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Posted 1/1/2012 1:58 PM (GMT 0)
Go on -- tell us your resolution for the New Year!

I started going back to the gym a couple of weeks ago. So my resolution is to regain my strength and endurance I lost while recuperating on the couch. (Might well take the couch outside and shoot it, or set it afire!!). devil
Posted 1/1/2012 2:36 PM (GMT 0)
Lose weight. Definitely lose weight. Last year's resolution was to feel better and I think it is the first new years resolution I have been able to fulfill in many years. YAY! YAY! YAY! I started walking in October/November and boy did I feel good. Then I started getting symptoms back so I backed off. I'm gonna give it a go again and see what happens. Easy does it.

Let me know if your couch is outside (not yet afire) so I can rest on my walks. LOL.
Posted 1/1/2012 3:13 PM (GMT 0)

DO IT!  And stick with it - you won't regret it - I did this back in 2002 when I weighed 280 lbs...I lost 80 lbs that year and have kept it off all this time!  But, unfortunately, we "gym rats" kinda giggle (to borrow a Trav expression) when we see folks in the gym in January. It always gets crowded in the gym in January and the slowly dwindles back to the normal crowd by about Valentines Day...we call the new attendees "resolution rats" - LOL! 

But seriously, exercise is an amazing healer. I go, even if I feel bad one day - I will say, okay, I owe it to myself to go for at least just 5 mnutes. Once, there, I seem to feel better and end up doing more and feeling better afterwards....plus, if the gym has a sauna or steam room - all the better! Good luck and go get 'em!!!!

Posted 1/1/2012 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
My RESOLUTION is to resurrect my painting. Watercolors...I hope to paint at least one per month in 2012. I was asked by our local art league to display my paintings in their foyer that devotes a month's time for a local artist and never fulfilled it. Plus, I was asked to show my work in a local coffee shop in a consignment type of set-up. I never did. I think one of my lessons to be learned with this episode of Lyme for me is to revisit my art - it's a nice juxtapose to my highly technical work at NASA - you know, the left/right brain thing.

My HOPE is to get my life back pre-Lyme diagnosis this past June. I would sit back in my backyard in the late afternoons - you know the time when the light is remarkably golden, open a bottle of nice pinot noir or an old vine zin, gaze upwards into the trees and the dappling of bright blue sky shining through and just sense that all was right with the world. I want that feeling back and I will get it.....
Posted 1/1/2012 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
To feel better...and definitely lose weight! I would love to be able to exercise again....soon. Yazzer, I understand about the painting. I get asked to do things all the time and in my mind I can do it....wish my body would cooperate!!! I work mostly in conte' crayon and oils when I'm up to it...and I plan to do more of it this year....even if I have to let the laundry go!
Posted 1/1/2012 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
This year I want to get back to running (which means transitioning from a 15-minute walk twice a week to running 45 minutes 6 days a week), stop eating sugar/seriously improve my diet, to let go of negativity, and to be more open - more like the person I was before I started hiding under a rock.

Good luck with all your resolutions everyone! We're a strong and determined bunch aren't we?
Posted 1/1/2012 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Do I really have to have resolutions??? smhair Giggle!!

My resolutions include staying as aggressive as I can with my treatments, continuing to eat as healthy as I can -- including having a bigger garden!!! :-)--, being better about keeping up with my smoothies, annnnnddddd taking better care of myself!! I still have a tendency to put myself and my health needs on the back burner anytime we are with our kids! I just didn't want to miss out on any more than I already have!!! eyes

May we all experience more healing this year!!! turn smilewinkgrin
Posted 1/1/2012 9:55 PM (GMT 0)
Ohhhh, I dislike resolutions!  scool

But here I go:  I promise myself to start doing liver flushes (not Dr. J's recipe in the beginning but a more simpler recipe).. cool

And to exercise more than I have..  Good for my old bones!  yeah

Denise

Posted 1/2/2012 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
hmmm well I don't make resolutions anymore BUT the last one I made was in 2008 and  I  actually did keep it.  I quit smoking and never looked back!  woohoo!

But now there is a resolution I would like to make and it is strange I know but here goes...

I would like to get rid of my horrific FEAR of TICKS!  I mean I am scared to death of reinfection.  I have seen where many of you have gotten reinfected and seem to have handled it well.  I just do not think I could actually handle a reinfection at this time.

Worse than that would be to actually SEE the tick on me!  Psycologically I couldn't handle it.

I stepped out of the car onto grass the other day along the road and my heart was in my throat because I thought for sure the tick would get on me because it took to long to open the door.

I will not go hiking (which I loved) especially in the winter time because I heard that the ticks stay out all winter too! 

Basically I have a very unhealthy fear of getting a tick on me and now I want to avoid all of the activities that I previously loved.

So there you have it.  A resolution to not fear ticks!   I will try very hard to deal with this.  (buying lots of bubble wrap!) smilewinkgrin

Posted 1/2/2012 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
OMG Scorp7 I can totally relate. Gardening was my absolute passion and I have almost given up totally since having lyme and then my husband and son getting diagnosed this year. We all 3 have gardened together for years. I don't know what to do. I believed my State and specifically my area to possibly be infested with ticks so I just don't think i can go back to enjoying it. So sad but . . .
Posted 1/2/2012 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
I listed so many resolutions (in a journal) that I'm bound to hit one of them, lol. I've gained about 10 lbs since I've started my abxs since they make me feel hungrier...so I'd like to lose that, and also start eating a healthier diet. Not just for losing weight, but to feel better. I've started exercising regularly a few weeks ago, so I'd like to keep that going, too.

I'd also like to start doing more art and writing. I miss drawing (my favorite medium is actually colored pencil), and writing poetry/short stories.

Hmm, what else...well, to beat my illness, of course. Along with depression. Oh! And to be more social. And get a more solid plan together for going back to school. Also to start saving more money (mostly by buying less clothing and other things I don't need, heh).

Phew, that's quite a list to keep track of, but I plan to keep revisiting that journal page every so often to remind me of everything. I wish everyone good luck with their own resolutions!
Posted 1/2/2012 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Scorp7 - No need to fear the ticks when you have a great support group like this forum to help fight these critters!

On another note - can you tell me where you got your Doug Coil? I was looking to purchase one and I saw on your previous posts about getting a decent one in PA. Send me an email.

Thanks and good luck with your New Year's Resolution.
Posted 1/2/2012 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
well i have a "goal book"....and i have started on about five of my ten.....learning to play an instrument preferrably a harmonica or violin, start dancing again...and start my own business......and above all....travel
Posted 1/2/2012 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hmm.....my goals this year are to stick to my gluten free way of eating....as I do tend to fall off the wagon on occasion......and to be consistent with my exercise.

I wish everyone luck in their resolutions and goals!! :)
Posted 1/3/2012 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
Cheetah girl - Sorry I just now saw your post. Yes I have and love the doug coil machine- I would never want to be without it now. Did you get his phone number yet?
Posted 1/4/2012 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hi scorp7 - I have been in email contact with Allieann who said that you have the phone number for where you purchased your machine. Can you send me an email with that info? I told her to forward my email to you so I don't know if she did that or not.

I have been treated with my Naturopath for the last couple of years with all the machines listed in the "When Antibiotics Fail: Rife Machines and Lyme Disease" by Bryan Rosnar and I would like to have my own machines. This way I can save money in the long run. They definitely work you just have to be patient with it.
Posted 1/4/2012 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
Great thread you started achievinggrace. I enjoyed reading everyones comments...made me chuckle too.

Hmmmm I'd have to say less work and more play. I know it's only day 3 but so far...it's going good! :D
Posted 1/7/2012 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
Most importantly, recover from this disease. Health is number one my list. Also to get a decent job, and hopefully end up living in the same place as my boyfriend.
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