Truitt Headshrinker

I had heard SO MANY favorable comments about my chiropractor’s massage guy that comes to town once a month from Austin that I booked a massage with him this past Friday. The work that he did on me was just astounding. He blew my mind and shrank my head! Truitt believes that our bodies reflect and hold onto emotional traumas that we go through. He is incredibly sensitive and intuitive about picking up on a person’s energies. I think he figured me out quickly. He talked to me and quizzed me until I told him all about my loss of Mom and BooBoo and Steve. His gentleness and compassion were amazing and he verbalized things that had been buried deep in my thoughts. He spent so much time on me beyond my appointment that we had to stop for his next client – so I feel sort of half-baked. He will return next week, and I hope to snag another appointment (He is always in high demand from his core group of clientele) so that he can finish the job. It’s unusual and pleasing to find someone so naturally gifted and talented at his job.
Truitt puts everything of himself into his sessions…. He must be exhausted after doing that all day.

Twist and Crack

When I went to see Eric, my chiropractor this week, I found that he had made a new promotional brochure - and included a quote from me in it. Awhile back, he asked if I would write a "testimonial" for him. I wrote four or five of different styles and lengths and said that he could put my name on any of them - for they're all true. So, I'm glad that he decided to include me.

My back is getting better -- but somewhere along the way I realized that Eric helped me BEYOND the back/body issues. After Mom and BooBoo both left me at the first of the year, going to his office was a nice distraction with something new to think about and new people to see. I'd listen to people laugh and giggle in the reception area while I'd be on the traction/massage machine in the other room, and I'd feel better that the whole world wasn't so gloomy. Eric truly listens to all you say and gives hugs when you leave the office. The whole staff is positive, personable, and relaxed. So, Eric's goal of "Core Health" is certainly realized. He is a champion of your entire well-being. http://www.corehealthtexas.com/

Diet Comments

Although I messed up and deleted the original comments, I thought it was interesting that the first two were about diet. Everyone has either done that or needs to do that! I have to pass along one recommendation in a comment - that the book "The Abs Diet" by David Zinczenko was easy to follow and works.
It got good comments from people who purchased it on amazon.com, so I ordered a cheap used copy. They said you can eat most anything sensible on this diet. That's what I want to do: just eat sensibly - not starve myself.

Last night I went to NorthPark to check it out for walking if the weather is bad. I discovered that if I walk all of it, including going around the perimeter of each big store in all four corners that it takes 45 minutes. I walked at a good New York City pace and was still passed by the little old lady power mall walkers! As I do it I'm sure I'll get faster, but you gotta be able to see all the sale signs so you can go back and get bargains after you're done!

Other than that, I can go to White Rock Lake near home, or The Katy Trail a block from work all the way past downtown. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/trails/katy.html

Just gettin' old

I’m being forced to make a lifestyle change…. I saw my doctor for my yearly physical (which had grown to a year-and-a-half) and he told me that I am pre-diabetic with elevated sugars and elevated blood pressure. He commanded that I lose the ten pounds that I put on since I saw him last and see him again in 6 months for another evaluation. Our diet has been kinda bad since we have been lazy -doing a lot of “emotional” BAD eating. My self-discipline has been AWFUL about EVERYTHING in these last months, but at least in this area, I have to FORCE myself to do better. In trying to eat less, I’m hungry so much of the time! So, I’m in the beginning stages of re-training my body what to expect. What a bore! I just want to eat!