Greetings. Deb is going to put a sticky on this thread and eventually delete the other.
This is the thread where members come to share their journey to wellness and wholeness.
It's a holistic thread, talking about all apects of health, not just diet and exercise, but the mind and spirit as well. All posters are welcome (not just Premium Members) and encouraged on a periodic basis to share what you're doing, what you need to do and how you're going to do it, and what you know!
Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
Hi guys! Sorry for the absence - business got the best of me, that's for sure! Anyway, I am back now. Might be off and on, but don't fear, I haven't abandoned you.
Thanks guys for the support - Zoe, I'm not sure, but I think it should be ok to wait. I started my 'female cycle' a week early this last time and it lasted 16 days. Mine is usually long and heavy, but not quite that long - 10 days is the norm for me, plus it usually doesn't start quite that early, usually only a couple days early at the most. Hmm. I had my tubes tied over a year ago, so not sure what the deal is. Anyway, I have convinced myself it will be good to wait until Oct. so that I can track it the next couple of months . . . at least that is what I am telling my brain. :)
I have not been good the past few days - stress has been getting to me. I feel like I am yo-yoing here lately, so I have got to do something different. I do really good for a few days, but then bad again, then good again and so-forth. I am hoping that after finals next week I can be better. I think that making it through my first class without sinking will help, so if I can get that far, then maybe I can focus a bit more on myself . . . I hope. :)
Oooh - my little guy is getting ready to start pre-school the 14th. He is my oldest, so this is a first-time for me.
Poor mommy! I had forgotten those school daze. By Sept I was SO READY for T to be gone for a few hours! - but it's sad too -- now that mine's 19 it's REAL sad!
Well you can play it by ear re the female trouble - 10 days sounds excessive to ME if you want to be energetic and functioning, never MIND 16! you poor dear
Zoe - yes, I am beginning to see that perhaps my pattern never was that great to begin with, I just didn't have anything to compare it with and was rather uneducated in that area, so thought it normal. I do feel a bit zombie-like. Hopefully they can run some tests in Oct. and get me straightened out.
Tweety - sory I missed that, great job with the ice cream aversion - I couldn't have done so well today.
Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
Zoe, I only wish John was a food deterrent, but even if he says what I eat looks like dog poop, I still gorge it down. LOL
I guess I'm that way too Tweety! Wish it DID work, I'm sure I could connive a few people to make me think gross thoughts about what I'm eating. But like you I'd eat it anyway!
I remember probably 10 years ago reading a Reader's Digest article on losing weight, and one method was to imagine your favorite foods, um... well let's say for example ice cream, covered with something that... oh see I can't even be so cruel as to SAY IT - but - even imagining "those" on my ice cream never stopped me -- lol!
{{{{{{{{{{Tweety}}}}}}}}}} It's ok if you are not "Twiggy", we all love you anyway!
Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
Thanks Zoe and Tweety. :)
Zoe - yes, I am beginning to see that perhaps my pattern never was that great to begin with, I just didn't have anything to compare it with and was rather uneducated in that area, so thought it normal. I do feel a bit zombie-like. Hopefully they can run some tests in Oct. and get me straightened out.
Tweety - sory I missed that, great job with the ice cream aversion - I couldn't have done so well today.
Goodnight y'all!
Sarah, maybe you can get just a CBC called in to the lab at work, make sure you're not anemic, sigh... you are doing so much anyway! To be running at a deficit is hard! Well, it is up to you. Know you have someone who's thinking about you anyway!
I am trying to get better with diet and exercise. It isn't just about diet and exercise it has to be the whole person and I am working on that but it takes time.
Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
I am trying to get better with diet and exercise. It isn't just about diet and exercise it has to be the whole person and I am working on that but it takes time.
I am trying to get better with diet and exercise. It isn't just about diet and exercise it has to be the whole person and I am working on that but it takes time.
Hi! Good luck to you. Sounds like you have the right attitude. It's right, it's not enough to just diet. You have to work on attitude, pyschosocial issues, physical issues, the whole gammut. If it were easy, we'd all be doing it.
Your patiences is another attribute. Good luck and keep in touch. I hope you come back often.
Liddle Noodnik
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Poor mommy! I had forgotten those school daze. By Sept I was SO READY for T to be gone for a few hours! - but it's sad too
-- now that mine's 19 it's REAL sad!
Well you can play it by ear re the female trouble - 10 days sounds excessive to ME if you want to be energetic and functioning, never MIND 16! you poor dear