WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2025

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  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 3,446 Member

    Heather - Not saying it is for you, but when my back is playing up without apparent reason, and if it's my lower back, I start pushing liquids, and especially cranberry juice if I have some in. At least half the time, it appears to be my kidneys telling me I'm dehydrated. It seems to be the first sign for me. First few times it happened, I figured some extra water couldn't hurt my muscles if it was muscular, and it helped within a few hours. Love the little china pieces! Wanted to say, too, that I'm always impressed with how patient you are with John's anxious turns. You and he are such a lovely partnership.

    Lanette - I was pleased because while I was doing floors, I did put a lot of random things where they belonged. I have a tendency to leave job things (like window washing) where they are if I haven't finished them, and there were a couple things like that, plus my yarn in the living room, etc. That and I moved things, like bedroom end tables, that were a pain to move but needed the vacuuming under. The house looks quite a bit tidier, and all the vacuuming meant I didn't feel like I had to wash my bare feet after I walked to the coffeepot this morning! Always a good sign. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

    Terri - That card is just gorgeous, you do some of the coolest things in your cardmaking classes. Are you the one teaching the class?

    Carla - Couldn't say that without telling you that your cards are also lovely!

    Machka - Noticed that much of your cycling has been without your DH - has he healed well from the surgery on his tendon? Glad you're able to get out still as the winter moves in. Mine and Corey's most useful build has honestly been the mudroom at the end of the kitchen, right between the exit door into the carport and the exit door to the backyard that now goes into the sunroom. We cut right through the end wall of the kitchen and into a small, unused room under the carport. That room alone holds two freezers, and all of our in-use shoes and boots and coats. Oh, and tucked in one corner, Egg's litter box. It's done enormous things to keep clutter and dirt out of the house.

    Tracey - Happy anniversary, dear heart. I hope it is a better day than the ones you've had of late…

    On when to eat:

    One of the best things about retirement for me has been to let my body decide when I'm hungry, rather than letting the clock decide it. Other than dinner, where I wait for Corey to come home, as he's the cook. If I'm terribly hungry before that, I go ahead and eat, and he just cooks for himself.

    My natural body requirements seem to be eating something about 11 a.m., a snack somewhere around 2:30, dinner by no later than 6 p.m. most days and a bit of a snack at 8 p.m. with my meds.

    I discussed with a friend that we go for years not trusting our body, because we become confused between eating to soothe or sedate our emotions or cope with our pain, and because we live in it all the time, it's hard to explain and identify that incredible appetite driver that never seems to be satiated once you get past a certain weight. Learning to trust that your body will teach you when to eat is hard after we've ignored it and not trusted it for such of our lives.

    Please note, it's not all routine, and there are occasional variations: We do go out to restaurants, but only about once or twice a year, at most. I am occasionally hungry for breakfast much earlier, but it tends to be on the nights when I wake up at 2:30 or 3 a.m. and can't get my brain to hush and let me go back to sleep.

    But mostly, I eat when I'm hungry - the times above are approximate and are a pattern I've noticed, not one I feel I must cling to. I will also say that, until I was six months out from my gastric bypass and my appetite came roaring back, I had no idea what "hungry" felt like, because I had for years conflated it with thirst, with anger, with need, stress, pain, grief and every other emotion.

    It took me YEARS to be able to actually be able to distinguish between hunger and any other body need. Overriding that signal for decades makes it very faint, and I had to find it again.

    As usual, went on too long. It's the main reason I put it in a spoiler - read at your own risk, my darlin's, it's just me musing and/or telling stories.

    Hope it's a good weekend for you!

    Love from Arkansas, where we're supposed to see a little sunshine today! Woot! 🌻😎🌞 And then rain… 🌦️

    Lisa

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,503 Member

    Morning all.. crazy Siri had me up early,and im up and staggering.

  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,955 Member

    😍😎🤗

  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,731 Member

    Still skimmin’ and only through pg 14 but had to ask Rori to extend my thanks also to Mr. Taylor, and thank Lanette for the “…unless you are selling Thin Mints” sign.

    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

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    June focus: Just one thing from the OMG room
    2025: Chose NOW: to move more than yesterday (5 sit to stands every potty break no excuses), fuel better than yesterday (hold that after dinner sweet down to two pieces of dark chocolate max), open heart and mind before mouth

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,973 Member

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  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,498 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48650713#Comment_48650713

    Interesting! I just figured it was a side effect from the zepbound med. I also had cut up a slice of Spam for lunch and sauted it in some Asian dressing. I mixed it with some salad greens, tomatoes and low fat cottage cheese. It tasted yummy like the Spam bits were bacon like, but I am afraid it was too greasy of a meal and too salty maybe. The Tums did the trick though.

    Today was a small avocado cubed, with 2 slices of tomato, some salad greens and 2 slices of low sodium turkey in a protein tortilla wrap.

    Dinner will be just some raw veggies, and snacks will be a protein shake, my tea, and a protein bar I like.

    Rebecca Whidbey Wa

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,503 Member

    Slept alot today and will hop in the shower and pack and get stuff together to leave tomorrow for N.H.

  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,731 Member

    Ah finally caught up but too sleepy to comment much.

    Michele sit-to-stands are just what they sound like. From a seated ;} position, stand up quickly keeping your head and body as upright as possible. Then sloooowly to a count of four sit back down. Repeat. Makes my quads sore, but its one of those things my future self will thank me for, as Machka suggests.

    Rebecca happy birthday tomorrow?

    Kylia and an anniversary soon?

    Later, lighter, lovelies!

    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

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    June focus: Just one thing from the OMG room
    2025: Chose NOW: to move more than yesterday (5 sit to stands every potty break no excuses), fuel better than yesterday (hold that after dinner sweet down to two pieces of dark chocolate max), open heart and mind before mouth

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,266 Member
    edited June 15

    My Work Eating/Exercise Schedule

    8 am - average sized glass of cold water

    9 am - arrive at work, get black coffee and tall glass of cold water

    10:30-ish - climb about 17 flights of stairs (20 steps each + landings). I work in an 11 storey building, so I have lots of stairs to work with.

    11:30 am - eat crackers & cheese snack (Cheddar Cheese Dip & Crispbread)

    Usually I get some more water in here somewhere.

    12:30-ish - lunch walk. The timing depends on how many meetings have been scheduled around lunch.

    2:00-ish - have my lunch at my desk while working, or attending meetings. And I will have refilled my water

    3:30 - climb about 15 flights of stairs (20 steps each + landings) then eat my yogurt. I usually fill up another tall glass of water and make a coffee.

    4:30 - have fruit or another crackers & cheese snack or pepitas if I haven't had them on my lunch.

    If I eat a bit more than I intend, I might go do a few more flights of stairs.

    6 pm - arrive home and take Rhody out for a walk.

    When I have evening light (summer), I'll often go for a walk or bicycle ride.

    6:30-ish - dinner

    In here I switch to diet coke and tea (without sugar or milk)

    7:30-ish - dessert

    8:30-ish - a tablespoon or so of the natural seed mix

    And I try to be somewhat active in the evening for a little while doing housework or whatever.

    I end the day with water and my vitamins.

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    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,266 Member
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    I have a habit of starting lots and lots of things. And yes, my future self has and will thanked me for whatever progress I have made on those things.

    But recently, I have been thinking I'd like to finish something and take it off my list of things to do.

    Machka in Oz

  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,576 Member

    how do you track foods that are making things like a stew-

    I made a Japanese soup/stew- Made a HUGE pot(used stock pot)-So many things in small amounts went into it. Kamaboko(fish cake), imitation crab, tofu, Napa cabbage, fish,soy bean sprouts. I did add half a serving of buckwheat noodles to mine(usually skip the noodles because I like it better that way)

    How can I figure out how much of each thing I ate?

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,266 Member
    edited June 15
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48651351#Comment_48651351

    First … I would never make a stew like that. I'm not that fond of fishy stuff. 😐️😛

    But when I make my chicken/veg curries in the slow cooker …

    1. I know I've got 500 grams of chicken mince = 677.5 calories. Or if I do pulled chicken breast, I'll weigh the chicken breast after I've cooked it in the frying pan and before I put it into the slow cooker. 100 grams of chicken breast is 165 calories. So if I've got 500 grams of chicken breast, that's 825 calories.
    2. I cut up my sweet potato and weigh it, then toss it into the slow cooker. 100 grams of sweet potato is 86 calories.
    3. I cut up my carrots and weight them, then toss them into the slow cooker. 100 grams of carrots is 41 calories.

    The same with whatever else I'm going to put in. Get it ready, weigh it, toss it into the slow cooker.

    Then I add it all up so that I know what the whole amount weighs and how many calories it is.

    If you make it approximately the same way each time, then just use your calculations from before. But if you change it, then you'll have to go through the same weighing process as described above.

    When I dish out some, I put the bowl on the scale, tare it so that the scale reads 0. Then fill the dish.

    I know what the whole amount weighed. I know the weight of what's in my dish. So I can calculate how many calories I've got there.

    Machka in Oz

  • 1948CWB
    1948CWB Posts: 1,955 Member

    Kim ~ Still thinking about you and so glad that you are looking at this phase of your life with feelings of joy over the little things!

    Machka and Annie ~ You both are dealing with the men in your family with insightful thinking. (((Hugs)))

    Annie ~ So glad you are finding a way to enjoy dinner with your father.

    Heather ~ I saw that you got a gift from John but what was it? I must have missed that part of it.

    Happy Father's Day to All Who Celebrate!

    Carol in GA

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