Social Networking  101 – wellness36 Style

I am simply amazed by the number of new members every day both joining the wellness360 Community and more importantly, taking advantage of our suite of free services:

• Diet diary
• Exercise Diary
• Health Risk Analysis
• Personal Health Record
• Long-term Paper Medical Records Storage, and
• er360 – wellness360’s free “Emergency Medical Record”

The flood of comments and encouragement are greatly appreciated.  This evening, however, I wanted to take a moment to stress the importance of the wellness360 Community Social Network.
 

Today, people across the globe are demonstrating the desire to expand their social connections through the growing options of online social network.  I certainly applaud every vendor of these services.  However, I feel compelled to ensure that each of our existing members and future members understand that not only is wellness360 Community a network for social interaction, it is a vehicle that enables you do so based on an amazing collection of characteristics.

Unlike other networks that attempt to derive relationships by prying into your writings and the music you enjoy, wellness360 Community allows connections to be made based on detailed, YET PRIVIATE, medical, diet, exercise and family information that makes up your wellness360 Personal Health Record.  As I mentioned, this information is kept private and we guarantee it with our $1 Million guarantee.

So, what’s the value of the wellness360 Community?  The answer is simple.  You will be allowed to define the types of individuals with whom you desire to establish a connection literally based on an infinite number of personal data and characteristics contained within an individual’s personal profile and personal Health Record.  PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION IS KEPT PRIVATE AND SECURE UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO SHARE IT.

Let’s look at a simple example.
Assumptions: For the sake of this example, let's assume that you are (1) a female, (2) over 45 that is diabetic, (3) 50 pounds overweight, (4) have children under the age of 15, (5) work a full-time job, and (6) live in Costa Mesa California. 

Your Objectives: Your goal is to find a group of woman that are similar to you so that you can develop an exercise support group of women that share common challenges, and even need to solve a child-care problem to enable all of you the time to exercise and support one another with your medical and dietary issues.  Additionally, you would like to interact with these people online to discuss challenges, physicians and even just build friendships.  Oh, and you want them to be no more than 10 miles away for convenience. 

The Solution: wellness360 Community enables you to define this group of people and at your discretion, make not just online connections but possibly “real-world” friendships to help each other.  I assure you, to develop this level of networking on myspace.com, facebook.com, and linkedin.com would not be easy.  But, with wellness360 Community it is part of our fundamental design.

The Bonus: Oh, least we forget, that as a part of wellness360, you are paid for developing and maintaining your social network.  Additionally, your friends that view your pages and read your blogs also enjoy the wellness360 cash rewards. 

Please don't forget, a great benefit of wellness360 is our "Invite a Friend" program.  For each friend you invite that joins wellness360 you share in the money they earn – TOTALLY RISK FREE!  To earn money as a wellness360 member you never have to pay one penny or purchase any products.  Our advertisers happily carry this burden to enable you to have the best experience possible and encourage you to be healthy.

Thank you for taking the time to read this evenings thoughts and l hope you ook for my next entry:

Next Entry: Social Networking 102 – Health Issues

Best Regards,
Aperture Health, Inc. (OTCBB: APRE)
 
Thomas Banks, Chairman / CEO
It Pays to be Healthy^tm

 Introduction to wellness360 and Aperture Health, Inc.

I am Thomas Banks, the CEO and founder of Aperture Health. I am honored that you have chosen to join us here at wellness360 Community and more specifically, my inaugural blog. 

• Personal Health Record: a comprehensive personal medical record which allows a member to track relevant data such as blood cholesterol, blood glucose as well as historical and family specific medical information.
• Health Risk Assessment: We at Aperture Health believe that members should not simply jump into a wellness strategy without information. Toward this end, each member is encouraged to take a simple 40 question Health Risk Assessment evaluating medical, social, lifestyle and genetic risks they face. In turn, members are encouraged to consult with their healthcare professional to plan a viable strategy toward a healthy and enjoyable future.
• Diet: wellness360 includes a comprehensive diet management and journaling system enabling a member to easily employ and track his or her diet activities.
• Fitness: Like diet, members may avail themselves of the wellness360 fitness service allowing easy tracking and planning of a member’s fitness activities and strategy. The results of diet and fitness are integrated providing members net calorie intake based on intake and exercise.
• Emergency Medical Record: One of the most valuable features of wellness360 is the Emergency Medical Record (“EMR”). wellness360’s EMR is an on-demand abbreviated medical record made available to Emergency Rooms. The record can be accessed online or via the wellness360 Interactive Voice Response system from an ambulance via cell phone. Aperture Health has a validated database of every emergency room in the US. As such, only valid hospitals may receive the faxed report ensuring privacy.
• Medical News and Research: One of the most sought after information on the Internet is medical and health information. wellness360 incorporates current news feeds, and one of the most comprehensive health databases available for its members benefit.
• Paper Medical Records Storage: In addition to dynamic medical and health information, a member may store his or her paper documents free of charge. At anytime, a member may initiate a “Medical Records” request from wellness360 and enable their doctor to fax in the member’s records. Or, the records may be uploaded directly by the member. This feature is provided as a public service for everyone should keep their paper medical records in their possession.
• Social Network: The social networking concept is certainly in vogue for 2008 and very likely beyond. The wellness360 social network strategy is more than just personal pages, it is designed to provide anonymous conduits to members with similar profiles – diet activity, fitness activities, medications, diseases, health risks, genetic propensities, etc.. With this unique mechanism for connectivity, members will be able to create an infinite number of possible channels specific to their unique needs.

Yesterday, I was happy to make it to the gym.  It is not a special gym that requires a hefty sign-up fee or anything.  The gym I went to is actually located at my friend's apartment.

I should note that I go to the Ohio State University that has one of the world's largest gyms I have been told.

My friend's gym is responsible for giving me one of the best workouts of my life!  Stair steppers, Elipicals, Bench Press, and Free Weights.... and Oh how my muscles are hurting!

However, I like this feeling.  Although it hurts and can be uncomfortable, It is also a feeling of accomplishment.  You can't buy that.

I am like most people.  By that, I mean I have always been the type of person who said he was going to work out on a daily basis-- but found my only worked out seem to be lifting a remote, a cup of water, or food to my mouth.  Obviously, that was not the work out I was intending.

But it was hard to find the time.  My work was consumed by school and work.  In fact, for the past 3 months I was taking 20 credit hours worth of classes at College.  So, understandably to myself-- It was hard to fit in a workout.  As a way to compromise with myself-- I would oftentimes walk to school as opposed to taking the campus buses.  I suppose this helped-- as every bit does-- but it still wasn't enough.

Luckily for me it is now Summer and I have no classes.  I am 2 hours away from my job-- and my school visiting my family until September.  It is time for me to get my act together-- and WORK OUT like I have wanted to.

I have always heard June is the easiest month to lose weight.Well, I haven't lost alot of weight this month,but I can understand why people say that! The is soo many fun things to do outside in June and the extra activity gets you going! It is easy to keep burning the calories when you are playing with the kids, working in the garden, or walking on the beach! i plan on keeping up as many activities as I can and I hope everyone takes advantage of the nice warm weather and gets out and burns some extra calories! Good luck to everyone who is trying to live a healthier life and get in shape! Happy June!

Yup, I can definitely tell that summer is setting in because this board has become very quiet.
Yesterday I was taking a look at a couple of my bills, especially my phone bill and my Visa bill. With my phone bill I spent a couple of hours with customer service. The guy was very nice and managed to whittle down my monthly charges by $60. That saves me so much. On my Visa bill I noticed two charges on their that I don't remember ordering and I told them about it. That was $40 worth of charges that I saved myself. I felt like I hit the lottery yesterday. Now without all these excess charges out of the way I'll be able to save even more money monthly. Next on the agenda is to call my cable company and see if I can wrangle some savings there too! I cancelled Netflix because they had increased my monthly charges and I didn't appreciate that. As I've mentioned before there are sooooooo many online sites where you can watch streaming movies and streaming T.V. episodes. I should find that next month my bills won't be sooooo expensive. I feel so empowered right now and that feels very good.
I'll talk with you all later. In the meantime, have a great day and an even better one tomorrow!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but, Mija did have her tooth pulled and the vet is allowing me to pay in installments. After I cash my checks at the bank tomorrow I'll only owe the vet $100 more. I really appreciated him doing this for me. Mija is a little happier. I also signed Mija up for medical insurance. After much searching on the web I got the best deal that I could find. If I find something better I'll go with that one. I cancelled my Netflix account. They raised the price on the package that I got from them. It doesn't matter because there are so many online sites where you can watch streaming movies and TV episodes. I'm trying to cut back a little more anyway so it will make it easier to pay for Mija's insurance every month.
My arm is improving, but, the pain still persists. I imagine it will be another month or so until the pain totally goes away. Twice a day I take my pain killers. Tomorrow after going to the bank and getting money orders for my bills and rent my housekeeper and I are going to Albertson's (supermarket). They have a great soup and salad bar there. It's not very cheap, but, it's really good. Today she took me to the DMV because I discovered a few days ago that I lost my California ID and needed to get it replaced before going to the bank tomorrow. The last time I went to renew my ID it was $12. Today it cost me $24! Yikes! When will it ever end? LOL!
My Spanish is improving a lot. I'm becoming a little more fluent and learning new words. At the same time I'm better able to understand my housekeeper (Lupita) more and more when she talks. Oh, I'm so happy about that! I'm feeling like a regular Mexican! LOL!
This past Saturday I went to movie nights for the first time in a month. We saw 'Beowolf'. That movie uses state of the art CGI. It was a whole 10 minutes of watching the movie before I suddenly realized that it was animated! Very good movie. I've never been much for animated movies and such, but, this one really impressed me. After that we saw a movie called, 'Escape From Sobibore'. It's about a concentration camp in eastern Poland where 300 people escaped and based on real events. I was surprised that I really liked that movie. It was very entertaining and held my interest throughout. I expected it to be one of those boring war pictures.
Well, I had better stop typing. My arm is starting to twinge with pain. Ugh......
Take care everyone. Have a great day and an even better one tomorrow!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

Well it happened again, somebody asked my family if I was pregnant.  And I had to answer, No I am not pregnant JUST FAT.  This happens about once every 2 months.  I almost wish my family would stop telling me about this.  I guess I should be greatful that they ask my family this and not me but I am NOT.  I am so sick of this.  I WISH I was pregnant but I am not, so stop asking.  I feel like telling everyone "When I get pregnant I will be sure and let everyone know.  So until I tell you then stop asking."

I am so tired of being so tired all the time.  I go to bed tired, i wake up tired. 

I am not in the best shape but I am not a total lazy slob either.  I have 2 children, aged 6 and 3 and I play with them, run with them, chase them, play ball with them on a daily basis.  So i get excercise I am active. 

I don't eat perfectly but I don't eat a lot either.  I eat fried foods and sweets but i avoid soda and caffiene and bread and most carbs.

I have was diagnosed with PCOS 10 years ago.  I have maintained the same weight for over 6 years now, granted it is not a weight I am happy with but I haven't gained anymore.

I just need to find a way to have more energy befor emy kids start to suffer from having a tired and lazy mother.

Dear Diary,

Slowly, but, surely my arms are getting better. The right one is the worst and still hurts a lot when I do a lot of typing. These past few days I've been feeling it a lot in my wrist. Thank goodness I didn't break anything, though. When I consider the way I fell I'm surprised I didn't. I do plan on making an appointment with my dr for next week to get a thorough look at it. I finally was able to take a shower today, but, I still can't quite manage to shampoo my hair yet. I'll give it another week.
Mija had a tooth pulled. I brought her in at 8:30 am and picked her up at around 5:30 pm when the anesthesia wore off. It was the cutest thing to watch her walk because she was still a little unsteady on her feet. The vet told me that she is missing a tooth and is not sure if she was just born without the tooth or what. Other than that, she's doing fine. A day after the operation she was her old frisky self! Oh, boy!
Well, I've got to quit typing now. My right wrist is really starting to ache again.
Take care everyone and have a great week!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija
 

So my family medical issues have me totally stressed out. My youngest daughter(who is 2 1/2 ys old) needs to have surgery on her urinary track. I am so stressed over it. My oldest daughter has a bowel issue that we have been trying to figure out since she was 2  yrs old. She is now 5yrs old. So it seems to be never ending.

Only good thing is that I have not really gone to food for my stress relief. I have maintained my weight loss since last summer of 20lbs, so now I am ready to get back on the weight loss wagon.

Dear Diary,

My arm is getting better everyday. I take 800 mgs of Motrin in the morning and 800 mgs of Motrin right before I go to bed and that helps greatly, but, I still can't move it well enough to take a shower, shampoo or comb my hair! Alas! But, I'm hopeful that by the end of this week I'll be able to do all of this. It still hurts if I'm doing a lot of typing, but, it is improving and I have more mobility.
This Friday I take Mija to the vet to have one of her teeth pulled. It really kills me to do so, but, I can't have her teeth rotting in her mouth. That would not be good for her health at all. Do you know that they actually offer root canals for pets? Believe it or not, if I could afford it I would do it for Mija because I want her to keep her teeth. The reason she needs it pulled is that it's cracked. I don't know how she did it, though. Oh! Did I mention that I applied for pet insurance? The cheapest and best that I could find was for just under $20 a month, so, we'll see how it goes.
Well, that's all to report for now. I hope all of you are well. Take care everyone!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija