Journal

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Hi Lynn,

I keep a journal. That is one way I pay attention to things.

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good going, . i've posted this to your folder.

bG

> Hey Everyone,

>

>

>> I've started back on the 'Zilla and combined with the colloidal

siver

> have been noticing quite an improvement overall. ESPECIALLY re:

the

> fatigue. At this point I go to bed at 11pm, wake at 4-5am, have an

> afternoon nap of approx. 45 min. Not only has my awake time

increased

> but the quality of that time has drastically improved! I'm able to

> get things accomplished now that I only used to think about.

> Remarkably I almost feel as though the 'old me' is emerging from a

> long winters nap! If I had to remain at this level I'd be pleased

> just because of the improvement in my quality of life but I'm

> confident that the improvement will continue. So here's to life

and

> the beginning of a new lease!

>

> Sincerely,

>

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Hi ...

I think that’s a really great idea! And, I say leave all the words as they are. They’ll convey your true feelings at the time.

What so often happens is that people are really unhappy in the short-term, but very happy in the long-term, which may set others up for unrealistic expectations.

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On 3/14/07 2:19 PM, " " <mrstrem@...> wrote:

I have finally sat and read the journal that and Bob

kept during my hospital stay. Boy that was one hard read now

that we have lost . I would like to type it up and put

it in the files if that is ok. It mainly shows the frustration

family has going through all the ups and downs of the post op problems.

Think it would be ok to post. I will be sure to put and *

in the proper place for the not so nice words, and just use first

initials for the nurses names. ;-}

What do you think?

[Guest guest]

,

I love the idea of putting 's journal up on the site. I think it

will be valuable for all of us, and for new members looking for

inspiration. There is no doubt that really took a leap of faith

when she went for her 2nd revision after she found DrHu. It is nice to

think that it will provide an ongoing gift from to other folks who

are in the same " pickle " we all wound up in.

If you need help after you get the document together let me know. I am

not very tech savvy, but it is pretty simple to upload a word document

into the files...or just email it to me and I will put it up for you.

I look forwrad to reading it.

Thanks for offering to do this.

Take Care, Cam

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ya know, this reminds me - I think and I both went to Swank in the 80's - and now I'm going to see Dr Hu, partly due to her urging... (sigh)... Ken.cammaltby <cammaltby@...> wrote: ,I love the idea of putting 's journal up on the site. I think it will be valuable for all of us, and for new members looking for inspiration. There is no doubt that really took a leap of faith when she went for her 2nd revision after she found DrHu. It is nice to think that it will provide an

ongoing gift from to other folks who are in the same "pickle" we all wound up in.If you need help after you get the document together let me know. I am not very tech savvy, but it is pretty simple to upload a word document into the files...or just email it to me and I will put it up for you.I look forwrad to reading it.Thanks for offering to do this.Take Care, Cam

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[Guest guest]

Ken,

's life could be a metaphor for the tale that has to do with

dropping a pebble in water and seeing the ripples created expand and

grow bigger and bigger and reach places never imagined by he/she who

cast the stone.

It seems to me, in a lot of ways, 's life has created a ripple that

turned into a big wave (that gently pushed , Carol and you

now). It is the same effect that Corina, and I, were speaking of.

It is important to remember how we touch each others lives through this

group.

Peace,

Cam

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Back almost 5 years ago I kept a very honest journal.. I was doing weight watchers and we faithful to write down everything.. Yes it helped me a lot.. I lost 70lbs.. of course when I stopped I gained it all and then some.. so for me it was a great tool to use..

I hope this helps..

Betty Jo

From: Cookiebd <cookiebd83@...>100-plus Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 10:38:53 AMSubject: journal

Ok I am starting to see a pattern in a lot of post about journals. I have never really kept an "honest" one. But I think it would help me out a lot if I stuck to it and did it right. I carry a big enough purse all day I could keep it with me. And log food, water, exercise and my weight. If I have a well thought out plan I can usually stick to it for awhile... my biggest problem.. I hate to admit is. I'll by something and eat it in the car. On my way to or from work. Like one side is sayin u really don't want that and the other side says eat it eat it eat it. Sometimes more so now days I can walk away from whatever it is.. But I still relapse on occasion. Anyway I am kinda getting off topic here.. My thought here is that if I log down everything I will not want to write down something therfor I won't eat it. Has this worked for anyone? And has keepin an "honest" journal helped you in your

journey.Thanks

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mine is honest when i do it, lol. But i have found that knowing i'll be tracking

something later does make me think twice about eating some things, especially

about buffets. I use TDP, so online journaling is a bit more trouble than just

writing it down & I'm lazy.

On Tue Jan 26th, 2010 10:38 AM CST Cookiebd wrote:

>Ok I am starting to see a pattern in a lot of post about journals. I have never

really kept an " honest " one. But I think it would help me out a lot if I stuck

to it and did it right. I carry a big enough purse all day I could keep it with

me. And log food, water, exercise and my weight. If I have a well thought out

plan I can usually stick to it for awhile... my biggest problem.. I hate to

admit is. I'll by something and eat it in the car. On my way to or from work.

Like one side is sayin u really don't want that and the other side says eat it

eat it eat it. Sometimes more so now days I can walk away from whatever it is..

But I still relapse on occasion. Anyway I am kinda getting off topic here.. My

thought here is that if I log down everything I will not want to write down

something therfor I won't eat it. Has this worked for anyone? And has keepin an

" honest " journal helped you in your journey.

>Thanks

>

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My thought here is that if I log down everything I will not want to write down something therfor I won't eat it. Has this worked for anyone? And has keepin an "honest" journal helped you in your journey.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I need a journal/blog because I need to be able to have a place to vent my frustrations, record the process and to be able to be brutally honest with myself. I suggest though, that you not think of it as a tool to keep yourself from eating, because then you are making the journal a place that has to be "perfect". I use to do that and would discard the journal the moment it wasn't what I wanted to see and started a new one as though I could keep wiping a slate clean....which is ridiculous. There is no such thing as a clean slate. Everything between birth and death is a process that continually builds upon the past. Recording only perfect behaviour sets up the good/bad thing which is the same as the black/white thinking that usually makes a diet fail. At least that is my experience. A veteran 30 year diet/binge nut. lol.I look at my journal as my place to put all my thoughts "on paper" and see what my trends are. Averages are more important to me that daily counts, food choices within a certain situation are more important things to watch, like when I am in a restaurant or on home-time. I track my calories very closely and try to stay at a goal range, but under no circumstance is the number a pass/fail thing. I allow myself to eat whatever I want, but I have to be willing to pay the price of the consequences. This way, my diet cannot fail. I record the good the bad and the ugly and deal with it as I go.I just came off an 8 week stall that nearly drove me crazy. At any point in the past, I would have given up. Not this time. I want to see what makes the difference and I want to see what hinders me. Taking off 152 pounds while sitting down is about the hardest thing I have ever done, but hey, whatever it takes is what I will do!Ann HStarted 09/01/09307/260/155 poundsMy Weightloss Journal:http://threeherring.wordpress.com/

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Whether you write it down or not, if you eat it and/or do not do the exercise, your weight loss efforts (or lack of) will show it, so you are only hurting yourself not being honest.

I didn't lose much in 2008 and actually gained in 2009, but when I look back through my journals - I can see exactly why: I was either eating more than I took credit for, or didn't exercise as much as I thought I did.

Sure, stress, etc play a part of it, but the nuts and bolts of things come down to calories in/ calories burned

My current journal, I write all that down: weight, food, water, exercise as well as thoughts of how the day did or did not go...

Hugs,

journal

Ok I am starting to see a pattern in a lot of post about journals. I have never really kept an "honest" one. But I think it would help me out a lot if I stuck to it and did it right. I carry a big enough purse all day I could keep it with me. And log food, water, exercise and my weight. If I have a well thought out plan I can usually stick to it for awhile... my biggest problem.. I hate to admit is. I'll by something and eat it in the car. On my way to or from work. Like one side is sayin u really don't want that and the other side says eat it eat it eat it. Sometimes more so now days I can walk away from whatever it is.. But I still relapse on occasion. Anyway I am kinda getting off topic here.. My thought here is that if I log down everything I will not want to write down something therfor I won't eat it. Has this worked for anyone? And has keepin an "honest" journal helped you in your journey.

Thanks

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Vicki-I have been LMAO since I read your post. Of course if it was going on in

my house, I'd be crying and praying for 'normalcy' like I do when my daughter

gets on an obsessive roll.

Here's an idea for everyone; When I was getting close to giving birth to my

youngest, I felt like I would be taking away from liese. In the midst of the

guilt that I was about to turn her world upside down by having another child

(you know how women-especially moms-are), I felt that if I started a journal I

could put my feelings down in print and maybe sort them out. Anyway, this

journal has become my outlet during the search for why my daughter is so

different from other kids. Sometimes it's the frustration that brings me to the

journal, but it always comes out directed toward me, not her. There are highs

and lows, but every time it comes back to how brilliant she is, and how I pray

that no one (including me in my frustration) ever breaks her spirit.

I read the entire thing the other day after making an entry. She's only 6 1/2

now, but it is already so full of memories! I look back on the pre-diagnosis

days and she is so classic Aspie. A lot of it really is comical. Like when she

was going on about fiction and non-fiction books because they were talking about

it in Kindergarten. She said that fiction wasn't real and non-fiction means it

needs no fixing...... Then the time she told her sister that she (liese)had

such a beautiful voice and she was born to be a singer. She then told Kelsie

that she shouldn't sing, because she was born to be a pig farmer.

My point is that when things are going rough, I often jot down my thoughts, and

it has proven to be an awesome memory book of my daughter's life and how I view

her. I have said that I didn't understand why she did things, and questioned why

some things were so difficult for her, but every entry leads back to how amazing

she is, and that I know that the causes of the challenges in these early years

are going to prove to be assets later in life. I know how hopeless I've felt a

couple times that I've gone to that book, but re-reading it shows absolutely no

negativity. It all sounds like I'm rooting her on, and just hoping that society

doesn't make her think she's defective. It has been quite therapeutic in the

moment, and very entertaining to look back on.

I'm sure that if you all started a journal now, and wrote a little bit each time

there was a hurdle or your child did something funny (like tried to shrink wrap

himself), it would be something you'd treasure forever. I started one for my

son on his 3rd birthday - he's 15 1/2 now, and have one for my youngest too. I

plan on giving them to the kids when they're older... or maybe just letting them

read them so I can continue to write about them for as long as I live. I have

this feeling that liese (not to say anything bad about my other 2, of

course!) is going to do something big with her life and maybe this journal will

end up being published someday!

Andie