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Staying Healthy with Walgreens Steps

  As some of you know, last week was REALLY rough for me! I woke up Wednesday with excruciating pain in my mouth. Thinking it was my teeth, I made an immediate appointment with my dentist. Four feelings later and, the pain was still there. Ugh! So, Friday we headed to Urgent Care where I was diagnosed with a severe sinus infection. Two shots and some antibiotics later, I was on the road to recovery. Since I needed to go to Walgreens to have my prescription filled, I decided to grab a few other things to help keep me healthy. The doctor suggested I pick up some Alavert to get me through this awful season with as few allergy attacks and sinus infections as possible. I also picked up a case of water (staying hydrated is SO important), a few Luna Bars to get me through the busy days and some Glide Floss Picks that the dentist recommended. I had seen some signage in Walgreens about the Walgreens Steps with Balance Rewards program so, I decided to check out the app. The St...

Juicing

Yes, I have started juicing.  My hubby and I started on Sunday and boy has it been something else.  A few weeks ago we watched the documentary ' Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead '.  It is about a man, Joe Cross, who has an autoimmune disease and totally turns his life around by juicing.  There is obviously more to the story but you need to watch the movie, not going to give it all away. In the movie Joe spends 60 days putting nothing in his body but fresh vegetable and fruit juice.  He was also closely monitored by doctors.  I would not start out to do a 60 reboot unless you have your doctors permission and are being closely monitored. Hubby and I have decided to give it 10 days.  I would love to do 30 but, let's get past the first 10 and see how we feel about it after that.  So far it has been OK, this is only our 3rd day though.  Yesterday was pretty rough.  Sunday's juices weren't the best tasting..in fact, they were pretty bad.  B...