WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2025

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,547 Member
    edited September 8

    @auntiebk … our loyalty cards don't tend to offer significant discounts.

    I have a couple for fuel. One offers 4 cents off, the other offers 6 cents off.

    Fortunately, neither required me to put in a lot of details about myself and they don't bombard me with emails.

    I've noticed that other shops will offer between about 10% and 20% off full price if you join the loyalty program. But if you don't join the program and just wait, the prices on many things will drop down to about 30-50% in a month or so.

    The only benefit is that with the loyalty program, if you see something you really want, you might be able to get it, with a small discount, as soon as it arrives. If you wait, it might sell out. I never/rarely need anything that urgently.

    Machka in Oz

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 13,500 Member

    Tracey - Just adored your sunflower photos! 😍🤩🤗 What a great idea. I can just imagine your grandchildren and mine together…... 🤣

    Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,547 Member

    John is off to cricket today. He did not sleep at all last night. 😥 His cricket friend is coming down for some of the game, and John has been looking forward to it for months. Just last week, the friend, who is John's only living close friend, told him that he was bringing his brother with him. Two's company, three's a crowd, IMHO. Added to that, John doesn't really like this brother, who has no conversation and is very gloomy. He is obviously on the spectrum. This changes the whole dynamic.

    I'm usually quite relieved when there's a 3rd or 4th or 5th person along.

    It means I won't need to talk much … and I can wander off and do my own thing without anyone noticing. 😃

    If it is just me and the other person, I'll likely need to talk … and a whole day of that is agonising!

    Machka in Oz

  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 13,500 Member

    Kylia - What a truly gorgeous place you go to for your vacation. 😃

    I've been enjoying my FREE time! I didn't get washed or dressed until after lunch. Go me! I did my exercises, my writing, prepped lunch, tidied up in case the men popped in, chatted to G, loads of Duolingo Spanish, ... and had a shower after lunch. I'm all lotioned and perfumed, with slightly damp hair. I will probably put some face on after my nap, in case the men decide they want to use the lavatory before their drive home. They are parked on our drive. John's friend usually wants to get off promptly, and doesn't stop by for a cup of tea. But you never know.

    I'm cooking mushroom omelette for dinner, with asparagus.

    I made myself heavenly tarka dhal for lunch, with a small jacket potato. Lassi to drink, from my homemade yoghurt.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 18,396 Member

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,547 Member
    edited September 8

    Regarding bras … I have hardly ever worn one while I'm at home. Never saw the point. And from time to time, I do go shopping or whatever on a weekend without one. After swimming, if we stop somewhere for dinner, I never have a bra on because it's too hard to put one on when I'm damp from swimming.

    I don't wear those ones with the clips in the back or front, although I think I do have one or two of that style in a drawer, and definitely nothing with wires!! I wear very stretchy pullover sports bras to work … and that would be why I don't put one back on after swimming. Have you every tried to put a sports bra on while you're damp from sweat or swimming?

    Regarding tank tops and other sleeveless tops … I love them! Sleeveless is my favourite sleeve length. As soon as the outside temperature hits about 15C, I'll consider wearing sleeveless tops. By the time the temperature hits about 20C, I'm definitely in sleeveless tops.

    Right now, the weather is frustrating because it's almost warm enough to go sleeveless, and I was wearing sleeveless tops the week before last, but the wind is strong and cold, so I have to bring a light jacket.

    So when I go out in public without a bra, I'll usual do a double tank top or a tank with a sleeveless vest or similar. If it's cold, I might have a long-sleeve over a tank. I have a lot of tank tops. Love them!!

    I've never thought of my arms as ugly. Who knows, maybe they are. But I started body building when I was in my early 20s, so mine were always quite muscular.

    Machka in Oz

  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 3,717 Member

    Machka - You are an athlete, and your arms are probably reasonably toned, if not superbly toned. I lost 160 pounds, and gained, in return, what one could basically call friendly arms… they keep waving long after I stop! 😅

    Possibly one more American failing - but arms with "excess" flab are seen as either being lazy and unathletic or being fat… and unathletic. It's seen as a personal failing here, and we really need to get over it. In reality, it is usually very much to do with genetics, and cannot be completely corrected without surgery. As an ex-gym manager, I know this at one level. And I still don't wear sleeveless shirts in town. Can't do it. My few remaining scraps of vanity won't let me do it.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,547 Member

    Right now my arms aren't particularly toned, but this conversation reminded me to do 20 bicep curls ... first bit of exercise I have had in a week, besides coughing!

    Perhaps because most of Australia gets quite hot for a large portion of the year, it's not unusual to see Australians in tank tops, shorts and either bare feet or flip flops ... no matter what size, shape or age they are (after work at the beach or picking up takeaway etc., not during work).

    M in Oz

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 18,396 Member

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  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 2,046 Member

    Barbara, I figured out that was you. Great FB sleuthing!

    Bras - I rarely go without. I’m uncomfortable without one. I do take it off to sleep, but otherwise it’s on. When you wear a G or H cup, it’s kind of necessary, especially in public.

  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 4,128 Member

    MFP Weekly Check-In 9-8-2025

    Debbie in Napa Valley CA - Same as last week. Was hoping for a little move in the other direction but at least it hasn't gone up.

    Rita in Roswell NM - Stayed the same as last week, no gain, no loss, less activity than last week. My mind has not been in the right place lately but need to get back to it. No gain means a win. I'll take that for now but don't want to give up on the healthy behaviors I've started.

    Barbara on the Southern Oregon Coast –

    Week ending:    Sept 7    Aug 31   

    Avg WT             129.8?  130.3     surprisingly continuing down despite way less activity ?

    Avg steps          5292      3872  one really good day, paid for it later.

    AF days            71%        71%      yes!

    Ps@2s habit solid again ..  5 mins one day knee and shoulder PT.  Baby steps.

    Still no line dancing, chair yoga, BB&B/PT, knee lifts, split squats or dynamic balance foo.

    Lanette in SW WA State – Weight back in range, continuing to faithfully log daily. Even the crazy days. Average daily steps this past week: 6779, down from last week. Continuing early morning walks outside and walking after meals, carrying weights. Will be curious to see if all this walking helps my A1C. Doing SWSY 3X per week.