WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2019
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Heather While we're on the topic of blaming people for their medical conditions: not every problem a fat person has is due to his or her obesity. So many people think they are experts on obesity when, in fact, most know very little about it. This, unfortunately, includes a robust number of medical professionals. While it is important to reverse any reversible factors that impact health, I am appalled at the blame & judgment heaped upon fat people, and the thoughtless ease with which fat people are dismissed in many walks of life. Obese people often receive substandard treatment.
Karen in Virginia8 -
I am glad I make y'all smile. I tell people who say I'm a funny thing, that I lived with 2 comedians in the 80's, they conditioned me! A lot of ego in that old rental house!
My eldest Navy son has his physical fitness test this Wednesday, so he went exercising with us yesterday. My son asked if I had ever played Wallyball. I hadn't so he checked out a net and a special volleyball and we headed to the racket ball courts off the main gym. So we put up the net with screw in circle hooks, and start serving the ball back and forth. When its just you and another person, actually keeping the ball in play is nearly impossible! Haahaa! You can use the wall to hit off of, but not the ceiling. After about 6 minutes I was so winded. After 8 minutes I think I mumbled something like, " your momma needs a rest now". Lee opened the door, hit the ball once and his ankle said, " hello", so he bugged out. Well I remember when he broke his ankle in Japan, so I think when he made that same face, I pointed to the door! He's fine, just tweaked it.
My poor son is always going to be border "fat boy program", because they base it on your waist and neck measurements. My son has a normal waist, but a slim neck. So therein lies the problem!
Made pinto bean with 2 ham hocks soup yesterday. 3 cans of beans, about 8 cups of water, fried up the bacon so the ham hocks could get all sauteeing comfortable in the pot. I put in 2 tsps of chicken bouillon paste, and lots of pepper and some seasoning salt. It turned out maaauvalous! Husband brought artisan bread, and I sliced some it. Yep I had a slice with butter. There is something about dipping hearty bread into creamy soup, that does it for me. Today's lunch is leftovers. My soup filled 2 mason jars. Yay!
Today, the gym was packed, some of the squadrons doing testing already. Lots of serious people about.
I walked and went in the sauna.😁 Good side, I checked my blood pressure and I was 120/78. I will take it!
Hugs all around!
💖Rebecca
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Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a supportive community as I restart once again. I'm 52 years old, single mom of a 13 and 8 year old and I live in Mexico. Since I turned 50, I have found it extremely difficult to lose weight. Small changes that would have shown some results in the past do nothing. The weight just won't budge. I tried working with a trainer, and a nutritionist but I definitely self-sabotage, if I have a good day, the next day I will go crazy. And even making good choices for a whole week, I didn't lose a whole pound.
Today, i just started with a prepared meal plan (sort of like Jenny Craig but with all fresh food that gets delivered daily). I'm optimistic because I feel like I won't have so much difficulty with portion size and all the extra temptations. On the other hand, I don't like some of the food and they don't have any desserts at all built in. Today, breakfast was pancakes with nothing on them so I added a tablespoon of low-cal syrup. For lunch I had a salad with tajin (Mexican spice) chickpeas and I don't like tajin so I dumped it and had a tuna lunch to go. So at least it was still a good substitute. Anyway, I'm hoping that I can keep this up for a while and try to make some headway.
So please wish me luck and strength!
Looking forward to getting to know all of you.
Rachel7 -
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Upsetting to think about staving off Alzheimer's is it just a lottery?
Kate UK2 -
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Rachel ~ Welcome! Come and enjoy learning about a slew of over 50 women who help each other through every type of problems that life presents.
Carol in GA3 -
Thanks so much!
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Heather While we're on the topic of blaming people for their medical conditions: not every problem a fat person has is due to his or her obesity. So many people think they are experts on obesity when, in fact, most know very little about it. This, unfortunately, includes a robust number of medical professionals. While it is important to reverse any reversible factors that impact health, I am appalled at the blame & judgment heaped upon fat people, and the thoughtless ease with which fat people are dismissed in many walks of life. Obese people often receive substandard treatment.
Karen in Virginia
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I wrote early this month, which now seems like a very long time ago, that my October is busier and more expensive than the December holidays Whew! I've got a lot of catching up to do - pages and pages of them. I think I must be really slow at scrolling through multiple posts and duplicated photos, and that makes me feel intimidated. Do other gals also feel as I do, too?
Anyhoo, a few shout outs . . .
Allie 🙏 prayers for peace to you and your family especially now, after the auto accident. 🙏
Newbies Welcome to your new online home where you can get support for living a healthier life 🎍
Victoria in Dallas My biggest hurdle is stress eating also and not getting enough exercise, too.
SuziQ Thanks for the "6 Tricks for Weight Loss" - It was a very timely (and needed) reminder!
I picked up my car, whose transmission was being replaced, last Thursday evening. It drove great, five miles to a restaurant for dinner with BF and another five miles to home. On Friday morning after driving less than five miles, the dashboard lit up "URGENT TRANSMISSION SERVICE REQUIRED". I pulled to the side of the road and called my mechanic who said to return the car to his shop. The car wouldn't budge, so I had to have it towed - the whole ordeal was a hassle and took up a lot of time. The mechanic kept the car over the weekend and says it runs fine: he can't duplicate what happened when I drove it. I told him to continue to keep it so the issue might reoccur and so he can take care of it. I do not want to pay $4k then have what happened Thursday happen again
Family birthdays on Oct 5th, two on the 9th, one on the 10th, the 12th, and eldest son's on the 14th. I made five b-day cakes and had planned on making the one for my son on Sunday the 13th with my 10 year old DGD. Ingredients for his cost $$$. The plan was made earlier in the week between me and my DIL, so BF and I cleaned house Sat and excused ourselves from a Sunday event invite with friends. Sunday comes and I'm told DGD doesn't feel like coming over, or making a cake for her dad, and that son doesn't want to do anything on his b-day or have anyone come over. I thought it was very odd, but now that "my boy" is an adult with his own family I don't feel it's my place to inquire further or push myself on him and/or his family. The whole thing made me feel weird/sad and still does
Then yesterday, Monday, I learn my insurance agent didn't properly insure the aforementioned vehicle (she applied my money to another of my policies) and said I now need to pay for three months in advance. She blamed the error on the company's computer system, but I have the proof that she made the error. If she had just admitted to making an error, well, everyone makes errors sometimes and I can accept that. But one of my pet peeves raises its head when a person doesn't fess up, and blames someone or something else to cover their a@@
Enough grumbling
Hobbies - I need to find (or do more of) three hobbies I love, lol!
For Money - I have an eBay store where I sell new and used clothes.
For Exercise - Yoga
For Creativity - I love baking and cooking, but want to disengage from it since it contributes to my over eating. Other than that, finding ways to "train" my BF in being more equal with meal prep and household tasks, etc, is often a creative act.
- Rho (south of PDX) -
Confused (over the car situation)
Heartbroken (over not getting together with DGD and DS)
Broke (anticipating more money to insurance and car repair, which I can't afford)
Thankful (for this site and the comradely :-)5 -
klanders30 wrote: »KetoneKaren wrote: »Heather While we're on the topic of blaming people for their medical conditions: not every problem a fat person has is due to his or her obesity. So many people think they are experts on obesity when, in fact, most know very little about it. This, unfortunately, includes a robust number of medical professionals. While it is important to reverse any reversible factors that impact health, I am appalled at the blame & judgment heaped upon fat people, and the thoughtless ease with which fat people are dismissed in many walks of life. Obese people often receive substandard treatment.
Karen in Virginia
Insightful.
I remember having a primary care physician that was more obese than I was, and she was stressing to me about losing weight, blah, blah, and I was thinking, how can she dictate to me, when she needs to as well! Also I have talked to new doctors, with that "I'm a new patient, let's get to know each other" appointment. We have talked about many things, but then the only topic she puts down is obesity! Then Tricare doesn't pay for appointments if its only obesity related! So then I have to call the doctors office and state its a well person visit, update prescription etc, please change it! Its annoying. I pray one day the word obesity will be put mentally in the same category as having blue eyes, or freckles. I am obese, doesn't mean I am sick, nor that I am anything less than. Its 1% of what makes me, me.💖
💖Rebecca4 -
Happy National Cheese Curd Day!
"Cheese Curds are unique, funky, snackable little pieces of yellow or white Wisconsin cheddar cheese. ... Fresh ones squeak when you bite into them. Cheesemakers create different flavors to appease the growing number of people enjoying cheese curds."
Heather - I agree with you that a big life change like losing a job can lead us to a better place, but getting from here to there is certainly no fun at all sometimes!
Kelly - Congratulations on the new little one in your family! Poor Joaquin... he was probably thinking, "This isn't what I had in mind when they said I was getting a brother!"
Things got busy around here again so I've been logging but not reading the forums. I didn't even try to catch up since I was 40 pages behind. I've missed you all!
Once again I'm struggling to find the motivation to exercise. It's hard because deep down I just don't want to do it. So, like a lot of things I don't want to do, I have to make myself do it anyway but I do it kicking and whining inside.
It does help a bit that the heat has finally broken. Well, kind of... we went from highs in the high 90s straight to about three days of highs in the low 50s and now we're back to the 90s again. At least it's the low 90s now instead of pushing triple digits so I feel like there's hope of nicer weather ahead. It's been an exhausting summer!
-Yvonne in TX2 -
Viv in UK – I spent a bit more on my kitchen redo, and a couple of other projects, than I intended, but I found it worth every cent and am so glad I did it.
Kim in UK – nothing wrong with a .5 lb weight loss-that’s a good start and very normal for many of us.
Heather UK-great news on next cruise prices.
Barbara in Seattle -yes, I did it myself. Never had that happen before, most of the time it does help relax things. I googled it and discovered that it does indeed happen.
Lisa in AR -don’t think your concern about potential deployment is political-it is just a reality for those who serve. When my son was in the Air Force, he deployed to Balaad (Iraq). Turns out he volunteered to go there and serve as a guard for the base. Scary time.
Regarding people being treated differently and doctor’s writing everything off to one obvious issue, I think the same thing can happen with women in general, especially as we near menopause. A woman I work with spent over a year trying to convince doctor’s something was wrong with her and they were just writing her off as being a bit hysterical. She did not give up the fight until she found the answer-turns out she has MS. She was in tune with her body and started noticing symptoms at an early stage. She manages it well and still works, and certainly didn’t do anything to get it. We are our own best advocates-or we can stand for others and help they get the medical services they deserve.
Saw my doctor today about leg/knee. He thinks I have a lot of inflammation and tight muscles going on involving lower back and leg. Wants to try physical therapy first, get a good evaluation from them and then see how it goes. It sounds reasonable to me. While I am waiting I want to hold off doing my own stretches, etc., to ensure I don’t do something that isn’t appropriate. When I had a deep tissue massage a few months ago she said my calves and thighs were extremely tight. Cutting back on walking goals til I get evaluated. Oh, and surprisingly, I have some arthritis involved. Going to check out some homeopathic remedies to see if something to try besides the anti-inflammatory drugs. They are ok for an acute episode but I don’t like taking them all of the time. For now, slow, steady mindful walking, ice, and massage with some eucalyptus oil. Enough whining from me. There are far worse things going on than my current infirmaries.
Question about taxes --I've read several of you are working on taxes at different times (and I think none of the ones doing that are in the US). I guess I am just so used to us doing ours January - April 15 I never thought about different ways of doing them. Do the other countries just have a different time frame? Does everyone in a given place have the same deadline or does it vary? Just got me curious.
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio
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As promised, pics of the grands:Haley, who has no fear...
And throwing brush on the fire that would soon be used to roast marshmallows.
My very tired husband, my daughter and me, caught, as usual, with eyes closed.
Tyler, roasting marshmallows with his daddy.
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Happy National Cheese Curd Day!
"Cheese Curds are unique, funky, snackable little pieces of yellow or white Wisconsin cheddar cheese. ... Fresh ones squeak when you bite into them. Cheesemakers create different flavors to appease the growing number of people enjoying cheese curds."
Heather - I agree with you that a big life change like losing a job can lead us to a better place, but getting from here to there is certainly no fun at all sometimes!
Kelly - Congratulations on the new little one in your family! Poor Joaquin... he was probably thinking, "This isn't what I had in mind when they said I was getting a brother!"
Things got busy around here again so I've been logging but not reading the forums. I didn't even try to catch up since I was 40 pages behind. I've missed you all!
Once again I'm struggling to find the motivation to exercise. It's hard because deep down I just don't want to do it. So, like a lot of things I don't want to do, I have to make myself do it anyway but I do it kicking and whining inside.
It does help a bit that the heat has finally broken. Well, kind of... we went from highs in the high 90s straight to about three days of highs in the low 50s and now we're back to the 90s again. At least it's the low 90s now instead of pushing triple digits so I feel like there's hope of nicer weather ahead. It's been an exhausting summer!
-Yvonne in TX
You take a daily vitamin right? Just thing of your daily exercise as your physical vitamin. For me that takes the "choice" out of it. Its just something we do. Pretty soon people will recognize you and then that's accountability. I tell my friends at the gym, I am the token obese person. Someone has to be, and I am honored to be one.💖
💖Rebecca2 -
Hello all!
Took a 6 hour (3 hours to and 3+ hours back) drive and went "elk watching"today ... something I have never done before. The Fall leaves were gorgeous in our area and through the Allegheny National Forest. And, yes! I did see in three separate places bull elk and their harems! None of them, of course, where anywhere near the designated viewing areas or the visitors center ... we saw them while getting lost in Elk County after we lost cell coverage for our gps!
Beth who eventually found her way home to Buffalo6 -
I am not a lover of exercise, I am a lover of feeling happier, less stressed and more energetic- and exercise (for me) contributes to my feeling better eventually and sometimes almost immediately. My exercise is like Becca says—it is my vitamin —without doing some kind of exercise I eventually start to feel sadder, and less energetic.
NYKAREN4 -
stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.48min, 135mhr, 12.2amph, 1.59mi= 79c
apple watch- 57c
ELIPTICAL- 50min, 127mhr, 113ahr, 2-5incl, 2-6resist, 4.75mi= 391c
apple watch- 358c
Floor exercises- 4.31min, 102mhr, 3sts of 10ea, 3 diff. exercises= 17c
apple watch- 32c
bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.14min, 131mhr, 17amph, 1.48mi= 53c
apple watch- 50c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 16.59min, 140mhr, 10.7amph, 3.04mi= 157c
apple watch- 107c
jog sta 2 wrk- 5.50min, 141mhr, 10.43min mi, .54mi= 68c
apple watch- 59c
jog wrk 2 sta- 4.32min, 9.45min mi, 146mhr, .46mi= didn’t record
apple watch- 60c
bike ride dome 2 hm- 14.52min, 10.5amph, 142mhr, 2.59mi=. 230c
apple watch- 120c
total cal 10552 -
Did one hour HIIT on the elliptical. Did ½ hr on the elliptical where you are standing and the other half on a recumbent elliptical. I’d never used one before. The plan for tomorrow is to do Bob Harper’s Body Revolution DVD
Luci NC – hope you feel better soon
Still avoiding eating on the side of my mouth where the bridge belongs. I have an appt next Tuesday for them to do the prep work for the bridge. Wonder what that includes? It’s been so long since this bridge was put in that I’ve forgotten. Well…I’ll find out soon enough
KJ – what a blessing you were to Lauren, Joaquin and everyone.
Beautiful day today. We got about 80% of the stakes out for the “fence”. Now for the part where we have to be careful where we put the stakes so that we don’t puncture a pipe. Fortunately, Vince has LOTS and LOTS of pictures of where the pipes are.
Barbara – as the ceramics are done, I certainly will share them. Right now I’m working on a snail, a friend gave me this what looks like pilgrim hat that I may be able to use on the turtle I just did (right now I have a straw hat on him). Another friend went to this shop in SC and got a large mug for me. I was looking for a large one for the condo. Honestly, I probably could find one in Target for less money, but it wouldn’t have that “personal” touch.
Welcome everyone new!
Michele in NC
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