Week 6: (Wed. 9/22/21): My Participation in the | Wednesday Wellbeing Club - (Until 11/24/21)

Hello all "We Are Alive Tribe" members. As part of the #aliveandthriving initiative, I welcome to the Wednesday Wellbeing Club, of which I participate. The Wellbeing Club is hosted by Hive account@shanibeer over in the Natural Medicine Community.

The Club kicked off its initiative on Wednesday, August 11. However, you can join in any time. You can also read about it here: Wednesday Wellbeing Club | 11 August - 24 November | Week 1: Wednesday 18 August 2021

Since retirement, I've found I'm as busy as ever, often caught up in completing numerous tasks others feel I have time to dedicate to. They cite the reason as me being available because I don't have anything else to do.

Sometimes, you just have to say "no" and take time for yourself. I found the Wednesday Wellbeing Club fits with my perspective of taking time to take care of myself. It's given me the opportunity to assess my weekly routines and address some tasks and projects that may not be serving me well or in my best interest. In other words, I wanted to make a lifestyle change.

That's where Hive account@shanibeer's initiative on Wednesdays helped me. It's still going strong as you can see in her report today: Wednesday Wellbeing Club | 11 August - 24 November | Week 6: Wednesday 22 September 2021. This week's Wellbeing TIP again covers the topic of sleep and it's association with your wellbeing.

The Wednesday Wellbeing Club is all about adapting to changes you make. I adopted the Club's Rule of Fives as my guideline. The ability to create my own Rules and work within the Club's framework is easy. That way, I'll be able to fully maintain my wellbeing plan.

Here is my Rule of FOURS for each week:

• Lose 2 lbs.;
• Enjoy 4 x 30-minute sessions of physical activity (either indoors or outdoors);
• Eat 4 x (1/2 cup combined) - portions of fruit and vegetables each day;
• Get 4 nights x 8 hours sleep.
• Carve out 4 x 30-minute sessions offline either with family or self-indulgence quiet time.

DEVELOPING GOOD SLEEPING HABITS

In Hive account@shanibeer's post this week, she provides tips on sleeping habits and how to train yourself. She provides advice on the words you use. I have to admit that sleeping patterns are my nemesis. Since retirement, I began sleeping later and staying up later. Often I won't feel sleepy until well after midnight. That's why I have most of my energy. Seems odd after having been awake all day. I take care of chores, read, and make notes of upcoming project. I have dedicated myself this past month to carving out enough time for my digital art drawings and reading during those hours.

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Let's see how well I did in Week 6:

Activity	Goal	Week 6	To Date	On Target
Weight	-2 lbs. week	-.5	-4	4.5 lbs. lost; overindulged a bit
Physical Activity	4 (sessions; 30 min. each)/week	4		on target with trampoline and exercise bike
Eating	4 x (1/2 cups each; fruits/veggies) per day	4		on target
Wellness in Sleep	4 nights x 8 hrs.	4		😴 well!
Offline Wellness	4 events	Tokenized		digital artwork in NFT

Wellness, Weight and Diabetes

I'd like to address one aspect of my Wellbeing plan. It concerns weight and Diabetes. My weight loss is slow again this week. I underwent my annual physical exam. My doctor stated I was doing well with my weight loss plan to lose it slowly. I feel better hearing that.

Also, I was informed the recent spike in my A1C number in the 140 - 160 range I wrote about last week was acceptable. You can imagine my surprise. This is contrary to past medical advice. I desperately tried to reduce my A1C number to below 100.

I hate changing doctors, then receive differing opinions. However, in line with my new stress-free approach, I'm taking the advice of my new doctor. I have to admit though that the past six months, I've been feeling a bit off balance and weak. My new doctor said it was because I was going too far in the opposite direction. Low blood sugar is just as counter-effective as high blood sugar. I'll leave the diagnosis to the doctors and stop second-guessing them.

I also took the opportunity to receive my annual Flu vaccine for seniors. Apparently, there is a new dosage to better protect us aged 65 and above. I was happy to hear that and gladly endured the two-day soreness in my arm.

Again, if you missed my post last week, I advised of several sugar-free recipe books on the market, especially for Diabetics. Check out the Diabetics Foundation. On their website is an entire section on Nutrition and daily meal planning.

Also, I found several sugar-free recipes for Diabetics like me at this site: Sugar-Free Dessert Recipes | Allrecipes

I feel that this week was good. I still haven't reached my goals in all the specific areas I outlined. I'll continue to follow my new Wellbeing Club RULES OF 4. Once I start I project, I see it to completion.

See you next Wednesday everyone for Week 6 of the Wellbeing Club. If you are participating in any lifestyle change program, I'd love to hear what you are doing or your program that works well for you.

WEDNESDAY WELLBEING CLUB JOURNEY

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