Health and Fitness, October 2015

[Harmony]

Harriet, you are a force to reckon with!

Interesting note from the health world: in the new health laws that came down the pike with Obama Care... everything is now online. Once when I was in Neurologist's office she looked somewhere online and came up with every medicine I had been prescribed in the last year. Found one contraindicated for me. Well. Today I looked at the discharge papers which I found in the scrambled up mess on my desk.... and saw the list of my meds and diseases and on that same page a note about that one medicine which is contraindicated for me. I never mentioned that at all. We weren't going in that direction at all, I didn't think that was a necessary fact to share, but there it was.

Maybe this is a good thing, I don't know. Maybe doctors will quit prescribing things that don't belong with stuff other doctors prescribe. Or duplicates of stuff. Anyway, know that if you go to a dr. that what happens there is now known everywhere.

I am going to make yet another spreadsheet. As much as I don't want to start logging every single thing I eat, I have a tentative plan to stay with and see if it works. I will put a couple empty blocks so I can tweak it as I go along.

[Nancy]

Got 30 min. Done on the gazelle today for my exercise.

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

Today I celebrate being at this healthy stuff for 6 months.

Not at half my weight loss goal but still close.

I've been experimenting with aspartame and think I need to leave it out of my life. I seem to get headaches when I have too much. Which is defined as more than 2 cans a week. Plus I feel funny, all jumpy and twitchy.

Thinking back, I've had far fewer headaches since my hepatitis (which is when I gave up aspartame.) I thought it was due to fewer periods as I aged but maybe it was due to the sweetener.

[Nancy]

Got back into my jeans yea! Have not lost lbs. But must be trimmer bc before to tight to wear. House painting was great ex. It turns out. adding this to my list of Thurs. Successes.

[RunKitty]

Fitting into jeans is an amazing success, Nancy. WTG Congrats on Ella too. She sounds adorable.

[Nancy]

Thanks run kitty! Got a compliment have U lost wt.? Today.
did a walk today my reg. One plus a block and a half with Ella to get her used to it. Saw some glass on my reg. Route so will rethink that. For now shorter ones with her until I can guage her distance ability. Maybe the field.