My very best Lent was back in the early 90s when I gave up guilt. I decided to be conscious about how many times a day/week/month I felt bad because I was letting down my kids/husband/friends/neighbours/community/the world in general and it was a lot. So I quit for Lent and have never been that guilt-ridden [...]
31Jan10
One more time, again, because I can’t just quit, and I’ll never be done if I don’t get started.
As posted on BCB today: I’ve been thinking a lot today, and I can’t come up with anything new to do to help me stay the course. That means that the only course of action is to fall back on the remedial mindset. No click, but I gotta do it. No burst of positive energy. [...]
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Posted in Giving up, Starting Again Again
Tagged attitude adjustment, health issues, remedial mindset
Tagged attitude adjustment, health issues, remedial mindset
Once again, it’s the day traditionally given over to resolutions. I make the same one every year–almost the same one. It started as a weight loss thing. Now, it’s more of a health issue. I’ve always felt younger than my age, physically as well as mentally and emotionally. This year, I feel older physically than [...]
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Posted in Giving up, Keeping Going, Starting Again Again
Tagged fight fat after forty, health issues, starting over
Tagged fight fat after forty, health issues, starting over
14Dec09
Health and Weight Loss
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 [...]
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 [...]
18Nov09
Saying Goodbye to Old Favorites
That’s what it feels like I’m doing since my blood sugar issue began–saying goodbye. But it’s turning into a much longer goodbye that it ought to be. I really believed that I would take responsibility for my health when the chips (no pun intended) were down. But it’s turning out to be harder than I [...]