Feeling Good Getting Fit

I will be putting up pictures in the next couple of days. One from a week ago before I started and one from this week.

Back on the diet tomorrow and really looking forward to it. Not feeling so great tonight.

My teeth hurt again. Going to the dentist this week, getting it pulled next week. That's the plan anyway.

Feeling better incrementally. Still sleeping 12+ hours a day but when I'm awake I feel really awake, not half asleep and drugged.
Sticking to the program for the most part, too. I did eat a couple of marshmallows. Do you know how much sugar is in marshmallows? A lot.

Diet quote of the day: "He that takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skills of the physician."
—Chinese proverb
Plagiarized from Shape.com

I felt like cheating today. Since I haven't exercised, still too fatigued, and have not done the eating part exactly right I was trying to convince myself that it wouldn't matter. But it does matter, I am doing this, maybe not perfectly, but I am doing it all the way. And I think I am feeling better. Incrementally.

Here's a thought, maybe the pink slime in our meat, and the ammonia in other food products, is a leading cause of cancer. Or some of the other debilitating diseases that are rampant.
I'm going to bed now. Maybe if I sleep 10 hrs I can make it to 4 hours of work tomorrow. Ha. Ha.
That's not really funny, is it? Still, I have to keep trying. To work, I mean, not to be funny. Altho, I like to try to be funny, too. Oh, never mind.
Goodnight

Second day of new diet. Had a headache, migraine, this morning. Feel okay now. Still figuring out what to eat. Lots of protein and veggies, a lot less carbs. I also am exercising 10 min a day. I can do 10 minutes to start.
This is all very doable.

About To Get Started

My official start date for my new Vemma Bode diet is Sunday April 2. I have been finishing off some the food in the house that I will no longer be eating. Like Toaster Strudels. And a lot of pasta.

This is the state of my health now. I weigh 195 lbs give or take a pound or two. My waist is 39 inches depending on where you put the measuring tape. My fat stomach is my biggest complaint.

I have been ridiculously tired for the last month or two. Really. Sleeping 15+ hours a day and still feeling tired. I've considered half a dozen possibilities as to why I am so tired but haven't figured it out. I'm still eliminating possibilities, like an infected tooth, and problems with blood sugar levels.

My neck hurts, my shoulder hurts, my left knee hurts, I have migraines several times a month.

That's all I can remember right now.

I haven't taken my before picture yet. I'm doing that Saturday and posting it then. Then my plan is to take a picture a day for at least 30 days. The weight loss program is 12 weeks so I might take a picture a day for 12 weeks if it doesn't prove too difficult.

This is going to be fun. I am so excited. To lose weight and to feel better.

Miscellaneous

I was cleaning my desk area and found a little bucket of notes I wrote to myself at work. Mostly websites and books I wanted to check out. However, there were a couple of notes that were obviously ideas for blogs. Or maybe just a comment to make on facebook.

Just about any comment can turn into a blog for me, tho. I have an opinion about most everything and when I have energy I like to share that opinion.

Some of the notes are inscrutable though. Like: middle age   old age   tinkerbell. Was I trying to figure out a good age to stop loving Tinkerbell? Because I'm getting pretty old but I still love Tinkerbell. Maybe it's something I should keep to myself so as not to seem immature.

Here's another note: hanging up etiquette. Do you say bye? I love you, bye? Or thanks for calling, bye? Or do you skip the bye bye? It feels so awkward trying to hang up sometimes. Isaiah, Katrina and I say "Ok, I love you" the other person says "I love you, too." Then, "ok, bye," "ok, bye." And sometimes one of us adds "I'll talk to you later," or "I'll call you later." On the other hand, Tabby and Mike both just hang up when they are done talking. So I look at my phone and it's already hung up.

The last note on this particular post it note, besides a book called The Strategy Paradox, says 'accepting reality.' That's enough for another blog, along with 'asking for what you want.'

So that's all tonight.

love,

Carol

You're Entitled To Your Opinion

And so am I. When I was younger and I had an opinion about something/anything, and I had a lot of opinions, I said it. Without concern for hurting anyone's feelings or making anyone not like me or whether I might be wrong.

Then I had friends tell me that I made them cry and I got tired of arguing about stupid stuff and I started caring if people liked me and what they thought of me, and I quit sharing my opinions as much.

Then came the internet. I enjoy reading people's comments (opinions) almost as much as the blog itself. And what I've figured out is that everyone has an opinion about stuff. And people believe what they want to believe, all evidence to the contrary.

Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up. So it's okay to say what I think, express my opinions, and to share what I believe. Some people will agree, some won't, some will like me, some won't. Some people might get their feelings hurt but that's not my intention.

So some of this blog is going to be disagreeing with or expounding on what I've found in the media, social and otherwise, and my opinion on it. I believe it will help me to be a better critical thinker if I engage again.

Getting Started, Again

I have blogged very little over the last couple of years. I loved looking at my old blog (it's new now, with a new name and new content) and my fictional life I was creating/dreaming for myself back then.

I don't have most of those things I blogged about but I am happy with my life now and ready to work for some of those things.

I'm totally loving typepad and how easy it was to redo this blog and all the extras on it. I don't remember it being this easy before.

The only thing I can't figure out is how to update the books I read and the calendar. I'll figure it out. I am so excited to be blogging again. Welcome back to me. Yay!