The Let's Help Each other Get Healthier Thread!!!

[Kierae]

I have been in a damn cast for 6 weeks (and a walking cast starting monday for another 6 weeks) so I have been in maintenance mode. Mind you this means tettering on the freaking scale but I only vary 2 pounds max, so this is workable. Cast comes off Monday, I weigh myself, and I shall see and reassess the world at that point. My original goal, as of January 1, 2007 was to 38 pounds. I met that (plus 5) prior to the surgery so I am in reassessing mode. The most exciting point is that I will be able to walk which last time I checked means exercise which means woohooo!

4 more days!

 

[Netzach]

We are fat. I am fat again he is fatter than ever. We both know why.

Here's the fun part M just got cholesterol results of an impressive 280. So it's hardcore for us - beginning with food management.


There IS no such thing as fast food now, no earthly reason to touch it. We both tend to slip and slip and eat more and more of it as things get busier and busier - but its really not a shortcut.

Late lunch - scando rye cardboard, some turkey, a little thin sliced cabot cheddar and an apple

late night snack, 1/2 toasted english, some PB.

 

[graceanne]

K's last blood pressure was 134/100. The doctor sent him in for a ton of tests (we haven't gotten the results yet) and K HAS to quit smoking. After the first of the year he's gonna try that new med for quitting. As for now we're cutting out red meat, and I'm trying to move us from the Standard American Diet (SAD). We eat too much meat, not enough grains, etc.

Today I don't remember what I ate. I was so tired. I know that we had chicken and rice and green beans for dinner. I . . . know I ate lunch, but I can't recall what. *grr*

 

[Bandit58]

K's last blood pressure was 134/100. The doctor sent him in for a ton of tests (we haven't gotten the results yet) and K HAS to quit smoking. After the first of the year he's gonna try that new med for quitting. As for now we're cutting out red meat, and I'm trying to move us from the Standard American Diet (SAD). We eat too much meat, not enough grains, etc.

Today I don't remember what I ate. I was so tired. I know that we had chicken and rice and green beans for dinner. I . . . know I ate lunch, but I can't recall what. *grr*

My BP is normally around 130/80. Doctor seems happy with that. It was a bit higher before I started going to the gym and lost that bit of weight (around 140/90).
Master Gil's BP is a lot higher, 160/80 on average....He's on 3 different meds and it's still high. He's lost weight but being diabetic and having kidney failure means He's always going to have high BP

 

[graceanne]

My BP is normally around 130/80. Doctor seems happy with that. It was a bit higher before I started going to the gym and lost that bit of weight (around 140/90).
Master Gil's BP is a lot higher, 160/80 on average....He's on 3 different meds and it's still high. He's lost weight but being diabetic and having kidney failure means He's always going to have high BP

K's top number is good, and better than it was a few months ago. A few months ago it was about 150/90. So the top number has dropped and the lower number is higher. lol

My blood pressure surprises people if they don't know me. I average around 118/78ish, but I've had it drop to about 105/62. LOL (I was pregnant.) Nurses who don't know me, always kinda pause, and say 'Is your blood pressure normally low?'

 

[Bandit58]

K's top number is good, and better than it was a few months ago. A few months ago it was about 150/90. So the top number has dropped and the lower number is higher. lol

My blood pressure surprises people if they don't know me. I average around 118/78ish, but I've had it drop to about 105/62. LOL (I was pregnant.) Nurses who don't know me, always kinda pause, and say 'Is your blood pressure normally low?'

If Sir's BP gets down to what mine is, He feels light headed! I guess His body has got used to running on high

After His last surgery it was waaay low after the anaesthetic. He felt dizzy, sick and threw up a couple of times. They'll have to find a better one if He has to have any more surgeries

 

[Hisbabydoll26]

K's last blood pressure was 134/100. The doctor sent him in for a ton of tests (we haven't gotten the results yet) and K HAS to quit smoking. After the first of the year he's gonna try that new med for quitting. As for now we're cutting out red meat, and I'm trying to move us from the Standard American Diet (SAD). We eat too much meat, not enough grains, etc.

Today I don't remember what I ate. I was so tired. I know that we had chicken and rice and green beans for dinner. I . . . know I ate lunch, but I can't recall what. *grr*

Grace...be careful with that med you were referring to. You didn't mention which one but I've been reading a lot lately about one in particular that has some not so great side effects on the mental health side of things. Just something to watch out for. I also remember seeing something about having things handy like licorice, carrot stickes, etc..that can substitue the need/urge to have something in the mouth while trying to quit. I'm sure you could come up with others but I was trying to be serious.

 

[Hisbabydoll26]

So I haven't been on my daily walks in yikes...I think it's been over a week now. I'll blame the 80 degree weather but it's also me being lazy. The scale is being surprisingly nice in spite of the no walking and urge to eat badly when we have company..which is always. At least during the week I'm being good...if it weren't for that I would think the scale was lying and I had broken it. Thankfully my guy tested it out and assured me it wasn't broken and the nice number for me..must be true..because his wasn't..so nice.

 

[Homburg]

K's last blood pressure was 134/100. The doctor sent him in for a ton of tests (we haven't gotten the results yet) and K HAS to quit smoking. After the first of the year he's gonna try that new med for quitting. As for now we're cutting out red meat, and I'm trying to move us from the Standard American Diet (SAD). We eat too much meat, not enough grains, etc.

Last year, my BP was high enough that the doc scared the hell out of me and put me on meds. I went the opposite direction diet-wise. High in meat, super-low in grains, lots of cruciferous veggies, and no damned sugar. I also got off my fat ass and exercised, biking and lifting. My BP dropped down to healthy levels, weight got way better, and I weaned myself off the meds. The doc was amazed, as he'd said that I would be on the meds the rest of my life.

 

[reignophelia]

Last year, my BP was high enough that the doc scared the hell out of me and put me on meds. I went the opposite direction diet-wise. High in meat, super-low in grains, lots of cruciferous veggies, and no damned sugar. I also got off my fat ass and exercised, biking and lifting. My BP dropped down to healthy levels, weight got way better, and I weaned myself off the meds. The doc was amazed, as he'd said that I would be on the meds the rest of my life.

You're like sooo O+ it isn't even funny, aren't you?

 

[Homburg]

You're like sooo O+ it isn't even funny, aren't you?

No flippin clue actually. All I know is that proximity to grains causes my mid-section to expand. Proximity. It's like triglyceride-radiation or something.

 

[reignophelia]

No flippin clue actually. All I know is that proximity to grains causes my mid-section to expand. Proximity. It's like triglyceride-radiation or something.

I think there's some literature out there saying something about how certain diets are best for certain blood types. IE, much of the population is O+ which is why Atkins works so well (even if it is temporary) for certain folks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_diet Yes? No? Meh...

I'm O+, and high protein works for me as well, but eating that many fuzzy animals squicks me out, and I've given up cigarettes and am now working on further establishing my carb addiction.
It's cold here, my extra padding serves me well. LOL

 

[Netzach]

gracie - M is on the stuff. It's helpful where nothing else has been, it's got him back down to 1/2 pack from a pack, you do have to TAKE it correctly 2x a day - which, well you can guess. Boy. ADD. Oy.

It does rev a lot of people up a bit more, in terms of anxiety.

AND if you have depression issues it can really compound them, I know I've had to really look at his moods and I know that it's a definite rough patch being on this stuff. It's short-term though, so I figure if nothing gets totally out of hand, it's worth sticking with till the end of it.

 

[Netzach]

You're like sooo O+ it isn't even funny, aren't you?

That's really interesting, actually, cause I am and that's my optimal diet in a nutshell too.

 

[Homburg]

I think there's some literature out there saying something about how certain diets are best for certain blood types. IE, much of the population is O+ which is why Atkins works so well (even if it is temporary) for certain folks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_diet Yes? No? Meh...

I'm O+, and high protein works for me as well, but eating that many fuzzy animals squicks me out, and I've given up cigarettes and am now working on further establishing my carb addiction.
It's cold here, my extra padding serves me well. LOL

Eating fuzzy animals makes me happy.

 

[Netzach]

Eating fuzzy animals makes me happy.

I love me some fuzzy sustainably raised critters. One day frolicking uncaged the next, my din din. I eat cheap boring cuts of the stuff.

Hint - if you can't get organic chix, the next best cheaper really IS kosher. Just wash the salt off, man oh man.

Most places organic is easier and cheaper to get, but not everywhere. I miss the Empire kosher butcher.

 

[reignophelia]

Eating fuzzy animals makes me happy.

...
On second thought - No comment.

Netzach: For the most part I agree. Before I conceived my daughter I was a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Now I go for the organic, uncaged, free range, (kosher is really best and very clean) fuzzy critters.

I have a difficult time getting enough protein and iron without meat. *sigh* I blame my genetics and blood type.

 

[myinnerslut]

i have done a shit job of working out and eating healthy this week. no dance becuase the studio is closed cuase of the snow. no gym for the same reason. im cooped up in my room with loads of sugary snacks and chocolate!!!

 

[Homburg]

I love me some fuzzy sustainably raised critters. One day frolicking uncaged the next, my din din. I eat cheap boring cuts of the stuff.

Hint - if you can't get organic chix, the next best cheaper really IS kosher. Just wash the salt off, man oh man.

Most places organic is easier and cheaper to get, but not everywhere. I miss the Empire kosher butcher.

I kosher. I swear that my stomach is Jewish.

I never really had much problem with it. Even as a young sprog, I'd visit my granddad's farm and see the pigs. No one ever tried to hide that the pigs became bacon, though slaughtering never occured when I was around. Didn't bother me though. My only thought about it when I was little was to be a bit bewildered that the food smelled so very goddamned awful before it became food and so very tasty smelling.

Nothing, and I meant NOTHING, smells like pigshit. *shudder*

 

[graceanne]

K's doctor has K's complete medical history. I'm sure this new med will be fine. And quite frankly, K is very emotionally and verbally abusive when quiting, it's one of the reasons he hasn't successfully managed to quit. Last time he was quitting he started screaming at one of the kids, and I told him to buy some cigarettes or get the fuck out. *shrugs* This med really needs to work, or we're sol.

He's also taking asprin and some vitamin that's supposed to be helfpul. That's what dropped the upper number, but evidently didn't do anything for the bottom number. *grr* And, quite frankly, high blood pressure runs in his family. His mom is vegan, has been for most of her adult life, and still has to take blood pressure medication.

As for the blood type diet - I'm 0+ and protein makes me sick. *shrugs*

 

[Netzach]

I kosher. I swear that my stomach is Jewish.

I never really had much problem with it. Even as a young sprog, I'd visit my granddad's farm and see the pigs. No one ever tried to hide that the pigs became bacon, though slaughtering never occured when I was around. Didn't bother me though. My only thought about it when I was little was to be a bit bewildered that the food smelled so very goddamned awful before it became food and so very tasty smelling.

Nothing, and I meant NOTHING, smells like pigshit. *shudder*

College was downwind from a turkey farm. It's a toss up.

 

[Netzach]

Can I say that I am officially re-pissed off beyond belief at the medical establishment? This is a rant. You can skip it and I'll put the message at the start, whatever your MD is saying research your condition, think outside the box and TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.

M is depressive and ADHD, and has struggled a lot, and we've had the struggles that any couple would have when both people involved have a less than perfect health history. But today I found something on the net, much by chance, that may have completely changed everything.

I was digging around for info on whether tanning periodically has any effect comparable to a UV light box, 'cause I'm thinking to myself "winter's so much worse than summer" and I get Wiki-ed somehow to a sleep disorder. Delayed sleep phase disorder.

Ever look at something and totally see yourself or you loved ones in a list of symptoms as clearly as if your photo was there? Complete with "VERY often misdiagnosed as clinical depression or ADD/ADHD, most patients are only diagnosed correctly in adulthood after being treated for these conditions to mixed/little effect."

Every single symptom was a "yep, yep"

I showed it to him. My husband sometimes drags his feet on these things, but within an hour he'd made appointments with two separate sleep clinics. Because one opinion is generally "opinions are like assholes" useful.

I'm spitting mad. UV light is part of the treatment, and it just bugs me that no MD has even thought of trying to incorporate that into his treatment plan. I'm also kicking myself for all the times I've gotten mad, really mad about something he may have no control over even more than I thought. I'm mad about arguments, lost time, and a lot of things.

I'll be shocked if there's no sleep component, treatable sleep component to all this. I'm sure he probably IS ADD and IS depressed, but that's not all that's going on.

I HATE that this culture sees sleep as an indulgence. It's not an indulgence, assholes, it's FUEL.

I'm mad that *I* have to figure this out because MD's get kickbacks for celexa and abilify and not for light or diet.

And of course, he has a job that has had no regular hours and many intermittent overnights to it. That's got to help.

 

[graceanne]

Can I say that I am officially re-pissed off beyond belief at the medical establishment? This is a rant. You can skip it and I'll put the message at the start, whatever your MD is saying research your condition, think outside the box and TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.

M is depressive and ADHD, and has struggled a lot, and we've had the struggles that any couple would have when both people involved have a less than perfect health history. But today I found something on the net, much by chance, that may have completely changed everything.

I was digging around for info on whether tanning periodically has any effect comparable to a UV light box, 'cause I'm thinking to myself "winter's so much worse than summer" and I get Wiki-ed somehow to a sleep disorder. Delayed sleep phase disorder.

Ever look at something and totally see yourself or you loved ones in a list of symptoms as clearly as if your photo was there? Complete with "VERY often misdiagnosed as clinical depression or ADD/ADHD, most patients are only diagnosed correctly in adulthood after being treated for these conditions to mixed/little effect."

Every single symptom was a "yep, yep"

I showed it to him. My husband sometimes drags his feet on these things, but within an hour he'd made appointments with two separate sleep clinics. Because one opinion is generally "opinions are like assholes" useful.

I'm spitting mad. UV light is part of the treatment, and it just bugs me that no MD has even thought of trying to incorporate that into his treatment plan. I'm also kicking myself for all the times I've gotten mad, really mad about something he may have no control over even more than I thought. I'm mad about arguments, lost time, and a lot of things.

I'll be shocked if there's no sleep component, treatable sleep component to all this. I'm sure he probably IS ADD and IS depressed, but that's not all that's going on.

I HATE that this culture sees sleep as an indulgence. It's not an indulgence, assholes, it's FUEL.

I'm mad that *I* have to figure this out because MD's get kickbacks for celexa and abilify and not for light or diet.

And of course, he has a job that has had no regular hours and many intermittent overnights to it. That's got to help.

My disability lawyer recently suggested that I could have sleep apnia problems. I've considered getting ti checked out. I fall asleep in the car, if I'm not properly rested, and I can't stay asleep.

 

[Homburg]

I showed it to him. My husband sometimes drags his feet on these things, but within an hour he'd made appointments with two separate sleep clinics. Because one opinion is generally "opinions are like assholes" useful.

I'm glad to see this. It goes to show how accurate that symptoms list was. I hope that M finds out that diet and light treatment are what he needs, as that's a whole lot better, IMO, than taking a pill that's apparently not all that effective.

And I've seen the effects of sleep disorders numerous times, and what sort of changes result in proper treatment. Sleep is a big deal (even if I rarely give it the sort of priority it needs in my life).

 

[HottieMama]

How is everyone doing? i'm trying to eat well, and i have been getting enough exercise...but all the holiday goodies are getting to me..