Linda, your friend sounds brilliant to me. Fortunately most countries have come to their senses and stopped forcing this impractical torture on their citizens. Although I read the entire article I linked, I am STILL not sure why we do this! The article states several times that the vast majority of farmers and rural citizens have always opposed clock changing in any form. Wonder where the old cliche about farm kids milking cows before school comes from? We didn't start doing this formally and "permanently" until there was only an extremely small number of farmers left at all, let alone kids getting up to milk cows before school. Why doesn't anyone ever say that school just starts too early? Just another bunch of weird politics with explanations based on contrived notions and falsities. It's this kind of crap that's really irritating, "The history of time in the United States includes DST during both world wars, but no standardization of peacetime DST until 1966.[111][112] In the mid-1980s, Clorox (parent of Kingsford Charcoal) and 7-Eleven provided the primary funding for the Daylight Saving Time Coalition behind the 1987 extension to U.S. DST, and both Idaho senators voted for it based on the premise that during DST fast-food restaurants sell more French fries, which are made from Idaho potatoes." What??! I can't ever recall basing my fast-food decision on daylight vs. night. Have you ever said to yourself or heard anyone say, "well, I was going to buy some fries, but then I realized it was dark so I didn't." Or, "As soon as it gets dark, I'm not hungry anymore." Did it ever occur to them that people just don't like to leave the house as much when it's cold outside, that this SEASONAL phenomenon is just part of life and has nothing to do with clock changing? I don't see how a tiny fraction of energy savings nobody can definitively qualify is a good trade for disrupting everyone's sleep twice a year. And the awful things like tired, sleep-disturbed people getting hurt at work or wrecking their car is so not worth it. I'd gladly pay the extra $10 or $20 to just not have to deal with it, although unless the weather is exactly the same every year, how will anyone ever measure this? If it's "x" degrees outside, we are still going to heat or cool until we are comfortable, no matter what time it is. And most who try letting their house go hot or cold while they are at work usually decide it's not worth the discomfort, and the cost of reversing such a huge temperature difference usually eradicates what was saved during the day. In the summer here, the lows at night can be above 80, so even when it's dark, those a/c's are running full blast. I just want to make it stop, too! I've never talked to anyone who agreed with changing the time. Maybe if we all boycott fries for a day, twice a year, and/or turn our furnace or a/c on full blast for those days...?

While looking at the above government link, I notice San Jose, CA, has high sodium (Na) in their tap. My sister there has high blood pressure, while my blood pressure is low. But my risk of heart attack is higher than her, see below excerpt from WebMD "Higher doses of calcium increase the chance of having serious side effects. Some recent research also suggests that doses over the recommended daily requirement of 1000-1300 mg daily for most adults might increase the chance of heart attack. " http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-781-CALCIUM.aspx?activeIngredientId=781&activeIngredientName=CALCIUM Also see http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256791.php "The finding came from a new study by a team of experts led by Qian Xiao, from the National Institutes of Health, and supports prior research from last year which indicated that calcium supplements are linked to a higher risk of heart attack." UPDATE: Bought 3 different brands of cherry juice to see if they help with sleep. Trader's Joe cherry juice is too sour & bitter. Indian Summer cherry juice is too watery. Neither of these help with my sleep. The cherry juice that helped was one from nearby Wisconsin (1 hour away) ... its FRESHNESS was what worked. In my experience, FRESH grapefruit works better than STALE cherry juice that was cooked (pasteurized), which destroyed the enzymes. Here's an excerpt from below link: http://bembu.com/foods-to-help-you-sleep 2. Grapefruit Eating grapefruit before bed has been an old wives’ tale for years, but as it turns out there’s a reason why this has been known to help sleep. It contains lycopene, an antioxidant in the body that has been shown to improve the way you sleep. Grapefruit can also help you lose weight if needed." I also notice that fish oil is very effective for good sleep. I took NOW fish oil, since it's the cheapest & best rated on Amazon, only 14 cents. I'm switching to NOW liquid fish oil, lemon flavor, since I get more Omega-3 per price-unit. Fish oil works when magnesium and cherry juice failed. There's days that I could not sleep, and fish oil did the job when nothing worked. I'm going to try cod-liver oil, to see if that helps with sleep & better skin & my vitamin D deficiency. Will report the result later. Both vitamin A and D is known to help with hormonal imbalance.

I'm taking a new approach. I had a weightlifting set with a weight bench, but it was taking up half of a room and in my tiny house that was just too much room. So it is gone and in its place I have 3 sets of dumbbells in a large basket (light, medium, heavy) and an exercise program called Stack 52, a set of cards that illustrate and give info on a total body workout using only dumbbell weights. Less space, and the card method is kind of fun, keeps it interesting, you can shuffle the cards and deal yourself a new set of exercises every day. The weights, along with dog walking and bicycling, make the road to fitness fun. I think the reason many people start and then stop exercise is that it gets boring, but if you have several things you like to do, you have the opportunity to choose what you feel like doing that day, and adjusting for bad weather/extreme heat or other reasons you may not want to do outdoor exercise.

Time to revive this exercise thread. Sorry, due to a glitch I couldn't do a new post. ............................................................ I have had a bad month and a half. As I have mentioned before I work around a few issues so I'm always playing catch-up. No matter...I will not give up. It's ok that I will never be in the advanced catagory. It's ok that I have to make several modificationS. My new dog added to the usual with throwing my back every which way possible while leash training. I was sitting in misery stuffing my face. Things are better now. Anyway, thought I would share some of my favorite "new" workout dvd's. I like these because they are more intermediate but can be modified to more beginner for my bad days or harder for rare good days. Two are short with one only twenty minutes (the 20 min. DVD kicks my butt). One is longer but it goes by fast. I just need light/med hand weights and a mat. There is a suggestion of a small ball for abb work but I modify. Share your workouts , obstacles and DVD recommendations (if you have any) and why you like them. My new to me fav's! 20 minute https://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Michaels-30-Day-Shred/dp/B00127RAJY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1539109104&sr=8-2&keywords=Jillian+30+day+shred 30 minute & you can use a chair or furniture instead of a bar. Great for legs!!!! https://www.amazon.com/Physique-Cardio-Blast-Minute-Workout/dp/B00OP4QU92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539109264&sr=8-1&keywords=physique+cardio+blast+30+minute+workout This last one I like a lot. It's very doable. Longer but the time seems short. https://www.amazon.com/BarreAmped-Bootcamp-Suzanne-Bowen/dp/B00GVHA04C