Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

pugmum · Feb 22, 2006

Hi Tweety, SandT, Rain, Deb, Sarah, Arcie, and Jessica!
Sounds like everyone is on target today!
Congrats Jessica on acing those test! Stay encouraged now! :icon_hug:
Sarah - welcome back. I'm so sorry your little one has been so ill. Poor baby. How is she doing now?
Early this morning, dd, neighbor, and I went for an HOUR walk! I'm so proud of myself for doing that! Normally, I only walk for thirty minutes. This was my first hour in weeks.
Well...BBL. Have a great day everyone! :icon_hug:

Whoops, I am so rude, I forgot to say hello to everyone! So hello!

Cheer, I really think a name change is a good idea, but I have to either come up with a temporary one or wait a bit....if I change to Healthy and Strong, that feels like a big lie to me because I am neither right now! Maybe in a few months, though. I added a scale to my Sick and Tired....today I am Sick-0, Tired-4. Wow! maybe vitamins do make a difference!

sddlnscp · Feb 22, 2006

Good morning everybody! Thanks for all the well-wishes, baby girl is doing MUCH better and is back to playing and happy again. Thank goodness. Now my babysitter's grandson has RSV + pneumonia though, poor little guy. These little ones just can't win.

Arciedee, I completely forgot that I haven't been on here since the biopsy - yikes! It turned out ok - it was some type of weird blood-vessel that was acting bizarre, but nothing cancerous - WooHoo! My Doc was just as shocked as I was which made me feel much better - I didn't feel stupid worrying so much about it. :) BTW - your ring is absolutely beautiful - congrats!!! LOL on the Micro - I know what you mean!

S&T, I like your scale, I think that is a great idea! I think I would rank about an 8.5 on the sick scale today - I feel like garbage! Apparently the stress is getting to my immune system because I finally caught that cold that I have been so good at avoiding thus far. Drat!

Jess, congrats on dragging your grade up to an A in Micro - I knew you could do it!

Tweety, Cheerful, Deb & everybody else, hope you are all doing well in your healthful lifestyles. Have a good day!

live4today, RN · Feb 22, 2006

...............cheer, i really think a name change is a good idea, but i have to either come up with a temporary one or wait a bit....if i change to healthy and strong, that feels like a big lie to me because i am neither right now! maybe in a few months, though. i added a scale to my sick and tired....today i am sick-0, tired-4. wow! maybe vitamins do make a difference!

good morning to everyone! pray everyone's day today goes as smooth as humanly possible.

sandt - i just read something yesterday that may make you rethink "how you think" when it comes to "what is seen" and "what is not yet seen". try this saying on for size today by reading it over and over until it sinks in that as long as you say you are "sick and tired" you will become what you profess with the tongue. the tongue is the most powerful weapon the human body has, thus we need to be very careful in what we allow our tongue to say about us. :nurse:

"true deliverance is our being changed in the midst of a situation before the situation changes."

therefore, what changes we wish to make in ourselves, we must begin to confess with our mouths those changes as if they are already true about us. begin to see yourself "healthy and strong" by professing the change you wish to see.............and then you will begin to see results.

for example: when i chose the username "cheerfuldoer", i had no idea how that was going to affect my life in the long run. i am (and always have been) cheerful most times, but there were times that i was not a happy camper to be around. i chose "cheerfuldoer" to make me ever conscious of the fact to strive for living my life as a cheerfuldoer. now...five years into using my username, i feel as if i have become that name, and during those times i catch myself sounding like less than a cheerfuldoer -- i am reminded of why i chose the name in the first place..........that helps to refocus me...getting me back on track in my thinking.

as we thinketh, so we become (that's biblical teaching).

now...i focus on living a life that is pleasing to my heavenly father. i focus on survival on earth -- desiring the best possible employment for myself -- the best possible physical health -- and a bounty of money that will never run dry again........no more debt....owing no man nothing ever again.....being a good steward of what god blesses me with.......waste not/want not....and so forth. my tongue is being retrained to speak life into my body and soul.....not negativity and condemnation. is it easy? no. is it doable? yes! can i do it alone? no. with god as my rock, my redeemer, my source of help.....yes, i can do all things through christ who strengthens me.

give yourself a name to live up to....not feel down about dahlin. :kiss

sddlnscp · Feb 22, 2006

Good point Cheerful, perhaps I need to do the same thing. You are right, we can set goals and live up to them, but we have to start with an optimistic outlook. Yesterday was a good example of that for me. I came to work with a positive attitude and I just knew I was going to have a good day. Everybody else came to work grouchy and grumbling and I told them that they could all complain, but I was going to be optimistic. You know what - everybody else had a miserable day and I had a good day. :)

live4today, RN · Feb 22, 2006

sarah - right on! good for you! stay encouraged, and always try to look on the bright side of each day. it has enough troubles of its own without us adding to them. :icon_hug:

pugmum · Feb 23, 2006

good morning to everyone! pray everyone's day today goes as smooth as humanly possible.
sandt - i just read something yesterday that may make you rethink "how you think" when it comes to "what is seen" and "what is not yet seen". try this saying on for size today by reading it over and over until it sinks in that as long as you say you are "sick and tired" you will become what you profess with the tongue. the tongue is the most powerful weapon the human body has, thus we need to be very careful in what we allow our tongue to say about us.
"true deliverance is our being changed in the midst of a situation before the situation changes."
therefore, what changes we wish to make in ourselves, we must begin to confess with our mouths those changes as if they are already true about us. begin to see yourself "healthy and strong" by professing the change you wish to see.............and then you will begin to see results.
for example: when i chose the username "cheerfuldoer", i had no idea how that was going to affect my life in the long run. i am (and always have been) cheerful most times, but there were times that i was not a happy camper to be around. i chose "cheerfuldoer" to make me ever conscious of the fact to strive for living my life as a cheerfuldoer. now...five years into using my username, i feel as if i have become that name, and during those times i catch myself sounding like less than a cheerfuldoer -- i am reminded of why i chose the name in the first place..........that helps to refocus me...getting me back on track in my thinking.
as we thinketh, so we become (that's biblical teaching).
now...i focus on living a life that is pleasing to my heavenly father. i focus on survival on earth -- desiring the best possible employment for myself -- the best possible physical health -- and a bounty of money that will never run dry again........no more debt....owing no man nothing ever again.....being a good steward of what god blesses me with.......waste not/want not....and so forth. my tongue is being retrained to speak life into my body and soul.....not negativity and condemnation. is it easy? no. is it doable? yes! can i do it alone? no. with god as my rock, my redeemer, my source of help.....yes, i can do all things through christ who strengthens me.
give yourself a name to live up to....not feel down about dahlin. :kiss

you're a peach!!! how did you get so smart?! :kiss

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 23, 2006

Greetings! I took a day off yesterday to goof off, no work, no school. I ate well though. I took the dogs for some exercise and socializing at the dog park. We've been having great weather lately.

Jess, way to go with the grades! Best of luck.

S&T, I'm glad to hear you went to the doc for a physical. May this be the start of health and wellbing for you.

SmilingBluEyes · Feb 23, 2006

sigh...the best laid plans....

i meant to go to curves every day this week and so far, an out of town visiting boss for my dh and an incredibly busy week at my work have gotten in the way. it was all i could do to crawl in bed last night at 1030 p.m., let along exercise......phooey on me.

hope all the rest of you are doing better.

oh and welcome back sarah!!!!!

sddlnscp · Feb 23, 2006

Thanks Cheer! :)

Tweety - a day off sounds like a great idea, clear the mind and take a breather. Maybe I should consider that - LOL! I'm sure it made the critters happy too. Somewhere along the line when I fell out of touch with everything going on, we adopted another great dane as well (just what I needed, huh). Her owner fell off a bridge and died and they were going to put her to sleep because nobody wants a great dane - so sad. I have too big a heart for that, so she came to live with us. She is going to be 8 in June and she is the biggest doll, but we have really been having to give her a lot of attention and love to pull her out of the depression she went into over losing her owner. I am so happy though, she is gaining weight now and her eyes are no longer red, she is acting like a dog again - she goes outside to bark and sniff at the ground and she even plays with the other dogs. Thank goodness because I had never seen anything so depressed in all my life. I honestly don't know what I'd do without my dogs - sometimes I think the therapy they give me is what keeps me sane. :)

Thanks Deb - I am glad to be back! I have missed you guys so much! Isn't it funny how attached you can grow to people that you have never met in person? I didn't realize how dependant I was on this board for support. Sure makes me appreciate it! Don't worry about not going to Curves, just pick yourself up, take a deep breath and start fresh. Sometimes life just happens. :)

The sun is shining here, so I hope these rays extend out to touch everybody else's day.

live4today, RN · Feb 23, 2006

You're a peach!!! How did you get so smart?! :kiss

Through LOTS of hard knocks in my life. I had to learn the hard way that pain is surely gain.

Now......when are you going to ask Brian to change your username? :clown:

allnurses Guide · Feb 23, 2006

Good Morning - back on the healthy train.

I worked out at Curves after dropping my son off at preschool. Ate healthy Shredded Wheat (with extra protein and fiber), nonfat milk and Splenda.

I feel good right now - endorphins.

Headed to the big city to take my 4 y.o. to the dentist after he gets out of preschool at noon.

Glad NOT to be at work.

steph

live4today, RN · Feb 23, 2006

hi steph - good going there! too bad you and deb don't live closer to one another...you could go to curves together and support one another up close and personal. :clown:

i took a looooooooong hour quick paced walk with dd and her gf two houses over the other morning. we're going to do this again sometime before today is out. it's like pulling teeth to get me going, but once i get started walking, it's all good! :coollook: