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Brilliant and beautiful art reduces subjects down to their true essence.   That's what you're doing to yourself.

 

You want your true essence to shine for the world.   

 

Now that I'm reduced,  I could leave tomorrow.  I'm eating for performance and not because I have a hole in my face.  Your own words mean more to you than anyone else's but I've enjoyed punching pompoms around this joint.   Am I fixed yet?    No such thing as the FINISH LINE Line for being fixed or working on your HAPPY AWARENESS.  

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Your future is determined by your present.

 

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

On a large scale, that would be making the decision, in August, to do my first Whole30. On a smaller scale, that would be making the Well Fed chocolate chili today. I'm pretty sure my future self will be thanking me after dinner today, and after lunch every day this week!  :D

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one of the things I have noticed after 2 Whole30+'s is that the junk taste nasty.  I can taste the chemicals and nothing else. I just can't stomach it. People be eating that garbage and saying oh how gooooooooddd it is and I'm like "Are you kidding me? This is not food. Where's the food in this?"  I've held my tongue tho, and just quietly tossed it in the trash. Next time... today in fact, a pot luck after church, I will simply say no thank you. There will be compliant green beans(mine) and meat(sisters) for me to eat and I am bringing some yummy lacto-fermented kraut for my self. Just took my last antibiotic this am! YAY! 

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Hope everyone is enjoying a nice Sunday.  Day 14 and feeling good about choices I have been making.  Everything is a choice.  I can't control a lot of things but I can control the fuel that goes in my body.  I am also around co-workers, friends and family that eat unhealthy food but I just try to lead by example.  Someone said to me "you still won't live forever no matter what you eat" and I responded "no, but I will live better."  Everyone have a great week ahead.

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Hey everyone. Its been a very busy couple of days and I haven't been able to check in. Sorry about that. Two of my boys had Homecoming this weekend so it has been a whirlwind. Hope everyone is doing well. I have been cutting trees, splitting wood, stacking, trimming limbs.......busy busy. I have also been organizing my garage.

 

Your chores......actually they are NO LONGER chores since chores sounds negative. Todays OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT (OFI) are: dust everything (lights, ceiling fans, walls) then vacuum the entire house. Easy peasy!

 

Dave

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Day 14. I had my first food dream last night. I was trapped in a shed where I pulled a large fig bar of some sort out of my pocket and had myself an emergency snack. After I'd eaten the suspiciously sweet bar, I immediately realized it wasn't compliant and I panicked. Immediately after that, I realized it was just a dream. I think I laughed out loud. I'm still in this to win this!

 

I'm almost at my halfway point and I'm feeling very excited about this milestone. I'll treat myself to a house dusting and an allover vacuuming tomorrow and maybe a few other OFI's. 

 

m1- Sauteed spinach with eggs over easy and chicken sausage.

m2- Leftover grass fed burger with sauteed broccoli. Almond butter. Red grapes. 

m3- Grilled pork chops with avocado & Tessemae's lemon garlic dressing, Cauliflower salad with celery, sugar snap peas, and mayo. Kombucha. 

 

G'night, Crew, wherever you are! 

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KS Byer, you are sounding super strong...love hearing it. Keep up the great determination to see this through.

Dave, welcome back. Always glad to see your posts and get your wisdom.

And Nancy, Denise, and Cynthia, your posts have been full of great inspirational juice. Cynthia, I have been wondering about your pink grapefruit reference for some time now....since this is the time of year I usually start ordering them from Florida....

Thanks to Brewer and Meadow Lily, I,ve taken a slight turn in the direction of reading and listening to more info on keto and low carb...all fodder for the food management and food enjoyment plan for me for the future..lBUT the new info has made me think twice about fruits I love like apples and grapefruit and my favorite sweet potatoes....well, I can see where this boat is pointed...guess I will ride the current for awhile still.

LV8, and Meadow, when I read what y,all have faced down, or are facing down, and gather strength from your posts, it really helps me wrestle with some heavy stuff in my life. The power of the positive step, the positive thought, the positive word...I am hanging on, like crazy...and GRATEFUL for you all and for the whole 30 way of eating as support.

I am reading A Beautiful Medicine by David Mercier....here is one bit from that:" when we eat whole foods, we ingest the fertility of the universe and reinforce our primordial bond with the earth's imagination and dreams....Fresh, whole, natural foods deepen our intimacy with the world. They animate us....they speak in a language our cells understand....

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My fridge is finally getting the parts it needs tomorrow. Husband is doing great and is set to go back to work on nov 3rd. He is getting restless rattling around the house but his strength is no where near where it needs to be just yet. We are hoping a half day now for work when he goes back for about a month. We are taking it day by day. So day 1 (again) will be on oct 30th for me. gives me time to get prep work done and time to stock my fridge again.

YES!!!! I am so happy!

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Do you know what was worse than gutting it out with super fats and protein...being morbidly obese.   Hail, yes.

It's not my intention to be Mrs. Peevy Preachy Pants but I don't want anyone going through it.

 

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.  Don't go there.

 

Express yourself.  Don't stuff yourself.   To make this journey work you have to be passionate unless you are happy in a heavy body--but  I was not.  I was morbidly obese.

Meadow, I come from morbidly obese as well.  I released over 100 lbs back in 2011/2012.  Unfortunately, I left a trail of bread crumbs and some of them found their way home before I found W30.  Enough so that my "new" wardrobe was fitting extremely tightly and the previously snug not at all.  Worse, I had all those chronic issues, the achy swollen ankles and knees, the bad back, the allergies (OMG, the allergies!!), the hair falling out, the skin break outs, the sleeplessness, the (whine, whine, infinite whine)...  Then I wandered across W30 while looking for a wheat free cookbook on Amazon one day.  It sounded intriguing, plus NO SCALE for 30 days, fantabulous!!!  My first jump in was not stellar - I skimmed the book and halfway did prep.  Which led to my cry for help to the moderators in the first week because I was worse than a walking zombie at work.  After some gentle pointers (I know there had to be gritted teeth and rolling eyes behind those keyboards, lol), I finally got my butt kicked into gear and got with the program on actually eating.  This time around I putting so much more into the program, faithfully filling out logs and worksheets, researching my next step, planning, planning, planning. :)  I am burning bridges so those old habits can't help those wily fat bits and health issues find their way back again!!  This is my life I'm talking about here, time to get real!

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Hi , Gang -- Just wanted to share a recipe. I'd been hearing about all these great breakfasts people were having with sausage, but I couldn't find any here that didn't have sugar (or some kind of "*-ose" ingredient). So... I went looking on line and found this crockpot recipe:

http://meatified.com/slow-cooker-breakfast-meatloaf/

Since I'm the only one eating it, I cut the recipe in half (and cut the cooking time down a tad--use a meat thermometer). I also left out the sweetener. I made it yesterday, refrigerated it overnight, then cut some thin slices this morning and browned them in coconut oil. I plated the sausage slices, topped them with sauteed baby kale & diced onion, then added an egg (overeasy) on top. Very yummy! :)

Thanks for this website have had a quick look and there are oodles of things I would like to make, one of them will be this meatloaf and soon. L

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We are at the half way point and there is no turning back now. We should have a pretty good routine established by now with the cooking, shopping, lunch packing, dining out, etc. Don't hesitate to try something different........it's Not bad....it's just different. Your OFI today is to do 50 step-ups (or climb some stairs), 10 toe touches, and a brisk 20 minute walk. Next......pick a bathroom and detail it!

Today is the next day of improving on you! You are already pretty awesome, we are just making some tweaks.

Dave

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Hope everyone is enjoying a nice Sunday.  Day 14 and feeling good about choices I have been making.  Everything is a choice.  I can't control a lot of things but I can control the fuel that goes in my body.  I am also around co-workers, friends and family that eat unhealthy food but I just try to lead by example.  Someone said to me "you still won't live forever no matter what you eat" and I responded "no, but I will live better."  Everyone have a great week ahead.

I love what you said here! I often think the same thing.

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Hi

Have been checking but not posting because I am feeling so discouraged--so decided better front up.

 

I have been 100% compliant and even have done most of the challenges: some days they look a bit different than outlined but nevertheless activity is done with enthusiasm--and I love the end result. My desk is a major task and today it is clean, drawers neat and tidy, rubbish sorted and piles of papers ready to be sorted or discarded. Vacuuming done and plants watered!

 

I have spent much time sorting my mind about this entire journey and while the benefits far outweigh moving back to any other way of eating, now feel I am nourishing my body and my soul is benefiting as well, I am discouraged. This is my second W30 and initially I noticed a change in body shape, way clothes fit etc, when I weighed at the end of the first round, I hadn't lost anything. I am however, sleeping so much better, energy is even and sustained for more than 12 hours at a time--that in itself is nothing short of miraculous, pain in my legs has reduced to a mere niggle, I am generally much happier. All positives so what am I complaining about??? Well I want to wear my lovely lovely clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a long time. Yes, I want to be thinner but that isn't the major item on my list--I fess up I am a shallow little stream, I want to wear my red jeans, my fun clothes I haven't been able to. I need to be a smaller size in order to do so.

 

While I know this will take the time it will take and just keep on keeping on and it will work--I want it now. As I said in another post, I have always been more of a tortoise than a hare and want it now--we all know what happened to the hare. Need to acquire more tortoise energy for the next little while. 

 

Writing this is my public acknowledgement of my stuckness, not with the food prep or consumption, with my internal mental process. I am grateful there is a place I can voice this, thanks.

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Hi

Have been checking but not posting because I am feeling so discouraged--so decided better front up.

 

I have been 100% compliant and even have done most of the challenges: some days they look a bit different than outlined but nevertheless activity is done with enthusiasm--and I love the end result. My desk is a major task and today it is clean, drawers neat and tidy, rubbish sorted and piles of papers ready to be sorted or discarded. Vacuuming done and plants watered!

 

I have spent much time sorting my mind about this entire journey and while the benefits far outweigh moving back to any other way of eating, now feel I am nourishing my body and my soul is benefiting as well, I am discouraged. This is my second W30 and initially I noticed a change in body shape, way clothes fit etc, when I weighed at the end of the first round, I hadn't lost anything. I am however, sleeping so much better, energy is even and sustained for more than 12 hours at a time--that in itself is nothing short of miraculous, pain in my legs has reduced to a mere niggle, I am generally much happier. All positives so what am I complaining about??? Well I want to wear my lovely lovely clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a long time. Yes, I want to be thinner but that isn't the major item on my list--I fess up I am a shallow little stream, I want to wear my red jeans, my fun clothes I haven't been able to. I need to be a smaller size in order to do so.

 

While I know this will take the time it will take and just keep on keeping on and it will work--I want it now. As I said in another post, I have always been more of a tortoise than a hare and want it now--we all know what happened to the hare. Need to acquire more tortoise energy for the next little while. 

 

Writing this is my public acknowledgement of my stuckness, not with the food prep or consumption, with my internal mental process. I am grateful there is a place I can voice this, thanks.

 

misslindy there's nothing wrong with what you want, and you are totally nailing your own impatience and how it's setting you up for unrealistic speed  -- just hang in there. I want the same thing- I want to wear my fun pants again!

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misslindy there's nothing wrong with what you want, and you are totally nailing your own impatience and how it's setting you up for unrealistic speed  -- just hang in there. I want the same thing- I want to wear my fun pants again!

Thanks for your comments. I have been feeling so low and it is nice to hear from someone else on the subject. I have this niggling doubt that this process is like all the others that have gone before - even though I know it isn't. I have never felt this well on any other programme--they were diets and this is a lifestyle choice so that is the main difference. Just want to wear my lovely clothes, not my baggy clothes. :)

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On a completely different topic:

 

I have a recipe that is the best thing I have come across: olive oil and vinegar used furniture polish. You can add fragrance to it if you like or lemon juice but I don't. I use one tablespoon of each, mix it up and put it on a cloth then polish everything in sight. It is amazing--and seems to keep the dust down so it isn't necessary to dust so often. Once I went over everything with the polish I put the cloth in a plastic baggie and when it is time to dust, go over everything with that--it is incredible and lasts for months. No more chemical dusters which promote dust-bunnies.

 

We live by the sea with constant wind so have mega dust to cope with and I have noticed a huge difference with this. 

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Hi

Have been checking but not posting because I am feeling so discouraged--so decided better front up.

 

I have been 100% compliant and even have done most of the challenges: some days they look a bit different than outlined but nevertheless activity is done with enthusiasm--and I love the end result. My desk is a major task and today it is clean, drawers neat and tidy, rubbish sorted and piles of papers ready to be sorted or discarded. Vacuuming done and plants watered!

 

I have spent much time sorting my mind about this entire journey and while the benefits far outweigh moving back to any other way of eating, now feel I am nourishing my body and my soul is benefiting as well, I am discouraged. This is my second W30 and initially I noticed a change in body shape, way clothes fit etc, when I weighed at the end of the first round, I hadn't lost anything. I am however, sleeping so much better, energy is even and sustained for more than 12 hours at a time--that in itself is nothing short of miraculous, pain in my legs has reduced to a mere niggle, I am generally much happier. All positives so what am I complaining about??? Well I want to wear my lovely lovely clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a long time. Yes, I want to be thinner but that isn't the major item on my list--I fess up I am a shallow little stream, I want to wear my red jeans, my fun clothes I haven't been able to. I need to be a smaller size in order to do so.

 

While I know this will take the time it will take and just keep on keeping on and it will work--I want it now. As I said in another post, I have always been more of a tortoise than a hare and want it now--we all know what happened to the hare. Need to acquire more tortoise energy for the next little while. 

 

Writing this is my public acknowledgement of my stuckness, not with the food prep or consumption, with my internal mental process. I am grateful there is a place I can voice this, thanks.

misslindy - I am so glad that you posted this because I have a lot of the same feelings.  I have "lost" weight in the past only to have it find me again; I am hoping to soon be able to release it for good and am hoping that this W30 will help me get started on that journey.  I am very impatient also and I. Want. It. Now.  I try to remind myself that 30 days is not going to undo many years of bad habits and there is a lot of healing that needs to take place.  This is my first W30 - have tried similar changes before but didn't make it past the first week.  For the first 2 weeks of this W30 I was feeling pretty good and smug about making it this far and feeling like clothes getting a little looser.  But today - not so good - pants tight, bloated, blah.  Not feeling the Tiger Blood yet.  You are right though - stick with it and it will work - we just have to keep reminding ourselves of that and to not get in our own way.  We will get unstuck.  Thanks for fessing up for all of us.  Hang in there.

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Hi

Have been checking but not posting because I am feeling so discouraged--so decided better front up.

 

I have been 100% compliant and even have done most of the challenges: some days they look a bit different than outlined but nevertheless activity is done with enthusiasm--and I love the end result. My desk is a major task and today it is clean, drawers neat and tidy, rubbish sorted and piles of papers ready to be sorted or discarded. Vacuuming done and plants watered!

 

I have spent much time sorting my mind about this entire journey and while the benefits far outweigh moving back to any other way of eating, now feel I am nourishing my body and my soul is benefiting as well, I am discouraged. This is my second W30 and initially I noticed a change in body shape, way clothes fit etc, when I weighed at the end of the first round, I hadn't lost anything. I am however, sleeping so much better, energy is even and sustained for more than 12 hours at a time--that in itself is nothing short of miraculous, pain in my legs has reduced to a mere niggle, I am generally much happier. All positives so what am I complaining about??? Well I want to wear my lovely lovely clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a long time. Yes, I want to be thinner but that isn't the major item on my list--I fess up I am a shallow little stream, I want to wear my red jeans, my fun clothes I haven't been able to. I need to be a smaller size in order to do so.

 

While I know this will take the time it will take and just keep on keeping on and it will work--I want it now. As I said in another post, I have always been more of a tortoise than a hare and want it now--we all know what happened to the hare. Need to acquire more tortoise energy for the next little while. 

 

Writing this is my public acknowledgement of my stuckness, not with the food prep or consumption, with my internal mental process. I am grateful there is a place I can voice this, thanks.

misslindy, you may be discouraged, but kudos to you for keeping on despite not seeing the results you want. You WILL get there. You ARE doing great! And your determination is an inspiration!!! 

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Miss Lindy, the BEST recipe for results is honesty. Thank you for fessing up to uncertainty and impatience...and for the sadness and depression too. I am convinced that some of what you are feeling can be biochemical...so try to not believe everything you think...and put some strong, future self type thoughts in there of YOU in those RED JEANS.

I know you will be HOT.

For now, you're on a path that is healthy and healing...and it will lead to long terms changes you can STICk with.

Believe....believe...and just keep on even in times of doubt. Remember, this is BRAIN training as well as weight losing and body healing.

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Hi

Have been checking but not posting because I am feeling so discouraged--so decided better front up.

 

I have been 100% compliant and even have done most of the challenges: some days they look a bit different than outlined but nevertheless activity is done with enthusiasm--and I love the end result. My desk is a major task and today it is clean, drawers neat and tidy, rubbish sorted and piles of papers ready to be sorted or discarded. Vacuuming done and plants watered!

 

I have spent much time sorting my mind about this entire journey and while the benefits far outweigh moving back to any other way of eating, now feel I am nourishing my body and my soul is benefiting as well, I am discouraged. This is my second W30 and initially I noticed a change in body shape, way clothes fit etc, when I weighed at the end of the first round, I hadn't lost anything. I am however, sleeping so much better, energy is even and sustained for more than 12 hours at a time--that in itself is nothing short of miraculous, pain in my legs has reduced to a mere niggle, I am generally much happier. All positives so what am I complaining about??? Well I want to wear my lovely lovely clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a long time. Yes, I want to be thinner but that isn't the major item on my list--I fess up I am a shallow little stream, I want to wear my red jeans, my fun clothes I haven't been able to. I need to be a smaller size in order to do so.

 

While I know this will take the time it will take and just keep on keeping on and it will work--I want it now. As I said in another post, I have always been more of a tortoise than a hare and want it now--we all know what happened to the hare. Need to acquire more tortoise energy for the next little while. 

 

Writing this is my public acknowledgement of my stuckness, not with the food prep or consumption, with my internal mental process. I am grateful there is a place I can voice this, thanks.

 

May I make a suggestion?? Consider increasing your exercise. I've released, to use the jargon of this thread, about 100 pounds over the last 25 years, using strictly conventional dieting techniques. I'm fairly certain that exercise, both cardio for burning calories and strength training for building muscle, was as important as what went into my mouth.

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I'm too sleepy tonight to add much to all of the wisdom and camaraderie in this thread. But, I must say that I'm enjoying the stories. Misslindy you have echoed my own frustrations, too. But, from the beginning, I tempered my expectations on my physical transformation. My body takes a long time to change. The last time I tried to take control, it took three months before I really felt noticeable change. I like Ceil1224's suggestion and although my early barre workout almost did me in, I added a long walk to my morning, too. The stair stepping, dusting and vacuuming are also going to get me where I need to be. It's an endurance race so we need to be patient and kind to ourselves. 

 

Honesty among strangers is never easy. But, in this particular journey we're all on, it seems to be easier than being honest with some of our friends and family. And it's often way easier than the struggle it took to be honest with ourselves to begin with. We are all victorious here. 

 

Day 15. Halfway there!!! My nightly ritual: 

 

m1- Eggs over easy with chicken cilantro sausage, spinach, yellow and green peppers. 

m2- Hamburger patty, cauliflower salad (mayo, celery, sugar snap peas). Kombucha. Almond butter and a banana. 

m3- Chicken breast with garlic, leeks, shallots, zucchini, yellow squash, and Brussels sprouts. And more cauliflower salad. 

 

Peace, Crew!

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Miss Lindy and everyone who answered with the same sentiments.... me too!!!!  My first W30 produced remarkable non-scale victories but the scale smugly stuck to the same numbers it had when I started. (Give or take a couple lbs, which are easily water).  I was very disappointed.  For about 2 minutes, lol.  Then the overall sense of well-being produced by feeling so much healthier, having energy, sleeping, etc. reminded me that it was totally worth it. 

 

As I said in an earlier post, I was most definitely eating at the high end of the template and was working crazy long hours at a desk job so my regular exercise didn't work out so well.  This time I am really trying to stay on the low end of the template, mostly successfully.  I've been paying a whole lot of attention to what makes me feel full and what sets off cravings or other ill effects and I have managed to finally get on daily exercise. :)  Hoping when the scale comes out of hiding, it will be nice this time, lol.

 

And yet, with all of that going on, I still catch sight of my reflection in the window or see a picture taken from a not so flattering angle and start grumping because the exercise isn't putting me into shape instantly and I'm not yet the right size/shape to fit into my beach clothes.  I want to be at my goal NOW, lol.  Never mind it took me years to get to where I'm at and I have made tremendous strides in both releasing the unwanted and toning up. 

 

So I will join you all in the fess up party for a few minutes, and gladly share in the company.  I am relieved it's not just me, we can vent to someone who understands the problem exactly and then pull ourselves up and move on again. :)

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My dearest shipmates,

Please look at yourself and see that beautiful body you have. It is an amazing thing. Everyday, it moves you through out the day. Takes you where you need to go. It is an amazing being, you are feeding it the nutrition it needs to heal and it is doing that. Healing. Now, look long and hard at those arms. no, they may not look like those airbrushed models, but they are just as beautiful and perfect as theirs. They pick up the groceries, chop, slice, mix, stir, feed you and your loved ones, hug your loved ones and wipe tears. Those legs, strong and shapely, carry you where you need/want to go. That face, there is no other like it, unique, beautiful and loved by many around you. Your smile makes their day. please don't worry about the scale/measurements. They are NOT the measurement of your worth/beauty/health. Your body will adjust, in time after it takes care of the more valuable things that need healing. That is another amazing thing about your body. It knows what needs to be taken care of first. Just keep calm and keep on loving it with beautiful life giving real food. Your alive and growing stronger/healthier every day. You got this!

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All - this sounds like a mutiny in the making. All hands on deck........today we are realizing that there are several of us with the same fears and concerns. This is a GREAT thing! You need to realize that this journey is about ALL of us and many of us will have the same fears. Anything you do different in your life is just that......different. Stay on course and remember that being impatient is a product of our environment. We have grown accustomed to getting instant relief and gratification. Even this acknowledgement is instant because the old way would have taken days or weeks to mail you a letter. You all have friends here ready to help. Don't hide in the shadows afraid that you are all alone in any kind of misery. We are here, we understand, we can help. The greatest anti-depressant is exercise so your chore today is 1 hour of exercise. Break it up in chunks of you need to but try to get a full hour in. Also, do a crossword puzzle to exercise your mind. Don't play any Kandy Krush or any mindless loading games like that. Get up....move.

Dave

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