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 cardiac med-surg.

doing my thang

crunch and freaking glug

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tweety has stinky feet ?

aw cripes, i'm so outta here

doing my thang

crunch and freaking glug

Bought the baby carrots, making the pea soup which smells other-worldly.

("So outta here", LOL Muffie!!! Watched the movie "Holes" tonite (kids movie) - says a combo of onions and peaches will cure stinky shoes....)

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Didn't walk today. We went to the pool. I am trying to learn how to coordinate my breathing. I used a pool noodle to help me stroke/breathe and it seemed to help. Lunch was better today. Fed the kids preservative free ham sandwiches on orowheat bread and gave the cinnamon wheat thins. Not a perfect hit but oh well. we had the fruit chew snack things that come in different characters: Scooby Doo, and Diego. The boys enjoyed them then used their bug catchers to catch ants and a spider. Hopefully we won't be finding Mr. Spider in our home tonight. we located Mr. and Mrs. Snail in the play room, 2 weeks ago.

Goodnight all.

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Didn't walk today. We went to the pool. I am trying to learn how to coordinate my breathing. I used a pool noodle to help me stroke/breathe and it seemed to help. Lunch was better today. Fed the kids preservative free ham sandwiches on orowheat bread and gave the cinnamon wheat thins. Not a perfect hit but oh well. we had the fruit chew snack things that come in different characters: Scooby Doo, and Diego. The boys enjoyed them then used their bug catchers to catch ants and a spider. Hopefully we won't be finding Mr. Spider in our home tonight. we located Mr. and Mrs. Snail in the play room, 2 weeks ago.

Goodnight all.

And you made sure they ate the fruit chewies, not the bugs? lol

Love the "me" and "dh" smilies ;)

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Specializes in Critical Care.
good to see you gentle and llg :). welcome back.

you guys are doing great. i haven't been doing *too* badly myself. i've gone to the gym and running a few times last week and (other than today, ugh!) have been eating better. i've tried hard to make sure i'm hungry for awhile before i eat--that way i eat less and enjoy it more.

hey tweety, i've resurrected an old post you made and i had a question about it--it's health, or at least germ, related ;).

originally posted by tweety

a couple of times a week i spray workshoes with lysol. i doo my regular shoes too, but that's because i have stinky feet.

here's my (very dumb) question. do you spray the outside or the inside of your shoes and does it work? does it irritate your feet at all? i've got three 12's a week now and it's a long time to keep feet in shoes, lol. i want to go back to dansko's, but they don't have a heck of a lot of ventilation.

hi hiker!

re: multiple 12 hr shifts - bring a second pair of shoes to work. change shoes 1-2 times during shift. (you do take time to pee, right? multitask and do it then.) feet feel better for the change and don't get nearly so sweaty.

happy walking!

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Specializes in Critical Care.
tweety has stinky feet ?

aw cripes, i'm so outta here

:eek: :rotfl:

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Specializes in NICU.
Hi Hiker!

re: multiple 12 hr shifts - bring a second pair of shoes to work. Change shoes 1-2 times during shift. (You do take time to pee, right? Multitask and do it then.) Feet feel better for the change and don't get nearly so sweaty.

Happy walking!

Changing shoes midway through is a good idea. I hadn't thought about that. I was planning on bringing a separate pair of shoes only for work and keeping them in my locker; with the NICU babies being so immunocompromised I hate the idea of bringing something in as much as I hate the idea of bringing something out. Are you suggesting I now have to buy TWO new pairs of shoes??? I could probably talk myself into that fun task :D.

As far as peeing. . . the bathroom is sooooo far away. I do try, though ;).

Have you heard anything about DH's job? Of course with all your travelling (not to mention writing papers--I'm not jealous of that, LOL) maybe you haven't been around enough to hear? ;) Are you looking forward to potentially moving? Sometimes a change feels pretty good.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Tele, DOU.

Hiker and Bluehair,

TWO pairs of shoes, eh? Sounds good to me too. ;)

Zoe,

No bugs eaten that I am aware of, thank goodness.

Good evening everyone,

today wasn't as good as the others. Mainly because, I didn't get my walk in today. My buddy told me to lay low today because, I have a cut on my toe. Only down for today and tomorrow though. Funny thing is that, I don't feel good anyway. Strange how that works out huh? Oh well, if I physically feel better in the morning, I may sneak that walk in anyway ;).

Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow.

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Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..

{{{{{{{{{{{{Smooch}}}}}}}}}}}}}} everybody!

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Specializes in cardiac med-surg.

hi blue, hiker, gentle zbb !

how goes the battle ?

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Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
hi blue, hiker, gentle zbb !

how goes the battle ?

groannn...

Time of month -otherwise, ok... battle is lost for the day but the war is not over!!

Actually today I did fine w/ food. And was busy running around all day. Just not on a track lol.

{{{{{{{{{Muffie}}}}}}}]

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Tele, DOU.

Hi blue. Hi Hiker.

Zoe, you did Great. Heck I don't feel like exercising when Aunt Flo and Cousin Cramp come to visit either. Ya know maybe it would be better if their dang visit wasn't so dang long. Oh well . . . .

Anywhoosie, 3mile walk completed today. Finished with yoga stretch to prevent pain. Still thinking that I might need to incorporate more weight training in my workout. somewhere I've gotta book about this, I think?!!??????? Oh, dear, I know I went to the library to get a book about this, now where did I put it? I'll try the kitchen counter in the morning.

Eating was okay today, but not enough vegetables for any of us. Oh well tomorrow is another day. maybe eggs and spinach? I don't know.

Oh well, good night everyone. Have a good day tomorrow.

P.S. I haven't found any other snails in the house. Hurray!!!!

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