Efforts to keep healthy/living

Opalyo
My sister has read up on vitamins minerals etc.thats very interesting .

Telly
I think allot is to do with genetics too .how healthy your family were as well plays a part but very good ideas here.plenty for me to think about....?

I do a bit of weight training with a PT. (not those great big things with weights on each end but those which look like dog bones and a bell shaped one?) . I also do a set of exercises culminating in struggling to the floor for stretches with resistant bands and a bit of planking. I also have a webbing thing which hangs over the door and I do squats and lunges. She also gets me puffing as fast as possible up and down the stairs for 2 minutes at a time. Not sure if its doing me much good but hopefully it's strengthening the muscles a bit. Just need to shed a few stones......

3 years ago I went to a Naturopath after multiple bladder infections and was recommended a probiotic,this appears to be the cure plus I have not had a cold since so hope that helps someone.

Sometimes it is just chance - those who take are of themselves can become ill and those who don't sail through without a care in the world

So true lovebeigecardigans. It's the luck of the draw and genetic disposition I suppose that determines how we fare. It seems so unfair that people who look after themselves don't always get a good innings and the smoker and drinker lives to a ripe old age.

I don't think it hurts to adopt a healthy lifestyle though. I know when I am active and eat properly I feel better. I have a whole host of ailments and take lots of prescription meds, but in myself I feel OK, thankfully. I tend to have a positive outlook too and it helps me not get too upset over the deterioration in my health since my late 40s.

I have put on weight over the last 15 years because of inactivity and illness, and the drugs needed now, and that alone has a lot to answer for. Low level depression crept in too at the time, for years, and that made me sluggish. I don't feel good about myself and I have lost self-confidence (not outwardly, but internally) I no longer have photos taken and I feel 'past it' some days, although I know I'm not. I can walk and my aim is to do more. I don't think it is too late to regain some of my fitness and lose weight. Some days I don't feel very inspired to look after myself properly.

I swam regularly, ran, hill walked, played tennis and hockey and was always out dancing in my youth. I was very fit and active. Then I walked lots and became a gardener and worked and brought up children so I was always very active.

I have more time on my hands now, so have no excuse not to set some activity and weight goals.

Suppose I could try it myself. Best not go mad though.

Righto. I'll tell her.

I can recommend the lamb keema curry.

Very quick and easy and totally delicious.

You're right there Puzzled. Hope your recovery continues well.

DD's got a birthday coming up merlot. Think I'll buy that book for her, then perhaps she'll invite me to share.

I look after myself, I used to be a runner and like to keep fit. Hypothyroidism nearly finished me off though. The NHS only treat with levothyroxine and this has no affect on me and I was slowly poisoned. Luckily I found a thyroid help group on line and I am making a recovery. I now believe you have to look after yourself as no one else will.

DS bought me that book when it first came out, Gonegirl. I've always loved Indian cooking so have quite a few recipe books but this one describes the health giving properties of each ingredient.

A delicious way of maximising our chances.

I've used it so often the pages are falling out!

Winterwhite....try this. Hold your hands up...palms outwards. Push gently...in your mind or even out loud says to yourself tgat you are pushing the stress away. Do this every few days and each time push your palms further. Eventually the stress will be beyond your finger tips...you will have a circle of Peace around you. Oh and there is no point in stressing if you are in a queue...doesn't get you to the front any quicker. Stress does nothing to help you in anyway so push it gently away....

I don't eat at all healthily but my blessings have been a considerable weight loss six years ago (my goodness hadn't realised it was so long) when I was told about a forthcoming first grandchild. Incentive indeed! I now consume the same type of food but eat very much less of it. I also picked up a very good food management habit on this very site (thank you, yet again). I've taken 1 clo caplsule every day for almost 30 years now. By the merest of chance I saw a doctor advocate this on tv one day. I've no joint problems whatsoever. Maybe was never going to have. Who knows? Just considered it a reasonable investment at the time and still do. When I had a short hospital stay, the medication nurse came into the ward and said 'ok where's this wonder woman?' We all looked around mystified. 'No Meds?' Me. When I saw what some poor souls had in their lockers I was astonished (and SO grateful). I suppose it has to be in the genes as I've contributed very little with specific intent though do agree daily that my weight loss has benefitted me greatly in areas that I hadn't particularly thought of as a problem. All good for me at the moment and I feel thoroughly blessed.

Explanation of the difference here. I know it's a selling site but the explanation is good. www.simplysupplements.co.uk/healthylife/infographics/cod-liver-oil-or-omega-3

I take Omega 3. I'm not sure if it's the same as cod liver oil.

Oh Sheila how does one learn not to stress? Wish I knew.

Also, lots of people talking on here about cod liver oil. What's the difference between that and omega 3 oil, or do some people take both?

What a useful thread this is.

Recipe from the cookbook Maerlot mentioned. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/6465024/Anglo-Indian-chef-creates-worlds-healthiest-meal-a-curry.html

Of course I disagree Gabrielle I do believe supplements make a difference. At 29 my husband was nearly crippled with back pain then he started taking cod liver oil off the spoon and has done ever since. Apart from a twinge on very rare occasions he has had a life free of back pain and he is now 75. His father had ankolosing spondolitis and was bent double DH discovered he also has the condition but thankfully due to the CLO it has never caused him any trouble.
We take a probiotic, vit E, vitD3, multi vit and I take CLO in a capsule. I'm considering taking tumeric as DH doesn't like curry or the smell.

The last two weeks have restarted my healthy plan after Christmas food was used up. I like to walk and to do some exercises have a dvd of Thai chi which I exercise with.
My hair is short and grey and I visit my hairdresser every five weeks.
I live a positive lifestyle with positive thoughts.
Take statin, and calcium tablets which are taken from October to May usually but had a fall 4 years ago broke my hip. So have to take them all the time. Have learnt not to stress too much.

I try to be healthy. I will be 70 this year. I've never smoked, I'm probably about half a stone overweight but try hard to keep it down. I walk every day and eat quite healthily. I have two bad habits - excessive worrying and probably too much . My mum never drank or smoked and was dead at 58. My father was a chain smoking alcoholic and lived to be 70.

I've never enjoyed sport or exercise so it's always been an effort to make myself do them . I've never had a weight problem so losing weight wasn't an incentive although I'm naturally active and do a lot of gardening.
I tend to view supplements as snake oil. My mother spends a fortune on them with no discernable results.
I do eat a fairly healthy diet.

I was pretty healthy apart from asthma until it started going downhill in my early 50s. Now 60 I have Rheumatoid arthritis, osteo-arthritis and arrythmia. I take a load of drugs and more drugs to counter the side effects. Mostly is fine and manageable but I do fear the future and hate the drugs.

So in the last year or two I've made changes. I discovered Pilates and do two classes a week, I walk every day and go to the gym once or twice a week (I loathe it but still go).

This is my favourite curry cook-book.

Lots of healthy eating recipes.

I am also watching Parveen's Indian Kitchen on Sunday mornings and just HAD to have one of these

itsmyfirstrodeo you can buy test kits for vit d online. This is one. betteryou.com/vitamin-d-testing-service