What Can I Do to Be Healthier?

Note: This is not the blog I planned to post today. Life decided to waylay me in the hospital for a few days. And the news is not good. So I am reposting this blog about health and will make a post another time about what’s going on with my own health.

I know that I can eat smaller portions and exercise more. I know this, but actually doing it is so very hard. If my husband bakes a crust-less quiche and I have a quarter of the pie as a serving, that’s not wonderful calorie-wise, but it’s okay. When I then agree to have another quarter so we don’t have leftovers to deal with, that’s where my will power folds.

I Never Could Get the Hang of Thursdays

Dear wonderful, loyal readers of this blog,

I found out this week that I have too much going on. Usually, that’s not a problem as I can juggle things with rare talent, but if I am under the weather and moving at a slower speed, things fall by the wayside. That is exactly what happened with today’s blog: it hit the floor at about 9:15 last night.

Healthy Halloween

Just before the COVID pandemic began, I handed out non-edible treats on Halloween: spider rings, tiny tops, orange and black plastic slinkies, and for the very young, stickers of cute witches and ghosts. I perused the Oriental Trading Co web page for the best deal on collections of stuff, and I got to see lots of adorable and clever costumes.

Healthy Stuff

Weight loss, weight gain, muscle tone, and overall feelings of good health are important subjects for writers, not only for ourselves as we sit and type all day long, but also as we make our characters more real and relatable. Any American female character should be anywhere from a little concerned about her weight and diet to massively stymied by it.

Bionic Vision

These are my post-cataract surgery thoughts, so if you have had enough of that sort of thing, I understand. You can stop reading and come back next time. I know the repeats were a trial for some of my regular readers, but I needed to not stress about writing those two blog posts.

Staying Healthy against the Odds

My fellow writers, I have something to share with you that is of vital importance. The Earth is in the middle of a pandemic that does not want to stop. As soon as scientists devise a vaccine to help us survive the plague, we are attacked by a variant that is worse than the original illness, and this disease is easier on the young. The elderly, not so much. If you have been suffering from any condition that has compromised your immunity, you should probably get your affairs in order.

Weight Loss and Clothes

You have been a good writer for the past few months. You have sat at your computer/laptop/word processor/paper and pen/inkwell and quill for several hours every day, but also you have taken breaks every hour. You have stretched, relaxed your eyes, and just in general taken good care of your body. You have found healthy snacks, even if those are harder to find at the supermarket, and have been drinking so much water you thought about moving your desk into the bathroom.

What Can I Do to Be Healthier?

I know that I can eat smaller portions and exercise more. I know this, but actually doing it is so very hard. If my husband bakes a crust-less quiche and I have a quarter of the pie as a serving, that’s not wonderful calorie-wise, but it’s okay. When I then agree to have another quarter so we don’t have leftovers to deal with, that’s where my will power folds.

Living with Inflammation and Pain

Inflammation is one of the least understood afflictions of the human body. We need inflammation to tell our systems where it hurts and let it work on solving the issue, such as a small cut or a sprain. Redness and swelling usually occurs, but with treatment, like antibiotic creams, bandages, or ice and elevation, the condition goes away. That’s acute inflammation.

Health by Phone

I have never met my endocrinologist face to face. I have talked to my gynecologist by phone more often than I have seen her in the last year. And I have been contemplating therapy sessions with some sort of face to face internet services. It’s the wave of the future, as of a couple of years ago.