Who Likes Squats?

January 14, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

I would say most people do not like to do squats, but some people probably do. The other day I was reading an article on bone health and preventing Osteoporosis. With CKD you know how important bone and muscle health is. Squats were considered one of the best weight- bearing exercises you could do for […]

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Exercise move of the week

December 27, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Tomorrow, March 1, 2021 I will be sharing a very exciting kidney update. Be sure to come back to check it. Welcome back to Sweating on Sunday! I can’t even work up a sweat it is so cold right now in Florida. If I get warm I am happy, lol. It was 27 this morning, […]

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Self care sunday my fall/halloween miniature garden

September 20, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Happy Sunday! It is another cool, dreary day in Florida. I do not mind the cool weather, matter of fact I welcome it. But, the gray, damp, dreary I could do without. I am a sunshine girl! Part of my self care routine is gardening and yardwork. Yes, yardwork! I find yardwork soothing even if […]

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Healthy Tip Tuesday: Get up and move!

September 1, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

If you have ever visited a doctor then you know one of the things they are regularly going to ask, or advise is to move more. To get more exercise, be more active, be physically fit. Unfortunately, they don’t often explain what those directions mean. They actually have a little bit of different definitions. Exercise […]

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Are you physically fit for your age?

August 5, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

First, what is the definition of being physically fit? If you are “Physically Fit“s you have a balance of cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, balance, flexibility, muscular strength, and % body fat As you can see it isn’t just about how strong you are, or how fast you can run. Physical fitness is different for all age […]

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Wellness Wednesday: Stretches for A Stiff Neck and the Serratus Anterior

January 29, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Well, as I mentioned the other day I have strained my Serratus Anterior. A muscle I knew was there but have never felt like it had been even worked let alone strained. Then I started doing push-ups. As I stated I was adding one push-up per day to see how many I could do. This […]

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Mindful Walking in Nature

November 11, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Edited 3/29/2021 Mindful Walking is not Fitness Walking. It is a walking Mindfully. What does that mean, exactly? Obviously, if you are walking you are still getting exercise. But, Mindful Walking will not focus on the exercise but rather experiencing everything about the walk, in the moment. If you think of who, what, where, when, […]

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Updated walking Buddy Plan

August 10, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Updated 8/24/2021 Ok, so this is probably the hardest one to come up with, because this is an online Health Coaching business. I don’t have a gym, or an office. This Health Buddy Melissa option is the Walking Buddy Plan. Please see the availability calendar below to see what days I am available for […]

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Sweating on Sunday: Sweatcoin Update and a New Pool

June 16, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

I am back from vacation, and feeling revived! We didn’t actually go anywhere, but we did have family come visit, and did a lot of relaxing. I love to relax, especially since it never seems to happen very often, lol. My daughter is officially done with the homeschool year, and it was perfect time to […]

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Sweating on Sunday

March 24, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

So, I am going to devote Sundays to doing posts about all forms of exercise. Since I love to walk, my first Sweating on Sunday post will be for Sweatcoin. This is not a paid post. I learned about Sweatcoin a few days ago. Basically you get paid to walk outside. It has to be […]

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Who Likes Squats? January 14, 2022
I would say most people do not like to do squats, but some people probably do. The other day I was reading an article on bone health and preventing Osteoporosis. With CKD you know how important bone and muscle health is. Squats were considered one of the best weight- bearing exercises you could do for [...]
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Living With CKD Pantry Challenge What We Ate 1/12-1/13 January 13, 2022
Hello, and happy Thursday. The weekend is coming and that means I will be at work. The hardest time for my family to follow the food budget is the weekends when I work. Last week I purchased lots of extra stuff for them to be able to prepare quick dishes. The purpose of the Pantry [...]
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Kidney Class: The Kidneys! January 12, 2022
Hello, and welcome to the first slide in the AKF Kidney Class. Today, I will share what the kidneys do. I did a detailed post about this last year, and you can read it here. Please be sure and look at the image with the information about the kidneys on it. The kidneys are two [...]
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Living With CKD Pantry Food Challenge January 11, 2022
So, if you read my post yesterday then you know I have two challenges for the whole year in 2022. The budget challenge is to save extra money, and you know what my phone died last night and I had to get a new one. So, isn’t that interesting! Anyway, I will try to post [...]
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A New Food Budget Challenge And Pantry Cooking With CKD January 10, 2022
Hello, and welcome to another Mindful Monday topic. Part of Mindfulness is being aware of what you are spending your hard-earned money on. All of 2021 we spent paying off debt, and not buying more stuff unless it was with cash as much as possible. We spent down so much of our debt and were [...]
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Kidney Class: Introduction January 5, 2022
Hello, and Happy Humpday. Below you will see an image which is the first slide in the AKF Kidney Class presentation. If I was doing this in person with you, this is the very first slide you would see. I will upload a new slide every Wednesday. Each slide will have an explanation, plus links [...]
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What To Expect On This Blog In 2022! January 3, 2022
Happy New Year! I worked all weekend, per usual, and it was a doozy. I slept so well last night that I am wondering if every day should be a doozy, lol. On Saturday I had a step count of 16,500 steps and Sunday 14,500 steps. That is a lot of steps! Before I get [...]
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7 Exercises You Should Not Do After Age 50! December 31, 2021
Happy Fitness Friday, and Happy New Year’s Eve! I will be at work all this weekend, so no fun festivities for me tonight! I talk a lot about exercise and fitness on this blog. That would make sense since it is a Health and Wellness blog. I tell people all the time you should not [...]
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My Top 10 Posts For 2021! December 30, 2021
Well, the year is almost over. Another year is gone and a new one is set to begin. How was your 2021? 2021 was a stressful year for me. I had so much family drama, work drama, and just plain society drama. I hate drama. It drains me. That doesn’t mean I don’t deal with [...]
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Is It Good News Or Bad News? December 29, 2021
Hello, and welcome to another Humpday post. If you read here often then you already know a few things about me. One is that I have CKD and get lab work every 6 months, but I have been stage 2 for two cycles now. I had my lab work for both doctors done on Monday. [...]
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