!
Machka in Oz
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Did the Body by Bethany DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do the last segment of the Tone Trouble Zones DVD, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.
After class I need to go to the store to get an antipasto (is that even how it's spelled?) tray. I'm ordering it since I have no idea what goes into one. Besides, it's easier to order it than to make one up with things that we probably won't eat. On my way there, I'll need to stop at the mailbox for Newcomers. The gal who usually does that is away and I'll be right on the way.
At night there is a Newcomer social. Why they decided to have it on a Monday is beyond me. That's what I need the tray for. Then we have senior bowling.
Didn't sleep too well, thinking about Bryan and how I'll never see him again. So I worked on these hat/scarves that I'll make the girls for Christmas.
Rye - good for you wanting to go skydiving! Feel better fast!
M - for some reason I never thought of using frozen (pitted) cherries. I bet they would be great in yogurt! Next time they're on sale (usually when they are in season), I'll get some, pit them, freeze them. Thanks for the great suggestion Lanette (it was you, wasn't it?)
Heather UK - you know something, I never even noticed the UK after your name! It might have been there all along, I just think of you as "Heather"
Seems that MFP now takes me to the top of the page that I last posted on. It used to take me to the next post after my last one. Oh well.
Michele in NC
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spikeyhair wrote: »LANETTE I missed episode3 of Broken Brain a lot of comments on Ep 4 complaining that people missed it because of time differences around the world. I looked on YouTube but couldn't find it. Most annoying, it is very interesting and looking forward to last episodes which will give practical advice
Kate UK
Kate - drat. I see they've taken episode 3 down. Try this for episode 4: https://brokenbrain.com/04b-adhd-mf/. Looks like it's only up for another 8 hours or so over here in the US. This one is also Youtube and closed-captioned. It's about 2 hours long.
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Happy Sunday all! Yesterday's family holiday party went well. My family is in the midst of a growth spurt. My three brothers, their wives and most of their kids were there. The kids who were married/married with children had their families, there. So, we have become a three generation family with that third generation continuing to grow. Many of our nieces and nephews have young kids or are expecting! My late sister's daughter was there, and we (my brothers and I) had a long talk with her about her mom and let her vent some of her feelings on her mom (my sister's passing). It was very emotional, as my sister was not a good mother (CPS was involved), but it was a very necessary conversation. It is hard for her to process the way we talk about her (our sister of childhood) versus the mother she knew. All in all, a good family time. A lot of misuderstandings cleared up. I did pretty well on my food choices. I did try everything, but tried to limit things to smaller portions.
Today is fasting day; so time to meditate on that and get my brain in the right place again.
While I fast, I will be making a meal for my inlaws for DH to take to them this evening. I had five pounds of chicken in the crock pot, yesterday, while I was with the family; so that is all ready to season and use. Maybe a white lasagna for them...
My knee is reacting well (not reacting) to the 30 minutes of daily walking; so I am going to add some swimming to that to get my cardio up. I won't be doing any whip kicks, just some flutterkicking. I will stay with freestyle and backstroke. I got the results back from blood work this morning and my cholesterol levels have entered the "high" zone. I am hoping that being back on my meal plan and getting moving again will bring them back down. Here's to making better choices!
Potty Boot Camp. I really didn't do anything to make it seem like a party. I never reward kids for going potty on the toilet with food or candy. It does become a competition, here, when I have more than one potty training. This is the first time I have potty trained four at a time, though. It began with an hourly prompt from me, that it was "time to go potty". All four would line up. First couple of days every one got a round of applause if they sat on the toilet (normal toilet, no potty chair). If they were able to do their business while sitting on the toilet, they got a potty song and dance by me and the others. (yes, we have an actual song we sing). Once they began going without prompting, more singing and dancing ensues; and gradually they don't require the song and dance and get a "great job" and high five from me. That first week was quite comical, as it seemed to be continual assembly line in the bathroom. One getting undressed, one on the potty, one getting dressed, and one washing hands (oh, how they love washing their hands). I felt like I was in the bathroom all of the time and we didn't get a lot of crafting and other activities done for that week. But things are back to normal now. Three of them go without prompts and have yet to have an accident in their underwear. One I have to watch and sometimes prompt her, because she does get VERY involved in activities and doesn't like to take the time to go potty. Right now, only two of them will have bms in the toilet; the others prefer to wait until diapers go on at nap time or until they get home. It all works! It all means less diapers for me, which is so WONDERFUL!! My house smells SO much nicer!
Breakfast- almost always non-fat greek yogurt with strawberries at 5:30am and then a second protein breakfast around 7:30 of cottage cheese or eggs and zucchini.
Job Entering 23rd year of home childcare. I used to work 15 hour days/five days a week. Recently cut my hours to 10 hour days/five hours a week. I will continue doing childcare for most likely 15-20 more years. (I am only 51, so twenty years would put me at 71. Perfectly acceptable age to still be working) I want my home paid off, and I need to build up my savings. I don't think complete retirement is in my future (unless I win the lottery); but that is okay with me. As much as I like/love my job, ideally, I would like to do something else when I get a bit older, that doesn't involve continual contact with small children.
Community involvement/volunteering-My own kids have gotten me involved in a few different things over the years. Girl scouts, boy scouts, local museum events, choir booster, pta. The one thing that I am still closely involved in is museum volunteering. I still participate in some local historical events as a docent (sometimes in costume). I like history and I like the facilitators that are involved in these events. I also keep busy with mentoring new/young home childcare providers and with our newly formed childcare provider network.
Heather- LOVED hearing about you taking your walk/run in the rain! Walking and running is always a mood booster, but I have always RELISHED that invincible feeling that you get when you do it in less than ideal weather conditions. It truly makes you feel like you have won a battle! Arms in the air! Rocky Theme playing!
Barbie, Karen NY, and Katie- YESSS! It is all about inclination and getting your mind in the right place to accomplish goals! I think that is the part that throws people off. The mental mindset and mental strength that is required to make lifestyle changes! Thinner, stronger, wealthier, healthier. The goal is incidental; the journey and the preparation for the journey is what determines success. You ladies are inspiring to me!
BIG shout out to all of you ladies who are here giving us inspiration, strength, lessons, advice. Those who are new on this thread, welcome! Those who have been here and continue to return and inspire! Whoot! Feeling powerful today and sending some of that power to all of you!
ttfn xoxoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
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Migraine today along with allergies acting up. Sleept most of the day yesterday. Doc took me off allergy meds until my testing on Wednesday. I think that has something to do with it.
RV Rita in very windy Columbus New Mexico5
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