WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR DECEMBER 2019
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Happy First of the month!
Thank you Barbie for this December thread and getting us going during the final month of this year.
Machka - I love the idea that as we get colder and darker here in the Pacific NW, you will be in the midst of your summer weather. Keep posting those photos.
Terri and SuziQ - a big round of applause for your successes in the weight loss department. You both keep me inspired!
Janetr - great hearing from you. A Christmas tree in each room, wow.
Pip - so glad Yogi is on the mend!
Rain/snow mix was forecast here this morning and I actually saw some fat flakes at around 6 when I let the dogs out. Looks like it's back to rain. If it's not coming down too hard, I'll pull on my woolie socks and get a brisk morning walk in.
So our old (13 year old) back up Dell Laptop bit the dust this morning. I only use it to play Tai Chi DVD's. Turned it on to get anti virus updates downloaded and it got real mad about it and the hard drive crashed. Looks like I can drop it off at Staples for e-recycling. I will open the back and see what the "guts" look like and find the hard drive and yank it out if I can, if not, fracture/destroy it in some way. Sounds like surgery. No State secrets on it, but perhaps an old copy of our tax returns I'd hate for some clever person to find.
Patting myself on the back for having backed the whole thing up last year (mostly photos I didn't want to lose), and also for backing up this newer laptop yesterday for month-end. Have new December month end thumb drive ready and waiting.
OK Peeps, that's the quick and dirty for now. Make it a fabulous day!
Lanette
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Happy December 1st!!!
Thank you,Barbie for bringing us into a new month.We sold 75 Christmas trees yesterday,just 2 of us.But it felt good to be busy and still able to lift the trees and carry them as I’ve done for 23 years. I was exhausted last night but it was a good exhausted.Thanksgiving was So nice for the first time in a Very long time.It sounds like everyone else had a good day as well.Prayerz,hugs,love ❤️,and gratitude for y’all!
Debby in Va4 -
Barbara: I found a Christmas ships.org site with may photos. My phone is not an adequate camera to take the pics, so I don’t have any of my own. :ohwell:
(((Lisa in AR))): Thanks for touching bases.
Machka: Today I am grateful for the smell of coffee in the morning. :bigsmile:
Barbie: My mom saute’d parsnips and I liked to put nutmeg on them. I haven’t had a parsnip in a very long time. It is a good memory. Thanks! I think I’ll go to the store and find some. YUM!
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
December 2019 Resolutions
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on strength and
stamina.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least 3 glasses of water a day.
5. Monitor sleep. Average 7 or more hours nightly.
6. Avoid alcohol.
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Bea is putting the star on the top of the tree. Wish we had been there to see it, but it's lovely to be sent a pic.
We did the cleaning together (DH dusted) and then he managed to get the decorations and tree out of the garage roof without damaging his back too much.
I found my outdoor lights and they are WORKING!
All I've done is put out the fake Amaryllis, but there is plenty of time.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Happy Sunday from Carol in GA4 -
New girl on the block - My story in a nutshell. I'm 58 will be 59 in April. I've lost the same 30-40 pounds every other year and always gain it back never reaching my true goals or maintaining them. I have coronary artery disease, had a 99% blockage in my LAD almost 3 years ago now and even that wasn't enough to motivate me. Borderline diabetic due to weight - doctor put me on a med that made my muscles ache so I stopped taking and went to diet doctor, she put me on Ozympic, and later Topomax. The Topomax made me so confused after first dose I ended up stopping after two doses. Still on the ozympic but think it's making me sick as well, have woke up 4 times in past 6 weeks with dry heaves/throwing up/diarrhea/cold sweats - always in the middle of the night. Might need to stop it as well. Not like I'm losing a lot more on it - I am down 13 pounds in about 6-7 weeks. Even lost 3 pounds last week even with Thanksgiving. Husband is losing as well but at double the rate I am as diet doctor gave him another med that really helps but I can't take due to my heart disease. He's down about 22 in same time frame. I'm not drinking enough water and I haven't started exercising yet. I really like the DASH diet, pick up recipes from WW here and there. I work full time, just finished my Master's, have 4 kids and 4 grandkids and am in the process of moving (long story) might not happen until early 2020 but I'm 1/2 packed. No exactly sure what I want my goal weight to be as I've never reached it, I'm short, around 5'1 1/2. I say 5'2 but I'm short of that a little. Done this so many times it's exhausting - I get rid of my fat clothes every time I lose weight and vow I'll never gain it back but alas - I always do. Have always had a very low self esteem which I'm sure enters into this to some degree. Live in Iowa so we have winter about 6 months out of the year - LOL! Husband is pretty good at support but since he loses it so much faster and is just the type that can cold turkey anything he sets his mind to it seems to come much easier for him. He'll say - we'll you ate more than I did, even though I was clearly within my 1200-1500 calories and didn't eat anything I wasn't supposed to. He just eats less due to these meds he's on. I truly know that slow and steady wins the race and his rapid lose will slow down. Plus, not doing it for him, I'm doing it for me and my health. My visions - to wear a pair of cute jeans with a belt and tucked in shirt with no bulges. To not have stomach aches every day - to look somewhat normal in a swim suit - to have energy - to not be tired all the time - to get off some of the many meds - was up to 4 blood pressure meds, back to 3 now but also many other meds - to reach my goal and stick to it! Just to name a few. Happy December 1st - I like 1st's - feels fresh and a chance to begin again - even though I'm doing good it still feels good to renew that dedication on a 1st.7
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I managed to go down 2 ponds last month but still 3 pounds to what is considered healthy BMI.
My goal for this month is to maintain or be lower than I started at today.
3 years ago SW 210 lbs
1 year ago 190 lbs
Today CW 148
Goal 145 for healthy BMI
Dream goal of 135 pounds
I am 63 years old changed my way of eating to low carb high fat successfully.
RV Rita in New Mexico8 -
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Allie - What about a restaurant gift card for the your brother and SIL?
Okie in the TX Hill Country3 -
Phantom1961, You have come to the right place. Having a supportive husband is great but it is not enough. This thread will allow you to share as much as you want and ask all the questions you want. There are women on this thread with struggles that are similar to yours and they can share how they deal with the things that you deal with. I spent four winters in Southern Minnesota and know a bit of what your winters are like. I live in NW WA where the weather is more mild but I've bought lots of cold weather gear so I can get outside a lot year round. I also have exercise DVDs and an exercise bike so I can be active indoors when I don't want to freeze off my face and fingers. I hope you will keep coming back. Barbie in NW WA 4
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Rode the recumbent bike. Since I’m still coughing, I didn’t do it as intensely as I usually do it. The plan for tomorrow is to take the extremepump class
How well I remember going out in the backyard of in-laws house and picking the oranges right off the tree and then making OJ. Can’t be beat
Barbara – nope, almost all of the hotels we stayed at didn’t have the Weather Channel. We FINALLY found it at the last hotel we stayed at, but the one we mainly stayed at didn’t have the Weather Channel. We were mega-disappointed
I’m not going bowling tomorrow but hope to get to the doctor’s. This cough is just a pain in the lower backside
The MD wanted me to take my bp at home. I’ve decided not to take it in the month of December because I know it’s going to be high. Vince likes to put things off to the last minute and that’s something that really bothers me. I know I’m going to be getting anxious (like every year) about all the prep that needs to be done.
After exercising went to WalMart to get things to make for dinner this week. Then had to run to Food Lion because WalMart doesn't carry the low sodium stuffing mix. And they wonder why there are so many problems (hypertension, etc)
Welcome, welcome, welcome everyone new
Michele in NC
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Well I weighed myself and I am 238.6 My wish for myself is to be below 200 lbs by next Christmas. I believe those 39 lbs can be burned off!! I have lost 14 lbs since moving to Whidbey island in 2018, so I know what I need to do.👍
Oh the other day I reached out to the lady that lives in my childhood home. She was the gal I had met when I walked up the road from my sister's house, when I visited her last June. I found her on Facebook, plus I had sent her a Christmas card with photos enclosed. I wanted her to have a photo of my grandfather, the carpenter of our house. I also sent photos of our family in the field before the house was there. I told her that I was nervous about seeing my childhood home. Nervous I would just cry, but the experience was amazing. I had such a grin on my face after, and I wanted her to know what a great job she did remodeling it. I was really happy to feel love back in the house. Previously it was owned by a construction company, as a place for workers to crash at. Most of the time it sat empty. It was like a ghost town when I walked around the property. This time it felt so happy, (if homes had emotions). I told her to return the original photos. I figured she could enlarge some, or do Photoshop to clean and focus some of them. If I never get them back, I won't be heartbroken. I have others of my grandfather.👍
I have started decorating! My husband groans, but I just don't listen!
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Love you all.
Heather UK xxxxxxxx
This is my 43 year old son who has just had a birthday. I am going up to see him in Nottingham on Thursday.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Rita: I love this message, “Don’t wait for things to get better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise you’ll run out of time.” Thank you for sharing it.
Heather: Great pic of your son. He’s close in age to mine, who is also 43. My son will be 44 in July. :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Katla - if anyone is interested in seeing/hearing my son he makes AIRSOFT ACTION TV videos on YouTube. Tom (Anvil) Hibberd.
Personally, I find all that stuff weird, but it keeps him sane.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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For tomorrow, because I've just been watching a programme on Gauguin, my favourite piece of art has to be anything by Van Gogh, or Rothko. Very different from each other, but both give me that sense of hard won peace.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Heather: I found your son's airsoft action video. Great fun— :bigsmile: Does he post new ones from time to time? 1
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stat for the day:
ski machine- 55min, 94av strides per min, 131ahr, 151mhr, 10incline, 40resist, 1.98mi= 542c
apple machine- 447c2 -
Katla - Just about one a week. If you can possibly find the one on French Army Ration Packs, it is hilarious!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Barbie Love parsnips.2
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Hugs to those traveling tonight. It's brutal out there.2
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🎄🤶 Gratitude for Christmas 🎅🏻🎄#1, 15 Nov: Scents: loved the smell of the roses I put into my Floral arrangement#17, 30 Nov, Knowledge: I'm grateful the self-knowledge I have gained on this health and fitness journey. Now all I have to do is apply it! 😂
#2, 16 Nov:Technology: Glad that I had my car and didn’t have to stand in the cold waiting for a bus
#3, 17 Nov: Colour: the colour of the beautiful sunset as I walked home in the late afternoon
#4, 18 Nov: Food: Fresh produce form my own garden ..... or ....... Chocolate! 🍫 My ultimate comfort food.
#5, 19 Nov: Sound: I'm grateful for the sound of DH moving about downstairs. It's very comforting.
#6, 20 Nov: In Nature: I love the view of the night sky from my bedroom window on clear nights.
#7, 21 Nov: Memory: This triggered a veritable avalanche of memories of my life, the happy moments crowding out the less pleasant ones. So... the memory I am most grateful for is my own selective memory, which chooses to focus on the positives, and reframe the negatives as learning experiences.
#8, 22 Nov: Book: "Unlimited Power" by Tony Robbins. This book was a revelation to me and showed me that I was in charge of my life. It was pretty scary at first to accept responsibility for all my actions and decisions. It was no longer possible for me to blame others or make excuses. But it was such a positive turning point in my life. I revisit it often.
#9, 23 Nov - Place: the place I am most grateful for is the quiet place in my head where I go when I meditate.
#10, 24 Nov - Taste: Today grandson had made an experimental mulled wine drizzle cake. I was grateful that it tasted so good, (not all of his experiments turn out so well 😂) Fortunately, I always hold calories for my Sunday visit, so was able to fully enjoy his delightful concoction (NB: lemon drizzle cake is one of my favourites)
#11, 25 Nov - Holiday: I love my annual week's family holiday on the West coast of Ireland with our DED and the grands. This year was our 24th year of these holidays. We started them with my DMiL when our granddaughter was just 8 months old. I am grateful that all 3 grands still want to come on these holidays with us.
#12, 25 Nov, Texture: I love the feel of fresh soft fluffy towels after my shower.
#13, 26 Nov, Abilities: I treasure my ability to be adaptable, and look for the positive in situations.
#14, 27 Nov, Sight: I appreciate the sight of my husband bringing my tea in bed each morning. It means I can take my time waking up.
#15, 28 Nov, Season: All the season's have their good points' but the spring is my favourite because it heralds the end of winter and the lengthening of daylight hours.
#16, 29 Nov: I'm grateful that bones are strong. I have been very fortunate in that I have never had a broken bone. Long may that continue.
#18, 1 Dec, Piece of Art: Not sure why but found this one difficult. Settled on this. It a fire screen that my Nana embroidered. It sat in front of the fire in her sitting room. I rescued it when my aunt was about to throw it away after redecorating her apartment after my uncle had been taken into residential care with Alzheimer's. It means more to me than all the fancy paintings in the world.
☘️ Terri6 -
Finally feeling like I am winning battle against UTI. I hate the stupid things, but there are far worse things a person can have. I just have a hard time dealing with how much they wipe me out. So, while I got everything ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff shipped and things I had to do, I did not do anything involving work during my week off until today. I will be putting in lots of hours this week, but since I have rested so much, perhaps I will be sharp!
Looks like everyone is settling into December. Hope those in the path of the storm are dealing with it well. We just have had some rain and wind, but nothing major.
Got eating back on track completely today after the Thanksgiving goodies. Weight actually was ok-while up a touch, still within maintenance range, just not as low as before. I think I should be back there in a week or so. Going to try to run a bit of a deficit between now and when I leave for visit with kids at Christmas. DIL is a wonderful cook and makes things I never do so I want to enjoy within reason. Plus, I will have to take the grandchildren for ice cream!
Have a good start to the week all.
Ginny in Ohio4 -
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I’m just getting back into the program again and now that I’m over 50 it’s a real struggle to feel like I see results.
We had 5 deaths back to back and I did some eating to cope with it.
I put on about 40 pounds and I still can’t believe I even did that.
I have been doing good for so long and now this.
I’m almost 5”8 so that helps a big but my food baby is my reminder of the sadness I was feeling.
I’m a counselor and that sometimes I’m sure caused me to eat some naughty things.
I worked out tonight so that’s a plus.
Also hard is I don’t really eat meat so I am always struggling with protein anc getting enough of it.
If I ate meat I know this would be easier.
Sending support out to everyone !
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Bugglover- Don’t feel bad my Mom died ,my baby died miscarriage,3months later bam 💥 pregnancy post menopause yet 2back to back! I was depressed to cravings bam 💥 up up y away went my weight then was told bedrest for over a year plus surgeries . Sons 2 1/2 I’ve finally lost 43lbs but took a long time still got a lot to go.
Amber Tx3
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