For Older People with Sense

Hey everyone,

We had a great turkey dinner. My aunt ended up coming over. She didn't let me know until the day before. (I think she was keeping her options open lol) She regaled us with tales of traveling cross country and on a cruise to Alaska when she was 18. (in 1933). Very fun and also not much stress. Her kids are coming up this week for her bday (99).

Chrissy, I hate not being on time to my appts. For a while my phone seemed to change the time of my appts when I wasn't looking. At least that is what I told everyone. Hope there are some interesting people or at least a magazine that is only a couple of months old. ( and not those hunting or fishing mags!) Hope you get good news and no more tests.

I get to see my PCP tomorrow. I hope she has the sleep study results. Also there were some off numbers on my last blood tests. So I'll get the scoop. We are going to discuss my starting my diet. Shakes and bars (meal replacements) I have got to get some relief from this inflammation. I'll let ya know how it works. I'm not starting until Tuesday.

Kathy, your Christmas decorations sound very pretty. I love the old ones. Not too many have survived the kids and cats and dogs in my house. My DD just made me go through all our ornaments and get rid of the moldy ones made out of cookie dough and the old wrinkly paper chains, etc....... lol. Now they fit in just a couple of boxes and are much easier to store.

welcome ziggy!

Cherie, I was so happy to see your post. Happy Holiday season, my friend!

Leah, Happy Hanukkah!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! CHRISSY

Chrissy, thank you so much for the information and clothing advice. I think we will be going to Adelaide. I'll have to check the schedule. I'm really excited about this trip. And nervous about the long plane flight over and back. I've always wanted to go to both countries. We're taking a planned tour, the first we've ever taken. But there is so much to do and see that we liked the idea of having some help with the planning.

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday Chrissy!

Happy (probably belated by now) birthday, Chrissy!!!!!!

I was just at a b'day party last night. It was a combo party. My aunt turned 99, her dil turned 56and her ggd turned 1. All on the same day. They had a yummy dinner and an ice cream cake, I had a diet shake, a bowl of cucumber, and sugar free jello. I am almost thru the adjustment phase of this diet 

. It should get easier. If it wasn't for all the holiday parties........ I'll just snack on all the raw veggies. Lol

lol. chrissy, I don't think I would ever find a "good" time to diet. I did wait until after thanksgiving. I didn't want to keep putting it off. I hope it gives me more energy and that I also feel more comfortable. I am meeting with my PCP about my sleep study on Monday. I am sure a better sleep pattern would help. I have a diet buddy and I get to check in with my dr office anytime. I am willing to try anything to get some energy back.

On the exciting news spectrum.......... the new cobbler will be here on the 17th. Now I just have to get the work with switching the laundry room and the bathroom finished up and the shop put back into some semblance of order. We probably won't reopen until Jan., but it is getting closer!

Chrissy, I've always found summer a good time to lose some weight. There's so much fresh from a garden to eat and going with lighter clothing keeps me aware of just how much I should lose. I've lost 15lbs since mx and still have plenty of fat hanging around. Maybe I'll blame arimidex.

What is the "2 days a week" diet? I decided to go low carb again and see if I could lose some weight before the big trip to Australia and New Zealand. I got out my Atkins and South Beach diet books and read through them.

Macatacmy, what kind of diet are you on?

hello, trying to get moving today but keep finding things to keep me seated.

carole, the diet I am on is a medically supervised low calorie meal replacement diet. I am doing it thru my PCP office. I had lost 15 lbs in the last year, but was not losing any recently so we decided to hurry it up. It is a rapidly reducing diet. I hope to lose 30 lbs in 10 weeks. I am only on my 6th day. So I am just learning how to deal with issues of going to dinner and holiday parties. In the next 2 weeks we will add in exercise. Which my gyn dr said is the best thing to do to prevent recurrence, just yesterday. I told her if I felt better I would exercise more, it really is a catch 22. She also told me to be patient with myself.

yay! the electrician is here. They are now saying by the end of monday I will be able to do laundry again. lol the things I get excited about these days.

I'm headed over to a friend's garden to pick some spinach. I can have raw greens, yum!

Thank you for sharing that, Lisa. I am so looking forward to finishing up my 5 years on arimidex next Sept. I'm hoping some other health issues get easier to handle, like cholesterol and bp.

Chrissy, I have a cast iron griddle (with ridges like a grid) that fits over one stove burner. Is yours larger and fits across two burners? Last night dh cooked lamb chops on the stove indoors using the griddle instead of cooking outside on the gas grill.

now that is magic! How neat is that..I have an induction stovetop that works by magnets so I don't think it would work.

My stovwtop itself need a pan that a magnet will stick to. The top itslf doesnt get hot,just whatever inside gets hot. there is residual heat from that. Bottom of pan stays clean.

There are advantages to all of the different stoves