WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020
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From Action for Happiness ...
"Life is far from perfect, but there are lots of reasons for optimism. Setting positive goals for the future gives our lives a sense of direction and purpose. And although we face many challenges there are also lots of reasons to stay hopeful. By consciously choosing our priorities we can overcome issues, make progress and focus on what really matters."
https://www.actionforhappiness.org/optimistic-october
"Take the first step toward a goal that really matters to you"
Well, given that my first goal is to finish this degree ... today I worked on my final assignment and will continue to do so this evening.
M in Oz2 -
Barbara,
Happy anniversary to both of you!0 -
Saturday - rainy and cool. Zwift London.
Distance: 15.29km
Elevation: 200m
Moving Time: 1:01:28
Elapsed Time: 1:01:28
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Speed ........ 14.9km/h ....... 76.0km/h
Heart Rate . 139bpm ........ 156bpm
Cadence ..... 69 ................ 104
Power ......... 79W ............. 166W
M in Oz1 -
Hello everyone.
I am a little disappointed in the weather. It is not cooperating for the first Yoga in the Park session since lockdown. We are expecting 1-3 inches of rain this morning which should start within the next hour or so. Will shift the day to one of laundry, meal planning and cooking, and maybe a quick trip to the nursery between rain showers.
Heather - So happy you had a nice day. Very beautiful flowers. I find if I am having issues with my phone after an update things usually clear up if I do a total shut down and restart. It did take me a little while to get used to my new phone. The technology gained is mind boggling especially for someone like me who updates my phone every 10 years or so.
Katla - Yeah! Puppy is doing well. Hopefully he isn't in too much pain. I hope this is the last of it!
Terri - I would love to see pictures of your reorganized craft room. I am sure it is lovely and efficient.
Bananas - I have been keeping up with the news. I am so sorry there may be a possible total lockdown again.
Evelyn - Happy to hear it is just a seasonal adjustment. Here in SFL it is always October for me. Something is in bloom here that irritates the heck out of me.
Sick Leave in US of A - I find it depends upon the company and/or manager. I am very fortunate to be working for a manager who allows me to work from home if I feel a little off. If anyone in my area comes in obviously sick I tell them to go home and if they do not I go to their manager. I find in my current office coming in to the office while not well is generational. I have one in my area who calls out all of the time. The last time was because she had a little ache in her gum which turned out to be a popcorn skin (yes, I cannot make this stuff up). Given the current environment companies are getting better about sick leave policies, but there are many short memories here. Once we pass through this time I am sure we will be right back to where we were.
Yesterday I got my 10-year anniversary letter from work! I can pick out a watch (they use American Express points to get our gifts). I have asked if I can select something I can put to good use. I have not worn a watch in years since my phone is always with me. I hope they say yes because there are a few laptops in the catalog I would love (and, I really need a new personal laptop!).
Happy Saturday everyone!
SuziQ - SFL3 -
lcharpentier2 wrote: »Well had a busy morning made a great big apple pie in a 9x13 cake pan. wrote happy birthday on it. then made two blueberry pies and none for home. All give aways.
Linda in Northen Ontario
If I made blueberry pie I would not have been so controlled! I love blueberry pie!!1 -
KJ - I hope you are enjoying the time with your grands! So happy for you.0
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Yesterday I got my 10-year anniversary letter from work! I can pick out a watch (they use American Express points to get our gifts). I have asked if I can select something I can put to good use. I have not worn a watch in years since my phone is always with me. I hope they say yes because there are a few laptops in the catalog I would love (and, I really need a new personal laptop!).
Happy Saturday everyone!
SuziQ - SFL
Do you get long service leave now that you've hit 10 years?!!
I'm debating about hanging in where I am until I reach the 10 years point for that.
M in Oz1 -
Happy 33rd Barbara! Enjoy your lunch.0
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My experience on bras for back support I cannot speak except for myself, a small-breasted woman. I have read the studies that claim bras actually cause sag and don't support the back. I think that is true at least for me in reference to lingerie bras and traditional strap, inexpensive, poor stretch, sports bras. The theory is that a bra providing great breast support makes the chest muscles weaker and requires tight straps which actually cause the shoulders to sag due to top of shoulder nerve impingement which leads to back problems.
20 years ago a sports doctor suggested that I try racerback compression bras only with adjustable straps on full length. Her theory was that the compression should be like a bandeau and the straps with only gentle tension when standing with arms down. This compression actually will build strong chest muscles with breathing and exercising. The racerback with just gentle strap tension will help keep your spine from hunching and provide a gentle compression between the shoulder blades. Straps need to be very stretchy. Many women shy away from such bras because they squish the boobs instead of lifting them and can be rather unattractive. The secret to minimizing sag and building upper chest muscles is in the squish, not the lift.
She suggested I wear an adjustable strap racerback sports bra with no padding or underwire or formed cups. She also suggested keeping it on during all activity and taking it off in the evening while relaxing or noodling around the house. I added chest pushing, deep breathing, exercises feeling the resistance of the bra around my bust and expanding it as much as possible.
I no longer have the shoulder and back pains that once nagged me daily. Appearance-wise the increasing of my over boob measure (chest muscle) from 33" to 34" gives an illusion of perk and while I still have sag, it is less than I had in my 40's when I wore the traditional strap cupped pushup bras that gave me shoulder impingement.
A good bra is like a resistance band and should be an asset to your workout and life. My posture has improved drastically over 20 years since making my bras a tool.
Faye - thank you for sharing this fascinating bra info. Would you mind sharing the brand/type you wear? I'm in the B cup range - getting tired of fighting straps as you mention.
I have tried "sports bras" in the past, but was disappointed that the girls just seemed to sag - a compression type sounds better for keeping them where they should be.
I would like to give one a try but am not sure if Walmart has anything adequate and am not sure about ordering online without recommendation.
I know we had this discussion several weeks ago, I should have paid better attention!
Thanks!
Lanette2 -
Happy Anniversary Barbara!
Okie in the TX Hill Country0 -
morning ladies~
I am up and having my tea... did a load of laundry and just brought it down to the dryer..I love my new washer, and it is a bit of an inconvenience to haul wet laundry to the laundry room, but just dont want to have to deal with the inside venting and moisture in the closet where the washer is so. it goes to laundry room..
yes most other countries have quite a bit more vacation and sick time and family leave time.. not so much the US..
my friend Trudy has been working all her life and working hard and with her Ex passing away he left the life insurance as her as the beneficiary , also because he was disabled , she will be able to collect his Social Security and go on Medicare at age 60.. which she will turn in December.. she has 2 daughters 1 adopted and one she had at 40.. who will be 21 in January..
younger one said she would be the administrator for the estate, but has not held her side of the bargain, the other daughter has issues with drugs etc...so I have a feeling Trudy will end up taking it all on...
that brings me to Tom,I know in the divorce decree he has to keep a life insurance policy in himself so that if something happens my alimony is paid, but other than that I dont know what his plans are, I am hoping Elena can nail that down for him. Tom saw what I had to go through with my dads stuff and it wasnt easy ,but Tom has more at stake than my dad by a long shot..
I am taking my granddaughter to her art class today so that Tracy and Kyle can go to the fertility clinic.. bless them both Tracy wants another child so bad..
it will be in the high 60s today so I have layered the clothes ..
I love October..3 -
Tomorrow is our 33rd anniversary. Asked Joe to take me out to lunch but he really doesn’t feel well enough to enjoy it. So I’ll bring lunch home from one of our local restaurants. Not sure if it will be Mexican food or liver and onions :sick:
:sick: for Joe and a steak sandwich for me.
Barbara
Happy Anniversary!
Funny thing ... I was actually thinking about liver and onions the other day. Thinking that no one seems to eat that anymore. I actually didn't mind it when I was growing up - we had it about once a month or so. But once I "moved out" and started cooking for myself at 18, I never had it again. It's just not something I would cook. At one time, I may have considered ordering it in a restaurant, but not now.
From the time I could eat solid food until I was 18, I had steak for lunch just about every Sunday. Maybe 800 steak dinners!! And the whole time I did not like steak. The second I "moved out" I vowed never to have it again, and I have kept that vow so far!
I usually go vegetarian when I eat out.
Happy Birthday to all the Birthday girls!
M in Oz1 -
Editing my group's Assignment 3 on a Saturday night while watching UK's Escape to the Country.
The exciting life I lead.
M in Oz3 -
Barbara, Happy Anniversary!
Katla, How are your dog’s nether parts this morning?
Getting ready to work for a few hours. Then hopeful to get the perennial lantana in the ground.
Karen in Virginia
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Everyday is an opportunity for a new beginning.
Tina Florida4 -
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Lanette It is the Blue 55 Racerback Bralette. I use the large/extralarge size. The medium/large was too binding on my above boob arm muscles. I am 36-38 A depending on the bra styling. These are a lightweight medium compression bra and great for my workout and also my active all-day wear. What is your under boob, bust, and over boob measure? What size do you normally wear in a bra? Perhaps I might suggest a size as their charts are off. The extra large gives me full boob coverage with no uni-boob look so common in compression bras of the low scoop style. They come with padding that I removed and tossed. I think padding takes away from the compression that conforms to your shape. This medium compression racerback style may not appear to give you the boob lift or support you want, but the back and lower shoulder support make the difference to me. I was leery about the metal ring they use to attach the front straps to the back straps, but it hits in the shoulder hollow and is no problem. I have ordered from both Amazon Prime and directly from Blue 55. Photo is with padding in.
Here I am in their older style racerback, but it has a lower cut V front and I am wearing a medium/large size. The new style with a higher V (scoop) front and in a lg/xlg size is so much more comfortable and gives a lot more cleavage cover with no binding on chest/arm muscle.
I hope this helps
Faye
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Barbara - Happy 33rd! What an achievement! You could have bought those candles to stick in a bun. I like any excuse to light them.
SuziQ - I've done two restarts, but might try a proper power off. I may have cured it, but haven't tested it out yet.
It has been raining for a couple of days and is set to rain for the next few, but out south east corner had a gap in the clouds for a few hours, so DH and I went out for my run. I think the whole of Hove had the same idea! At least it was well behaved locals and not tourists. All went fine. Before I set out I was stiff, but soon loosened up and clipped along fine. I feel like the Duracell bunny once I get started. Really pleased to have got one in.
Lots of birthday cards arrived today. None yesterday. I think the postman must have missed us out!
South East France having terrible floods.
People killed. Same storm as we had.
Much love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Machka,
Most companies here do not have pensions so it doesn't matter how long one stays at a company. I get an extra week of vacation which is impossible to take. We have to use all of our vacation time each year or lose it. I would love for them to payout unused vacation. Not many companies do.
I'm just hoping they allow me to order something other than a watch. There are a few nice laptops I would prefer and would get much more use out of it.2 -
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Calories - How do you all burn so many calories in so little time? I did a 45 minute workout with weights the other day and burned a measly 104 calories. I can walk for an hour, or 3 miles and burn about 200 and that's at a 16-17 minute mile. What is the secret???
Tina in CA
Yes, I wonder that too.
An hour's walk is about 200 calories.
An hour's bicycle ride is about 400 calories.
To burn 1000 calories, I'd need to walk for 5 hours or cycle for 2.5 hours.
M in Oz
Has anyone thought of the pace of your walk and if there is any incline or elevation to it. Same with a bike ride, watts/ power u are putting into it, rpm or elevation?, when I burn over 1k, I show what I did, how long, etc.. and the heart rate to show how hard I am wwirking to burn those calories3 -
Barbara Happy 33rd and sorry Joe is not feeling great. I can sure sympathize with his eye pain. I hope he can get it resolved soon without losing any more vision. Hope your weather is great there and your special day is noteworthy.
SuzieQ I would be in dire straights without my pension. I just wish I had taken only jobs that paid into pension much earlier in life, but I might never have lived to collect it as it seems the hard high-stress jobs are the pension paying ones. Congrats on 10 years, that is a big one!!! The longest I ever made on one job was 18 years. I was going for 20, but it almost killed me and took my health and all my saving until I could collect pension and SSD.2 -
Work Leave - this job is the best I’ve ever had for leave. We have about 17 weeks of sick leave, more than 3 days in a row requires a doctors note though. This is so we have short term disability in the event of a major illness. We then have 12 regular statutory days, plus 2 float stats that can be used whenever we want and 3 weeks paid holiday.
I am very fortunate with leave and benefits here, that is why I’m struggling with decisions regarding the boss’ attitude, although she has been much better since she came back from vacation or at least I haven’t heard of anything.
In the past I remember going to work so sick I don’t know how I actually drove there. I was shocked last year when I had a mild cold and was sent home and told to stay there. It was such a change in how employers had treated me in the past.
Barbara - Happy Anniversary to you and Joe. We don’t get the Hallmark channel here, but W Network airs the Hallmark Christmas movies and my daughter that just moved and I used to watch them together while we were in our own homes and texted back and forth. She doesn’t have satellite or cable so we have made dates for a couple of sleepover dates to watch some this year.
I do miss the original Hallmark Christmas movies where they were aired as a Sunday night special with the special commercials that were a story themselves. My favourite was one called Santa and Pete. I may find that as a gift for myself this year. My Grandson is old enough to enjoy it, it explains how Christmas is celebrated with different customs throughout the world.
Terri - I have to get back to my craft room project, last weekend I took a real break.
Suzi - Happy 10th work anniversary. I hope they allow you to choose something else. My Son in law’s company has a catalogue of items that they can choose from based on years of service.
The compression bras sound so painful to me. Maybe it’s because I’m fairly large and find even a light bra sometimes too much.
I up way earlier than I like to be on a Saturday or Sunday, why is it I could sleep in so well during the week when I have to get up, but not on days I can sleep in? Frustrating.
I think I am going to work in the craft room some today and take some items to the local thrift shop.
I may do some crafting tomorrow. I have a large sign outside that is welcoming people to our deck. I think I will do something on the backside for the Winter season, just can’t decide if I want to do Christmas or just Winter.
I should get at it.
Tracey in Edmonton2 -
Calories - How do you all burn so many calories in so little time? I did a 45 minute workout with weights the other day and burned a measly 104 calories. I can walk for an hour, or 3 miles and burn about 200 and that's at a 16-17 minute mile. What is the secret???
Tina in CA
Yes, I wonder that too.
An hour's walk is about 200 calories.
An hour's bicycle ride is about 400 calories.
To burn 1000 calories, I'd need to walk for 5 hours or cycle for 2.5 hours.
M in Oz
Has anyone thought of the pace of your walk and if there is any incline or elevation to it. Same with a bike ride, watts/ power u are putting into it, rpm or elevation?, when I burn over 1k, I show what I did, how long, etc.. and the heart rate to show how hard I am wwirking to burn those calories
My walking pace is usually 6 km/h or 10 min/km. MFP calls that a "brisk pace". Various sources will sometimes indicate a higher calorie burn than 200 calories per hour, but there's no way I would go with that. I don't feel I've exerted myself that much.
I calculate cycling as 100 calories for every 5 km, no matter what elevation changes happen because, unless I'm doing a Point A to Point B ride, what goes up must come down. So I cycle at about 20 km/h = 400 calories.
The main thing is ... whatever numbers you choose (and they are all estimates except if you've got a power metre on your bicycle), if you are losing weight, you've got the right numbers for you. If you're not losing weight, and think you should be, you might need to rethink the calories burned.
M in Oz1 -
Heather ... Happy Belated Birthday!
Barbara ... Happy Anniversary!
Barbie ... thanks for the new thread ...
Halloween Candy ... won't buy it until the day of. I've had to buy candy multiple times some years because we got into it before Halloween. Same thing with Easter candy.
Calorie Burns ... besides the factors Pip mentioned (who is a calorie burning machine), current weight/height affect the numbers as well.
I spent a lot of September bouncing around with my diet/weight, but entered October on a downward trend. Overall, I'm losing about 2/3 of a pound per week. Slow, slow, slow but I'll take it.
Putting up apples this weekend.
Beth near Buffalo4 -
Machka,
Most companies here do not have pensions so it doesn't matter how long one stays at a company. I get an extra week of vacation which is impossible to take. We have to use all of our vacation time each year or lose it. I would love for them to payout unused vacation. Not many companies do.
I'm just hoping they allow me to order something other than a watch. There are a few nice laptops I would prefer and would get much more use out of it.
We don't really have pensions exactly here. It's a different system.
But several organisations offer long service leave. So when you hit 7 years (merely days away for me) you start accumulating long service leave, but you can't touch it until you hit 10 years. Employees are entitled to eight and two thirds weeks of long service leave upon the completion of at least 10 years of continuous employment with their employer. On top of this, they are entitled to four and one third weeks for each additional five years of service after the initial 10 years.
https://worksafe.tas.gov.au/topics/laws-and-compliance/long-service-leave
So I think that leave is on top of our normal 4 weeks of leave.
Therefore it is very tempting for me to stay here 3 more years, and then, if we're going to move to Canada, I could go on 12 weeks of paid leave which could give me time to pack, move and start job hunting. But we'll see. Never know.
M in Oz3 -
Machka,
Most companies here do not have pensions so it doesn't matter how long one stays at a company. I get an extra week of vacation which is impossible to take. We have to use all of our vacation time each year or lose it. I would love for them to payout unused vacation. Not many companies do.
I'm just hoping they allow me to order something other than a watch. There are a few nice laptops I would prefer and would get much more use out of it.
California does not allow use it or lose it. A lot of people decide to save it up and get a big payout at the end of the year.
Tina in CA3 -
@Suzi, most people seem to think there won't be a complete lockdown again, for economic reasons. but bars and restaurants may well close. A laptop sound way more interesting than a watch!
I'm glad I went to 2 museums and to meet 2 friends at cafés today. it was pleasant, interesting, a bit of exercise too (we went for a little walk with 2nd friend).
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