WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2024
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Kay - I had to find my way out of the obsession with the numbers, particularly the numbers on the scale, to find peace with it all as well. While my path to that realization didn't hinge on religion or even spirituality, I think we can all reach peace of mind about our health in a way that makes sense to us individually. For some, the numbers are the key. For others, they are not. Thank you for putting the information in a spoiler so I could skip it if I wished. Peace with our differences is the highest strength of this group, in my opinion.
Love from the Arkansas night and a clear sky full of stars,
Lisa5 -
Barbara add me to your list on the note to Katla! Much appreciated and we all miss her.💖
Thanks Barbie for starting us off into March.🤗. I have about a week left then eldest is off to Japan for 3+ years. Youngest will be gone only 2 years but he said he wishes to extend in Japan. So hopefully we will see them again before they do that. Never-ending the missing them, but I think I am in a fair place mentally about it all. But when eldest leaves I know I will be an absolute mess. Just pondering him leaving gets me teary eyed so there's that.😥
I don't know if I should even make goals right now. Just keeping life simple. Thanks ladies for letting me kind of moan and whine.
Rebecca
Whidbey
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Anniesquats100 wrote: »Barbara Happy birthday!
My Hunger Habit book got better at about chapter 16. I think his techniques are excellent for one part of the overeating problem. But I still think finding the right kind and amount of food to eat by listening to my body will never work.
I talked to the online Pharmacy Technician school, Penn Foster, and it was sad. No answer to basic questions like what percentage of people finish? And they used cheap sales tactics. Not exactly an exclusive school. I would be paying $1000 and they can't quantify what I get for my money. Plus they want us to write essays. That's kind of ridiculous for this job training. I might do it anyway, but I'm not expecting much. I mostly need pacing help to get me through the material. Hmm.
Annie in Delaware
There must be a better option. Our local community college has a pharmacy tech certificate. It's a year long program, but at least something like that would definitely be legit and will also offer employment help after.
Flea
Willamette Valley, OR7 -
Kay - I loved your spoiler piece. The key to balance in our lives is to be at peace with ourselves. And everything is linked. Our health, our mental awareness, our friends, our loved ones, our relationship with the wider world and the 'universe'. For me that word is 'Interbeing', as I explain in my book, but it is whatever each of us understands by deep knowledge of ourselves and our connection to a gorgeous web of something greater than ourselves. When we live a life true to ourselves, and that purpose, then our consumption of food and our exercise settles into its natural place in our lives.
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx4 -
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Anniesquats100 wrote: »I am down 2.2 pounds this week! Yay! At 181.2 Yay! CICO for the win! Really CICO taught me what reasonable portions and reasonable foods are. MFP helped me boost my protein and fiber to feel full. Weighing every day keeps my mind on my priority. And you ladies inspire me and support me through my emotional and social needs. Thank you so much! When my dad frustrates and scares me, I post about it instead of turning to the fridge. So much better for me! Thank you!
Annie in Delaware
CI<CO works for me too. In fact, it is sometimes amazing how well it works.
I eat basically the same things over and over and that works for me because I have determined portion size and calorie amounts for those things. It's when I eat extra things or deviate from my pattern, I run into trouble.
M in Oz
More on this ...
Since I developed COVID, I've taken to crunching on soda crackers because I find they settle my stomach. Unfortunately, soda crackers are outside my usual intake and have calories.
While I can make substitutions for a lot of things, I can't think what I can substitute soda crackers with. I like the little bit of salt and the crunching.
They need to make slightly salty, crunchy gum.
M in Oz5 -
Good morning all-
Had very good sleep last night-it was wonderful. Have a busy weekend getting final things ready for kids. Mainly getting rid of some stuff I haven't bothered getting to Goodwill or recycle-easy to put that stuff off until "later" when you live alone. I mainly want to make sure back room (which has turned into the junk/store it room) is cleared enough to put one or two air mattresses in is the grandkids want to stay the night. I'm going to order two twin mattress with built in pump. They aren't overly expensive and can store easily. I prefer to be prepared for options.
Got blood work yesterday (basic CBC etc, not thyroid stuff). It is all nearly perfect. LDL is 104 but total is 178 and ratios for cholesterol are very good. Nothing else looks bad. I'm evidently pretty healthy for 69 except for that little thyroid cancer!
Off to get started on my busy weekend. A friend (who is 86) and I discussed last night how we can still do most things-we just need to pace them more! No more cleaning the whole house in 3 or 4 hours!
Take care all,
Ginny in Ohio6 -
Annie: I took some Technical School/Community College classes on a GA Hope Grant. I did not have to have graduated from a GA High School. I see Delaware has the SEED scholarship for Technical School/Community College. It is for all ages and seems like it is for most people. You may have to have graduated from a Delaware High School ...not sure...and there seems like there is a residency requirement....maybe 5 years. I don't mean to be intrusive as to whether you qualify for this or not. Just mentioning it.
Best,
Rosemarie from GA
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Saturday
Fencing!! It is definitely a workout!!
Gardening!! That was also a workout because I was wielding my mattock into rocky ground. I hadn't expected this strip I'm tearing up to be this rocky.
Machka in Oz
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Good morning ladies!
Rosemarie Machka and Flea,
Thank you for your comments about my Pharmacy Technician goal. I talked to two totally online schools yesterday. But I also talked to Delaware Technical and Community College. There is a company called ed2go that creates and sells hundreds of courses to hundreds of community colleges. I like that aspect because they can put more effort into the course and the community colleges would have vetted the courses more thoroughly than I can. They said completion rate was 83 percent and of those 90 percent passed the certification exam. So it sounds much better, but it costs three times as much. $3000. So I will be looking into that SEED thing, thanks!
The ads say experience and certification is preferred. There is not much for licensing in Delaware. There is some chance I could get hired as a trainee, and learn on the job. But I want the certification to compensate for my lack of experience. And maybe age.
It's all so exciting and scary. I could be working by Christmas!
Ginny great job on your blood work!
Machka Almonds or popcorn? Not exactly substitutes but maybe they appeal.
Rebecca Glad you are enjoying your sons' visit. Yes keep things simple and allow yourself some recovery time.
Thanks Tina and Lisa! 😊
Debbie You are a Financial Champion too for paying off your house! Yay!
Hope you all have a marvelous day!
Annie in Delaware
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I did fifteen minutes on my bike and ten minutes walking! Yay! I can feel a twinge in my right knee, hope it's a muscle getting stronger.
Annie in Delaware4 -
Good morning ladies!
It's 33F and as soon as the sun peeks up a bit I'll let the hens into the run and head into town and get that foot X-ray done before the hospital gets busy. Hoping it wasn't a crazy Friday night with the ER having them stacked in the hall.
Annie - a thought, and you may have already done this: have you spoken with other pharmacy techs at nearby pharmacies to see where they got their education and training? If you haven't, they might have some advice for you. And even the pharmacists might have recommendations.
Allie - I know I'm way behind - hoping for the best for Tracy - amazing they can determine the babies have a little age difference. Love the photos of Smiles with the chickens. I see the clear plastic wind/rain/cold barriers on that chicken run too. They make a difference, that's for sure. Also, glad the arrangement for Alfie spending time with Tom is working out.
Make it a fabulous day!
Lanette
SW WA State5 -
I’m frustrated! How do I add y’all as friends? When I click on folks’ names it takes me to their profile, which says private. How do I invite people as friends?1
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Today is: Hug those kitties for me!
RVRita in Roswell
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Dia_R - Sorry we are frustrating, a few of us are friends but many of us just communicate via this thread and do not do the "friend" thing. Keeping it simple, logging and this thread is enough for many of us.
That's how we keep this thread moving so quickly! We do all our chating here!!!
smiles Kim in N. California6 -
I’m frustrated! How do I add y’all as friends? When I click on folks’ names it takes me to their profile, which says private. How do I invite people as friends?
As Kim said, many of us - me included - don't "friend" people here, other than in very specific circumstances, like Lanette's check-in posts. I interact here with the vast majority of people only in this ongoing thread. It's still possible to send friend requests - when you get to the screen where you've gone to people's profiles, there is then one more "MyFitnessPal Profile" button which, even if their profile is private (mine is) you can send a friend request. I just had two that I deleted from men I've never met and don't want to, so I know they can still be sent. The button looks like this on the first screen you get to for each person:Once you get there, you can select the "Add As Friend" button that looks like this. Again, responses may vary. I only go through and delete requests once or twice a year, in all honesty. I enter from this page and leave from this page.
Lisa in AR
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I have not completely caught up for March but am taking lunch to a friend.
Machka: Must have been great hearing Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto and Also Vivladi's Four Seasons. I got myslf a ticket to the local symphony in April. My town has this 2x a year. So far I am going alone but this could change. I enjoyed reading about all your doings and accomplishments as relates to the Wellness Wheel!
I noted the wheel said creating satisfying relationships......Relationships do come and go even in this small town so I love that this is considered an ongoing process. For Intellectual stimulation I gave in to myself and purchased a digital subscription to The Economist. Sounds a little pompous..but I have had this in the past and it is fairly easy reading. I do not watch much news on tv and do not like a lot of news that tugs at ones emotions constantly. So I put my budget aside and got this again.
I noted you mentioned this is Brain Injury Awareness month. I hope your DH is doing well. He seems to be if he is going to reunions and concerts!
Michelle: Happy Anniversary!
Vicki: Happy Birthday to you and your DH!
Tracy: Hope the general anxiety project goes well.
Heather: Sorry there is pain at night. I hope the doppler test goes okay. Interesting architecture for the Art Gallery in Bilbao Spain. I am so pleased to be at a point in my life where the process counts more than the result. As a dabbler this is especially important to me.
Carla: Welcome
Lisa: I am glad you are feeling better overall. I hope the medication is helpful!
KJ(Kelly): Congrts on the weight loss!
Rita: I admire your goals! You seem to make them quite often!
Dia: Congrats on the weight loss!
Lanette: You mentioned going to the dentist. I have been going to my dental hygienist for a couple of decades. LOL! She talks as much as she cleans my teeth! But my teeth are okay and I enjoy her!
Debbie: I am in a lower economic area, but I dropped cable and pay around $120 for fast speed internet and a landline.
Then I have a Fire Stick or Amazon Fire Cube and I add and drop streaming services at my pleasure and as my budget
allows!
I am still feeling much better which makes me realize how poorly I was doing. This morning I have walked already and am about to go to lunch. Hopefully this afternoon, I will do yoga and get back to decluttering!
Best,
Rosemarie from GA
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I’m frustrated! How do I add y’all as friends? When I click on folks’ names it takes me to their profile, which says private. How do I invite people as friends?
I just sent you an invitation to see if I could do it. From my ipad, it was just a picture of a head with a little plus sign right below your picture. I had to hunt for it. I didn’t find it intuitive at all, but it didn’t take long.
I’m not very good at interacting with friends outside of commenting on this thread, but I will accept friend requests when I recognize the person. I delete a lot from men I do not know.5 -
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