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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Just popping in to let you know how things are going. hubby was in hospital all last week an is home now. He is much more like himself, the pain relief did not agree with him plus he had an infection so a hospital stay was required. I, and our family are coming to grips with how quickly these things can happen.

For myself, I have entered a different world of bed socks and pill boxes. Joy is waking after a good night's sleep, a very rare thing! I miss the daily visit to Sparks and just want everyone to know how important it is to really take on board the advice and information offered on this site. Practise makes perfect, so practise, practise, practise. I cannot tell you the joy I felt when I was able to put on my Winter clothing (being in Australia) aNd finding them still fitting beautifully. At this time it was a small victory and joy. When all else around me is in distress it comes home to me how important it is to remember the only person you have control over is yourself.

Blessings to everyone,

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Monday, April 01, 2013

Today,the challenge - eat more slowly. Savouring food and allowing time, 20 minutes for the stomach to catch up with what has gone in the mouth. I sometimes find this difficult but try to have a gap between courses.

What strategies do you use?

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Updating goals.

I am within A healthy weight for my height but would like to lose the four kilos which seem to be hanging around. That's the big goal. Breaking it down I will try to lose a kilo a month just by cutting back on morning tea and keeping up the exercise.

I do like having four or five smaller meals a day. I also use entree size plates and really think that has helped me to keep within that healthy weight. Exercise has been mainly renovation which has taken quite a while. I'm on the last room now and that is the laundry. Plasterboarding, painting and putting flatpaks together will be my exercise for the following week and then it will be back to more normal exercise.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Just a quick catch up. I've had a few days just keeping things together. Yesterday Ken saw his Oncologist and his disease has progressed. He now has pain medication, thankfully, and has started his third course of Chemo.
Needless to say I am relying on the things I have learned from Spark to keep me on the straight and narrow but Ken's needs do come first and foremost.
I am very thankful and appreciate greatly everyone who has offered their support, prayers and kindness.
Blessings.

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Today I have to think about self talk. That's that little voice that is a constant in our heads. My lovely daughter-in-law has a note on her fridge,"How you talk to your child becomes the voice in their head." It took me many years to understand that I had a tape recorder going on in my head every day and it was a very negative voice.

Fortunately, I met my wonderful husband who would only talk to me with positivity and had complete faith in me and my abilities. Still that little voice would re-emerge every now and again. Eventually while listening to Doctor Phil it dawned on me that I would never talk to a friend in that way, why then was I talking to myself like that. Why, indeed!

It all comes back to history, a thoughtless word from an adult, sibling intolerance, bullying peers, and even friends' thoughtless words. It is well to remember that as adults our words have enormous impact on children. An impact that can live with them for their lives.

For every negative thought I have about myself, I tell myself seven positives. How do you deal with your inner voice?

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