CELEBRATE EACH ACCOMPLISHED CHORE AND DRINK YO' WATER

MRI COMING THIS WEEK.  Limping into the exam room, it pained me to walk and sit on the exam table about my health situation.  Welp, an x-ray was in order.  The intense pain when walking, sitting or in movement now is seriously in the groin area.  The doctor believes something is getting pinched which causes the pain when groin/hip is in motion.

This morning the Hospital telephoned to make an appointment for an MRI.  I was relieved that I can get one as a MRI will hopefully show in more detail just what's happening in the hip.  This week, I'll continue to ice my hip/groin area and take Ibuprofen for combating the inflammation.  

What I can do while waiting for the MRI and on the mend:  I can work on paperwork throughout the week instead of doing physical labor.  The house will not be as clean as I'd like, but hey that's life.  This is a hiccup that I'll have to deal with. 

Keeping things in perspective matters.  The sun will come up tomorrow and all will be well.

My brother called me for a short visit.  He shared that Mom fell.  He didn't have all the details so I needed to investigate by contacting my sister who lives near her and ask some questions.  I took a chance and phoned my mom not knowing if she was still at the Hospital.  I figured if she answered her phone she'd be HoME.  If not, she'd be at a Hospital.

She was HoME and we visited about the details of her day.  Earlier in the day, an ambulance took her to the Hospital where the medical staff believed she was dehydrated.  She had been passing out at HoME.  She has not followed through on drinking enough water through the years and has her reasons for doing so.  Frustration enters the picture for me knowing she will become dehydrated again in the near future.  

After receiving IVs at the Hospital she was released to return HoME.  My sister spent the night with Mom.  I visited on the phone with my sister for 3 and a half hours after my Mom went to bed.  You can imagine all the territory we covered in that amount of time.  

Today, I am having a slow paced day and resting my hip.  Thankfully, I'm not in pain when in the recliner.  This helps.  When walking to the bathroom and doing my business, I take some time to do a small task on the way to returning to the recliner.  It's about all I can do, but I am in motion. Celebrate every small task done no matter how small and don't torment yourself over what doesn't get done.  Rest your mind and body.  Tadaah.  One can do just that. 

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force the horse to drink.  Mom isn't a horse, but the spirit of free-will is there for her to decide when to drink or not.  Mom does not get enough fluid in her tiny body.  How many trips to the emergency room will it take before she operates with all cylinders that she must consume more healthy fluids?  PASSING OUT can have consequences when hitting the ground.  This time she wasn't injured, no bruises, cuts or broken bones.  No concussion.      

With the not drinking enough water where a multitude of medical doctors and her children say something about not drinking enough fluid, is she desiring the attention she's receiving or is she exercising stubbornness?  Is she having her say?  You're not going to tell me what to do?  It's possible.  

Even at 93, she has a right to her opinion.  Don't we all?  It doesn't always fare well when we get our way.  You might pass out, be hauled to the Hospital in an ambulance and find yourself at the ER of the local community facility being told by the medical staff to drink mo' water.

You may not feel like drinking healthy fluids.  Do it anyways. 

Don't have a love affair with cleaning dirty toilets.  Just do it and be done with it.  Amen.  Same with drinking healthy beverages.  Amen. 

~d

STAYING ON A SCHEDULE, DATING BY EATING MORE FISH, DISCOUNTED THRIFT AND BOTTLED WATER!

TIRES FOR OUR 'LIL CRUISER.  They don't give tires away, do they?  Expensive shoes for our 'lil PETE as we needed to get some new tires for our lil car.  🚙 We chose TOPEKA over MANHATTAN for cheaper taxes on the purchase!  Buying tires was on the agenda for the SUMMER, so I feel better about staying on a schedule.  How's 'bout that...we did it.  This Summer, we had the air conditioning overhauled on Pete and now he has new tires.  

DATING.  ON A DATE WITH MY HUBBY.  We still date and I strongly encourage you to do as well as a married couple.  Keeping it real.  Keeping a healthy relationship.   

📰🗞📨 Our day started out by getting the mail.  
Putted off to TOPEKA across the beautiful Flint Hills.  The weather was on the verge of being overly hot, but as the day wore on, it cooled down to a very pleasant temp.  Oh so refreshing.  

🐟🎣 LUNCH.  A DATE FOR US.  Trying to eat fish twice a week and haven't been doing this so we went to LONG JOHN SILVERS for fish, hush puppies and green beans.  Had a very quiet meal and then traveled to the TIRE SHOP.  

While our 'lil car was getting new tires, I walked over to KOHLs and looked about.  Hubby picked me up and then we took advantage of the SENIOR DISCOUNT DAY at God's Storehouse. Purchased some paper, a checked blouse for me, a framed print, and a pair of old earrings that I will add to my jewelry collection.  

🚰🍾 Stopped by NATURAL GROCERS for our special bottled electrolyte water.  I know I feel better when I am drinking electrolytes in the water.  I can tell.

HY-VEE.  Cucumbers and celery.  They didn't have the other bottled water that we were wanting so we decided to leave TOPEKA, drive over to MANHATTAN on the interstate to the other HY-VEE that we knew had MOUNTAIN VALLEY WATER and purchase some Cranberry tea that I didn't have any of.  Tea.

🥢 Hubby was craving Chinese food so we went to a new Restaurant for Orange Chicken and General Tso's.  He gets what he wants most of the time when it comes to FOOD and I think he deserves it after all the hard work he is doing remodeling our fixer upper COTTAGE.  I also had Crab 🥠 Rangoon.  HOME to unload our spoils. The drive was relaxing as the weather was to where we could roll the windows down.  Awesome in the low 70s. 

The drive was ever so pleasant.  The Sun was going down and by now I was exhausted.  Time out.  I washed a couple of large MASON JARS to hold the cucumbers and celery.  We watched an old movie and drifted off to sleep.

SLEPT SUPER WELL.  Woke around 7:30 and decided that since the temps are in the low 70s I'd go for a walk at the track.  Made my mile and called it good.  It made me feel like I had accomplished something after walking.  It was a great feeling.  Walking a mile is getting easier for me.  I may start adding another lap to my mile.  Right now doing two miles is too difficult for me.  When the temps get milder in September then I will have to decide if I want to walk a mile in the morning and one in the evening.  Truthfully this seems like a better way of doing my walking since I'm 7o.

📞 Phoned my Mom and chatted with her.  
🥒🫙Washed and prepped the cucs and celery placing them in the mason jars filled with water placing them in the fridge.  Hopefully, this will extend their lives.  The celery goes limp so fast and the cucumbers aren't keeping well before I get to them.  Great snack foods.
💡🔌🚰 Gotta get the City Bill paid at their office.  Getting out of the house this afternoon will be a great thing for me.
👚 A load of laundry put in.
🪑 Got the last coat of furniture polish put on the 4th dining room chair.  She's drying.  Ran behind on this, but now she's done.
🐔 Will fix left-over chicken for supper with a zucchini bake for vegetables.
🖌 Nothing too exciting as I wait for the linen cabinet doors to get painted.  This waiting has been difficult.  I 😠 start to lose my temper and have to pull back reminding myself that these things take time.  More time than I want to give it.  sigh.  Patience.  Stay busy and time will fly.
🧺 In the front Bedroom is a jumbo size basket that I'll move to the Utility room and place on top of the washing machine.  One more thing out of the Bedroom.  
🛏 Next week, I think I will pull the mattress and box springs out of there so I can work with more floor space around me.  It'll make the working in the room easier.  Oh Lord, help me get this done.  

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Onto a new day.  Walked a mile at the track.  I heated up, but managed to walk with ease without huffing and puffing.  Felt pretty good getting this out of the way.  I was alone at the track and felt comfortable crying out loud.  A great stress reliever.  The messes in the house are eating my lunch as some would say.  I am low on energy and can't seem to get things in maintenance mood.  Every now and then I need to have a good cry.  I did.  

Now to go to the City Building and pay that monthly bill.  Back at the house, the housework awaits me.
~d  

Water

About 20 years ago I heard about Doctor Cherry.  Occasionally read his newsletters and watched him on television.  What he says about WATER caught my eye.  What do you think about drinking 6 glasses of COLD water a day to help speed up your metabolism???

HAPPY READING!

d

 

Nourish Your Weight Management Efforts

Submitted by YHR on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 12:40

You may need to look beyond just the fat, carbohydrates and calories in your food, and also take note of the nutrients you’re getting as well.
Taking the right combination of nutrients that are not only essential for good health but also have the added benefit of aiding in weight management can greatly increase your chance of success.
Here’s what recent research says about these double-duty performers:
Calcium – Long known for its role in building and maintaining strong bones, calcium also has a weight loss connection. When women who are deficient in calcium took 1,200 mg of calcium daily, they lost 4 times as much weight as those who took a placebo. (1)
Vitamin D – In addition to its numerous health benefits, from immune-boosting to bone-building, recent research suggests that people who have high levels of vitamin D at the start of a diet lose more weight. (2)
Capsaicin –This spicy chemical found in foods such as salsa and hot peppers appears to offer a multi-pronged approach. Studies have shown that it may ease your appetite, decrease the hunger-promoting hormone ghrelin, increase thermogenesis (a biological process involved in burning calories), and help fight the buildup of body fat. (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Chromium – An essential trace mineral, chromium helps regulate glucose and increase the effectiveness of insulin. It also may help reduce cravings and enhance the body’s fat-burning metabolism. (8)
Green Tea – In the past few years, green tea has been linked to everything from protection against cancer, heart disease, dementia and diabetes to lowered cholesterol levels, but among green tea’s most researched benefits has been its role in weight loss. (9)
Probiotics – Studies have found that probiotics (good bacteria) can play a role in weight loss. A study from Japan showed that supplementation with a probiotic drink could reduce abdominal fat by 4.6%, and subcutaneous fat by 3.3%. (10)
Prebiotics – These indigestible starches and fibers feed probiotic organisms (good bacteria) and help them thrive in your intestinal tract. They also may lead to weight loss by suppressing levels of hormones linked to hunger, says a new study from Canada. Overweight women who took a prebiotic supplement lost an average of 2 pounds over 12 weeks compared with those on a placebo (who actually gained weight). (11)
Omega-3 Fatty acids – Omega-3 fatty acids have been consistently shown to increase body metabolism by helping to increase the activity of your fat-burning enzymes. The best sources of omega-3s are cold-water fish such as salmon, trout, mackerel, cod and sardines, or in fish oil supplements. (12)
Water – While not technically a nutrient, this often overlooked staple can be hidden key to weight management. Researchers found that drinking 6 cups (48 ounces) of cold water a day can raise resting metabolism by about 50 calories daily, or enough to shed 5 pounds in a year. Drinking it cold means that your body has to work to heat the water to body temperature. (For further benefit, add lemon: the lemon keeps your digestive system active, continuing the “dietary induced thermogenesis.”) (13)
In addition, scientists report results of a new clinical trial confirming that just two 8-ounce glasses of the water, taken before meals, enables people to shed pounds. (14)
Multivitamin – The list of reasons to take a complete daily multivitamin is already long (see The Importance of Supplements), but here’s another: In a recent study, multivitamins and minerals were associated with significantly lower body weight, body mass index and fat mass (15)
You can start with a complete daily nutritional supplement, such as Basic Nutrient Support®, which supplies the full range of vitamins, minerals and 7 nutritional complexes, including the vitamin D, calcium, chromium, prebiotic compounds, omega-3 fatty acids, and green tea extract mentioned above. (Digestion Support supplies probiotics as well as additional prebiotic compounds.)


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2. The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. http://www.endo-society.org/media/ENDO-09/Research/Successfulweightlosswithdieting.cfm
3. Galgani JE, Ravussin E. "Effect of dihydrocapsiate on resting metabolic rate in humans." Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Nov;92(5):1089-93.
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11. Jill A Parnell and Raylene A Reimer, Am J Clin Nutr June 2009 vol. 89 no. 6 1751-1759 “Weight loss during oligofructose supplementation is associated with decreased ghrelin and increased peptide YY in overweight and obese adults”
12. Alison M Hill, et al. Combining fish-oil supplements with regular aerobic exercise improves body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors Am J Clin Nutr May 2007 85: 5 1267-1274
13. Michael Boschmann, et al. Water-Induced Thermogenesis JCEM 2003 88: 6015-6019; doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030780
14. American Chemical Society (2010, August 23). Drink water to curb weight gain? Clinical trial confirms effectiveness of simple appetite control
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