One Step at a Time - January 2013

[Sunbeam]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Hi friends,
Juja, I also enjoy my part-time job. My life is in such better balance than when I was working full time. I often tell people that I wish all of my friends could work part-time. I guess I earned the privilege by working full time for over thirty years.

I finished the book today called Why We Get Fat. It is very well researched. The message is: high fat foods do not make us fat, it's the sugar/carbs. This is the kind of diet I follow now. It is very satisfying and I have not gained any weight.

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Sun - are you just not eating any sugar or carbs? How do you control it? I need to do something. I have gone crazy with the food since I stopped drinking. This has been going on for months - ever since I have been having longer periods of AF. I really need to get this under control.

[Sunbeam]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Nora,
On this kind of diet, you can eat unlimited quantities of protein and quite a bit of fat. You are never hungry. Your body needs fat for fuel, not carbs. Fruit is very limited, as are starchy carbs. You can eat lots of vegetables, but no starchy ones. South Beach and Paleo are diets designed on these principles. My diet is designed to control acid reflux so it has been tweaked for that purpose. You like to read, so maybe you want to start with this book. The problem with most people on diets as they undertake it as something time-limited. This kind of eating offers a better way for people to keep eating for the rest of their lives.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Hi Perps!!
I eat bery little since my gastric bypass, but I drink tea with suagar all day....guess that is bad huh??? I cannot stand the chemical sweetners and imagine they are worse than sugar?????

It is a grey gloomy day. I have Mozart on Pandora and I am working away. I expect Dracula and his sexy flapping cape to come through the door any minute. It's perfect weather for a vampire.
The new jopb peeps are calling al my references......guess they liked me??
Hey K9 - Dracule could be your new fella......he's got enough creep-factor.....

[paula]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Hi everyone, I have the south beach book Sun, I think it's more a way of eating for health than a diet. A very good book. I also have a part time job, where I work if I want and when I'm needed.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Sorry Nora....I got so swept up in my Gothic fantasy that I forgot about Clay....
he is having an "extra" nerve caterized....evidently 1 in 2000 peeps ht this...it is not at all life threatening
"An electrical impulse has entered the extra pathwayin or next to the AV node. The impulse travels in a circle and makes the heart contract with each cycle. This causes a rhythm that is very rapid and irregular"
Clauy gets up to 220 beat/minute.................

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

I wish I was able to work part time....sigh..but I am happy for my friends that are able to!!

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

I am so sleepy, want to stay in bed, but I need to get crackin'. Dishes are piled on the counter, and the dishwasher is full. I did nothing last night when I got home, so now I pay. Where are those elves when you need them?

Taking my aunt to her financial advisor today to invest a small amount of money. She considers me an advisor, too.:H Lord, I can hardly add and subtract anymore... Then I'll try to see Mom--outside her window. The place is still quarantined.

Re diets: I'm certain I can't live my life without carbs, so I guess I'll continue with WW. I blew it yesterday, so back on track today.

Nora>I didn't know about your husband's problems. You certainly have a lot to deal with. Hugs to you.

Mama>Sorry, but is Clay your husband? What heart surgery? Good heavens. Now let's see.... you've had breast cancer, gastric bypass surgery, alcohol addiction, and maybe depression (?), plus you've raised two sons? You're one hell of a human being, that's all I can say. Give yourself a pat on the back, old girl. :l

Hi Sunbeam, Ally, Paula, nurdl, and the belles.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Clay is my 17 year old Juja
I guess I am pretty tough old broad!!! That's one thing I love about our family.....we give each other the validation no one else in our family seems to notice or appreciate:upset:
It makes me sad and glad that you go wave to Mom outside her window.....:l

[belles]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Hello everyone,

On the diet spectrum I am trying to move to low carb hi protein as well - I feel so much better when I do it - I know for my body it's the right way to go. The only problem is that I LOVE carbs.

So every now and then I need to eat a bunch of ice cream and spaghetti to get it out of my system and then go back to lower carb choices - haha. That pretty much cancels out any weight loss - but at least I'm not gaining. LOL.

I will download the book on my Kindle Sunbeam - thanks for the suggestion. I'm reading a really boring John Grisham book these days that only puts me to sleep at night...

Mama - Sweet Tea and Fried Chicken - you definitely sound like a Southern Girl!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

yes mam
I am really Scarlett OHara in secret

[Dottie Belle]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Hello all,
Sorry I have been MIA. Work has been crazy busy. Went to the Alzhemiers support group last night then tried to catch up on the over 100 emails I had but just could not get Mozilla to behave. So I just shut everything down and went to bed. Day 10 and holding...
Dottie

[Alcoholic]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Nora: I started reading the autobiography of a yogi suggested by an MWO member. I finished another book called a Man from BeiJing. Now started a book called Passage. The yogi book is very interesting because I'm trying to become more spiritual. What book did you get on your kindle?

I'm on an extreme diet. I only eat one 1/2 meals a day now but take a lot of vitamins. I am just not very active and very lazy. I don't go grocery shopping. My job is sedentary. I'm too lazy to exercise.

I do wear my wrist weights to work!!!! Hey do you guys know that the wrist weights also work well as wrist rests to prevent carpal tunnel while typing?! I just discovered that!!!! Lol!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

you go Dottie
10 days!!!!!!
I am pretty lazy too Ally....but I make up for it in the summer when we go to our lake house and do yard work all weekend
I am thinking of you Juja.................................

[Frequent Traveler]

One Step at a Time - January 2013

Good afternoon,

Wow what a day and week, I love the sharing going on and the support being offered on this site. Today is another beautiful day and I must say that I am loving more and more getting up in the morning with a clear head and healthier lungs. I know I still take it one day at a time and as this past week has been great high peak I know I probably will soon hit the valley and I will be strong to make it thru that.
Getting up and being out on my bike riding around my neighborhood is wonderful, seeing people saying good morning or just a simple wave hi is awesome, plus the general well being this offers. Now I really don't want to resume my travel again and am going to do what ever I can to change that.
Well enough for now and thank you all.
FT