Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

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Tweety, BSN, RN

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So remind me, Tweety. What kind of yoga do you do and how often???

THe only kind I can't imagine I would like is "hot yoga". I do not like hot temps......

Little girl dog? Is this a new pet????

I do the "hot yoga" and love it. I love to the "clean" feeling of a good sweat. It takes a time or two to get used to the heat. But, I'm southern and used to the heat. I used to jog in the heat no matter how hot the temp was. The yoga we do is basically "power yoga" and is invigorating. I can only make it three times in a two-week stretch. But I have dvd's too if I want to do more.

Ellie is the little girl dog and I've had her for two years now.

SmilingBluEyes

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I lived in the south, well southwest and never did get too used to it......

They do love "hot yoga" here too Tweety......I have to say, for some weird reason I HATE TO SWEAT. What is WRONG w/me???

sddlnscp

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I love the heat! I live in an area where we break 100 degrees constantly in the summer and I adore it! My only problem is that it gets too cold here in the winter. I envy you in FL Tweety. I'm not sure about the hot yoga, but it actually sounds really relaxing. Maybe I should try doing some yoga tapes in the dead of summer out here. :) Winter always depresses me, I have been feeling it a lot lately. I am really looking forward to heat and sunshine!!!

SmilingBluEyes

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I am glad some love heat... I know you do. NOT for me,. so I live in WA State.

Tweety, BSN, RN

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Deb, after six months of summer, the heat, humidity and sweat can get old. It's odd how there's a part of the country that's 70 degrees while we're sweltering in August. You gotta love that.

I skipped the gym this morning and then the guilt and bug bit me and I was able to go this afternoon and I feel much better.

There's a chocolate cake John brought home from an Italian restaurant day before yesterday for me. Should I eat it before it goes stale?

Tweety, BSN, RN

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Yes, I did eat the blasted cake. It was a rich chocolate mousse cake and was devine.

Still feeling very good, no headaches, lots of energy. My BP during a hectic day yesterday was 111/69, which is fantastic for me. It's been as high as 140/90 during my "headachy" days. Woot!

Some days are diamonds and some are rust. :)

SmilingBluEyes

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so right tweety------i am afraid to take my b/p these days---although i did this week. it was 92/60. not bad, considering all the major stress i am under lately. do you have high b/p or heart disease in your family, tweety?

hey you guys where are you???????? i am feeling lonely, here w/just tweety and i on the thread! i want to hear from my healthy brothers/sisters....

UM Review RN, ASN, RN

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so right tweety------i am afraid to take my b/p these days---although i did this week. it was 92/60. not bad, considering all the major stress i am under lately. do you have high b/p or heart disease in your family, tweety?

hey you guys where are you???????? i am feeling lonely, here w/just tweety and i on the thread! i want to hear from my healthy brothers/sisters....

maybe we all need to re-motivate ourselves? go back to the basics. remind ourselves of what this thread is really about. it's about getting healthy.

good health is more than what we weigh or what we eat, isn't it.

sometimes i fall into the trap of thinking that "good health" is simply the absence of malady. but that is not really it. nor is it a simple good feeling that comes and goes, nor is it a sense of wellbeing, although my emotional state comes into play. it's not all about what i eat, how much i weigh or how often i exercise, though those certainly are factors in improving my health. it's not about a bunch of numbers on a chart or falling into a certain statistical slot, though those are measures that help me to get to my goals, whether they be emotional, intellectual, spiritual, or physical.

because sunday is our traditional day of rest, meditation, and thought, i submit a question:

what does "good health" mean to you?

Tweety, BSN, RN

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Good post Angie.

Good health certainly is more than just lack of illness to me. It's about prevention of illness, and it's about doing what I know is good for my body, mind and soul. It's about staying out of toxic environments and relationships, or dealing with them when I'm in the midst.

Each day is different.

Deb, my mother has DM and HTN, but probably related to obesity. She gained a lot of weight in her 50s and that's when she got it. The good news is when I told her about my diet, she signed up and it's working for her too. Dad had a heart attack in his mid-60s, which doesn't really put me in a high risk category. I do have borderline or pre-hypertension. My MD, said to continue to monitor it. My baseline lately seems to be 130's/upper 70s and low 80s, which I'm not thrilled about. For me, if I sleep well and don't drink a lot off coffee I seem to be o.k.

It's funny, people are surprised I have borderline HTN because I'm so calm and laid back. My personality growing up and as a young to middle age adult has been to hold things in and people please, and I'm sure that has something to do with my BP.

I intend on continuing to work on my BP naturally, and avoid medications. I probably need to cut back more on salty processed foods and cut back more on coffee.

I made the best veggie pizza using a whole grain crust I got in the grocery store, it was awesome.

Thanks for keeping the thread alive guys.

rn in 3 years

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OK guys, I'm back on the healthy living bandwagon! I started my new way of eating (don't want to say "diet" ;) ) on Wednesday and as of this morning I have lost 6 pounds. I always loose a lot in the first week though and then it gets hard so we shall see I guess. I need to loose the weight though. Still have 61 more to go.

P.S. Tweety, I copied you and did ediets. I like it because it tells me what to eat for the day so it's a no-brainer...LOL. I am thinking of switching my choice to the south beach diet for a little more variety though. Ediets wants me to eat a salad with lunch AND dinner. That's just too much salad!

SmilingBluEyes

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Great post Angie. We do need to get back to basics. Good health, means, to me, the ability to take on life's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual challenges, head-on and come out in one piece. Well at least that is a start to how I feel........

More later. Glad to have you back Angie and RNin3!

Tweety, BSN, RN

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OK guys, I'm back on the healthy living bandwagon! I started my new way of eating (don't want to say "diet" ;) ) on Wednesday and as of this morning I have lost 6 pounds. I always loose a lot in the first week though and then it gets hard so we shall see I guess. I need to loose the weight though. Still have 61 more to go.

P.S. Tweety, I copied you and did ediets. I like it because it tells me what to eat for the day so it's a no-brainer...LOL. I am thinking of switching my choice to the south beach diet for a little more variety though. Ediets wants me to eat a salad with lunch AND dinner. That's just too much salad!

Cool. Which plan are you on? I did "Glycemic Impact" and that's the one my mother is on.

I noticed to that sometimes I had to change the menu (but not all plans have that option). Because some days seemed heavy on the tomatoes, the next day was heavy on the cottage cheese, etc. I think it's a random computerized menu and doesn't realize how boring it can be. It seriously helped me to learn how much to eat to loose wait, and what a poortion is.

Good luck!

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