The few and hopeful strategies of a girl who does not want to get sick

Sickness often comes at me like a train on tracks I’m shackled to … I tug at the chain but really all I can do is wait until I’m flattered. I don’t really have consistent strategies on early prevention when I get sick. I’m the person who always googles ‘how to stop a cold’ when I’m already cresting the worst of it. Then there are rumors of Emergen-C packets or Airborne or chicken noodle soup … some things are probably true.

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Stepping Up: A Wager

My health plan this year provided us with step tracker bracelets and, should we choose to participate, contributes money into our health savings account if we hit daily step goals. I’ve never had a step tracker before, but it was free and I figured I was already exercising so I might as well get paid for it. (The counter-argument is what these insurance companies might do with all this health data, but I am startlingly unconcerned about it).

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Eating Faux Pas

In my evolving journey to be healthier, I’m still making a lot of mistakes. If what you eat is the door to losing weight, portion control has been my key. I haven’t necessarily cut out foods I love but cut down. I play the game of counting calories which I’ve warned people about for the last ten years. I lean towards obsessive, after all, and food and weight is something I don’t want to be obsessive about.

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