WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR FEBRUARY 2018
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I’m just lurking
Goals this week:
Trying not to drink beer
Eat more veggies
Buy new shoes (my feet are killing me after my walks)
Also, my heart rate when I exercise is really high. Up to 218 on Friday. WTF? Trainer says my top should be 120. Is it my apple watch? Im pretty new to this. Never really looked at my heart rate till now.
~ Laura in snow country5 -
About the ferry ride. After I got back in the car (we were the first car on so we were at the front of the boat), two guys walked up to the front to the barrier they pull across at the end and stood there taking pictures of Seattle and then a selfie of the two of them with the Seattle skyline as a background. The wind and turbulence didn't bother them at all.Kelly, I have been cooking turkey with great success for years. I cook a turkey in an oven bag and it comes out tasty and moist and takes less time to cook. I walked this morning with my friend and no dogs. It started snowing right after I met her and snowed the whole time we walked until the ground and roads were totally covered. For awhile, our footprints were the only marks on the road. Life doesn't get much better than this.
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Pip: I can't help wondering how you manage to keep that foot on a bicycle pedal. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Barbie: Your rough water trip to Seattle doesn't sound like fun. I hope your trip home is smoother. :flowerforyou:
Janet OKC: Good luck with your ornament business. I hope you have found a good situation and great success.
Wendy: Enjoy your arena!
Kim: I hope your remedies cure your rash. Could you have gotten some sort of chemical on your skin that caused the rash? :flowerforyou:
Dana: Your soon to be Ex son in law sounds unbalanced. I think visiting your daughter is a good idea. Can your DH come along? I worry that both you and your daughter might be in danger. Her soon to be ex sounds like a nutter. :devil:
Sharon in Lethbridge where it is a winter wonderland again: It is reasonable to fear falls on hidden ice under snow. I have broken both wrists in falls on unseen ice. Fortunately, both wrists have healed well. Stay safe! :flowerforyou:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"When you are going through hell....keep going." Winston Churchill
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snowing here! awesome!
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Thank you all for the supportive comments on my son. He told me a story about when he was first in the wine trade, around 23 yrs old. He used to go every so often to a posh charity event, held at the Dorchester, which was to support people in the same trade who had hit the buffers with alcohol. He said at the time he had no idea what all the fuss was about.
I watched The Truth About Getting Fit again today. According to their charts my fitness is of a less than 35 yr old man!!!!!! Great tips for getting fit with no equipment and no space.
No excuses!
Dinner tonight is authentic ragu cooked in the IP. We're having it over roasted cauliflower with a bit of tagliatelle for DH. There will be loads to freeze. Hooray!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
Snow at our house this morning.
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afternoon ladies~
back from my class.. it is weird being in a classroom again, but learned interesting stuff..
I am tired.. been a long weekend.. and I have binge watched grace and frankie on netflix last night,,,,
I am having a cup of tea and ive taking Alfie out for a walk, will get in my jammies early and try and study some more for the xray test...11 -
grandmallie wrote: »afternoon ladies~
back from my class.. it is weird being in a classroom again, but learned interesting stuff..
I am tired.. been a long weekend.. and I have binge watched grace and frankie on netflix last night,,,,
I am having a cup of tea and ive taking Alfie out for a walk, will get in my jammies early and try and study some more for the xray test...
Allie - good luck on the test, I'm sure you'll do fine!
Lanette
SW WA State
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Well ladies I am caught up again. Time is just flying by and I am having trouble keeping up. Beautiful day here in the 50's then to cool off starting tomorrow. I am working today so am not able to get out and enjoy it. DD and kids decided to surprise visit today so DH gets to spend time with them. Guess we will go out for supper when I get off and then they will head for home.
Janetr--So happy for you that you are going to be part of the craft store. I bet your stuff will fly off the shelves.
Dana-- Sorry to hear about your mom's passing. I lost my mom a little over a year ago and my sister got mom to change the will after dad passed. I also know mom didn't realize it as she sold her house about a week before she passed and when we were talking she was excited about the trips she was planning with her women friends and if anything was left the 7 of us would split it. I am working really hard to let it go, sometimes a daily deal. But nothing will bring mom back and the rest just doesn't mater.
Welcome Vickie from California. I am Vicki from Nebraska. This is a great group.
Allie--Sending hugs and prayers that everything gets worked out and done with the divorce and your dad's estate. A lot to deal with in a short amount of time.
Well ladies you all take care . Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE5 -
Hi Sisters, feeling good sore after yesterday's intense all day long weight lifting session. Best of all, I had a great five pound drop on the scales! I semi-fasted yesterday and also did a kettlebell 25min session in the morning. I know some of that is water loss, but my pants fit better. YES! Heading in for a dose of Office Stress now. Wendy 4
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Yo peeps
Welcome new peep-erssss
I don’t talk much here but I’m with u in spirit. Got a question for me just ask.
I’m the resident boot strapper on-er. I’ll give you a swift kick if u need it to get u back in gear
If a picture of your doggo is my punishment, please kick me in the rear daily!7 -
Thanks for the daily kick Pip. I need it.4
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Allie, is this a required test for your job? If so will you get any kind of raise? Good luck on it.
Heather, it sounds like your son has been doing a lot of thinking and is trying to make a plan.
Michelle, you took a day off of excersising???? Is this a first?
I have tried to wear my glove most of the time since it give me the most comfort. But I have to take it off to type. Like I said it is just to strange for me to be dictating with some one in the room with me. Last night in bed I was trying to readjust my
Illness and since it is hard to donor with a glove on I took it off. Well then I lost it in my bed.mi couldn't find it at all. So I went in the living room to get my purse since I thought the other one was in my purse. Well it wasn't. So I tried to sleep without a glove and Jair by chance I felt it. So I still have to find the other one since here I southern Indiana it is still cold. Well temp now is 52 but this evening when we go out it will be chilly and I will want to wear my glove.
I am also feeling pretty drowsy with my Lyrica. I wasn't when I first started taking it but I am now. I am fighting taking a nap so bad right now.
Mozart finally got the courage t climb up on the top level of my cat condo. It helped that Charlie was outside working on the car and Mozart was nosy. He needed a little more courage to get down. But he did it by himself.
That's all for me today, am just to tired.
Joyce, Indiana6 -
stats for the day:
0 runner- 10min, 125ahr, 141mhr, 8.12min mi, 15h, 46l, 120c, 1.21mi= 99c
Apple Watch- 76c
lateral machine- 10min, 68aw, 127ahr, 149mhr, 10lvl, 6-10resist, 1.01mi= 97c
Apple Watch- 76c
rowing machine- 10min, 90aw, 128ahr, 140mhr, 1910meters = 104c
Apple Watch- 91c
arm ski machine- 10min, 118ahr, 136mhr, 44aw, 1514meters= 90c
Apple Watch- 78c
floor exercises and TRX- 16min, 3sets of 10ea, 118ahr, 141mhr, 6diff ever, 3 were TRX= 125c
Apple Watch- 94c
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Machka- Woo-hoo! Excited for your race! I love hearing about your experiences and things you see as you ride. Will your training change much between now and the race? You already seem to ride so much.cityjaneLondon wrote: »Machka - Excellent job on the 215k. I'm reading books on ultramarathons. Prefer reading about it to actually doing it. :laugh: If I ever get to do 10k it'll be a miracle.Wendy and Sharon[/b] - love the bee keeping outfits. I have to keep reminding myself it's late summer for Wendy and Machka - our August in N America which is normally HOT! Wendy, I'm mentally having a picnic on your deck. I don't blame the visitors for wanting to sit there and enjoy the flowers....if only that's what they'd do. After taking you and DH out to eat, buying you some nice wines, etc.
Machka - take care of those tootsies. You and your DH did a commendable job on that bike ride despite the heat.
Thanks ... we finished the event within the time limit of 13 hours and 30 minutes with almost an hour to spare. Given that the ride was 15 km longer than usual, and given the heat, we were very pleased with that!
Yes ... it's summer here. This kind of heat is not at all unusual for the mainland, however Tasmania doesn't often get this warm so it was a bit of a jolt for us.
Machka in Oz
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Laura, have you tried taking your pulse manually when your watch says 218? That is definitely too high and I think checking it manually would be a really good idea. I do think 120 is a little low tho, for getting any kind of cardio workout. I know my dr is fine with mine being up around 140-150. You do want to be able to feel like you're working! Although, if you have heart or other health issues, please ignore me and listen to your health professional!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island where the wind is still blowing a lot!2 -
Hi Gals,
Gals – thanks for the “shingles” alert, I did some searching on line and think it is not that as there is no pain, and that seemed to be a consistent symptom, the use of cortisone cream was just added and has almost cleared it up in 3 days…. So if it is this much better tomorrow, I think I’ll be in the clear… It really acted like an allergic reaction, but for the life of me I can not think of anything different, food- nope; soap – nope; cleaning supplies – nope; cream/sunscreen – nope!!! Stress could be an issue, as there is some stress with the housemate situation, some money issues and a small family thing….
Heather – Glad to hear of DS’s plans and the fact that he said “maybe” to industry change is saying a lot! He’s not shutting down or closing doors just figuring it out bit by bit…. Not to different than what we do as we figure out how to get healthy
SNOW !!! the pictures are gorgeous!
Did a gardening job at a client’s this am and will get the embroidery going in a minute but wanted to catch up with you all.
I have a week with no company, but next Monday is my quarterly dinner for my book club, so I need to decide what to fix… The group has gotten so large that I am a doing “wandering chef” and will be bringing dinner to a gals with a larger home. *** for those that don’t know or remember – my book club knows I cook a lot and a couple of years ago “hired” me to once a quarter to make dinner for the group – so I make what ever I choose, and they leave money in a jar for me, it always covers the cost… I have a bunch of left over boneless, skinless chicken from the super bowl party so will do something with them. There is usually 12-16 at the dinner; the hardest part for me is not everyone shows up on time and not everyone RSVPs, so I can’t have something ready to plate, nor know exactly how many I am serving.. But it is always a fun evening.
Also on the subject of Turkey - I don’t make them often, I too am not a huge fan, but they can be one of the cheapest proteins (usually before USA’s thanksgiving) I’ve got a 20lb one in the freezer that I got for free with the purchase of $25 of whatever else I needed in the store.. I always rinse, fully dry (inside and out) then smear olive oil over the whole thing and then a poultry rub, and put it in a V shaped rack and BBQ/smoke it – I do it on the charcoal/wood in my 27 inch BBQ with the coals all around the outside edge of the kettle BBQ- it takes 3 ish hours – falling off the bone done and always moist as the high heat that is starts with sears the skin and keeps the juices in. I get rave reviews; but the absolute best part is there is no dirty oven to deal with. Only down side is no drippings to make gravy.
Smiles
Kim from N. California
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@drKatiebug and @Machka9: Thanks for your comments. I used the recipe creator most of the times I logged something here, but than I ran across a comment from somebody somewhere (I looked at soooo many sites I forgot where that was!) and learned about cronometer.com. Now that's more what I was looking for! The stats it gives you are amazing (I'm a data hog) and I can use my created recipes in other recipes -- that's what I really needed. I don't eat too much "packaged" food -- way too much sodium for us. I really learned a lot in the last 10 days. 10 Prunes have 228 calories! Crap -- literally! My largest percentage in my diet is carbs, lowest is protein. I gotta work on that if I want to succeed in losing 10 lbs. Anyway, thanks for your comments! Check out cronometer sometime and let me know what you think. I still use MFP as my walking app, (I'd get lost otherwise) but I prefer logging my food with cronometer. 3
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Good night to all my new friends. Wishing you an amazing week!! Here in Western NE....we were at 60 degrees and in 4 hours it dropped 40 degrees....we will see what tomorrow brings. Blessings to all of you...my grand-daughter should have arrived today but she has decided to make her mommy work for her arrival. Please keep us in your prayers!!4
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No exercise today. The plan for tomorrow is to take the Next Level class.
So much for healthy eating. Everyone else wanted Mexican food for lunch. To be honest, I don't know that much about Mexican/Cuban food and didn't know which was hot, so I settled for a cheese and bean burrito with rice on the side. I wouldn't normally have had something like this, but I didn't want to be a wet noodle. The other gals wanted it, so I just tried to make the most of the situation.
KJ - how I wish I was one of your kiddos. You are so creative. You're right, the turkey should be cooked for 5 hours. Be sure that when you put it in the oven (or counter roaster -- that's what I use) that it's defosted. You usually have to defrost it for a few days in the refrigerator. You can probably look up online how long it needs to defrost. We usually cook the turkey upside down. Yes, that sounds weird but when you think of it, it makes sense. The juices run down into the breast so it doesn't dry out. I have heard about cooking the turkey in an oven bag, just never done it since bags aren't recommended for the counter-top roaster.
Just skimming so I'm sorry to anyone who I may have missed. The guys should be coming home soon. My friend and her hubby are planning to leave at 5 tomorrow (yes a.m.) as they want to go to Georgia 3 hours away to get the ferry to go to this island. There's only one ferry. I don't remember the name of the place they're planning to go to.
Joyce - this isn't a first for me taking a day off from exercising, it's just that it doesn't happen very often. I know that if I let myself, I would continue to binge eat and not exercise, so I'm getting back on the wagon tomorrow. Yea for Mr. Mozart.
We played mahjongg, the one gal left so Dianne and I played Rummikub some.
Laura - I agree with Evelyn, maybe you have your HRM on incorrectly. You might also be getting interference from something else. I know that when I took a spinning class at this one place, if I used a certain bike I got interference from someone next to me so my HRM would show my HR to be much higher than it really was.
Michele in FL right now4 -
yummy deliciousness!
for the second time in as many days I just wrote out a whole post and then lost it when I hit "done" on the app, instead of post reply. gaa!
sending regards, best wishes, motivational thoughts and 'hang in there!'s to those who need 'em!, jeri lynn in los angeles
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Hi ladies, thanks for all the encouragement and electronic hugs. Not feeling as down today but still not doing well eating wise.
DD is out on a “first date” and I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I want her to find someone so bad. She deserves a good guy in her life.
Binge watched Grace and Frankie today and stayed off my feet. I’m all caught up now and my ankle feels a bit better.
Heather, glad you heard from your son. Sounds like he had the wake up call he needed and is on the right track.
Allie, happy you finally have a court date. Hang in there girl, it’s almost over.
(((Dana)))
Well that’s about it for today.
Hugs to all, Terry in VT5 -
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