Coconut Water

The new "IT" drink - Coconut Water. I have never heard of it. I have heard of using coconut oil in place of other oils for cooking and its health benefits but I wonder if coconut water does the same. Going to have to check this out.

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Sister's Car Accident

One of my little sisters was in a car accident last week that involved three cars.  She is okay but her car was badly damaged.  She had a nice car that was paid off but she didn't have full insurance on it - just the basic to drive it on the road.  I bet you that she is wishing that she had shopped around for the cheapest car insurance for full coverage now.

It's a good thing she knows somebody who fixes cars because her friend is going to fix it for about a third of what it would have cost her otherwise.  If he hadn't, the car would have been another pile of steel in a junkyard after parts were leached off of it.

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Weight Loss Going Again

Woo hoo!  The scale moved again!  I was beginning to think it was going to stay stuck forever but it dipped lower this morning than I've seen it in a few years.  I was so happy that I decided to see if my wedding ring and anniversary band would fit properly again.  They went on without feeling like they were choking my finger! 

I was starting to get discouraged again and was going to look up the best weight loss pill when I went to take a shower and I looked thinner in the mirror. I decided to jump on the scale to see. Sure enough...I went over the hump I was stuck on.

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Eczema Going Away

One benefit of the thyroid medication increase is that my eczema is clearing up.  It started on the first day of my double dose of thyroid medication and has been improving steadily since.  My face is completely clearned up.  My daughter thought I needed acne medicine (she said my face looked "gross" - thanks honey!). However, it was eczema but it's gone from my face and chest. I have a little bit left around my waistline where the pants rub but that's a lot better too.

I attributed it to my thyroid medication but I guess it could be because I stopped drinking milk too.  Though, if it was milk, I would think I'd have it all year long and not just in the winter like I do.  My doctor wanted me to stop for two weeks and then drink it again and see how I felt.  I went about four days without drinking milk but then I forgot and had a glass after eating some chocolate.  Boy did it hurt my stomach! 

He said I could have cheese if it didn't hurt my stomach.  Cream cheese had me doubled over with cramps yesterday morning so I guess cream cheese is out.

My doctor asked me why I needed milk, especially since it hurt me.  I told him, "Calcium."  He informed me there were other ways to get calcium, which I knew but some of those ways involve veggies I don't like.  Guess that means I'll be adding a calcium pill to my daily pill regimen (I take about 8-10 pills a day now between thyroid meds and supplements...I feel positively ancient).

I guess this makes me lactose intolerant.  Oh well, what other species drinks the milk of another species?  None that I know of!

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