Support for low-fat high-fiber diet

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laying in the hand sanitizer and got some alcohol to clean the keyboards (okay, i have to do it, a contol freak here)

the keys are just gross!

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I know this is off topic, but I have read an article that said that keyboards carry at least as many germs as toilet seats. At least occasionally we clean our toilet seats, but we never clean our keyboards.

This isn't the right article, but it points at keyboards in hospitals....

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...l=pubmed_docsum

So, like your mom said, wash your hands before eating or preparing food!

Well, I read a report that said drinking fountains carry more germs than toilet seats! Because the water sits around on the fountain, germs are kept alive waiting for you to need a drink!

i have been thinking about my movement and how important core strength is...
it has taken two years for me to learn to live within the confines of healing muscles...

diet is so important for both healing and avoiding infection...

it is hard when you have never thought of any activity as something that can hurt your body...

but it can happen.

denise, vacuuming and taking wet clothes out of the washer and putting them in the dryer still hurt...

i am so kind and gentle to my body now to stay feeling good.......amazingly...

life goes on, everything gets done...

maybe slower, defintitely more mindful...

be kind to your body, it is not the same...

Did you know that the muscle they use when they do a TRAM flap is not considered a core muscle because it runs vertically?

The article I read, which was talking about that muscle in entirely another context, mentioned that only wrap-around muscles are core muscles.

I am on a shoulder straightening binge. Every time I go to Yoga and we lie on our backs in relaxation she comes along and pulls my shoulders back. I feel very odd because my implants are sticking right up there, while everybody else's breasts are acting like bowls of jello.

I hope that I'm not developing a permanent slump.

I'm glad you've been able to clean up one little part of Macy's furniture place! May many sales gravitate there.

It's a busy weekend. I've got a resturant meal and then a party. So I'm starting off easy, planning some exercise, and committed to not beating myself up about it all.

However - wheatgrass is out for me!

Walk more/eat less -

I'm into this with the YMCA, but it's for everybody.

www.americaonthemove.org

Wheatgrass???

I am lucky I like it as it is like eating all your green vegetables for the day in one swoop.

They juice the grass right there...

It is a very much acquired taste and I am lucky, it tastes okay to me...

I guess it is all that sour grass I sucked on as a kid!

However, all my supplements did not stop me from getting the worst head cold I can remember...Even earache!

Saw my son yesterday instead of friday, he is dong great!
I just love my boy more than anything and now that we don't live together, I am a little mushy...

Boyfriend is in Germany as of Sunday and I have just been sleeping and nursing myself and keeping the house sterile!

Went to work today and boss said, jokingly, you can't have that many days off in a row...

that would be two days...

and we got a truck of furniture delivered, I and the clerical, Veronica, this wonderful girl, ( she wears my pre chem shoe size, and i have given her all my old darling shoes)

anyway...unloaded furniture all day...

crap! had to take a muscle relaxer and an hour of massage after work!

rose - enjoy good food with good times and just double up on the exercise! I am with you, don't beat yourself up...

we got to get a plan for the holiday season...

a guilt free one!


to the thread of Theresa I was so happy that Kelly carried her name on the Susan Komen Walk in Newport Beach!...

Rose, I will be there next year for your DC walk, i promise.

Love you Theresa Pastore Wilson

forEVER!

happy birthday rose!
eom

i am not talking to myself

yummm a whole new meaning to surf and turf, beef fillets over salmon pasta.

i hope you had beautiful weather in the city rose and walked to your hearts content!

life goes on here, diet is in the toilet when i walk through restaurant doors...
life is to short and i love good food!

I like Applebee's.
Overall I think more mainstream resturants are trying to get on the lower-fat bandwagon.
It seems less frequent when a more upscale place has something they'll post the nutrition facts on.

i like applebees too...mcdonalds has a picture of apple slices up at the mall...

too funny...

Hello everyone,
I found thihs sugar substitute in a nutrition book it's called sweet leaf stevia, 0 calories all natural it comes from a shrub in Paraguay. It is full of fiber and supports liver, and digestive function. info at www.sweetleaf.com
I stopped using sugar, eat only fruites vegs and litle white meats since dx. I have cheated the last few days due to weight loss. If you dont mind Im very interested in new ideas and hopefully can add some of my own.
I did get a cheep steamer and I steam fresh brocollie, and greens at least 4 times a week which makes eating the stuff eaiser when your mouth hurts from chemo stuff.
Anyhow hope I can join in
Myrna

I wonder how many people buy McD's apple slices? That little fruit thing I thought was rather expensive--just buy an apple.

Welcome Myrna-we can always use input! I bought Stevia several months ago, but got discouraged at how often I had to stir it. I think next time I will buy the liquid. The instructions say to add to hot water, stir, add tea bag, stir, stir, stir, sip-stir, sip-stir. Heck-it sure must have lots of fiber.

Anyway guys_--although I have the "WW at home kit", that I bought 2 years ago, I finally gave up and joined a WW meeting today. The $12 per week will hurt, but nothing else is working. I am down 6 pounds, but not budging since.
I was going to pay the monthly fee so that I can use the "E-tools" that come with the membership, but since I am having surgery the end of Nov, I won't be able to attend a couple of the meetings.
But I really want to lose 10 pounds so that I can get a blue ribbon and a star for my forehead .

BTW-I am celebrating-Oct. 1 was my 2 year anniversary for my remission of liver mets.

AND I just found out today that my latest tumor marker test-my CA27-29 was "less than 15"!!!!! Normal is 38 and below!!! I am always afraid of my liver mets returning, and to be "less than 15" is sure a good sign that I will be around for a few more years to enjoy my new-almost boobs!

Denise,

I'm so happy that you are past a year in remission of liver mets AND that your tumor marker is "less than 15".

Hip Hip Hooray !