WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018

Thank you Barbie!

I like the idea of clean slate!

My goals for June were not difficult, but I was so overwhelmed with other stuffs, that they weren't met.
Up 2 pounds since May.

July goals:
Log everything! I need that accountability
Fresh food
Movement every day (I need that ME time)
Lose 4 pounds

Thank you lovely ladies for all of your support! It means the world to me!

Lisa Am following your home journey. I live in the country and just found out that there actually are rules on fencing! REALLY? Good thing ours is already up! I am excited for your new adventure.

Matchka Great job on walk with husband. It will be an adjustment to have someone in your home other than the two of you, but remember they are there not only for him, but also you. Being a care giver is hard work, especially when it is our loved one. Just ask questions as you have done all along. Prayers continuing.

I need to get my day started. Had a great time at car show with grands. It was HOT! But I am not complaining, I prefer heat to cold any day. I am sitting here covered with a blanket in our house. Need to finish catching up on paperwork today. Need to clean up flower beds. Have to water plants.

Have a wonderful day! You are ALL SPECIAL LADIES!


Kylia in Ohio feeling a little more in control-LOL!

Wanted to share. This is me about 7 years ago at 137

This was taken last weekend at 124

I am still amazed at the differences a few pounds makes.

Again, Thank you for keeping me on track!

Kylia

Kylia - glad you like it, thanks for commenting to let me know you're there! I'm enjoying it, and it's wonderful to be writing about something real and tangible and not political. My other blog got so political that I ended up having to post saying that I was dropping the topic, basically. Hate walking away from writing and feeling all up in the air and off-center. Writing is usually my happy place.

As far as the pics go, the only way I've found to make them smaller is to use a program that allows you to resize them and save them. There's a free program out there called paint.net that mimics Adobe Photoshop, so if you've ever used Photoshop, it's really intuitive. Other than that, I haven't found a way. Possibly something on a phone.

And you looked beautiful both before and after.

My sis should be here in an hour or two. Planned very little, at her request, but she did get someone who can check in on her son tonight, so she and the two nieces will get to stay the night. Will be so cool to see family! Right now, we will probably go up and take a look at the new property, and then drive up to a natural swimming hole, called Natural Dam, where a rock wall contains the majority of the river, with a six-foot falls, and behind the dam, it's deep enough to swim. Only supposed to get up to 84 degrees today, so should be lovely.

I only realize how much I miss my family when I get a chance to see them, and then get so impatient to hug everybody...

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Happy July 1st!

Barbie, thanks for giving us the opportunity to be together in this group. I have learned so much from everyone and consider myself truly lucky.

And I love the opportunity to "start over", lol.

My weight is up from a month ago. I have been overactive in the bedtime snack department with salt and sugar, so my mission today is to have ready low sugar and low salt snacks if I absolutely MUST have something after supper.

Goals - keep walking, minimum 6000 steps per day and hopefully lots more. Keep doing the Strong Women Stay Young three times a week. Cut down on computer time and read more. Cut way back on the sugar and salt, see above. Get back on the Fast Diet at least once a week (not eating until 3 pm works well for me) and a 12/3 (or maybe 14/3) food intake regimen.

In June, I was really engrossed in reading about our aging brains and bodies and how to keep our wits and health as we get older, lol. SO MANY experts yet so much conflicting advice and research as far as dairy and meat. Although, most of them agree about cutting out sugar and processed foods, getting exercise and good sleep.

Yesterday I leafed through Valter Longo's book, "The Longevity Diet". He's the creator of the Fasting/Mimicking Diet which, as I understand it, is based on the Mediterranean Diet looks to be quite strict. He also advises very low protein and complete several day fasts to regain health.... that is, until a person reaches late 60's.

However, he refers to "eat what your ancestors ate" - in other words, if you are of German heritage, what did your ancestors eat? His diet protocol is no dairy, no meat - only fish, plenty of beans, veggies, etc.

Yet, I had German ancestors on both sides who ate lots of eggs, whole milk and cheese, meat like pork and beef and chicken (very rarely any fish except canned tuna once a month), potatoes, veggies from their gardens, fruits generally in heavy syrup, no beans except baked beans a couple times a year with plenty of brown sugar and bacon, pies and cakes and cookies loaded with sugar and butter and lard. Little processed, all good home cooking. They ate this way all of their lives!

So, I'm trying to process that and look at my diet in a different way... how can I eat like my ancestors but make some tweaks to keep my brain and body healthier? There was diabetes and dementia and clogged arteries which took a few out in their 80's - but the healthy ones lived well into their 90's.

At any rate, I'm looking forward to July.

Lanette
Cool and drizzly SW WA State