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Gratitude Discussion Group

Posted by Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor @debbraw, Nov 24, 2018

Hi everyone! Just before Thanksgiving @michellegraffradford posted a blog called Gratitude Changes Everything. She suggested three techniques to help incorporate gratitude into our daily lives:


  • Start the Day with Gratitude (before getting up think of three people you are grateful for)

  • Maintain a Gratitude Journal to record times when you are grateful

  • Count Blessings – not sheep! (Review the day and remember moments of gratitude)


Her blogpost was so inspiring that a lot of us decided we wanted to form a Gratitude Group to keep the attitude of gratitude going. The blogpost area is not an ideal space for a big discussion group so I am moving the discussion over here to the “Just Want to Talk” Group. Let’s use this space to share and discuss our Gratitude Journey. I’m going to suggest that we each try to take a minute from the day and post here what has made us feel thankful today. It can be as small as a stranger’s smile on the bus or as large as fulfilling a major life dream – or anywhere in between. We can also discuss how we are doing with the three techniques. Sometimes it is easier to form new habits with support from others.

Michelle's full blogpost is at the link below. You may want to review it or print it out to help get started!
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/newsfeed/gratitude-changes-everything/
I look forward to hearing from others in the Gratitude Group and to having others join us here! Thanks to those who already shared great stories. If you haven't yet, what gratitude will you share today?!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Just Want to Talk Support Group.

Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Aug 3, 2019
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@merpreb I was talking about that to my hairdresser and he likes it so dark that he actually eats baking chocolate! That's a bit too much for me.
JK

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@contentandwell- My mouth went dry and puckered on that one, eww. I like it about 70-75%

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Aug 3, 2019
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@jakedduck1 , McDonald's is good for one thing and one thing only. Wi-Fi. And maybe, coffee or a drink. And making a pit stop. Sorry, McDonald's afficianodos. It's how I feel.

Mamacita Jane

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@mamacita- Oh, me too! ewwww

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JK | @contentandwell | Aug 3, 2019
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@contentandwell- My mouth went dry and puckered on that one, eww. I like it about 70-75%

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@merpreb I like 85%, but I will do in the 90s too. They say you should eat about an ounce a day for health benefits.
You are right though, when it gets too high it can be chalky.
JK

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Aug 3, 2019

"Betcha can't eat just one"

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Aug 3, 2019
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@mamacita Please don’t feel bad, I agree with you! It really does not have a lot of healthy options and the sodium in most of their foods is out of sight. That being said, I often when driving by one get a yearning for a Big Mac! I don’t think I’ve had one for at least two or three years though.
I too lost a lot of weight, I’m about 90 pounds lighter than I once was, and I don’t want to regain after the work I did to lose it.

My husband has a job driving for enterprise two days a week - a lot of retired guys do that. They always stop there or DD for coffee in the morning, and as I said he loves their cranberry muffins - fat bombs. He’s one of those lucky people though. He’s as healthy as a horse, no medications, and can pretty much eat whatever he wants! It’s tough being married to someone like that.
JK

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@contentandwell I, too, get that “yearning” for fast food and Big Macs. It must go back to the teen years, or earlier, when Mickey D first opened. Guess we all subconsciously yearn for the old days! But now, if I give in to my yearnings, the first bite has me saying ‘why on earth did I buy this?’ The taste is nothing like it used to be! And my body can’t afford the calories anyway 🥴

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Aug 3, 2019
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@contentandwell I, too, get that “yearning” for fast food and Big Macs. It must go back to the teen years, or earlier, when Mickey D first opened. Guess we all subconsciously yearn for the old days! But now, if I give in to my yearnings, the first bite has me saying ‘why on earth did I buy this?’ The taste is nothing like it used to be! And my body can’t afford the calories anyway 🥴

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You guys must be in fantasyland going on about Mcpukes. You went from Malt shops and
drive-ins that we’re good, compared to today. It just proves people today will eat anything.
I’m not above fast food but it will never be from there. Anyplace else is better. My favorite is Carl’s Jr. in the fast food arena. Fuddruckers is quite good. But there are many non chain owned places that are a thousand times better, why go to McYuckies unless you squeeze a nickel tight enough to make the buffalo, well, I think you get the point.
Just my invaluable opinion!
Jake

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JK | @contentandwell | Aug 3, 2019
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@becsbuddy

@contentandwell I, too, get that “yearning” for fast food and Big Macs. It must go back to the teen years, or earlier, when Mickey D first opened. Guess we all subconsciously yearn for the old days! But now, if I give in to my yearnings, the first bite has me saying ‘why on earth did I buy this?’ The taste is nothing like it used to be! And my body can’t afford the calories anyway 🥴

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@becsbuddy Crazy, but they do still taste good to me! Of course if I do succumb I regret it afterward.

My son, when he’s around, reminds that the pleasure from the various foods that are not healthy passes quickly, and then we are left with compensating for the indulgence. He’s my best cheerleader.
JK

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lioness | @lioness | Aug 3, 2019
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@debbraw I buy that it is so good and addicting cant just eat one piece.

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@ debbraw I'm grateful today that I didn't break my back again. I was just putting sheet under mattress lifted it up some and heard this loud pop felt it too boy did it put me down the pain was excrutiating. Went to E.R. had xray and Dr. said it was lumbosacral strain Praise the Lord it wasn't broken. Ice 3 x a day and turmeric tea so I'm down for a week in bed then start gradually exercising. But she said I could wash the dishes ,least of my likes!

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lioness | @lioness | Aug 3, 2019

@becsbuddy everyone else about McDonalds . They are coming out with a vegetarian burger I don't know what it is called but Carl Jr,s has beyond beef haven't tried it but my son likes it .

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JK | @contentandwell | Aug 3, 2019
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@ debbraw I'm grateful today that I didn't break my back again. I was just putting sheet under mattress lifted it up some and heard this loud pop felt it too boy did it put me down the pain was excrutiating. Went to E.R. had xray and Dr. said it was lumbosacral strain Praise the Lord it wasn't broken. Ice 3 x a day and turmeric tea so I'm down for a week in bed then start gradually exercising. But she said I could wash the dishes ,least of my likes!

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@lioness. Linda, I’m so sorry that you hurt your back, but glad it was not more serious than it is. Backs can be so tricky as we age.

Washing dishes is not an activity that I hate! I hate ironing though. When we were first married and I was working full time my husband got used to doing his ironing and now still does. I’m grateful for that, plus I am not sure that I could do a good job on a man’s shirt these days, it’s been so long! I also hate sewing.
JK

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