Just my luck

I've recently been told by the doctor that I have to stay off NSAIDs (Advil, Aleve, Motrin, etc.).  I got my blood tests back from last week and I have low kidney function (thank heavens only a few numbers off from normal, so it very well be MY normal) - but he suspects it might be from the anti-inflammatories I've been living on since about 2003, and especially since I started them after my surgery.  The first few days were hard - especially since I had gone walking (only a mile ... but still...). 

I realized with the walking that even every other day is too much.  If I go walking once or twice a week it's all I can handle now.  I have been going up and down steps, though, step-over-step.  Not more than a flight at a time, but still I'm happy with that.  (And holding on, on both sides.)  And, I've been using my recumbent bike more often.  So, little by VERY little... at least I'm moving.

Diet-wise, I'm doing well.  With being on South Beach recently, I've been making the shift back to "clean eating" - I am finding that I just cannot follow RULES.  Suggestions, yes.  Guidelines, yes.  Rules - NO.  So I'm making my own... but within reason! lol Also, I've come to the decision that counting is counting - some days I do points, some days I do calories, some days I do food groups (just as a system of checks and balances).  I find that if I use any of these counting methods just to make sure I'm eating within a health range (not too much, not too little) I do well with my overall choices and portion decisions. 

I think that any diet works if you follow it.  What drives my choices is health, not diet rules.  I think rules are good - to a point.  Then you get someone like me who GAINS weight on a diet, and you know that I'm a fighter... lol  Not making an excuse not to diet - I actually AM, I'm just taking the best of everything and fashioning what is good for me.  A little WW, a little SB, a little ECD, etc. 

I guess I do have a few rules:
(1) NO JUNK
(2) NORMAL portions
(3) If it ain't hunger, food isn't gonna fix it
(4) Stop at two bites if my only need is to "have just a taste"

I can live with those!
Miriam