WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2023
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Been reading all the posts but too tired to wish everyone well. Not much happening here. Caregiving goes on. I did some errands today and tried to read a little. My attention span is not great. And there is something to do every 20 minutes or so. I hope everyone is doing well and those in the cold areas are warm and comfortable!
Best,
Rosemarie from GA13 -
Ok no fish truck tonight. I had toast with tomato, cheese and cucumber. Tomorrow husband wishes to go to an Asian restaurant, so I had to choose, but not both. I chose the Asian food. I will hope they return in our area this month. The downside of your favorite fish restaurant being a food truck that travels all over Washington.🙃
Rebecca
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I did 30 mins of yoga and 30 mins of walking aerobics Yay!
Annie in Delaware7 -
Anniesquats100 wrote: »Well my official Friday weigh-in is up 1.7 pounds from last Friday. Something is not right. Although this is familiar, I usually gain first before I lose.
I keep my diary set at 1100 calories, but if I exercise I often eat back some. I've been exercising about 300 calories a day. Maybe it's time to check my food portions.
Annie in Delaware
Do you weigh your food?
Also, with exercise, I underestimate the amount I'm burning.
If I look at a calories-burned calculator, I put my weight in as about 10 or 20 kg less than I am now ... closer to my goal weight.
And/or I round the time I exercised down.
If I walk for 65 minutes, I might round down to 60 minutes.
If I cycle and we stop briefly a couple times, I will only count the riding time.
Same with lifting weights ... I'm usually "lifting weights" for about 20 minutes, but if I'm honest with myself, I actual lift the weights for 10 or 15 minutes and the rest of the time is short breaks in between sets.
Same with gardening ... I might be out there for 2 hours, but I'm probably only really physically active for 30-60 minutes. The rest of the time, I might be kneeling and pulling the weeds right in front of me which isn't burning much.
I don't count stretching, yoga, situps, hanging out the laundry, housework (unless it's an unusually heavy day of housework), walking inside my office or house, walking inside the shops at lunch, etc. Those are all part of my normal 1500-1600/day maintenance calorie burn.
When it comes to weighing me, I weigh every day and I have discovered I've got a pattern.
Saturday morning will likely be my lowest weight of the week.
Sunday will likely be the same as Saturday or close to it.
Then I'll gradually gain weight ... Monday will be a little bit higher, Tuesday a little bit higher. Then I'll bob slightly up and down for the rest of the week around the higher weight.
If I've kept active and kept my food quantity down, Saturday morning will be my lowest weight of the week.
Today is Saturday ... from last Saturday, I've dropped 0.5 kg. From my highest weight this past week on Thursday, I've dropped 1 kg.
And I am 0.5 kg away from where I was before my nose and hip surgeries in mid-December.
Machka in Oz
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Worked then the soup kitchen.
Anne DE – you, I know, are aware that muscle weighs more than fat (well, that’s not exactly accurate. The muscle may weigh as much as the fat, but it takes up less space). What gave you the protein boost?
Kylia – happy birthday!
Rita – almost all of my clothes are from the Salvation Army (except underwear, etc). Not Vince
Got most of the Christmas decorations in the garage and put away
Was mainly serving at the soup kitchen. I like doing that
Frustrating at work but got what needed to be done done. I asked Jerry first to rotate the onions, I got “you can get to these”. “But I don’t know how many I’ll need tomorrow so it’s probably best to rotate them”. Actually, that should have been done without my even saying anything.
Then “remember, today is Friday. I’ll need two buckets of pickles opened, separated, and drained” “I know, I know” Later that day “I need two buckets of pickles opened, separated and drained” “I already did one” “Thank you, but I need two, one for today and one for tomorrow”. “Well, I’m not going to drain them” “I need two opened, separated and drained” He eventually did do it, but it took some doing from me. I know he’s somewhat mad at me because I won’t take him home, but that’s too bad. Tomorrow I’m going to ask this one gal if on her list of things for Jerry to do each day she adds one more “ask Michele if there’s anything else that needs to be done”. I don’t always know when he’s left and if someone offers to take him home before I get things done (like Pickles opened), I’m stuck. I know in my heart that Brian would do it for me. But to me, that isn’t his job, it’s Jerry’s. Brian makes the sandwiches and he should be there for the customer, not doing Jerry’s job.
Pip – yea for the booties staying on! Love the slipcovers
Rebecca – beautiful you (not with the beard, tho)
Michele NC6 -
Whidislander wrote: »Rebecca Yes my husband drives, but I like going to town by myself. Much more economical (he is a spender) and I like the quiet! He does not drink and drive, which I am very thankful for.
Word of the year: APPRECIATE; today I appreciate the crisp cool air of my morning walk.
#2 Practice fairness today by putting yourself in someone else’s shoes: I did this with a camper who I received complaints about. I put myself in his shoes when speaking with him. He was a very lonely man who only had his dogs (one barking, one loose) and the people he meets at campgrounds. Made me more compassionate when talking to him about the dogs.\
RVRita
When I learned to drive at 50, it was to help get Lee to the doctors etc. Now after transplant, he is more comfortable driving, than dealing with the stress of my driving. Sadly, learning that late in life, I don't have the instincts as a driver, more as a passenger. So each time getting behind the wheel, things a normal driver would do instinctively, I have to consciously think about. So that fact alone, I let him drive, for however long that may be. When he can't drive due to eyesight, or illness, I guess I would arrange other transport. 🙃👍🏻
I am glad you get out and about by yourself. Time apart from a spouse is helpful in marriage health I think.
Enjoy your sun!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa
My driving history can be described as on and off.
I learned to drive at 15, and drove quite a bit until about 23 or 24-ish. We had moved to Winnipeg, my husband at the time used the car for work, and I found work I could walk to at first, then work I could cycle to.
When he and I separated, he took the car and I was glad to be rid of motorised vehicles. For the next 5.5 years, I was car-free!
Then I started university and borrowed a car from my parents for a couple years, then bought one. In those 4 years, I did a lot of driving ... long drives. In the last 2 years of university, many weeks, I drove 1000 km a week.
I moved to Australia, we bought a van, and I drove quite a bit in the first year ... on the other side of the vehicle and road.
And then we moved into a town, and I stopped driving. So from 2010 to 2018, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I drove.
When my husband had his accident, I realised I would need to drive again. It was actually a few months after my husband came home from the hospital, that I sat in the driver's seat and began driving again.
However, I usually only drive on weekends and holidays and as little as possible then. I prefer to get around by bus, walking, cycling etc. On our weekend away last weekend, I drove up and back, but while we were there, the van was parked and we got some groceries, went out to dinner, etc. on foot.
Machka in Oz3 -
Lisa —Thanks for your comment about DH. He is getting along okay. I spend time with him in the evenings while he enjoys watching Gun Smoke.
Pip— It looks like your pup has good boots to protect his feet on your walks. 😊 Your trailer slip covers look great. 👍🏻
Kylia — HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Rebecca— Your comments make me smile 😊
Allie— Keeping fingers crossed that you are okay. 🤞🏻. Good news that Tom will take care of Alfie if needed. ⭐️
DH & I watched Gunsmoke this evening. He is now tucked in for the night. 😊
I’m in my place watching Doctor Ole. I enjoy the critters, and especially dogs. I miss my sweet old dog, Schooner. Eventually I hope to get a new puppy. It will be a while longer. Oh well, patience isn’t easy. :noway:
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »Elliptical - 28 minutes.
Vicki - I take potassium daily as well. Bananas here range from pea green and hard as a rock to nearly brown, which makes me gag; it is really hard to find ones that are edible. Unfortunately, if you do buy the green ones, they seem to go from green to rotten without getting edible in between. However, I'm concentrating right now on adding fiber into my diet too, and luckily, some of the fiber sources also supply potassium, like sweet potatoes, white beans, and regular potatoes. I love any kind of potatoes, so that's helpful, and made a cassoulet the other night with white beans.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR
In the cycling world, potassium is one of the things we also need ... we need all the electrolytes, but potassium is important.
To get potassium, we eat bananas, of course, but another useful food which can be carried on long rides is dried apricots.
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Potassium-HealthProfessional/ - this one has a list including milligrams (mg) per serving
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325728#dried-apricots
I also use "half salt" or "lite salt" on my food which is a combination of sodium and potassium.
Machka in Oz
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It's a rainy Saturday, so I won't be in the garden today.
Instead, I'll try to get some inside things done.
Machka in Oz
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Kylia-the birthday bears were awesome! Happy day!
Barbie-can't go into details but the "Repeated complaining" was just what I needed to see this am!3 -
Rebecca: 😂🤣😂🤣😂 You gave me such a laugh this morning with your 2 personas.
Intentions for tomorrow:
♦️Local shops am
♦️outing with DYD after lunch to replace ancient iPad.
♦️Set up new iPad
♦️general chores
♦️solid habits
Taking care of yourself
does not mean ‘Me first’
It means
ME TOO!!!
Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for all those those who need them, especially those in unsatisfying relationships. It can be so wearing.
🙋♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.
☘️ Terri
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Vicki- Kileigh is 13. It has been amazing watching her growth on the stage. She is an amazing young lady.
Thank all of you for the comments and wishes!
Yesterday was awesome! The only sad part was my new bracelet had to go back to jewelers. It was missing a diamond and needed to be sized. I haven't even taken a picture of it yet. Dinner at Cooper's hawk was wonderful! The filet mignon melted in your mouth. The company was awesome. I over indulged in food‐ over by 900 calories-ouch! Oh well, doesn't happen often! My dessert was good, but DH's chocolate cake was awesome! Brought hone my birthday truffles. After a late night Thursday and wine with dinner, I was actually asleep at 845! A little draggy this morning, but feeling pretty good.
Gotta get ready for work. Have an awesome day!
Make the best choices you can at the moment!
Remember that life is short and enjoy it!
Love to you all!
Kylia in Ohio7 -
Only if you're interested in doing something like this as we go along ...
Feel Good Feb and/or Exercising the Alphabet in FebruaryFeel Good Feb
https://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/programs-initiatives/feelgood-feb/
Exercising the Alphabet in February
In other words, on February 1, you'd walk to a street that starts with A or do an exercise video hosted by someone whose name starts with A or something ... A.
On February 2, you'd go swimming at a Beach or play a game of Baseball or something ... B.
On February 3, you'd go Cycling or Climb some stairs or something ... C.
and so on.
There are, of course, 26 letters in the alphabet and 28 days in February, so you'd have 2 free days if you didn't exercise those days or couldn't fit in the next letter of the alphabet.
I have listed several January highlights so that meets the calendar suggestion for February 1...
And I walked to the Asian "dollar store" next to the Asian grocers and bought Art supplies at lunch today. That'll be my A.
Put myself in someone else's shoes ... I've been treating my difficult work colleague with kindness by talking to her about her son, complimenting her skirt, talking quietly and gently to her and so on.
And today, I walked to Bathurst Street to Buy some Books. I also climbed stairs in my Building.
Watch a movie that reminds me of kindness ... probably not tonight!
C is for Climbing and walking on Collins St!
Saturday --
Cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the bathroom, caught up on some paperwork, read and coloured.
D is for exercising Downstairs!
Rowing - 16 minutes
Walking - 38 minutes
Weights - 10 minutes
Take a picture of three things that make you happy --
Machka in Oz
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Our atelier in action. We were making bookmarks. DH made two amazing ones. I am a bit disappointed with mine. Edie did one 'abstract', and then made one with a cellophane pocket for glitter. She then made a coaster for the boy whose party she is going to this afternoon, and a card.
A good morning's work. I was working in the empty space!
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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I am awake too early thanks to a clattering sound outside of my door. 🙉. I think a bit more rest would be good.😴3
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"Atomic Habits" is a great book. I highly recommend it.
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Morning ladies
I feel a tad better and am dressed ,im not going to urgent care right now...
Im going to lay low today though..
I don't have the scratchy throat that i did,and im drinking alot of water ..4
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