I rarely get sick. My viral history for 2009 was a three day cold in January. But I get things. Things that require prodding and poking and scanning and sometimes slicing and dicing. And when I get these things I find it hard to think of anything else. I guess you’ve guessed that I’ve got [...]
10Dec09
Change is…good?
Today is moving day at my office. My department is moving about 40 miles away, which means a commute where there didn’t used to be one. There are both positive and negative aspects to this. Negative is the time and cost of the commute. We’re talking 90 minutes to 2 hours a day, depending on [...]
10Dec09
Excuses, excuses, excuses
What is it that makes us want to rationalize everything? I’ve been somewhat lax about exercising lately – nothing major, but this past week only walked 3 times instead of 5 or 6. Anyway, I realized that I have been putting off the treadmill because I’m “too busy with the holidays.” What a crock! I’m [...]
9Dec09
“Take it Easy on Yourself”
My default mode for “taking it easy on myself” is to let myself eat what I want and sit around watching endless tv or burying myself in a book avoiding the responsibilities that are pressing in on all sides. Part of this Talking It Off process is resetting my default modes when it comes to [...]
9Dec09
Some Days It’s All Too Much
This, of course is just another phrase for discombobulation. At the end of October I wrote: The tidal motion of hormones is something I’d better get used to. When I take the time to pay attention to what’s going on with my body and my emotions then I come through the storms pretty much unscathed. [...]
I unintentionally started an attitude adjustment thread on BCB, and thought I’d share it here too. I’m struggling with having to adjust my budget to include an 80 mile round trip commute daily, that doesn’t fit into my current budget. I’m also struggling with all the previous issues: food, spending, lack of exercise. And when [...]
7Dec09
One week
Tomorrow morning is my anniversary of eating healthy for one long seven day continuous stretch (well, let’s not count Saturday night’s Christmas party where I pigged out on wine, pub cheese and salami rollups). Other than that, it was continuous – I journaled, I ate when I was hungry (only!) and found substitute activities to [...]
7Dec09
New Look
I loved the look of the other theme but it was lacking a couple of features that make writing more of a pleasure – specifically an edit button. This one also has a nifty thing for finding previous posts at the bottom of the page. So welcome to the new-look site!
6Dec09
Site Stuff
I’m going to play with some new themes today so don’t be alarmed if things change around a bit then go back to normal.
6Dec09
Consequences of Over Eating
Below are my weights the past few mornings. Since I had freaked myself out about needing an mri, I decided that I needed to know for sure that I wasn’t losing weight because I was ill but because I was eating less and moving more. I needed to prove that I did have an appetite [...]