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????

Hi everybody.

Arrgh. DH bought a new scale. The kind that measures hydration and body fat %. He did some research and found this one was pretty accurate. Not as accurate as being dunked in a water tank, but pretty close to having someone do the calipers thing.

I'm not even going to go into what my % was. Too embarrasing. But to get to the top of the healthy charts I have to lose about 50 pounds. Sigh. My buddy hasn't signed up for WW, so neither have I, so I'm just going to do it next week with or without her.

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Hi everybody.

Arrgh. DH bought a new scale. The kind that measures hydration and body fat %. He did some research and found this one was pretty accurate. Not as accurate as being dunked in a water tank, but pretty close to having someone do the calipers thing.

I'm not even going to go into what my % was. Too embarrasing. But to get to the top of the healthy charts I have to lose about 50 pounds. Sigh. My buddy hasn't signed up for WW, so neither have I, so I'm just going to do it next week with or without her.

Boy can I relate. I lost over 140 lbs and am in the healthy range.......BUT my fat percent is far from it! I probably need to go to 100 lbs before it hits normal :uhoh21:

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Hello to all the newcomers! I haven't posted in a week. Been busy helping dd to move and resettle in her new place. Things are just beginning to wind down where we can return to some sense of normalcy...thank God! :wink2:

Missed my last two workout sessions due to the big move and all, but will be returning to my workout this week. I miss my time at the gym, too. Nothing like being high on endorphins! :lol2:

Has anyone heard of "SaladMaster Cookware"? DD had a demonstration in her home this afternoon, and the food was out of this world! We are both sold on the nutritious cooking and taste of the food prepared in this cookware. I'm looking into being a dealer myself...that's how impressed I am with it. It's all stainless steel cookware, waterless cooking, no oil needed, and did I say how great the food tasted! :D

DD bought a set, but it won't be delivered for another week. Once it comes, out will go her scratched up Teflon (which I hear is poison to use today...read articles on the web about that just now). I'm not really into cooking, but I'm excited about learning to cook with this cookware. A cookbook comes with it, too. I will have new toys to play with in the kitchen soon. :lol2: Maybe dd will want to start cooking now, too. One can hope anyway. :cool:

Well...gotta check the good morning thread. Smooches and hugs to you all! :kiss

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Boy can I relate. I lost over 140 lbs and am in the healthy range.......BUT my fat percent is far from it! I probably need to go to 100 lbs before it hits normal :uhoh21:

There are a lot of skinnyfat people. By that I mean to look at them they are thin, but if you measured their body fat their percentages are high because they are out of shape.

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Cat, damn that man for buying a scale. What was he thinking????

Hi Renee!! Keep up the good positive thinking and lifestyle!

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hi tweety........thanks for the words of encouragement! :) it finally feels good to feel good...know what i mean?

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hi tweety........thanks for the words of encouragement! :) it finally feels good to feel good...know what i mean?

i know exactly what you mean. i'm ending two weeks of dieting and eating healthy today and i don't think i've strung that many days together without an eating binge or junk food in a long, long time.

the key for both of us is making it a lifetime habit, one day at a time. :smokin:

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Hi babies!

I hate to think of you biting your nails when I don't come by very often (I am so important you know, LOL!) - just want to say things are evening out, food is really going well, moving my body much more in gentle but consistent ways! amazing how, when challenged by illness and such , you are sometimes catapulted into really GOOD self care, treating yourself like a VIP patient ha ha!

so - ego is in check LOL - love you guys, thanks for all you post and it gives me strength and a true example to follow! xoxoxo

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Renee, glad to have you back!

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It's always good to hear from you Zoe.

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Back from the gym. I weighed in and lost 2 more pounds. My goal is a slow steady weight loss. I'm five pounds to my goal weight. Woot!

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Good for you, Tweety! A few more weeks and you'll be there! :)

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