Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

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Ok folks, time has come to Start anew.......over 1000 posts means LOTS of bandwidth use here at allnurses.com. So I have been asked to remedy the situation.....

Anyhow, I have enjoyed so much your sharing, help and support here on the Healthier Living Thread....let's keep it up!!!!!:)

QOD: What is your favorite "old" or "new" healthy food/recipe? Care to share?

I have "rediscovered" oatmeal. Yep old fashioned good ole Quaker Oats-----the slow cooked kind.....with raisins, a bit of cinnamon and some Splenda.....YUMMY. Eating this as my dh's cholesterol and lipid counts were very high---trying to clean up my own dietary practices to help him with his....anyhow.....

Anyone else? As you change/grow/develop new tastes, what are your "old" or "new" healthier-choice favorites??? Care to share????

Specializes in NICU.

Good point about the reactions to the slip-ups Tweety. I am like you - we are all human and will all slip up once in a while, but it's a matter of getting back on the horse rather than giving up. Good for you!!! :) It's taken me a long time to realize that just because I mess up one day doesn't mean I should give up - instead, when I make a booboo, I will try again tomorrow. ;) You are doing so good though - you are certainly an inspiration!!! :D

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

Thanks Sarah for the compliment. I'll simply say thank you even though, I feel like a total loser sometimes. It's nice to come here and be appreciated and admired. LOL

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Specializes in NICU.

Well, you're welcome. Somehow I think we all feel that way Tweety - hence we are here. You should feel really great about yourself though, you've given me some wonderful nutritional tips that I would have never known about otherwise (i.e. those wonderful, leafy, dark-green salads I am now enjoying). I don't know what I'd do without your wisdom and support here along with everybody else's. Sometimes I think you should be a nutritional counselor - shows how funny our view is of ourselves vs. other people's opinions, huh? :D

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Thanks again Sarah. I've long known I've always been my worst enemy and worst critic.

I guess I'm kind of like the crazy pyschiatrist whose get at giving advice but needs a pyschiatrist himself. :)

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I decided to join eDiets on the recommendation of a friend who used them to loose weight. It's quite interesting, you can pick any number of diets. I took a profile and it recommended the Glycemic Index diet or the Bob Greene diet. I was going to choose the GI diet probably anyway, so that's the one I signed up for. I'm actually not going to start until a week from day on Dec. 26, but thought I'd sneak a peek.

I think having a diet plan laid out for me, with a shopping list will help me loose these stubborn pounds of which I've added four more on since Halloween. Since I can't seem to do it with my own good common sense, willpower and booksmarts from reading so much about nutrition.

I watched an interesting lecture that said it's not the slip ups that ruins diets but our reactions to them. Because we're all going to slip up. That is so true for me. I love beating myself up.

Great! Let us know how it goes :)

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Great! Let us know how it goes :)

Thanks Jess. Honestly, I only have a limited experience with weight loss diets. I'm lucky to have been thin most of my life. For many years I was a vegetarian runner, even trained for a marathon, so could enjoy all kinds of eating and it melted off.

My knees gave out and I stopped running while I approached middle age. It's true what they say, it comes on quicker and off way slower if at all once you pass 40. though I swore I'd be the exception.

I did the Fat Flush Detox earlier this year and lost three pounds. I did Atkins and switched to South Beach and lost a few pounds. But that's it. Nothing that I've committed to for long-term, so hopefully this will be what I need to make it stick for a while. I'm signed up for a month, which was $20.00, which is less than the South Beach books I bought. :)

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH baking cookies all day....how do I stay "healthy" doing this? Fortunately, I DID heat up a couple of veggie burgers and had just a dot of fat free mayo on them (no bread). Filled my tummy then baked. That sure helps me keep from nibbling....but darnit Christmas is TOUGH for me.

those of you in the same boat, I feel ya.

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Tell me about the fatfree detox, please, Tweety?

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It is so great to see so many of you here....I imagine we will really need one another after New Years' hey??

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It is so great to see so many of you here....I imagine we will really need one another after New Years' hey??

Definitely!!!

Oh - Tweety - LOL about the psych comment and being your own worst enemy, are you sure we're not related :rotfl:

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Tell me about the fatfree detox, please, Tweety?

Actually that's the Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet. The one-day is decieving because there is a week leading up to it that you diet. She's well known for her Fat Flush Diet plan, which is the basis for the detox diet. Basically you eat liver/colon healthy foods and fast for a day drinking a special conconction designed to stave off hunger and regulate blood sugars. It's a pretty strict diet but effective, and utilizes current knowledge about the glycemic index.

I lost three pounds in the week leading up to the detox fast and quit. I have this mental block about fasting. I just can't do it. But the Fat Flush diet is a good one that I would recommend.

http://www.annlouise.com/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767920457/103-1807743-6867800?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance

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THANKS tweety!

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