WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2024

Good morning ladies! Happy first day of Summer or Winter depending on your hemisphere.

Heather - sorry to hear about John's covid and how the plans with your girlfriends got derailed - hope you don't catch it. Seems like allergies and nasty non-covid viruses are still going around full force in our community. (Maybe it is covid and people aren't testing or testing correctly.) Happy to hear you are doing well and able to venture out a bit more all the time.

Annie - regarding your weight gain, as others have mentioned, you've been under tremendous stress with your mom and now your dad, housing decisions, so many other challenges you face daily that you can't control. Hang in there. We're here for you.

Debbie- Now I'm thinking MIL and mom's roommate living together WOULD be the fight of the century, lol. I'm waiting for the old shop cat (17) to pass away before I can get another, but it's sure tempting. Her litter box is in the part of the shop where DH's tools are - everything is covered with years of kitty litter dust. It desperately needs to be cleaned out. I see a welder, table saw, air compressor among other things out there. Kitty is still fat, matted and happy, lol. So that job is low on the priority list.

Pip- have "fun" at Kaiser today. Be nice to get it over with.

News flash - Most of my tomato plants have at least one teensy tomato. Despite the cool temps and rain. Actually seems early compared to other years. Let's see how long it takes them to grow and actually ripen.

Need to head into town this morning and catch up on some grocery shopping. Hope I hear from the Diabetes Coach today regarding the calories and macros I should be aiming for.

Lanette
SW WA State

I watched a good you tube video on the adrenal glands last night. I did have the body of someone in adrenal fatigue. Weight in the middle and little in the butt. Besides insulin resistance there can also be something called cortisol resistance. Neither is good for your health long term. For adrenal fatigue and insulin resistance it is important to address stress as much as possible because it contributes to both of them. Walking is excellent for both of them, proper breathing, getting fit, and extra Vitamin C and D helps too. Sounding like a broken record a diet without highly processed food high in corn, wheat, bad fats, sugar, and processed salt also helps to reverse both of them.

Besides a body shape with fat in the middle...fatigue and anxiety also can be symptoms of adrenal fatigue. Because of stress your body is in fight or flight mode for too long. Fight or flight mode is meant to be a short term reaction for your body. When you get stuck in that state that is when the problems start to occur. It is reversible with the right tools.

It has been almost six months since I made changes to my diet and dealing with stress. The biggest noticeable physical change is loss of belly fat. Emotional change is I am calmer and take things more in stride then I did before.


Since joining this group I have learned the reasons I struggle with weight is complex. There are other factors other than diet that contribute positively to becoming healthy.

Today is the longest (or shortest) day of the year! Summer Solstice (or Winter solstice depending on where you live). Enjoy an ice cream soda or vanilla milkshake (not both please!) to celebrate!





Ran into this little guy yesterday and forgot to post him here. He is a horned lizard or “horny-toad” to some! These are becoming endangered and I hadn’t seen one since COVID 2020 when no one was here. Glad to see him! Runs like a lizard but fat like a toad!




RVRita at Bottomless Lakes

Hello ladies. I'm back from my trip with my niece. We did a lot of walking a lot of trying food, and generally enjoyed ourselves. We even managed a day trip to Charleston, SC. l had never been to South Carolina, so I got to check another state off my list. She's an excellent travel buddy.

Unfortunately, I brought COVID back with me. It was only a matter of time before I got it. I just travel too much to avoid it forever. I may have picked it up when I went to urgent care before I left, but who knows. it was like a severe cold. Lots of coughing and nose blowing. The positive side is that the mister
has really stepped up. He's making meals, cleaning up, staying on top of the dishes and I feel a bit like I'm on holiday. I'm considering milking it for a while longer.

I'm trying to catch up with you all in the meantime.

Tina in CA

Machka - I was curious about the Covid rules here in Alberta. All rules were abolished in 2022 and currently only high risk people here can be vaccinated. It says there are some rapid tests available at pharmacies, but they probably have to be paid for.
Kids are able to come to school with colds and such again here already. Who knows if it’s Covid or not.

Margaret - I looked up adrenal fatigue, I need to start following your diet guidelines.

Rita - I think the world has trouble with signs now, but I think it’s sort of a sign fatigue situation. During Covid at the manor we had staff tell us that there were so many signs that they didn’t even notice them anymore. Then, of course, they were shocked when they found out they had missed things.
I bought DH a milkshake tonight.

Barbara - the 30 hour limit is both an overtime limit and also the only hours students are in school.
I have thought about bookkeeping on the side, I’ve also thought of respite care for autistic children and some tutoring.
I just don’t do well without guarantees and would prefer to have something that I know from one month to the next I’ll be getting for an income. I haven’t 100% given up on it yet because I really do love it, but I’m also trying to resign myself to the fact that I have no option.
This is the freezie sleeves I designed. They are made of neoprene, you put your frozen freezie in them so you can hold it without your hands getting wet and cold.

Allie - that sounds like a wonderful cruise.

Lanette - I think I was in school when Mt. St. Helen erupted in the 80’s.

Today the music teacher had another music trivia from YouTube. This is the link for it. It was fun, and any movie buffs will do great at it. I think this is the one he used, but there are many available.
https://youtu.be/ZaeBRz-xu6I?si=t61GGAXCwHtntkZv

I received an apology from the student that was difficult yesterday. The principal told me he would have handled it exactly like I did. This student has been caught in some lies lately so no one believed him. I hope he learns that lying isn’t the way to go.

I have my little gifts for the students all packed up and ready for tomorrow. I just put them in a plain white bag with a note that tells them to “have a sweet summer” I write my name and put a sticker on it.

It cost me all of $0.95 cents to do these for them. There are only 17 students in the class so not bad at all. Of course, this isn’t taking into account my time, but I enjoy these things.

Off to ceramics, I don’t know if I’ll get back to you tonight or not.

Tracey in Edmonton

Good night from the girls- Their brother went to his new home this evening. We couldn't talk the lady into taking two. They do better in pairs but her husband said only one.
The one kitten that was outside two weeks longer than her siblings is settling in better each day- tonight she actually came to snuggle in my lap when her sisters were there-all on her own. I have been having to grab her to get her to snuggle with me. She is still skittish with other people. Will take a bit longer but she is doing great.
Now to find new homes for them.

Having my cup of decaf Earl Grey tea then heading to bed myself.