RE: OT: Healthy Living
From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" Hope you feel better real soon, John. Along with everything else what that inconsiderate cyclist did really added insult to injury. It was inexcusable. I have to say, eating more veggies will likely make you feel better soon, but my feeling is that the consequential lowered meat consumption will help you just as much. That doesn't help you feel better today though. Hope you feel better soon! cheers, frank I've been doing the "more veggies" thing for about a year now. I used to eat out all the time and when I did I got plenty of veggies. I'd start at the salad end of the buffet & graze my way down toward the veggies. I'd usually get full up before I even got to the meats. I seldom ate red meat anyway, relying on fish or chicken for my protein, although I do still have to have my bacon 'n eggs at least once a week. That's actually been going on for several years, because as I got older beef just seems harder to digest. I can go for months without it and not be bothered at all. But preparing most of my meals at home I didn't get as many choices. Cooking is fun sometimes, a PITA at others ... and I hate washing dishes, so for a while there I was living on sandwiches & microwave meals (and *COOKIES!!*). I've been trying to follow instructions and cut back on sweets for several months. That's turning out to be like "Since I gave up wine and women, I don't feel much like singing anymore". And I've kind of had the blues since finishing school. Got to find a new purpose for life & I haven't found work yet. I don't have to give up sweets completely (yet), but I am having to restrict them a lot more than I want to. Taking up daily exercise again is a recent addition. I used to be fairly active until I had surgery a year ago and have been too sedentary since then. I've been meaning to become more active, but recently I noticed more and more of my trousers are too tight around the waist, so I figured now's the time to do something more than just think about it. The guy on the bicycle really was more insult than injury. My pride and my dignity suffered most. The bruises are already fading. Anyway, I appreciate all the good wishes from everyone. I was grumpy about it, but I had a place to vent, so I feel better already. Cold's almost gone too. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:14:58 -0500 John Sessoms wrote: > But the guy on the bicycle was just adding insult to injury. not to mention injury to the insult. As an avid cyclist I almost support the idea of carrying a stick like an enfield rifle to deal with such clods. Right now I am walking indoors the cardiac rehab folk have a nice program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Healthy Living
Hope you feel better real soon, John. Along with everything else what that inconsiderate cyclist did really added insult to injury. It was inexcusable. I have to say, eating more veggies will likely make you feel better soon, but my feeling is that the consequential lowered meat consumption will help you just as much. That doesn't help you feel better today though. Hope you feel better soon! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms Sent: November 30, 2011 11/30/11 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Healthy Living My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved Green-way around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it around in a little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my doctor has been recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my head is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right foot that no amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises today because some asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around a blind corner too fast from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and just kept peddling on. He was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance to flip him off. I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
From: Christine Nielsen On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: HEre is some virtual chicken soup... for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds odd too. My husband gets foot cramps, too... a result of nerve damage due to a back injury. His doctor recommends gin & tonics. Something about the quinine in the tonic water that helps the cramping, and the gin acting as an overall muscle relaxant. Worth a try! Feel better, John! Sounds like a plan. I'll drink to that! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Christine Nielsen" Subject: Re: OT: Healthy Living On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: HEre is some virtual chicken soup... for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds odd too. My husband gets foot cramps, too... a result of nerve damage due to a back injury. His doctor recommends gin & tonics. Something about the quinine in the tonic water that helps >the cramping, and the gin acting as an overall muscle relaxant. Worth a try! A gin gimlet (with Bombay gin & Rose's lime juice works for me) so I doubt it is the tonic water! I only wish I could get a doctors prescription for the stuff. Feel better, John! :) -c I had that nasty cold a while back - it sucks take care, ann On 11/30/2011 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved Green-way around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it around in a little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my doctor has been recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my head is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right foot that no amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises today because some asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around a blind corner too fast from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and just kept peddling on. He was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance to flip him off. I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. . -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
From: Bran Everseeking On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:01:41 -0500 John Sessoms wrote: I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. I quit smoking a decade before my heart attack and started eating right years earlier because of being diabetic; it might have saved my life. I will walk, cycle, row but if they make me run i am going to start smoking and boozing again. I'm a bit more out of sorts than usual I guess. My sweet tooth has always been my solace from pain. And now I'm having to forgo at the same time inflicting greater pain on myself. I'll adjust. I always have. But the guy on the bicycle was just adding insult to injury. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > His doctor recommends gin & tonics. Is that doctor accepting new patients? That's the sort of "healthy living" I could get behind. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > HEre is some virtual chicken soup... > for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, > squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... > > I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing > socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds odd too. My husband gets foot cramps, too... a result of nerve damage due to a back injury. His doctor recommends gin & tonics. Something about the quinine in the tonic water that helps the cramping, and the gin acting as an overall muscle relaxant. Worth a try! Feel better, John! :) -c > > I had that nasty cold a while back - it sucks > > take care, > ann > > On 11/30/2011 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on >> sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve >> my health. >> >> I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going >> out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved >> Green-way around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it >> around in a little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my >> doctor has been recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. >> >> I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my >> head is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right >> foot that no amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises >> today because some asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around >> a blind corner too fast from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and >> just kept peddling on. He was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance >> to flip him off. >> >> I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On Nov 30, 2011, at 21:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: > John, > Sometimes old people carry canes (or monopods or walking sticks), > just to stick in the spokes of inconsiderate bicyclists. > Regards, Bob S. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:01:41 -0500 John Sessoms wrote: > I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. I quit smoking a decade before my heart attack and started eating right years earlier because of being diabetic; it might have saved my life. I will walk, cycle, row but if they make me run i am going to start smoking and boozing again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
John, Sometimes old people carry cains (or monopods or walking sticks), just to stick in the spokes of inconsiderate bicyclists. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:01 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, > get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. > > I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out > every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved Green-way > around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it around in a > little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my doctor has been > recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. > > I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my head > is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right foot that no > amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises today because some > asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around a blind corner too fast > from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and just kept peddling on. He > was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance to flip him off. > > I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
Sorry to hear of your bad luck here, but feel better soon. Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:01 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get > more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. > > I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out > every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved Green-way > around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it around in a > little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my doctor has been > recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. > > I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my head > is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right foot that no > amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises today because some > asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around a blind corner too fast > from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and just kept peddling on. He > was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance to flip him off. > > I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
HEre is some virtual chicken soup... for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds odd too. I had that nasty cold a while back - it sucks take care, ann On 11/30/2011 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved Green-way around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it around in a little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my doctor has been recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my head is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right foot that no amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises today because some asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around a blind corner too fast from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and just kept peddling on. He was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance to flip him off. I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Healthy Living
On 2011-11-30 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. Back in the early or so 1970s, there was one of those pen-and-ink cartoons in Playboy. A guy is sitting on the examining table in a doctor's office, talking to the doctor. Doctor: You've got to stop smoking, drinking, and womanizing. Patient: If I do all that, will I live longer? Doctor: Maybe, maybe not. But it'll sure /seem/ longer. Then, a year or two later, another pen-and-ink cartoon, by the same artist. In a doctor's examining room, a guy sits on the examining table. He looks like Methuselah's grandfather, just decrepit as heck. Patient: Well, I quit smoking, drinking, and womanizing, just like you said. Doctor: That's great. You remember that I told you you'd live longer if you did all that? Patient: Yep! Doctor: Well, welcome to those extra years. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.