tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24985170789618385422024-03-21T03:15:26.254-07:00Welcome to Healthy Lifestyle PAP !Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-58059664079512422212022-11-08T12:11:00.000-08:002022-11-08T12:11:21.588-08:00When you cannot run around in Nature <p> <span class="quotesign"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is
much better.</span><span class="quotesign"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="quotesign"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Juha Väätäinen, Finnish
former athlete</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This
morning, someone sent me this quote. A famous quote among runners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And I see
the point: rather than being a spectator confined to a stadium, or to a spot on the
sidewalk or a bleacher, runners are roaming around in Nature. Nature with a
capital N.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But then
there is the rest of us. <br />
Too embarrassed to run outside, even in Nature. <br />
Weathering a storm, freezing, or sweltering heat. <br />
Or hindered by the kidnaps alerts multiplying on our security app, the shooting
audibly approaching, and the unvaccinated dogs of those neighbors who already
left the country on the lookout for some fun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Being in
that last category, I did what many people do in this country: “degaje”: make
do with what you have. And I am blessed with a wonderful husband who put the
cherries on the cake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So, I bought
a treadmill; and a few years later upgraded to a heavy duty one when a fellow
runner sold his as he left the country – and Dear Husband provided for the
solar power to run it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Treadmill
walking and running is uneventful. <br />
Boring. <br />
Big Time. <br />
When I was just walking, I could keep myself somewhat entertained with videos and other things that move on a screen. Improving by
graduating from jogging to running, I needed to put off my glasses, so screen
time was over. Plus, fixing my eyes on a screen during my runs didn’t quite help
my running style. So the screen went out, and the wall mirrors came in. <br />
Someone suggested I’d try podcasts – but with my pounding the treadmill’s
running belt, plus my own huffing and puffing, no podcast seemed to keep me
concentrated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then I
placed the treadmill in front of the window. Every window here is equipped with
“fers forg</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">s” (which actually are “burglar bars”, but it sounds so much
nicer in French) and ours are home-made. Make that Husband-made. Make that
“hard to look past the bars”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I thought
long and hard for ways to look past the bars. <br />
A Garden would do! <br />
I started collecting cuttings and plants, and Husband arranged for a retaining
wall and other technicalities needed to make this a Real Garden. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Meanwhile,
my running improved, but it still felt like “running nowhere”. Until a virus
helped some people think out of the box, and virtual races became easy to
enroll into. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With my
first virtual race came a Cause I would be running for, and an awesome online
community. With pictures of other treadmill runners, back yard runners, parking
lot runners. I asked a few times how many rounds they’d run, and got answers
like 73, 171 and “I don’t even count”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now, between
running on my treadmill looking out on my pretty garden, versus running 171 (!)
rounds on a parking lot, I suddenly feel sooooo privileged with my treadmill!
And I am no longer “running nowhere” as I am contributing to charities I care
about while working on my running skills. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last week, I
saw someone referring to her treadmill as “dreadmill”. <br />
Poor thing (she, not her treadmill). <br />
I felt bad for her. Because I have been there. <br />
But I have come to love my treadmill, which got me over the years from
30-seconds jogs at the time to my upcoming Half Marathon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And that Nature? I am looking at it. Past the
burglar bars.<br />
So yes, we runners have the better part.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePNj6GFTfkf0v0y8H_yhv1ggXsI4yG1mzyBPT22qeZhIgqzhKSCKLIJoYFil60JPvQxNyFrcoSAhthHKYgBRNcnJoZjsCcGJufKzTWRSd3xPgq2RIK2UvsQV8577nN8r5PC8Q4Qj0ao77Gla2VShr7RHmAq6IUbTZEmqVm-Mgv7ZZPYiLD0dlxt2k/s600/RunforPeace%20Mar22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePNj6GFTfkf0v0y8H_yhv1ggXsI4yG1mzyBPT22qeZhIgqzhKSCKLIJoYFil60JPvQxNyFrcoSAhthHKYgBRNcnJoZjsCcGJufKzTWRSd3xPgq2RIK2UvsQV8577nN8r5PC8Q4Qj0ao77Gla2VShr7RHmAq6IUbTZEmqVm-Mgv7ZZPYiLD0dlxt2k/s320/RunforPeace%20Mar22.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-32572174818975152052022-09-27T08:54:00.001-07:002022-09-27T08:54:40.257-07:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">September is “Healthy Aging Month” -
remember?</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Did you do anything special yet?</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Or did you have good intentions but somewhat forgot and now
figure that the month is almost over?</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Well, your life is not over yet: as the Chinese proverb says <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBASCk7jJlWkhMucuQuV3H3E3lqQ9ZLFc3Mor_Ib0WPV_hrRY6MDb4DMCNC4bdDk2zI43vRRPSDAGCcTPJIad96N6y-dOfJko2nxJl9hpwvUL840lbdJKnLT6vPyyYmB63Av6eptQS0Yz-Dtt0BE7Xno_VOrc3mnDCz3R7CzVnQsyBxsUkd0-ensG8/s634/Best%20time%20is%20now.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="634" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBASCk7jJlWkhMucuQuV3H3E3lqQ9ZLFc3Mor_Ib0WPV_hrRY6MDb4DMCNC4bdDk2zI43vRRPSDAGCcTPJIad96N6y-dOfJko2nxJl9hpwvUL840lbdJKnLT6vPyyYmB63Av6eptQS0Yz-Dtt0BE7Xno_VOrc3mnDCz3R7CzVnQsyBxsUkd0-ensG8/s320/Best%20time%20is%20now.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. <br />
The second best time is NOW.” <br /><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">So even when you realize you should
have started 20 years ago, take your chance today!</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit !important; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Pick yourself up TODAY, NOW, and start doing something
simple: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">walk around the block, <br />
drink an extra glass of water, <br />
skip the junk food and eat something healthy, <br />
and sit down with whatever you eat or drink and eat and drink mindfully rather
than grazing mindlessly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Happy Healthy Aging!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-78809285995113400872022-06-07T06:51:00.000-07:002022-06-07T06:51:14.634-07:00<span style="font-family: verdana;">The Guest Blog</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Hi Evelien, <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is to invite you to contribute a guest blog for publication in the Healthie Yoo magazine".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And so it started. Sharing my story of reversing type 2 Diabetes to a larger audience. Sharing my passion for the often forgotten group of missionaries and other global workers with type 2 Diabetes who keep helping others and keeping their mission alive while neglecting to take care of their physical needs so they can actually keep doing what they do so well. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trying to reach "member care" groups, who will faithfully take up another offering or fundraiser to fly yet another missionary "back home" to be cared for - rather then helping that same missionary stay physically well right where he/she is and with whatever circumstances that may be.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just do the math: keeping a missionary healthy on the field, is less expensive than paying the regular shuttle service to the "back home" medical care - plus the costs of that same care. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is the same mathematics some insurance companies now use to start covering lifestyle interventions: keep people alive and well, and you'll have to disburse fewer medical expenses on them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So let's start a movement here: encourage, enable and help your missionaries live healthier lives RIGHT ON THE MISSION FIELD, rather than waiting for them to be completely running on empty, sick and miserable and then oh so lovingly (but a tad late...) taking care of them where YOU are, absorbing funds and energy that could have been used on the mission they were trying to live out. <br /></span><br />Here's the #HealthieYoo blog: <a href="https://www.healthieyoo.com/reversing-my-type-2-diabetes/" target="_blank">https://www.healthieyoo.com/reversing-my-type-2-diabetes/</a> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9NZNpoT_4ANeyqADnUPTFL5O7HBpFaEizBOp_gNavN3lfkguv78LTMO4pN-8RaAgkhmB2nAQnplgZ4bPx5b0n-jXKw4RUP_uz7Djl51Ir06owXniDTq3R9b05weVZTXmYBOXstUZOEr2N9BqoImDjegl0XuB7Ro0nHX2ADQja_9Eovss6jgj4sSZ/s1500/Hammer%20the%20medication.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9NZNpoT_4ANeyqADnUPTFL5O7HBpFaEizBOp_gNavN3lfkguv78LTMO4pN-8RaAgkhmB2nAQnplgZ4bPx5b0n-jXKw4RUP_uz7Djl51Ir06owXniDTq3R9b05weVZTXmYBOXstUZOEr2N9BqoImDjegl0XuB7Ro0nHX2ADQja_9Eovss6jgj4sSZ/s320/Hammer%20the%20medication.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Healthily yours,</span><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i>Evelien</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></h1></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-34880817883407704742022-03-28T06:34:00.001-07:002022-03-28T06:34:57.797-07:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Missionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once upon a time, you were called to this, “your” country.
You came, saw and adjusted. While the strenuous life of “the field” came, saw
and took over. <br />
<br />
Food was not like home, but this new country being your new home, you adjusted
to the new food – while folks “back home” continued sending the old food. <br />
So, you had double.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You somehow grew bigger, which by times made you feel
uncomfortable as you were ministering to people who did not. You needed the
“double” strength, as the demands of the field were more than your old frame
could bear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And now you’re in the “squeaking and creaking” age, but you
keep reassuring the congregation back home that you can just grin and bear it.
But deep down, the cracks in your earthen vessel show up on the outside. And
start bothering those who’ve sent and supported you throughout the years. <br />
“Shouldn’t you get back home now?”, they ask, unaware that “this” country is
now your home.<br />
“Aren’t you becoming a risk?” the missionary health insurance asks, unaware of
your prayers to have things work out.<br />
“be careful, or you’ll end up like XYZZ, who had to leave the field” – to which
you have no answer, as you cannot think of being more deserving to stay on the
field than that other missionary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leaving the field, prematurely. “Missionary attrition” being
the more official word.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You? <br />
Really?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, you pray. While you continue life as you know it. Eating
things you know you shouldn’t, but somehow can’t find the courage for to let
go. Plus, you need it and you’ve earned it with all the hardship you’ve been
through.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Next, you pray for a miracle. To get rid of this Diabetes.
Of the extra weight. Quite the mountain to move… <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And then you see this meme about picking up a spade. Not
because you “caused” the mountain, but just because you have everything it
takes to pick up the spade and start removing the excess. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylLAOusP_znb2TKFNK8UKheGuSwtcSfBiFvKps78wQBYtRmaHBYCvddsxunLb9t5g1qgckzxn9LEuP3hkrBHt6MQ_3ETy04Ge1AMcvbWVmYF82ccH-JUJEUa_ItFoSSCShEKusWXti9mwy5LtDterUwQJuwhY2FzKpN4X3XSN08-2h0M6BrwnKLaz/s633/Shovel%20move%20mountain%20-%20made%20in%20Canva.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="633" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylLAOusP_znb2TKFNK8UKheGuSwtcSfBiFvKps78wQBYtRmaHBYCvddsxunLb9t5g1qgckzxn9LEuP3hkrBHt6MQ_3ETy04Ge1AMcvbWVmYF82ccH-JUJEUa_ItFoSSCShEKusWXti9mwy5LtDterUwQJuwhY2FzKpN4X3XSN08-2h0M6BrwnKLaz/s320/Shovel%20move%20mountain%20-%20made%20in%20Canva.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal">Picking up the shovel, getting back in shape, being able to
keep serving right where you were called to serve. <br />
You? <br />
Really?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From my own experience, I know how difficult this is to
believe, let alone to do. I had to abort my job of helping others because my
body couldn’t sustain the effort. I failed the people I was supposed to
represent, I failed my colleagues and I failed the program financing the whole.
<br />
With type 2 Diabetes, cardiovascular issues, several surgeries because of
tendinitis and a mountain of medication, I had quite a mountain in front of me.
But I was fortunate to be handed a shovel and started to move. And step by
step, or scoop by scoop, I could let go of the many pills and even the insulin
shots, enjoying a normal life without diabetes medication and with blood sugar
in the normal range.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you long for a future without Diabetes medication? I can
testify from my own experience that it is possible, yes, even where you are
serving.<br />
I’ve adapted an existing program to “reverse” type 2 Diabetes, to the realities
of the mission field – including Home Service!<br />
The classes are online, so that you can follow along right where you are – on 4
continents thus far.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Send me an email to healthylifestylehaiti@cheerful.com and
I’ll gladly tell you how to enroll in my next class. <br />
<br />
healthily yours,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Evelien</span></i></b>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-57622469252493431412022-02-10T12:10:00.000-08:002022-02-10T12:10:14.273-08:00<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Juice in a Ziploc - or "what's in your bag?"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Juice carton, Ziploc against the leaking, adding a washcloth
for when it did anyhow – and so my purse got bigger and bigger. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The “load” of being diabetic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hurray for tablets: no hassle with leaks, but a
working a bit slower to get my blood sugar up.<br />
Oh, and then adding the insulin pens, for those occasions where my blood sugar
went “up” a tad too enthusiastically.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The hassle of trying to balance your blood sugar,<br />
the hassle of having type 2 Diabetes,<br />
the enormous hassle of being on insulin.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWjU-7phyaw94ONo7rnDh6UJtz3lNJQN6wm2WqMX37R87AOv3zwSJ5ue7PZoxhqMi4PlP184J2rsD4FIwKXYtMNFO5MA2zZUBJjwUywze_JlYtdGfQnnMcKOr3pEF4_Ki8hkSdKUZdq5TKVhfXFhKHPzooRsMPmtlQXHzaHuRFm3nZFX5PYMgRe2s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="328" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWjU-7phyaw94ONo7rnDh6UJtz3lNJQN6wm2WqMX37R87AOv3zwSJ5ue7PZoxhqMi4PlP184J2rsD4FIwKXYtMNFO5MA2zZUBJjwUywze_JlYtdGfQnnMcKOr3pEF4_Ki8hkSdKUZdq5TKVhfXFhKHPzooRsMPmtlQXHzaHuRFm3nZFX5PYMgRe2s" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You should see me now!<br />
Just my Phone and me, some plastic cards in the cover for unplanned expenses –
and that’s all I carry…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you are on diabetes medication and want to learn how to lower
or even eliminate your diabetes medication, send me a message to <a href="mailto:healthylifestylehaiti@cheerful.com">healthylifestylehaiti@cheerful.com</a>
and I’ll gladly how you can enroll in my “Doable Diabetes mini class”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Healthily yours,</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Evelien</span></span></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-12539730274004914872021-08-04T02:30:00.000-07:002021-08-04T02:30:21.499-07:00But I just can't do a Plank!<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">“oh, I’ve tried that – but I just can’t plank”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Were you the one saying or thinking that? Could be, as I
hear it often. <br />
I, too, couldn’t master the plank. Just getting on the floor on all fours is quite an issue
when you’re overweight or have squeaky joints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So here’s my challenge: could you, just for one time, try
this one: yes, get on the floor, on your elbows. Now up on your tiptoes, belly
off the floor: YOU DO A PLANK! Just for 1 second. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, plop down and let this sink in: you actually managed to
do a plank for 1 second. Maybe not the best technique, maybe … whatever. You did
it. For just 1 second.<br />
And you didn’t need to change clothes, or buy some special outfit. And you didn’t
work a sweat – while you did work some major muscle groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Could you try again tomorrow, adding 1 second: that would
mean you can plank for TWO seconds. <br />
And then next day…. You get it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have a planking challenge going on, which started on
August 1<sup>st</sup> with a one second plank. If you want to join us, you could
catch up with us: on this 4<sup>th</sup> of August you’ll do 4 seconds. OR, you
just keep doing 1 second, while watching the videos of our progress passing by.<br />
The main thing is: you actually did exercise. No, not life changing on its own,
but yes life changing as it got you off the couch and doing a powerful
exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some call it micro steps, I call it doable steps. <br />
Follow me for more Evelien’s Doables!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvf5xwkz4cAi-xNj-tnLF1BMcdE0wxXqFyUZxb7goQPEJkWaSTMQZmv39w7qxEVD6oh42sfy5967tp9uElMI4-D8M0_duygZ-FMVh1y6BIuAZKVPWvHJ3LyNuo7sfid9dcq7H-DMn3Oo/s667/Plank+Evelien.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="667" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvf5xwkz4cAi-xNj-tnLF1BMcdE0wxXqFyUZxb7goQPEJkWaSTMQZmv39w7qxEVD6oh42sfy5967tp9uElMI4-D8M0_duygZ-FMVh1y6BIuAZKVPWvHJ3LyNuo7sfid9dcq7H-DMn3Oo/s320/Plank+Evelien.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-26187550237348382152021-07-07T02:06:00.003-07:002021-07-07T02:06:47.459-07:00If only this THING is over... <p> If only this <i>thing</i> is over .... </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You used to live here. No, not “here”, but in your location
at the time. That time when you could only think in terms of “if only I make it
out of here”…. Your “here” being Nigeria, Rwanda, Haiti or similar place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Remember Haiti? By now, you most probably only remember her
people, her beauty, her “there’s no other place like that”, the “only in
Haiti!” <br />
Remember the Embargo? Or the burning barricades, the violence, the whatevers.<br />
You probably do, because you used to tell everyone that THAT was the cause for
your unhealthy living. <br />
“If only this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thing</i> is over”, “if
only I’m out of here” …. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, we survived the embargo, and you moved on to other
places: the new assignment, the new ministry, the new “home”, “back home”,
“anywhere else than Haiti”, or whatever name you chose for your Neverland. <o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4MEurjpyqISM9-PMWrNtngiiDL_DtSmKiqwBO5aTXNocFmJY9Oh9deGYXi0TuGUbfRgmmQfaYp2dM364peAfiVjm5arRZ5BG3Jcxs4jKdEvLzToatZQaMk3A2WIJiQ11LxmjCbfDsLU/s638/Missionary+bellies+after+return.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4MEurjpyqISM9-PMWrNtngiiDL_DtSmKiqwBO5aTXNocFmJY9Oh9deGYXi0TuGUbfRgmmQfaYp2dM364peAfiVjm5arRZ5BG3Jcxs4jKdEvLzToatZQaMk3A2WIJiQ11LxmjCbfDsLU/s320/Missionary+bellies+after+return.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Let’s fast forward. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Oops,
something seems off</u></i>. What happened? <br />
Your waistline now larger than your new country’s GNP, the shelter-in-place
apparently substituted by shelter-in-food-places, the rice & beans
substituted by edible nonsense of all sorts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Remember Haiti? <br />
Remember the Embargo? <br />
When your family and church “back home” would be so worried about “those living
conditions” and you became masters in soothing those worries by explaining how
you could “degaj<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span>” like a local: make do with what you have, make it work
even if it doesn’t. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can come back. No, not physically return to Haiti, but
come back to your old size and stamina.<br />
And your first step is to stop the “if only”’s in your life. <br />
There is no “if only”, there is only “now” and “here”. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you don’t need where to even start, let me assist you.
Drop me a message at healthylifestylehaiti@cheerful.com and I’ll gladly talk with you about ways to help you get back
to a healthier you.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-26012243678439214422021-04-15T08:16:00.000-07:002021-04-15T08:16:14.123-07:00Slow as Molasses<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slow as
molasses</span></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slow as molasses. As
crystallized honey through a tea strainer. Slow to get started, slow to move,
slow to keep going or going to the right place.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
My body slow. My head slow. My emotions slow. Not as in laid-back, slowing down
or “Slow Life”, but slow as in dull, drowsy, heavy, sluggish, blah and out of
it. A lack of energy, as blood sugar levels get low. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDcRz-f8xiPe_ZC6d0SVnoE2oe1Fd3g6Vq01xuhYPFCXbaDYwICVEoSdTuzM6UAOCSXaxetyyZ5D4jy73ZdKIsOSH38SUAHQAxlMzBLJvsLA75U-jq083A97XtkXSsmARFoO4fJOlMTM/s1006/Dikke+Stroop+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1006" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDcRz-f8xiPe_ZC6d0SVnoE2oe1Fd3g6Vq01xuhYPFCXbaDYwICVEoSdTuzM6UAOCSXaxetyyZ5D4jy73ZdKIsOSH38SUAHQAxlMzBLJvsLA75U-jq083A97XtkXSsmARFoO4fJOlMTM/s320/Dikke+Stroop+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Welcome to Type 2 Diabetes. <br />
My low sugar making me feel as … molasses, or that thick crystallized honey. Standing
knee deep in a river, dying of thirst. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Talking about thirst, that’s what kicks in when blood sugar
levels get too high. Body on high, running going nowhere. Head on high,
starting and not finishing jobs. Emotions on high, playing roller coaster. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I remember working with my doctor to get my glucose levels
more balanced throughout the day. Small pills, larger pills, more pills,
insulin shots in the evening, then before the meals. It worked! It worked so
well, that I blamed her for not having started me on insulin sooner; it worked
so well, that I kept asking for more – until the doctor wasn’t all that
enthusiastic any longer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
And my own enthusiasm faded too. Medication was cumbersome on several levels
and caused additional issues as side effects started to develop. And then the
realization that this was a one-way street to bad, worse and the worst. <br />
<br />
But one day I heard about the detour: making the U-turn to get out of this
downward spiral by making some simple yet powerful changes. Instead of
regulating blood sugar levels with medication, there were things I, myself,
could do to bring balance. Simple steps, doable steps, even for me. <br />
Ever since, I am no longer slow as molasses and no longer experiencing these
up-and-down blood sugar levels. No longer on insulin and no longer on other
Diabetes medication. Stable and energetic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Curious? Send me an email at </span><a href="mailto:HealthyLifestyleHaiti@Cheerful.com" style="font-family: helvetica;">HealthyLifestyleHaiti@Cheerful.com</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
and I will gladly answer your questions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Healthily yours,</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br />Evelien</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-7177888423571415612021-03-13T16:45:00.001-08:002021-04-15T06:56:47.514-07:00What Insulin do you use?<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>What Insulin do you use?<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a Sunday morning, two years ago, staying home to stay off
the street. A WhatsApp message from our son, staying at a friend’s house:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CUWKrid6sYyE-jyZ5iqNQ3pnQ-NaoybIOdfoFFDTpTz_qMbTe1N7sl0TCm0UEp4s4ZevKDAAegXCaoJV2jhikXAKCwF5CyRAwFVtz-K1IuIF-mwx0znGcYfol1gsKRkteiDJNCln5c0/s2001/Bombarded+with+insulin+2.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1125" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CUWKrid6sYyE-jyZ5iqNQ3pnQ-NaoybIOdfoFFDTpTz_qMbTe1N7sl0TCm0UEp4s4ZevKDAAegXCaoJV2jhikXAKCwF5CyRAwFVtz-K1IuIF-mwx0znGcYfol1gsKRkteiDJNCln5c0/w113-h200/Bombarded+with+insulin+2.PNG" width="113" /></a> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Which
insulin do you use?”<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Me:
“Levemir and Novorapid”<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He:
“Apparently, the MD pharmacy has some”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span>Me: “thanks, but I have quite a
stock already”<br />
<span> </span>He: “I’m bombarded with help here for if you need insulin”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span>(..)<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span> </span></span>He: “B.Supermarket carries it also quite
often, but at $70 per pen – <span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">they tell me here that that’s </span><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">very expensive”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, those sweet friends and parents of friends, sending
messages from here to there, pointing each other to where insulin can be found,
which pharmacy is functioning, what other places have started supplying as
well. The panic when lockdown came out of the blue, or dragged on for more days
than expected.<br />
And your own worries: what if something goes wrong, really wrong, just when you
need your next shot or next pill – or when you’ve just taken that and now must
eat…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome to the world of type 2 Diabetes, where you have a
bit more to organize that other people, while feeling so lousy for keeping your
children, their friends and their parents on the alert for your wellbeing.
Stress upon stress and then stress about causing so much stress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Never had such a message again. Because I no longer use insulin,
nor any other Diabetes medication. Well, there was a message last week: “do you
have a pack of coffee? I ran out and it’s so hard to stay home without good
coffee”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you want to get off insulin too, enroll in my online
class to learn how it can be done in easy doable steps. Send me an email to <a href="mailto:HealthyLifestyleHaiti@Cheerful.com">HealthyLifestyleHaiti@Cheerful.com</a>
and I’ll send you the info. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Healthily yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Evelien</span><o:p></o:p></p>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-18674338424623085412021-03-01T13:56:00.000-08:002021-03-01T13:56:17.942-08:00the Pill Caroussel<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-eCLwWcEZpHlWYXSCc_QGirMv8x1m5_zXW1mr7Oeqp6iiZF66ly5s1GCzQIzYsHt0x0KB4K6h2HnTS32vRkfvqy1k0slJX6-XqzLZXwY2bbkH0d1zC3sWAF5Q37Ck4JyH1EsM4JtYPY/s1125/Pill+Carousel+cartooned+blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-eCLwWcEZpHlWYXSCc_QGirMv8x1m5_zXW1mr7Oeqp6iiZF66ly5s1GCzQIzYsHt0x0KB4K6h2HnTS32vRkfvqy1k0slJX6-XqzLZXwY2bbkH0d1zC3sWAF5Q37Ck4JyH1EsM4JtYPY/s320/Pill+Carousel+cartooned+blue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The Pill Caroussel<br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Can you do that when
I’m <i>not</i> around?” he asked with an unusually small voice. <br />
“Why, you find it scary? It’s just pills”, I flipped back. My teenage son
shrugged his shoulders and got himself out of the way. My counting out of pills
apparently made him a little nervous.<br />
<br />
“Just pills”. A lot of pills. So many, that I needed a daily pill organizer;
and then a carousel to organize those organizers into something reassuring me
that I was all set for another month. And looking ahead: was there anything in
the foreseeable future requiring additional reserves? Travel, shelter in place
for either political or tropical storms, upcoming shortages of any kind or any
reason? <br />
Pills in stock, pills in my purse and my car, pills for “just in case” and
pills to counter the absence of other pills. And pills to counter the toll on
my stomach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then came the insulin pens – which needed to be
transported from the supplier in a cooler and at home stocked in the fridge
(not to mention thinking about also buying needles for the injections). Add
insulin cool-pouches for travel. It could all be organized, planned and
administrated. Hence, I organized, planned and administrated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then the change.<br />
Reading about “other” ways to live with type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, weird cardiovascular issues and taking care of my gastrointestinal
system which could no longer stomach all this medication. “Reversing”,
“beating”, “taking control over” type 2 Diabetes and its unfriendly companions.
Buying the books, attending information meetings, taking courses, reading
articles, joining patient groups, absorbing while trying and applying. Watching
the magic happen…. <br />
Medication decreased, doses got smaller, prescriptions shorter, insulin
discontinued, other medication discontinued, lab results improved, energy went
up and weight went down! Out went the carousel, up my energy and zest for life
and people asking if I could share what I’d found. A dream unfolding ….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And so Healthy Lifestyle Haiti was born. Now to organize,
plan and administer all the knowledge 😉<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you, too, want to learn how to turn around
your type 2 Diabetes, drop me an email at HealthyLifestyleHaiti@cheerful.com and
I gladly explain how to enroll in the next class.<br /><br />Healthily yours,<br /><br />Evelien <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW3S6pIfLXekfTJiJR-ubsGEvotT2W80p8KHTvEW-9O90OrIu2-wfvt30CiNpf5ghw-DeySYMszZWlpKAjOi1DbJh889ToN7VMksjlGe-2q8nRa8mn-4aFzS_u5-fefVgS18ZTHwU71w/s627/Selfie+thuis+Febr2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="627" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW3S6pIfLXekfTJiJR-ubsGEvotT2W80p8KHTvEW-9O90OrIu2-wfvt30CiNpf5ghw-DeySYMszZWlpKAjOi1DbJh889ToN7VMksjlGe-2q8nRa8mn-4aFzS_u5-fefVgS18ZTHwU71w/w200-h197/Selfie+thuis+Febr2020.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /></span></span>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498517078961838542.post-63353418661828888492020-04-22T10:19:00.000-07:002020-04-22T10:19:05.038-07:00What's in a name - part 2<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the name of the
program: “Healing Diabetes”? <br />
Even though that I no longer am insulin dependent, I am not truly healed from my
Diabetes 2, however I no longer need medical intervention. <br />
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Think of it as an allergy: if you are allergic to, say, Polar Bears, you can manage
that allergy by moving to the Tropics: no Polar Bears, thus no allergic
reaction, and no more allergy medication – but to consider yourself “healed” from
your Polar Bear allergy would be too far-fetched. Get it?<br />
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If you treat your Diabetes 2 as an allergy to certain food groups, you can live
a very healthy life just like non-Diabetics by relocating from
“What-Everyone-Is-Eating”-land to “What-Allows-Me-To-Live-Without-Medication”-land.
And similar to the move from the Arctic to the Tropics, this will introduce you
to new types of food, a different way of physically moving through life, sleep and
relaxation. Exciting!<br />
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Hence, rather than suggesting this program will be healing, reversing, or
beating Diabetes, I suggest calling it a taming, a minimizing or even coping
with Diabetes – but the latter in the sense of avoiding the Polar Bears rather
than safely living with them by carrying an anesthetic gun to keep these killers at
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So join me on this adventure, taking responsibility for your health and taking control of your Diabetes 2 by changing your lifestyle. Let’s just call it
proudly “Healthy Lifestyle PAP” as we started the journey in Port-au-Prince,
hoping to become a model for other countries.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">People often assume I am on a “Keto diet”. As much as they
assume knowing what all that entails. <br />Well, I am not on a diet, and do not
follow the “Keto” rules, but at the same time I’ve learned that the easiest way
to prevent a lengthy conversation is to simply nod “yeah” on the “you’re doing
Keto, right?” remark and be over with it. Because in case someone is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> interested, a whole series of
questions will follow. And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">then</i> you
get me started because it’s worth the talking when ears are open wide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />So what <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do</i> I do? I
follow the pillars of the Dutch “Reverse Diabetes 2 Now” program: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is this cocktail that has brought me where I am today,
and which I will be teaching. Not just a diet, as nutrition is only one part of
the process and what we do is supposed to be a <b>lifestyle</b>. Let that sink in: a
lifelong commitment. For the rest of your life, eat differently from what
you’ve taken so far, and perhaps different from what your family and/or friends
are eating (not to mention their opinions). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you know anyone getting sober or quitting smoking? Some will
take the drastic step of going cold turkey and dive right in, where others
prefer weaning off during a process of weeks, months or even longer. Take
heart, you will have both options as well for your adaptation to this new
lifestyle. You may ease into this “for the rest of your life” habit and take
all the time you need. Isn’t that comforting? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hospital in NYC, the doctor finally came in with the results: “the good news is
that it wasn’t a heart attack, but the not so good news is that we found a few
other things; (…) you need to drastically change your life”, adding that as a
first step I should earnestly exercise for an hour a day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />I already had been diagnosed with Diabetes 2 for 8 years and
injecting insulin for 5 years, gradually adding cardiovascular medication to my
growing list of medications. Since this confronting conversation, I started a
difficult and often confusing process to change from the always-tired grumpy
old woman I had been for so long, into the energetic feeling-10-years-younger I
am today, no longer using insulin while reducing all other medication. I count
myself very fortunate and privileged to have been given this chance, and having
received so much support from both my husband as well as doctors ànd the right
circumstances. Looking back, the often challenging situations here in Haiti,
where many of the “HowTo’s” from my research did not seem to apply nor work,
helped me develop my own path and gradually a dream: to share this, not only
with fellow Diabetes-2 patients in Haiti, but also beyond: we are not the only
place on earth where you can’t always safely exercise outside or find these
fancy solutions you read about.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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food which eventually changed; I came across the Dutch Lifestyle program “Reverse
Diabetes 2 Now” which claimed to be both user friendly and successful. As I
couldn’t enroll from Haiti, I bought the book and started my DIY version of the
program. My sugar levels stabilized, insulin could be reduced, and as a bonus I
started to lose weight and gain more energy. When I found myself plateauing
after 6 months, I found an e-coach who helped my take the more drastic steps
and/or adapt the program to my situation and food choices. With that, my weight
plummeted, and my doctors decided it was time to try discontinue insulin completely
and no longer label me as “at risk”, meaning I don’t have to come back! That
was in August 2019… and I am overjoyed to tell you that I have not returned to
insulin, have been further reducing my other medication, and feel better than I
have felt in years! <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then came Corona…… I had not yet fully developed the program
I was writing, still adding research and more study, trying to make it easy to
understand and digest for the group I wanted to support. But people from
different corners of life started to write me: “hey, do you have tips on
surviving a lockdown? You’d be the most experienced of us all…”, “how do you
stick to your healthy food habits when you can’t find the food you normally
eat?”, “how do you get your daily exercise while staying inside?”. The answer
in Haiti would be “well, you just <i>dégajé</i>”
which translates as “you make do” or “you’ll get your way around”.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, ready or not, I am starting the conversation with you, “dégajé”-style,
tweaking and improving as I go. Sharing the message that you, too, can take charge of your health, and I will humbly show you the way.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 28.0pt;">Evelien</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span>Healthy Lifestyle PAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422263821664561093noreply@blogger.com4