WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR FEBRUARY 2018

bwcetc wrote: »

Good morning and welcome to the new ladies!

Becca ... praying for your husband and you...

grnwoodtree ... probably the biggest reason I come back to this group of ladies is that I can vent, complain, whine and no-one tells me to suck it up ... well except Pip who straps on a boot ... instead I get support, suggestions, empathy. No one in my physical world is interested, but these ladies understand. I'm with the others ... eat a pizza. And keep coming back. Someone here may say something that makes all the difference to you.

Mondays are "reset" days for me and that's just what I'm doing.

Beth near Buffalo

No support, empathy or suggestions me, just da boot :0)

(((Becca))) Praying for a great outcome for your DH.

Heather: We have satellite TV and a recorder. I don't miss the things I really want to see. I haven't been all that interested in the Olympics this go around. I watched curling with DSIL & some of the ice-skating. The time of events is very awkward for our time-zone. :ohwell:

Betty: I get to keep this decade for another year and a half. I hope to see you frequently.

Ellen NJ: Welcome to a great group! Stop by often for encouragement and support.

Margaret: Our winter is more than usually mild. We had one hard freeze this winter and a few frosty mornings. My tropical fuchsias are all still alive after sitting outside on the ground all winter. We live next to the Columbia River and I think it helps to moderate our temperatures to a degree. Last winter was another story altogether.

Wessecg: This process of weight loss is slow when done correctly. Be patient with yourself and count each calorie in every bite and swallow. Move more if you want to earn a bit more food. CICO=Caloires In, Calories Out. :flowerforyou:


I'm out of time but not at the end of the page. Have a great day, Ladies!


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

Sharon in Lethbridge, I would love to see pics of your living room!
Your shopping trip sounded stressed! We are the rational people of the world, making decisions that are sound and realistic. Its guys that are impulsive! And Larry got the meat you don't need, and coffee beans, when you have perfectly good coffee at home... Then he says yes on the dress when you said no. That is a perfect good cop, bad cop scenario! I get mad at my husband when I have a grocery list, then he starts adding stuff. I demand the cost of each item. It definitely puts a damper on the shopping experience! Hugs!!!!

Husband just got taken to the procedure. So I hope everything goes well.

I brought Tupperware containers with my cereal in them so all I needed was a spoon and a carton of milk. Slept off and on last night. I felt like a really pretty guard dog, watching over her owner. Protective, and keeping a watchful eye on all the goings on.

Hugs everyone!
Becca
Watching Perry Mason presently

Peach1948 wrote: »

My DH and I have decided that we will start having our big meal of the day at lunch time. In the evening, it will be up to each of us if we need something more. I think this will be good because I have gotten where I dread planning and cooking each evening.

Carol in GA

I do this on Sunday, Carol. I love it. I usually end up throwing a little something together for the kids (Like making ramen for the 11 year old last night -- I am such a good mom. :sarcasm. My husband is really resistant to it, for even one day. Frustrates me. He has pretty severe food anxiety because when he was a child, they sometimes went hungry. If he misses a meal, he is sure he is starving and might die. :rolling eyes.

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon, where no one in my house is even close to starving

Hi Sisters, well I couldn't believe my eyes when I stepped on the scales this morning. A drop of three pounds. Now, this only has ever happened when I have fasted or done keto. Yesterday I did neither! However, I did make a few tiny tweaks: I took a swig of Apple Cider Vinegar part way through the day. (Thanks for the tip Michele) I drank a cup of green tea instead of a glass of wine last night. And I ate hormone boosting herbs: basil, fenugreek, fennel as well as used a drop of essential oils of dill seed and rosemary. I also drank 600 mls of water after walking barefoot on the beach for an hour with Jock and Honey, trying to recharge my visitor-flattened battery. I made a home made frozen ice drink and used just a little pomegranate water as my sweetener. And I cut my coffee right back to just one mochachino in the morning.

Otherwise I ate eggs, spinach and salsa for breakfast, had chili and tortilla and cheese and sourcream and salad as well as snacking on icecream, a cookie, a peach, sunflower seeds and dried banana chips. And a few bites of leftover sausage too. And a handful of tortilla chips and two handfuls of potato chips. (craving salt?) And a walnut. LOL I keep having to edit and add things as I remember them!

If I can eat like that and lose weight too I have found the Holy Grail. LOL. Is it a fluke? Could be my body just releasing major stress? Wendy

Thanks for the welcome, ladies! Very disciplined today – did stretches, exercises, took the dog for a short walk, and housework! After my lovely afternoon nap, I am roasting sweet potatoes and carrots, and sauteing some collard greens with onions and mushrooms.

My scale died at some point during my recent move, so I found a new one on Amazon – 1byone Smart Scale, which enables me to connect my phone via Bluetooth and it will automatically upload a stats page. It tracks weight, BMI, Body Fat, Body Water, Bone Mass, Muscle Mass, Visceral Fat, and BMR. I’m sure it’s not as accurate as a doctor’s equipment, but should get me in the ballpark. So the BMI & Body Fat were about what I expected (ugh), and the Visceral Fat was high enough to give me a good motivating shock. Need to drink a lot more water, judging by the Body Water stats. My muscle mass & bone mass were both very good, though, better than average for my age, so I was pleased with that, and it helped offset the negative stats so I didn’t get totally discouraged.

Allie – regarding your dad’s home - when I recently came to a very sudden decision to move, I sold my old house to one of those “We Buy Houses for Cash” companies, and I couldn’t be happier. It was an older home (built in 1926), needed some repairs, and the basement/garage/attic were full of 33 years of my pack-rat ways, not to mention I had an unusual well/septic arrangement that may have had to be brought up to modern standards if it sold conventionally. The cash buyers gave me a 50% down payment and let me live in it rent-free for 5 weeks in order to get packed up. No repairs, no inspection, no painting, no staging, no showings, no real estate commission, no settlement costs, AND they had a “leave-behind” program where I could just take what I wanted & leave the rest of the junk behind. When I figured in the needed repairs, the Realtor commissions, the slow market, the fact that an asking price would likely be reduced by several thousands, the taxes & upkeep while it was on the market, the physical effort to clear it out, the mental stress (not to mention, in my case, that I would probably have lost out on my “new” home while the old one was waiting to sell), I feel that I did really well with the cash buyers. Everything was handled through a settlement company with an attorney, just like a regular real estate transaction, and it didn’t cost me a dime. I even talked them into $5,000 more than they offered me. Might be worth looking into in your case. (And just like buying a car, I didn’t sign ANYTHING at our first meeting. Within a few days, they were calling me with a better offer, LOL!)

Lenora – Glad to hear you sounding more like yourself in your last few posts. You have been in my prayers for a very long time.

Heather – I had a relative in the liquor/hospitality industry, and with the expectation of socializing with customers and indulging in the product he sells, it is easy to cross that line between charming joviality and liquor-fueled lowered inhibitions. If it is any consolation, it’s very likely that more than a few of your son’s colleagues have been through the same disciplinary process for similar transgressions.

Kim – those chicken roll-ups sound so tasty!

I’m off to roast some vegetables for dinner!

- Pat in PA