NamaStayAwhile

In the past I have use hypnosis apps that have helped with hunger for a bit so I was looking around for an app that would hypnotize me into thinking I had a gastric bypass.  I know - that sounds dumb, but guess what - there is.  Also there are apps for virtual gastric bands.  It is hypnosis but they cost money.  I am not one to spend money.  But then I came across two interesting articles.  One was Dr. Weil, it talked about a woman who was reading about gastric bypasses on how the food went directly out of the body faster causing weight loss.  Next thing it started happening to her and she started loosing weight without having it done. Our bodies are funny things - sometimes - let me tell you what I am doing. I read an article about virtual lap band and it had and interesting thought:  To  make your brain think you have had gastric bypass surgery is to eat one measuring tablespoon of dietary fat–specifically almond butter–30 minutes befor...

Well, I feel like I am in the same old, same old rut.  My meals this week are just regular dinners.  Sunday we had meatloaf - although I used a half lean hamburger and half ground turkey blend.  I made a great chicken and biscuit casserole last night and tonight stuffed pork chops.  Today is Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day and I guess I am not feeling the love.  Just got back from the dentist where they finished my crown, so that's done.  However because I get so nervous going to the dentist I took a sedative and so now I feel squishy.  I feel down to.  I don't feel like going to church tonight either.  Actually I feel like I am coming down with something.  I sincerely hope not. Still have issues with my stomach - how strange it was.  I ran out of my prescription prilosec and figured I would pick it up Monday - by Monday (2 days off of it) I was burping up into my mouth, gross.  Have some pain in my side.  Maybe I ...

I swear every time I try to get health, I get majorly sick.  Tuesday at 3:00 am I thought I was coming down with the stomach flu. I was nauseous to the 10th level and ran into the bathroom, grabbed the handy garbage can that we all use to throw up in but nothing happened. Then this strange feeling came over me.  In all my sixty years I never felt like this before.  I got scared.  I then got a terrible pain in my right side and stomach.  I ran in to the bf who was awake because of all my commotion.  He thought appendicitis and so did I.  I laid for a while.  Finally fell a sleep. When we got up I made a trip to the hospital because of the pain.  I was looked at from top to bottom and this is what I know.  Apparently my lady innards are shrinking.  Guess because I don't really need them anymore.  I have a cyst on my liver and a nodule on my adrenal gland.  But to my surprise I have had these since 2013 - no one apparentl...

I remember a few years ago getting advice on weight loss from a Bosnian refugee whose family had lived with me for a short time when they came to America. First realize that he spoke very little English, so here was his advice.  He puts his finger up to show first, he then pantomimes getting up in the morning and then drink - voda and limun - which is water and lemon (secretly I was hoping that was vodka and lemon) and then he starts walking back and forth. He says all day you walk. So there it is, you want to loose weight - drink water and lemon in the morning and walk all day - sound advice - exercise.  But why the water and lemon.  I have read a lot of for and against this advice on the internet.  I attached a picture of Lemon Water benefits.  But I think it is  up to the individual.  Try it - I personally like warm water with Lemon - I heat up a  mug of water and add the juice of a half of lemon.  Please note that the lemon can be har...

So, after much thought and many years under my belt of trying to get healthy and never quite succeeding. I have decided to take a more holistic approach to my health and life as to the whole thereof. Over the years I have studied herbs and herbal medicines with small on-line courses. I  have done yoga and meditation.  I have done Weight Watchers, Slimfast and The Daniel Plan.  I am truly a wealth of information on living and eating healthy.  The only thing....is that I don't do it.  At 260 pounds at 60 years old I am vitamin D deficient and my cholesterol is starting to climb.  I have an enlarged fatty liver so I don't want to take cholesterol medicine and feel like I take enough already with blood pressure pills, gabapetin for neuropathy, thyroid medicine  and prilosec for acid reflux. I decided after the last doctor visit that it is time for a change, time to take all the information I have used learned over the decades and pull them together and...