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Thanks Burnt,
So hard to get rid of this 10-15 lbs of menopause weight that creeped .
I was always thin before with no efforts .
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@Way

Good for you losing weight and getting healthy. Beatty is right about FIBRE (or fiber as us Americans say). I lost a ton of weight over a year and a half and it was walking, taking my dietary fiber drink every day, cutting out sugar, and using a natural sweetener made from monkfruit. For some reason the monkfruit sweetener in my tea really curbed my appetite. I think therapy helped too.

@Beatty

Looking at trees can only be good for you and anyone else. At some point during the day, I find time to take my shoes off and let my bare feet be on some grass for a while.
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Beatty, been meaning to say thank you for your comment on the my husband's health. 💗💗

I've really been slacking on my physical routine, the last few months. Tried to keep up a little and just walk around the block when I could, mental get in the mood, and when it wasn't raining. Played boccie last night, and played for 2 people, played my spot and we traded playing for my husband, he played a little which was awesome. So I can barely move this morning. To keep him his spirits up I sit around with him a lot.

We both have gotten a bit of bug phobia. When you think this thing the size of dot did this to a bull of a 6"5 man, it's nuts.

Way, walking is so good for you and everyone, even if you eat more , it's ok it all evens out in the end .

I've noticed, moms not wanting to get outta the house as much, I told her I was free Friday and we could go out to any of are usually places, and she just kinda shrugged. So maybe we will just go for a ride, but this is definitely a turn . I'm not concerned, she is getting close to 90 this is what happens, and I have had enough worries, I'm not adding to them.
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Way, I'll join you. I need to shed also. I heard on the radio today FIBRE is the new protein. Apparently fibre tells the brain to reduce the hormones that make us feel hungry.

But exercise has so many benefits. It makes me look at trees instead of ruminate about rubbish.
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Have gotten back to 5 a week walks ( weather permitting ) . The goal is to lose 10 pounds. But now I get hungry 🙄🙄
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I'm happy with our 10C (50F) weather going up to 17C (64F), Nice and fresh. But winds are coming this afternoon and they're not nice. I don't mind wearing a sweater or a jacket. if it gets chilly. I found a rayon maxi dress at walmart. That fabric is so comfortable and good in the warm weather. Yesterday I wore a long sleeved blouse as a shacket on top of it.

The magpies are nesting and screeching to warn Rocky off the balcony.

Someone mentioned forest fires. We are not in a forested area any more, thank goodness. Grass fires do burn west of us but not near here so far. I did see fires have started in other areas. 🙁😦 Rain would be great!!!
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I've been whining about the weather too, it was so cold this afternoon I was shivering in my jacket and I even needed a sweater in the house (yeah yeah, I know it was colder in the winter but my body has already lost it's cold tolerance) - enough already.
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Daisy, we are getting a storm, yippee! We could use some rain but dang, all the wind is terrible, drying plants out and blowing who knows what, from who knows where into the valley. We are enjoying the under 100° weather though!

I hope you get some nice weather soon.
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I know I am a whiner about the weather, it's either too cold, too hot, to rain, but ghee whiz I just turn my heat on. It's , 65 in the house and 58 outside and bad winds. This deserves a good whine!!!
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The day started off ok actually I got a little organizing done then I cracked my side mirror backing out of my garage and cried.... 😜Ugh.
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Isthisrealllyreal and Golden, yeah I get that they are pretty much everywhere, but I live in quite the hotspot for them. I've talked to people that went outside in the spring and found 5 ticks on there clothing after 15 minutes outside.

I went on reddit, r/upstate to warn people, it's become quite the issue, around here. My sons fiancee mom, has Lyme for the 3rd time in, Im not sure how many years.
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Daisy I used to be concerned about ticks in the north. We do have them and here too but it's not a big problem. I don't think R has ever been bitten and he works outside all the time. You are wise to be concerned as they carry some nasty diseases.

Never been to Arizona but I would like to see the Grand Canyon!
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Daisy, I don't know if any place doesn't have ticks. We use a monthly treatment on our dogs and I have never had any problems but, I know we have them. Creepy bugs that carry weird diseases everywhere!

You will love the west. Each state has its own beauty.

Arizona is a beautiful state with every landscape imaginable. The grand canyon is awe inspiring, however, it is high in elevation and is cold in the winter, often getting snow on the rim. (If you have a handicap parking tag, you can drive the rim instead of taking the trolley or walking.)

If you guys decide to head west, I really recommend getting an America The Beautiful pass and doing a road trip to see all of the National Parks. Incredible beauty and amazing historical ruins all for an 80.00 lifetime pass for seniors.

There is an app that my cousin introduced me to called roadside America, and it has all the fun and unique items to see in each community.

Anywho, so happy that you and your husband are doing well. I can only imagine how relieved you feel after such a scare.
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Isthisrealllyreal, I've never been west , that is on our bucket list, but in the cooler months.

Honestly, right now if hubby said let's move anyplace where there is little to no ticks, and I would start packing asap.
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Golden, I have been skiing in -13° and it didn't feel cold, until it got dark. Crazy what humidity will do.

You probably know this but, if you get overly warm, putting damp rags or ice cubes on the inside of your wrist will help bring your body temperature down.

Yep, we love our good weather months. It is awesome.
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I am sure it is very much what you are used to. Dry heat is definitely better than humid heat. Same with cold - dry cold is better.

Daisy The temps can go up and down. We get few days as high as 88 which it was today. 95 and humid -yikes!!!

ITRR 7-9 months good weather must be awesome and a swimming pool too. Here it is more like 5 months good weather.

Starting to cool off here now and windy so I have opened the patio doors and bedroom window and have some air coming in..Wasn't too bad at all. It never got about 78 inside.
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Daisy, the difference from NOLA to Arizona is unfathomable, unless you have experienced it. We are a dry heat, I know that 110° is beyond hot but, 95° with 100% humidity is stifling beyond imagination. There truly is a difference.

The funny thing is I was born and raised in Henderson NV and they are even hotter than Tucson. Same humidity but average 10° hotter.

I do agree that it is all what you are use to. I had a coworker that moved to Vegas from Billings Montana, he arrived and teased me about wearing a Parker, it wasn't cold...I told him to tell me that in 3 years. Yep, you can't handle the cold so well when you deal with extreme heat. He was wearing heavy coats in 3 years and we all laughed about his blood thinning out.

I have to say that I love my swimming pool and am grateful to have mini split A/C in my home. It gets us through comfortably. :-)
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Ive never felt heat like I did last year in New Orleans, even at 5 am when we were getting up to go to the airport, it was suffocating. I think it was 95 with heat index of 105.

Went to a place called , He// in Cayman in January it was 95, can't imagine what that is like now.

Golden, this heat your having now is it unusually hot?

Isthisrealllyreal, I think it's what your brought up with, I feel like cold weather you can put more clothes on, warm weather, you can only take so many off.
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Golden, we spend lots of time in the A/C this time of year. We have 7 to 9 months of beautiful weather when we can garden and do outdoor activities. So we tolerate the brutal heat to avoid the brutal cold.
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Thx ITRR. So far with the range hood fan going and the front door cracked a little open it feels ok. We may (30%) have a thunderstorm which would help. If need be I will park myself downstairs. Usually it is worse about 6 pm here, but it does cool off over night. Then it should go down to below 60. I couldn't handle the heat you have. I'ld be indoors in the A/C all this time.
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Daisy, I will share our heat, triple digits from now until October, ugh! I would LOVE 65°.

Golden, so happy that you have areas you can be cool. Nothing is as hard or as dangerous as the heat.
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((((Daisy))) What a session you have had!!! I can understand that both of you are in recovery. So much stress seeing your LO ill and not getting better. I guess it will take him a while, and you too. So glad he is on the mend.

I would love 65 right about now. You can have the heat.
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Hi, Golden, he is awesome now, weak and tired, but he will recover. It's been very overwhelming. What a week, what a few months I've had. He promises to listen to me better now. We are both here n recuperating mood, me emotionally and sleep, him health. The good news is they went through his entire body with a fine tooth comb, and he is very healthy.

Send some of that warmth down here, it's about 65 here today.
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Hi Daisy - you disappeared. I read on another thread your hubs had been in hospital. Hope he is OK now.

My whine - hottest day of the year so far and the A/C is not working. We have a heat warning till 9 tonight. The good news is that the public places of the building are air conditioned so I can cool off there and read or whatever. I have a HVAC service guy coming tomorrow sometime.
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Daisy - it's just getting you used to the weather in Ireland.
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Daisy: Here in the mid Atlantic we have had a Nor'Easter going on with tons of rain. Still in a deficit, though.
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It's still raining, about 50 , very little to no sun for about 2 weeks if not more. Rivers are high, and I wanna cry. 😂 Not really but I thought that sounded cute. Anyways it just really really sucks. Hubs just turned the heat on, sick of being in cold and damp. Never have a heat on in May! Oh the next whole weeks forecast, looks about the same.
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Daisy and Beatty -sad that people don't care enough about themselves to look after their futures. Glad you both stuck up for yourselves.

Then there is the "Norwegian Life-Cleaning" which is about continuously striving to cleanse one's life down to a serene simplicity: A life containing what you love, use, and need without unnecessary surplus to disturb your present-day peace or bring a sizable decluttering task onto those you love in the future." (the internet)
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"They are thinking about themselves .."

You got it!

I had a proper stand up argument with an aquaintance over this! She was on & on about how I should take my Mother in, or move in with her, do everything yada yada

I said I couldn’t. She kept pushing.

I asked if she expected her daughter to do that & BOOM, that truth bomb fell.

Her previous statements of not ever being a burden to her daughter just exploded & disapated. She actually stood & stared at me with a look of fear. Then starts this high pitched "But what will I do? What will we ALL do?"

Make the best of it in the nursing home.. choose a good one, with Friday happy hour? My jokes fell flat as I was shaking from the confrontation, she was insulted & we were both close to tears by now.

(This was standing chest height in the public swimming pool by the way. We can add that scene to the Aging Care movie) 🤣
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Beatty, I so wish more people would do the Swedish Death Cleaning, it makes so much sense.

Also most of my friends are in there 60s and up, and ya know they are really getting scared of aging and who is going to "take care" of them , so they get really insulted and shocked when I say , I'm not doing more for mom than I am doing, and I'm not taking care of a bed ridden parent. They are thinking about themselves and there hopes of there children, keeping them out of a facility.
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