WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST

exermom · August 2011

Geri - your birthday sounds absolutely lovely! Congrats on having to get the clothes altered!

Amanda - I can hardly imagine the frustration you MIL is going thru! My heart bleeds for her. When my MIL was in assisted living, they would let her have ice cream occasionally (she was diabetic so they did portion it out). The full fat sugar ice cream wasn't the best for her, but it helped her emotionally so in that respect it was the best for her

Rosie - now people are probably wondering what they're going to do with the 3 dozen eggs and 4 loaves of bread that they bought in preparation for Irene....lol

Did an hour of the extremepump class today, tomorrow I think I'll do spinning. Tomorrow I have another appt w/ the MD to get this plantar wart frozen, then to play mahjongg, then going to go to the bowling alley to get a wrist brace.

I'm trying so hard to get back on the veggie wagon. I feel so much better when I crave veggies. Still not there, but getting closer. I admit that I slipped a bit and had one of Vince's chocolate cookies. Do you know that I actually spit it out into the garbage? But the fact that I even had a bite says that I'm not at the point that I was at before wanting veggies all the time.

Cathy - have fun!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

barbiecat · August 2011

:sad: Jane, sorry to hear that you're going through a rough time. You have always cheered me up with your posts. Now it's time for us to cheer you up and think happy thoughts for you for better times.

:bigsmile: Amanda, your before and after picture is amazing.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: Jeannie, I love your new profile picture. I am the opposite of you.....tiny top and thunder thighs.:laugh:

:sad: Robin, sorry you had to change your ticker but glad that you are getting back in gear.

:sad: my husband is in Seattle at the hospital where he will have another angiogram tomorrow morning. He has been short of breath and the cardiologist said it would be a good idea to take a look inside his heart and see what's going on. A friend drove him over so I didn't have to brave the city traffic. The same friend will go pick him up probably Wednesday morning. The dogs and I are keeping busy.

:bigsmile: A bought a big box of green grapes to take to a potluck on Saturday and brought a lot of them home with me so they have been the mainstay of my eating today :laugh:

rosied915 · August 2011

Good Morning All!:flowerforyou:

A nice full day today: Yoga at 9:15am:heart: and this afternoon the Mammo Tech is getting her own Mammo!!:blushing: Fortunately I've been going to the same place for years and even worked with some of the techs there (back in the day) so I get to see my "films" as they're being done~at least: I still remember what I'm looking at!

Chiclet~my heart is breaking for you:brokenheart: .....this is SO difficult to watch

MummaH Sue~

Congratulations on the loss!! That's awesome!!:bigsmile:

OK, time to get going.....check back later......everyone have a good one:happy: :bigsmile:

rosied915 · August 2011

Oh yeah~ lost another pound at weigh in too!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

One more to go for the big 2-0 and then the 180s!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

grabbit97 · August 2011

Last night was good, I didn't take the NORCO, which is the narcotic pain reliever that they have me on, which I only take at night with a sleeping pill, and before PT, I decided to take a tramadol and a tylenol extra strength, and I did fall asleep, so I am going to try and not take the norco, wonder if taking 2 tramadol and 1 tylenol before PT would cut the pain enough to endure what they do to me, bending and stretching etc...
I had a good day yesterday, I went to PT, and then I had a friend pick me up for lunch. We went to Olive Garden, had the soup and salad...
Last night we ordered pizza from pizza hut, our local pizza hut here has a special for 10.00 you can get a large pizza with ANY toppings you wanted. I made a salad and had 2 pieces and didn't eat the crust. It did taste good for a change.
Have a good afternoon...
Natalie

sissygok · August 2011

Chiclet, I feel so bad that you have to shoulder all this responsibility and stress yourself. A few years back it became very obvious that my stepmother could not live on her own and refused to have any one in her house, we had tried that and the home care agency told us she was unmanageable and would not come any more. My daughter and I had power of attorney and we decided she had to move to assisted care, she was not happy at this decision at all. We moved her to the only assisted care she would consider not knowing the full extent of her dementia...she did not do well at all there and they basically gave us notice and kicked her out and asked us to move her into another residence. AT this time we had her tested and found out that she had quite advanced Alzheimer's, she could and would be sweet and charming when she wanted to be but could turn in a minute and was a threat to others. We moved her to an Alzheimer's residence ...she went angry, kicking and screaming believe me, but within a few weeks she got used to their schedule and also loved all the constant attention that she got from everyone and she got over being mad at us. Please keep this in mind, this decision was so hard for us to make, we felt guilty and sad and wondered if we were doing the right thing, we talked with her doctor, a psychiatrist and her attorney before making our final decision on this and got encouragement from all of them. We realize now that it was the very best thing to do for her and for us. I hope you find peace in your life and decisions, I know how difficult it is. xoSissy

rosied915 · August 2011

Wow, Sissy, what a story and handled with grace and caring, yet still must have been so difficult.

I think the adult children of the elderly go through an anger/denial stage. My own parents are ages 80 and 75 and while they live independently at the moment, I can see they are slowing down mentally.

I am paying very close attention to the content of our conversations and when I visit, I look around and watch for anything that looks like it may be an issue down the road.

I try to go to every doctor appointment for my Mother~ my Dad is pretty healthy for 80 and doesn't have many~ but Mom seems to like " being a patient". This behavior started a few years ago and it got to the point that I actually couldn't let her go to a doctor alone since she would sign herself for surgeries or procedures that she had not a clue about, just to be "in the hospital".

It disappointed me to recognize this in my Mom but I am the eldest of 4 and the one with the healthcare background so I am the "go to" person with regard to this type of stuff.
Now I fall back on that background and instead of getting angry and frustrated, I talk to her like she's one of my patients and explain things to her like I would to any other patient. It seems to be working so far although we had an incident with a Cardiologist~ the ONE appointment I couldn't make~ that took a little creative thinking to fix.

Now she is Forbidden to go to ANY appointments alone! (and we can joke about the incident)

Anyway, HUGS to anyone going through anything like this, it really is heartbreaking.........

barbiecat · August 2011

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: my darling husband is on his way home from the hospital. The angiogram found no additional damage, nothing new needed to be done and they released him. A good friend drove over to pick him up. They'll stop for dinner on the way and be home before dark.:bigsmile: The doctor said that the pain he's experienced is not evidence of damage, just his heart telling him to slow down. With all the activity of our move, everyone was telling him to slow down and he mostly ignored us. Maybe he will listen to his heart :laugh:

Chiclet, hugs to you. don't let your mother's nasty words get to you. Come to us and we'll tell you what a hard working, loving, thoughtful daughter you are

exermom · August 2011

barbie - you and I are more and more like sisters. I'm built the same way -- tiny on top, big on bottom. Hope all is well for your hubby. You know you can always freeze grapes. Makes a good snack, so don't feel that you have to finish them up or else they'll go bad. Freeze them. When I had the evening mahjongg here, I got some blueberries and raspberries. When everyone left, I picked out the raspberries and ate them (because I love raspberries) and froze the blueberries. I'll probably use them in some muffins. Don't eat too many grapes, you may get diarrhea! Just read about your hubby. That's wonderful!

Did an hour of a spinning downloadable workout today, then went to the MD where they used the liquid nitrogen again on my plantar wart, then did a bit of food shopping. Went to one store that has fairly decent veges, got some beets. Boiled them, I sauteed the beet greens but wasn't too keen on them, but the beets are sweet!!!! tTen went to play mahjongg. I knew I wouldn't maj today, I was playing with a lady who is quite experienced and so she's fast, I need time to think. So I felt very rushed. Then I went and bought a wrist guard for bowling so that I hopefull won't keep breaking my wrist. That's not a literal break, more of a figurative.

Tomorrow I'll either do an hour of incline intervals on the treadmill, but I doubt that I'll be able to stand on my foot for that long. So I may just do an hour on the recumbant bike that Vince has downstairs.

Gotta take a shower, then get ready for tomorrow.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

vickim26 · August 2011

good morning ladies,
Sorry I have been in and out this week. Crazy week. We weigh in today for biggest loser that Beth and I partnered in. She lost about 10 pounds, She is on the way to weigh in now. i think I lost about 5. I took water pills and did a mini cleanse yesterday. I was bloated and had extra water weight yesterday. I go at 11. I am glad for it to be done. I do not do well with the competition. The stress and pressure does not help. I do better just exercising and eating right for me. Cant wait to get back to that. I will read posts later. See you gals later.
vicki M

vickim26 · August 2011

good morning ladies,
Sorry I have been in and out this week. Crazy week. We weigh in today for biggest loser that Beth and I partnered in. She lost about 10 pounds, She is on the way to weigh in now. i think I lost about 5. I took water pills and did a mini cleanse yesterday. I was bloated and had extra water weight yesterday. I go at 11. I am glad for it to be done. I do not do well with the competition. The stress and pressure does not help. I do better just exercising and eating right for me. Cant wait to get back to that. I will read posts later. See you gals later.
vicki M

Pam3 · August 2011

good morning ladies,
Sorry I have been in and out this week. Crazy week. We weigh in today for biggest loser that Beth and I partnered in. She lost about 10 pounds, She is on the way to weigh in now. i think I lost about 5. I took water pills and did a mini cleanse yesterday. I was bloated and had extra water weight yesterday. I go at 11. I am glad for it to be done. I do not do well with the competition. The stress and pressure does not help. I do better just exercising and eating right for me. Cant wait to get back to that. I will read posts later. See you gals later.
vicki M

have you tried challenges that are geared towards indivduals verus teams...you might enjoy just competing against yourself....there are a couple of walking ones that are open all the time, also im in one that you try for 3500(or it could less or more)calories burned in one week...good luck with your journey..

pam

jam0525 · August 2011

Barbie - Glad to hear hubby's heart is home and the test turned out OK.

Michelle- Thanks for all the comments on my diary. You will get me drinking more and eating veggies too! I appreciate the feedback.

Looks like several are loosing weight. Kudos to all of you.

Thanks for the comment on my new profile picture. It is from Bayfield Colorado at a fund raising breakfast to raise money to save the bears this year. The acorns did not come in year and so many are starving to death all over New Mexico and Colorado. I am going to join Bear Watch just to give them a donation for dog food for the bears.

Tomorrow is my big start over day. I will redo all my measurements and update my ticker with my new weight what ever it is and go from there.

I got roped into coaching soccer again this fall. Remember how happy I was that my kids were too old for me to coach any more? Well, parents can coach at Charter Schools, so if my son's school gets 15 to play, I will coach.

Have a great day everyone

Jeannie

exermom · September 2011

vicki - I'm with you. I'm not a competitive person at all. My goal for the summer bowling season was to have fun and to improve. Well...I accomplished one of my goals....lol Whenever I am under any pressure, you can be guaranteed that I'll do poorly. that's just me. I could never be in a weight loss challenge, that would probably spur me on to binging.

Did an hour on the recumbant bike today (Wed). This isn't my exercise of choice, but the way you put your foot into the straps, there isn't any pressure on the ball of the foot, so I did this today. Tomorrow I'll do a Jari Love DVD. Went to the organizational meeting for the senior bowling for the winter (Wed). The season is 30 weeks long -- yikes!!!! They had a practice bowl after the meeting which I didn't go to since I was so off yesterday, my timing was off, I took 6 steps on the approach instead of my regular 3. I just knew that I'd be way off so I didn't even bother to try.

Boy, is this board quiet right now. Can't hardly believe that tomorrow is Sept. 1.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

barbiecat · September 2011

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I am headed for bed so I'm posting the new thread for September

here is the link

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/332310-women-ages-50-for-september

I am looking forward to hear how you all did with your goals for August and what your plans are for September

middleofseven · September 2011

Good Morning Ladies.

I hope you are all doing well today.

We are off to visit MIL in the nursing home. I'm taking a birthday cake so that she can celebrate DH's birthday (which was last week). I am hoping that she is a little better than she was when I visited her on Saturday. She was struggling to tell me something but just couldn't get the words together. I could see her getting more and more frustrated and she kept bursting into tears. I still have no idea what she wanted to say. Also, her co-ordination is getting worse and worse - she is barely able to feed herself these days. It is awful to see her like this, she's only 73. The nursing home is brilliant and she gets the best care she could get, but the fact that she is stuck in a wheelchair all the time now means that she is extremely limited in what she can do. She is unable to stand at all and the only thing she gets any pleasure from is food. Consequently she has gained about 60 pounds over the last couple of years. The nursing staff put her on a diet but the lack of exercise - apart from daily physiotherapy - means she just gets larger. Having said that, food is probably her sole pleasure these days, so maybe it is better that she eats what she wants. She could die at any time from another attack, so perhaps it would be unfair to restrict her. It's a tough call.

Anyway, I'd better get going.

Hugs to all.
Love, Amanda x

I am wondering if they have her in a state of starvation catagory just like we have on here. They have her on a diet and she can't exercise so they need to get her into PT if possible. Maybe that is too much as they haven't kept it up daily until now. She would be more happy if everyone just let her have what she wants and they might find that she starts to lose weight.

I lost my Mother at age 73 in 2010. So I know how you feel. It is like a rock and a hard place to see her like she is now, Right?

barbiecat · September 2011

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here is the link for the new thread for September

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/332310-women-ages-50-for-september

I am looking forward to hear how you all did with your goals for August and what your plans are for September

melvac · September 2011

I would like to join this group for September. Please give me some information.

sharrry1 · December 2011

.Hi all, looking to lose 50lbs, can use friends for motivation help will also help you.We can give each other a kind word or a kick in the butt ha , ha I have been on a diet all my life it seems, but being able to keep track of my calories will help.I'm new to this wed site can use help thanks