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I googled Vitamin D and deficiency and it said 400-800 units a day, but people who are deficient sometimes take a supplement of several thousand units a day. I suggest you ask the doctor what specific vitamin and dose you should take.

When I was young, I knew a wonderful man who lived through the WWII bombings in London. His family slept on the London underground (subway/railway) platforms. He said he did the following to get some sleep: Lie on your back. Beginning with your toes, tense and relax your muscles. Variations: hold the tense muscles for…

I like your awareness practices. I also do walking meditations. I especially try to follow my breath and physical presence at work, in situations where I would usually lose myself. Difficult to do but rewarding.

As AnnPT77 explained so well, your wandering mind is normal. One thing you can do is establish a silent witness or observer. Mentally stand aside from yourself and just observe everything that happens. Thoughts, passions, memories will come and go. Try not to react. Just watch and listen. Keep bringing yourself back.…

Adding to my above comment: I also have to reduce the viewing size to 80 percent because otherwise everything looks huge. I use a laptop computer that's less than a year old.

Hello, MFP. I appreciate this site and the health benefits I've gained from using it over the years. My two cents: I like the more modern look of the pages, BUT the fonts/typeface/letters are lighter and much harder to read than the old darker fonts. I don't want to spend as much time here because the pages are harder to…

I posted but didn't see the 2015 date. I agree with your comment and hope the OP is doing well today.

You did a fantastic favor for yourself and turned your whole life around. You look wonderful and in good health now. Bravo for sharing your story and inspiring other people.

Congrats on finding a successful lifestyle that works for you -- that's wonderful. I've read people fall into two general groups, abstainers and moderators. I also do much better if I abstain from sugary and fatty trigger foods. If I don't eat them, I don't think about them and don't miss them. Once I try to moderate those…

You look wonderful and I LOVE your attitude and lifestyle changes.

The excerpt from the article below is interesting in regard to COVID vaccine religious objections. Apparently, a big objection is because many years ago, fetal cells were used in research. My question: how many other important medicines were developed using fetal cells in research many years ago? Do these same people…

You can tell a lot about someone by how many times they look at their phone when you're talking to them or having coffee with them.

Amazing transformation. You did the absolute best by yourself and look wonderful. Congratulations.

Congrats on your weight loss and journey to better health -- and thanks for sharing with us here. It's good to recognize unhealthy thought patterns. I made my food diary private some time ago because I felt judged about the entries and found it was a good decision.

Sounds like everything is going well so far. I would take important personal papers/records myself and turn the rest over to the moving company. I hope you enjoy your new home!

Some great music -- you covered all the options, didn't you? :)

I'm lying here feeling exhausted and lazy from my job, you know what I mean? What can I do to motivate myself to take a walk?

I wouldn't be angry, but then I'm a vegetarian and have been vegan at times and may go back. I'm disturbed about the cruelty of factory farms. Another issue: my late husband had cancer for 13 years and was advised to eat a specific no-meat, no-dairy diet that helped some patients, per his oncologist at the Lombardi Cancer…

I understand what you're saying now. I wish people who disagree would explain why, but they usually don't. I also think some people will disagree with anything.

Yes, we have the OP's height and weight -- see above (I think I can paste it here).

I hear you and wish you the best. Many of us are dealing with the same problems. About eating out with friends. Can you try something different? Perhaps find a diplomatic way to tell your friends you have a food/health problem and have to limit what you eat. Don't eat a meal in a restaurant. Eat before you go so you aren't…

I like Amy's soups. They're good quality and some are low sodium. My second choice would be low-sodium Progresso. Both are sold here in PA in all the grocery stores. https://www.amys.com/our-foods?page=2

This (the bolded sentence) is exactly right. I was robbed once at gunpoint doing charity work in a bad area -- in Washington, D.C. in full daylight, rush hour, walking to a bus stop two blocks from my building. Two gang guys who knew my routine planned the robbery. The idea that the bad guys are waiting in the dark to get…

Beautiful, beautiful dog.

@no1wf I traveled through Wales many years ago. Very beautiful area. You said you'd heard of some things happening locally. I agree with the above poster who said listen to your gut. Yes, find a way to use the treadmill. I also agree with the poster who suggested YouTube videos. I'm a fan of outdoor walking, not videos,…

No kookiness. You're not overthinking it at all. You have a conscience and the ability to read and put two and two together. You know what you value and know it's under threat. It's a fact that human beings are damaging the environment to a horrible degree, from the Texas-sized garbage patches in the oceans and on and on.…

I'm very prone to headaches. I get them with changes in the weather, when I suddenly stop drinking coffee, or when I get dehydrated. FYI, about Advil. Years ago, I would get frequent severe headaches and treat them with Advil and/or aspirin. The headaches grew worse to the point where I would get them every week. I went to…

Overnight worker here. You could pre-log the exercise. Just be sure you're actually going to do it. Or, as the poster above said, let the exercise roll over to the next day.

You're awesome. Congrats for getting off soda. If you can do it, I can do it, too -- I stopped eating candy bars several weeks ago (they say there are two kinds of people, abstainers and moderators. A moderator will feel deprived if they cut out a food, but an abstainer is happier without and doesn't miss it. One candy bar…

"Difficulties we face to lose weight in 30s & 40s" Oh, please, please, people. Please. Enough with the excuses. You can lose weight at age 10, age 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, whatever. Be honest about logging. A scale helps many people. Eat less and move more. Weight loss is about calories. If you think you have a medical…