Category: Mental health
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) Started doing full squats again* – not very many, and not using any extra weights, but even so, I am pleased with this progress. ;) 2) Finished a big rollout at work, which has seriously reduced my stress. 3) Three-day weekend coming up. 4) The insurance company finally approved the prescription antihistamine, which combined with the Advair seems to be improving…
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Family, Fat, and Duh
I’m glancing through a study (The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update) (PDF) that Kate tweeted about this morning. It’s pretty dense in a “lot of good information” way and I’m pretty sure I’ll be going back to it later when I can really focus. I skim through sections on employment, health care, education, and interpersonal relationships. This grabs me by the eyeballs: In a recent study,…
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Thankful Thursday
This is one of those weeks where I’d rather be venting about the stressy stuff and not looking for things to be grateful for. But … that’s also part of why I do it, to focus on the good instead of the bad. 1) New CPAP mask arrived from cpap.com. 2) A friend asked to borrow Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere. 3) Advair (new preventative asthma drug…
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Thankful Thursday
[A weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) Had a good doc appt today, have new treatment plan for allergies & asthma. 2) The other day I had the mini-gym at work to myself, so I didn’t have to keep myself from singing along to my iPod while I was on the treadmill :) 3) The wonderful relaxation I get from stretching. 4) Hearing Carrie Fisher state that one of…
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Thankful Thursday
A little exercise in gratitude… 1) The man of the house got his car window fixed today, after it was smashed yesterday… 2) …and the thieves only got away with maybe $15 worth of electronics.* 3) Got the deck cleaned up a bit last weekend. Tomorrow night I’ll be digging out more of the furniture cushions and sweeping again for our first barbecue :) 4)…
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Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for… 1) Antihistimines and my inhaler. They help me enjoy spring and not feel like I’m sick all the time. 2) Sunshine. It is a nice change after the dark-by-4:30pm winter. 3) It appears that most of the garden survived the winter. 4) Going for a walk on a stressful day…yes, it helps me unwind. 5) Watching Matt dance. Somewhere between the music…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Another review of the book Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. “Bacon’s new book on HAES combines her medical background with social analysis and practical tools for learning to eat intuitively and enjoy being active.” 2) Getting enough sleep to wake up without the alarm. 3) Lack of knee pain! 4) iPod makes the treadmill less boring, and the greenery outside…
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Thankful Thursday
Obviously I’m on the west coast since it’s still Thursday here ;) 1) Time with my sweetie. 2) Have a new “exercise ball” to sit on at my desk at the office, paid for by work. No arms, so “arms digging into my hips and thighs” problem with the standard office chairs goes away. Plus it’s fun :) 3) Increased my morning “treadmill time” to…
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Thankful Thursday
1) I’ve got a day off! Whee, I get to play! :) 2) Knee is reminding me to walk daily in addition to other exercises. [….this is the silver lining within the cloud of “Argh, I can’t take a day (or two or five) off?”] 3) Knee is not hurting badly and I can walk with only a slight limp at times. 4) I don’t actually have any zombies to…
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Optimism
It’s getting tougher these days to think of the glass as half full rather than half empty, but if you’re going to survive this economic crisis – literally – you might as well try. – Time Optimism. This can be hard when 2 people you know lost their job in the last week and a third got a layoff notice. Or when everyone’s ready to throw their…
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Thankful Thursday
My knee doesn’t really hate me anymore. It’s just occasionally crotchety. New shirt from Ulla Popken arrived and fits nicely. Sunny days lasting til 7pm seems to be counteracting my SAD a bit. Taking time to stretch. A weekend with nothing scheduled and nowhere I had to be. :)
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Bad Marriages Tied to Metabolic Syndrome, or Depression?
You may have seen this article about depression and “metabolic syndrome” being tied to unhappy marriages. Or to be more precise: While both men and women in “strained” unions, those marked by arguing and being angry, were more likely to feel depressed than happier partners, the women in the contentious relationships were more likely to develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and other markers of what’s known…
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Thankful Thursday
[A little exercise in gratitude and appreciating my body.] Knee is getting better (I was walking without pain for most of Wednesday! I took no ibuprofen today!) in part due to … Walking, leg lifts, “chair squats”, and other exercises from physical therapy, and … Stretching, and … Having a job and life where I can arrange do all that without having to miss work or re-injure…
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Thankful Thursday
5 things I’m grateful for today :) Seattle Snow. “Seattle Snow”, to my mind, is short-lived, scant, and doesn’t interfere much with daily life. It’s a fun surprise to wake up to and is gone by afternoon. Today’s snow looks to be in this category. :) Icepacks. I just finished icing my knee, and my, the absence of pain is a goodness. Beef with barley soup, which the…
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Thankful Thursday
Heidi’s gratitude postings got me thinking of posting things I’m grateful, or thankful, for in my life. So here’s a few: Fantastic 4-day weekend of music and fun :) …and coworkers who kept things going when I was gone. Nifty green shoes! Compliments on my purple tie-dye shirt. Hearing SJ Tucker sing :)
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Thankful Thursday
Heidi‘s gratitude postings got me thinking of posting things I’m grateful, or thankful, for in my life. So here’s a few: Got myself psyched up and joined a gym, which gives me more options for building up muscles. Gym salesperson did not push the weight-loss routine. Monday’s snow was pretty, but didn’t bring Seattle to a halt. Going for a walk is easy and doesn’t hurt,…
Living ~400lbs 