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Alias Reader wrote: ""

Finally, a saying that defines me.

:)

I have cookie monster hanging outside my cubicle. It says "Come back when you have cookies". People keep printing out paper cookies and hanging them by cookie monster though! lol

:)

Thanks for the title, Alias. Julie, most of the time i try meditating while sitting up. I suppose it says plenty that i can still fall asleep while meditating sitting up, eh? I've noticed that in my old age (since turning 65 or so) it seems much easier to fall asleep sitting up.

I didn't know leeks were so strong in prebiotics. Elsewhere i mentioned that we are recovering from either flu or food poisoning. As a result i am only skimming the food-related health posts. I tried but the word "sauerkraut" shook me up. :-)

Alias Reader wrote: ""

Every Bite You Take. . . I never thought about it like that but is true.

Both good truisms.

Saw this in a magazine and thought I would share.

5 signs of heart failure - think Face

F- fatigue
A- activity limitation
C- chest congestion
E- edema -ankle swelling
S- Shortness of breath

Source: heart failure Society of America

Good way to remember. Thanks, Alias.

I've never understood how these things are "good ways to remember." With the effort it takes to memorize the acronym you could just remember the thing itself. While I'm having a heart attack I'm going to go, "Hmm...F...that's fatigue. And then A, that stands for activity limitation. Next comes C, so there should be chest congestion..." No, I'm going to say "I feel really bad. CALL A BLEEPING AMBULANCE!"

LOL! Makes sense, John. I didn't exactly see it as something to remember in the crisis moment, as much as thinking when, for instance, i see my ankles swollen and i'm short of breath. "Could this be?" Still, my memory probably wouldn't hold all that info. It seems to me i learned of another "Think____" a couple of years ago & can not even remember what it was for...heck, it may have been for this, now that i think about it.

madrano wrote: "LOL! Makes sense, John. I didn't exactly see it as something to remember in the crisis moment, as much as thinking when, for instance, i see my ankles swollen and i'm short of breath. "Could this b..."

When I was little most of my schoolmates remembered the order of the planets of the solar system by saying "Miss Vicki Earns Money Just Sitting Under New Pictures." (????) Which somehow was easier for them than "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto." [rolls eyes]

I never thought acronyms were helpful either. Even right now, I forgot what the word is, but remember most of the symptoms! A random word or nonsensical sentence that has nothing to do with anything is too hard to remember.

I have heard the one for planet order but found it just easier to memorize the planet. "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is one i recall for music, although i just now looked it up & see that it's for treble clef lines, while the spaces are the obvious "F-A-C-E". That is one i learned as a kid, so that one stayed with me.

I see here there are a load of them for various subjects.


And look at all the ones for health, although, clearly, these are for medical personnel.

I've always found mnemonics helpful.

If you read any of the "how to improve your memory" books they always use mnemonics as well as other memory tricks. Such as picturing the things you want to recall in a room. Sometimes if I can't write down a few items I need from the grocery store. I make a sentence up of the first letters of the items. It usually is enough to jog my memory and I don't come home and realize I forgot something.

In any case, if mnemonics is not your thing, perhaps you will recall the various symptoms if you or a friend should exhibit them and know that it can be serious and not to be ignored and head to a dr.

This is true, regarding memory. I create and employ mnemonics when i run to the store and am mentally adding to my list. Such as carrots, milk and paper towels--i imagine a carrot spilling milk with paper towels. This never fails, even if it takes me a moment to remember one part of it. Is this still a mnemonic? Not sure now that i've written it out.

Alias Reader wrote: "Sometimes if I can't write down a few items I need from the grocery store. I make a sentence up of the first letters of the items. It usually is enough to jog my memory and I don't come home and realize I forgot something...."

The most successful thing I have done in this situation is just to try to remember the number of items I need. Then I know if I am forgetting something and I will eventually come up with what it is. I have no ability to remember random sentences.

madrano wrote: "This is true, regarding memory. I create and employ mnemonics when i run to the store and am mentally adding to my list. Such as carrots, milk and paper towels--i imagine a carrot spilling milk wit..."

I make up a sentence. For your example, I'll think of
Can Michael play tag ?

In this case paper towels used two words. However, usually the sentence also tells me the # of items.

Yes, the number of items is important to me, so, in the sentence you mentioned, Alias, i would be apt to haunt each aisle until i remembered what that 4th item was. UNLESS, i actually remember that i make two words for one item. Oddly, that is more likely because i tend to remember that. Why, then, can't i remember the item without the sentence, one asks herself?

Am feeling quite pleased with myself today: my tips on exercise and diet were published on Colleen Story's writing and wellness website
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Ha! Does feeling pleased burn up any calories????

Joanna wrote: "Am feeling quite pleased with myself today: my tips on exercise and diet were published on Colleen Story's writing and wellness website
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Nice article!

Joanna wrote: "Am feeling quite pleased with myself today: my tips on exercise and diet were published on Colleen Story's writing and wellness website
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Congratulations, Joanna !

You mention wanting to try IM. There are various plans. 18/6 is one. That didn't work for me. Most who do it skip breakfast. I can't do that as I skip lunch as I am out of the house until dinner. Though I can do that on days I am home. I was quite surprised at how easy it was.

For me, 12/12 works. Basically, it's no food after dinner. Just tea, water or coffee.

Besides losing weight there are numerous health benefits.

10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Alias Reader wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Am feeling quite pleased with myself today: my tips on exercise and diet were published on Colleen Story's writing and wellness website
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Wow! Thanks so much for that additional info. The article where I read about Intermittent Fasting didn't actually use the word fasting, but I suppose that's what it is. Thank you for your link; the health benefits article was fascinating. I'm definitely going to try it. 12/12 sounds manageable, but I'll let you know how it's going. I expect it takes a month or two to see results. I'll report back then.

Please do, Joanna. And congratulations again on the article.

Joanna wrote: "Am feeling quite pleased with myself today: my tips on exercise and diet were published on Colleen Story's writing and wellness website
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Joanna, if you have Amazon Prime (or maybe your library might have it) there is a film you might want to watch titled:
The Science of Fasting.
This is more about total fasting with just water and how this has been used to cure various diseases. This is different then intermittent fasting. Which is what I am interested in. Still, I thought it was interesting how it is being studied to cure disease. One of the doctors in the film has a book. I am on the request list for it from the library. I don't plan on doing a total fast, but I find I usually can pick up tips to add to my own diet plan.
His book is:
The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to SlowAging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight--Valter Longo

The author, Valter Longo is also on YouTube.

I forgot to mention the other IM fasting book that is popular.
The 5: 2 Fast Diet for Beginners: The Complete Book for Intermittent Fasting with Easy Recipes and Weight Loss Plans With this plan you eat normally and healthy for 5 days than fast for 2. However, I think the plan allows something like 500 calories on fast days.

I didn't think I could manage that. So after reading that book and the The 8-Hour Diet: Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat I tried the 12:12 plan. I only did it for a few days. However, I think I am going to try it again and maybe do 16:8 on my non gym days.

Here is a good link to the various type of IM.

First of all, Joanna, congratulations.

This discussion of fasting hours is interesting because too many days i make myself eat a small breakfast so the rest of the day will "balance"meal-wise, so to speak. Why not just go on the 12 pm to 8 pm route? Gonna give it a try. Thanks for all the info.

Here is a terrific list. You can also follow these sites on FB

Top 30 Oil-Free, Plant-Based Recipe Websites of 2017

Who knew? I'll be honest with you. I'm still on the VB6 VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good food plan coupled with the 8pm-12pm fast and it's going well. This basically means i am non-vegan for 2 hours a day, which has me asking myself if it's worth it. Well, being able to eat cheese is, to be honest. I'm not fond of the vegan cheese by itself.

My point is that these links offer variety, although i've noticed that for the most part i also seem to be eating remarkable amounts of raw vegetables, as well. It means i'm thinking about food much less if i don't have to cook it. Anyway, i appreciate these options, Alias.

I'm glad you are enjoying the links.

I'm still trying to do the intermittent fasting. 12/12.

As to diet, I mostly eat vegetarian on most days of the week. But not every day. I do eat chicken & fish.

I like dairy, so vegan is out for me.

Reuben sandwiches last night and tonight. It's our St. Patrick's Day tradition. Odd, eh? I thought they would be my only non-vegan taste yesterday but my brother and sister surprised me with a sort of Blarney Stone cake. He baked the cake & she did the rest. Three eggs plus sugar galore. The sole saving grace was crushed peanuts atop it all. Why Blarney Stones? The "real" recipes calls for the cake being cut into logs and when frosted and covered with nuts resemble (in only the mildest way) stones. It's my grandmother's recipe.

The meal made me glad i walked to their house!

The occasional treat helps keep me on the diet. Some have to be 100% compliant to whatever diet they follow.

Glad you enjoyed the company and the cake !

I agree about the occasional treat. This is actually why yesterday was a treat. It's also why i generally like not having an oven in our suite--no temptation to whip up a batch of something.

Deb, I know you are following Mark Bitman currently and his

VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good

Here is an excellent article that he wrote.


The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right

Mark Bittman and doctor David L. Katz patiently answer pretty much every question we could think of about healthy food.
By Mark Bittman and David L. Katz

Long article to say "eat veggies, drink water". LOL! Actually, i like that they made clear which fads do what and why they aren't necessary if you eat veggies & drink water. The only thing i didn't see him specifically address is Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, which my brother-in-law & wife practice. They came to it because she has been living with brain cancer for 8 years (i think that's the right length). The book states grains effect the function of the brain itself. Prior to that they'd been rather sanctimonious about their "whole grain" lifestyle. But they quickly adjusted and he lost 20 pounds quickly. Unfortunately he didn't look better, just thinner. As it turned out he had breast cancer, fully in remission now. And still they eat no grains, etc.

Bryant JohnsonI am currently reading
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In the book Justice Gingburg says she does the XBX workout every single day. She's in her 80s !

There is a whole schedule of levels you follow. I like the 12 minute idea. Good for my days off from the gym.


The XBX (Ten Basic Exercises) Plan is an exercise program developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force for women. The program consists of charts that get progressively more difficult, and takes 12 minutes per day after users get past the beginning levels.

When I looked online the actress Helen Mirren also does it.


Here are some videos---





There is even a book of her workout !
The RBG Workout: A Supremely Good Exercise Program

I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Workout. It Nearly Broke Me.
Pumping iron with RBG's personal trainer is no joke.

By BEN SCHRECKINGER February 27, 2017

Great article! Thanks for sharing all this info. I had no idea RBG worked out that hard. A person really needs to work into such a program, regardless of age but particularly for old folks like me.

RBG is an amazing woman. She looks like a strong wind would blow her away, but she's very tough physically and mentally. She's been a real champion for women's rights and civil rights.

madrano wrote: "Great article! Thanks for sharing all this info. I had no idea RBG worked out that hard. A person really needs to work into such a program, regardless of age but particularly for old folks like me."

That is exactly how it works. You start at one level, determined by your age, and move up as you perfect the exercise and improve your times.

It seems like the exercises are the same but you need to do them with increasing speed.

I requested the book from the library.

Connie wrote: "RBG is an amazing woman. She looks like a strong wind would blow her away, but she's very tough physically and mentally. She's been a real champion for women's rights and civil rights."

Absolutely ! She also has had two bouts of cancer and keeps on going. Amazing.

I enjoyed the book very much. The next book I will read about her is her autobiography.
My Own Words~~Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I think one of the most underrated supplements people can take is magnesium. Most people don't get enough of it in the diet and it's my opinion it could help slow down the aging process-due to its restorative properties for the skeletal structure.

Heather wrote: "I think one of the most underrated supplements people can take is magnesium. Most people don't get enough of it in the diet and it's my opinion it could help slow down the aging process-due to its ..."

It also helps with joint/muscle pain. I don't supplement daily with it. Maybe once a week. I do eat a lot of whole foods, so I probably get enough from my food.

Welcome to BNC, Heather !

Alias Reader wrote: "Heather wrote: "I think one of the most underrated supplements people can take is magnesium. Most people don't get enough of it in the diet and it's my opinion it could help slow down the aging pro..."

Thank you, Alias Reader! I appreciate the positive feedback. Hope you have a wonderful week and take care!!
-Heather

I take magnesium somewhat sporadically for calf muscle cramping. That and increasing my water consumption take care of them.

What a photo...not to mention the commentary!

Now *that's* balance! Wow!
I'd topple over like an overturned chair. Clunk!

Those abs certainly help. I am guessing her pose was in motion and not static. Still, quite impressive.

Recently in ballet class we had to do a very simply move that for an absolute beginner older adult like me was quite hard. It is balancing on one leg in relevé (up on ball of foot not toe shoes) with the other in coupe. (pointed foot at ankle) I can barely stay up for 5 seconds.

I asked my teacher what muscles are required and he thought butt and hips. Another professional dancer in my class added the inner thigh. So I've added exercises for those areas. We shall see. :) My legs and calves are generally strong. My abs are fair but probably need more work to help with balance also. Anyway, it's on the bucket list along with a single pirouette and to swim across the Olympic size pool and the Y one way.

I don't know if I will ever be able to do any of these things, but it's good to have a goal to work towards.

What exercise goals are you working on ?