WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

pipcd34 · October 2020

Stats for the day-

Walk 2 farmers market w/family- 46.18min, 77ahr, 1.98mi= 216c
Strava app- 240
Spin bike- 30.21 min, 22.47amph,190elev,135ahr, 154mhr, 11.47mi= 288c
Strava app = 335c

Total cal 504

Anniesquats100 · October 2020

I lost a pound this week. Not bad considering I went to Steven's house and he cooked salmon for me. We had a great time, but it was quite the drive.

Annie in Delaware

Katla49 · October 2020

JoDavo66 · October 2020

Hi there
I don't tend to manage to keep up with groups but I need huge motivation. I've become a serial starter with 2 weeks on & then falling part.
Weight crept on over 4 years of perimenopause & it's a real struggle to get it back off.

Machka9 · October 2020

pipcd34 · October 2020

teklawa1 · October 2020

Katla... I love the smell of line dried clothes and if the weather allows, I dry the sheets and bedding on our line every weekend. The line is one my DH put up to surprise me the first year we moved into this house in 1997. One neighbor says the clothesline doesn't belong in our neighborhood, she sees it as a symbol of poverty and is afraid it will lower property values.... She attempted to rally the neighbors in support of her efforts to have me remove the clothesline but didn't get anyone on her bandwagon. (Thank goodness). This woman has issues with almost all the neighbors over one thing or another. I'm glad she's half a mile away and not next door.

Tracey... love the ornaments.

Betsy in NW Washington

smrshealthy · October 2020

Hey Ladies.. another newbie here.

I’ve been here on MFP since July and haven’t made any changes to get in better shape.There is a bit of time before the end of the year. Enough to make some positive changes.

I need to start by:
Logging all my food and liquids.
Move a lot more 8 k steps.
Add some weight training and flexibility workouts.

I am 60+, married with children and grand children with a goal of 8.1 lbs by years end.

Smr/ CA

grandmallie · October 2020

Evening ladies
Fighting something off,took 2 naps today.and back in bed and have the window open a crack to get some cool fresh air in..
Cancelled my dental appointment for the morning, im just not up for it.

barbiecat · October 2020

JoDavo66 wrote: »

Hi there
I don't tend to manage to keep up with groups but I need huge motivation. I've become a serial starter with 2 weeks on & then falling part.
Weight crept on over 4 years of perimenopause & it's a real struggle to get it back off.

This thread is the first group of online friends I've ever been able to connect with continuously. I hope you will keep coming back. When I started on MFP I was a veteran of dozens of failed attempts to take off weight. There was something about connecting with these women every morning that helped me stay on track and little by little I made changes in my behaviour that helped me take of weight and keep it off. Taking baby steps and being open minded to new ideas helped me.

Barbie in NW WA

Snowflake1968 · October 2020

Betsy - thank you. I don’t know why clothesline’s are so looked down upon now. We aren’t allowed to have them here in the trailer park and we couldn’t at our townhouse either. It’s probably the same people that complain about clothesline’s that complain about the environment and climate change and they don’t see the hypocrisy.

Barbie - I agree, I started following this group in late March 2018 and started actually writing towards the end of April.
Machka had been posting about her husband being in a coma and I kept coming back to see how he was doing. I had read back to see what had happened.

My Best friend called me tonight, she had to take her husband to emergency this morning. Due to restrictions she couldn’t go in with him. She didn’t hear from him until afternoon when he texted “much pain”, then a while later he texted he was “being taken upstairs” but he didn’t answer when she asked him questions. She finally called the hospital and found out he had actually been taken in for surgery and was just in recovery.
She assumes that he had a blocked bowel as he told her it was “same as last time”. A few years ago, he had a blocked bowel but it became unblocked on its own after a few days in hospital. She was waiting for the nurse to call her back and let her know exactly what happened when we hung up.

Tracey in Edmonton

pipcd34 · October 2020

exermom · October 2020

Did Leslie Sansone’s 5 Day Slimdown DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Body Pump video

Vince has said that he would get me a maid only if I absolutely needed one because he knows me too well. I’d clean before she came because I didn’t want her to see the house a mess and then I’d clean it after she left because she didn’t do it my way. And he's right

Joelann – hello there!

Early this morning went to Publix. I didn’t realize that they aren’t giving out rain checks, but there is a sign, I just didn’t know it. Then on the way home stopped at Aldi. Do want to go see a friend who moved to the mountains, but Vince wants to take in the furniture from the pool area today. Maybe Wed? I’m working Tues so don’t know if I can get there or not.

Made yogurt yesterday. I was surprised at how much whey came out! Today helped Vince bring in the umbrellas from outside, he’d already brought in the receiver and his lighthouse. Need to clean the bathroom floor and for some reason I’m looking for any excuse in the book not to do it. Made rice in the IP for Vince. Does it ever come out fluffy in the IP!

Tracey– love the ornaments, especially the snowmen hugging

Fae – I love handmade things, too. To me, they mean so much more. When I’m making something for someone, I’m usually thinking of them while I’m making it. When I receive something someone made, I know it was made with me in mind with love and caring. To me, anyone can go to a store and buy something but where’s the thought, the caring? Tell that to Denise, miss totally materialistic who would only want something from a store.

Dlfk – “he would grill and that is it” Sounds like my house

Anne DE – you may have said, and I missed it, where does Steve live? What part of DE?

JoDavo and smr – welcome!

Betsy – how I wish we could have a clothes line!!! Truthfully, I would think that a clothes line wouldn’t be a sign of poverty but more of the fact that you’re taking care of the planet and using solar power to dry your clothes. But then again, some people think it lowers your property values.

Tracey – I was lucky, when Vince went to the hospital this time I was able to go with him. The time a few months ago I couldn’t go with him and it was so very hard for me.

Michele NC

dlfk202000 · October 2020

I guess I am one of the odd ones. I can't stand line dried clothes-Growing up we dried ours like that. I didn't mind drying them but couldn't stand the feel of them. They were so scratchy which I have never been able to handle. I still am very picky about my clothes- I actually feel the clothes before even looking at them or the price tag. None of my clothes have tags in them. Even as a little kid I would take them out, not very carefully I am afraid which drove mom crazy. No wool or itchy sweaters- break out in hives!!

Debbie
Napa Valley Ca

Snowflake1968 · October 2020

Debbie - I like sheets hung in the line, not jeans or towels. Shirts I don’t mind. It’s the smell I miss more than anything.

Received an update on my friends husband, he had a hernia in his small intestine that was restricting oxygen and blood flow. He is not waking easily from the anesthesia so they are concerned now about that. His family doesn’t response well to it, but this is his first ever surgery, he’s been very fortunate as he will be 61 in January.

Tracey

Machka9 · October 2020

We hang dry everything because driers are rare here and even if you do get one, there often isn't anywhere to put it. Houses have been designed for clothes lines not clothes driers. It is conceivable we might have been able to fit one in, but we put a freezer there instead.

So I tend to buy materials that aren't scratchy when they hang dry.

As for the smell of clothes/sheets dried outside on the line ... I might be the only person on earth, but I don't like that smell! I usually bring things inside and set them up on the drying rack in front of the split system to blow hot air on them for a few minutes before I put them away ... to get rid of that outside smell!

M in Oz

Machka9 · October 2020

Just jump right in whenever you feel inspired to join a conversation.

fanncy0626 · October 2020

I love the fresh air smell and hang most of my clothes outside all year

grandmallie · October 2020

Well finally fell asleep for a bit,and woke up again.. having a hard time breathing,my sinuses are full but not my nose and am having to mouth breath...Trudy and I are going over to the clinic today just for ha has to get tested for Covid.. I highly doubt that is it. But want some relief.. dont like feeling under the weather..

auntiebk · October 2020

"Get to do"s and "chose well"s

Chose well: livestream church, council meeting.
Bonus: pasteurized cider, reduced some to a pint of yummy syrup, two loads laundry.
Get to do: minutes, submit grant pics and receipts, take pics of car, test Bluetooth speaker so can do BB&B or T’ai Chi from voice recordings, make experimental almond paste, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Nothing but You, Shake it like that, Larger than Life, Here I Go Again/Mama Mia, Real Deal, Get it Right); make garlic almonds for Barb and Dan; prep potato area and raised beds for beets, carrots, parsley root, parsnips, radishes and sow; weed drive again, finish weeding flower bed, mulch flowerbed; invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup. figure out where to plant naked lady bulbs, Thursday: call Progressive adjustor, Pilot tech support 5034447924 to link subscription and fix login, shop for part D. Reward: inventory seeds, plan fall cool season garden, order replenishments
Self Care October
18: List things you are looking forward to: stroll and happy hour with friends, dog group, dance again outside, surgeon releasing Joe Friday, and even somehow painting the front porch with Joe tomorrow.

Alas, this morning’s wii weight was back up almost a pound. One foot in front of the other.

Machka I’d swap the smell of fresh baked cookies for the “creepy crawlies”, popcorn for bandaids, baby oil for the baby lotion, and lighter fluid for the gasoline. Mimeograph copies do not belong on any list, what a choking smell

Karen in VA YES to your list!
Kate and the smell of puppies…

SuziQ I’m with you about any microfiber cloths. I use old cotton dish towels to blot dry lettuce and greens, and 100% cotton “shop rags” for dusting, wiping, cleaning.
Welcome @joelann10! Would you let us know what to call you and your general locale?
Fae your exhaustive list held so many I would NOT want to remember…

But sparked a few memories for me, love the smell of popcorn, bleached laundry, old books, swimming pools, paint by number oil paints, moth balls, wood smoke, bacon frying, coffee, beeswax, cap gun caps, Devon violets.
KJ knew the spaceship was a lot of work, but WOW!
Tracey thanks! Those lights look great. Think I need something that I can target to my work area without glaring light into Joe’s eyes, but you’ve given me food for thought. How horrific for your friend. There has to be a better way to keep spouses informed.
Pip how could you ever deny that Yogi anything? What a face!
Terri your crab apple jelly is beautiful, can almost taste it from the pic! I especially like that it needed no pectin. One of my church friends makes rosehip jelly, I’m hoping to be a lucky recipient.

Katla “… willing to let him have his own way now and then” Ah yes, this is hard for me too, especially since we all know that my way is B E S T :laugh:
Annie con VERY gratulations for taking that pound off!
Welcome @JoDavo66 ! Would you let us know what you’d like to be called and your general locale? “Serial starter” I resemble that remark ;}
Betsy, that’s why we have no near neighbors and wouldn’t consider living anywhere with an HOA. Glad the other neighbors didn’t go for it.
Welcome @smrshealthy ! Great goals, they should do the trick, but I’d pick just one and do it for 3 weeks, then add another…
Allie hope you’re feeling better after a good night’s rest. Another good reason to decline any more weekends caring for Faith.
Debbie you are not the only one. While I like the smell of line dried sheets, I really dislike the stiff scratchy feel, especially of towels. I

my clothes drier.

Low energy today, either pooped from yesterday’s cider pressing, or just exhausted from sitting and listening for 3 hours (church, then church council meeting.) Didn’t even take the dogs down the drive.

Lighter, lovelies!

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

October: better than September.
daily: sit with Joe: 18, weigh: 17, steps>5491=3336 vits=18 log=18 CI<CO=17 CI<250<CO=15 Tumble & Shadow 5=17 mfp=17 outside=16 up hill=16
wkly: T’ai Chi or BB&B x3= rx=3 dance=1 clean 30 mins=3
mnthly: board mtg=1 grant=1 20for20=
bonus: AF=12 play= sew=0

WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

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