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In a previous post about adult eczema treatment, I talked about changing some of our household products to help prevent my husband’s adult eczema. I am please to tell my readers that his eczema is finally gone! Yea! <doing virtual victory dance> However, our household expenses have also gone up because my husband needs to [...]
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I am a total dunce when it comes to pop culture. I rarely contribute to any discussion about the latest episode of America Got Talent or American Idol. Sometimes my friends wonder out loud whether I live in a cave. To some extent, I do. I try to insulate myself from activities that do not [...]
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An article caught my eye as I flipped through the August issue of Money magazine entitled the “High Price of Healthy Living.” It is an article with a few graphed statistics. I guess the headline worked because it slowed my flipping down to see exactly how having healthy eating habits and exercise can cost me [...]
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You are more than just a sum of your body parts. You are a complicated creature that reacts to physical health, emotional states, traffic, noise, weather, and other people. There is an intimate connection between your physical self and your inner self — the body/mind connection. This post discusses the various stress symptoms and offers [...]
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This weekend my husband and I went mattress shopping. Our old mattress is getting lumpy and I think a new mattress will help me sleep better. But mattress shopping is so confusing. Unlike other consumer goods, you cannot comparison shop based on the brand, model, and specifications at different stores when shopping for a mattress. [...]
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When I was in my twenties, I always come home from a weekend with my mom feeling like I need to lose 10 pounds ASAP. Now that I am in my thirties and writing a health blog, I realized that my mom needs to a perception adjustment in the weight loss department. I am surprise [...]
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I see a lot of similarities between my cooking reluctance and sedentary people exercising for the first time. Notice how I NEED to have all the proper kitchen equipment, just like some people NEED to have all the proper exercise equipment. Whatever happened to just doing it?
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When trying to lose weight, have you ever consider getting less sleep because you will burn more calories awake than sleeping? It seems logical, but it is a false assumption. A good night of sleep (as in restful 7 hours) actually does more to help with your weight loss goals than staying awake for an extra 2 hours. Are you interested in a 33 pound weight gain?
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A fellow blogger asked the question of how much activity do you get outside of a gym. Like Sagan, it has been a while since I was last in a gym. I know it was before my car accident, maybe 4 years?
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I believe that my physical independence as I age is base on the things I do now to make sure my body stay strong when I am older. I will never forget the frustration I felt when it took me 20 minutes to walk 2 blocks from my house to the church and back a couple of weeks after my car accident.
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