Winter has settled in around my waistline. Lack of exercise and excess of stuffing my face has led me to feel like a blimp. Add to that bathrobes and bulky coats and my usual clutter around the house and I feel like I am always knocking into things and making oddly perched boxes of what-not fall to the ground. Have STOPPED wearing a coat for just such reasons....all of my shoulder bags fall off my shoulders with all that excess bulk. I had to pick an outrageous weather week/month to go coatless. The weather is brutal, the wind is ferocious and my house is cold. Spending today in my car (WARM!), at the Health club (oh so proud of myself), in the library (right now), at the chiropractor, and volunteering at the college performing arts center. Staying home just depresses me since I have no fireplace.
Freedom (audiobook), by Jonathan Franzen. I usually try to listen to an entire audiobook, no matter how it displeases me. But this one I had to abandon halfway through. There were no people to like and they were making a lot of inappropriate, pedantic speeches to each other. It followed three friends from college into later life. They all were assholes in their own way. Things happened and then the narrator went back in time and told the story from another perspective.
I'm a stranger here myself (ebook) : notes on returning to America after twenty years away, by Bill Bryson. I like this author and read much by him. They are all so different. This is essays on life in America. He married a British woman and then they moved back to the states and took up residence in New Hampshire.
Vegetarian cooking for everyone (book), by Deborah Madison. Had to get this out of the library because my sister made some really good oatmeal pancakes from it and I wanted to copy the recipe. I have a few more to copy, like a sage and butter sauce, which is what I had in Italy. I aspire to be a vegetarian. Do not really enjoy meat most of the time when I get it.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Phuc Dat Bich
Learned from my Vietnamese nail technicians...there are some names in Vietnamese which become BAD words in English. Of course, the pronunciation is different in Vietnam, but. For example, the name Phuc means happiness or good luck but comes across kind of dirty in English. The word Bich refers to a kind of gem (jade). They actually knew somebody named Phuc Dat Bich. But mostly, people with these names change them. They witnessed one guy at the Motor Vehicle agency who didn't change his name and the lady had to SPELL his name instead of call it out loud.
Tried to read the book Alan Turing : the enigma (book), by Andrew Hodges. This is the book that inspired the film The imitation game. I found the book totally dense and full of mathematical jargon. I gave it my best effort because I really enjoyed the movie and because Alan Turing is everywhere these days.
He makes the analogy that gay people are always playing "the imitation game" when they try to appear heterosexual. Another comment was the irony of the war (WW II) being won by a gay, atheist, British mathematician. I was glad to learn that he did have a number of friends and relationships. The movie made him seem like a bit of a loner.
It is a very gray, gloomy day. I don't enjoy being home of such grim days. It is DEPRESSING. Starting my plan of getting myself together and getting ON TRACK. That means eating right and exercising every day. I have to get myself under control as a 50th high school reunion is coming up. That is a daunting thought.
I am not calling it being on a diet, I am calling it ON TRACK. I have been extremely OFF TRACK lately.
Tried to read the book Alan Turing : the enigma (book), by Andrew Hodges. This is the book that inspired the film The imitation game. I found the book totally dense and full of mathematical jargon. I gave it my best effort because I really enjoyed the movie and because Alan Turing is everywhere these days.
He makes the analogy that gay people are always playing "the imitation game" when they try to appear heterosexual. Another comment was the irony of the war (WW II) being won by a gay, atheist, British mathematician. I was glad to learn that he did have a number of friends and relationships. The movie made him seem like a bit of a loner.
It is a very gray, gloomy day. I don't enjoy being home of such grim days. It is DEPRESSING. Starting my plan of getting myself together and getting ON TRACK. That means eating right and exercising every day. I have to get myself under control as a 50th high school reunion is coming up. That is a daunting thought.
I am not calling it being on a diet, I am calling it ON TRACK. I have been extremely OFF TRACK lately.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
LOL, all by myself
Got up at my usual time, 9 AM. Made breakfast and was not happy with the $2.97 coffee I bought yesterday at the C-town.
Like most every day, I sat in front of the TV to eat, even though I know that is a big NO-NO. Jon Stewart making fun of John Boehner and other Republicans and Tea party people during the President's speech was HILARIOUS and Oh-so-right-on!
Then I read two pages of a David Sedaris article in The New Yorker. My day was off to a good start!
Returning this book to the library today. It was a bit ridiculous. The tapping solution for weight loss and body confidence (book), by Jessica Ortner. There were some helpful suggestions in there but the idea of tapping various parts of your head and neck while you recite affirmations is just too dumb.
Today is my "self-indulgent" day. On Thursday, I come to Vineland and get a manicure and a massage and use the best library in Cumberland County. Heard a good story the other day. My doctor said that her father wanted her mother to move to the Friends Village in Woodstown. Her mother wouldn't go because the libraries over there are limited.
Like most every day, I sat in front of the TV to eat, even though I know that is a big NO-NO. Jon Stewart making fun of John Boehner and other Republicans and Tea party people during the President's speech was HILARIOUS and Oh-so-right-on!
Then I read two pages of a David Sedaris article in The New Yorker. My day was off to a good start!
Returning this book to the library today. It was a bit ridiculous. The tapping solution for weight loss and body confidence (book), by Jessica Ortner. There were some helpful suggestions in there but the idea of tapping various parts of your head and neck while you recite affirmations is just too dumb.
Today is my "self-indulgent" day. On Thursday, I come to Vineland and get a manicure and a massage and use the best library in Cumberland County. Heard a good story the other day. My doctor said that her father wanted her mother to move to the Friends Village in Woodstown. Her mother wouldn't go because the libraries over there are limited.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Feeling like a sausage again
I have lost the feel for losing weight. Clothes are getting tight again. It is just so much work and deprivation to eat the right things.
Have NOTHING check out on my library card right now. THAT feels weird. Resisting the impulse to pick something up. I need to concentrate on the 5 books I am reading right now before I get one more.
Murder of a stacked librarian (book), by Denise Swanson: Picked this up as I thought it was a library series. Instead, it turned out to be a murder series. Just happened to be a librarian this time. I found that I have read her before. About an investigator who lives in a small town and has a lot of relatives. Usually, she is deciding amongst various men, but now she has married one. Most of the chapter titles had something to do with books. The murdered woman was a stickler for the rules, libraries being just one of the places where she exerted her wrist slapping behavior. So, there were a bunch of people who she pissed off.
Have NOTHING check out on my library card right now. THAT feels weird. Resisting the impulse to pick something up. I need to concentrate on the 5 books I am reading right now before I get one more.
Murder of a stacked librarian (book), by Denise Swanson: Picked this up as I thought it was a library series. Instead, it turned out to be a murder series. Just happened to be a librarian this time. I found that I have read her before. About an investigator who lives in a small town and has a lot of relatives. Usually, she is deciding amongst various men, but now she has married one. Most of the chapter titles had something to do with books. The murdered woman was a stickler for the rules, libraries being just one of the places where she exerted her wrist slapping behavior. So, there were a bunch of people who she pissed off.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Questions, questions, questions...
Answering too many surveys these days. The census lady called me, got sucked in to answering a whole bunch of questions under the auspices of the "Shopper's voice" through a Facebook link. The come on was "free stuff" but they asked questions about politics, too, leading me to believe that it was all a set up. Logged onto twentythreeandme one day and started answering "a quick question" which turned out to be a BAZILLION quick questions. I finally had to stop because it was never ending. Now I just got done answering questions for the "South Jersey travel survey". Supposed to get $10 for that one. We shall see. I have a weird life and the survey did not accommodate it.
Feeling like a BLIMP today. I brought in some Tastykake chocolate donuts so of course I have been eating them. I know I have to get off of the white flour and sugar. The more you eat the more you want.
Am really getting into the history research. Seems like every week there is some new question to pique my interest.
Feeling like a BLIMP today. I brought in some Tastykake chocolate donuts so of course I have been eating them. I know I have to get off of the white flour and sugar. The more you eat the more you want.
Am really getting into the history research. Seems like every week there is some new question to pique my interest.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Losing the will to exercise
As the day goes on, I am less and less enthusiastic about getting to the gym. Have had a day full of errands with some fun stuff thrown in. The weather is DREADFUL....dank, damp, dark and dreary. I would give ANYTHING to FORGET about it.
Returning a book I got on Interlibrary loan....Stuff your face or face your stuff : lose weight by decluttering your life, by Dorothy "The Organizer" Breininger. Kind of rushed through it. I suppose it makes sense, but I did not undergo any "sartori" moments. I did like this bit from a book called "Food for the soul", which was shared by her therapist named Sharma. Here is a four sentence checklist to review feelings:
1. Anger is the feeling I get when I don't get my way today.
2. Resentment is the feeling I get when I think about having not gotten my way yesterday.
3. Fear is the feeling I get when I worry that I won't get my way tomorrow.
4. Depression is the feeling I get when I sit around wondering why I never get my way.
Returning a book I got on Interlibrary loan....Stuff your face or face your stuff : lose weight by decluttering your life, by Dorothy "The Organizer" Breininger. Kind of rushed through it. I suppose it makes sense, but I did not undergo any "sartori" moments. I did like this bit from a book called "Food for the soul", which was shared by her therapist named Sharma. Here is a four sentence checklist to review feelings:
1. Anger is the feeling I get when I don't get my way today.
2. Resentment is the feeling I get when I think about having not gotten my way yesterday.
3. Fear is the feeling I get when I worry that I won't get my way tomorrow.
4. Depression is the feeling I get when I sit around wondering why I never get my way.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
I'm fascinated by names
Must enter this thought so I can tear up a piece of paper and get it out of my life. Getting lighter, one item at a time.
Has anyone else noticed the penchant for making up names in our African American community? So, a guy named Jermarl died (I think perhaps he was shot). He had four children, named Jermarl, Jr., Jermiara, Jershuna and Jernasia. Can't you just imagine the mother yelling at them? He had ten brothers, of which the names Keontray and Tyehiem jumbed out at me, three sisters, including a Tonoa and a fiance named Tira.
This morning I went out with two goals to accomplish before I got in my car. Sprinkle salt on my outrageously icy front steps so that I don't accidentally kill myself and so that the mail woman doesn't do the same and fill up the bird feeder so that the murder of crows can devour it. That is what a group of crows is called, a MURDER. They are going through one feeder full every day because it is SO cold and snowy. I really want to help out the pretty, normal birds, but the blackbirds and the squirrels are dominating the back yard. My hands almost froze up as I didn't want to get my gloves all soiled with bird poop and salt. When I got into the car, it said it was two degrees below zero. That must be some kind of a record. Still and all, I made it to the exercise class almost on time (8 AM).
Has anyone else noticed the penchant for making up names in our African American community? So, a guy named Jermarl died (I think perhaps he was shot). He had four children, named Jermarl, Jr., Jermiara, Jershuna and Jernasia. Can't you just imagine the mother yelling at them? He had ten brothers, of which the names Keontray and Tyehiem jumbed out at me, three sisters, including a Tonoa and a fiance named Tira.
This morning I went out with two goals to accomplish before I got in my car. Sprinkle salt on my outrageously icy front steps so that I don't accidentally kill myself and so that the mail woman doesn't do the same and fill up the bird feeder so that the murder of crows can devour it. That is what a group of crows is called, a MURDER. They are going through one feeder full every day because it is SO cold and snowy. I really want to help out the pretty, normal birds, but the blackbirds and the squirrels are dominating the back yard. My hands almost froze up as I didn't want to get my gloves all soiled with bird poop and salt. When I got into the car, it said it was two degrees below zero. That must be some kind of a record. Still and all, I made it to the exercise class almost on time (8 AM).
Friday, November 1, 2013
A cold and dreary day
It is only cold INSIDE...weather outside is rather temperate. But raining. I can't stand this kind of weather. Plus my office at home has sprung a leak. It has leaked twice and this time was much worse than last time. If I don't put something under it it will wreck my answering machine. So far, just leaked on some scrap paper. Who do I call? The guy who replaced much of my roof and now I am getting the sneaking suspicion that that was not the problem. The Gutter guys? My brother-in-law who is getting ready to go off sailing and has no time?
I totally ignored Halloween yesterday in my curmudgeonly way. Got home at 5 PM and went into hiding since I had no candy. I had no candy because no one ever finds my door and I know what would happen to that candy.
Alternating between depressed and hopeful on the diet front. I know I feel better in so many ways but sometimes wonder if it is worth all of the nay saying. That being said, I still had about an inch of mayonnaise on my sandwich at lunch time, even though I have vowed to go back to 300 calorie meals and 100 calorie snacks. I happen to be addicted to mayonnaise. Took a brave leap the other day. I purchased BURUMAN's mayo at Aldi's. Container designed to look like Hellmans and name scarily similar. Close but no cigar. Have not noticed anything objectionable about the taste and the price was right.
I totally ignored Halloween yesterday in my curmudgeonly way. Got home at 5 PM and went into hiding since I had no candy. I had no candy because no one ever finds my door and I know what would happen to that candy.
Alternating between depressed and hopeful on the diet front. I know I feel better in so many ways but sometimes wonder if it is worth all of the nay saying. That being said, I still had about an inch of mayonnaise on my sandwich at lunch time, even though I have vowed to go back to 300 calorie meals and 100 calorie snacks. I happen to be addicted to mayonnaise. Took a brave leap the other day. I purchased BURUMAN's mayo at Aldi's. Container designed to look like Hellmans and name scarily similar. Close but no cigar. Have not noticed anything objectionable about the taste and the price was right.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Is there a mouse in the house?
I think that would be a good title for a children's book. I don't want to admit it, but I think that there is a mouse in my house. Weird when you live alone. First the bat and now the mouse. So, I have added mouse trap to my list for shopping. I used to set the mouse traps for my mother. Now I need someone to set them for ME! Here are the clues:
- Once while up in the night I thought I saw something run and hide near the refrigerator.
- My bag of crunchies near the fridge got a hole in it
- I found ONE fingerless glove and the side of it was totally unraveled
Finished two books. The round house by Louis Erdrich was full of Native American lore. Nicely evoked milieu of unpleasant events on the reservation, including rape and murder. I think that is what put me a bit off from reading it, but mostly enjoyed the writing. Also finished a surprisingly interesting nonfiction book about exercising (The first 20 minutes : surprising science reveals how we can exercise better, train smarter, live longer, by Gretchen Reynolds). It convinced me that I need to make more of an effort to exercise DAILY. I am too fond of sitting. It is better to be fat and fit than fat and not fit, said the author. I am hovering around this spot with my weight, balancing out my lack of interest in exercising and my desire to binge and eat all of the wrong foods with activity and restraint. Feel like I am on a teeter totter.
Not very comfortable today. Am using my laptop at the Cohansey Café. Furniture not real commodious and no electrical outlet today. But, the sun is shining and Royals by Lorde is on Youtube. Also belly full of buttered blueberry muffin and coffee. An example of how my eating has slipped....I used to say I could eat something "bad" only once a week and only if I had lost weight. Then it was once a week, no matter what the weight. Soon I was eating unacceptable items once a day and now MORE than once a day. Oh my.
- Once while up in the night I thought I saw something run and hide near the refrigerator.
- My bag of crunchies near the fridge got a hole in it
- I found ONE fingerless glove and the side of it was totally unraveled
Finished two books. The round house by Louis Erdrich was full of Native American lore. Nicely evoked milieu of unpleasant events on the reservation, including rape and murder. I think that is what put me a bit off from reading it, but mostly enjoyed the writing. Also finished a surprisingly interesting nonfiction book about exercising (The first 20 minutes : surprising science reveals how we can exercise better, train smarter, live longer, by Gretchen Reynolds). It convinced me that I need to make more of an effort to exercise DAILY. I am too fond of sitting. It is better to be fat and fit than fat and not fit, said the author. I am hovering around this spot with my weight, balancing out my lack of interest in exercising and my desire to binge and eat all of the wrong foods with activity and restraint. Feel like I am on a teeter totter.
Not very comfortable today. Am using my laptop at the Cohansey Café. Furniture not real commodious and no electrical outlet today. But, the sun is shining and Royals by Lorde is on Youtube. Also belly full of buttered blueberry muffin and coffee. An example of how my eating has slipped....I used to say I could eat something "bad" only once a week and only if I had lost weight. Then it was once a week, no matter what the weight. Soon I was eating unacceptable items once a day and now MORE than once a day. Oh my.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
I miss bumper stickers
I saw two good bumper stickers today. There were quite a few on this car and you don't see THAT any more either!
- "I listened to NPR before it was cool".
- "Are you hearing voices of crazy people? Turn off FOX news".
Holiday weekend approaches. I don't like holidays. Nothing is ever happening due to the holiday. I never have any plans. I emailed my sisters and none of them have any plans either.
Torrential rains yesterday. Ceiling leaking again. I guess a leaking ceiling never gets any better, only worse. (One can always HOPE, can't one?) So here are my main problems today...
- a leaking ceiling (roof)
- a dead bat somewhere in my house
- a barking pit bull next door
- cell phone battery is inexplicably dying and I need to make some phone calls
- rash on my leg is starting to itch again
Other than that, life is just hunky dory. I will try and think of some GOOD things now...
- the competition at the health club is almost over so I can stop feeling inadequate
- I am starting to walk better due to losing weight
- everybody is very well behaved over here at the Vineland Public Library
- I rebooted my laptop and overcame the nonfunctioning
- Serena Williams is one hunk of a woman (I just perused Tennis magazine)
- "I listened to NPR before it was cool".
- "Are you hearing voices of crazy people? Turn off FOX news".
Holiday weekend approaches. I don't like holidays. Nothing is ever happening due to the holiday. I never have any plans. I emailed my sisters and none of them have any plans either.
Torrential rains yesterday. Ceiling leaking again. I guess a leaking ceiling never gets any better, only worse. (One can always HOPE, can't one?) So here are my main problems today...
- a leaking ceiling (roof)
- a dead bat somewhere in my house
- a barking pit bull next door
- cell phone battery is inexplicably dying and I need to make some phone calls
- rash on my leg is starting to itch again
Other than that, life is just hunky dory. I will try and think of some GOOD things now...
- the competition at the health club is almost over so I can stop feeling inadequate
- I am starting to walk better due to losing weight
- everybody is very well behaved over here at the Vineland Public Library
- I rebooted my laptop and overcame the nonfunctioning
- Serena Williams is one hunk of a woman (I just perused Tennis magazine)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
I sat on an ant and he BIT me
I know that I had ants in the kitchen...big ones. Then I saw a bunch of tiny ones in a box of wrapped candy. Apparently there was a medium sized ant on the toilet seat when I sat down. I discovered him when he bit me. GROSS! Time to do something about the damned things.
Book review: Fifty shades darker by E.L. James. I was reluctant to read this book as I was worried it would be even more extreme than the first one in the series. Then a friend told me how much she was enjoying the audiobooks. So I got this through Overdrive on my Nook. I liked it even more than the first one. It is hard to look away. OK, the guy has faults....he is controlling, bossy, messed up and jealous. But, on the other hand, he is gorgeous, rich, attentive, generous, creative and wants her. Each love scene is different from all of the others. It is true that she can't find time for her friends. She does continue to want to "work" although she seems to spend most of her time at work emailing Christian. Somehow the author keeps you routing for their love instead of thinking, "Watch out, lady!" He sort of backs off from the kinky stuff in this book but the question remains whether he will continue to be satisfied.
I am in "Onederland" today. That is when you get below 200 pounds. So what did I do to celebrate?
Went to Terrigno's bakery and got treats for the gang down at the Cumberland County Historical Society. Of course, I do that EVERY Wednesday, even though I am not supposed to be eating sweets. Feeling generally sluggish and lazy and in pain. Stopped taking my anti-inflammation drug and it is 95 degrees. Exercise does not seem to be making me feel better.
Book review: Fifty shades darker by E.L. James. I was reluctant to read this book as I was worried it would be even more extreme than the first one in the series. Then a friend told me how much she was enjoying the audiobooks. So I got this through Overdrive on my Nook. I liked it even more than the first one. It is hard to look away. OK, the guy has faults....he is controlling, bossy, messed up and jealous. But, on the other hand, he is gorgeous, rich, attentive, generous, creative and wants her. Each love scene is different from all of the others. It is true that she can't find time for her friends. She does continue to want to "work" although she seems to spend most of her time at work emailing Christian. Somehow the author keeps you routing for their love instead of thinking, "Watch out, lady!" He sort of backs off from the kinky stuff in this book but the question remains whether he will continue to be satisfied.
I am in "Onederland" today. That is when you get below 200 pounds. So what did I do to celebrate?
Went to Terrigno's bakery and got treats for the gang down at the Cumberland County Historical Society. Of course, I do that EVERY Wednesday, even though I am not supposed to be eating sweets. Feeling generally sluggish and lazy and in pain. Stopped taking my anti-inflammation drug and it is 95 degrees. Exercise does not seem to be making me feel better.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Not so good at multi-tasking
Trying to blog AND listen to The heist album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. You really need to listen to the words and how he rattles them out with such great speed. Favorite songs are: Can't hold us, Thrift shop, Same love. I borrowed the CD from the Vineland Public Library POPULAR collection, CD 1360. I used to enjoy BUYING the CDs for this library. I also enjoyed listening to the CDs in my computer while working.
Kind of miss my office, now that I think about it. Haven't really set up a good office space at home. Am getting tired of my itinerant ways. Too many uncontrollable facets...annoying people, slow computers, lugging my stuff around. This has been a bad week for computer use....too many snags. Yesterday FORGOT my computer so had to use a REALLY SLOW one which I finally had to completely abandon. It was hopeless trying to get anything done.
Finished a book, Obsessed : America's food addiction - and my own, by Mika Brzezinski. OK, not great. But I like reading books about dieting and health, since that is my thinking now. Her point in the book is that it takes work to be healthy, but it is worth it. She confronted a friend about her weight and writes the book with her. OK, she told her friend Diane Smith that she was FAT. The author resents the feeling she gets from other people that everything is easy for her. It is not. She has a food addiction that she keeps in check only with great effort. She and Diane agreed to work on their issues together....Diane's goal was to LOSE weight and Mika's goal was to GAIN some weight.
The book is available at the Vineland Public Library (362.196 Brz).
Quotes: "Virginia Cha, that journalist-beauty queen who took the news anchor job I thought should have been mine, taught me a lesson that has stuck with me to this day: you have to look at what you have to offer and feel good about it instead of being consumed by what other people do or have. It took me a long time to figure that out." Kathleen Turner's response to people who expect her to look the same as she did decades ago in Body heat..."Yeah, I know, I looked like that. I don't anymore. Okay? Get over it."
Kind of miss my office, now that I think about it. Haven't really set up a good office space at home. Am getting tired of my itinerant ways. Too many uncontrollable facets...annoying people, slow computers, lugging my stuff around. This has been a bad week for computer use....too many snags. Yesterday FORGOT my computer so had to use a REALLY SLOW one which I finally had to completely abandon. It was hopeless trying to get anything done.
Finished a book, Obsessed : America's food addiction - and my own, by Mika Brzezinski. OK, not great. But I like reading books about dieting and health, since that is my thinking now. Her point in the book is that it takes work to be healthy, but it is worth it. She confronted a friend about her weight and writes the book with her. OK, she told her friend Diane Smith that she was FAT. The author resents the feeling she gets from other people that everything is easy for her. It is not. She has a food addiction that she keeps in check only with great effort. She and Diane agreed to work on their issues together....Diane's goal was to LOSE weight and Mika's goal was to GAIN some weight.
The book is available at the Vineland Public Library (362.196 Brz).
Quotes: "Virginia Cha, that journalist-beauty queen who took the news anchor job I thought should have been mine, taught me a lesson that has stuck with me to this day: you have to look at what you have to offer and feel good about it instead of being consumed by what other people do or have. It took me a long time to figure that out." Kathleen Turner's response to people who expect her to look the same as she did decades ago in Body heat..."Yeah, I know, I looked like that. I don't anymore. Okay? Get over it."
Thursday, June 20, 2013
I should have taken a xanax today
Don't know why everything is rubbing me the wrong way this week. Is it just me? Or is the world especially aggravating this week? I DO want everything to go just my way and when it doesn't...
First I had a guy pull in front of me going too slowly and then he immediately slows down and pulls off to the side of the road without a blinker. I couldn't help myself. I HONKED at him, which I try not to do, cause I hate when people do it to me. Then I got to the pool and the gate was still locked. So I had to traipse back to the desk with all of my crap and ask them to unlock it. But THEN...me, all alone at an Olympic sized pool. Is there anything better than that?
But now I have one ear clogged up and feel in somewhat of an other-worldly state. Gliding through the world, 25 pounds less, but my clothes have not become too large! They must have really been tight before.
It is weird how you lose weight in certain places (my knees) and not in others (my waist).
Thank you for choosing the Bridgeton McDonalds. I love going to this McDonalds because THREE different people wish for me to have a good day. You can't help but feel a bit more cheerful after that.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
A little bit ADD
Went on a walk this AM with the mayor of Bridgeton and a bunch of other people I didn't know. The annual health walk is a part of the "Let's move" campaign. We signed a big poster which will be sent with our picture to Michelle Obama. Our county of Cumberland comes in LAST in the entire state in terms of health statistics. So the mayor had T-shirts made up that said, "From WORST to FIRST". It was a beautiful day but I got hot and didn't have a hat or sunglasses. Then I came in LAST. Even though it was not a race, it was somewhat demoralizing. And I was waiting for it to just be OVER. I know I am slow and have no stamina, but really. I DO work out but I realize I do a lot of different things during my one hour at the gym. Doing ONE THING for 40 minutes is almost more than I can take physically OR psychologically (thus, the ADD worry). Then I think, well, I can go ONLINE for hours. But while online, I am jumping around from thing to thing. Even when I read for an hour, I am reading a lot of different things, current newspaper, old newspaper, Nook, current book, overdue book, old magazine, current newspaper, open the mail, do the crossword puzzle and the sudoku, then read a current magazine.
Still have to come to the library for my entertainment. This AM I had a snoring man to my left and to my right, a young black girl and an older white woman were attempting to order a magazine online (it did not work). They were ordering a magazine called XXL which seems to be about rappers (?) and they were buying if for a GIFT for someone incarcerated in our local prison.
So, I told a friend that I was losing weight without really trying. That is not really true. I AM trying, I just don't feel like I am being successful. The exercising is going a lot better than previously, but the eating! About the only thing I have accomplished is to lessen the amount of snacking that I am doing. If I DO snack, I try to eat something that is only 100 calories. Nighttime is still the worst, though.
We had some wacky storms on Thursday. Two storms, one in the morning and one in the evening, each had about 10 minutes of really bad stuff. Luckily, I wasn't on THIS street in Rosenhayn, New Jersey, during those minutes.....
Still have to come to the library for my entertainment. This AM I had a snoring man to my left and to my right, a young black girl and an older white woman were attempting to order a magazine online (it did not work). They were ordering a magazine called XXL which seems to be about rappers (?) and they were buying if for a GIFT for someone incarcerated in our local prison.
So, I told a friend that I was losing weight without really trying. That is not really true. I AM trying, I just don't feel like I am being successful. The exercising is going a lot better than previously, but the eating! About the only thing I have accomplished is to lessen the amount of snacking that I am doing. If I DO snack, I try to eat something that is only 100 calories. Nighttime is still the worst, though.
We had some wacky storms on Thursday. Two storms, one in the morning and one in the evening, each had about 10 minutes of really bad stuff. Luckily, I wasn't on THIS street in Rosenhayn, New Jersey, during those minutes.....
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