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*embarrassed face*
actually, walking is part of the problem.

i've been trying to get steady exercise but i have a serious structural 
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blem with most of my joints - hips being the worst. therefore, any kind 
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physical activity can cause shooting pains (meaning i don't know when or 
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here or how it'll happen, but when it does happen it's bad), and if the 
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ensity of the shooting pains is high enough it causes a corresponding inten=
se emotional trigger that can last for hours, subsequently causing grinding=
of teeth yadda yadda. the joint problem/pain is its own thing i've been 
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oing to multiple drs and allopaths for several years now to fix; it's the 
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motional response i'm trying to damp down, since that lasts so much longer 
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than the pain does. physical therapy exercises aren't too intensive, so i 
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need *something* to help.=20=20

i've been trying the carrots option offered here - it helps a little. i'm 
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also trying to drink a lot more water. i sometimes put lime or lemon juice=
in it. i'm also buying mass amt's of pickles, since they have a minimal 
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alorie load. debating going to three meals, at 12:45 / 6 / random needed 
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m time instead of my original 12:30 / 8:30 plan.

still working on it - was sort of hoping someone had a better idea than 
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had ;)

~risa


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On 5/20/2004 at 6:53 AM Reinhard Engels wrote:

>Emotional eating (eating because you're stressed or
>depressed) is a little like emotional marksmanship --
>not a good idea. Try this instead: emotional exercise.
>Nothing fancy, necessarily, just a little walk will
>do. Doesn't have to be a safari, around the block a
>few times is sufficient. Don't groan and ignore me
>just yet. Consider:
>
>1) how the eating just makes you more depressed and
>stressed (and fat).
>
>2) how a little walk does the opposite. And this isn't
>the only benefit: you have leisure to *think* about
>whatever is stressing or depressing you. Because
>walking irrationally makes you happy (both because of
>the sense that you are moving towards a destination
>and because of the endorphins or whatever) you are
>more likely to find a solution or pep yourself up than
>you would be with mere stationary thinking.
>
>Don't plead lack of time. Just get yourself out of the
>house. As for how long your walk should be, make that
>decision once your feet are in motion. You're in no
>condition to think properly, even about as little a
>thing as this, cooped up inside next to the
>refrigerator.
>
>Reinhard