Hey good luck with all that, none of it is easy, I can kick them all for a while then Pizza drags me back in. Next thing you know I'm drinking beer having shots of whiskey and waking up sick.....I like the steam baths at my gym but saunas I have a hard time breathing in. Back in British Columbia it was all sauna's out east here all I know of are steam baths
Quitting booze is almost exactly like when I quit cigarettes. Had my last one and didn't look back. My wife marvels at my ability to quit something cold turkey but IDK, it works for me.
Been to some AA classes in the past and considered it a fluffy joke of a treatment. I'm wired different.
What helps me is being disgusted by something and hard coaching.
Thinking about cigs and booze, mostly the flavor and aromas that were once pleasant to me now make me gag and turn my stomach.
Food commercials of big greasy burger or pizza with cheese stretching across a room do the opposite and make me crave a salad.
On the backside is some hard coaching from my doc and people around me.
IDK if others do, but my doc will cuss at me and treat me like a grown man and not a sickly patient. He's from a football background and has a kid in the NFL so we're in the same type of environment where words are not minced and everything is hard. I respond to that. Reminds me of my old drill sergeants in the Army getting on my ass and pointing out things that could mean life or death.
I've also been getting help from a strength and conditioning football coach and told him as well, don't be nice and tell me what I need to hear not what I want to hear.
I'm still able to enjoy pizza but I gotta make it and verify ingredients.
A thin wheat crust is a heart healthy option on crust often with low carbs, 0 fat, low cals, 0 cholesterol, 0 sugar, and low salt.
I use fat free mozzarella. Only cheese approved by heart doctors. Sometimes I'll use plant based cheese too which are good once melted.
I'll use either a no salt/no sugar red sauce, pesto, or my fave, just brush with olive oil and shake Italian herbs on for the sauce.
And for toppings I just do veggies but will add hardy veggies like squash and artichoke hearts to replace any meats. If I do use a meat, it's shrimp or clams.
With ingredients like that I can make a pizza about as healthy as a chef's salad. Satisfies that craving 100% but it also helps that once I grew up into an adult, my taste for pepperoni has faded and it's kinda gross to me now so veggie pizza on wheat is right in my wheelhouse of flavor.
I have the big dry sauna at my work and a small steam sauna at home. Been a sauna guy for about 15 years now.
The dry is hard to breathe and takes time to acclimate to it. At first, I could only do 10 minutes with a towel over my face to cool the air I breathe in. But after maybe 5-6 times I was able to stay in longer and breathe better.
The dry is great for weight loss, pain, blood circulation and acclimating to heat.
Saunas have been one of the reasons I can function in 105 degree Summer weather.
The small steam sauna does some of the same but to less effectiveness yet excels at respiratory therapy with that steam. Add in some eucalyptus oil and you're in business! That's my go-to treatment for cold and flu.
thanks i'll use that info for sure. yea arch support is probably second in line to the stability. to add insult to injury i'm also flat footed so a good arch is nice. but the "wide tire" is a must for sure.
and i'm not apposed to the price, believe me id spend $500 if i knew it would help me!
i got my raider shorts on and texas shirt on!!!! rootin as much as i can for rounds two and three!!!!!
oh man they really know how to keep ya in suspense!!! i'm sure you can feel your body and know you're doing the right thing. i'm still sticking to my low carb diet, it's working. i didn't weigh myself yet but i know i'm lighter. sure feel high today!!! hahahaha
i sure do miss some good cajun rice though!!! hehe
Yeah I just now realized I never did talk about my NS trade in experience. I guess I was so sour about it I just wanted it over with.
That was when you made my magnet plate for me which had me all happy because I was still mad at NS for wanting another $35 for that part after I had just bought a $2000 press FFS. Talk about nickel and diming a customer to death. NS has that shit down!
Luckily I can still have rice! In fact might make some shrimp fried rice this weekend.
Yeah it was just techs and a nurse today then the doc will see me later to go over everything but they dropped some hints to make me smile and happy enough to go to the dispo and grab a celebratory cart of Mowie Wowie lol.
Yeah I can feel it too bro. I feel stronger, faster, and lighter. Can climb several flights of stairs like nothing now without getting winded.
I can also see it being able to wear clothes I haven't worn in a decade so I'm into some of my old Texas gear that look like new vintage today hahaha..
There's some stretch marks on my belly from shrinking like a pregnant woman after giving birth and I even had a lady get all flirty with me so much I had to tell her I was married while on a dog walk the other day.
All that in itself is a high I really enjoy. Booze can't even come close to it so that's just another reason why this has all been relatively ez for me.