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How I Regained My Youth, a Freewrite by owasco

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· @owasco ·
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How I Regained My Youth, a Freewrite
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One might say that I am no spring chicken. I am no longer considered young by very many. I might even qualify as *elderly* by all governmental standards worldwide. And until about a week ago, I felt elderly even by my own. 

I was exhausted all day, especially mid-afternoon. I would wake at night feeling nauseous. I had indigestion of the rather painful and runny kind. And I suspected, as we have been trained to do, that I had some dread, invisible, and possibly fatal disease. Isn't it funny where the mind goes? 

But that has all changed. I made three small and easy changes to my lifestyle. I now sleep better, experience no nausea, and have the energy of a spring chicken.

What were those three changes? 

First, I started eating better food. Organic, real, no fried food. No other restrictions. I eat fat and sugar whenever I feel like it. 

Second, I started cooking said food. This meant far less sitting at the computer, tethered to nodes hundreds of miles away.

Third, I gave up my two shot martini before bed. I really think this was the piece of my strategy to improve my well-being that had the biggest impact. 

Easy peasy. 

 







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This is my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite [challenge](https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@mariannewest/day-1559-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-spring-chicken). Today's prompt is ***spring chicken***. 






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@carolkean ·
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You may get junk mail for retirees and discounts for Senior Citizens, but you are not "elderly" as you already know. You're young at heart AND in your lifestyle.

LOL - the way you emphasize eating sugar **whenever** you choose, as opposed to following Glucose Goddess and her book [Glucose Revolution]() - to me, her findings make perfect sense. Eat a veggie for fiber and glucose-stabilization first, THEN eat your waffles/pancakes/muffins for breakfast. I'm ever amazed at the resistance I encounter when quoting the latest findings. Another one from Mayo Clinic makes sense: cancer patients, fast a day or two (water ony) before and after chemo. 

You're still writing, anyway, which is more than I'm doing, because I have abandoned hope of being heard (much less heeded), and in another hundred years or less, nobody will remember or care - and yes, i ** AM ** trying to climb out of this black hole of self-doubt and defeatism! 

Off to look at more Hubble telescope images of stellar nurseries, because stars are born, and stars die, and all the dumb things I've ever done will implode along with them. Broken down to the molecular level, all my impurities will vanish, and all shall be well!
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@owasco ·
I hear ya. I've been going through my older posts and am very saddened when I come across a really good one and realize it will never be read again. What IS the point of spending hours sitting here writing? For one, I do connect with other human beings, yourself chief among them. (xo) 

With recent actions against particular notions, whales wiping out earnings even on very low earning posts by newbies, it feels way too much like the rest of the world. Hive started out in glory, then devolved. There must be some good in using the internet, and I thought hive was part of the good. Now I am not so sure. 

I eat very little white sugar now that I've cut out my martini at night. Honey is my go to. I know your goddess doesn't like that much either. I have begun to begin my days with hot lemon water. Second day. I wonder what she thinks of that. lemon is a veggie. After my lemon water, I hit the coffee and honey sweetened items. 
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@carolkean ·
A tall glass of water with a tablespoon of vinegar is what Gluten "Goddess" recommends.
Offhand, no recollection of lemon juice filling in for vinegar, but she does say all types of vinegar are fine, and you can have your honey too, but it's best to have the vinegar (and a veggie) first.

Why do I pay attention to her? It's her FOLLOWERS and their stories of conquering diabetess, fatigue, eczema, acne, etc. Too early to tell if anyone's heading off dementia, but with my dad's history, I'm doing all I can to ward it off. I know, I know: LEARN a NEW LANGUAGE (Tim of course resumed his Morse Code from adolescence and regained his reemarkable skill set of understanding so many words per minute while all I hear is a static of dit dit dah duh dits). 

Oh the whales, oh the promises and pontential of Hive, oh the reality, Oh the humanity!

Meeting you here is my #1 consolation prize for writing stuff hardly anyone ever reads. :)
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@deeanndmathews ·
A great deal of wisdom here, for every age!

I doubled up on veggies, cut back on sugar, and stepped away from the computer more ... younger now than I was ten years ago!
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@owasco ·
It's quite amazing what a few changes can do for one. Stepping away from the computer is really important too. And I mean stepping, not just sitting in a different chair. Even if it's just to stand and cook. 

I'm glad to hear you're feeling younger too. 
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@rayt2 ·
You have selected the right path for your dietary habit and trust me age is not a factor in all this. With healthy eating habits one lives a better life and becomes more productive, all the best!
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@wrestlingdesires ·
Well done :) May we all try to be more healthy so we can have better lives 🙌
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@owasco ·
It's so simple. The alcohol was the hardest part, but once I got one day in, and felt so much better, the rest followed. Thanks for stopping by! 
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