WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2024
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Then, when I was in my early 30s, I got into yoga and the last "pose" they did with us was one where we laid down on our mats, the lights were dimmed, and we were told (in a slow and soothing voice) to tense up our toes, and then relax our toes, then tense up our feet, and relax our feet, then tense up our calves, and relax our calves. I'm not sure what came after that because I'd always fall asleep!!
I still do those tricks, even as recently as last night.
I was feeling restless, finally got myself into a comfortable position and was randomly going through tensing and relaxing arms, feet, etc. ... what felt like minutes later, I got up to use the toilet and discovered an hour had passed. Guess I fell asleep!!
M in Oz
I need to try that!!2 -
MFP Weekly Check-in January 22, 2024
Evie in BC -Down .4 of a pound this week. So very happy that the scale is starting to creep downward!
Sue in WA State - Missed water exercise again this week due to haircut and weather. Walked 6 min one day and 5 min another. Did strength and balance 6 out of 7 days. Did not eat after dinner 5 of 7 days. Current weight 226.5.
Kylia in Ohio - So I am status quo this week. Not enough good food. Not enough exercise. I am happy that I didn't gain. Have a great week!
Rita in Roswell, NM - Down a pound this week. With eye surgery Wednesday, I hope to do the same next week!
Debbie in Napa Valley, CA - 152.8 so up .6 over the past two weeks. Did well tracking but still not back to 5 days of walking or Zumba. Will work on that, depending on how I am feeling- asthma is still kicking my butt. Still on two breathing treatments a day plus using regular inhaler a few times a day.
Lanette SW WA State – weight staying in goal range. Walking doing fine, carrying mostly 5# and averaging over 10,000 steps per day. Eating 80-90% fresh/home cooked food, very little highly processed or sugar. Daily goal 90 gm protein. NSV- Old jeans and sweats fit again. No longer too tight in the waist, even though when I fit in them before, I was 5# lighter. Replacing fat with muscle I'm guessing.2 -
Afternoon ladies
Well Siri is home and Alfie is protecting me and Siri is exploring.. I showed her were everything is..and am letting her explore.
Barbie- if only it were thst easy..its not the noise that bothers him ,its whats on the telly..
Anything of the sort,animals cartoon or otherwise sets him off.any noise outside sets him off.. only time he is quiet is when he is under the covers sleeping..
One good thing about having the kitty. Is she wont take anything,and will put him in his place lol.4 -
Rita-Congrats on 6 months sober! That’s a great achievement!
Annie-Such a difficult position. He is an adult, however. You can only do so much.
Rebecca-You look quite toasty warm in that shawl.
It's been raining a lot the past few days. It started on Saturday and rained about .3 inch, then .25 yesterday and today, it's already over 4 inches and still coming. Our streets are flooded. Many people cannot get to work because our drainage can't handle it. It's a fast-flowing creek in the street in front of our house and rivers in other areas. I don't mind it so much unless I have to get out in it. Thankfully, I don't. And now the wind is coming up. That's what bothers me.
Spending so much time inside means I find things to cook. Today, I made a 90-second keto bread. I'm not on a Keto diet, but I avoid white carbs so keto recipes often suit me. However, this one has nearly 500 calories for the size of an English muffin! It is the best version of keto bread I've found though (tastes the best with peanut butter). I'll eat half at a time for a snack. In the meantime, I'll experiment with trying to lower that calorie count!
I'm sure I missed things to comment on. I've been avoiding the computer lately and when I read, I am terrible about note-taking.
Tina in Rainy CA
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After work went to the eye MD. She gave me another prescription for glasses. Came home and rested my eyes (yes, I did that, mainly because she dilated them). Then a few hours later walked to Food Lion and got more shrimp that was on sale and Vince needed more bananas
Can you believe this? A lady at BK was selling cookies for her child’s fundraiser. Well, I really need cookies like I need a hole in the head so I told her I’d give her a donation. The first time I wrote “catawba counta” and it should have been “catawba ridge”. So they wanted me to change it. So I did and I initialed the change. Now...they told her that I needed to write another check because they couldn’t accept it with the initials!!! I honestly think they don’t know how to deal with straight donations and they may be a few fries short of a Happy Meal. So I just wrote them another check. Heck, we’ve changed the deposit slip at the bank and just initialed the change!
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Gee barbie – after all that work of chewing and throwing up, it’s no wonder Annie had to take a rest!
Last night after the yogurt was done, hard boiled more eggs. Boy, I seem to be having a hard time getting in the protein.
Tracey – isn’t it so frustrating how easily a man can lose weight???? When the grapes look good, can you buy them, freeze them, then take out what you would need and thaw them in the refrigerator? Good for you “fixing” the furnace/!!! Vince has to be right, even if he isn’t. Most of the time I just let it go.
Rosemarie – our house in Kennett Square was heat pump with propane backup. When that propane kicked in, boy was there a lot of hot air. Remember that hot air rises
Lisa – so glad Corey is safe
barbie – I wish our library had more audiobooks
Apologies to anyone I’ve missed or for any typos. My eyes are still somewhat dilated.
Michele NC5 -
Almost forgot to mention, I saw this article where on Jan 30 in honor of nat'l croissant day, if you spend $1 at BK, you can get a croissanwich for one cent. Check your local BK.
Michele NC3 -
Tracey--I do understand how you feel and famlies do not stick together like they used to. I know I send cards for everything and most the time no repely. It hurts, but doing it makes me feel like at least I am trying and opening a door.
Kylia--How scary, so glad they did not hit you. Granddaughter is a natural.
Rita--6 months sober that is fantastic.
Annie--A lot of changes in a short amount of time.
Well Friday night I got a text message one of my staff was in the ER.So went over to see what happened. She had went home from work that morning as she works the night shift. Her driveway was not plowed and about a quarter mile long. She decided to walk to the house. She has problems with her feet and did not realize until she reached the house she has lost a shoe. It was like -30 with wind. I am so grateful she did not fall as that would of been the end for sure. Any way she has bad frostbite on her foot and praying she does not lose it. Part of what I think happened is her mom passed away just a couple days before Christmas and she is dealing with that and the step dad didn't get anyone to plow the driveway and it's a mess. So prayers for her if you would.
Take care ladies.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE10 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »John came back with shopping, but hadn't tried out the photo booth. I was shocked, and showed it, so he was upset. He's still sulking. To me, that was the whole point of him going! Plus I mentioned some generic copy of Rennies that Tesco does, and asked him to look out for them. He came back with Rennies. We have loads of them.
Sometimes we get our wires crossed so badly, I can hardly believe it. It shakes me every time.
My guess is, he was nervous about the photo booth, and didn't want to do it, so pretended he had forgotten about it.
So I guess I will have to do my own photo exploring. That'll teach me for sending him out as my scout. There's an online thing I can try first, but it's best if he takes my photo. If that doesn't work, I will brave the booth.
Grrrrrrrrrr!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Our post office does passport photos. Does yours?
M in Oz2 -
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Machka - This session’s textbook is out of date too. We are taking Augmentative and Alternate Communication and most of it is technology based so it changes rapidly.
A couple of the books were fairly current, such as Childhood Development, but some of that was also from theorists in the 1800’s.
Lanette - I think that adoption will be an option down the road. They have a unique situation, and the doctors even her family doctor, not just the fertility clinic making money off them, feels that now that they know the reason for the miscarriages that they can be successful the next time. There is another plan being discussed with the fertility as well, but I’m not at liberty to say what that is.
Adoption is very difficult here and can take years, they may be too old to start that journey now.
The “lay there and rest” is what I do a lot.
I “slept” terribly last night. I knew that Kaitlyn and Raquel were out on the roads so worried about them until I knew they were both home safe. Got that text at 130am. I couldn’t get back to sleep so read for an hour, went to the washroom, then must have fallen asleep because I woke just before the alarm went off at 8.
Annie - maybe your Dad’s dementia is causing some of the reckless behaviour.
He may, in his head, think he’s still capable of anything. It’s hard to say since we aren’t there yet, we may be just as difficult.
Lisa - Kaitlyn texted me this morning to tell me not to panic if I looked at the find this morning. Raquel received a message that her matching had been refunded because she is not allowed to donate to her own fund. So she is going to put it all back under her husband’s name. Weird rules, but I guess some people start them for themselves.
So it’s currently lower than it will be again shortly.
I am quite impressed with my grades too, I was not a very good student. I’ve learned through this course though that it had more to do with the environment, teachers and ways of being taught more than my own “stupidity”. Even though I never thought I was stupid, some teachers had a way of making me feel that way.
Such a good thing Corey came home. I don’t mind snow, but ice is a different matter altogether.
A mural on the side of the fridge could be fun
Heather - I think those bags are a wonderful idea.
Sorry Johnny disappointed. I’m sure he feels bad and that is making him sulk. I do that if I know I did something Wrong
I had a lot to do today to get prepared for my practicum. I left the house at 11am and returned at 1pm. When I returned I noticed the front door had opened while I was gone. DH was sleeping so didn’t notice. I’ve been trying to get the house warmed up so he doesn’t notice how cold it was when he does wake up. I don’t know if I want to admit to that one!
One of the things I had to do was go to the RCMP to get a criminal record check completed. She started the check while I was completing the paperwork. All of a sudden she says, “that seems sketchy”, I said on mine? I’m a panicked voice. She apologized and told me she was talking to her coworker in the back and apologized. We both laughed about it, she said she needs to be mindful of what she’s saying.
Tina - that’s a lot of rain!
Michele - I think banks are a lot more particular these days. A deposit slip in front of a teller is much different than a cheque.
Vicki - that’s how I feel too, I have to do what I can live with so I don’t have regrets that I didn’t try.
I’m so sorry for your staff member. Hopefully everything works out well.
I’m posting now so it’s not a novel later this evening.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Stats for the day-
Walk w/family for 1st 3mi, rest just me n yogi- 1hr 55min 55sec, 26elev, 3.10ap, 89ahr, 114mhr, 6.04mi= 573c
Strava app = 740c
Walk home to store then gym- 13.57min, 3.49ap, .81mi= 76c
Strava app= 99c
Treadmill jog- 44.35min, 1.5mi@ 5.1sp, 1.5mi@ 5.5sp, .5mi@ 5.1sp, .5mi@ 7.0 & 8.0sp, 147ahr, 191mhr, 11.09ap, 4mi= 431c
Walk gym to home- 10.11min, 3.30ap, .56mi= 50c
Strava app= 69c
Total cal 11304 -
Just an utterly lazy day. Made a kind of pita quesadilla, half a pita with gouda melted on the inside, and crisped the pita on both sides, then cut into triangles. Used butternut squash puree as a dip, dipped the triangles of pita in it. Pretty darned yummy, and much better than my usual cheese and crackers or tuna and crackers because I'm too lazy to cook...
Corey just ate his lunch he would have taken to work, so I didn't feel bad for not cooking for him. After 12 minutes on the elliptical, then a long hot shower, and then lunch, I got quite sleepy, so took a nap for an hour and a half.
Does anyone else kind of resent the amount of time it takes to take a shower anymore? I want to be clean, I just hate the whole rigmarole with getting wet and tooth scrubbing and hair drying and everything. I may well be that horrible old woman they have to hogtie and give a sponge bath in the dementia ward, fighting the whole time.
Dinner will be an ultra-thin crust frozen pizza for me, and he's making hot dogs for himself. I think we were both in the mood for junk food after a day housebound. The rain is still coming down - it was bucketing down when I went to bed, but just drippety now. I hope they're right that the temps will stay up in the high 30s and keep that ice from reforming. Not in the mood for an ice storm, thank you very much.
And... time to watch some more crap TV and crochet while he sorts out dinner. Egg is in her favorite place these days...
Later,
Love y'all!
Lisa in AR
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Last night, when I had not paid nearly enough attention to the princess:
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »John came back with shopping, but hadn't tried out the photo booth. I was shocked, and showed it, so he was upset. He's still sulking. To me, that was the whole point of him going! Plus I mentioned some generic copy of Rennies that Tesco does, and asked him to look out for them. He came back with Rennies. We have loads of them.
Sometimes we get our wires crossed so badly, I can hardly believe it. It shakes me every time.
My guess is, he was nervous about the photo booth, and didn't want to do it, so pretended he had forgotten about it.
So I guess I will have to do my own photo exploring. That'll teach me for sending him out as my scout. There's an online thing I can try first, but it's best if he takes my photo. If that doesn't work, I will brave the booth.
Grrrrrrrrrr!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
Doing the photo thing went into his "too hard basket".
From my experience, you've got options:
- do it yourself.
- do it together.
- figure out a way to break it down into steps or make it easier for him.
Getting upset, however, is not likely going to accomplish anything.
Maybe he felt embarrassed or uncomfortable going into a photo booth. When photo booths existed around here (haven't noticed one in ages because everyone has a mobile phone now), they seemed to be mainly used by groups of teenagers. So the idea of using one might have felt a bit weird to an older man on his own. You could ask him if he felt a bit weird using a photo booth on his own.
M in Oz5 -
Well im going to attempt to sleep tonight,Alfie barking and he is acared to go out in the living room lol
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Lisa-I am in love with Egg. She makes me really miss my cats (who have all been gone for nearly 15 years).
Showers-I hate that I "have" to take them, but once I'm in there, I don't want to get out. And I hate being rushed through my shower.
NSV-Since we are somewhat stuck in our home, I keep wandering around looking for things to do, which often results in boredom eating. So, I will often bake/cook to avoid that. Well, I have some stale cookies that I intend to make into other cookies (NY cheesecake cookies) and I was all ready to bake those today. However, instead, I did a cardio workout and made spiced nuts. Then proceeded to eat far too many of them. That's better than eating far too many cookies, though.
Still raining, but it's much lighter.
Tina in soggy CA5 -
Today’s gratitude: tea.
Didn’t get everything done and dusted before pet sitter arrived but house looks way better than it ever has, so I am content. Even took time out for PT and line dancing. Skimming, as I’m pooped!
Thanks Kay and Tracey.
Barbie how angelic they look sleeping off a bout of deviltry!
Machka snow peas fresh of the vine? Yum! You and Rowan sound much like Joe and me, except I do all our laundry, he takes care of all the outside and the cars, we each cook for ourselves and nobody cleans ;}
Debbie exploding hard boiled eggs? Yikes!
Tracey Brava for replacing the thermostat! Well done!
Rosemarie [brr] Hope the HVAC folk have a quick, easy, inexpensive fix for that frigid downstairs.
Kylia “…Ladies, YOU are worth every step of YOUR journey! Peace of mind, weight, health, rest... each step worthy. “ Loved this. Thanks!
Lanette “Art Belll” ah that brings back memories. Really enjoyed him long ago, but towards the end things got too dark for my taste. Old jeans fit? Bravissima!!!
Annie congrats for getting back up on the bike!
Lisa Yikes! So glad Corey was able to inch his way home safe! That peek-a-boo princess pic, is priceless!
Heather think your insight about Johnnie’s nervous reluctance is spot on.
Barbie, I liked “…Jake thinks about the prize and I think about all the steps to get there.. .” insightful and sounds like a good team. Imho, never too old to dream . . .
Rita fingers X’d for successful surgery Wednesday with quick, easy, complete recovery.
Allie, Siri is a beauty. ((hugs))
Tina 4 inches of rain? Glad you can stay home, those roads are dangerous. Spiced nuts are better for us that cookies. Well done!
Michele saw this episode and thought of your adventures at BK.
https://www.history.com/shows/the-food-that-built-america/season-2/episode-3
Vicki praying for your staff member, that her recovery is quick and complete and no loss of foot.
Tracey I’m curious about your practicum. Can you share any details?1/21: Move: ZERO sets PT , Steps: 3581 plus an hour’s cooking with dead battery ;{Time to snooze then shower, pack and leave for Mohs.
Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=-5 CI<CO net=172 vits=1
Live: Joe, readings, BP, ptT, ptS, packed up bottle drop, laundry, vimeo church and FT annual meeting while purging Mama’s sympathy card collection. [color=red Wt:134.7 [/color]
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
January: Move more: dailyish PT, play with dogs, more steps than yesterday.
Fuel better: less sugar, CI<CO, dailyish vitamins. more AF days than not.
Live NOW: dailyish time with Joe, dogs, readings, Hebrew, meditation.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
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Barbara – thanks for the link. But I couldn’t view it all since you need a provider number. But I do watch the show “the food that built america”
Vicki – will keep your staff member in my prayers that she doesn’t lose her foot
Tina – great NSV. Nuts are better than cookies by a long shot
Had ceramics tonight. Took my shower for tonight. Now to get to bed.
Michele NC2 -
Here I am tonight. Yesterday I was tired and more hungry.I allowed myself to sleep in this morning. Today I struggled to get 1200 calories in. I wasn't hungry.
I taught piano this afternoon after cleaning the upstairs portion of our split level. My husband has had a bad cold since last Wednesday. So far thankfully I am symptom free. My son in another state came down with Covid last weekend.
A friend's suggested I should do a cleanse in the spring. Anyone know anything about how to do a cleanse?
Hope in Utah3
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