WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2023

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,396 Member
    Barbie Congratulations on the new addition! Newborns are something special!


    2023 Self-Care September 2023

    Word of the year: appreciate. Today I appreciate my morning oatmeal.
    Meditation: daily. 4/30 0(82%(started Feb)(94%,100%, 74%, 93%,100%,100%)

    Recommended exercise: cardio 5 days 30 min 5/23
    Strength all muscles 2 x 0/8 a week
    Flexible (yoga, stretching) 0/8 a week 10 min
    Balance 5 days 10 min 1/20

    Rita
    Stop B12
    Switch DHEA to every other day on sept 6
    Kev
    Add folic acid, once a day
    Add magnesium to 3x a day
    Up Berberine to 3x a day

    Foods to avoid:

    Barley
    Bell peppers
    Chicken
    Clam
    Egg white
    Eggplant
    Ginger
    Rye
    Wheat
    Winter squash

    1. cut back drinking and limit to 2 days a week. 0/8–(300%,100%)
    2. Average 7,000 steps a week. 5784, (7,700,100%-9851,100%-9526,100%-9,559,100%, -8347,100%—7465,100%—6328,90%—6059,87%)
    3. Update budget every 2 weeks 1/2 —(800%)
    4. Contact close family every week (4x) 184/208—(733%) should be 172 by October 1)
    5. Contact Donat and sibs once a month (8x)72/94 (800%)
    6. Weigh less last day of month compared to first until I reach 140. Start at 178.6,176,174.2,173.4,175.4,174,175.6,173.4 (500%)
    7. Develop a journaling practice by aiming to journal at least 5 days a week. 4/23 (681%,100%)
    8. Read 12 books at least this year. 34/12 (100%)
    9. Pay off credit card debt by January 2024 by making monthly payments to NDR/Reach Financial 8/12—(900%)
    10. Continue building emergency fund at SLFCU (min$25 a month)$25+$25+$71+700+25+25 +25+25 (900%)
    11. April started putting 4% on income in savings. 700,200,200, 107, 157,(500%)

    January Met —100%
    February met —-90%
    March met met —-90%
    April met——86.36%
    May met——-89%
    June met—-99%
    July met — met 81%
    August met—met 99%
    September met
    October met —
    November met—
    December met—



    1. Find time for self-care. It’s not selfish. It’s essential. Making time!
    2. Notice the things you do well, however small. I will. Talking to campers, meeting dogs, electronics.
    3. Let go of self-criticism and speak to yourself kindly. I will try!
    4. Plan a fun or relaxing activity and make time for it. Did this already! Went for a long walk this morning.
    5. Forgive yourself when things go wrong. Everyone makes mistakes. This will be hard because I tend to blame myself for everything.
    6. Focus on the basics: eat well, exercise, and go to bed on time. Will Do! [
    7. Give yourself permission to say ‘no’.. I’m doing this more often now.
    8. Be willing to share how you feel and and ask for help when needed.
    9. Aim to be good enough, rather than perfect.
    10. When you find things hard, remember it’s ok to not be ok.
    11. Make time to do something you really enjoy.
    12. Get active outside and give your mind and body a natural boost.
    13. Be as kind to yourself as you would to a loved one.
    14. If you’re busy, allow yourself to pause and take a break.
    15. Find a caring calming phrase to use when you feel low.
    16. Leave positive messages for yourself to see regularly.
    17. No plans day. Make time to slow down and be kind to yourself.
    18. Ask a trusted friends to tell you what strengths they see in you.
    19. Notice what you are feeling without any judgement.
    20. Enjoy photos from a time with happy memories.
    21. Don’t compare how you feel inside to how others appear outside.
    22. Take your time. Make space to just breathe and be still.
    23. Let go of other people’s expectations of you.
    24. Accept yourself and remember that your are worthy of love.
    25. Avoid saying ‘I should’ and make time to do nothing.
    26. Find a new way to use one of your strengths or talents.
    27. Free up time by canceling any unnecessary plans.
    28. Choose to see your mistakes as steps to help you learn.
    29. Write down 3 things you appreciate about yourself.
    30. Remind yourself you are enough, just as you are.

    RVRita in Roswell, NM
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,708 Member
    edited September 2023
    Good morning ladies,

    Got my morning walk in and then spent a lot of time down a rabbit hole watching an interview with James Nestor, author of "Breath", which some of us have read.

    We've been discussing "The Blue Zones" and longevity. Nestor maintains one of the biggest keys to longevity is lung capacity, and just focusing on diet alone doesn't do it.

    Which makes me wonder - Blue Zone's researcher Dan Buettner stresses diet, for sure, but also activity, like the sustained activity doing things outside, like walking long distances or doing physical labor like gardening, for example, which folks in the Blue Zones are doing. Activity our ancestors did for centuries. Is the secret to more activity and the positive effect on longevity actually due the increased lung functon it creates which benefits not only our circulatory systems, but other health and brain benefits we didn't realize were also positively impacted by proper nasal breathing?

    If I'm sitting hunched over a laptop or in front of the TV for hours on end, then walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes or do a 20 minute walking video, does that spurt of exercise make up for my restricted breathing caused by sitting with bad posture for most of the rest of the day?

    Or is it really better to be active more, all day long, (at least 10 minutes of standing movement for every hour of sitting or whatever the recommendation is) and use our lungs more?

    The interview also goes into nasal breathing (our noses amp up nitric oxide which is a virus and bacteria killer, humming multiplies the effect) and stopping mouth breathing at night which contributes to sleep apnea, reduced sleep quality according to the research Nestor presents.

    Anyhow, he covers LOTS more. :) Here's a link to the video:

    And a link to Nestor's website - I focused on the bibliography page which cites research findings and more videos.

    https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/bibliography

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State


  • myvt9v4crh
    myvt9v4crh Posts: 391 Member
    <3

    Katla in Illinois
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,894 Member
    Rebecca--Great news on your new grandson. Beautiful little one.
    Rita--Great on your updated stats.
    Not a lot to say, hip and back are giving me a lot of pain. Went to Chiropractor and it helps, but still hurting. Taking it one day at a time.
    Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE <3
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,797 Member
    edited September 2023
    While I lay on the bed upstairs, with the fan blowing, DH and Max shared videos of funny piano performances. The British amongst us will know Morecambe and Wise's Andrew Previn video very well, :p And Victoria Wood's, 'Let's Do It'. They also had fun with Victor Borgia. All on YouTube.
    He was reluctant to go home, so I guess he had a good time! :p

    DH told us about lots of amazing pranks he played when he was younger. :o One he hasn't told Max yet, but I hope he will, was inventing a fictitious pupil at his school where he was teaching, and sending the report form round for the teachers to fill in. They all did!

    Max has his first day back at school tomorrow. It's just them and the first years. Instead of their school uniforms, because of the heatwave, they have been told they can wear their gym kit. How wonderfully sensible! :D

    My favourite decluttering programme tonight. 'Sort Your Life Out'. Then 'Ambulance', another favourite of mine. Neither of those are DH'S pick, so I will watch them in the bedroom.

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,959 Member
    edited September 2023
    Good afternoon from Arkansas...

    Beth - I'm sorry the insomnia is wreaking havoc with your food choices. The struggle is real, my dear. I've just been tracking my food again since Sunday, not trying to restrict, just observe, and yesterday was the only day I haven't stayed within my calories. Also the only day where I only slept three hours the night prior. Something in my brain says that food will make me feel better when I'm muzzy from lack of sleep, and it never works.

    Have finally cooled down from a few hours of working in the yard, hauled two big loads of cut brush to the burn pit. Got my plants repotted, talked to my best friend, talked to Corey and got dinner settled (leftovers tonight, ham/cauliflower au gratin tomorrow), then I talked to my daughter and ate a little bit of lunch. Now a quick nap and then the next thing, whatever that may be. Probably try out my new vacuum, which finally arrived, and is charging up as we speak...

    Later, y'all,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,708 Member
    Good afternoon ladies-

    This morning I put together 2 more pints of Vitamin "G" - fermented honey & garlic. The fermented part will take place over the next few weeks. ;)

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    The pint on the left is a year old, the pint on the right is today's. Supposed to be a potent immunity booster, cough syrup, throat soother, you name it. The aged garlic is very mild. :p

    Here's a link if anyone feels like putting some together:

    He talks about putting onions and garlic and honey together, I'm going to see what I can find on this.

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,158 Member
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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,154 Member
    Evening ladies
    Well i booked 2 resort day passes for Aruba and Curasuo(sp) that i can handle..will see what i can find in Bonaire
    .no day passes there
    Carmine was supposed to walk to the bus stop this morning, which she didn't, she skipped school and went to Seth's.
    Tracy just got off the phone with Karen Seth's mom and Carmine will be staying up there for a little while
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,698 Member
    edited September 2023
    Good morning ladies,

    Got my morning walk in and then spent a lot of time down a rabbit hole watching an interview with James Nestor, author of "Breath", which some of us have read.

    We've been discussing "The Blue Zones" and longevity. Nestor maintains one of the biggest keys to longevity is lung capacity, and just focusing on diet alone doesn't do it.

    Which makes me wonder - Blue Zone's researcher Dan Buettner stresses diet, for sure, but also activity, like the sustained activity doing things outside, like walking long distances or doing physical labor like gardening, for example, which folks in the Blue Zones are doing. Activity our ancestors did for centuries. Is the secret to more activity and the positive effect on longevity actually due the increased lung functon it creates which benefits not only our circulatory systems, but other health and brain benefits we didn't realize were also positively impacted by proper nasal breathing?

    If I'm sitting hunched over a laptop or in front of the TV for hours on end, then walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes or do a 20 minute walking video, does that spurt of exercise make up for my restricted breathing caused by sitting with bad posture for most of the rest of the day?

    Or is it really better to be active more, all day long, (at least 10 minutes of standing movement for every hour of sitting or whatever the recommendation is) and use our lungs more?

    The interview also goes into nasal breathing (our noses amp up nitric oxide which is a virus and bacteria killer, humming multiplies the effect) and stopping mouth breathing at night which contributes to sleep apnea, reduced sleep quality according to the research Nestor presents.

    Anyhow, he covers LOTS more. :) Here's a link to the video:

    And a link to Nestor's website - I focused on the bibliography page which cites research findings and more videos.

    https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/bibliography

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State


    10 years ago, I started with my organisation and an ergonomic assessor set me up at my desk. She went through a bunch of questions including one about how much I exercised daily. About 1 hour a day, I told her, and more on weekends.

    Then she asked how much time I spent sitting.

    Pretty much the rest of the time when I wasn't sleeping.

    Then she told me about how that isn't healthy ... and I did more research on it too.

    What's healthier is to keep active.

    So I walk as part of my commute. I take the stairs in the morning and at lunch and other times throughout the day. I walk at lunch. I walk as part of my commute going home. I walk Rhody after work. And I get up during the evening and walk around the house.

    I would put exercise at the top of the list for healthy aging. Exercise keeps you mobile and able to do things. It is great for stress relief and mental health. It aids the digestive system. So many benefits to exercise.

    I also love my sit-stand desk and will stand for an hour or two each day.

    M in Oz
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,361 Member
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    edited September 2023
    Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.

    Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in

    Rosemary – sorry you have Covid

    Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up

    I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.

    Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”

    pip – congrats on being debt free

    Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!

    When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?

    I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.

    Heather – lovely home they’re building

    Rebecca – big congrats on the birth

    pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice

    Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing

    Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool

    Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.

    Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.

    Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.

    Michele NC
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    othing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.

    Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in

    Rosemary – sorry you have Covid

    Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up

    I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.

    Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”

    pip – congrats on being debt free

    Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!

    When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?

    I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.

    Heather – lovely home they’re building

    Rebecca – big congrats on the birth

    pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice

    Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing

    Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool

    Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.

    Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.

    Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 3,906 Member
    Thanks ladies.💖
    Had a nice chat with my mother in law who is 90 yrs young. Family keeps telling us she is getting forgetful, but when we chat with her conversations are easy, and engaging. She is Mom to me, and helped me when I lost my own mother in 1999.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Wa
  • lolitahuggins
    lolitahuggins Posts: 1 Member
    New to the group. Excited to see Ladies in NW Washington
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,077 Member
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  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,273 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.



    Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.

    Michele NC

    The food program at my old church(where mom still goes) gets some amazing donations every week. There is a high end local bakery that donates a lot- dh loves it when I get Costeaux's sour dough. There are some weeks they get so much along with other breads from the food bank and Safeway that they have extra and let us take as much as we want. They sell it for $8 a loaf. We also are now getting a lot from Guy Fieri from his "Grocery Games" show. A local high end creamery donates often, along with other local places.
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,273 Member

    Still not a fan of gardening. I threw a couple plants away tonight rather than deadheading and watering them .😂
    Hopefully next week I can do more.
    I’m sure they were screaming at me from inside the bin, I just closed the lid and walked away.

    Debbie - I really think your DH should just stop going to his mother’s for a while. It’s not good for anyone.



    Tracey in Edmonton

    I wish he would too but he keeps going back for more abuse, even when there is no reason to. After this morning, he should have just said that is it, and not go back this evening but instead, he ended up going back just a few hours later(after spending time doing her errands) and stayed there for a few more hours. I do not understand it.
    I was happy to go out walking with my friend.
    Feet are hurting tonight but after walking the wetlands a bit over an hour and then with her, I hit 20,000 steps after I got home. Hope to sleep good tonight.


    Debbie

  • mitchandsamsmom
    mitchandsamsmom Posts: 22 Member
    Hi new here
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,698 Member
    edited September 2023
    exermom wrote: »
    Just keeping busy working and stuff, nothing real exciting. Took Loki to the vet Wed. for blood work. Bought a new grill. The one we have right now works, but it needed a new regulator. Vince found one online and installed it and now it makes a humming noise for about the first 10 minutes you put it on. It’s a Kenmore about 13 years old. Parts will be harder and harder to find. Drove to a city about 45 minutes away to save $300 so it was worth the trip.

    Barbie – I’m so sorry Jake hurt his ankle AND his knee. You’ll get thru this, I know. Glad to hear Bodhi is settling in

    Rosemary – sorry you have Covid

    Carol – sorry to hear this but glad everything got cleared up

    I understand Jerry didn’t come in to work Wednesday and today he said to me “they don’t want me to work”. Probably because he had been drinking.

    Rebecca – lovely letter “from Santa”

    pip – congrats on being debt free

    Walked to Food Lion the other day because the gal who wrote a rain check put the full price, not the sale price on it. When I explained this to the gal, she kept insisting that it was right since the sale was still on. Huh? Finally a manager came over and after I explained it to him he said to her “she’s (meaning me) right”. You should have seen the gal take off in a huff. As if to say “the customer can’t be right, I have to be”. The manager said he’d talk to her. Honestly!

    When the kids were small, every year the bathroom downstairs (where I hid the presents while I was wrapping them) mysteriously had to be locked for one reason or another – the toilet was leaking, the sink leaked, etc. Then every year miraculously Christmas day the bathroom got “fixed”. Do you know the kids never figured it out until we moved out of that house?

    I miss the Y only because of their pool. They are the only ones I know around here who have an olympic size pool. Oh, I forgot, the college has one, but it doesn’t have deep water aerobics classes.

    Heather – lovely home they’re building

    Rebecca – big congrats on the birth

    pip – why is the ride still virtual? I remember they went that way when Covid hit, but it’s not a big thing any more so why are they continuing to have it virtually? Congrats on the new bike rack. Looks real nice

    Joy – so sorry about your cat. Our fur babies are such a big part of our lives. Our cat is 15 and has a seizure disorder, an anxiety disorder, and cancer. He’s getting oral chemo, but he seems happy and that’s the important thing

    Finished pulling all the weeds around the pool. Next I want to put down this “ground clear” stuff. It kills EVERYTHING and I sure don’t want those weeds growing back until we put down the stones around the pool

    Not sure why the pool is still getting algae in it. We cleaned the filters (were they ever dirty!). I’m wondering if we need to change the filters. Vince thinks we need to shock it. Maybe we should do both? Not a bad idea to me.

    Walked to Food Lion since they; have cabbage on sale (49 cents/pound). I’ll make coleslaw in case Jess comes here this weekend. Otherwise, we will eat it. On the way home it started to rain. I swear, if we need rain, just have me walk to Food Lion. So many times it starts to rain on my way home.

    Soup kitchen tomorrow. You know, I'm very surprised they haven't gotten a lot of donations of zucchini. They just got a big donation of potatoes recently. I can't get over some of the good food those people get. We get WalMart brand bread. They get Wonder bread. Only once in the (about) 13 years that I've been volunteering did I ever see something and say to myself "there's no way I'd put that in my stomach". We get Aldi brand frozen pizza, they get DiGiorno.

    Michele NC

    Wonder bread is "good food"???

    That's one brand I avoid because of its poor quality. Doesn't it have high fructose corn syrup in it?


    Bread is one thing I spend a little more on to get quality.

    And I don't get bread with sugar in it.


    M in Oz
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,158 Member
    Joy: Sorry about your fur baby. (((Hugs)))

    We had an enjoyable day with DED at the sculpture exhibition. It was much larger than expected. We had lunch, and I was quite surprised at how much restaurant food has gone up. We then took her to see the King’s Coronation Garden before leaving her back to the train station.

    I will be having an active rest day today.

    🤗 🤗 🤗 and 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

    ☘️ Terri