JULY 2024 WISH Thread - Sunny Summertime ☀️

[ShannyMcB]

Topic Tuesday! Healthy does not equal skinny. Less medication? Better blood test results? Do you have a pair of jeans you measure your waist by? More energy for running errands?
What does healthy “look” like for you?

 

[Summer2018]

I love this holistic way of determining health. I do use the scale, but I also look at myself in the mirror. I see my face looking thinner. I feel more comfortable in my clothes. I feel better in my own skin. I'm able to walk up the stairs without running out of breath. I look forward to all of that improving even more as I continue to work hard.

So many doctors, including my doctor, do not care for their overweight patients holistically. They are only concerned with BMI and then the quick temporary fix of drugs or surgery.

My recent physical in April was my best in years. The scale was much improved. My BP was normal. My blood tests were normal. My mammogram was normal. I felt better overall. I was on track to finally meet my goals. Even though it was such a positive appointment, the doctor still brought up Ozembic which is for people with an abnormal A1C. I have a normal A1C, but where I live, a lot of people use it as an "easy" way to lose weight. The list of negative side effects of Ozembic is frighteningly getting longer and much more profound. You get a quick weight loss fix, but if you go off it, you gain the weight back never having dealt with the reasons you gained weight in the first place. Then, you are gifted with life-altering side effects such as:

Now, if you have a high A1C, and nothing else is fixing that problem, you may need this medicine. However, if you are using this as a weight loss drug, you won't just be dealing with nausea and diarrhea, you could be putting your life at risk...and the weight loss drug doesn't even give permanent results. The fact that my doctor has been pushing it on me for two years is alarming to me. My doctor refused to validate all of my progress and hard work. She ignored my dietary changes that led to those excellent test results.

My improved eating habits will lead to a longer and healthier life. So I have to continue to say, "No" to her quick fix and stay on my journey of healthy eating and exercise. I come from a family of homeopathic physicians...we choose chiropractors instead of surgeons when we can...acupuncture instead of drugs. I will continue to fight for my life and follow through with healthier decisions.

 

[PollyannaMom]

So many doctors, including my doctor, do not care for their overweight patients holistically. They are only concerned with BMI and then the quick temporary fix of drugs or surgery.

My recent physical in April was my best in years. The scale was much improved. My BP was normal. My blood tests were normal. My mammogram was normal. I felt better overall. I was on track to finally meet my goals. Even though it was such a positive appointment, the doctor still brought up Ozembic which is for people with an abnormal A1C. I have a normal A1C, but where I live, a lot of people use it as an "easy" way to lose weight...

@Summer2018, I think you need a new doctor!

My DH tried that (at his doc's recommendation) because it is supposed to have heart benefits as well, but he felt awful on it, and they went back to his regular diabetes med. It controls his A1C well enough.

 

[PollyannaMom]

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Topic Tuesday! Healthy does not equal skinny. Less medication? Better blood test results? Do you have a pair of jeans you measure your waist by? More energy for running errands?
What does healthy “look” like for you?

Great quote! I do pay some attention to the scale, but I pay more to how my clothes fit, and beyond that it's ultimately about what my body can do --- like a long day at Disney!

 

[Summer2018]

PollyannaMom, I agree. I actually switched to my current doctor after years with a male doctor who was actually worse…downright demeaning and misogynistic. She seemed better in comparison to him, but I am still not satisfied. I have been looking for a doctor to replace her for years, and constantly have asked for recommendations from people I trust, but the good doctors are retiring, moving away, or not taking new patients. DD went through a couple of physicians after she outgrew her pediatrician…it got weird when she was in her early twenties and hadn’t made the switch. Both of those doctors were disasters. I had hoped to try one of them, but another dead end. So I am stuck with this jerk for the time being. I only see her once a year for my physical and go to urgent care when I am sick. When I get bronchitis or pneumonia, I use my asthma specialist.

Ugh.

 

[Oneanne]

I also watch (sometimes obsess about) the scale, but good health is really about how my body feels... do I have free and easy movement, do I have energy to do all the things I want to, do my clothes feel comfortable on me.

I did perk up during the day yesterday and am a little bit better this morning, so whatever it was is passing. I think this is the last day we are in "heatwave" territory, the temps should go back down to the low to mid 70's and that will certainly help with feeling more energetic.

 

[newski_mom]

I do use the scale, maybe more than I should. I am not the best at noticing changes within myself though and I like the feedback. With my clothes, I feel like I have so many different sizes of things that fit differently and I'm just don't pay enough attention. I definitely start noticing when they are overly big, but I'm not good at noticing the small changes.

At this phase in my life though, the effort is definitely toward being healthier as my goal (more than the looks).

 

[newski_mom]

PollyannaMom, I agree. I actually switched to my current doctor after years with a male doctor who was actually worse…downright demeaning and misogynistic. She seemed better in comparison to him, but I am still not satisfied. I have been looking for a doctor to replace her for years, and constantly have asked for recommendations from people I trust, but the good doctors are retiring, moving away, or not taking new patients. DD went through a couple of physicians after she outgrew her pediatrician…it got weird when she was in her early twenties and hadn’t made the switch. Both of those doctors were disasters. I had hoped to try one of them, but another dead end. So I am stuck with this jerk for the time being. I only see her once a year for my physical and go to urgent care when I am sick. When I get bronchitis or pneumonia, I use my asthma specialist.

Ugh.

It is hard finding someone. I've had the same doctor for my whole adult life and for the most part I like him. After my spell a couple of weeks ago where I passed out at the ballgame, I called for an appointment and couldn't get in with my until after my vacation and I really wanted to see someone before I left.

I saw his PA and I really like her. Super easy to talk to and took everything very seriously. I know she's a PA and not a full doctor, but she was super easy to talk to, so I'll see where this leads.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Woohoo Wednesday what are you celebrating?

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo.. the super high temps have subsided and we're back to the perfection that is the high 60's - low 70's.

Woohoo... my town's movie theater plays classic movies every now-and-then, and this evening I'm going to see 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. I don't think I've ever seen it in a theater.

 

[newski_mom]

My WooHoo is that tomorrow is DS's birthday and all of the kids are going to be able to meet for dinner tomorrow night.

The funny thing is (funny ironic), both of my DDs live in St Louis. DD1 had a wreck in her car last week, so still doesn't have a car to drive. She asked if DD2 could pick her up. DD2 can't find the keys to her car and hasn't been able to drive for about a week - I'm like who actually can't drive their car because they don't know where the keys are???

I said we'd just pick them both up and head to the restaurant. Well, DD1's boyfriend's soccer game ended up getting cancelled, so he can go and drive both DDs there.. Alls well that ends well, but it's just odd that they both have car issues at the same time.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Thankful Thursday!

 

[Summer2018]

I was not in a WOO HOO mood yesterday, and by the time I thought of one, it became Thankful Thursday. My neighbor who was supposed to come for lunch and a pool day yesterday had to cancel because of work. I was disappointed, but honestly, it was so hazy, hot, and humid, we would have been miserable. On days like that, I need my asthma inhaler just to function. I've already needed it 3 times this week, and that's actually not great considering I can go weeks and months without it. This brings me to my first thank you...

I'm thankful that I was able to stay inside in the A/C yesterday and avoid needing my inhaler.

I'm thankful to have TIME...time to clean so that my house is more comfortable...time to get other things done...time to relax...just plain old TIME.

I'm thankful for my backyard oasis...beautiful garden, pool, patio, deck.

I'm thankful that we will be returning to the Cape soon.

Edited to include:
I am thankful that I walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes today.

I am thankful that the heatwave broke, the humidity is down, and the air quality is safe. I was able to go in the pool and breathe simultaneously.

 

[Summer2018]

Our wedding anniversary is on July 24th. Our wedding flowers were white lilies and Stargazer lilies. DH planted them in our garden many years ago. They typically bloom near our anniversary date, and because we are usually traveling, sometimes we miss their flowers. This year, they bloomed two weeks early.

 

[Oneanne]

I'm thankful the temps have dropped back into the "omg, this is beautiful weather" range.

I'm thankful for the movie theater in my little town. It's a real treasure and a cornerstone of the community. Last night the theater was 2/3 full of people there to see Close Encounters (the weekend showings had sold out) and everyone was really in to it, I think it is one of those films we had all seen multiple times and have bits memorized. It really got my head spinning, thinking about life back in 1977 (when it first came out), what a cinematic milestone it was, how with just his second major film Spielberg was already a fully formed master storyteller, how we so rarely get films of that caliber any longer.

Thinking about the film took my mind of some things I need to figure out for work, and as often happens when I got back to the work stuff this morning my brain had sorted it all out, so I am also thankful about that.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Happy Friday!

 

[Summer2018]

 

[newski_mom]

I love those memes - I sent them to DD2 who is always complaining about having to be an adult lol!

We don't have too much going on this weekend. I think we're mainly staying home to watch baseball games. Today is my sister's birthday, so I need to go somewhere to get her a gift this weekend - but I have no idea what quite yet. Hopefully I'll find something if I go to the mall and check out the few stores that are still there.

I have a couple of new recipes lined up to try this weekend, so I'm kind of excited about seeing how they'll turn out. I've been in a real rut lately with cooking, so I joined a patreon account for someone that I found on social media and he has lots of good low cal / high protein / economical meals. I've saved 4 or 5 of them to start out with and we'll go from there.

 

[Oneanne]

It's been a busy work week, so it went by quickly even tho it was a real 5-day week.

I have a facial Saturday afternoon, and then Sunday I'm signed up for a basic crochet class at the local yarn shop. I've been wanting to learn crochet for a while and they have a series of classes coming up, so I'm pretty excited.

The small pan I ordered to make smaller tagines came, so I'll give that a go over the weekend. And the movie 'Fly Me to the Moon' is now showing in town, it looks pretty cute so I'm planning on going to see it.

 

[ShannyMcB]

For Social Saturday an inside out quiz!
https://www.buzzfeed.com/shinychinchilla96/inside-out-emotion-color-quiz

Not sure I agree with the first part of the description but the second one is pretty accurate!