Well, I must be feeling better, hhhhhuuuh??

I have laid off the blogging lately and wonder why. . .I am in so many ways feeling better. My pain is still there, don't get me wrong. But I am healthier because of my new exercise regime, cut alcohol out of my diet (nearly. . .picked one night with friends to have a few beers and felt fine the next day but two days later seemed like I might have felt some effects? Possible ~ I don't know). . .I can already feel a difference in my strength and my jeans are looser ~ yea!!. . . .That in and of itself make me feel better. I find I cannot do some of the moves in my exercise class at the high impact level (mostly because of this crummy heel issue I have ~ I want it gone!). . .but the instructors give low impact alternatives. There's a lot of us 'older gals' there that just can't cut the mustard like them young chicks and . . well, I appreciate the choice in moves if ya know what I mean?? Have changed some of my eating habits (hey I don't really feel very hungry either . . .Cymbalta?? Some of the fatigue that I had been feeling 'cause of the cymbalta I have worked through. . .maybe just 'cause my body got used to it or because my exercising?? Whatever it is I am thankful.

I am still reading Harry Potter 7 and am glad JK was feeling wordy 'cause I'm 400 pages in and still have plenty to go. Have been given several books to read by friends recently (guess they missed my hundreds of yet to be books in my extensive library . . .and I keep buying them.) But I love to read so Thank you. The Power of One my neighbor lent me, by Bryce Courtenay. Takes place during the Nazi regime in Germany I believe. The other is a more esoteric read - Many Lives, Many Masters. Although Mona doesn't understand I was raised by a Scotsman ~ very superstitious ~ believed in the afterlife . . .and so do I. I have seen one from the beyond and visit my dead relatives at night a lot. But that's for another blog.

So back to me and what I can share that may help another. I picked up a copy of Eat Right for your Type ~ Blood Type eating. Used to read whole volumes to understand the physiology behind diets and now I just jump in. . . .I just took the list the cut out offending foods and eat what they claim on with Type A blood should eat ~ they categorize foods as Beneficial (a healing food almost). . . a neutral (that will provide nutrients and feed you) and Negative that are actually really bad ~ almost allergic to that blood type. One thing I liked a lot is that although citrus has always been tough on my stomach (they confirmed this as a type characteristic) that grapefruits and it's juice is not so. I love Grapefruits and and happy to be consuming a juice again and the fruit itself. Doesn't seem to upset my stomach like a glass of OJ will do. Another is coffee ~ say that Type A have low stomach acid but coffee seems to balance that and be beneficial . . I do like cream and should not have it according to the diet's author and his research but oh well, I simply can't be perfect. I have to have my cream in my coffee. Sue me. Gotta go!