Just popping in with a big Hello, and to say I hope you're each handling the heat well. Have a good day! :)

Jane, thanks for popping by....I'm wondering if you've noticed all of our inquiries about whether or not a moderator (you) can contact a missing member via email. We are all very concerned about our friend Isabella, whom we haven't heard from in some time. Is there any way you could contact her? (Thanks).
So, it was another busy weekend - or quick-moving one, anyway. I don't know what it is about Saturday & Sunday mornings, but they don't seem to last very long. Seems like it's up, give your face a wash and your teeth a brush, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and whoops! It's 3:00 in the afternoon! We didn't do a whole lot on Saturday - or I guess I should say that I didn't - DH left bright and early to have the oil changed on my car, and then took advantage of the tax-free weekend here in MA, and replaced his old computer with a spiffy new one with all the bells and whistles that (he thinks) he needs. I don't mind, though. (Whatever it takes to keep him occupied). When he got back, I went grocery shopping, and then we went down to the (same old) lake near our house and sat in the sun soaking up vitamin D and reading for a couple of hours. Then went to my daughter's for supper, played with the twins and their sister, helped with their bath, and read them some stories before bed. Then we old ones headed home to bed ourselves. On Sunday, my daughter was taking our granddaughter to a birthday party at Water Country for most of the day, and so we went over and spent the day with our son-in-law and the twins - made tacos and rice & beans for dinner. (Used ground turkey, lettuce, tomato, FF shredded cheese and FF sour cream with a little salsa. Pretty calorie-friendly when you add it up - so I had two. :D Got home to find my son, his fiancee, and my other daughter weeding, raking and trimming my hedges and garden plantings - what a neat family I have!
Eating lightly - or perhaps it's best described as eating consciously - is becoming a bit more habitual lately. I DO think more about what I'm eating, and think more about how I'm feeling....full enough, still a little hungry, etc. Not so much dieting as making smart choices. So far, so okay. I would STILL like to lose another 10, but I am not so highly motivated as I was 30 pounds ago, I'm afraid. I can handle losing this last bit slowly. I've been thinking lately about needing to exercise some more. I'm such a slug, and I know full well that if I don't start loosening up these joints and stretching out, I'm going to end up all crumpled up. I was walking regularly, biking regularly before that, but this year has been pretty bleak on the exercise front unless you count chasing around behind the twins, and I don't think that really does count for much, because I do that in irregular spurts - not any kind of routine.
Oh, PT...yeah. It's hard not to get hooked on Outlander. I'm re-reading them (read them all @ 4 years ago) and actually have her two last ones that I haven't read yet - a real treat that I'm looking forward to.
Mary, I'm a little puzzled about your having spider webs removed. Aren't spiders actually helpful in controlling other, smaller pesky insects? Of course I'm not sure what part of the country you're in, so maybe we're talking huge, stinging TROPICAL spiders or something?
Gayle, I'm really, really glad to see you checking in here more often. Listen, girlfriend, even if you mess up, come HERE rather than brooding over it and feeling bad. This crew really makes you feel okay about yourself, and helps you get back on target pretty painlessly. You're doing great, now, so keep up the good work, and show that DH of yours that he's not as smart as he thinks he is! (None of them are ;) ) Oh, and about that washload of water? <gulp> I've done that. Must be a "woman" thing. :dizzy:
Hey, Wilma - glad you're still stopping in, even if your computer gets in the way of posting. Hope it gets fixed soon, and we get to chat more with you.
Bobbi, I've made a couple of batches of apple sauce recently to have with the pork tenderloin roasts that I taught DH to cook properly (so that I wouldn't have to do it when I get home from work). I leave the skins on the apples, chop them very fine, add Stevia for sweetness, dried cranberries for color and a little tang, and a couple of tablespoons or so of cinnamon. Yum. It tastes almost like apple crisp, and sometimes DH & I will have a (warm) bowl of it with a half cup of Fiber One cereal and FF whipped cream on top. Gotta love that Fiber One! (Of course I know that you do - seems to me you're the one who maybe told ME about it?). The thinking woman's apple crisp. That's what I call it, anyway. :D
Rosey, all of this running back and forth to Dr. Turd and his minions will soon be behind you, and by next year, think of where you'll be! You're doing amazingly well, and my only concern is that at one of these appointments, you'll slip and actually call him "Doctor Turd"!!!! DO be careful! :lol:
:wave: Hey, Karens! How are you girls today? And Freda? And Lynn? Y'all have a good day, now!
:grouphug:
Z

Good Morning gals!
Busy day for me, lots of freezing to do. This morning I watched 4 half-grown Orioles fighting over the grape jelly I have out for them. Soon they'll be flying South and I'll miss seeing them. We have a nice Oriole feeder with Oranges on the metal case but they only like drinking out of the Hummingbird feeder? My 3 little baby wrens that I accidently dumped out of the nest have fledged, bye, bye babies.
Yesterday was our family reunion with lots of fattening pot luck food. Someone brought a creamy mac n' cheese dish that was to die for. If I'd know how delicious it was, I'd made more room on my plate. I took just a dab or this and a dab of that and still didn't get to try everything. One good thing about dieting is my stomach just can't hold very much anymore, I'm sure you all find that with yourselves. But this is a GOOD THING. Since we have so many apples, I brought Apple Crisp and Apple Pizza. Someone made a spicy sausage in white sauce dip for chips. I had a tablespoon of the dip, oh so good but skipped the chips. All chips have msg in them and I get terrible 2 day migraines when I eat them so it wasn't my will power that kept me from using the chips in the dip.
You all have a great day!

Hello all,

A nice sun shiny day here. Is probably hot out there ~ will see soon as I have to go run some errands.

Getting ready to go visit my daughter in NC and see the new grandbaby. My daughter here is going up for a long weekend ~ it will be fun for the three of us to be together.

Zoe ~ would you share your recipe for the "thinking womans apple crisp"? :D It sounds yummy.

Well, I'd better quit fooling around and get going. Lots to do.

Take care

Morning everyone..thankyou for all the support..but i must confess i sabotaged myself yesterday..i ate all the wrong things,huge breakfast,mm's,pizza and an ice cream sunday with all the trimmings to name a few..ugh it didnt solve what i was fussing over and kept me up most of the night running to the bathrm:( i felt like doodoo..anyways we all get a brand new start everyday so today im back to what i know i should do..i think i was fussing over all these tests and still dont have an answer as if i will be approved for the surg or not..however whatever the answer eating myself into a stupor is not working..altho i have to say the icecream and all the trimmings tasted mighty fine..and i have not seen or talked to dr turd from my first meeting..he has lots of worker bees..anyways im working on a better day sry for the rant im better now :dizzy: hoping you all have anon-sabotaging day (((hugs))) rosey :dizzy::wave:

No need to apologize Rosey ~ that is what we are here for. Everybody has a bad day from time to time. You're doing great ~ right back on track. I am frustrated for you. You and another of my friends are going through the process ~ I don't understand at all why it takes so long. If it is so important for people's health ~ why do they drag it out so? Sorry ~ that was my little rant. :o

Take care

I will check Isabella's info to see if she has okay'd emails from 3fc mods. I'll let you know what I find out.

Best way to get ahold of me is by private message. I check in the Age 50+ forum everyday, but don't read all the posts.

Hello everyone! It is a late night and I'm really tired but had a really good Sunday afternoon with family. We had 20 people here for a cook out and just loved it so much! I have posted some video ( I bought one of those "Flip" cameras) and some regular photos on my facebook page. I thought that I would extend an invite to you to come over to Facebook and join some of us there too. It really is a nice way to share photos and in general stay in touch with family and friends! Let me know if you are interested and I will PM you my facebook address.

Hope everyone had a good day and I will try to get back here and do personals tomorrow... just pooped tonight!!

G'Night!!!!

Hi everyone, been running around all day and haven't gotten much of anything done here at home but with this heat I'm tired and lazy tonight. Relaxing inside with the ac feels really good! I do run out to the garage now and then to attend to my laundry and will fold later while watching TV but that's about it for today I think.

Jess, Rosey - I bought one of the Outlander books..forgot which one but one mentioned in this forum. I got curious so have to try it. I'm reading other things right now so don't know when I'll get to it though. Rosey I have a friend who had that surgery and she is glad she did it.

Ellabella - I understand what you are saying about the spiders. And no we have only the common variety. I actually thought about this when considering the pesticide service as I know that is a spiders job. But we are both SO tired of running into spider webs everywhere we go in the yard! In our face, our hair...it's gross! So we will see how things go...we plan to try the service for a year and reassess it.

I'm with you on having to think about what I eat all the time. If I don't I'm in trouble. Sometimes I get tired of having to think about it but I think that's the way it's going to have to be from now on for me. Eating lightly, eating consciously...that's what I have to do. Up to this point I have been too inconsistent with this...I do well for a while then I begin to think I don't have to do this, I can eat what I want...but then the scale and my bs shows me that is not true.

Glynne - have fun with your dd and gb! That recipe does sound interesting!

Started this email earlier then stopped to watch TV with dh. I'm heading for bed now and am happy t say I did well on my diet! Yea!! I really needed a disciplined day..

Good Morning everyone,

Finally, the hot spell has broken and it's a perfect day. Yesterday too. It's cool, the sun is shining, slight breeze...Last night it got down into the 50's.

I've been worried, along with everyone else, about Isabella. I hope everyone has given out their e-mail address so we can check on you if anything happens.

Karen, Saw your family pictures on Facebook. Looks like you were having a wonderful time. I can't say I'm a BIG fan of facebook, but it surely has it's uses. Like the pictures you mentioned.

Z and Mary, I agree about having to think about what you eat all the time, but we have to make concious choices. Not just for weight, but for health. It does get easier, if not more pleasant. Some times I whine. I waaaant that ice cream!!!! And sometimes I choose to have it. But it's a choice, not mindless eating. And after awhile your stomach really does rebell if you over eat or eat something you know you shouldn't. Like your pizza Z. But pizza is fine, in moderation. Your new and improved stomach can't tollerate all that any more. It knows what's good for us, even if we don't.

Glynn, I've "washed" my washer a few times. Tell me someone who hasn't!! I just figure it must need it. Have fun visiting with that new baby. I'm going to make a baby quilt for my future greatgrands this winter, while I still can. There is a picture on facbook of the one my sister made. Mine will be simular.

Rosey, you are at the end of your meetings and tests. They will all be over soon and you will be on your way. Hard to be patient, but so worth it.

Bobbi, you stay so busy! I wish I had room for a garden. I love to can and preserve and freeze. I know, country girl at heart.

Lynn, Hope things are well with you.

Donna, are you enjoying the same weather we've got now? Hope it continues. Courious about how you think nursing in the hospital and working in the jail are the same.

Freda

Good Morning...I'm trying to camouflage one of our frozen chickens into some chili today. We got rid of our chickens last fall, they were so sweet and loved us but weren't producing eggs anymore. DH said he couldn't eat them but I put up a fuss, said we'd been feeding them for 4 years, housed them and even wired the coop with electricity so they could have a heat lamp in the bitter cold winters. I planned on eating those very expensive chickens. He wanted to take them over to the woods after he shot them. So he agreed but said he didn't want to know when we were eating them, so that's the camouflage story.
Have a good one!

Bobbi - loved your chicken story!! Made me think of when I was a girl, and my grandma (who lived on my aunt's farm) gave me a small chicken to raise (think it was called a pullet? I don't know much about chickens). We lived in town and eventually we couldn't keep the darn chicken confined so we had to give it back as I didn't want mom to kill it. Some time later, we had dinner at my aunts and we had chicken. I didn't know until after we ate that we had eaten my chicken!:( Also like the donkey story and it is SO true!!

Freda - that is my goal...to eat everything in moderation. I don't want a diet that tells me what to eat and won't allow certain foods. I never stick to them. But I do want to learn to eat moderately. I'm doing better this week. After a week of overeating in the evening and gaining back 4 lbs. I'm being more careful again. Already down 2 lbs. Everyone says it's got to be fluid, but when I have taken a diuretic in the past, I never lose much weight. I know how much I eat when I binge and I can gain VERY fast! But when I eat carefully I can lose it too. I want to learn to always eat with discipline so I don't have to gain and lose the same 4-5 lbs over and over again!! I used to always want to try a different diet, but I know now that it is not the diet it is me that needs changing! :D

This am we had bacon...when we have bacon I always cook 4 slices...2 for each of us, but the last time we had it I told my dh I didn't really want it, but I ate it anyway (so he couldn't have it LOL He's called the bacon zapper at our house!!). Today I ate one slice and gladly gave the other slice to him...it just tasted too fat. On the other hand I did not turn down a bowl of (light) ice cream this afternoon! But I made sure I had the carbs and calories available in my plan before I ate it. Baby steps, baby steps....

We've been running around all day again today, and I'm tired and still have much to do. You all have a good evening.

Just checking in --

I am tired of writing the same thing everyday - sick, sick, sick....

UTI symptoms are still with me - still not eating right (or much) - still not gaining weight.

Also, I'm not on the computer much - either moving around during the day - symptoms seem better when I'm moving - or in bed in the evening.

As soon as things get back to normal, I'll be back online.

Lynn