Senior Golden Sneakers............October

My post just disappeared into cyberspace, so I lost everything I finally posted!
I'll just mention (again), Phoebe's incredible memory re: Sandy's "shred"!
Sandy, hope it's not sciatica!
Chris....turkey soup!!!! My favorite!
Maddie, back in the groove
Barbie...BRRrrrrr!
Shirley, mine just left and the house smells so clean!
Becky, a little guy hiding inside my laptop in Go To Assist fixed my frickin' cursoe and I'm breathing easy again!
Marie, haven't you heard there's no inflation? I guess whomever decided that isn' a senior on a fixed income, huh?
I, too am happy to see Jackie back, and now I must go reheat dinner, and if you see my post floating around somewhere...yell!
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Buzz

Hi - newbie on this thread. Guess I'm getting close to golden sneakers, currently they feel like lead.

Everyone seems so ambitious to me, cleaning house. I did not clean a thing this week. Got the weights mounted on the tractor wheels, took the front weights to be machined, fixed the gutter temporarily until I extend the eaves (whenever it stops raining and sleeting), scraped up most of the leaves and continue looking for employment. Getting rid of clutter is the /worst/ task.

:bigsmile: Sandy, it isn't so much that I get up early but that i make walking my first priority of the day.....I wake up early as a natural thing so it works to walk early even if it's dark.....it's part of my focus to stop making excuses why I can't exercise.......I don't have some of the blessings other people have, but I am blessed with the greatest neighborhood for walking---dark or light, rain or shine and I am filled with gratitude each morning as I walk, not only for the great neighborhood but for the blessing of being able to walk. I feel for you and the aches in your knees and hope for good news and good plans when you see the doctor so you can have the blessing of pain free walking.

:bigsmile: some years ago I read a series of books with the main character who got out of bed every morning and ran six to ten miles. It sounded like something I'd love to do, but couldn't imagine how it would ever work for me. I still don't run, but the walking I do is close enough. I gave up caffeine over two years ago because Isagenix suggested that the cleanse would work better without toxins like alcohol and caffeine (and a lot of other things). I gradually gave up coffee and now don't miss it at all.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Doug, welcome to the group.....where do you live that you already have rain and sleet? None of us started out as exercise powerhouses. what we do has been achieved by baby steps over months and years. The hardest exercise of all is getting off the couch :laugh: :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: I haven't had a cleaning lady since 2004 and I still miss her.

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: it's early to bed tonight. Jake is going fishing in the morning and wants to be awakened at 4:30 :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

Welcome Doug !!!!

:flowerforyou: Jackie, the weather has been very strange all over. Did you need all that rain? We have gotten plenty this week also.

:flowerforyou: Barbie, I am finding that I am more of a morning person the older I get. No late nights for me.

:flowerforyou: Marie, I saw Phoebe one page back. Hopefully, she will get in here today.

Does anyone know anything about cleanses? Do they help jump start anything? Just how do they work?

:flowerforyou: Barbie, I am so ashamed to say that I am reading about not eating simple carbs while eating French fries.:noway: Sometimes I just have to have them. I will do better later. I did talk to some people years ago about cleanses. I am thinking that I should research them more.

My Hip Hop class was last night. I was the only one to show up. Well, the teacher was there also. She asked if I wanted a lesson or not so I just said that I wanted to run through the dance a couple of times. I am now wondering if I should get a discount since I really didn't get a full class time.

Just got back from my doctors appt. could have been better. Still have to lose more
to get my numbers better. I guess I have to change things up again.
I have to have some tests done and drop my coffee to one cup a day Geesh !!:ohwell:

When you get older all the fun things seem to go.:grumble: Still having problems with Cholesterol
meds and for now not taking any and my doctor doesn't like that. :explode:
If I lose another 10 pounds then maybe my stats will be lower. I can only hope.

I did some errands and now going to carve a pumpkin, maybe take a picture after. We will see
how it turns out. :bigsmile:

Have a great Friday and Oh!! Welcome Doug. :drinker:

I thought they were not going to let me in. But on the third try it went thru.

Getting ready to watch the baseball game. I was pretty exciting last night. It kept me awake till almost midnight.

Hope you all had a wonderful day and have a real nice weekend.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: we dressed in costume for line dance today and it was great fun. I wore the same jack-o-lantern costume that I wear every year. It's cute and comfortable to dance in. We've had blinding sun and pouring rain today. Jake caught two salmon when he went fishing today so we have salmon for dinner and for the freezer for another day.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Sandy: Around here the leaves are still on most of the trees and since it's still October, they belong there. However, since it is still October, the stinking heavy, wet, white snow does not belong on any of them. It's only 10:30 am here and it is already all over everything. The worry is that the weight will pull the branches down and then wires. :noway: :noway: :noway: Now that you see it, I bet it makes sense....we all have brain farts now and then....hmmm, I think I'm having one now.......................nope, it was a real one! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

• I FORGOT TO GO TO THE GYM YESTERDAY. THAT'S 10 YEARS IN A ROW!

Maddie

Just finished 25 mins. of strength training. :bigsmile:

Going to make Shrimp Creole and brown rice for pot luck tonight.
We are also going to bring a dessert.
We are staying overnight on a friends boat again. They haven't taken theirs
out of the water yet.

I weighed this morning and not down enough so I will try and do better on Sunday
for my weigh in on Monday.
Not doing very well on this challenge. Struggling to get down to my ticker weight. GRRRRR! :grumble:
My next doctor appt. is in 3 months and I want to be down because I have blood work to show
him. I am going to get back on the Wii again and change up my exercising. :happy:

Have a great Saturday!

I'm still here, just had a busy day Friday. We are at home, today is so pretty, sunny, beautiful colors in the trees, and lots of leaves on the ground.
The cats are fine, growing, eating, and___ing, lol.
We let them out this morning, trying to teach them about the pet door.. two or three of them have it all figured out, but the others only go out when I hold the flap. They don't try yet to come back inside. This is important because we hope to teach them to go in and out on their own eventually. We aren't sure yet if we should allow them to do this when we travel, or just when we are at home. We are playing it by ear, learning what works as we go.

We spent most of yesterday driving, -the one thing I don't want to do when we are home.. lol, but it was necessary. we had our truck in the shop, took it up in the morning and picked it up in the evening. then I made a grocery stop on the way back last night, so I wouldn't have to go anywhere today.. yay! It was a dreay day for driving, rain, and mizzle, as Jackie calls it. then a real downpour that lasted about five minutes. It resulted in cooler weather, but nice.

Sandy, hope you get good news from your doctor about your knees, it is good that they want you to wait til you really need the surgery. My cousin had the replacement, and she said she will always walk with a limp, but the worst of the pain is gone, so she doesn't mind. However, my brother in law had surgery on one knee, and he cannot bend it much, still has pain, and won't consider surgery on the other one, or even an attempt to fix the fixed one. So it sometimes is better to wait, isn't it?

Jackie, you certainly got a workout in your garden, hauling those bags of gravel, The honey in tea and on cereal sounds great. I almost bought crumpets yesterday, but resisted..lol, but I didn't resist the sugar free pumpkin pie. I get them at wal mart, love the taste, and try not to eat the crust.

Chris, I would love your weight watchers no crust pumpkin pie and apple crisp recipes, pretty please..
I think I have one crustless pumpkin pie recipe, just no time to look for it right now. I want to try a coconut or pecan crustless recipe, if I can find one, or make up a recipe.. for dh.

Welcome Doug, you sound pretty busy, and the photo shows you know how to have fun too!

Maddie, I never used volume and body shampoo, coz my hair didn't need either, but I guarantee that the sleek and silky kind doesnt do a thing for the rest of me!! I'll try Dawn tonight!!

Jackie, when I get done here, I am going to watch the cat videos, can't wait, thanks.

Marie, sorry about the rangers, I was rooting for them. Both teams had a great season. Connie posted lots of comments on facebook about the cardinals. I wish Connie would come back here.

Jeanne, sorry you are having cholesterol blues, it is a tough one to control for some people, and I wonder why. Some people have hereditary high cholesterol, and others never have any problems at all.. like me.. mine is always good, and it runs that way in my family. My husband has high readings and his family does too. One aunt has constant readings over 300. she is thin, and watches her diet and exercises, but the numbers won't budge. Let us know how the synthroid makes you feel, I'd am curious about it.
Shirley, wasn't it cold sleeping on the boat? well, of course you had heat, lol, but it would seem so cold on the water at this time of year, except maybe in Florida with Buzz.
And how are you today, Ms. Buzz? hope you are soaking up some warm rays for all of us!

It looks like the forecasts for a tough winter are right, so let's all do our best to stay healthy and safe. For me, that means remembering to take all of my supplements, and my vitamins. I think they help me.

Time for lunch.. late lunch, coz we had a late breakfast. The grocery has Eat Smart bagged veggies for 1.00 per bag this week, so that's my lunch, steamed with a little melted butter and sometimes diced chicken. Yum!

see ya later

Thanks Chris, I got the recipes, they sound great!

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My son rides one of those recumbents and he had it made to order, and it looks just like yours! I wish he'd use it, though, as at 57 his weight is way up there and I doubt he'll lose that 100 pounds necessary to lose! Good for you, getting after important things to grab onto a long healthy happy future. And happy to add you to our group. Barbie's husband Jake will be pleased to have company.

Don't know where today went, except we Netflix'd an old Kathy Bates movie most of the afternoon (rainy 77 degrees) and then??? I don't recall where I got lost! I'm ashamed to post my food, though I did anyway. ANd I maybe need a bit of a nudge to get back up on the wagon! I just love rhubarb strawberry pie :sad: and Ben and Jerry's chocolate anything!:ohwell: Barbie, don't even read this!!!

Anyway, DH is rumbling and grumbling which means EAT, so have a good Saturday night, and Sandy, I'm white-lighting your sister!

Buzz

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I will be praying that God gives your sister the strength to continue fighting.

:flowerforyou: Gayla, did your doctor tell you what strains of flu that your shot covers? They are saying that we will be having the same ones as last year, but what if another type starts circulating?

:flowerforyou: Chris, I am going to have to check on the recipe for the crustless pumpkin pie. Sounds great and low calorie...can't beat that.

:flowerforyou: buzz, you seriously had 77 % temps? Lucky girl !!!

I turned on the furnace this morning. First time this year. I really need more heat in the house to help dry the clothes I am hanging up all over.

Sandy, that was a good one, lol!
I wish I was more like Barbie, I am a slow starter in the morning. So I'm on this computer and not getting much else done. supposed to be transferring audiobooks to my ipod.. my pc is too feeble to do two things at once, so I'm going to have to be brief (lol, me? brief? nah!!)

Sandy, you have a good point about your sisters' needs vs. your knee surgery. It will limit you so much at the beginning, you must focus on you own recovery, so much depends on you during therapy.
I hope your sister can stay strong in spirit, it must be so tiring to go thru setbacks.
Jeri and Irene, we are still thinking of you, and we miss you, take care.

Becky, that pie sounds great to me too, I won't make it this weekend, coz I bought a sugar free pumpkin pie, with a crust, which I try not to eat, but did eat it on the first slice. I like pumpkin pie with light cream cheese, and sometimes sugar free cool whip.

better get to the audiobooks, it takes a long time.