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Post by grandmasandy2 on Oct 14, 2021 10:10:15 GMT
People over 60 have a different metabolism than those who are younger, and weight loss gets harder as one ages. This thread is for us.
Join us! Share your ideas, your successes, your frustrations. Offer support. Get advice from folks who are on a similar journey.
Our challenge is to stay on plan, exercise and keep trying to lose weight while improving our overall health -- and maintaining a positive attitude!
Think about where you were and how you felt when you made the initial decision to join The Senior WW Challenge. Close your eyes and remember when you said to yourself āEnough is enough and Iām getting in shape!ā On a scale of 1 to 10, how serious are you? You really need to be an eight or higher! If not, you should probably reevaluate your thoughts and feelings about regaining great health in your life.
If the thread has not been started for the day, and you are ready to post, feel free to get us started.
Questions of the day: Wednesday: Sharon; Thursday: Ruth; Friday: Recipe Sharing; Saturday: Karen C: Sunday: Gail
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Post by grandmasandy2 on Oct 14, 2021 10:10:30 GMT
Getting thread started.
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Post by flhusker2 on Oct 14, 2021 10:39:26 GMT
Just waving as I pass by. Going to be a hectic morning!
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Post by geritru on Oct 14, 2021 11:33:00 GMT
Good Morning!
An early start for me today, too. I am leaving for my haircut in a few minutes. My DD's hairdresser is no longer taking new clients but she agreed to squeeze me in before the salon opens. It is way across town. Hopefully traffic will not be too heavy. After my haircut I am meeting girlfriends for brunch at First Watch. From there I will head home and Mike will take me to my eye doctor appointment for my annual checkup. I have trouble seeing when my eyes are dialated.
QOTD: 1. What is your most controversial food opinion? 2. Do you have a weird food thing you love to do?
Weird Food Things People Really Love to Do
Put ice cubes in cereal. ...
Eat hot dogs horizontally. ...
Drink leftover pickle juice. ...
Top pizza with M&Ms. ...
Put orange juice on cereal. ...
Spread peanut butter on scrambled eggs. ...
Eat at their desk rather than taking a lunch break. ...
Dip French fries in Wendy's Frosties.
AOTD:
1. I don't like smoked flavor and cannot stand foods cooked in a smoker. I cannot have my foods touching each other. The corn cannot run into the mashed potatoes, etc. or I just cannot eat it.
2. I love Medjool dates stuffed with a scoop of peanut butter. I also like french fries dipped in ranch dressing and biscotti dipped in wine (I picked that up in Italy). Oh, and here is a different one...when I first joined WW I would take 10 plain M&Ms and microwave them for 10 seconds. They would get nice and melty and I could eat each one really slowly. Not as many points and my chocolate craving was satisfied.
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Post by gramcracker345 on Oct 14, 2021 12:28:10 GMT
Pat wishing you a safe and pleasant morning. Check back later.
Vicki Iām wishing you a pleasant āsunnyā day.
I enjoyed your answers yesterday. Thanks for sharing.
Marlo ginger tea is helping me through my current tummy troubles. I thought I was ok but grumbling sore abdomen again this morning.
It will be another rainy day so weāll begin unpacking a few things. There are dishes to be put in the buffet.
Ruth Iām looking forward to your new haircut. Safe driving in rush hour today. Interesting question so Iāll think on it. Don and I love peanut butter in medjol dates, they taste like Reeseās. They are addictive.
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Post by shragae on Oct 14, 2021 12:47:07 GMT
Good morning!
QOTD: 1. What is your most controversial food opinion? 2. Do you have a weird food thing you love to do?
Well -- I'm Jewish so I love a good tongue sandwich. That tends to gross non-Jews out, LOL. Cow's tongue -- served hot or cold. Yum. I also like gefilte fish (fish balls served cold with horseradish). Years ago I had a good Polish friend and she loved duck's blood soup which is apparently a Polish delicacy. I think I'll pass!!
Before WW I would use tubs of sour cream on just about everything. I loved sour cream on a good steak (for example) and could go through most of a 16 ounce container at one sitting! Ah, the good old days, LOL.
What is my most controversial food opinion? Don't really know if I have one. I'm not a sushi fan but am willing to try most new things (except for duck's blood soup!). I don't much like the idea of eating dogs -- which some ethnicities do -- does that count?
Dentist in about an hour. Drywall man showed up today to start removing my popcorn ceilings.
Yay!
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Post by Gail in SC on Oct 14, 2021 14:02:01 GMT
Quick hello. I went to a meditation class this morning. At least I thought I was going. The signals were all crossed between the fitness centers and the actual schedule. It starts next week. And is a half hour earlier than the fitness centers said. It's actually good as I am co-leading my film class early this afternoon and I still have some work to do.
Great questions. BBL
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Post by vicki1953 on Oct 14, 2021 14:58:45 GMT
Good morning ladies.
We're leaving in a few minutes to pick up the Kroger order and then this afternoon I have a therapy appointment. I know I sound like a broken record but this is my life at the moment.
Sharon, thanks for wishing me a "sunny" day. It's overcast right now but once in awhile the sun peeks through. We're expecting rain for tonight but we should be home from therapy before it starts.
Ruth, those are great questions.
QOTD: 1. What is your most controversial food opinion? 2. Do you have a weird food thing you love to do?
AOTD: 1. I suppose disliking sushi is a controversial food opinion today. So many of my friends love it but I just can't bring myself to eat any raw meat including fish.
I also don't eat any baby animals such as veal of lamb. Those poor babies didn't even have a chance to grow up. :-(
2. When I eat chili I like a cold glass of milk. It's probably a throw back to my school lunch days. I also like to eat fried or scrambled eggs with sweet
pickles. It was something my mom did and I used to think it was crazy until she dared me to try it.
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Post by dinkous on Oct 14, 2021 15:24:01 GMT
Vicki I love those answers.
AOTD: a throw back to childhood is spaghetti with green beans on the side. My mom had the best home canned beans. My brother put syrup on his cottage cheese which sounds weird but many people put fruit on it. I canāt think of any weird combos I eat. I told my mom once she was a good cook, which she was, but she claimed no she was just a plain cook. Thatās what I am. We eat regular foods, mostly whole food. As oppose to processed packaged food. Yes I have to use packaged as we all do.
My brother called yesterday. Heās doing great. He went to his DGSās wedding over the weekend and even danced with his walker. What a guy. I love his go to attitude.
B - banana, ritz crackers, egg and leftover potatoes. Ok so thatās a weird combo.
L - ?
D - āFlush the Fat Awayā soup. Iāll share the recipe Friday if itās good. With sweet potatoes and navy beans it doesnāt seem like a diet soup, but itās full of nutrition.
S - Apple with peanut butter.
Don came up with the idea we need new gutters so now my dream of new flooring fades into the distance.
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Post by janelinedancer on Oct 14, 2021 15:25:15 GMT
Good morning. People are due to do windows and pavers I hope it doesnāt rain before they get done. I also hope the price fits what I am willing to pay
I will ask them to pull a light chain for me. If I were a couple of inches taller I could reach it
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Post by twoshoes43 on Oct 14, 2021 16:45:26 GMT
Jane I have added length to most of my pull chains so I know the feeling of getting shorter. Hoping the guys will help with those little tasks while they are there. So happy for you that you scheduled some theater times. I did enjoy going to a movie by myself once in awhile but not sure I want to be enclosed in a small movie theater just yet. What I think is a great movie will be on UP TV (Hallmark) Friday night at 8 CDT, OVERCOMER. Have seen it but will likely watch it again.
Vicki your recovery time has been long but hoping things will be better soon. Have Jerry take the long route through a park or longer drive while you are out for grocery pickup. Some leaves are changing colors here maybe they are there. Thinking of you.
Shragae, hope you had a good dentist visit. I am not in for the tongue sandwich. Mom used to fry brains for dad, not on my list either. While we were in Spain we were served Blood Gravy. No thank you.
Pat you do have a lot on your plate but at the same time you seem happier when you are busy. Take care of yourself in the mean time. Family being there although they are going back home, Iām sure filled your heart with joy.
QOTD: 1. What is your most controversial food opinion?
Not sure I have a controversial food opinion. I will not eat at a Chinese restaurant because I choose not to pay for food I will not eat but certainly donāt care if others do. I am also not a steak eater unless I cook it myself.
2. Do you have a weird food thing you love to do?
If I make a peanut butter sandwich I mix white Karo syrup with the peanut butter, a old school thing. Had an uncle that put syrup on his mashed potatoes.
Spent some time cutting little pieces of fabric yesterday for sister in law project, today my neck fells like it has a crook in it. All pieces cut now to get them sewed together. Dress for wedding for Shayna will arrive Saturday wish me luck. Shayna starts her 16 hour drive back from NC in the morning. She is to keep me post as she has not told her mother she is arriving tomorrow. Brenda thinks Shayna wonāt be here until the 21st. Bringing her two dogs so is driving.
Keep forgetting to tell you Steven has taken only one of the Prevagen pills he paid $40 some dollars a bottle for. Must have forgotten he bought them.
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Post by janelinedancer on Oct 14, 2021 17:41:19 GMT
Well this job turned out to be way more than I expected . So outside windows only., , driveway , lanai pavers Compromise. Top of my budget So hopefully I will be satisfied.
Vicki. I have always been amazed at how well you have handled your issues and know I would never be that able to do it. You are truly remarkable
Karen E. I had bought a bottle of prevagen for Don and he passed away before trying it. Since I had the receipt and unopened bottle I got my money back. Another thing he bought was a dozen jars of gefilte fish which I had no receipt for and was not going to eat. I think there were 10 jars left and I returned them 2 at a time. Two Publix took them but another would not.
AOTD. I love crispy fried okra but must have mashed potatoes with it. My Dadās garden always had okra and picking it was a prickly job Fresh okra in stores is usually limp. Now I wish I had some. Cracker Barrel has it. Good 30 minute drive to Cracker Barrel . As a kid I made mashed potatoes and white bread sandwiches. Never had any other kind of bread until I was grown. A meal with hotdogs has to have baked beans. A pork meal needs apple sauce. Bacon must be very crisp and eggs other than made at home have to be scrambled or omelet.
I absolutely have a problem with food texture. Canāt eat rice, dumplings, cheesecake which I learned to tolerate, cottage cheese , Chinese food, fish that still has a head , meat with more than a hairline of pink , wines that make me gagā¦which is almost every kind, spicy anything. No tomatoes Yeck. I have never had coffee and donāt like anything with coffee flavor. Grew up on southern cooking. Never had steak until I went to college. Sushi never
I have a man cleaning on the lanai and a woman on the windows. I had the man come in and pull the light chain. I can turn the switch now and the fan and light both come on . I had moved my chair closer to the tv and now can hear it better but the lighting is poor at that spot so was turning on many lights to try to not have eye strain when reading there. So overhead light should help. I usually am doing one of the newspaper puzzles while the tv is on.
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Post by grandmasandy2 on Oct 14, 2021 21:14:36 GMT
Watchman is a go and they already got Humana approval, which was really fast! So it will be October 25 at 7:30 a.m. have to be at hospital at 5:30 a.m. and not sure how long it takes. He will probably be kept overnight after itās over.
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Post by flhusker2 on Oct 14, 2021 21:41:05 GMT
Sandy So glad to hear the watchman procedure is a go.
QOTD: 1. What is your most controversial food opinion? 2. Do you have a weird food thing you love to do?
Vicki like you I can't eat sushi, raw fish is just not my thing.
Don't think I have any weird food things but Jerry eats peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. I prefer peanut butter and banana.
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Post by dinkous on Oct 14, 2021 22:18:47 GMT
Sandy good news. Fred will be better for it.
Pat one of my good breakfasts is toast topped with peanut butter and sliced banana.
This was a disappointing afternoon. The furniture store messaged that our bedroom furniture will now come in February. It was October then November and now February. So we went a requested a refund. Then stopped at my favorite thrift store and bought a dresser and nightstand. Not new but ok and functional. They will deliver next week.
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