What Have You Done Today That Is Healthy
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9,700 steps today (3 mile hike with a friend this morning, then walking all over the property trimming trees with my husband).
Went to dinner with friends... had a bacon burger (no bun) and fries - so that's not so great ..0 -
Kim - hope you are feeling better. I am still bad, but today I at least stuck with my 8-16 intermittent fast, and I moved HEAVY furniture in the bedroom. I am trying to widen walkways and the worst place was our bedroom on Bill's side of the bed. It is because of the marble topped antique dresser. The entire top is marble, with a marble back that goes up to another all marble shelf and the mirror frame. I have those slider things to move heavy furniture, but getting it under the feet was terrible. I know that it hasn't been moved since we painted and carpeted the room, probably 15 years ago. It was just too heavy to move. Whoa - there way too much dust to even admit to!0
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Whew! That's a lot of heavy furniture moving, Connie. I hear you on the dust...
4 mile walk with another friend (my friend Beth, who just had her 3rd eye surgery). That's about 8,300 steps. I need to repot my tomatoes... so will try to get that done before it gets any hotter.
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You are a walking fiend, Cindy. Wow! I can hardly take 3,000 a day! Connie, good to hear from you! That furniture sounds beautiful though, but I'm sure super heavy. I hope you didn't hurt anything moving it! I would have, but I would have tried - but then again, Wade won't let me even help him move stuff - so...
No more pain, praise the Lord. Still having those antibiotic side effects, but they have slowed down today, I praise the Lord for that as well. Four more days and counting! LOL!
Our garden is looking awesome. Time to trim the zucchini I think, it's growing like crazy! We watched a video on it and if they don't have good air circulation they can get that mildew stuff and the bees can't find the flowers to pollinate them! Who knew?!
Have an awesome day, ladies.0 -
I need to get back to being good. It is just so hard right now. I have been sticking to the fast times at least.0
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I've been holding steady at 3-4 lbs lost, so at least I'm not gaining. BUT... I still need to lose weight, so I have to get back to better eating. On the upside, I'm walking with my friend, Beth, later this morning, so I'll burn a few calories there0
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I finally lost one of the pounds I gained while I was sick - phew! I wore my compression wraps yesterday so it makes me think it's lymphedema water weight. Eating better though, and keeping to my hours of eating as well.0
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Nothing... I'm not doing anything healthy right now.😭I've done nothing but snack through my meals the last two days. I skipped my exercise class Monday night because I'd been gone all day and didn't want to abandon my husband. Then, I was supposed to walk with a friend early yesterday, but she texted that it was going to be too cold in the morning and could we do it later. I had already told Dave I was walking early but I'd be back around 10 to help him re-seed a section of the yard... so he changed his plans to accommodate me. So - no walking. I did do a little raking with him, so there's that. I don't know why I can't get myself motivated. It's very frustrating. I'm getting a little done with my container garden, so I've been at least outside, working on that. Thank you for letting me vent. This is just something I need to work on0
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I think that this was a weekend to not do anything healthy. We had a double homeschooled Graduation party on Saturday and my dessert plate was full. It's not often there are very many things I can eat, but this time I took some of the three options I had! Yummers. I didn't finish it all, but still (insert piggy nose here)!
Will get back on track today and actually will be eating lightly, trying to figure out exactly what might be causing the headaches.
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Well, I gained 2 pounds...non healthy options here! I have stuck to my hours, but Hershey Kisses keep making appearances between meals.0
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It's amazing how those Kisses or M & M's just pop up when we least expect it!
I've been saying "NO" to treats more than I am saying "Yes". I did have a donut mid-week, but that is it for treats. I've even held off on jelly beans until Wade offers me one or two at bedtime! I've found a healthy cracker made from cauliflower that has been pretty good. The initial taste is "huh", but then as I eat more they taste better! When you don't have many options, fairly good is good! LOL! I've also had my sweet potato chips and yesterday got a bag of 10 sm bags of white cheddar puffed corn. I really like puffed corn, but my favorite hasn't been on the shelves lately - the Great Value puffed corn. I just looked at the Walmart site, and it says I can pick it up today at the Walmart that didn't have it just yesterday! Hmmm??? Oh well, we'll keep trying or I'll order them!
Still hanging around the 238 mark. I ordered some compression sleeves for my legs which will be much easier than the wraps. The ones I have a too tight because my legs keep getting bigger from the lipedema. I found a good price on E-bay.0 -
11,766 recorded steps yesterday. It was probably over 12,000, because several times I walked to the production office without my phone. I'm staying at the Venetian and working in the convention area and it's a long walk from my room to where I'm working.0
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Oh wow! Awesome, Cindy!
It's the weekend, so treats are in the offing! I will be careful though and not go overboard like I am wont to do. (I looked it up and that is the correct spelling! My spell checker has it underlined, but I looked it up to be sure!)
I wonder if they make a body brace? I think today I could wear them all! LOL! Well, my knee, my hands, and my back - that's not too bad. Hopefully, this new natural pain reliever will start kicking in!0 -
I have to get back to watching my diet. Those Hershey kisses are being eaten too often. And, we are eating so much pasta because of all of the different diets in the household.0
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Today I started Real Appeal which is a United Healthcare weight loss program through work insurance. So far it is very mental. I did Precision Nutrition in 2016 and it is very much like PN. Very focused on behavior change and self-awareness.0
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A lot of walking this past week... but less sleep than I'd like to have gotten...0
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Hey, Laura, so glad you chimed in. I think the mental is 3/4 of any weight loss program. I struggle keeping myself wanting to move in that direction and give in too easily when I want something to eat. I try to make healthy choices, but am not always successful with that. I'm struggling right now to get my determination in place!
I do praise the Lord, as I was praying this morning I realized that I had a lot less headaches than I had been having, and very few of the ones I do have are migraines. God is very good always!
I will say "NO" with determination, and I'm going to begin to do my arm workouts again.1 -
Restfinder, Real Appeal and Precision Nutrition would say that small steps lead to big changes. I know it sounds trite but I have found it to be true. One tiny thing I did during Precision Nutrition was to lay my workout clothes out on the bed so when I got home from work, there they were, nudging me to exercise. I think it actually helped! For that year I also changed the word "workout" to "funout." I felt "work" had a negative connotation.
Yes, God is always good, regardless of our circumstances.
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I need to stop the sugar kick! I am a mess as far as the weight loss goes. It is terrible when you know what to do, have had success with it, and still don't do it. I think the sugar is stress induced.... hmm.1
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Yes... I was stress eating candy all last week. It didn't help that there was an endless supply of chocolate in the production office. I did lose a pound while I was on this last job, but I walked SO much - it should've been more0
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You're probably right, Connie. That sugar rush is comforting! Hopefully things will calm down a bit.
Went out for a bit and did some walking. I have a little over 2,000 steps so far today. I said no to a donut at breakfast, but will probably say yes to some icecream this afternoon! I'm hot!
I got a couple more lighthouses at the thrift shop to go with the ones I already have. I got a Cape Lookout Lighthouse, which is a lighthouse I can see from one of the places we like to go to enjoy the water! The other is a Cape Cod lighthouse, where we stopped on our honeymoon. I have a couple other lighthouses from the Outer Banks and one I'm not sure who it belongs to! LOL! Here's a picture without the two new ones -
This is one of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse - it's way back there! LOL!
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After almost 60 years I think I might have made major headway in my sugar addiction. My husband has had to radically change his diet due to pancreatitis. I made small changes in mine to mirror his but didn't go as radical as he did. But slowly I see that my tastes are changing. I had croutons for the first time in a long time yesterday and was shocked by how salty they are. I had not noticed that before. We had our weekly frozen yogurt Friday night, and I woke up Saturday going, nope, not again. Something in me was overwhelmed with the heaviness of the yogurt. I used to pray for God to change my appetite to crave healthy things rather than sugar/salty things. After decades of prayer maybe this is happening. They say that sugar is more addicting than cocaine and after almost 6 decades of craving sweets and chocolate, ice cream and cookies, I think for me this has panned out to be true. Last night I thought, well, just wait for something stressful and see how you hold up then! Then I realized that I am in the middle of great stress right now, and I still don't want the sugary stuff like I used to. I think having a spouse that eats healthy has been a game changer for me. He used to order cheese enchiladas, huge burgers, desserts and then at the grocery store, load up on chips, soda pop and bakery items. Now almost all his grocery shopping is in the produce section and a few organic cereals. He almost died twice from pancreatitis in 2020, was on a picc line feeding tube that I had to administer, and almost dying got his attention. God knows that I have definitely not arrived, but something is different inside of me and I'm grateful. I give the credit to Jesus since I prayed for years for my appetite to change. I hope that I continue in His strength to say no to unhealthy and yes to healthy. I have 38 pounds to lose.
I wanted to say I saw where Restfinder is a caregiver to a dementia parent. (I friended Connie and Restfinder). My father had dementia. I was a caregiver to him, my brothers and mother were caregivers too, but last July we had to put Dad in a dementia unit. He was 94. He was so sweet; he was never violent. It was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. He was a big guy, started out around 200#. He quit eating at some point, began to lose weight. Between us working full time and his weight and us having a small house (he could not walk) we could not have cared for him which is a guilt I guess I will always have. But he knew we loved him dearly. I had medical POA over him and there were days I was on the phone with 4 of his drs off and on all day long between kidney issues, broken hip and various other issues. Plus I would be emailing/calling the dementia care unit staff. Always taking supplies up there and checking on him. He lasted 4 months in there, and after a fall where he broke hip and required surgery, he died about 8 weeks after that fall. He was not always sweet in his 94 years, but those last 4 months, he was like an angel.
Now, my brothers and I are caregivers to our Mom. She is 93. She is in a 55+ adult living community and suffers from various ailments but not one huge ailment, if that makes sense. Mom is a retired RN and very sweet and accommodating. She doesn't have dementia, just age-related memory loss. She's 1.5 hr away from me; my brothers live just a few miles from her and do most of her errands, the stuff I can't order/deliver via Amazon. I have medical POA over her and contact her doctors but nothing like the volume of calls with Dad. We love her so much and would do anything for her.
I didn't mean to write a novel. I guess I was trying to communicate that I empathize with the dementia journey and caregiving journey. It can be lonely and excruciating at times, full of self-doubt and unexpected twists and turns. I relied on my Lord to get me through it. God bless each of you richly in Jesus' name.0 -
Laura, thanks for letting us know more about yourself! Mom passed away in Feb of 2021. It was heartrending to have to put her into a nursing home, but we had talked to her about it before she ever got sick - we would care for her until it became impossible for us to do it anymore. She needed medical help we couldn't give her and we couldn't find a nursing service that would come out to where we were. When we finally had to put her in a nursing facility we had no regrets. We regretted that we weren't able to get her into the best place, but they wouldn't take her, she required too much care! She wasn't in a home for long, she just kept fading from the dementia and then we learned she had liver cancer, so it wasn't long before she was in palliative care at the hospital. I love this hospital, they were awesome throughout her care and the care of friends that had to go there too. I praise the Lord that your Mom is doing so well, what a gift! And it's awesome the changes that are taking place with your eating! If I stay away from the sweets, you are so right, they are just heavy and too sweet when I eat them again! I have to add fiber and liquids to my diet now that I am aware of diverticulosis. I'm also careful with nuts and seeds - I do eat them, but not as often as I used to. I also take something to ensure things go through my system smoothly, counteracting the IBS-C that I have. So far so good. Prayers for you and your husband!
Did a little bit of walking today. I put on my bandage wraps on my legs yesterday and redid them today - they slid down while we were walking near the waterfront! I've read that's a good sign, it means that I've lost some fluid in my legs - woohoo. I plan to keep the wraps on for at least a week and hopefully take an inch or two off of my calves.
Went to the dentist today. Boo-hoo. For the first time in years, I need extra work done. They are going to replace the partial metal filling that I have and fill in a couple of small cavities. Two appointments in July, that way I won't have both sides of my face numbed at the same time! LOL!
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I'm so sorry about the loss of your precious Mom. I know the helpless feeling as they slide downhill. The Lord did draw near to us in those hours, and small glimpses of grace were so appreciated. I wonder who will be there for me to do the things I've done for my Mom and Dad; I can't help but wonder, even though it feels selfish to do so. I remind myself that the Lord will be there, of course, and He is enough.
I'm so happy to hear that the bandage wraps slid down! My brother had lymphedema and I'm aware of the scope of the medical implications. Watching his decline also motivated me to make better lifestyle choices. It was the catalyst that propelled me to do Precision Nutrition in 2016.
My husband has had bouts of diverticulitis in the past resulting in trips to the ER. Between that and the pancreatitis, we are on about 4-5 supplements to help keep our digestion working.
I'm glad you're taking care of your teeth! Important for digestion.0 -
As far as what did I do healthy, last night my husband "chainsawed" a very large tree branch and we then moved the limbs to a burn pile, then I swam a little bit. Today, a walk tonight after the sun goes down when it's a little cooler.0
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Laura - My husband is Alzheimer's, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and has trouble walking. I am his only caregiver. It is fine right now, and I am determined to do everything that I possibly can to keep him out of a memory care facility. We went through this with his mother, and due to the fact that we were both working, we had to resort to a memory care unit. I have the time and am 16 years younger than my husband, so still have stamina and health to do it. We now have a Palliative care Nurse Practioner and their other resources. She was here yesterday, and I got a call from a social worker telling us where to get needed equipment for him (borrowed free for as long as needed - even if it is years) and a change in medication from his doctor that I had thought might be necessary since his blood pressure was running low. I am so happy we are trying this. I feel like I have resources that are on my side and seeing him in his home environment.
As far as exercise and diet - what is that? It has been so long, I think I forgot.1 -
Connie, my Mom (an RN) took care of my Dad. (They were 2 years apart.) It was so hard on her that her house call geriatric doctor very strongly told her to put Dad in a memory care facility. We did, and she never really recovered her former strength and vigor. How my heart goes out to you! I empathize with you. It is all day and all night, 24x7, no breaks. I'm sad to hear the word "palliative" - yet I am glad to know you have that valuable support. This is a heartbreaking and exhausting journey for all involved. May the Lord fill you with His strength. (I have no doubt you are getting your exercise just taking care of your husband. All the lifting, carrying, walking back and forth, bending, moving, re-organizing, laundry, cooking, putting stuff back where it was... it never seems to end.)
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26. 0 -
I'm so glad that you have help, Connie! I'm also glad that you are able to still have Bill with you.
It's such a comfort to know that God already knows what is going to happen in our lives. God knows and that gives peace.
I just trimmed up the tomato bushes and am still trying to cool down! Phew! It is hot! I picked a couple of okra and gave them to our neighbor, she uses them in her THM recipes. Okra is supposed to help with weight loss.
Hope you ladies stay cool. Love you1 -
Got home late last night. I gave up my seat and took another flight. They had crew that needed to get to the other airport so other flights could take off. They were offering quite a lot for compensation and I didn't have a lot going on today. I ended up spending 12 hours in the Philly Airport because my new flight got delayed... my original was at 9:30am. The flight they put me on was supposed to leave at 12:28. It got delayed to 3:05, then 5 o'clock, then 6, then 7. Turns out we were waiting for a pilot to fly in from Atlanta. I was home by 11:30. Asleep by 12:30.
Here's the healthy part: a lot of walking at the airport and nearly 11 hours of sleep!1
