WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2024

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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    3 wins...Had a healthier meal when I went out to eat with my son, roof here completed and paid for, staying on track with diet

    3 improvements son's deck project still in progress, windows cleaning still in progress, more strength training needed

    Grateful for DrewB my dog and friends

    Intention to keep learning and having an open mind

    Excited...Going to State Fair next week

    Intention...Like to see happen today get DrewB nails clipped, get outside and enjoy a good weather day, continue to work on home projects.
  • Vickil57
    Vickil57 Posts: 1,882 Member
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  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,657 Member
    edited August 22
    Barbie - very nice that your daughter has a way to help line up drivers in the future. I just checked - my little county has a type of "taxi" service affiliated with the bus system and serves the area I'm in. $3 plus 30 cents a mile - people can use it to get to medical appointments in town, grocery shopping, etc. It appears it would take a person all the way to Olympia and the hospitals there, I'm going to check. We need to reserve it a couple days ahead of time, a driver with a car does the transport. I see them around town sometimes.

    Kylia - so glad you found you DH's missing heart trinket - What a stroke of luck. :p Was my gold necklace there with it? Can you believe how old your grands are already? Amazing since you don't look a day over 40. ;)

    Lisa - happy to hear you are feeling better today. Onward and upward. The floors will wait, tell them to mind their own business if you want to put it off another day or two. :p That's my strategy!

    Heather - good job doing the floor exercises yesterday ... and getting back up. ;) And lifting weights and wall pushups. You are in great shape. It took me a while, but I eventually came to the conclusion that being busy doing things with others isn't a virtue. When it gets to the point that it's stressful, time to give it up or cut way back on the jaunts and visitors, like you said. Nice to hear you're back writing again.

    Tracey- The bus service sounds so dangerous with drug activity. :(

    Mo - hope your headache is better today. Interesting that your mom is losing weight - if so, is this intentional? What kind of dog is Rose? She sounds like good company for you- nice to have a daycare to give you some peace, lol.

    Annie - I forgot to mention earlier - happy to hear you're able to book the trip to Las Vegas and will have someone to babysit your dad. You need YOU time - something fun to look forward to!

    Rita - "There are no bad foods, it's just the amount" - I'm sure that's true. It's the amount that challenges me at times. When my A1C was checked a few months ago and was up, Dr. Lisa said go ahead and have a treat once a week or so, it won't throw me off. So far I really haven't - luckily, sugary stuff doesn't tempt me anymore. I guess good sourdough does it for me but again, hard to stop at one slice. I'm getting tired of nuts for a snack - though they really do the trick filling me up for a bit. The other day I just grabbed a tablespoon of plain cottage cheese. That worked too.

    I've been experimenting with some different recipes using almond flour, egg and a few other ingredients, making fake wraps and the like. Not impressed. I threw the last batch over the fence for the crows and even they weren't tempted -- it took several days for them to disappear.

    I follow this Dr. Litrel on FB - he seems like a wise fella, wish there were more like him. I ran across one of his reels this morning: "being old is about loss of mobility". Amen, brother. He talks about the benefits of strength training and lifting weights - I need constant motivation to get back in the habit.

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1222454038920044

    Make it a fabulous day!

    Lanette B)
    SW WA State
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member

    Today with my bone broth rather than have crackers I am having cucumber slices topped with a piece of avocado and cheese. Adds a veggie and no processed gluten free cracker. Yes crackers are a plant but have little fiber. Cukes with skins have much more fiber!

    Rita it surprises me that foods that could spike insulin are not discouraged in your diabetic class and or limited. Sounds like they are still on the calories model. A serving of soda and a serving of almonds are about the same calorie but do not have the same affects on your insulin. Also 30 calories are used to digest the almonds, the fiber in the almonds feeds the gut, there is no fiber in soda nor calories used to digest it. Does your class bring out this fact? When you have too much insulin in your blood that is what is turned into fat. Your body handles fats and sugars differently in the digestion process. The 80's pyramid got it wrong. It is insulin gone awry because of what you eat that puts the pounds on. This is why fiber is your friend. Fiber slows down insulin response. So for me there are food choices that do not love me. Those would be high processed food,sugar, and starches that do not have fiber think potato without the skins because they are not good for insulin levels. My diet is not perfect and I am still tweeking it as I learn more but I no longer eat fried foods, rarely starches without fiber, greatly reduced my sugar consumption when giving up gluten foods. My blood levels will not be tested for a few more months so it will be interesting to see if they follow how well my blood pressure is doing now.
  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,604 Member
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    I wasn't able to add to my above response that what bacteria you have in your digestive system also has a profound impact on your metabolism. They took stool samples from thin mice and gave them to overweight mice and the overweight mice lost weight. When they did the reverse by taking stool samples from overweight mice and giving it to the thin mice the thin mice became overweight.
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,891 Member
    Ha! Thought about you Lanette as I was walking back in from Aldi, and I was thinking, "Yeah, the floors are going to have to wait for one more day..." Not quite as recovered as I thought, though I'm certainly on the way.

    Somehow, I lost the "1 thing I'm grateful for" in that list above. I'm so lucky to have my family, both near and far. Talked to my son, my daughter and my husband (twice) this morning. Called my sister to wish her a happy birthday, too. I'm so grateful for their presence in my life.

    More later, kids,
    One more nap on my list, it looks like,
    Love,
    Lisa in AR
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    Stats for the day-

    Walk w/family- 2hrs 12min 2sec, 54elev, 2.83ap, 79ahr, 105mhr, 6.33mi= 584c
    Strava app = 767c
    Zwift home spin bike- strava stats- 47.52min, 725elev, 126aw, 106ahr, 133mhr, 17amph, gear44, 13.52mi= 291c
    Strava app = 344c
    Zwift stats- 47.52min, 728elev, 125aw, 47arpm, 14amph, 13.5mi= 344c

    Total cal 875. Took it easy today

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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,034 Member
    edited August 22
    Virtual (((hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

    🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to the newbies.

    ☘️ Terri

    Pg 38
  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    Oh Kim. It is all so nightmarish. I'm so sorry you are going through all of this, especially after being so hopeful for qualifying for Medicare and how it could change your medical care. It is heartbreaking. Do you have a political representative that could help advocate for you?

    Flea
    Willamette Valley OR
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,949 Member
    I’ll catch up tomorrow. I’ve read today but didn’t take notes.

    Hugs Kim

    Tracey in Edmonton
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
    edited August 23
    Was planning on going for a ride but the front tire needed air. Kirby put air in it and if it has a slow leak i would have ended up walking it home. I decided to pass on the ride today and can get on the spin bike when I get home.

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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,258 Member
    edited August 23
    (((Kim)))

    In the talk The Gut Autoimmune Connection I listened to last night. The role of fermented foods was discussed. If a patient is having a hard time digesting fibrous foods the first recommendation is to add fermented foods. Again slow is the way to go. Because of all the antibiotic use both for illness and in agriculture here our guts sometimes needs to help with added probiotics. If this does not work best to go to a gastrologist who understands the importance of the microbiome and tests you for missing gut bacteria. They can direct you to what probiotics to take. Trying to reduce my own exposure to antibiotics by eating organic produce or at least no GMO, organic meat and /or grassfeed meats, wild caught fish not farmed. I will only take an antibiotic as a last resort. I still remember how sick I got a month after going to Mexico and getting intestinal issues. I know my gut illness made me susceptible to the Swine Flu. (Gives me compassion for those who got so sick with COVID.)

    Protect my liver...feed my gut to protect me! New mantra for me!
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
    :) Jake had a dentist appointment yesterday and I drove him there and waited in the car with Annie for over an hour (our longest wait, so far) and she was great. She watched out the window a bit before lying down and going to sleep. I played my favorite music on my phone through the car speakers and read my e book.

    <3Kim, what a mess. Sending hugs.

    :)Annie, I noticed with my husband, that the less he is able to do, the more he tells me how I should be doing it.

    :)Monique cleaning under the bed is something I should do more often

    :)Lisa, glad you are feeling better.

    <3 Barbie in NW WA
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Morning ladies
    Watching the Today show and then will go get bloodwork done,and then come back and do laundry.
    Kim- thats a horrible situation and yes you can send in as little as 5 dollars a month and there isn't a snowball chance in he double toothpicks that any credit bureau can touch you. Also there are credit companies you can work with that can really bring down the bill..
    But yes hopefully your counselor can help getting things under control.

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