WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2024

Good morning ladies!

Tracey I agree the cupboard looks small there, and a second one might look better. But then I tend to fill all my wall space with shelves and drawers and always more storage! I'm sure you will figure it out, you have an artistic eye.

Heather hope you can get a diagnosis of your leg pain. So frustrating in a town built for walking to be limited.

Lisa hope there are no bad surprises today. Sounds like your knees will be addressed soon, because you are on top of the paperwork. Good job!

Welcome to the new ladies! I appreciate when you sign with a name and a general location. It helps us remember who is who, which is essential to remembering who said what.

I am 62, retired, and live in Delaware taking care of my Dad. He has dementia but it still quite active, which means he is an accident waiting to happen. We lost my mother to cancer last December. My wonderful friends on this forum listen to my fears and complaints about my dad, which helps me stop stress eating.

I weigh 188 which is about the most I've ever
weighed. So it's time for me to get serious again.
Time to go back to the basics. Sooner or later I need to quit sugar again. I'm five foot four.

I'm working on drinking more water and getting a scale set up as well. Just like me to tackle everything at once!

Today's dilemma is whether I have enough calories to have a mocha latte to celebrate the snow. It's marvelous that my concerns are minor!

Have a great day ladies!

Annie in Delaware

Machka - fencing looks like great fun and exercise. So glad to hear your energy is back. I remember the excitement of looking at houses for sale. Mentally moving in and all that. I understand your relief in the purchase falling through.

Regarding moving into a smaller place, I remembered a 55+ senior gated community not far from me which has apartments and duplexes for rent. I called about them - nothing available (not that I'm ready to move anyhow, it's years off unless my health changes.) Huge waiting list. Monthly rent price very reasonable. The property manager said about 14 houses come up for sale every year, they come along with all of the owning a house expense - new roof, plumbing repairs, etc. are on the homeowner. But they take care of all of the lawn maintenance, trim the shrubbery, etc. Monthly maintenance fee though. The houses are close together but there's a huge green area good for walking alone or with a dog. Smaller houses under 1000 square feet, prices reasonable. Something to investigate further when I get time.

Sue - so sorry for the aggravation with your renter. I take it she's working? I wonder if she has a gambling addiction or something and is tapped for money or if she has a mental condition. Hope your attorney has some solutions for getting her to leave, especially now that it's affecting your health.

Heather - congrats on the new baby. Hope further testing can give you solutions for your leg pain. My siblings and I keep each other on top of our health issues, it's good to have that family history. My sis is getting glaucoma, so far my brother and I are OK there but we share high blood pressure.

Barbara - wouldn't it be great to have that shoulder fixed up so the MRI isn't needed? Sorry such a long wait for it.

Annie - sounds like you are formulating a plan to eat better and get back with your exercise. Do you have a good place to walk outdoors when the weather permits?

Lisa - I've been developing a scheme to avoid the sweet treats and unhealthy foods that others offer too. I think it's easier now that we're older, the peer pressure isn't so bad because so many of our peers also are in the same boat. Some of mine - "That (cookie or other sugary treat) looks good but now that I'm pre-diabetic I need to cut out that stuff. Diabetes runs in my family." "Thanks for the gift of wine. I'll see if I can use it in cooking. Sadly, I used to love a glass but it turns out I'm developing a allergic/histamine reaction to it. These old age allergies are the pits!" Which is true - most people don't know what a histamine reaction is so they don't want to go there.

Have a tentative plan to walk with my neighbor this morning if the weatherman can make up his mind. Changes hourly from "just cloudy, temps low 40's, no wind" to "possibility of heavy rain, 9 mph winds, wind chill 35." Back and forth. We'll see as it gets closer to 9 or 10.

Think I'll buy myself a Magic 8 ball. Probably more accurate than the weather service and their expensive weather forecasting equipment, lol.

Celebrating sorting through stack of papers in my office yesterday and sending a lot of them to the shredding box. Navigating filing what's left today.

Make it a good weekend.

Lanette
SW WA State

Morning all,
My bloodwork who knows is all over the place.. with the kidney issues and thyroid issues and lupus,im a hot mess but will wait and see what the rheumatologist has to say..
Then onto endoscopy and colonoscopy sceduled for April 2nd
Had a swell time out with Trudy and Susan at Happy Hour and had a couple Sangria's slept like a rock..

Well I got the bathroom scale set up. Next I need to figure out how to weigh myself first thing in the morning when Teddy is waiting to go out.

Lanette I don't know exactly why, but my knee does better on the even concrete in the basement than the uneven sidewalk concrete. I should probably do a little of each but today there is snow. I'm celebrating with a mocha latte, while I sit here and plan to lose weight! I plan to skip some other calories. And get on the bike before lunch.

Annie in Delaware

Been reading along and hope to respond this evening! The weather has been better here and that is uplifting. I have been very tired. Something is not right. I am going to go to the Vitamin Store today and purchase a few supplements. I have never done that much. Also although I can exercise for free at home, I find I am tired and sit on the couch and look at social media. So I am going to join a gym that has exercise classes and go two to three x a week. Will give this a try! I am 64 and certainly feel a difference from 54. I did not feel this difference from 44 to 54. But I guess I have to age at some point!

For awhile while my DH was collecting his social security and working I did Noom and Nutrisytem. I also tried online coaching with weight watchers. Truthfully the tracking at MyFitnessPal.com is all one should need. The articles they ask you to read on Noom are fun and entertaining and keep one motivated...for awhile. And Nutrisystem teaches portion control. Coaching with weight watchers emphasized having the right foods available in the house to eat! I had a personal trainer for about 6 months..2x a week and we lifted weights. Again this could be done at home. Ah but we are social creatures!

We had some group come into town, stay a couple of years and then moved to the town next door near the base. I feel they were a scam. They weighed you and gave Vitamin B12 shots and took your blood pressure. And supposedly gave you one on one counselling. But the counsellors knew nothing. I think I knew more. And who needs their blood pressure taken every week by a diet company. It was a scam.

So I have been around the block with the weight loss industry! And probably will be again! Logging one's food and exercising ....seems so easy! Why is it such a struggle!

Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia

Did a yoga DVD and then went for a walk since it wasn’t raining (YET). Had the dishwasher running while I went for the walk. The plan for tomorrow is to do another yoga DVD. Boy, am I totally inflexible. Seems to have gotten worse, maybe because I haven’t been doing it regularly

Emptied the dishwasher and then went with Vince to Ace hardware to get some sort of bolt for the thermostat that he broke. He had problems getting it to put out anything but hot air, but somehow he figured it out.

Lisa – so sorry you had such a bad day, but glad Egg is there for you

Debbie – glad things went well at the dentist’s but boo you have to go back

Kim – cool picture. Wonder if you can do that on a shirt?

Trace – got ja about the clear coating. You aren’t going to clear coat the inside, are you? Great grade, you should be proud

Didn’t realize that the coffee I had for Colby expired in Feb of 2023. Since I’m not a coffee drinker, would it lose that much of the flavor? He and Jess just went to WaMart and he got different coffee.

The lady across the hall from us had her bathroom remodeled. I am now officially jealous. I was looking on lowes.com but didn’t see anything in a cabinet that I liked. One of the things that I absolutely want is a cabinet (for the sink) that sits on the floor and most of them have some sort of legs. We have that on one of the cabinets at home and it’s a pain to clean underneath.

Debbie – welcome

M – no surprise, but when we were looking for a house, Vince made a spread sheet of the things we absolutely didn’t want, things that we’d prefer not to have but can live with, things that we absolutely wanted.

Heather – congratulations!

Lanette – since that 55+ community doesn’t have anything available right now, would you consider putting your name on a waiting list? If something comes up and you’re not ready, you can always say “no”

Annie – sounds like you have a good plan in place

April – absolutely a good diet can have immediate results in feeling better. As soon as the body rids itself of “yukky” stuff and has only good stuff, it responds positively

Michele now in FL

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Kim - that Levi pawprint painting made me reach for a tissue. Great idea. What a wonderful reminder of your beautiful fella.

Lisa ((HUGS)) - glad your medical appointments were at least partially successful. You're going to have a busy summer once the docs really get ahold of you. Glad you are back home at peace with your kitty.

Allie - Siri is a sweetie, look at her napping on the pillow. Nice that she is working out so well. Is Alfie warming up to her?

Debbie - glad they finally got to X-ray that tooth. Good luck with filling coming up. You are doing a great job on your walking by the way.

Rebecca - beautiful photo and beautiful smile. When do your boys go back?

Tracey - sorry you are disappointed in your final grade. I think a 96.25% is very good, but I understand where you are coming from. You are one of the most articulate people I know, your posts here are well thought out and reflect your intelligence and wisdom. Perhaps your teacher would be willing to write a letter of recommendation. What's next in your training?

I had a busy afternoon. Finally got tired of pawing through stacks of papers in the office so I brought the piles out to the dining room table and started sorting. About 1/2 of them went into the shredding box, the rest will need to be filed. Also I took a look in the little file cabinet by the desk in the office. About 2/3 of those files went into the shredding box.

Do you think I'll need my car insurance policy from 2014? Me neither.

Have a good weekend, ladies!

Lanette
SW WA State

Thanks! Well youngest was here since Feb 2 so he heads out 26th. Eldest has been here since 11th so he'll leave for Japan on March 7th. We will be down at middle sons place 23-26th, dropping youngest off at Sea-Tac airport on the way back up to Whidbey. Its kind of amazing that the Navy has allowed me the luxury of having them over a month!🤗💖
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa