You are losing weight. You feel depressed, confused, tired, irritable, and you do not feel like eating. You have signs of dehydration. Examples include dark yellow urine, dry mouth and lips, dry skin, fast heartbeat, and urinating less than usual. You have questions or concerns about your...
So, I want to share with you what has worked for me and for many other older women (as well as young women and men) I've worked with. As we age, we need MUCH less food, and this can be challenging. I had to accept that my body needs much less food than before menopause. I ...
January 2008. Just want you, whomever you are, to know that she still is helping people with her ideas, words, and quilts, I am sure. It went on to explain that she began making anonymous women’s quilts from old quilt tops, rearranging, combining, repairing and finishing them, along ...
Muscle strength was normalized by multiplying the lever arm and dividing it by body weight in kg (Nm/BW). Knee extensor muscle strength was determined using a cutoff of 0.40 kg/BW for men and 0.31 kg/BW for women; below these values, hindrance to daily activities was observed [31]. The...
” in a heartbeat. When Bennett pushed Evangeline against the wall and had his way with her, this just mere hours after their first encounter, well, that was my “you had me at hello” moment when it came to him. With his penchant for older women & tendency to fall in love at ...
He said let’s do it! All he asked was that I ride not clipped in so if I had to get off bike fast I wouldn’t wrench my knee. 2 1/2 weeks out on my first walk….a half mile. It was a start The road under my feet again ...
Participants were community-dwelling women. Candidates were considered eligible if they were 18 years or older, lived independently, and possessed sufficient physical and cognitive abilities to perform all measurements required by the protocol. The 5STS test was performed as fast as possible using a ...
My birthday is in just 16 days, and it’s one I worried I wouldn’t reach… I am glad that I always took good care of myself so that I could now join other women who are in their 70’s, and 60’s, and still chomping at the bit for something new and creative to do, to of...
A very few of the women had boycotted their changed appearance by dyeing their hair; one woman even had a head of brilliantly bright red hair in a blunt, modern cut. Still, I could tell, she was older than me. So what was the answer? What determines ‘real’ age? Should one not ...
We had each thrown a few rocks already and what I saw next(what all three of us saw) made me ash out my cigarette and walk away *fast*. The other guys did the same thing. We didn't say a word to each other until we were well away from the area. ...