Not feeling so great. I am trying to fight off a cold or a fever. Not sure which. There were a ton of kids that were in last week that were sick, so that may have been it.

I have a short day today. I work 2-7. I think that i can tough it out. I slept in later today since I am not feeling so great. Hopefully that will help.

This article says it all. The model in the picture looks like she needs to eat a sandwich!

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one lonely raisin! I was putting the grapes in my fruit bowl for breakfast and came across this! I have never encountered this before!

I bought organic grapes this time around. They are smaller than the other grapes in the store, but very tasty!

I did end up eating the raisin and it was very good! I

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This was my breakfast today and for the last few days. I am trying to eat as healthy as I can. And honestly what can be more healthy than this?

Plus the blue berries are an amazing fruit! It is wonderful for the skin as well!

Joe and I are trying to find a company to insure me. We are having no luck at all.

They don’t care that it was a birth defect that caused my heart attack. They are treating me like I eat fried foods everyday and smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day.

My cardiologist Dr Beltran in Athens said that my heart is now more like a heart of a 20 year old and I should not have any problems in the future. Unless I take up smoking and eat 10 big macs a day.

Shouldn’t the insurance companies look at that? Look at how healthy that I am now? They should look at the fact that my blood pressure is excellent and it always was. I don’t take medication for my heart. The only reason that Dr. Beltran even put me on Lipitor was for preventative measures.

You would think that the insurance companies would look at the fact that it was a birth defect that was never caught because my blood pressure was always excellent and they had no need to look into any problems.

I didn’t even know that there was a problem till the day my artery collapsed and I had a heart attack!

Insurance companies used to be out there to help people. Now they are only there to help their stock holders.

Oh and Blue Cross Blue Shield is entitled to cover me since I was on the plan when it Ihappened, but they are trying to charge $650 a month! That is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate to say this, but I would rather go without insurance then pay that!
America should have goverment insurance like they do in England.

Joe is going to look into another way we can get me on insurance. It may have to be a high deductible and I may have to open up an escro account that would be just for Dr.’s visits.

We will see what happens.

Last night I finally got the well deserved sleep that I have been lacking for almost 2 weeks.

Since before the more I have been functioning on 4 to 5 hours of sleep. I would usually catch a 1 to 2 hour nap during the day. My sleep schedule was messed up!

Yesterday I decided that no matter how tired I was, I WAS NOT going to take a nap.

When we went to dinner I had 2 Woodchuck ciders. That did help with the sleep. When we got home I went straight to bed. That was at 8:30!

I am happy to say that I am back to being well rested!

We all need our beauty sleep. I know that I need mine!

Just had some dark chocolate as a snack. Normally I would feel guilty for indulging, however dark chocolate is good for the heart.

This month is heart health awareness month. The American Heart Association website gives lots of tips for being heart healthy.

I know I am glad that I can indulge now and then in dark chocolate and it is good for me!

I have been in a down mood I have to keep reminding myself of the good things in life. And reminding myself that I am alive! My modo in 2005 was “35 and still alive!” Also “2005 and still alive!”

Joe was cracking me up the other day. He said this years modo will be “Nothin to fix in 2006!”
Hee hee! Too damn funny!

Here is an article on the benefits of being Optimistic.

http://health.ivillage.com/mindbody/mbhappy/0,,bw_78v63nc0,00.html

I started a food journal yesterday. To keep me accountable for everything I eat. I think that it is going to help me think twice on pigging out. Especially since I am going to be writing everything down.

I am also writing down my daily exercise, to make sure I get in enough days a week. I think that this is going to help me with quest for a healthier lifestyle.

has a segment this whole week on Heart Health. Today focused on women and symptoms of Heart Attack and the fact that Drs misdiagnose many women.

Symptoms of Heart Attack for Women

-Chest Pain
-Shoulder Pain
-Jaw Pain (I had)
-Teeth Pain
-Shortness of Breath (I had)
-Nausea
-Fatigue ( I had)

More women die of heart attacks each year then men. One in Two women die of heart attack every year compared to one in 27 women with breast cancer. Breast cancer is still important to look out for. But more women pay attention to the symptoms for breast cancer then heart problems.
They also said that women tend to igonore their symptoms when it comes to heart health.

That is very scary to me. Luckily I was aware of symptoms of heart attack in women. I myself thought I was going through a panic attack. I am glad that I knew the symptoms though. That got me to Dr right away!