WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2018
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Sharon in the Seattle area, well if you ever come for a visit, tell me! We can meet for lunch or something👍
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Katla, one year in your fine little town💗👍.
We had a great time!
Rebecca 💗4 -
Old pic of middle and youngest son before they went out. So cute!
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Evening ladies
Back from my friend Bev's and enjoyed the afternoon ,got alot acommplished..
Now in bed watching TV.2 -
Hello all: Drizzly day here. Went to church and then came home. Have been watching Midsommer Murders which some of you recommended. DD and I are really enjoying it.
Karen in VA - our bored horses have taken gutter off the barn, chewed on doorways and often dump the water tank. We have gotten them a ball which they ignored, tried a hanging toy in the barn, same thing and even found one of those chickens. Do you think our horses would play with it? No way. My new horse likes to pace the fence line and tear around tearing up the grass as he does. There is grass in the pasture and you would think they would stand and eat but not Bandit.
Everyone have a great Sunday, Sue in WA4 -
Did Fit Body Yoga DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do some hula hooping, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.
Sharon – I highly doubt any of the cats will claw up the screen. I’ve never seen one of our cats climb the screen on the screened-in porch and I honestly don’t think Shadow will. She’s too old. All our cats and Shadow have been declawed. We promised the Humane Society that we wouldn’t --- but we did.
I’m REALLY not looking forward to DST at all. Jess doesn’t change the time so we’ll be ahead of her.
Rebecca – loved those “treats”. Put a real smile on my face
As far as Halloween candy – I found these two large bags in WalMart that had been marked down plus I had my coupon, so I grabbed them. Of course, they are Mars candy. They aren’t the snack size, I think they’re smaller. But at this price, I wasn’t about to pass this up.
Trimmed all the cats nails. Colby got Jess used to getting a pic every day of Shadow so we took one of her getting her nails trimmed. Vacuumed her room and took a pic of her hiding from the vacuum to send tomorrow. Mondays are our busy days what with exercise, shopping, bowling, ceramics and mahjongg.
Michele in NC
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I had a riding lesson today with my long time instructor. It seems that I've gotten sloppy, & she thinks it is time I improve. I may be able to have more regular lessons in the future, about every other week. Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out well.4
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Totally forgot to tell you that I made stuffed apples for a gal at mahjongg whose birthday is next week. Also went in the pool. Here it is October and the water is still in the 80's. Now this I can live with!
Michele in NC
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Drizzly today. Dog walking in the morning followed by a nap, lunch, TV, another nap, more dog walking, and now more TV watching. Who could ask for anything more.2
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Karen, I happened on the decluttering book when the kindle version was on sale for 99 cents. What I like about that particular one is how it works no matter how little time you have and you can see immediate results in just 5 minutes.
I finished I Will Never Leave You, thank goodness! Just for kicks I went to Amazon and read the reviews. I didn’t bother before since the book was free. Almost every single reviewer said the same thing I did.
I have been pretty faithful to my food boundaries all week, have walked 6 out of 7 days and went to the gym for wt training 3 times, so far, October has been a much better month for me.
Take care, my friends....5 -
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Most people can't relate to the mechanics of decluttering until they have a reason for wanting to do so. It helped me when I moved to a new house, to notice how much stuff I had and realize that I didn't make use of a lot of it. For other people, the frustration of not being able to find things is what gets them going. It's a lot like the decision to lose weight--it didn't help me read about how to do it, until I was convinced that losing weight was what I wanted and needed.
Allie, I agree with you that having a strong spiritual program and belief is the best answer to dealing with fear and worry. Great idea about learning more about managing your finances.
Barbie
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Hi Gals,
Driving – I have a car and living where I do I could not be with out it; I both love to drive and love to take public transport….
Karen in VA – you are doing an amazing job – I am so amazed that parents don’t listen, and give excuses like because I said so… my mom did that and it made me crazy mad.
Machka – I do these mental happy dances everytime you put your foot down and advocate for DH, and everytime he hits a new milestone!
Karen in VA – love cousin it…. And the flowers are gorgeous as is the vase!
It’s been a tough bit here, I have way tons of embroidery work, which is good and bad, I can’t seem to find time for just me, but then am so needing down time that I let myself get distracted and don’t accomplish as much as I should. A good part of today there were 2 wildlands fires one about 20 miles away and the other about 40 miles away but with the wind direction our area was completely smoke and ash filled. I am fighting a headache, but there is no way to get away from it as I don’t have air conditioning. Oh well, the fires are out/in mop up so tomorrow will be better.
Smiles
Kim from N. California
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Hi Gals,
.......It’s been a tough bit here, I have way tons of embroidery work, which is good and bad, I can’t seem to find time for just me, but then am so needing down time that I let myself get distracted and don’t accomplish as much as I should. A good part of today there were 2 wildlands fires one about 20 miles away and the other about 40 miles away but with the wind direction our area was completely smoke and ash filled. I am fighting a headache, but there is no way to get away from it as I don’t have air conditioning. Oh well, the fires are out/in mop up so tomorrow will be better.
Smiles
Kim from N. California
I am so sorry about the smoke & fires in your area. It must be miserable for people & pets. We had had some fall rain. I hope you get enough rain to make things better.
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Kim I have a cousin in Healdsburg, and she periodically posts some amazing pictures of eerily lovely sunrises & sunsets through the smoky haze. I am sorry you have to deal with fires. Stressful. You work so hard, with your 2 fulltime jobs. I am not surprised you don't have much "me" time. I hope you can carve some out. I definitely need down time to recharge my engines. Thanks for the kind words about home schooling, Cousin It, and our flowers.
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Hello, I am new to this group, but not to FitnessPal. I have had some success with this system but gain back, or give up. Have done WW, Jenny, and in my 20s NutraSystem or whatever that horrible liquid dangerous diet was. Since age 40 I have gained at least 50 lbs. I am now 65. I used to run or jog 10Ks throughout my 20s, even pregnant at age 32. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to lose now although self-esteem has been an issue. Hitting 60 made me want to just give up on myself. All this said, I want to walk a fast 10 K again if possible by next June. Weather has been horrible all summer in my area with constant rain, heat and humidity. But I do get out and walk sometimes up to 2.5 miles, but not enough days in the week, and have rarely been able to eat sensibly AND exercise during a long period of time. Exercise ups appetite or stress from work or life always seem to get in the way with healthy habits and I just throw in the towel, or I hit a plateau and give up. It is getting critical now though I do something to get this under control for overall health's sake. Looking for advice from older women on all topics really. Anyone jog or walk fast out there, any advice for starting up again and planning ahead?7
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I’m REALLY not looking forward to DST at all. Jess doesn’t change the time so we’ll be ahead of her.
You've got roughly 6 months to go before DST happens.
Are you not an evening person?
I LOVE DST because the daylight hours are shifted to give us light during the evening so we can do things like walk, cycle, etc.
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All this said, I want to walk a fast 10 K again if possible by next June. ... Anyone jog or walk fast out there, any advice for starting up again and planning ahead?
I ran when I was a teenager and into my early 20s.
Then I stopped running altogether and switched my focus to cycling and walking.
Last November, I started running again, and ran a 10K event in mid-January. I've been running on and off ever since. In late September, I did a 5K event, and if there were another 10K event in November, I'd do it ... but I can't seem to find one on the schedule yet.
I still cycle and walk quite a bit ... I hit 1000 km of walking in 2018 this past weekend. Most of it is utility walking. I prefer not to drive so I walk everywhere!!
Machka in Oz
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mcbec. Welcome. Keep checking in, log every bite and move a bit every day. This is a life change and starts with observing, making better choices, etc. you didn’t get to this weight overnight and it’s going to take conviction and focus to turn it around. Keep reading here as well, there are many folks that with exercise and logging their portions and choices have become active healthy individuals.
Tell us where you’re from and what you like to be called.
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Morning, all,
mcbec, welcome. There ARE fast walkers here, or slow runners, or however you'd like to term it, and lots of women of your age, and younger and older, who've been very successful, and others who are trying to turn around the progress of their weight, just like you are. Come back, stay, you'll find advice on anything you're willing to ask a question about, and you may find someone's asked the question first. We're glad you're here. Make sure you bookmark this thread so you can find us again!
Busy weekend working on the house, which was good, because the drama at work-work has escalated. Would elaborate, but the drama purveyor is stalking my Facebook and Linked In, so I'm just staying mum online, even here. Should be addressed this week, hopefully to the satisfaction of all concerned, but I'm doubtful on that. Hopefully I'm wrong, but we'll see what happens, and sorry to be vague. We've talked before here about letting someone rent space in your head, and that's where it stands for me at the moment.
But for now, will get the blog(s) put up before work, will get my work done, and will hope cooler heads than mine will prevail.
Love y'all,
Lisa in Arkansas6
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