Hi Jamie,
Yes, I think it did. Exercise always helped me with the anxiety, but when I really got into it last year, I tried doing squats and did them the wrong way. That gave me patellea femoral symdrome, which is a fancy way of saying your knees hurt. That really bummed me out, because even though I went to an orthopedic doc and did physical therapy, the knees still bug me. So I got an elliptical machine--supposed to be easier on your knees than a treadmill. They still hurt though--guess that is just tough luck. I am going to have keep experimenting around to find out what I can tolerate in the exercise area.
Thanks for asking. That was very considerate of you.
BTW, I also PM'ed Carolyn and never got an answer. I hope she is not sick--that is not like her to not answer. So I PM'ed baked pears (Tammy) and she told me she is no longer a moderator, but would contact someone at the StressCenter.com.
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Thanks newrunner. It could be possible. I had asked my GP about that and he blew it off and said he didn't want to do the test --that they are a pain because they take so long. I do NOT have a good GP, but none of my friends do either. It seems like Memphis has a lot of great specialists and not many good internists or GP's. But I guess that is the case a lot of places--it seems the brighter bulbs in medicine tend to gravitate to the specialties.
It usually happens about 3 hours after breakfast and I eat a pretty good breakfast, so it probably isn't low blood sugar.
Appreciate the information and will try to eat something every 3 to 4 hours.
It usually happens about 3 hours after breakfast and I eat a pretty good breakfast, so it probably isn't low blood sugar.
Appreciate the information and will try to eat something every 3 to 4 hours.
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Hi Samcat-
Sorry about your bummer of a doc.
I am going to a personal trainer and he is helping me with my eating. And recently I brought one of my kids to the doc for a physical, and we talked about eating.
Anyway- some of the main points are:
1. Stay away from White foods. Like white flour, white rice, white potatoes, processed foods, and sugar.
2. Anytime you eat, have a combo of protein, good fat and some carbohydrates. For example, a good snack would be a medium size apple with 1-2 Tbs. of peanut butter. Or 1/2C of cottage cheese with some pineapple chunks. Or I use Whey Powder that I buy at Target. I use 1/2 scoop of the powder with 1/2C of water and 1/2C of skim milk and then have a small !! handful of walnuts with it.
Keep track of your hunger on a scale of 1-10. You want to stop eating when you are a 6ish, and eat when you are a 4ish. Don't let yourself get famished or stuffed to the gills.
And, the more white/processed/sugar stuff you have, the more insulin you'll have to squirt out to try to even out the high blood sugar levels (from the foods). Invariably, it's not too precise and often then the blood sugar level goes too low. Anxiety-ville or you feel hungry or crappy and then you eat again. And then you are caught in the cycle of eating too much and too often and you get fat and then down on yourself. It really is a viscious cycle.
3. The doctor told my son to eat off a smaller plate. And when you serve yourself, divide your plate into halves. 1/2 of the plate can be fruit and veggies. The other half should be divided in 2. 1/4 of the plate is for protein. A serving is the size of a deck of cards or your palm. 1/4 of the plate is for starch. A serving is the size of your fist.
Good luck with this. Regarding the results of eating like this- when I first started seeing the personal trainer and we talked about eating, I was eating around 2000 calories per day and was feeling hungry and frustrated. I work out, but no real results that were visible. Now, I eat 1600ish calories per day and am NOT hungry because I upped the protein and decreased the carbs. I work out even harder than before and I feel like I am melting. The weight is somewhat down, but the inches are way down. I feel healthy, strong and sexy. It's all good. And the anxiety has been helped too-- partly because of the eating and partly because the negative self talk about myself is gone. I like me now. And when I like me, I am liking others more.
Sorry about your bummer of a doc.
I am going to a personal trainer and he is helping me with my eating. And recently I brought one of my kids to the doc for a physical, and we talked about eating.
Anyway- some of the main points are:
1. Stay away from White foods. Like white flour, white rice, white potatoes, processed foods, and sugar.
2. Anytime you eat, have a combo of protein, good fat and some carbohydrates. For example, a good snack would be a medium size apple with 1-2 Tbs. of peanut butter. Or 1/2C of cottage cheese with some pineapple chunks. Or I use Whey Powder that I buy at Target. I use 1/2 scoop of the powder with 1/2C of water and 1/2C of skim milk and then have a small !! handful of walnuts with it.
Keep track of your hunger on a scale of 1-10. You want to stop eating when you are a 6ish, and eat when you are a 4ish. Don't let yourself get famished or stuffed to the gills.
And, the more white/processed/sugar stuff you have, the more insulin you'll have to squirt out to try to even out the high blood sugar levels (from the foods). Invariably, it's not too precise and often then the blood sugar level goes too low. Anxiety-ville or you feel hungry or crappy and then you eat again. And then you are caught in the cycle of eating too much and too often and you get fat and then down on yourself. It really is a viscious cycle.
3. The doctor told my son to eat off a smaller plate. And when you serve yourself, divide your plate into halves. 1/2 of the plate can be fruit and veggies. The other half should be divided in 2. 1/4 of the plate is for protein. A serving is the size of a deck of cards or your palm. 1/4 of the plate is for starch. A serving is the size of your fist.
Good luck with this. Regarding the results of eating like this- when I first started seeing the personal trainer and we talked about eating, I was eating around 2000 calories per day and was feeling hungry and frustrated. I work out, but no real results that were visible. Now, I eat 1600ish calories per day and am NOT hungry because I upped the protein and decreased the carbs. I work out even harder than before and I feel like I am melting. The weight is somewhat down, but the inches are way down. I feel healthy, strong and sexy. It's all good. And the anxiety has been helped too-- partly because of the eating and partly because the negative self talk about myself is gone. I like me now. And when I like me, I am liking others more.
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Hi again-
I just re-read your post re: squats.
I found some info. on the net about how to do them right, and how to help your knees.
And I just talked to a lady about her knees bugging. She went to the Univ. to a doc and was told that if there isn't swelling, in the knee it's OK for there to be twinges, etc.
I hope you can expand your exercise repetoire and get the anxiety monster out.
I just re-read your post re: squats.
I found some info. on the net about how to do them right, and how to help your knees.
And I just talked to a lady about her knees bugging. She went to the Univ. to a doc and was told that if there isn't swelling, in the knee it's OK for there to be twinges, etc.
I hope you can expand your exercise repetoire and get the anxiety monster out.
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Well folks,
You are not going to believe what I think was making me feel hyped up at 11am. I had read taking a B complex vitamim was good for stress, so I had taken a 50mg one from GNC every day at breakfast. One day last week , I forgot it, You can tell because your urine doesn't turn bright yellow. That day I got no "jumpies". So I experimented on myself and did not take the B complex for the past four mornings. Guess what? No out -of-the-blue anxiety at 11 am.
Very strange, but the B complex 50 mg seemed to be "amping" me up several hours after I took it.
newrunner, since you are a pharmacist, maybe you can take a stab at this one. I sure can't figure it out, but the correlation seems to be there. This has not been a stress-free week for me either. My brother-in-law had a kidney transplant in the wee hours of the morning Monday and Tuesday I was trying to find out how things went with him. Fortunately he is doing well so far. But it was stressful when you are 8 hours away and don't know what is going on.
I guess I can just chalk it up to an odd reaction of my body to the vitamim.
You are not going to believe what I think was making me feel hyped up at 11am. I had read taking a B complex vitamim was good for stress, so I had taken a 50mg one from GNC every day at breakfast. One day last week , I forgot it, You can tell because your urine doesn't turn bright yellow. That day I got no "jumpies". So I experimented on myself and did not take the B complex for the past four mornings. Guess what? No out -of-the-blue anxiety at 11 am.
Very strange, but the B complex 50 mg seemed to be "amping" me up several hours after I took it.
newrunner, since you are a pharmacist, maybe you can take a stab at this one. I sure can't figure it out, but the correlation seems to be there. This has not been a stress-free week for me either. My brother-in-law had a kidney transplant in the wee hours of the morning Monday and Tuesday I was trying to find out how things went with him. Fortunately he is doing well so far. But it was stressful when you are 8 hours away and don't know what is going on.
I guess I can just chalk it up to an odd reaction of my body to the vitamim.