WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2020
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Hello from Melbourne, Australia.
Happy New Financial Year..... we go 1 July to 30 June.
Its 4.30 pm..... just had an early dinner..... chicken and stir fried green vegies.... todays total calories.... less than 800...... yeah.
Im doing 5 days with 1200 cals, and 2 days 800 cals. And also eat the 2 meals between 10 am and 4pm.... no snacking....
Ooops.... you can tell I live by myself!
Anyway, whilst we are in semi lockdown, it is working for me..... 120 lbs .... my goal is 110 lbs.
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Back home from about 3 hours in the Emergency Dept with my husband. He had a bad allergic reaction to the dressing over the area of his surgery. It started not too bad, and just got worse. Fortunately there doesn't seem to be infection which is what I was concerned about.
M in Oz5 -
This morning I realised I had not set foot outside the house since Friday. 5 days!
My mood is suffering.
Sooooo - I am going for a run after breakfast. Not too windy, I hope.
Also must schedule in a RL meet up with the grandchildren. They have some of DH's quizzes, so we could meet up for their answers. We are still distancing, but I'm sure we can manage outdoors for an hour.
Feeling a bit tearful.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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It's hard to believe it was so hot a few weeks ago, we've had non stop rain for days. At least it is keeping people indoors! (Apart from dog walkers of course
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Heather - sorry you are feeling tearful, hope the run helps.
Welcome to the new comers.
Loving the photo's of your grandchildren I'm quite envious that I only have the one, and he's almost grown up now
Had more to say, but I've been on the computer too long, I need to make a move or nothing will get done. I have a few chores to do before going to check on mum.
Love to all
Viv UK
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How To Understand Food Labels (Australia & New Zealand)
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/eating-well/how-understand-food-labels
"Food labels can be very confusing and tricky to understand. Often we don’t have the time to spend trying to work out what they mean and how to use them.
However, a few quick tips can make shopping for healthy food a whole lot easier and quicker and can help you lose weight. Knowing what nutrition information to look for, can help you make the best choice for your health and avoid unnecessary saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and kilojoules.
Labels on most packaged food must meet strict requirements that include information for people with food allergies, food additive listings and food storage instructions. More information about food labelling requirements can be found at Food Labels - What do they mean? Food Standards Australia and New Zealand [PDF, 1MB].
While food labels can carry many different types of information, the main things to look at when choosing healthy food are the Nutrition Information Panel."
(see link above for more)
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Machka - hope the emergency department was able to get your husband comfortable. A reaction to a surgical dressing sounds a little scary. And that food label explanation makes my head want to explode. I understand the measurements, the per 100g thing, and all that, but it's a lot of information in a very small space.
@auntachelle Michelle in Minnesota: You can simply write out someone's name, as well, you don't have to use the quote function unless you choose to, but a lot of people do. Others simply keep a Word document open and write their comments down as they go, then add them all to their final post. Welcome to the group, please feel free to jump into any conversation as and when you're comfortable - we're a chatty bunch.
@dawkson2017 from Melbourne: Please tell us what you'd like us to call you, and welcome to the group! Please feel free to jump into any conversation as and when you're comfortable. More than one of us live alone
Heather - I'm glad you're going out for a run, it's not like you to stay cooped up for five days. Still struggling with the current head space you're at with the memoir? Sounds like time with the grands, even distancing, would be good for your psyche.
Barbara - I recommend New Balance for shoes all the time, and was fascinated to find they have trail walking shoes, which would have never occurred to me as a specialty-type shoe. Then again, I don't hike or walk trails.
Tracey - I'm sorry you're unhappy with your job. It's not a good feeling when the place where you spend at least half your waking hours becomes a place you dread going. Hope something resolves soon.
More in a bit,
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR1 -
Good morning all! Happy Thursday! The work week is almost at a close which means I am only two weeks away from a week off! Woo-hoo! Happy dancin' over here!
Tracey- So hard to not get physical touch from the grands! Elbow bumps don't cut it. Sending you lots of love. I feel for your daughter (and grandchildren), in dealing with the four year old neighbor child. I am with Heather, his behaviour definitely needs to be reported to social services. If it were just one of the actions he is making, it would not be a worry; but all of them together really points to some type of abuse. My heart goes out to the little guy.
Cathy in Arlington- You look wonderful and I love hearing how you are getting into running! I really need to do the same. IN regards to things closing up again; my daughter was just talking about how COVID cases have jumped, things that just opened are closing...her hubby is off work (Police Academy) for two weeks due to three students in the academy testing positive for the virus. He had to go get tested and is now finishing up his classwork online. Same thing is happening here in Michigan. Restaurants and bars just opened a couple of weeks ago and the gov. just closed all "indoor" dining/drinking.
Welcome to all of the new girls!
Kiddos arriving soon. Nothing big planned for today. Going to make a little Independence Day Art, play outside and that is it. ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)1 -
Machka - hope the emergency department was able to get your husband comfortable. A reaction to a surgical dressing sounds a little scary. And that food label explanation makes my head want to explode. I understand the measurements, the per 100g thing, and all that, but it's a lot of information in a very small space.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
Yes ... the rash and itchiness has calmed down considerably, and the massive hive/blister has been dressed with a hypoallergenic bandage. Within a couple hours he commented that it feels much better.
I gather it's not that unusual to react to a surgical dressing, but for some reason, the hypoallergenic bandages aren't that common. We were advised to talk to the pharmacist at our local chemist to see if they had anything because the average off-the-shelf options aren't hypoallergenic.
The food label itself is pretty straightforward ... they appear on almost all our food here. Once we know what to look for, it's pretty good.
When I decided to eat 1250 calories, I went through my local grocery stores, markets, etc. looking at labels to determine what food choices were low calorie. That's my first criteria.
Then I look for ingredients like: milk, peanuts and mushrooms. If those ingredients exist, the item usually stays on the shelf however, if the milk is relatively low or if the item is something like yogurt, I'll consider it.
Then I might check saturated fat and protein.
Other people look at carbs and things too.
What do your food labels look like?
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I've been really struggling with the sugar cravings lately. There are two issues - one is the calorie load, of course. But apparently, my sensitivity to it has come back (for those who don't know, I had a gastric bypass 15 years ago). It's called "dumping syndrome" Saying it's uncomfortable is truly estimating "uncomfortable." I had some pretty awful bouts of it early after the surgery and for about five years made sure to keep any sugar in anything under the 10 gram mark. Anything over that amount, and I would have a reaction--usually the shakes, and nausea. Sometimes immediately, sometimes hours later.
Anyway, possibly because I went for weeks without eating any sugar at all, I had the worst episode yesterday I ever had. When I ran up to the local grocery store to get some honey for my husband's coffee, I also got some sugar-laden items. Back home, I ate half a Caramello bar and three fun size Milky Ways at about 3 p.m. By the time my husband got home from work at 5, I was on the porcelain throne with a garbage can in front of me. The worst bout with dumping that I've ever had. Within another hour, I ended up with the chills (my blood sugar tanked) and had to put socks on and pile covers on me on the couch just to feel like I wasn't going to die.
By nine p.m., I finally got warm, and the whole episode had passed. The whole thing took what, six hours? of feeling absolutely horrible. Honest to pete, I'm so annoyed at myself that I pushed it that far--while at the same time, hoping that it works as the aversion therapy which was quite effective the first five years after the surgery. It's like my inner child ran amok, and it bothers me, as an ostensibly reasonably rational human being, that I inflicted that misery upon myself.
Hopefully confession is good for the soul, because I honestly could not tell my husband how stupid I was, so I'm telling y'all. I hate it when he thinks I'm an idiot, but for some reason I'm OK with y'all knowing. Plus, I'll tell my best friend when I talk to her this morning.
I'm such a goober.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Welcome to all the Newbies!
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Lisa Gorgeous hibiscus. I love both, but am partial to the yellow.
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Viv Maybe you'll have great-grandbabies in a few years...
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((Heather)) I would imagine the period in your life you are writing about now is rather consuming. Young Heather had quite a lot to process and cope with, and while she was/is resilient, it was/is complicated & emotional & difficult. Kudos to you for getting through this review of that time so bravely. Of course you are a bit tearful! It will help to run.
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Barbara If you have a BP cuff at home, you can keep a log and take it to your doctor - trends at home are often more reliable than a single elevated BP at the doctor's office, and many doctors will pay more attention to the home readings if they believe the patient is reliable.
I am looking forward to photos of that old stove in progress. I know it's going to take awhile to restore the old gal.
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Rebecca Piñata...
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Tracey “member, Nona birus”
so cute and sad
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Cathy I'm inspired by your run/walks. You are run/walking 6 miles in 70 minutes. Well done! Cute grandkids.
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Margaret Awesome about adopting a dog with your son! Wonderful idea. I hope he will be totally secure in the back yard…I assume that other issue with the neighbor's dog has completely resolved?
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Cheri!!! Be easy on yourself, my friend. And dang it, this is good for your husband. It isn't always easy, as you are exquisitely aware, for people with autism to express caring/nurturing in a way that feels like caring/nurturing to the recipient. Good on him for stepping up. And I know Ros is very capable of being supportive and nurturing, so I am super glad she decided to move down there. Your son is no longer living in the area, though, correct? I miss you.
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TIna Glad to hear your sister is better. Do you know why your iron is high?
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Annie Yay! Glad you and your dad got the microwave in. Like Kim, we had to prop our new microwave on a ladder, and it took 3 of us to balance the microwave, get it plugged in, slide it into place, remove the ladder, reposition, place shims, etc. What a pain in the patootie! And very awkward, like you said. Anyway, congratulations on getting that taken care of.
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Rita Your 20 for 20 list is ambitious! Wowzers! Very inspiring.
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Debby in VA We don't have tomatoes yet either. I sure hope we get some this year. Cucumbers have set on, but still tiny. And I'm already thinking of what I want to plant for the fall…time to plant root veggies I think. I love parsnips.
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All the grandchildren photos just warm my heart. Here is a recent one of Lilliana:
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Karen in Virginia
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"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: fast for blood work, T’ai Chi, ABI test
Bonus: 55 min stroll with Tracie, 50 mins pruning the fetterbush.
Get to do: BB&B video, invest 14 mins cleaning Dining Room, carry over cleaning mins: 18 Guest Bth, 20 Bedrooms, 18 mins Master Bath, 10 Living Rm, 10 Office; call PC guy about mic/speaker, practice new dances (Evergreen, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right, Quarter after one, Half Past Tipsy, Senorita, Dance Monkey; next week final? Follow up call for Joe’s Dr. appointment, transplant pineapples, bean, melons, cukes; make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep raised bed for carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes; finish weeding drive, continue weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments.
Barbie thank you forever for keeping us going. The wisdom, caring and common sense of this group is a greater gift than I can tell.
Rita and Debbie in Napa here are links to some introductory material and the first 4 classes. The rest are going to be through the community college’s portal so only available to registered students. But you could do these, gradually increasing the reps by one each week and going from two circuits to three the second week.
You don’t need much floor space and only some had weights or plastic water bottles and a chair for balance.
Strong bones!Welcome @marlow, @carlsoda Carla in MN, @SunshineMcsparkles (
https://youtu.be/IvmKOjyvDXk - BB&B Introduction / Demonstration
https://youtu.be/qx2Ax5RLV4w - BB&B Online Full Demonstration Class for Beginners
https://youtu.be/wCV82HMkfUU - BB&B Online Summer Class #1 (video was a little garbled so use the Spring one if you like.
https://youtu.be/Mh46DS1UC44 - BB&B Online Class #1 (This is the Spring Term class)
https://youtu.be/ZUHlyj0oQjg - BB&B Online Summer Class #2
https://youtu.be/tQEZyslHbDY - BB&B Online Summer Class #3
https://youtu.be/1_2R_hAM4-o - BB&B Online Summer Class #4
that handle), @Kelceybyers soon to be in MA, @mtmartin2013.
Miss Kelly, “The mud will wash off…”
Lanette “… in the greenhouse”? Aha! Now some of your produce makes sense. Would love to see a pic of your greenhouse, all we have is a little plastic Bi-mart special whose roof has weathered away. Thanks for understanding
Lisa the Levi and Dad pic. Like Sue in WA I like the pink one best… so far
Barbie I’m going to have to do some soul searching and decide if the joy of running the dogs on the beach outweighs the pain in my shoulder and guilt over losing my temper.
Michele, thanks for the clicker and treat reminder. Will try that with Tumble tomorrow.
Annie Brava for gifting your dad with that awkward installation.
Pip you sound happy to be back on your bike to work routine.
yup, then I got a flat on the way to work, walked the bike home, now I have to drive cuz we packed the bike stuff to repair the flat, ughhh3 -
Pip Dang it! That's annoying. Or you could buy some new flat repairing stuff. You'll use it eventually, right? Am so excited for you to get your vintage home on the market and let the bidding wars begin. I know it's bittersweet for you but maybe you can recreate some of the vintage charm in your new apartment with a little imagination.
Lisa You pay a really big price for indulging your inner child. If I did what you did, I might feel hungover the next day. What you go through is so extreme. Truly, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. (((Hugs)))4 -
Machka - here's the U.S. version - not that different. It shows what changed in 2016. Not saying ours is better at all. I seldom use the % of the daily value in our right-hand column, other than when it's about vitamins, as I don't want to overload what I already take for supplements. I skip through and pick up what's important to me - especially what a serving size entails, so that I can do the math for the container. Many are finally putting that on the label now.
You can find the "Using the Nutrition Facts Label" explanation for "older adults" at the link. Even more information than was on yours.
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KetoneKaren wrote: »Lisa You pay a really big price for indulging your inner child. If I did what you did, I might feel hungover the next day. What you go through is so extreme. Truly, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. (((Hugs)))
This made me smile - thank you for the hugs. Had I known how badly I was going to react, I probably wouldn't have indulged. OK, I think I wouldn't have indulged. Honestly, in those first five years after the surgery, it was my biggest struggle, and one that I failed on occasion, and paid the price. Then over the following ten years, I slowly built up my tolerance to sugar (and wasn't that stupid of me). But yesterday, I threw nearly 55 grams of sugar in less than a half hour at a system that had absorbed very little, if any, sugar on a daily basis for the last 15 weeks or so, except for the occasional piece of fruit. No white sugar at all. It took me by surprise... while not being surprising at all.
I've said more than once that the gastric bypass was a deal with the devil, and those all hold hidden consequences. I remembered that again yesterday. Just irked that it takes so much to remind me not to do something which I shouldn't be doing anyway and for other very good reasons.
Thank you for the sentiment, though.
Love,
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Machka - here's the U.S. version - not that different. It shows what changed in 2016. Not saying ours is better at all. I seldom use the % of the daily value in our right-hand column, other than when it's about vitamins, as I don't want to overload what I already take for supplements. I skip through and pick up what's important to me - especially what a serving size entails, so that I can do the math for the container. Many are finally putting that on the label now.
They are quite similar.
The last time I would have seen American food would have been in 2012 and I don't particularly remember looking at labels so I couldn't remember what they were like.
Some of our labels have the % of daily intake, but as the link mentions and you know, that isn't necessarily helpful. I think they often base those percentages on something like a 2000+ calorie per day diet which I only dream of!
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/eating-well/how-understand-food-labels
"Percentage Daily Intake
Some labels also list nutrients in a serve of the product as a percentage of daily nutrient intake. This can be used to compare the nutrients in one serve of the food with what an ‘average adult’ needs. Like nutrition claims, this information can give you a rough guide, but your individual needs, particularly kilojoules, could be quite different."
Some of ours include vitamins and minerals too, but I wish they'd include more vitamins and minerals. At most they might list 4, but I doubt that's all there is. However, perhaps it is difficult to do that.
I usually look at the per 100 grams listing. (Serving sizes are a pet peeve of mine.) But when I know the number of calories in 100 grams, I can weigh the item and do the calculation.
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Did an Advanced Strength DVD today. The plan for tomorrow is to do a DVD for the bosu
Barbara – when I go to the MD office or really anyplace, my bp is usually high. I think part of it is because I was rushing to get to the appointment. But, yet, when I take it at home, my bp is in the normal range. I used the app someone on here suggested and it really helps the MD to see that I don’t have high bp. Like you said, do you have high bp or just make poor choices?
Michelle – welcome! That’s so nice of you to delete parts of a post and only leave the part you are responding to. If someone doesn’t do that, sometimes you have no idea what they’re responding to
Dawkson – welcome! You and M have a lot in common I’m sure
M – oh, I’m so sorry about your husband (and you)
Off to Aldi. I like to go early in the morning. Usually if I go ½ hr after it opens, then I can easily get in the store. I hate waiting if I can avoid it. Plus, by then there isn’t as much of a crowd.
Michele NC
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Machka in OzTips that have worked for mePut your current numbers into MFP
Select sedentary as your activity level
Choose how much you'd like to lose (i.e. 1 lb/week)
MFP will give you the number of calories to eat
Eat those calories
... and weigh (with food scale) and log every bite.
A few extra things have helped me along the way:
1) Exploring my grocery stores and markets to find delicious, filling low calorie foods. It's amazing what's out there.
2) Exercising as much as possible. Exercise gives me extra calories to work with so that I can have things like pizza now and then ... but to keep my sanity and not wear myself out, my exercise quantity varies as does what I do for exercise.
Also, I tend not to eat all my exercise calories back.
If I've just done a little bit of exercise like a 3 km walk or something, I'll eat about 50% of my calories back.
If I've done a moderate amount of exercise like a 5 km run or 50 km bicycle ride, I'll eat about 75% of my calories back.
If I've done a lot of exercise, like a half marathon or a 100 km bicycle ride, I might eat about 90% of my calories back.
3) Eating how I want to eat. This is where everyone is different ... some people prefer to employ fasting, others like high protein diets, some like vegetarian diets, some like to eat 2 or 3 meals a day, others like to graze. Go with what works for you.
Personally, if I had to define what I do, my diet is probably most similar to a Mediterranean diet with a vegetarian lean ... and I'm a grazer. I also have to adjust what I do depending on my cycling events ... they're tricky because I need the fuel without going overboard.
And stick to it for 5 weeks, then reassess how things are going.
Regarding Cheat Meals
When I was on a mission to lose weight in 2015, I never went over my calorie limit. I stuck to the plan like glue. And I lost the weight.
But I broke it up into weeks. When I started I had 16 weeks until we were going to Canada so my plan was to stick to the calorie limit for 16 weeks and then take a 1-month break while we were in Canada. I did that and lost 15 kg in that time. After the 1-month break, I eased back into it for a couple weeks, upped my calorie limit slightly, and then stuck to it like glue for the next 16 weeks in which I lost 11 kg and took me close to Christmas when I took another break for about a month.
10 Things to Stop Doing If You Want to Exercise
https://www.verywellfit.com/things-to-stop-if-you-want-to-exercise-1231403
January's 2020 GoalsIt is difficult to make goals because I'm not sure what's going to happen one day to the next. I plan, God laughs ... or something like that. The last couple years have been a lesson in patience and flexibility and giving up a lot of what I would like to do in the interests of what needs to be done.
However, I do have some goals I'd like to accomplish, if possible ...
How to Set SMART Goals for 2020
SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.
https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/smart-goal-setting
Interestingly, he talks about 7 significant areas ...
Financial Goals: Start saving for retirement, get out of debt, or use a monthly zero-based budget.
Spiritual Goals: Pick up a new devotional, start a daily journal, or plug in to a group at your church.
Fitness Goals: Hit the gym more often, take the stairs, and remember to eat your veggies.
Educational Goals: Go back to finish your degree, get your MBA, or read a good book every month.
Family Goals: Plan one-on-one dates with your kids, have a standing date night with your spouse, or make it a point to call your mom and dad on Sunday nights.
Career Goals: Work toward a promotion or raise, learn something new about your line of work, or polish up and send out resumés if you’re looking for a new career path.
Social Goals: Say yes when someone invites you out to lunch or a social gathering—or, for some of us, say no more often.
I've modified this slightly ...
Organisation/Financial Goals -- Getting our taxes done and other paperwork in order.
Spiritual Goals -- I'd like to start attending church a bit more regularly. I'll also include relaxation and recreation in here. Down time. I get very little of that at the moment and need more. For me that might be sleep and photography.
Fitness Goals -- Exercise, Eating, Sleeping -- Working up to running 5 km at least a couple times a month. Working up to cycling 50 km at least once a month.
Educational Goals -- Uni! I would like to finish my Master's degree in 2020.
Family/Medical Goals -- Husband -- Never-ending stream of medical appointments + projects with 2 or 3 different organisations. And me! A goal is to get me into healthy shape again!
Career Goals -- One of the main things my area is planning to work on is streamlining the processes a bit. Meanwhile I need to learn a lot more SQL and as much about what 2 different people I work/worked with did. I'm also on the board of two organisations now. Both interest me a lot, but I'm also hoping that taking on leadership roles might help advance my career a little.
Social Goals -- Cycling Club. I've made a detailed list of what I need to do, which helps.
-- My Personal Website -- I have started working on this. I'd post it here, but not sure if I can: machka . net This has a social aspect in that we go to Wordpress meetings now and then.
A little bit about me ...I'm Machka and I am in Tasmania, Australia.
Some of my favourite hobbies/sports/activities include:
-- cycling
-- walking
-- hiking
-- running
-- reading
-- working on my website
-- photography
I bake, but don't cook, sew, knit, garden, etc.
Most of my day is spent working with health data, "attending" university (online now) working toward a Masters in IT, doing homework, and spending time with my husband (who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury 2 years ago) and new kitty, Rhody.
My husband is not able to work anymore, so one of his main activities is gardening. He works at that at his own pace and we've got quite a lovely garden of flowers, fruit and veggies.
This is Rhody ... an all black, 10-month old "domestic" who joined us just 3 months ago.
I joined MFP in February 2015 and promptly lost 15 kg, took a 1-month break, then lost another 11 kg. By Christmas 2015, I was down to a weight I hadn't seen in quite a few years ... since my early 30s.
In 2016, 2017 and the early part of 2018 I maintained while increasing my cycling. My sport, within cycling, is ultradistance cycling: Audax, Randonneuring, 24-hour races, etc.
Here's me in 2016 in Brisbane, QLD a couple days after cycling a 300 km event in 18 hours including all breaks.
In late 2017 and early 2018, my husband and I were in great shape and feeling good. We were cycling events and on our own and building up the distances in the hopes of going to France in 2019 to ride the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200 km event. We met on a Paris-Brest-Paris in 2003, and the 2019 one was going to be a bit of an anniversary trip.
And then on March 22, 2018, my husband had a very bad accident at work ... and life changed. He was in a coma for 3 weeks and post traumatic amnesia for 7 weeks and in hospital for 100 days. Then, a year after the accident, he had a tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure which set him back. He'll never fully recover but he's doing better then they originally predicted.
He is cycling again but gets very tired so can't cycle consistently or for long distances.
Because cycling is something we've always done together, this means I'm not cycling the ultra long distances at this point either. In an attempt to boost my exercise we've set up a home gym, and I've got into running again. I hadn't run since I was in my late teens!
But all the time sitting at the hospital and dealing with the aspects of care for my husband, plus working, plus attending university has taken its toll on my weight and I don't look like that picture above anymore! This year I have maintained my weight but I'd really like to lose a bit.
So that's me in a rather large nutshell.
July ...- Work
- "Homework" regarding my husband's situation
- Mother's surgery
- My surgery - deviated septum and turbinate reduction
- Recovery
- Resuming Uni
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »I was finally able to get the link for the video I tried to share the other day. @Machka9 you should get a chuckle out of this for sure.
https://youtu.be/37nGeXn2K9c
Love it!
I miss Canada.
Last time we were there was in 2017 at the same time as the 150th Canada Day celebration. We had a great time! Hiking up mountains, long bicycle rides, time with my parents and friends.
We were hoping to go again sometime in either 2018 or 2019, but of course, life intervened and we weren't able to go anywhere ... and now it looks like ... I don't know ... probably not till 2022 at the earliest.
I like Australia and Tasmania is OK, but I'm kind of itching to get back to Canada, at least for a visit.
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Hi all ! Went for my run. Got rained on, but not for long. The sea was making a lovely noise. Very few people about. Perfect!
I listened to a couple of Soul Music podcasts - 'The Way You Look Tonight', and 'Crazy'. Both excellent. I know I have been banging on about them, but they really are terrific. BBC SOUNDS app. Soul Music. Or just the website. They have nothing to do with Soul , just each one is 26 minutes of info and chat about some song, or tune, or classical piece. It's mainly about what those songs mean to people and sometimes it's very moving. I still think they are brilliant. A great accompaniment to a walk, or run, or bath, or weeding, or whatever.
Came home and did 20 mins rowing and then my floor work and weights.
Decided to give myself a day off writing and coloured my roots instead. Good choice. They have been really bothering me for a week or so.
Had a row, a short bike and a nap after lunch and now I'm writing to you.
Lisa - well, I don't know, you should know better at your age. How could you. I never do things like that. I never have too much to drink or .......... or do something I regret..... never.....never....... ???????????? It's a good job we are all human or we would be insufferable. :laugh: Human, all too human.
Thanks for the sympathy, my friends. Mood improving.
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Today having stuffing with corn y garlic butter
Corn fried in garlic butter
Crystal light tea
1/2can Swanson chicken aka king 👑
Leaves me 100 some calories for snack later thinking of my cereal again so probably go over but nutrition wise I’ll just maintain again
Unsweetened almond milk 🥛
Honey Nut Cheerios off brand
Honey 🍯
Toffee flavored granola on top
Amber Tx
Exercising
Snakes 🐍- The copperheads keep coming in through our backstory since we bought the home. Had to work on the door 🚪 to close gaps. Go out in the yard clear it. For awhile JR couldn’t play in the yard more on the concrete y a blow up pool.
Texas I grew up with rattlesnakes everywhere even playing with a toy on the ground one would go past me. They were on grocery shelves even as a kid (different times sure now they got exterminators to other things no one did in my youth). I was born in the desert 🌵.
This is my Grandma’s farm I played on as a kid rattlesnakes loved it . Uncle tried to plant grass recently it failed of course lol 😂 clay ground no rains is not grass friendly
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Michelle aka auntachelle: Welcome to a great group of supportive women. Many of us have been here for several years. Others, like you, are new. Jump into the conversation whenever you like.
Dawkson2017: Welcome to a great group. :flowerforyou:
(((Machka))): I’m so glad your DH is okay. I hope you’re able to make a visit back to Canada. The Covid situation has many of us locked into our communities, and I suspect it will be a while before any of us are able to travel long distances freely & with confidence. :ohwell:
Heather: Enjoy your day outside the house. I seem to be running perpetual errands. I wouldn’t mind a bit more home time. I hope we both find happy balances. :ohwell: I like Karen in VA’s comments to you.
(((Lisa))): What a miserable experience! I hope today, and every day, is an improvement. You aren’t the only one who occasionally makes poor choices. I’m guilty from time to time, too. :ohwell:
Today is my daughter’s 41st birthday. We’ve already sent her gift & I’m hoping for a Zoom call later in the day.
NO DEER DAMAGE TODAY!!!! :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Stay safe and healthy3 -
So yesterday I had pizza and this morning I am up .8 lbs which is nothing. I have had a little bit too much of a healthy portion and been up 4 lbs overnight. In the scheme of things, my scale isn't as important as how my clothes feel. The fact that my rings feel bigger. That's the concrete of it all.
So up at 6:30 am playing doctor to a sick son. Hopefully something that he ate. Hasn't actually gotten sick but had some waves of nausea last night. Poor kid has a 4 day weekend and he's lying on the couch. He doesn't want nothin. No extra blanket, no fever I just used our forehead scanner. So having him drink water, and husband is upstairs ( in his computer room which is his norm anyway). He has kept down 5 bites of plain toast so that's good.
Lisa, Lisa hugs friend! Deal with the devil indeed.😞
💖Rebecca
Whidbey
Washington2 -
Well ladies
I have some serious thinking to do...
I have an opportunity to move somewhere I have always wanted to move. It would either be a 650 ft place or a 500 ft place with a 150 sq ft deck.. so definitely downsizing, but i can take Alfie and i can afford it..
Sooooo i would be leaving friends and family ,my granddaughter and my kids but within a short hop to the beach...i would be renting not buying...would have to find some type of work there.. but I would love it down there.4 -
Happy Thursday to everyone! I took today off to have an extra long weekend. I have been working in the dining room since March but I packed everything up and put it in a corner for the long weekend so my house looks somewhat normal - just don’t look over in that corner okay?
Yesterday overall was a good day - finished work strong, cleaned the house, got in my steps and some cuddle time with my cat.
Today we are under a heat advisor but I need to get out into the garden for a bit, but will mostly be spending the day inside and likely go grocery shopping later in the day. Next two days will be filled with family visits and attempt to social distance which is hard with grandkids!
Oh we did buy a huge swinging saucer for the gkids (and us too!) and hubs will put it up today under a tree - I think they will LOVE it!!
Hope everyone has a great day!!
Carla in MN3 -
Forgot to say, the thing that cheered me up the most today was
I GOT MY EASYJET REFUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a company that is notorious for not giving out refunds and being really difficult to contact or complain to. The refund is only two months late, but it arrived!
I put it straight back into my holiday account. One day ...........
Having veal escalopes tonight with braised fennel and a few fries for DH. I will pinch one or two.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx5 -
Karen - thanks for the Lilliana picture!
Heather - I'm not sure you put enough emojis in that...
I guess it's reassuring that we're all human, but lordie, I hate falling off my self-constructed pedestal.
This morning I've expiated many of my self-inflicted sins through sweating in the sauna that Arkansas has become at the moment. While I was hauling 300 feet of hose around giving everything a drink, I took a few pictures--and a question for the last one from my gardener buddies on this thread:
Gladiolas - I put out about 100 bulbs, and probably 60 of them made it through the winter. Interestingly, the same colors tend to emerge at the same time, starting with yellow, then purple and now red.
Lilies out front - this was an older plant that was here when we moved here two years ago. I transplanted it, as it was in bad shape where it was, and it's thriving now.
Morning glories: Something munches on the leaves, making them look lacy, but we don't use insecticides on the plants. Whatever it is, it leaves the flowers alone and the plant thrives further each year.
Corey's cucumbers: This is three cucumber plants, and they are going to bear at least a hundred cucumbers between them. That trellis is six feet tall.
Pink flowering tree: So, I did a Google image search, and it says this is a hollyhock bloom. But I have a hollyhock around the side of the house--it is six feet high, but it's definitely a plant, not a tree. This tree is ten feet high, and the summer we moved in, was just covered with pink blooms. So, to my gardeners, is it a hollyhock?
OK... fresh bread shaped and rising on the counter, and I need to head up to Wally World and snag a couple things.
Love y'all,
Later,
Lisa6 -
My 20 for 20 list didn’t copy over with the finished info! We got the new air conditioner installed in May, I did get my DH Fitbit and registered with my insurance tracker, and we did get the new outdoor rug for our camper patio. Also trip to visit my kids in TN, RI, and CT are canceled due to COVID.
Speaking of COVID, NM governor instituted a $100 fine for not wearing masks and extended our phase 1 for another 2 weeks. Plus added back a 2 week isolation for people coming to visit NM.
Numbers going up here and people getting lax with precautions. I’m with the governor. I am all for prevention rather than reaction.
RV Rita5 -
Tina how did you hurt your backside? Tailbone injuries are sooo painful. Neither do I favor snakes in the yard but at least rattlesnakes warn you of their presence. When we visited Joe’s family in Kentucky I saw way too many snakes, they are swift, sneaky, silent and some of them swim [shudder].
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
Barbara, I don't really know how I did it. I think it's more than one injury. The sides of my thighs (along the IT band) hurt when I lie on my sides, just under my sit bones hurts, likely from some type of exercise I was doing. Possibly hamstring tendonitis. My hips were hurting, likely due to sitting in a non-ergonomic position for too long and for too often. I think I have that under control for now. And then I have this weird pain that feels like someone stuck a very sharp sword parallel to the ground right across the center of my rear-end, and it just hangs there. It is uncomfortable to lie on my back. Basically, there is no position I can sleep in that is comfortable.
All that said, I have stopped running, stopped walking/hiking up hills, and don't do leg exercises, except for calf muscle exercises. It's considerably better on all fronts, but still bothersome and my cardio options are very limited since most of it requires significant use of the legs.
Tina in CA2
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