Healthier Living Thread Part IV

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Part IV

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..
and now i am hungry again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nono:

ha ha

I bought me a bathing suit today - but it's too small. There is a pool not far from me. I'm also getting my bike tuned up this mo. Oh please God let my intentions be more than that!

Too cold right now to walk outside. And I don't have the $ for a gym (the pool is cheap).

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Zoe, first comes the intention. But it must be followed with action! Cheering you on!

I'm taking a mental health day today. Didn't sleep well and just couldn't face work today. Now I have five days off in a row....hehehehe...........my coworkers are going to give me grief for that for sure.

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Zoe, first comes the intention. But it must be followed with action! Cheering you on!

I'm taking a mental health day today. Didn't sleep well and just couldn't face work today. Now I have five days off in a row....hehehehe...........my coworkers are going to give me grief for that for sure.

Hopefully the grief will be tempered with humor! Take full advantage of the mental health day! Enjoy!

I am happy to report progress - there is actually air flowing thru both nasal passages today!!! I think it is finally breaking up! Just in time for the weekend, too. Cool.

Gotta get my butt in to work today and catch up from the last few days. Will check back later!

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Yeay on the triumph with the nose Blue!

Ditto what Tweety said Zoe, here to cheer for 'ya!

Tweety - enjoy your 5-day weekend, those are great! Sometimes you just plain 'ol need time for you.

Hi to everyone!

I am having my morning Diet Pop and a low-carb granola bar. Interesting combo. Don't think I'll do that again - at least not on purpose. Once the pop is going, I am going to have water the rest of the day! :)

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Zoe, first comes the intention. But it must be followed with action! Cheering you on!

I'm taking a mental health day today. Didn't sleep well and just couldn't face work today. Now I have five days off in a row....hehehehe...........my coworkers are going to give me grief for that for sure.

Tried on the stupid bathing suit, I figured if it was a LITTLE small it would give me incentive to shrink into it - however, one can only go so small ... talk about humility. Ugh.

Taking the bike in Mon for the tune up - snow is MELTING! I am visualizing myself doing the triathlon soon (chuckle)...

Seriously, it is said that if you vary the kinds of exercise you're doing you will most likely be more successful. I do tend to go great guns and then find I've overdone it, then SCREEEECH! stop ... don't want to do that.

I do want to get a pedometer too, see if I can increase my miles gradually (walking, running, etc).

As for the day off, I'm glad. We all deserve it!

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Blue and Sarah, got to get off to work, just wanted to say byeeee, and keep up the good work! xo

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You too Zoe!!! I totally understand the bathing suit expedition - been there,d one that. But just think, with all your biking, maybe you shall fit into it yet. ;)

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You too Zoe!!! I totally understand the bathing suit expedition - been there,d one that. But just think, with all your biking, maybe you shall fit into it yet. ;)

I hope!

I did some biking last summer, boy am/was I out of shape, but I had only a few months off smoking. I pray it isn't so hard for me :*(

(that asterisk is a teardrop lol)

Anyway - "no pain no gain" is definitely true of exercise. So ... onward.

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Zoe, us over 40 folks don't need the bathing suit incentive. Try something else. LOL Good luck!

Blue, glad you're feeling better.

I had a good day off. I treated myself to lunch at your only fast food healthy restaurant. I had a veggie burger with low fat baked fries and enjoyed it.

I'll be going to the gym here in a few.

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Mornin' everyone!

Tweety - hope you are relishing every minute of your 5 day stretch off!!!! Looks like your weather is cooperating too?

Zoe - I read somewhere a while ago that people have a lot more success sticking to exercise if it's something they like to do. If they exercise because they know it's the right thing to do/they have to do it, etc. they don't stick with it long term. If it's something they do just because they enjoy it and it just happens to be exercise, they have lots more success. Seems obvious, but it makes me more picky in the things I put into my day. I don't run because my legs ache & burn (varicose vein issues) and I just don't like it. I go to Curves because I like seeing some of the other ladies there and I come out with a nice endorphin rush when I'm done. Feels good to sweat. I like to bike too, and I make it more enjoyable with a real comfy-wide-bottom-super-cushy bike seat. I bought one of those cross-bikes years ago (not as bulky as a mountain bike, not as flimsy as a road bike). It's been the perfect combo for riding up dirt roads and gives a little more stability when I chose a bike path. Hmmmm. Time to tune my bike up too!

Hey Sarah! Are you going to be getting some of that nasty weather tomorrow? (I'm a weather channel addict....). Hope you get spring soon! How is your recovery from all that wind damage coming along? Do you have clinicals this weekend?

Hey Muffie! Hope you aren't working too hard this weekend!

Greetings to everyone I missed!

Time for me to start doing my taxes. I am still a little too stufy to do too much outdoors today, though it is going to be gorgeous! I'll get out for a little bit at least.

Enjoy the day, all!!!

:monkeydance:

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Thanks Blue, I am enjoying it. It's warm dry upper 70s here today. In fact I turned the air conditioning on around 4:30 when the house heated up. There is no breeze. But in another hour or so when the sun sets I'll turn it off and open up the house again.

I managed to go to the gym and eat right today. :)

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Hello Everyone,

I am enjoying reading your posts......

Heres me...stopped smoking four weeks ago.....still not happy about it, but do feel better...find I enjoy breathing.....lol

Now am working on the weight......joined curves and have a treadmill.

I live out in the country, and that is for my mental health, watching the deer wander by, and watching the bats at night.

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