WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR NOVEMBER 2018

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  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    margaretturk wrote: »

    DH lost in the election. He decided to run for one of our house position in our state. I did not say much about this because I too try to keep politics out of this site.

    Margaret -- I'm sorry for your husband's loss. Without getting too political, how was the experience running, from your perspective?

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited November 2018
    Machka: I wonder what tipped the apple cart over here on MFP. I’m glad I can record my food and find my friends. Right now that is the most important part of it all for me. :star:

    Janet: What a wonderful birthday card from Callie. WOW!!! Happy Birthday! :heart:

    KJ: Oregon is a vote by mail state & we turned in our ballots last week. They’ll count them all after polls close. There seems to be lots of crackpots running for office this year. :ohwell: There are also some very good people. :flowerforyou:

    Lisa: I love this quotation, “Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish." It is a gift and you may see me post it now and then. Thank you! :heart:

    Heather: You sound all cozied in at your new place, even though you likely still have things to do to get settled in. I love hot soup on a dark & rainy evening. :bigsmile: (We also have too much stuff.) :ohwell:


    Yesterday DH & I went clothes shopping for me and for him. I got two new pairs of jeans and two new tops. He got a new pair of pants. We were lucky to find things we liked at sale prices. :star: We also bought a pair of drapery pullers for the RV. It will make closing the front curtains at night and opening them in the morning much easier. Yay! Regarding the election, I was able to find the city, county & state races on the internet last night and all of my candidates & ballot measures were successful. I’m happy with the outcome.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    Today I am grateful for this site, and also for election results that I like.
  • efricke1
    efricke1 Posts: 42 Member
    Whew, finally caught up.
    Re: voting. The big one in GA was the governor's race. Very contentious becasue one of the candidates is also Secretary of State and supervises elections...conflict of interest??!!! His opponent, who would be the first African American governor in GA hasn't conceded yet and I tend to agree with her.

    Love the daily gratitude:
    Smell: The ocean
    Technology: Skype
    Color: British racing green or light pink (big range there!)
    Food: All of them :) Breads/pastries/desserts
    Sound: Silence
    Nature: I love the desert
    Memory: Meeting my husband

    Short Bio for the newbies: I'm 54, married (for 3.5 years-so, newlyweds) and have lived in Decatur, GA for 22+ years. University administrator for 21 years. We have 2 cats and a 4.5 month old corgi puppyy41nrwdoqnxe.jpg PIc is of him at 10 weeks and 18 weeks. Handsome fella holding him is my DH. My weight inched up as I aged. Many attempts at losing weight/getting fit failed. The only thing that has worked is MFP. I swore I would never count calories and it turns out that was key :smiley: I work out with a personal trainer two times a week and get to the gym at least 3 other times a week. WHile I'd still like to lose another 10 pounds, I'm being practical and will work on maintaining during the holidays.

    ElizabethGA
  • mjschmitzmojo
    mjschmitzmojo Posts: 22 Member
    Happy Wednesday - Got in a great 4 mile interval workout last night before dark. Felt awesome, logged all of my calories for the day and stayed within my boundaries.
    Cleaned out the closet looking for clothes to wear to work, loaded 4 garbage bags of clothes to big, no more size 16 or 14. Staying at 10 or 12 and I am glad I saved clothes, it is like having a whole new wardrobe pulling out the clothes I haven't worn for a few years.
    Stuck at my 37lb loss the last 2 weeks. 3 more lbs to hit my goal, but would like to maybe lose 10 more after that.

    Welcome to the newbies Tanya, Paige, and Cheryl (as for the fitbit I have the Ionic and I love it, my sons gave it to me for my birthday since my other one stopped working after 3 years) Great place for words of encouragement.

    Barb - Good luck with the remodeling will look awesome when it's completed, it the process of getting there that is nerve racking. Hope your hubby feels better.

    Elizabeth - your Corgi is adorable

    Margaret - sorry your hubby lost

    Heather - hope your hubby gets better, I am sure the rainy weather doesn't help much. Give him lost of TLC!!

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    Thank you everyone for sharing your stories it is awesome knowing others are in the same situation struggling with weight gains. Going to try to get another 4 miles in tonight after work.

    Jo - Windy City Chgo
  • reneinitaly7
    reneinitaly7 Posts: 15 Member
    Cheryl in Florida - I too, at least as far back as I can remember have been in some sort of weight loss/ gain mode, .. I did weight watchers for like forever. I too am 62, and I am just beginning to wean my way away from WW . I did well with them when I was younger, but at this point I would really like to get away from Good/Bad foods, and learn how to balance. One day at a t time :smile:
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,280 Member
    Yyyuuyy
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Gratitude:
    Smell: I can not smell these days, strange. I can smell coffee though.💗
    Technology: I do not own a cell phone, and I still love answering our 1957 black rotary phone!
    Color: lime green, or a coastal blue green.
    Food: Mexican food
    Sound: my son's laughter, (Its a heehaw kind of snorting).
    Nature: a quiet sunny beach, and a rainy blustery day!
    Memory: I have to ponder this one!
  • bwcetc
    bwcetc Posts: 2,827 Member
    Memory ... I am very grateful that I have so many beautiful memories ... while some are very sad, even traumatic, they are balanced by many filled with laughter and love. This time of the year, I'm always thinking about my paternal grandmother. She was a wonderful cook and she always tasked me with helping her stuff the Thanksgiving turkey. It's been 25 years since she passed, but I can hear her voice as plain as day as we prepared "poor old Tom Turkey."

    Beth near Buffalo where it is very windy and the weathermen are predicting snow...

  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,208 Member
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Barbie- I love the simplicity of your life! I know you meditate regularly; do you think the simplicity is due to the meditation or were you always a "less is more" type of person? <3

    :) Most of my life has been an odd combination of "pack rat" and "less is more". I was raised by parents who grew up during the depression and taught me "use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" so I kept and reused many things and had difficulty letting things go. My father taught me that "the way to save money was to not spend it". Little by little I have found ways to do well with less but not to an extreme. I didn't start meditating in earnest until I read "10% Happier" a few years ago. I learned more about how my life would be better with less by listening to podcasts from "The Minimalists". Daily gratitude practices have contributed to my feeling of well being with what I have and that what I have is enough.

    <3 Barbie
  • paigern82
    paigern82 Posts: 30 Member
    Elizabeth - I am in GA as well - in Dawsonville! And teach at UNG! Small world - and your corgi is ADORABLE!

    Thank you all for the welcomes
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,663 Member
    B)
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,099 Member
    Paige- I am a 58 yr old orphan and this is a year of firsts for my brother and I ,our dad died in January so this will be a hard holiday season..
    But I will remember all the wonderful memories that we made over the years....
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,053 Member
    edited November 2018
    Good grief! 200+ posts. I will skim over them, lol!

    Gratitude diary:
    5) Sound - the sound of hubby snoring in the middle of the night. Very reassuring
    6) In Nature - walking along the coastline which is just a mile from my home.
    7) Memory - nursing my 11 day old granddaughter at 6 am on her first Christmas morning.
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    paigern82 wrote: »
    Elizabeth - I am in GA as well - in Dawsonville! And teach at UNG! Small world - and your corgi is ADORABLE!

    Thank you all for the welcomes

    Retired now, but have taught at UGA and Piedmont, Athens Campus. I live in Jefferson. Peach Carol is also a retired teacher from Georgia.

    Will our hot mess of an election ever be over? I just hope that whatever the outcome, the winner remembers how close the election was and governs for the best of all of us.

  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    edited November 2018
    Did Denise Austin’s Boot Camp DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jari Love’s Ripped and Chiseled DVD.

    Vince was playing with the laser pointer with Clyde and out from behind the couch comes Shadow! We have no idea how she got there. You could see she was somewhat conflicted. She wanted to be in the living room yet that meant that she would have to be with the other cats. Everyone watched everyone else. Hopefully, she’ll eventually get to the point where she tolerates our cats.

    Steve left. I know that he’d like for us to stay at his house, but there’s really no reason now for us to go up that far. Denise is in DE at the very southern tip of the state.

    Barbie – good to hear that you’re back on the bike!

    Denise called yesterday. She went for a genetic testing and there isn’t a problem. I don’t remember ever going for genetic testing…but then again medicine has changed. She got a picture of her sonogram. The MD THINKS that it’s a girl. But I told her that even if the doctor says it’s a girl, you can never be 100% sure until you deliver. Vince didn’t know it, but at times they do make a mistake.

    Lisa – I’m sorry about your mother. How old were you?

    Jo – great getting rid of those clothes. Feels good, huh?

    Paige – while we were at ceramics tonight, we were listening to TSO’s Christmas songs. I’m so sorry about your parents

    Cindy – welcome! Great loss, by coming here you’ll keep it up

    Michele in NC
  • perris6966
    perris6966 Posts: 2 Member
    Ahh good luck 👍
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    edited November 2018
    NYKaren - What a dream!i felt twinges of my own as I read your description! I hope you get some real-life hugs today! My memory of my second child, who was born after her dad was allowed in the labor room (Not delivery, though.), when they laid her on my chest to rest while the doctor took care of other business, was very special indeed. We knew each other from the start.

    Lanette, I have severe osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, and there does seem to be a sugar connection. However, my rheumatologist identified the worst culprit - interrupted sleep. He claimed we don’t wake up because we hurt…we hurt because we wake up. I now take a very mild sleeping medicine and my pain is down to less than half most days.

    Katla! Whine away! We can always scroll down! 😉

    Barbara, AHMOD, cougars? You must live further into the “wild ‘n woolies” than I’d envisioned. I’m on a mountain in the middle of a state forest and my neighbors have only seen one once in 20 years we’ve been here. Whoo!

    Beth near Buffalo - Oh no! Although I DO hate walking on eggshells, I’m always afraid I’ll be the first to dent a new(ish) car. Better them than me!

    Oh dear, Jo! Sounds like an ill wind!

    I have a song chorus running in my head! It goes, “Scatterin’ lime on the septic tank! Scatterin’ lime on the septic tank! Scatterin’ lime on the Septic Tank! To make it all grow green, Oh!” Don’t ask where that came from, just pick your own tune and sing along. A great song for scrubbing the toilet.

  • SarahKratos
    SarahKratos Posts: 58 Member
    I have very negative childhood memories but I have fond memories of watching my children learn how to play hockey at the early age of three. They could hardly skate and when they lifted their stick to hit the puck they would tip over like dominos. It was funny to watch as most all of them would be scrambling to get back up off of the ice :o:)

    Sarah
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    My sister-in-law posted this and I thought it was good ...

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    So ...

    Nov 1 - my roses. :)
    Nov 2 - social media and staying connected with family and friends.
    Nov 3 - blue. The blue of the mouth of the river/bay/start of the ocean out my window. The blue of the sky. My new blue sleeping top that was nice and comfy last night.
    Nov 4 - food ... cheese. I ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches when my husband was in hospital. They were my comfort food. Also cheese has calcium which I think I need. Unfortunately, cheese does tend to be a bit high in calories so I shouldn't eat too much of it. But anything cheese-y is comforting. :)
    Nov 5 - sound. I like listening to the waves and the birds, but I think the sound I'm most grateful for today is my husband's voice. Just the fact that we can talk to each other again. :)
    Nov 6 - "What in nature are you grateful for?" ... That's hard to narrow down to one thing. Oxford dictionary describes nature as "the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth". I am grateful for all of it. I find that getting out into any sort of nature helps to relieve stress.

    Nov 7 - "What memory are you grateful for?" ... Another one with so many choices!!! Recently, I've been grateful for two memories. 1) June 2017 ... my husband and I had a wonderful visit to Canada and did several things to make great memories ... hiking, cycling, visiting my family. I clung onto those memories during the months he was in hospital. 2) When I was 9 years old, my family moved away from where my grandmother lived. One of of the last days there, my grandmother took me to her window and showed me a full moon outside. She told me that on every full moon, we could both look at it and know that even though we were far apart, we were both looking at the same moon. That's a memory which has stuck with me all these years, and every time I see a full moon, I think of my grandmother. She's 97 years old ... but not doing so well ... so I've been thinking of her a lot. And I've also been very glad that my husband and I were able to see her when we visited Canada in June 2017.


    M in Oz

    Nov 8 - "What book are you most grateful for?" That's easy ... The Bible. :)



    I've enjoyed reading all your memories. :)


    Machka in Oz

  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    Lanette, your elevation down there is about the same as mine here in Issaquah. And if I don’t actually GET snow, I can always see it on the slope of Tiger Mountain above us. So beautiful!

    Lisa in AR, Allie & KJ (Kelly), what wonderful memories! And you tell them with truly touching simplicity. I teared up at all. Allie, I remember Sardines very well, and trying to suppress giggles when we were hiding together. Also Monster Tag played out of doors on summer evenings with “it” carrying a flashlight, and had to hold it on you for 3 seconds for you to be out. That got to be a LOT more interesting when we were about 12 or 13. I got my first kiss during a game of Monster Tag!

    Cindy, Welcome. Do check with your doctor about protein levels. It really helps keep hunger away when I get plenty of protein.

    Rita, I hope you were warmer than you look! I love Skype and FaceTime!

    Elizabeth, both the corgi and your spouse are darling.

    Welcome, Rene! We are indeed a talkative bunch! Tuscany is on my Post Weight Loss List.

    Margaret, my second husband ran for school board once in a small town in Oregon. This was the early 70s, and he came in 2nd out of four because his hair was over his ears and he had a mustache, lol! I don’t know what they’d have made of my late dearest. He had a Santa Claus length white beard and long silver hair below his shoulder blades, and he rode a motorcycle. He was also a house-husband. I was a Teamster, had short curly hair then, and lived my family, but loved working too. We were a perfect pair.

    Paige, I honor your dad’s memory. The Korean War was a Big Scary Thing when I was a girl. My cousin served in that one as a pilot. We lost a lot of them, but it was men like your dad, on the ground in the bitter winter cold who held the line and defended those hills. Tough job.

    Barbie, I know it’s a pain, but I’m glad you found that mold and water damage. It can wreak havoc if it’s not found. Hurrah for the last 3 daffodil bulbs. I love that mine come up and spread a bit more every year.

    Sarah, I’m glad you gave your children happy memories! I’ve tried hard to do that with mine and with my grandkids with skywatch parties to watch meteor showers, camping trips complete with ending sleeping in the car because I’d pitched our tent in a beautiful grassy spot between 4 trees that also happened to be the lowest spot in the campground when the rain came. So many adventures! My mom taught me to see the adventure in everything and to make my own when life felt too dull. She’d but my brother and I a bag of White Castle hamburgers and take us down to the little river near our house and teach us to skip stones.

    Sharon near Seattle
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,619 Member
    Me ... these days ...

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    (And incidentally, no, Tasmanian Devils don't actually spin. :grin: )


    Every time I think I'm getting on top of things ... there's more!! I hardly know where to begin.

    One of the things that has happened is that my husband's good carer has left to spend some time with her mother who isn't doing so well with her health. I didn't realise how much I'd miss her!! We're at Thursday, so it has been 3.5 days without her and I want her back!! She was organised and had several things under control ... now I'm having to do those things. Also, we have one carer who we met about 6 weeks ago, and she's all right but so far doesn't do a whole lot ... then last night we had to meet another carer who seems nice enough, but just a bit scattered.

    So on top of everything else, I'm trying to coordinate their hours based on their availability and personality ... as in, who is most likely to take him for a walk or help him in the garden, and when. Things like that.


    Machka in Oz
  • marilynbeth2
    marilynbeth2 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm having a stressful time. My adult sons moved in with me. I worry about my younger son since he just changed jobs. I started a new exercise routine at the gym since I was given the ok to exercise after an injury. I've join MFP when I shifted to maintenance mode. I'm eating less than I should. I lost three pounds the last two weeks of October, but the weight loss has stalled since.

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