HARPER369's SparkPeople Blog

A learning journey,

Sun, 5 May 2013 12:50:45 EST

I have always been interested (well most of my adult life) in how the body and mind work so I have decided to get into studying about nutrients as they both effect mind and body, plus I love that what we about & how it can think and I have seen first hand just how our thoughts can shape our surroundings , so my journey into wellness at 100% includes fitness also. an overall well being, lol.
If anyone has any links into understanding how nutrients work in your body, please let m...

A learning journey,

Sun, 5 May 2013 12:50:45 EST

I'm not who you think I am !

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:26:07 EST

I was listening to Tony Robbins cd today and he was talking about who we become by who we think we are , conditioned by what others tell us we are, comments, suggestions, gestures, and it hit me just how much i have let others define me, growing up I was small skinny and quite, a prime target to get picked on, not to mention a mom and sister, who always made who they were better by putting me down etc, I dawned on me, those little things ( I actually find myself almost looking for them) that...

would love your input

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 21:01:56 EST

I would love input from you if you have successfully lost weight and have found things that work that you continue to do or have adjusted them as you make progress, what I would like to know is what habits or things you do when you would have other wise grabbed a bite to eat, I am looking for something not as usual as when I hit my calorie range I top type of thing, but more creative, I have many ideas but would like to have a long list, I am the type to get bored easy and as usual I look for...

check it out, this is my sons 2 man band right now

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:42:09 EST

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A little stressed right now

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:20:49 EST

Where I work there are only 35 people this includes all three shifts, well they have tight groups which I am no part of in any of them, I try to help when I can, ask people how they are but ... well they are kinda of like .... I'm not going to like you no matter what, I have learned to deal with the back stabbing, back talk , talk behind the back and the just plain rudeness that can only be described as the bullies on the play ground having no supervision, I realize that they only have as mu...

Harvard Nutrition A-Z

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:42:57 EST

www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource
/nutrition-a-to-z/

47 ways to fine tune your brain/ harvard

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:31:40 EST

www.businessinsider.com/47-ways-to-f
ine-tune-your-brain-2011-2 www.businessinsider.com/47-ways-to-f
ine-tune-your-brain-2011-2

your brain on fructose

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:03:51 EST

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do you have a new years resolution ? read this

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:51:07 EST

www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/ja
mies-food-revolution/news-content/new-
year-s-resolution-revolution

thought I would share/ harvard

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:35:58 EST

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/
02/meditation-found-to-increase-brain-
size/

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/
01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/

lost 3 lbs but feel better because of what I eat.

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:59:15 EST

I stepped on the scale this morning just to see if my logging in and calorie counting had made a difference yet ( 5 days) went down 3 lbs, now I know that weight fluctuates but it was enough to make me feel AWESOME!!! and gave me what I needed to continue to stick with it after work my son called and asked me to stop at Mc Donalds, which when i do I always get me something but this time I did not want to give up and ordered him something , I came home made chicken breast , broccoli , and ba...

getting better

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:32:17 EST

i am logging everything in and this time it doesn't feel like a task, lol, I started over the weekend to get the difficult outta the way and with my choices it has made it easy, if I have breakfast it is fiber plus Kelloggs cereal, lunch is a tuna sandwich with a chocolate fiber one brownie and dinner is lemon pepper chicken , broccoli and baked potato, with banana'a a snack with popcorn, the first 3 days was a little testy, did not realize how much emotional eating I was doing and my work ...

this is my current vision board

Sun, 6 Jan 2013 19:26:55 EST

if I could

Sat, 5 Jan 2013 21:26:54 EST

I have thought about becoming a vegan for so many years now but with my family dinners and hard days at my job , making the extra seems like a big task but it is something that keeps coming up and I just wonder if , like with all of us, this is steaming from an inside source (body that is) , If I had a choice I would join a community where we could meditate, exercise and strip all of the processed food out of our diets and be among like minded people everyday to talk to , share etc, , if I co...

to help with your new WONDERFUL YOU year!

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 17:31:40 EST

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it's that time of year!

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:43:22 EST

this is the time of year we re-evaluate our lives, where we are and what direction we want to be heading, along with The Secret and find other books etc to keep me heading the direction I want I am looking at a year where I listen to my inner voice and find what works for me, I am taking a leap into foods unknown , by me anyway, trying every veggie out there and fruits, tweaking my eating habits by eliminating meat, mostly red meat, still have it on occasion, and including chicken and seeing...

done with my F.C.E for work

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:01:06 EST

My Dr order a Full Capacity Evaluation for work restrictions because of injury to my left knee at work and surgery was of no help, the lady who did my eval, was soo nice , been doing her job 16 yrs and did not at all look her age, soo jealous, lol, well she could tell immediately that there was something wrong with my knee , I told her about my workouts and she could tell, we were talking about weight (she's skinny) and she said my muscle to fat ratio would be more muscle, she was very strai...

just wanted to share

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:32:49 EST

omtimes.com/2012/12/victimhood-is-no
t-a-hood-you-want-to-live-in/

finding myself

Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:08:41 EST

My son is 18 and driving back and forth to college, my husband works 6-7 days a week in the evenings , family is a distance away, being a shy type of person I have difficulty speaking in front of people, I talk a lot when I get to know you tho, lol well I am no longer a full time mom or wife for that matter and hobbies are few in this small town , I am trying to get to know the new me, and feel like I am just spinning my wheels, I talk to my sister by phone and get the run down of how she dea...

if you wanted to know your veggies

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:12:34 EST

www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource
/what-should-you-eat/vegetables-and-fr
uits/index.html
www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/ve
getables.html

The Secret

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:11:09 EST

I am sure many of you have heard of this book or read it, recently I was asked to co-lead a spark team based on this wonderful concept, it works with your inner journey, how you think, what you focus on, how you feel about yourself, your goals etc, daily challenges are sent out daily to help with these areas, all challenges are are to help you mentally become fit, this will go well with your physical fitness , so please stop by and check it out, when you tap into The secret anything is possi...

If it keeps coming up!

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:07:40 EST

for years I have thought about being a vegetarian, made attempts but with a family of carnivores it is difficult, I am reading deepak chopra( co author) of Super Brain, which , even though I have just read a few pages , is a very encouraging book, and it is making me think about changes that I have struggles with for years and just how possible it is to change anything I want .
I have several things that are not mine, meaning they have been set habits by others, e.g drinking coffee...

every day is a start over

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:37:11 EST

I tell myself that constantly and it helps but I wish I had someone to go to the gym with and shared a goal, I am a very shy person , when I know you I yack but meeting people has always been a problem for me, I've tried to over come it but feel like a heel, inadequate, I have bought book on it but , I guess stemming from childhood, I never gained the confidence that I should have, I was described as painfully shy, whatever that term means, lol , it would be awesome to have one person, a bes...

ever feel lonely around people?

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:01:25 EST

I have a family, married with one son, a sister that calls to talk ( does not listen well though), lol but today I felt just how lonely I have been feeling , I don't have any real friends, you know like going out and doing things , talking on the phone etc, my husband worked 2nd shift I work 1 rst, our son is in college and don't see him very much and when I do he is usually in a bad mood, so after a fight tonight I just feel kinda lost, I realize the social connection is a vital important ...

here is a link I thought you might enjoy from mayo clinic/health foods

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:48:12 EST

www.mayoclinic.com/health/health-foo
ds/MY01108&slide=12
there is also many other things on this page as well that may be useful to yiou

getting motivated!

Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:20:15 EST

For the past 10 yrs, I have been getting up early sat morning and taking my mom to the store as well as myself, lol, I decided many times to do it on sundays so I could sleep in at least one day but we run out of things etc, well I decided last night to give it another try, I let my mom know I would get her sunday, so this morning I slept in and got started and it took off! got my shower in and went to the gym and (knee allowing) spent 20 minutes on the bike, (I did it! my knee hurt a littl...

refreshing

Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:33:08 EST

well this was the first day I went back to work and had to walk there and back, (total 1 hr walk time) , but it felt GREAT!, my knee is still sore so running across the road really hurts but I had forgotten just how relaxing it could be, I took in my surroundings, the breeze was blowing, with the current rain the grass and tree;s were dark green, so beautiful. I thought it would be a nightmare, so glad I was wrong! went to the gym after work and got in some arm workout, yippee.
I ...

changes

Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:32:47 EST

been longing for changes, think most of us have, lol, but somethin g has been holding me back, still not sure of all of it but getting more and more ideas and stepping out of my comfort zone i think is just what I need, each time I get dressed I can not believe that I have let myself get this far, I use to work out everyday, got a lot of harrassment at work because of various injuries and the gym is right next door so for awhile I would have to circle around the block and come back and event...

grilled fruit and other yummies!

Sat, 1 Sep 2012 12:43:15 EST

www.foodnetwork.com/videos/fruit-on-
the-grill/256.html www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/grilled-
fruit-salad-with-honey-yogurt-dressing
-recipe/index.html www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/claire-r
obinson/grilled-greek-chicken-recipe/i
ndex.html nutritiondata.self.com/tools/nutrien
t-search

does it end!

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:59:42 EST

I have realized in life that you go through different periods, some good , some bad, some just plain weird, but as I said before I'm having trouble dealing with it.
Talked to my sister yesterday in which I got yelled at, told how horrible of a person I was just because I, like usual, talked over her, and got some what loud, (not yelling) this is because she never lets me finish a sentence and the ONLY way to talk is to do it over her, she said it always seems like I am trying to...

not sure how to deal

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:06:34 EST

had surgery on my knee friday, to see what was casing pain which kept me from exercising like I wanted and it turned out at least in the short term to be more than I bargained for, but my problem is this, my family has not helped , have not really contacted me to see if I'm ok, sat morning after the surgery I asked my son to help me bring in the groceries ( should have waited on that one) and he choose to sleep, my husband has been a butt, today he said I should be on disability because my jo...

sorry I am not replying

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:53:32 EST

after surgery what-ever I had hit more and my hubby, son and I are all sick, hubby and son are sinus, mine is just an all over feeling of awful, well at least the Dr gave me this week off so I dont have to deal with work, I thank everyone for the well wishes, you have been really wonderful and each time I read a comment it absolutely makes my day
THANKS 2

more to share, sometimes seeing it inwriting helps

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:31:19 EST

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ID=3308 publications.usa.gov/USAPubs.php?Pub
ID=3305

thought I would share, helpful info gov.com

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:14:23 EST

www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health.sh
tml

surgery over

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:05:02 EST

got to the surgery center at 11:30 left about 3, woke up in a lot of pain, YIKES!! and with a bandage and cooler wrap that I have to keep refilling.
Dr mislead me in what I would be dealing with, it was to my understanding that I would be good to go the next day and would be back to work next week, of course now I am off all of next week and have to be easy with my knee slowly increasing activity after several days, on the plus side tho, he told my husband that as far as surgery went...

listening to the secret/ surgery tomorrow

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:40:50 EST

I have listened to this cd many times , sometimes I will go a few months without listening to it but started back up a few days ago and when it got to the part about weight loss, it talks about how our thoughts effect us and for some reason, lol, it HIT me, my thinking really has played a big role it my lack of loss etc, now I have tried healthy thinking before to no avail, so aside from thinking "thin thoughts about food and fitness" I am creating a daily journaling to support it, I realize...

chicken burger, suggestions NEEDED!

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:42:33 EST

well while I decided to try the ground chicken for health reasons , I was knocked over by the difference between the 2 , 340 calorie for burger with 270 of it fat and the chicken burger was 190 calories with 100 from fat , my hubby liked it and wants me to make it again but I was not found of it, I love chicken but this was kinda uke, lol anyone have any suggestions on seasoning I can add to it or other ingredients? 302 489 368 4 334

surgery next friday

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:56:55 EST

gonna go for it, knee surgery that it, lol, it is out patient just need someone to drive me home, lol, looking forward to hopefully having no more pain, they are having a hard time figuring it out and this happened in march and it still hurts, DR said it should have healed by know so they are looking into it to see what's going on, I sure hope they figure it out, lol, those sharp pains can really hamper a workout, lol. wish me well thanks

If it was once in awhile it would be ok but it goes on a...

surgery or not?

Wed, 8 Aug 2012 18:44:35 EST

I hurt my knee at work in march and it still bothers me, had to go to a specialist and he gave me a cortizon shot which helped for like a week no he wants to do exploritory surgery, wondring if it's worth it. what do you think?

well this just beats all!

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:27:50 EST

I have a work environment in which you are usually expected to much more than your far share, but today beats anything that I have ever heard of.
while I was waiting for my press to start I thought I would help by filling material, as I was going back to my press my boss motioned me over , well to make a long story short I was called into the office and written up for it! written up for helping, I am baffled and never can see whats coming next at this place, they live in a world they...

it never occurred to me!

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:20:05 EST

I have an older sister by almost 10 months, lol and all of my life she has been kinda there for ya then has nothing to do with ya, frustrating but with family you learn to accept ia and go on.
my sister seem to go out of her way to make me feel awful growing up, e.g the only reasons men talked to me was to either get to her , make her jealous, find out about her, or would date anything that had a cup size bigger than an A, but she would do it in a way that made her look good, hard t...

hopeless day

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:51:08 EST

well I took a vaca day today because I wanted a 4 day weekend and took off tomorrow because I thought I would be looking into a new job, but he did not call today, and had a Dr apt for work comp, injured my knee at work in april and it still hurts , I have been trying to increase my workouts and last night the pain was so bad, it felt like my knee cap was moving, sharp, hold your breath kind of pain.
they got me into see and ortho, this Wednesday so at least i dont have to wait ...

what a day!

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:16:48 EST

I had a rough day at work , it was just horrible! my back hurts so bad, each time I had to stretch and pull my lrg part out of the press I could feel my pinched nerve, but by the end of my shift i started thinking I can do it! i feel so much better when I work out, I clean the house more, I balance out so I don't get so moody, wow what a difference, i know it's the movement of class, working out is great but being in a class just pushes you, not doing the same ole routine, you wor...

3 empty boxes!

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:05:28 EST

well today just about takes the cake, I get in trouble all of the time at work for the strangest reasons , I work in a factory, it's fast paced so accidents happen all of the time, no biggie because EVERYONE has some type everyday. Today I got called into the office and jumped because last week I moved my chair and knocked over 3 small empty boxes, nothing was ruined, messed up, I just simply picked them up, apparently someone thought I had an attitude when I did it, someone I never talk too!...

finding my mojo

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:19:19 EST

24 , not sure where it went , I spend most of my time alone and not having anyone who can physically join me, and talk to me kinda puts me in the slumps, my job is really bad, noone to talk to there , just people looking for any reason to get me into trouble and hostility, well this slump shall pass sooner or later, hope it to be soon and at home , well my son is threating to move on the street just because he is 18 and can, his reasoning is he would be fine, this coming from someo...

"you diet"

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:56:13 EST

well I am re-reading my "you on a diet " book, keeping my thoughts positive, feeling good about my choices etc, weekend was kind of a bust but thats ok, now I have more guide lines, lol, I am a stress eater and found some of them and am find better ways to deal with them.

my focus this week is on my cues, finding what cues me to eat,( more detail than just pigging when I get home from work), lol 489 , listening to what my tummy is really saying 101 and what ...

days 7-8 "YOU DIET"

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:03:34 EST

well it has been difficult food wise but as I said, I am creating new habits and beating yourself up for a bad day is not one I want to continue, lol.
I have been paying cose attention to my "run to food" habit's such as boredom, stress , and boy is it every where, lol if you want to see it, so is that silver lining, and ohh what bliss, lol, I am discovering more and more just how i have let others attitude drive me, some people just dont want to be happy, well I do! I just love ...

day 5-6 of "you diet"

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:32 EST

well yesterday was good up until 2, but as it talks about in the book, I made a "U TURN" not going to berate myself, it happens and I planned on it, ( knowing that we slip up is part of the process) and I am going to continue with a positive attitude, which makes all of the difference in the world, as well as fellow sparker's lol.
plan on heading to the gym in a little bit, get in some cardio and strength training, plus it helps keep me in a positive mood, lol .
debating ...