Senior Golden Sneakers............September

Lol@ Sandy! Good one. I would be the one with bad eyes. I cant keep up with baseballs in the air, much less the golf ball!
happy Labor Day! For what its worth, lol, we get to work!
hi Gigi, you havent been forgotten, glad you checked in with the sneakers. I hope your Mom will get better, either way, we'll keep you in our prayers. When my beloved mil was ill, it was like that, in hospital, get better, go home, get worse, and so on. She was tired of going to the hospital, and pleaded with her daughters not to take her there anymore. So, everyone finally agreed to respect her wishes and we kept her at home with the help of daily nurses. And then hospice. It was harder for the family, but she got what she really wanted.
Marie, so glad to hear you are able to venture outside. We are having lots os rain and cool weather as well as tornadoes. Hope little kitties all found shelter. We left the door opened a bit on the garden shed, and put blankets down. I'll be curious to see who is still there when we get back. Oh dear, dh wants that kitten that he likes so much. He mentioned it today. I hate to say I dont want to put another one in the truck. Maybe I can get him to install the pet door for her,then she can stay home.
We are almost at our destination, union city, CA. It is near San Francisco.
I was almost useless this trip, so tired and sleepy.
Becky, I thought about what you asked me about always having coffee after dinner. I tried Not drinking any coffee, did ok for a while, then it felt like. I needed my coffee, but I just drank water instead. I chewed gum, and didnt eat. So maybe you are onto something. Hopefully by mid Sept. We will begin this eating plan. We are both practicing a bit. We had breakfast at Dennys today, ordered grapefruit juice. We didnt have bread. I didnt think about it until we were leaving, I think our bread was forgotten by the server, not refused by us! Ok! That will work too.
Hope you all have a wonderful evening

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: we went outside and did some puttering in the yard for the first time since we moved into the new house.....there's not too much yard but there are some bushes that need some pruning and some weeds that need pulling and some rocks that need to be moved to better locations. We worked for about 30 minutes just to get acquainted.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Sandy, your explanation about the dog park was great. Our dog park isn't acres so I just walk along the fence around and around while the dogs run and play in the middle. I carry lots of "p**p" bags in my pockets and pick up whatever has been missed by others. I know that from time to time I have probably missed something one of my dogs left so I pick up for others knowing that someone has probably picked up for me in the past and will do so again in the future.

:flowerforyou: when I got to the dog park today, the sprinklers were going in the yard for small dogs and they were spraying the :double gate entrance area where we take the leashes off the dogs before taking them into the yard so everybody had to time their entrance and exit to not get sprayed. Because of the sprinklers there were some smaller dogs in with the big dogs. A woman came with a tiny dachshund and express sadness that the sprinklers had been going the day before when she came and had been going for awhile today. I think there was something wrong with the sprinkler system and because of the holiday there was no one there from the city park employees to notice the problem. A lot of the large dog yard was wet because of the sprinklers but we had a good time anyway. There was a four and half month old black poodle puppy that played well with all the dogs.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Sandy, that was a great joke, I'll try to remember to tell Jake to read it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:bigsmile: Gigi, it's great to hear from you again. :sad: sorry to hear about your mother

:bigsmile: Marie, it's nice that your food plan allows you the variety that you like

:bigsmile: Phoebe, I know how hard it is to let kittens go once they've become part of your life

:bigsmile: Becky, Labor Day has never really been a holiday for me. During most of my years of teaching in public school, school started the day after Labor Day so I was always busy in my classroom doing the final preparations. Yesterday Jake asked if I wanted to barbecue something and when I told him that I had chicken breasts defrosting, he suggested that we grill them on the George Foreman grill in the kitchen. It turned out great........we had a zucchini from a friend's garden and a salad that included tomatoes and cucumber from another friend's garden,

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I thought you'd managed to get out of going to your step-son's this week :sad: :sad:

:sad: I made a big mistake in my knitting about ten rows back, so I need to get busy taking out the stitches and fixing the mistake

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a wonderful opportunity to practice patience :bigsmile:

Hi to you all. I hope you have all enjoyed the holiday weekend. Beautiful weather here. The family were all here for dinner last night and then for some games. Neil really loves that. Acually we all like playing table games so enjoyed that. I am madly getting ready for a quick trip to Winnipeg with my sister. We will only be gone a few days and Dave will be holding down the fort here. My only issue is that I seem to have a bit of thrush, likely due to being on antibiotic drops and ointment for over 3 weeks. Today was my last day even though the eyes are far from perfect. I will just have to keep rinsing. Ugh!

Gigi -- So glad to you back! I missed you. I do hope that your Mom is starting to feel a little better.

Buzz -- It is so funny that Dave and I were just contemplating a Panama Canal cruise. I hope that this one just may be the one that actually happens!! It seems every time we have something planned Neil gets sick. I am always afraid to book it but it is time to be brave! The one we were looking at goes from L.A. to Miami and is 14 days. It sounds heavenly to me and so exciting to go through the canal! I hope you have a terrific time.

I have to run and take Neil back to his home and get back to do some packing. I will chat with you all when I return.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

:flowerforyou: buzz, I wish I had kept the 55 pounds off. But, no...I gain 25 back and lost some of it and I am now losing again. Last I weighed I was at 153. I want to be 140 at least. Maybe less. Like I said, I did this by following a diabetic diet. My sister was diabetic so I knew how to eat that way.

:flowerforyou: Phoebe, you are a riot !!!!


I don't have a lot of time in the morning anymore. My husband is on his winter hours now. That means we get here at 6:30 instead of 5:30. So, I will not be sure an early bird.

I weighed myself this morning. Looks like the weekend didn't hurt me any. I was worried because of the party on Saturday and then the steak last night.:blushing:

Hello and good morning Sneakers




Gayla sounds so good to see you and Dave planning a cruise. I agree with buzz I wouldn't say too much about it in front of Neil.. Have a good time with your sister on your trip.

:flowerforyou: Another beautiful day here in central Texas. Just got to love it. now if we can just get some rain. Jerry was out in our garden spot yesterday trying to did some and the ground was just like cement,Its been over 2 months since we have had a mesuring amount of rain You can imagine how bad the trees all look. well everything is in a bad shape.Rose bushes, hedges look like wintertime. But no snow.

Buzz I am using the south beach diet as a guild line now. But still using my portion control. This morning I had 2 poarch eggs,. , 1/2 c grapes 1/2 c slice tomatoes I am in the phase 2 section. I am not ready to give up fruit.I have notice when I eat yogurt my stomach feel so bloted.. so want to lay off of it for a while. Had another real low reading this morning. I will be calling my doctor in the morning. She will be lower the lantus I take at night I imagine.I am taking 24 units at bedtime. now. It was 30 Hey maybe I will eventurally get off of it.That would be nice.

Becky so glad you are losing.again. I was looking thru my diabetic diet cookbook and aeen a recipe for spanish rice cooked in a crock pot wnat to try that.
And Phoebe is a hoot. she is the nicest person that I know. She has been a good friend to me for 8 years.now along with Cayla.. can't beieve its been that long, my how times fly.

Barbiecat I have always loved your attitude about dieting. You know How to do it.

Sandy, Ypu have been so nice about keeping us altogether. Thank you And always enjoy reading about your life.

Jeri and Irene you two have always touch my heart. such lovely ladies.

Jackie, You are such a good story teller about your country Just love hearing about it.

Birdie, You will get your evenings taken care of. Don't let wine control your life. You can control it. I know you can and you will.

:flowerforyou: Phoebe, what a great idea...one glass of water for every glass of wine.:drinker: :drinker:

:flowerforyou: Marie, love your puppies.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: BirdieM, I am doing the same thing with wine at night. I started out with one glass while my husband had his Coors. Now I usually drink three of them.:noway:

It got cold here in Ohio. Saturday was sooo hot. In the 90s I think. In the 50s now.

Whew! Got through most of the posts. Everyone is so busy.:bigsmile:

We had a great weekend in Wilson, NY. The weather was hot and sticky.
We had a storm on Saturday night and the boat was rockin and the winds
were scary. It finally calmed down so I could go back to sleep. :ohwell:
We sailed home on Sunday and left the boat Sunday night at 10:00pm
and it was pouring rain.
I had a great sleep in my own bed and felt great on Monday.

Now back to the weight loss journey.
I am going to give it hell and try my best this September to get down.

Marie: CONGRATULATIONS! on your blood readings. You are doing marvelous
I hope to get better readings too if I stick to my guns.

Becky: Don't you love it when people are dancing all over you.(Zumba) :huh:

I didn't gain much over the holidays so I don't have to lose that much to get back to where I was.
Great things ahead and Good Luck to all in their weight loss journey. Just think Christmas isn't
all that far away.

<<<<We turn not older with years, but NEWER every day.>>>>Emily D.

Hi Chris and welcome, post as much.as you want and help us keep motivated. Whatever your disabilities are you must be setting a great example in how to overcome them, walking biking and soon, dancing! Barbie is a great one for those line dances, as well as walking. , ask her how many steps she averages in a day! Go ahead Barbie, brag a little!

Have a great day

Thank you for the welcome, my disabilities are from in a year and a half I had 3 major surgeries. Both knees have been replaced and I had a major 3rd back surgery. They had to do surgery from the front of me as well as the back. Then I got a bad infection MRSA and that got me down for 5 months. The meds worked but boy were they expensive. Any way I am recovering but some pain and balance issues, but I just keep plugging away.

I did my walk today and counted calories and I am right on target. Hopefully this will continue. Thanks to all of you for letting me into your message board. Talk to you later.

Chris:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

:drinker: Hi Chris, glad to see you join the Sneakers :bigsmile: this is a friendly group :bigsmile: it sounds like you have had more than your share of challenges and you still aren't discouraged......slow and steady wins the race.

:flowerforyou: Gayla, I hope you get to go on the Panama Canal cruise

:flowerforyou: Buzz, you are right about Chinese food....the sodium is a big challenge----even most chicken broth is full of sodium.....the only time I've had chicken broth with manageable sodium was when I made it myself.........yes, we are very settled already in our new house......traffic patterns and routines seem to be established......the funny part is that our bedroom is at one end of the living/dining/family room area and the guest room and hobby room are at the other end and I keep turning the wrong way and ending up at the wrong end of the house wondering what I'm doing there :laugh:

:bigsmile: :noway: a funny thing happened yesterday.......I was walking the dogs in the afternoon in the big meadow behind our house and a woman on the other side of the meadow started yelling at me to get out, that I didn't belong there and I couldn't walk the dogs in the green belt......she yelled loud and a lot.:frown: eventually I took the dogs to walk somewhere else and thought a lot about what the manager had said when I asked her about walking the dogs in the meadow and about how many other people I'd seen walking their dogs in some of the other green belt areas. Eventually I walked past the house where the yelling lady lived and as I was trying to be sure which house it was, I heard a man calling out to me......at first I thought the woman had sent her husband to yell at me too, then I realized that it was a man and woman I'd met a few times before. They were the angry woman's neighbors and they heard her yelling and came out to tell me to ignore her, that she was crazy, and that I could walk my dogs in the meadow and all the other green areas. I thanked them while Brandy and Sasha solicited petting from them. When we got back to our own street, our next door neighbor came out to tell me that she had tried to catch me while I was still out in the meadow to tell me that it was OK to walk the dogs there and to ignore the crazy yelling lady. :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: Birdie, I'm glad you enjoyed the list and can make use of it......it was aimed at people who are maintaining their weight but I thought it could be useful to anyone. I don't have a problem with alcohol (I gave it up years ago) but peanut butter is the food I keep adding and eliminating :laugh: I have gotten used to drinking water and one kind of herb tea that i like

:flowerforyou: Marie, I think your portion control diet is a little like the OA diet which includes planning ahead and weighing and measuring foods and not eating certain things....weighing and measuring food has been very helpful to me......before MFP I used to eat pretty healthy but my portions were so huge that I couldn't possibly lose weight

:flowerforyou: Becky, the other problem about alcohol is that it is completely empty calories and often encourages you to have more after you've had the first one...I'll miss your early morning posts

:flowerforyou: Shirley, welcome back after your great trip......glad you had a good time and no big scale disaster :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Phoebe, going from Union City, CA to Georgia is quite a trip...even after all our traveling, that seems like a lot :bigsmile: thank you for your comment about all my steps. When I first got a pedometer it was a challenge to get to 10,000 steps a day,, but I kept finding new and different ways to walk and add steps, now I am constantly in motion and get over 10,000 steps a day pretty easily and often as high as 20,000 steps.

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my highest day was about 33,000 :bigsmile: It helps that I am not employed full time and have opportunities to walk my dogs a lot.......they love all weather so even rain, snow, and cold don't keep us down.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Maddie, glad to see you posting.......now you need to add some words :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: time to brush my teeth and head off to bed.:yawn: I get up at 5 AM, walk the dogs in the dark (yes, I have a flashlight), eat breakfast and take them for the hour long walk starting shortly before sunrise.

Jeri: Even though I am a US citizen I just love Canada. It is so beautiful. I have been to Banff, Alb.
one of the most beautiful areas. Love your pictures they look like a postcard.

Barbie: Don't you love it when you get into a new neighborhood and don't know the ins and outs yet.
We have one of those on our street. He is retired and likes to call the cops when people
make too much noise. He is also in bed by 8:00 pm. Not one of my favorite people.

Marie: I just adore the pictures of those puppies. I am a dog lover. I would like another pet but
Dave doesn't want one right now because of our boat trips in the summer. Maybe when we
retire. You never know. I am still working on him.

Chris: Welcome to the group. These ladies are just awesome.

Weather has been getting cooler and its my type of temperature. Summer will be back later in the week.
My girlfriend will be having knee replacement on Sept. 19th and I will be losing my cleaning lady. She used to
clean for me every other week. So Dave and I will be rolling up our sleeves and doing it again for a while. Once
she heals from this surgery she will be having the other one done. So it will be awhile before she returns if she does.
She has been cleaning for other people for 25 years.

Food for thought:

<<<<Stand tall, reach for the sunshine, and let your beauty show>>>>

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Hi everyone, runnung late, but had to tell Sandy when she gets to be my age, she'll remeber more than I ever knew!

Read the latest posts, enjoyed, and have to go :ohwell:

Buzz

Hello everyone!!

Thanks for all the welcome back, sure feels great to be here again, today I started to keep track of my meals and exercises,
just getting back and posting feels GREAT:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I'm planning to take a friend to the Spa for a message and facil, that will be her gift, she just retired, will be good for both of us. a message is what the Dr. order:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Pheobe : You're so right, about how my mom feels about hospitals, maybe next time we can go with her wishes.

Gayla - Thanks for all the prayers, we need them, hope everyone is doing well.:happy: :happy: :happy:

Marie - thanks for all you thoughtsand prayers

Have a great day everyone!!

Gigi