WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018

Heather: I like your advice about food and exercise. When I go to yoga classes, I almost always spend time on a stationary bike or an elliptical trainer first. According to MFP, 60 minutes of yoga earns 159 calories. The stationary bike burns 105 calories in about 30 minutes & the eliptical trainer says that I earn 105 calories in 11 minutes. All of it helps, and I think doing my exercising in the morning boosts my metabolism for the whole day. CICO, calories in v calories out, is the daily math problem to get or maintain better health. (((HUGS))) I agree with you on this, NO excuses. If I can't exercise on a particular day, I need to eat fewer calories. I love the notion that I can earn a bit more food with a little effort. :flowerforyou:

Laura: I'm not a person who fasts. Part of it is a personal preference. Part of it comes from living with a diabetic husband who has to eat on a regular schedule so that he doesn't have low blood sugars. For me, it is calories in and calories out every day. One nice thing about the MFP system is that there are lots of ways to accommodate different lifestyles, work patterns, and health issues, and succeed at managing our health and weight.

Yvonne in TX: I love your idea of keeping your flooring appropriate for the era of your home. Blue and pink marbling in the linoleum makes me think of the 1950's. I wonder whether I'm guessing correctly on that. I remember pink and turquoise back then in the fancier, newer homes. We nearly always lived in houses with gray wall-to-wall carpeting in the living room and neutral linoleum in kitchen & bathrooms.


DH is off at the doctors to discuss his bowel problems. I wanted to go along so I could hear what the doctor had to say. He wanted to go alone. I hope it all works out well.

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

Rye, sending prayers for your lovely furr friend for quick healing. I try to feed my cats lots of "wet" food or raw food, to keep their urinary tracts working. Dry food is not good for cats but I know it is so convenient and they love it usually. It's so awful to see them in pain or sick.

I had such a good day yesterday, doing my little bits of exercise, 5 mins kettlebell, 5 mins hula hoop, 50 minutes on bike watching Stranger Things, 30 min walk with the dogs, 30 min bareback riding on Mani and Esme, an hour in the garden, 20 mins hoof trimming... and I was down another pound on the scales this morning. That is three pounds down since last Friday (five full days). I fasted on Friday, and have been eating a plant based diet since then, as much as I like, not measuring or counting anything, rice and lentils, fruit smoothies, big salads, nuts and seeds and dried fruit to snack on. I've got great energy levels and feeling fine. I have been totally transformed by the book I've been listening to How Not To Die. This book has convinced me not to include meat or dairy, fish or egg in my diet based on the latest scientific research into health and diseases, inflammation and toxins. (I have listened to MANY books on diet and health including all the latest Keto and Fat for fuel and low-carb diets which I have tried out, but I didn't feel healthy on them. I need carbs for energy, and fruits and veggies, not meat or fat.)

My hubby is a big meat eater but when I got him to listen to the audio on preventing Asthma, he has agreed to reduce his meat intake. Dairy is also a huge problem for asthmatics but he is refusing to switch to rice, almond or soy milk on his cereal. LOL. I have switched to a vegan cheese for our pasta and pizza though. He also suffers from high blood pressure and is on medication for that, and How Not To Die recommends no meat or dairy if you want to get your blood pressure normalized and get off the pills. So I've been serving him up beetroot burgers and soy-protein hot dogs and sausage rolls. They look and taste remarkable and he actually loves them! I am so happy he is finally going to make positive changes for his health before it's too late.

I have put my name down to do another hike with the tramping club on Saturday. We will be hiking up to Castle Rock in the Kaimanawa Ranges, weather permitting. It is out of our region and we will be meeting up with another tramping club to do the hike together. Should be Fun! Wendy

Hi, I'm new to the group; I've been reading thru the posts, and this sounds like a great group to be in! I'm Moira, nickname Moy, and I live in a suburb north of Seattle. Just turned 65, retired four years ago, long-time divorced, two grown sons (one of whom still lives with me while he completes his college.) I had gastric bypass surgery five years ago, and I'm down 160+ pounds, but I need to lose another 70 pounds before getting body tuck surgery - because all this loose skin ain't gonna disappear on its own. I volunteer as a trip coordinator / driver at my nearby senior center, and love doing so. And I'm saving to purchase land for a Tiny House that I want to get built as my retirement home. (I sold the big house and downsized to a 1200 sq ft condo when I retired, but I want to go smaller.)

We had a seniors trip today, with eleven of us in the van visiting three different bakeries / cafes. I did great (i.e., controlled my buying) up until the last bakery. OMG, what a spread! So I brought home a whole box of different goodies, gah! My son amd I looked them over, and agreed that we'd eat some today, then he would run the rest over to my Mother-Out-Law tomorrow while I take seniors up north to look for snow geese, trumpeter swans, and bald eagles at a nature reserve in the Skagit Valley.

I love all the activity on this thread! Oh, I'm a tracker, I've found it's the best way for me to keep on track with my lifelong health jouney; I track all food and liquids, and exercise too. (I'm an engineering project manager, see my nerd badge?) But it keeps me accountable. And I walk.

Moy from north of Seattle

Hugs ladies!!!
Waving frantically!!! Well we're home, I drove the 2 and a half hours to the coast here no worries. Husbands side drain was removed yesterday at about 1 pm. I swear the surgeon looked like he was starting up a lawn mower!! He was pulling and pulling, and my husbands gritting his teeth! Poor guy! But it is out, and I changed the dressing today after his shower, it looks good. His staples are very tidy, and those are just air healing. He's sore, but only needs Tylenol.
Came home with a message from my step sister. You remember when my stepfather passed Dec 31st and I posted that awesome obituary? Well his celebration of life is this Friday. Unfortunately Lee needs me, for daily tasks, and I don't see myself driving back to Portland on Friday. I called her back, and decided to send her photos and my story for her to read to everyone, and to share the photos.
I sent the celebration of life info to my sisters, and my middle sister replied that she was going. This is the sister that never got back with me on visiting with me at the hospital. This is the sister that, though less than an hour away, decided that driving into Portland from Gresham was too much trouble YET she texted me back saying she was attending the celebration of life. I am glad she's going, but I'm puzzled by her actions. She told me she could read my story, I declined saying that I would have my step sister read it.
I am genuinely mad at my sister. She texted me yesterday like nothing had happened. I asked her "where were you"? She replied, " oh I was out eating dinner, what's up"? I repeated it again. "No, where were you from last Wednesday till today, when we were at the hospital". She replied,"oh my phone stopped working and I had no communication. All it would've taken was for her to borrow a phone from either daughter, (they both live still at home), and call me, leave a text message.
So I am done. I am mad at myself for hanging on for so long, hoping she could act more compassionately.
So one thing I wanted to do was call her up today, and state I'm done putting so much emotions trying to make this relationship work. But I called my eldest sister and she righted me. Its hard and unrealistic to expect someone to be there for you, when they just aren't. I have to stop having a mental agenda in my head of what I wish to hear from her, and just let it be.
Control the things I can, and live in the present. To stop expecting and try to be the conductor in this train yard called LIFE. All I do is get disappointed. Its really self inflicted. Its like doing some random negative thing over and over, yet each time expecting a positive result. That is my relationship with my sister. So I'm done, and in some sad little way, the pressure is off.
Ohhh, my hospital stay, I lost .4 lbs! Crazy not a lot but in the scheme of things its monumental!
Well, shopped today and sent those pics by overnight mail, so its been productive. Bought some orange juice with tumeric and pro biotics in it! Its awesome!
Back to logging my food.
Oh making plans for our trip the end of next month to Whidbey island WA, to househunt. Then putting our 30 days notice in May. So son will move in first then come down to help us. Exciting!
Love ya all!
Oh PS, I've been to the Tokyo Disneyland, and its exactly like the Disneyland in California!!! Down to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. You are sitting in the ride, while people are talking, the dioramas all are mechanical robotics. But its all in Japanese, so my husband declared himself master interpreter!! Oh Lord, I about pee'ed myself laughing!!!
Becca
Oregon

langman22 wrote: »

Machka, have you tried a light silk camisole for under your clothes.

For whatever reason, I am most sensitive on the backs of my arms, on my upper back, around my neck, and on my abdomen.

So I do have several really smooth sleeveless tops which I can wear under certain clothes, and a few really smooth short-sleeved tops which I wear under other clothes, and some really smooth long-sleeved loose turtleneck tops which I wear under other clothes.

But there's a catch to that too ... if I get hot, my skin is more sensitive to the point where the smallest of seams or tiniest of tags can drive me insane.

18 months ago, I could wear anything ... even fairly coarse wool. Now some days I'm OK and can wear my more textured clothing (but not coarse wool anymore), but most days I've got to wear smooth clothes.

I do recall that my mother started experiencing sensitive skin around her neck, upper back, etc. too when she was in perimenopause. I had bought her a lovely pullover with a cowl neck for Christmas, and she couldn't wear it. She had also bought herself a wool blend pullover with a cowl neck and ended up removing the neck and making it a scoop neck ... and then a few years later she gave it to me because the wool was just too much for her even with something smooth underneath.

So I figure my new-found sensitivity does have something to do with perimenopause ... but I also think the measles 18 months ago triggered it.

What I'd like to do (if I ever get the time!!) is to go through my tops and just get rid of a whole bunch of the ones I don't think I'll be able to wear again. I have several wool pullovers which I used to like, but can barely even think about anymore ... and there are quite a few acrylic pullovers which are just about as bad.


Machka in Oz

total stats for the day:

bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.14min, 145mhr, 12.5amph. 1.5mi= 84c
apple watch- 64c
0 RUNNER- 30min, 133mhr, lvl6-7, 3.36mi= 209c
apple watch- 219c
Fl exercises- 7.58min, 4sets of 10 ea, situps and bounce single leg toe touches, 132mhr= 60c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.21min, 16.5amph, 133mhr, 1.4mi= 54c
apple watch- 49c
Bike ride puy 2 sumn sta- didn't record :0( , 129ahr, 152mhr, 3mi= 174c
apple watch- 132c
jog sta 2 wk- 5.06min, 9.43min mi, 145mhr .5mi= 55c
apple watch- 55c
jog wk 2 sta- 5.08min, 9.58min mi, 153mhr, 5mi= 69c
apple watch- 59c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 17.45min, 8.8amph, 151mhr, 2.5mi= 189c
apple watch- 146c

total cal 894

Good evening from snowy Ohio,
You ladies are awesome!
I have to share a funny...
I run my *kitten* off all day. We get home. I am walking around house as I am at 7000 steps. My DH calls me, yes, calls me on my cell phone! I go to the man cave and ask what he needs and did he really just call me. His response is he can't move, come here. He tells me to look at his steps. He has 9999. Says he can't move or he will hit 10000-LMAO! He is so funny sometimes!
I am happy families are home and happy. I feel the family struggles.
Stay safe wherever you are. More tomorrow!

Kylia in 3-6" or more of snow on the first day of spring Ohio