WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2018
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Lanette Are we sure that you and I are not related? (Albeit you from a taller branch of the family?). So much of what you mention about your life, or the things you do or read are part of mine!
Longo’s book is fascinating. Musings on Longo’s book and research follow, possibly uninteresting to anyone other than Lanette:And yes, the protein advice is all over the place and Longo comes down on a much lower protein intake, especially red meats, than the typical American diet. Right now, while I’m actively trying to gain muscle and strength I’m just remembering Longo’s protein advice, not acting on it. I may reassess that in a year or two.
As for the rest - I take his advice on basing my diet on the Mediterranean diet, but incorporate foods I seem to have a genetic predisposition to (potatoes for instance are one of the few always satiating foods for me). I know that fish protein is much more the way to go than white/red meats but I’ve never been able to abide the taste of fish. So I’m going with high quality lean white meat a lot. Frankly, I just don’t see myself giving up my red meat completely- but I no longer eat the burgers, hot dog, mystery meat fast food- only home cooked roasts and lean steaks. (oh, and home made beef jerky). I do his 5 day Fast Mimicking diets several times a year as well (well a homemade version, I can’t afford the price of his 5 day Prolon box meals).
I eat very little ‘refined’ or ‘processed foods’. Rarely eat any added sugar (Homemade Christmas treats still the major exception). I Eat minimal grains (usually only old fashioned oats or minor amounts of wheat in foods prepared by others) and pretty much no rice, bread, noodles or pasta. I eat minimal dairy (small amounts of butter and cheddar cheese mostly). I cook with Avocado oil (healthy profile similar to olive oil but no taste like veggie oil) when oil is called for and keep it to a minimum. I had started these habits while losing weight but reading his book solidified them into ‘good eating’ in my mind.
So, I guess I read Longo’s book and research with great interest and incorporated much but not all of his advice into my eating habits. I’m going for sensible but not overboard- since the research is so new and still contradictory to some other seemingly sound advice.
Higher protein than he recommends really seems to work for me. But eliminating the highly fatty and fried versions, and when financially possible, attempting to get grass fed meats, had become my eating ‘good eating’ rule for proteins.
And, I’m happy to say, it was his book that finally motivated me to get a daily quota of veggies! And I’ve been doing fantastic on that front. Regularly getting 7 to 10 servings of fruit and veg a day.
And Lanette, have I shared a picture of my beloved childhood pet - a miniature schnauzer? The dog by which I still compare every dog I meet to? Lol
Rye3 -
Lanette Are we sure that you and I are not related? (Albeit you from a taller branch of the family?). So much of what you mention about your life, or the things you do or read are part of mine!
Longo’s book is fascinating. Musings on Longo’s book and research follow, possibly uninteresting to anyone other than Lanette:And yes, the protein advice is all over the place and Longo comes down on a much lower protein intake, especially red meats, than the typical American diet. Right now, while I’m actively trying to gain muscle and strength I’m just remembering Longo’s protein advice, not acting on it. I may reassess that in a year or two.
As for the rest - I take his advice on basing my diet on the Mediterranean diet, but incorporate foods I seem to have a genetic predisposition to (potatoes for instance are one of the few always satiating foods for me). I know that fish protein is much more the way to go than white/red meats but I’ve never been able to abide the taste of fish. So I’m going with high quality lean white meat a lot. Frankly, I just don’t see myself giving up my red meat completely- but I no longer eat the burgers, hot dog, mystery meat fast food- only home cooked roasts and lean steaks. (oh, and home made beef jerky). I do his 5 day Fast Mimicking diets several times a year as well (well a homemade version, I can’t afford the price of his 5 day Prolon box meals).
I eat very little ‘refined’ or ‘processed foods’. Rarely eat any added sugar (Homemade Christmas treats still the major exception). I Eat minimal grains (usually only old fashioned oats or minor amounts of wheat in foods prepared by others) and pretty much no rice, bread, noodles or pasta. I eat minimal dairy (small amounts of butter and cheddar cheese mostly). I cook with Avocado oil (healthy profile similar to olive oil but no taste like veggie oil) when oil is called for and keep it to a minimum. I had started these habits while losing weight but reading his book solidified them into ‘good eating’ in my mind.
So, I guess I read Longo’s book and research with great interest and incorporated much but not all of his advice into my eating habits. I’m going for sensible but not overboard- since the research is so new and still contradictory to some other seemingly sound advice.
Higher protein than he recommends really seems to work for me. But eliminating the highly fatty and fried versions, and when financially possible, attempting to get grass fed meats, had become my eating ‘good eating’ rule for proteins.
And, I’m happy to say, it was his book that finally motivated me to get a daily quota of veggies! And I’ve been doing fantastic on that front. Regularly getting 7 to 10 servings of fruit and veg a day.
And Lanette, have I shared a picture of my beloved childhood pet - a miniature schnauzer? The dog by which I still compare every dog I meet to? Lol
Rye
Rye - I think we are related! I think you are several steps ahead of me and again, I thank you for steering me into the world of Fasting. I always enjoy your posts and have learned so much from your research ;-).
Today, I'm reading "Brain Food" by Lisa Mosconi, also born in Italy. Looks to be quite good and more in line with the way I eat - eggs, whole dairy, grass fed meat, organic. She is a fan of the 5:2 fasting - I don't see her mentioned in Mosley's FastDiet book, but she might have been in his You-Tube presentation. Something to watch again.
Please post a photo of your mini schnauzer - if you already did, I can't recall.
Lanette
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Ah, sorry about that. Thank you for the kind welcome! I'm Rachel. As of 12/17/17 I live in Lancaster PA. Before that I lived right outside of Coatesville PA.4
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Thank you ladies! My eyes change colors....sometimes they are grey, sometimes hazel, other times green or blue. Kind of cool7
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My brothers and our schnauzer circa 1972. Sniffer needs a clipping badly here. I always loved his scruffy look before he went to the dog groomers .
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klanders30 wrote: »JULY already??. Thanks Barbie for reminding me the calendar has turned a page
Goals:
-Exercise at the gym 6 out of 7 days
-Eat at home, eat the food in my freezer and pantry first
-Dig out the unused garden patch and prepare it for grass seed
-don’t play numbers game (2048) on phone—horrible time waster! I haven’t played for 2 days straight a new record!
Here’s to a productive, healthy month!
NYKAREN
I have two games on my tablet, a puzzle game, and a starwars game. You feel so productive when you're playing it though. If there was a way to hide the game for a bit, so I don't see the icon daily, I would. Uninstalling it, would delete all my progress!!
How about Mon/Wed/Fri NO games? Then just Tues and Thurs as gaming days only 10 minutes/ twice a day? Deal?
Rebecca2 -
Well I’m not in my 50’s I’m actually in my 60’s I know I know I don’t look it but TRUST me I am I was born June 7th, 1955. Some days I feel like I’m 30 other days I feel at least 90 lol. But I TRY and stay very active. I still Line dance twice a week, work in my garden, walk daily and chance my gran babies lol Remember ladies the older we get the harder it is to take off the weight. But you know.....IF I can do it with MS ANYONE can. And thanks Barbie this makes me want to start a group myself. How awesome this is ❤️11
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Yep ! I agree! Big pictures are fun!
My sister and I! I'm on the left shes on the right. My eldest sis, but she looks younger than I!
Rebecca
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becca love the pic of you and your sis, easy to see the resemblance. As for my game obsession, I’ve got to go cold turkey on this one, the only way For this. I’m going to substitute playing with other activities. You all will help me stay accountable!
NYKAREN3 -
well it is 100 blessed degree's outside and my friend Trudy dragged me out to home depot and ocean state job lot.. but we had a great time as usual.. have laundry in dryer, and with this heat will lay low for the rest of the day..2
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Machka, I know you are happy to have your husband at home.
My advice on the caregiver situation based on watching my mother deal with round the clock caregivers for her brother for 9 months. Decide what level of comfort you can live with and set boundaries from the beginning. For example, are you ok with them drinking your tea or do you prefer they bring their own? What about food or snAcks? Do you want them prowling in your cabinets or to ask you for needed supplies. What about smoking? You’d be surprised at the number of caregivers who smoke. What about phone? WiFi? My mother did not set boundaries and had issues with caregivers who are up all her food, stayed on the phone, and encroached on her personal space, in particular the kitchen, way too much. The unprofessionalism I witnessed from my uncle’s caregivers was outrageous.6 -
Katie~ My friend Bev is in a similar situation... her 89 yr old mom lives in her home.. has severe anxiety issues,OCD and all very frail.. they finally got a live in, Bev works in boston full time and it is very hard to manage caretaking for her mom long distance.. she also has a mentally challanged brother that she is guardian too. She has her hands full..
they have the live in and she takes good care of June, but June can't verbalize that there is just something she doesn't like.. and doesnt want to hurt feelings..I for one am glad it didn't come to that with my dad, but my DSIL has to deal with caretakers taking care of her mom.. It is a very tough road to hoe.2 -
Happy July everyone! Back at it after two years away 57 year old Portland OR girl needing/wanting to drop about 35 lbs and be healthier in general - better eating habits, more movement, less stress eating, declutter my home, mind and body... I see many familiar names still active and popping up on my feed. I found great support here, great tips, good advice and good folks dealing with the same struggles. Thank you for all you share and say. It all helps to keep me motivated. My Fit bit died in March andI just bought a MisFit to track my steps again. Target is to get down to 150 for my birthday next May.
July goals -
Log every bite - support this by shopping/ buying healthy clean foods
Walk 6,000 steps a day - achieve this with at least one brisk walk a day
Sleep at least 6 hours each day - PJs by midnight!!
Drink more water - fill bottles in morning, set reminder on phone
Declutter - take two bags/boxes to charity weekly8 -
stats for the day:
rowing machine- 10min, 119ahr, 148mhr, 76aw, 1822meters= 89c
Apple Watch- 92c
other- chin-arm dip assist machine- 10.42min, 134ahr, 151mhr, 4sets of 10ea @70#, 1set of 10 @ 55# wj/jumping squats in between ea set= 118c
Apple Watch- 108c
other- incline rower, incline crunch machine, incline leg push- 5sets of 10eah, in btwn standing squats 1set of 10ea machine138mhr, - 123c
Apple Watch- forgot to turn on
floor exercises- 8.51min, 3sets of 10ea, 6 diff exercises, 104ahr, 142mhr= 62c
Apple Watch- 73c
total cal 3924 -
I can identify with the idea of a clean start since I just got my laptop back from getting fixed and replaced my dead Fitbit. I wasn't perfect with logging last week but hope now that I don't have to log everything with my phone I will improve. I did get back to my exercise routine and did step it up some with adding in some small walks. We weren't organized yet as to meal plans after our trip to pick up my daughter last month and we actually celebrated her birthday twice with Greek and Hawaiian food last week. Her birthday was at the end of May and we planned to celebrate once she got home.
I usually don't have any exercise planned on Sundays but my daughter wanted to get duck eggs to make jung (Chinese sticky rice steamed in tea leaves) so we went to the Farmer's Market in Ballard (Seattle) and there was a long walk from our car so even though we found the duck eggs right away we walked through most of the market. I guess I broke in my fitbit well for its 1st day.
I read through the pages so far to get to know you all but won't be able to keep that up for long when this thread gets longer. Hope the transition goes smoothly Machka. Love sister pictures. I have 2 older sisters. One lives in town the other in France but visits alot! I'm in my 60s too Valeri Rose. Thanks Barbie.
July resolutions:- get back into exercise routine and add in walks on the other days
- get back to eating healthy dinners at home while improving weekday breakfasts
- get back to logging every meal
- start to slowly lose weight again
- increase water intake
- do better at getting to sleep earlier during the week days (I like to read and can get carried away)
Keri in Seattle5 -
I watered my friend's yard this morning early as I was walking Sasha after Bessie went home. I took Sasha off the leash while I ran the sprinkler and watered the hanging plants. Suddenly I heard Sasha bark and turned expecting to see someone in the yard or next door. Instead, Sasha had seen her reflection in the garden mirror and was barking at herself.
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Valeri_Rose wrote: »Well I’m not in my 50’s I’m actually in my 60’s I know I know I don’t look it but TRUST me I am I was born June 7th, 1955. Some days I feel like I’m 30 other days I feel at least 90 lol. But I TRY and stay very active. I still Line dance twice a week, work in my garden, walk daily and chance my gran babies lol Remember ladies the older we get the harder it is to take off the weight. But you know.....IF I can do it with MS ANYONE can. And thanks Barbie this makes me want to start a group myself. How awesome this is ❤️
I hope you'll keep coming back. There is no upper limit on age on this thread. Since I lost weight, I feel younger than ever. I line dance twice a week and would do more if there were more classes in my town. I walk my dogs for about three hours a day, work in my yard, and ride my exercise bike while watching TV. I don't have any health challenges for which I am very grateful.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington5
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