WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2018
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Rori - Hiw much water do you cover the bones with to do bone broth? Do seasonings go in it? I’d love to make my own!
Sharon: This is the recipe I used today. https://www.platingsandpairings.com/the-best-instant-pot-bone-broth/
I know that KarenNY frequently makes bone broth, so she may have other suggestions.
Rori1 -
Hello again! Do nice to be here; thanks for the welcome!
Today I recalculated my macros. Monitoring them is the most helpful too I’ve learned from MFP.
Here are my calculations:
Basil Metabolic Rate (BMR): 996.5
Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE): 1195.8
Daily calories deficit: 10-25% of TDEE—I’m not doing this right now because I need to get my activity level up first. I set daily calories at 1200 for now. Lee’s than this is neither healthy or sustainable for me.
This week I’ve set these macro goals. I’ll give them a week and see what results I get.
Protein 25%
Fat 35%
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Oh, PS — my name is Judi and I live outside of Baltimore, MD.2
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Judi Welcome!
Lanette One of the beauties of home schooling is that home-schooled kids don't have to wait while other students finish their work. My grandson is intellectually capable of learning complex material, and he learns pretty quickly, despite some processing issues. He has significant difficulty staying on task, not rushing through, and avoiding careless mistakes, though. The only class he is really interested in is Civics. But we are already working a week ahead in a couple of classes, so if he needs or wants a day off for any reason, we will have a buffer. Tomorrow the brick & mortar schools are closing for weather, but that won't affect us. I love it. I am so excited it is working out. Grandson was back to his baseline fidget status today.
I am an INFP. My grandson hasn't taken the test, but I'm pretty sure he is an INTP. It would be fun to see how he tests out.
Penny I love your posts. Your words paint pictures.
Tracey Happy Birthday to you & your grandson!
Machka Snake in the toilet. No. Just No.
Janetr You go, Girl! You look smashing.
Heather You're coping. (((Hugs)))
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Wow, the flooding in the Carolinas already...
Karen in Virginia6 -
Killing time in library between chiro and line dancing, thought I’d try to catch up.
Sharon in WA It IS hard to get to the S. Oregon Coast, mixed blessing, uncrowded but a long way from Trader Joe’s
Lanette 15 mins to T’ai Chi, 20 to Line Dancing, but then I’m a slow poke. It takes 5 minutes to get from our house out the lane to the paved street and down it to the highway. From there its only 5 miles to the 35 mph speed limit at town border. Not something I could walk (much less run) due the elevation dips and gains, we’re in the hills above the sea.
Tracy/Snowflake “calling for snow” already? :noway:
Margaret glad you took care of yourself, wish the woman next to you had the good sense to STAY HOME!
Elizabeth weekend meal prep is a plan to succeed. Well done!
Evelyn would sleep socks help?
NYKaren what a gift of listening you gave your friend. Know how hard that can be.
Rebecca LOVED the “diet wagon” meme.
Janetr had similar thought about the brooch… perhaps Rebecca could pin it in her hair?
Lisa pull up your big girl panties and ask airline for the doggoned scooter. Spare your knee for what you MUST use it for. End of finger shaking lecture. ;}
Vickie Con VERY grats on 4 pop-free days. You’re right, that was a LOT of pop!
Barbie so glad to hear you’re able to drive and walk dogs a bit without endangering the healing of your back. Hope Jake’s eye appointment went well.
Rita Lanette beat me to the punch about your hubby pics.
Sharon “… I hate cancer…” ditto, but my friend taught me to say “I hate that %@$&ing cancer”. String of pearls for the well-dressed nudist, LOL!
Karen in VA that LENS treatment seems to have some pretty rough side effects. What a blessing he has GrammaSchool.
Jazzypdx con VERY grats on the 5K and NSV jeans and tops!
Welcome Wendy. Would you let us know your general location, to help us keep you straight in our minds? Are there any chair exercises your Dr. can recommend? Moving, even a little, will help.
Time to scoot off to line dancing.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara the S. OR coastie
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Happy birthday, Tracey!1
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sorry too tired and lazy to write up my stats since the ride.
total cal burned 625. working ot today, tomorrow and all next week, will b going in 1 hr earlier.6 -
Barbara S Oregon, I tried putting on socks and a tee shirt, but I think it was too little too late. Fortunately that doesn't happen too often anymore. There was a time when I went to bed with a hot water bottle every night!
Penny, oh my, such scenery!! Mmmmmm for the raspberries and new potatoes!
Karen in VA, so happy for you and your grandson. After reading about his b***h of a teacher last year..... Must be such a huge relief for everyone concerned that he is now having a positive learning experience.
Day four is done, feeling much better than yesterday, more energy, still tired, hoping for a decent night's sleep tonight! Lunch and snacks all ready for work tomorrow, just need to get my stuff ready for the gym. Hopefully I will get my rear out the door early enough to get in a good workout!
That's it for me for tonite, hugs for those who need them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to the newbies!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island6 -
I bought three new pairs of jeans online today. I found out that the last time I bought any was in 2015 so I guess I'm due. I rarely buy clothes and love wearing the same things over and over. I never have to think about what to wear and it frees my mind for more important things. When the new pants arrives, I'll throw away the three oldest and shabbiest ones. The podcasts I listen to are "Spilled Milk", "Happier with Gretchen Rubin", "10% Happier with Dan Harris". "The Sporkful", and "And Eat it Too". I rotate among them. When I walked for hours, I listened while I walked. Now I listen while I lie in bed and knit.Tracey, Happy Birthday.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington 6 -
Did an Advanced Strength DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to go to the water aerobics class. Then going to the Salvation Army to make a donation.
I’m supposed to volunteer at the Green Room then I need to stop at Food Lion since Vince is almost out of milk. Guess they’ll have some. If not….oh well. Then he wants to bring in the things from around the pool (umbrellas, ceramics, chairs, etc). They’re supposed to have this stitching at ACMoore tonight, I’ll go if there’s time. The more important thing is to get things inside. Update: Got the milk, they had quite a bit. By the time we took the dog to animal control (see below), had dinner, it was almost 7 and the stitching was from 6 to 8.
Before I go to the Green Room I need to stop at the soup kitchen and then go see Lynette. Update: They were doing something to the road so it was closed. I had to circle waaaaayyyyy around to get to the soup kitchen. I met a woman who used to be in the water aerobics class.
Janetr – I’m sure more than SOME of your ornaments will sell. They are all so beautiful. Congrats on the wonderful loss
For some reason, I couldn’t sleep last night so I went into Shadow’s room. I took my phone with me just in case I fell asleep. It’s a good thing because I did fall asleep. For some reason the alarm went off at 5 so I just went into our bed and slept some more
Allie – glad to hear things are moving with the house
M – (((HUG))). If I EVER saw that in my toilet bowl, I honestly don’t know what I’d do after I screamed bloody murder
Judy – welcome. This is a great place for support
Brought in everything from outside by the pool, put my ceramics up. Vince had to buy two new shelves to accommodate my newer ceramics. Don’t know what we’ll do next year. He’ll think of something, I’m sure. This dog came by and stayed in our backyard. He had a collar on him with his owner’s name and phone number. We called a few times – went to voice mail each time. Vince texted him – no answer. We finally had to take the dog to animal control because we aren’t able to take care of a dog. And with the hurricane, we didn’t want to leave him outside. He was a very good dog. He must have been older, I think maybe he had arthritis in his legs because he didn’t want to walk up the steps from the backyard, I had to carry him. Also, he didn’t want to jump into the car, I had to pick him up. I feel bad that we took him to animal control, but I know that he’s safe. I do hope the owner claims him. Every kitten Vince saw he wanted to take home. When we were in St. Kitts there were some cats that came around the hotel, so he had to go to the store and buy cat food to feed them!
Sharon – Loki doesn’t seem to be in any sort of pain. He just seems to get something in him.
It’s really nice (but humid) weather here so I did a load of laundry and ran the dishwasher. Not that it really needed to be run, but by the time it’d get full, I’m afraid we’re going to get the rain. So I wanted to do it so hopefully the ground won’t get real saturated.
Tracy in Edmonton – happy birthday. A snowman sounds really special
Penny – today they were talking about your town on the radio. I couldn’t help thinking of you. Is it really true that people walk around wearing a shotgun because of all the bears? Is it true that when you go to a store or someplace, they have a locker for you to put your gun in? But they did talk about how beautiful your city was. They talked about how ships go there and I thought of Heather.
SuebDew – we are very far inland. They are calling for some rain but spread out over a few days, so it won’t be that bad. The last time this area had a hurricane was Hurricane Hugo – 30 years ago. Vince wanted to have the generator accessible. I honestly don’t think we’re going to need it, but it makes him happy to have it so I helped get it out. If we do need it, the heck with a/c – hope to be able to have Internet The only preparation I’ve made is I bought some spaghetti squash and butternut squash to roast. Oh, and today we brought in the furniture, ceramics, etc. from the outside. Vince used bungee cords around some of the chairs.
Kate UK – welcome back!
Michele in NC
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I am an INTJ personality type (tested in my 20’s) and the descriptions of that personality type are usually dead on. What I just learned after following up on some of the discussion here (“door slam” was a fascinating descriptive way to describe such behavior for instance) is that it is exceedingly rare for a woman to have an INTJ personality type.
I thought this was very interesting and quite true:The INTJ personality type is rare, making up only 2-4 percent of the population. But the INTJ female is thought to be even rarer, comprising only 0.5 to 1 percent of the population. With INFJ males estimated to also be around 0.5 to 1 percent (depending on the source), INTJ females are either one of the rarest or possibly even the rarest gender/type combination.
As a result, INTJ females tend to be different from other women. We can come across as intimidating, mysterious, and strange (even to fellow INTJs). We don’t fit the standards of stereotypical femininity, and we hate being pigeonholed.
I am commonly described as intimidating and/or self contained. Little do people realize or believe my behavior is probably just I am very wary and reserved because I’m always afraid everyone will realize “I’m doing it wrong”
But I do it right for Kidd Kirby! (Interesting reading on how good pets can be for the introverted out there, btw.)
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Rye - I ended up with the same - INTJ-T, Architect. Weird. But pretty much dead on, all the way through. I, too, have been told I'm intimidating.
Thanks to all for the knee lectures, I appreciate the kick in the pants on taking care of myself first... and will try to follow it tomorrow. I can take my time between flights tomorrow, long layover, which has its benefits.
Long day today, but got together with my "tribe," for dinner--five of us who enjoy each other's company in and out of work, and aren't afraid to say so. Lovely fun, and many belly laughs. Something I do miss as someone who works remotely most of the time, but not sure I could bear working in an office anymore. The "I" part of that INTJ is coming more and more to the fore of late.
Love y'all,
Lisa in El Paso tonight, Arkansas tomorrow and Saturday, back to El Paso Sunday. *sigh*7 -
Lisa That is interesting. I was discussing the “intimidating” thing with my DH yesterday - he says he’d love it, but agrees with females it is pretty much not said in a complimentary way. For me, reading about other INTJ types that are female has been great. Reading that others strugggle with feeling out of place with other women, and generally out of step with societal expectations, and being judged as combative when intending to be a helpful problem solver, being called rude when trying to be gently honest ... well just knowing that I’m not just a lone oddball but have good company in these things helps!
The “I” part is particularly strong with me if I have to face more than one woman at a time. Women in one on one settings, or men, singly or in groups are usually situations where I’m ok - But social situations calling for me to be with more than one woman at a time are exhausting and confusing to me,I generally choose to sit on the sidelines in these if I can.
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Up in the mid of night - hot flashy and unable to get back to sleep. I decided not to lie in bed suffering through this like I have the past few nights ( futilely) but climbed on the Exercycle, and opened tablet and wrote this. Hoping the activity will reset me and I might be able to sleep afterwards. If not, well at least I’ll have something to show for it! LOL
Rye
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Yes, it's mostly true, Michele. We don't usually walk around with shotguns in the center of town, but a 10-minute walk can put me outside my comfort zone. The grocery store has two weapons safes near the entrance. Same thing at the town office, the church (!), and most of the hotels. In the building that houses the post office and the bank, weapons are totally prohibited, so no weapons safes there.Penny – today they were talking about your town on the radio. I couldn’t help thinking of you. Is it really true that people walk around wearing a shotgun because of all the bears? Is it true that when you go to a store or someplace, they have a locker for you to put your gun in? But they did talk about how beautiful your city was. They talked about how ships go there and I thought of Heather.
Polar bears actually restrict my jogging! It's safe enough in town, but even there I avoid long stretches of road where there are no houses - especially in the winter when it's dark 24/7. The town lies on either side of a shallow river in a narrow valley going north-south and spreads out east-west along the fjord at the valley's north end. The polar bear "safe zone" is shaped like a T where the two strokes of the T are 2 miles long and 1/4 mile wide. That gives us a humongous safe zone of about one square mile.
Lately, the road west of the river at the south end of the T has been closed because of the risk of rockslides, one of the four bridges across the river has been closed indefinitely because it was being washed away, and three polar bears have been sighted in the eastern arm of the T. So I run in tight little laps. Still, it's better than running on a treadmill.
That's one reason I so greatly enjoy running when I'm here in north Norway. We live at the end of a gravel road with very little traffic. (It's the road you could see in yesterday's photo.) There are convenient distance markers every half kilometer. Although I have seen otters occasionally, the most dangerous animal I'm likely to meet is a sheep. There's no way to run a loop - the topography forces me to run out and back again - but the view is so different going east and west that it never gets boring. And YES, there's a VIEW! Running in a forest or a city (or on Heather's lovely lane ), the view is often restricted to whatever is close to your path.
If you'll forgive me for bragging
I'd like to show how my oxygen uptake stats have evolved since I got serious about running back in June.
The main reason I'm sharing is to prove that even a little old lady like me can improve her fitness. That's what I've always found to encouraging about this thread. Others' successes show that it isn't too late!
/Penny at the
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Penny inspiring!
Bone broth/Stock: I have an instant pot and use it to make really delicious stock/broth. I put in chicken bones, an onion, garlic, large carrots and celery as well as herbs that I like (sometimes rosemary, most often thyme) salt and pepper then add water to the max line. 30 minutes later voila! Super delightful, very rich broth. I'm told to up the veggies and takeaway the chicken carcass and it makes an equally rich veggie stock.
Super busy times at work, now that I'm in front of the students, I am happy! It is a privilege to work with them, administrators, not so much
but fortunatley, the admin. kind of ignore me so I do feel like I still have some autonomy.
Love the Meyers-Brigg personality talk, as an introvert that has an extroverted job, I do need to decompress regularly to recharge.
Have a safe and healthy Friday everyone, NYKAREN4 -
Charlotte sheltering in place under the eaves outside sliding door to the deck:
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I'm INTJ too.
Funny how many of us are on this thread. A self selecting sample I think. I've got -A/-T next to it. I've forgotten what that means. Anyone know?
I'm not sure if I'm entirely convinced about it, but one thing the test did for me is make me less judgemental about my life choices. I'm more forgiving of myself in my eccentricities. One thing I love about myself is my intuition.
I'm married to an INFJ, which is great, because if there is an especially diplomatic conversation needed with someone, he is much better at it than I am. I do have to be very careful of his feelings though.
Still haven't heard anything. But I was very proud of myself today when I managed to go back to sleep at 5.45. I woke up with an anxious feeling, but managed to work my way through it and meditated my way back to sleep. Woke up at 7.20.
Having easy fish soup for dinner. I may have a bath this afternoon, a rare treat. My feet need a bit of scrubbing to get back to baby softness.
I'm going up to London on Monday to sit with my friend during chemo. Haven't seen her for a while. I won't actually get there until she is about to be hooked up, because of train times, but I will spend the rest of the day with her. I'm amazed that she is still battling on.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx4 -
Lisa That is interesting. I was discussing the “intimidating” thing with my DH yesterday - he says he’d love it, but agrees with females it is pretty much not said in a complimentary way. For me, reading about other INTJ types that are female has been great. Reading that others struggle with feeling out of place with other women, and generally out of step with societal expectations, and being judged as combative when intending to be a helpful problem solver, being called rude when trying to be gently honest ... well just knowing that I’m not just a lone oddball but have good company in these things helps!
The “I” part is particularly strong with me if I have to face more than one woman at a time. Women in one on one settings, or men, singly or in groups are usually situations where I’m ok - But social situations calling for me to be with more than one woman at a time are exhausting and confusing to me,I generally choose to sit on the sidelines in these if I can....
Rye
Rye - yes! I felt out of place with most other women throughout most of my life. Until I was up into my 50s, honestly. This job (thank you, Rori), and possibly this thread, in the last four years, has been really instrumental in helping me to reach out to other women, become comfortable with them, find value in them and my time with them, and be able to be comfortable in groups of them. It may be that it's the women that are drawn to working with the Girl Scouts, as somewhat of a similar, if indefinable, type. And, again, in this thread, it may be that it's those of us who stay with this thread year after year are a similar type.
Or it may be that whatever pulled me away from the company of women changed in me.
And my honesty has gotten me in trouble more than once. And, oddly enough, out of trouble on other occasions, so it all seems to balance out.
Heather - Maybe we do self-select! Nice to have other INTJs out there, since we're apparently unique.
And yes, I have my doubts about almost any "personality" lumping of people. But then, I would, with that "J" on there, wouldn't I!
Lisa - on the road momentarily...3 -
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Did the test and I'm ISFJ-A Apparently a DEFENDER, yes quite spooky how accurate it is.
Kate UK 1
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