WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2018
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This is not really about my goals except that I am trying to recognize my bad habits so that I can teach myself to break them. I am looking for friends who can help me along the way, keep me accountable without judging my many failures along the way.
Just one extra mouthful
I want to share a small victory (well it's pretty big for me).
There are so many bad habits that let us down, we think we are eating healthy and doing the right thing but those nasty little bad habits that have slowly crept in sabotage us without us even realizing it. Step one is to recognize them and then start changing them into good healthy habits.
Well last night after work I cooked dinner and did some cooking for the rest of the week - tick - healthy habit - planning food for the week so I don't just grab what is quick and easy. Fast forward a couple of hours and meals were cool enough to be cut and portioned into meal servings. But there was this bit that didn't quite fit into the container, it was an inch away from my mouth before I realized what I was doing, NOOOOOOOOO! But it smelt so good, I couldn't throw it out, it didn't fit, it's just a mouthful, it's good food not junk, NOOOOOOOO! I made it fit into the container!
How much do I put into my mouth without even thinking about it. Well now I'm trying to think about it and last night was the first step to breaking one bad habit and developing new good habits. It was actually very hard not to eat that last bit of food last night even after I had recognized what I was doing, I wasn't hungry, I just like food and it was good food and I really did want to eat it.
I am in control - Food will not control me!
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »
This my second cast. They put one on right after surgery and two weeks later when I went in for my first post op visit they took that one off, checked out my incision, then put another one on. My surgery was July 26th and I’ve had a cast on since then. I will get this cast off for good on the 5th. Then I’ll go into a “boot”. I’ll be able to walk in that and take it off when I need to. I’m hoping I will be able to take a shower then without a bag over my leg. I will then start pt. This has been a very long ordeal.3 -
Katla- I am excited for you and know you will have a wonderful visit.
Barbie- sorry you are in pain. The weatherman said tonight that the smoke may make it to North Texas tomorrow.
Welcome to the new ladies, hugs to those suffering and thanks for all the wise words.
SueBDew in TX2 -
coastalgosgal wrote: »Pip,I say, you have a lush lawn! Great grass makes happy dogs!💗
Rebecca
That is an old pic 😀0 -
Pip - tell me about your dogs. They are beautiful. Black lab and golden? I have a 6 month old chocolate. How big is your lab? We were in search of a normal lab - in our opinion 70 lbs. Maggie as 54 at 6 months.
But we love her to death. Just anxiously waiting to see how big she will get. 1 -
Karla - my daughter almost moved to Portland. She had job offers there and Denver and she opted for Denver! Enjoy the company!2
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The big guy is rocky, he was a therapy dog, won lots of titles, visited hospitals and schools and nursing homes with him. That is a young Floyd, the 3rd golden3 -
Rocky passed just short of his 11th bday. After him was bullwinkle. Named her that cuz the first was rocky. She is a darker colored one. Floyd is number 3, got him after Father's Day so we named him after kirbys dad. That's an older Floyd in the middle3 -
The idea was to get one every 4 years so they can learn from the older one. Last one is yogi. Our 1st non golden, we skipped a year when we got him.4 -
Yogi is 1/2 English 1/2 American lab. Has the face of an English but all the energy of an American. He is smaller, thank goodness in size that is. About 65 we guess
Bullwinkle is now 13, Floyd is now 9 and yogi is 45 -
bevsteg,being aware of what you are doing that strays from the path is the first step in changing those old behaviours. Congrats to you. 3 -
This is not really about my goals except that I am trying to recognize my bad habits so that I can teach myself to break them. I am looking for friends who can help me along the way, keep me accountable without judging my many failures along the way.
Just one extra mouthful
How much do I put into my mouth without even thinking about it. Well now I'm trying to think about it and last night was the first step to breaking one bad habit and developing new good habits. It was actually very hard not to eat that last bit of food last night even after I had recognized what I was doing, I wasn't hungry, I just like food and it was good food and I really did want to eat it.
I am in control - Food will not control me!
Yay for you!! I am a fan of the Organize Yourself Skinny blog and just today she sent an email about this same subject. It's the little things that derail us... mindless little bites that end up tipping the scale.3 -
bevsteg, its hard but you did it! A small victory! I have a journal, and things like are definitely logged in! I look at preparing meals, precooking, and measuring out, as tasks to re train how I think. I read a lot of positive quotes and have them about my world. Its a part of my reprogramming. Keeping my foods separate from my husband and son, keeps things simple.
Rebecca 💗
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Tomorrow cannot come soon enough for my OS's surgery. That dang medicinal pump is just about through the skin and started bleeding again tonight. Hoping we get to tomorrow without any infection setting in because that will prevent a new pump from being implanted.
Down another pound today!
Beth near Buffalo10 -
Learned today, when I fix my soups with rice, cabbage and sausages, I have to keep my other meals light. This nights dinner was cottage cheese, balsamic dressing, and pickled cucumbers. I really wanted another bowl of my soup, and changed things up to try to make it happen, but it put my carbs into the 60%, which wasn't good. I decided in the end, to just not have another bowl! Yeah me!
Had a visitor.👍
My eldest son's relaxing hobby of Lego building.
Crazy huh!?
These ships are over $200, but he so enjoys building👍.
Rebecca 💗
Whidbey island
Washington
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5 min hula hoop, held my plank for 3 minutes, then took the extreme pump class.
Lisa – you wear me out just reading all the traveling you do!
Kylia – how many trophies does that one make now?
I am so so tired right now. I know why. My sinuses were acting up so I took a Sudafed last night. Whenever I take a Sudafed I am awake all night. Since I didn’t get any sleep, that’s why I’m tired. My sinuses are starting to act up again, so better take it again.
Vince just told me that he logged into the Newcomer website and it looks like he has access to the entire website. Fortunately, he knows enough about computer programs (the website is in WordPress) not to do anything. But to me, this is scary. If that can happen to him, what’s to say that a member could get access and unknowingly mess up the website. To me, it’s messed up enough
Elizabeth in GA – Congrats on the weight loss. A good-looking trainer, what more can you ask for? Where are you getting the puppy? Can’t wait to see pictures.
Lenora – Jess has inseminated a cow. She said that was really scary. She wants to be a research vet, not a family vet.
Kelly – Vince is like your dh. He believes in a pill for everything. And I’m just the complete opposite, I want to take as few medications as possible. Some of them are absolutely necessary, I understand that.
Exercised, stopped at the Salvation Army, then Aldi, then home to put things away, then bowling, home for dinner, ceramics and mahjongg. Finally home
The girl at mahjongg is the person who gets the speakers for the Newcomer general meeting. There is a crawler on the top of the website. She’s usually very good about updating the crawler. Well, I noticed that it hadn’t been updated & she said it was because she couldn’t get in. Another gal told her that the webmaster did something and now the website is down.
I tell you, the president is really out of it. I saw the agenda for the board meeting, she has something on it about sponsoring a hole at the Toys for Tots golf tournament. We’ve done this for the past couple of years. This year she said it was $200, Vince just checked his register and last year we paid $100. She’s really out of it. And I suspect it’s not going to get any better. It’s coming up on a year since her husband died.
Good job langman!
Bevsteg – WOO HOO
Michele in NC
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@coastalgosgal How old is your Lego loving son? Mine is 16 and also loves Lego although is more into star wars and stuff. Definitely not crazy!
It is hard when you just 'want' that food!2 -
@coastalgosgal How old is your Lego loving son? Mine is 16 and also loves Lego although is more into star wars and stuff. Definitely not crazy!
It is hard when you just 'want' that food!
My son is 29! He's been in the Navy for 10 years, and has committed to 6 more. Then he has only 2 more years to fulfill his 20 years.👍 He's my gentle giant, and will be that uncle EVERYONE wants to visit!
More pics you can share with 16 yr old!
My son is into Star Wars ones too.
💗Rebecca
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The oriental Lego sets are Chinese Legos, but that's just cool in my book!
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coastalgosgal wrote: »@coastalgosgal How old is your Lego loving son? Mine is 16 and also loves Lego although is more into star wars and stuff. Definitely not crazy!
It is hard when you just 'want' that food!
My son is 29! He's been in the Navy for 10 years, and has committed to 6 more. Then he has only 2 more years to fulfill his 20 years.👍 He's my gentle giant, and will be that uncle EVERYONE wants to visit!
More pics you can share with 16 yr old!
My son is into Star Wars ones too.
💗Rebecca
Oh WOW Rebecca, That will definitely make him envious. He is constantly looking on eBay to buy more models to create. At only 16 my boy is my gentle giant too. He is 6'1" and is a big boy with his father's muscular frame. He is my muscles and helps me out so much but at the same time can't even move a dead mouse brought in by the cat 2 -
coastalgosgal wrote: »KetoneKaren wrote: »Wendy Agree with what others have said, short factual answers without embellishment and ask for a question to be repeated if you need to. And keep Esmerelda in your pocket for courage.
Rebecca Not sure the Pork your son is looking at online is any different than Hustler or Playboy stashed under the mattress. He's 20. It's normal.
Karen in VIrginia
While what you described sounds normal, what he is doing is paying actual money on a online viewing ladies in real time issue. Tipping them with money and they do things. At this time, he would not be able to afford a ticket to come see us at Christmas time.
Rebecca
Rebecca
Oh my...okay, so not the same as Hustler or Playboy stashed under the mattress...gosh, the internet is such a siren song.
Sorry.
Karen in Virginia1 -
Barbie pulling weeds doesn't sound like a good thing for your back injury? Sure hope Wednesday's appointment brings a plan for lasting relief.
Beth Likewise hoping all goes well Wednesday.
Wishing rest to Lisa, Allie, Machka and everyone who's exhausted, and comfort to Meg, Terry, Okie, Heather and everyone who's hurting or feeling sad or low.
Welcome bevsteg, let us know what you want to be called and roughly where youare.
Missing my motivation. Only meditated and did knee exercises once in the past eleven days, hmm, could be that's it.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
60 g protein 19/20, meditate 8/20, walk one more step 8/20, knee exercises 8/20, core 5/12, walk Tumble 10/12 times, SWSY 0/6, hang up or purge art 0/1, AF 14/20
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Katla - I'm so excited for you! I expect you will be exhausted by the time they leave!!!! Enjoy, enjoy!
I have yoga this morning after a two week break. I normally take the car as I have so much stuff to carry, so DH will have to shoulder his rucksack and walk down to the hall to pick up the car for cricket about half an hour later. I will ask a friend for a lift home.
This evening we are going out for dinner with his cricket friend and his wife. They usually stay at the hotel at the ground for the match (over four days), so we often are able to take a trip out with them to our other local pub. This one is further away, but they are driving.
Yesterday the main road through the village was shut, for some reason, so I hope they have re opened it today! Caused chaos.
It'll be nice, after mouldering away at home for the past three days, to get some face on and be sociable. I can get very down if I spend too much time isolated. I love alone time, but three days is a lot.
Love you ladies, Heather UK xxxxxxx2 -
I feel bad for my partner. 5 days ago, she was counseled at work for an alleged deficiency. The interim supervisor is not a very good manager and has poor communication skills. My partner thought she was carrying out something she was instructed to do by her supervisor, and posted something on an internal server that turned out to be an inappropriate venue for the information. The interim supervisor wrote her up for it.
Fortunately, the counseling memorandum was full of easily rebutted crapola. And fortunately, the supervisor also made the mistake of discussing the issue with my partner's coworkers at a meeting she wasn't present at, before my partner was even made aware of the problem. The rebuttal practically wrote itself. Just the facts, ma'am. It will be hard for anyone to take the disciplinary memo seriously with the rebuttal attached. And the best part is, the rebuttal goes to the interim supervisor's boss before it's filed.
My partner wasn't informed that she had the right to rebut the memo, or the right to have a witness present at her counseling meeting. Of course, she already knew she had those rights. There has been a fair amount of what Wendy refers to as "information withholding" during this whole fiasco.
My partner is stating as part of her rebuttal that she will communicate with the interim supervisor only in writing, via email, with a witness present, or with a recording device in the future. No more undocumented/unwitnessed meetings between the two of them, and no phone calls without a recording.
Karen in Virginia7 -
Hi Barbara and thank you for the welcome.
I live in Australia, yeah I know, the other side of the world. South east coast of NSW (Sapphire Coast) with beautiful beaches at my front door and native forests at my back door.
I am almost 51 with very bad arthritis in one knee so doing any exercise is just plain painful. I am a single mum to a wonderful 16yr old young man. I hate not being able to walk on the beach or go bush-walking to find beautiful waterfalls I just want my life back!
I've been to hell and back over the years. Including a toxic relationship for 18 years, my husband having heart failure then myself getting cancer and being told I had less than 10 years to live (that was 13 years ago and I've beaten it) my son was just 3 at the time, depression, severe sleep apenoa causing chronic fatigue and a job that I loved but where I was work place bullied constantly. (It's all just history now)
Finally as I was treated for the depression and sleep apenoa I was able to start rebuilding my life. My weight loss journey is my next step in the rebuilding process. I am happier now than I have been for many many years but how much better could it be if I loose this weight, I'm wanting to loose 35kg (nearly 80lb), reduce the stress and pain in my knee and be able to get out more. I know this is going to be hard as I am an emotional eater, I've tried to loose weight many times before but I,m hoping my mind is in the right place this time around and with support I will succeed.10 -
ps. I'm Bev2
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Lanette, you were right, I had to wait a looong time! But I did take your advice and avoided drinking anything beforehand, so at least I wasn't wetting myself. LOL. The day wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated. I am now no longer afraid of going to court. The judge looked just like Sean, the Head Demon in The Good Place. LOL. It turned out to be a reunion, of sorts. All of us who witnessed the accident and helped the people afterwards and met each other on the side of the road, were stuck in a little interview room (no windows, no wall pictures-like a narrow little cell) for three hours waiting to be called up. The young man who caused the accident had fired his lawyer and was representing himself, so he got to grill each of us separately! He asked me questions, the police attorney asked me questions and the judge himself asked me questions. I was able to answer without bursting into tears, which was the main thing I was afraid of. LOL. It was after one oclock before I was able to leave there. The young man was convicted guilty on all charges (dangerous driving mainly) and he got disqualified for six months from driving and has to do 80 hours of community work. This was a pretty good outcome.
So I took myself out to lunch, then went op shopping and found some nice little treasures. As I was driving home, God sent me the MOST BEAUTIFUL sunset to enjoy. I took a photo, which somewhat gives you the idea of the radiant glory that was projected across the sky, but the photo really doesn't do it justice:
Thanks to all of you for hanging out in my pocket and getting me through a stressful day, Wendy
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Hi Barbara and thank you for the welcome.
I live in Australia, yeah I know, the other side of the world. South east coast of NSW (Sapphire Coast) with beautiful beaches at my front door and native forests at my back door.
This side of the world ... just a bit north of me.
Machka in Oz
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Morning, all... One more day to stay in one place, working out of my hotel room in Fort Stockton, TX, all day today. I'll be leaving at 6 a.m. tomorrow, it's a race for the finish line from there, with meeting after meeting, and lots of driving in between. After nearly ten days of travel, am starting to adjust to it, I think.
Love y'all,
Lisa in Texas for one more day...6
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