Quite the journey, this thing. I can usually wrap my brain around events or situations that crop up in my life that affect me, and I think I'm finally ready for this next venture. I've been processing just what it means to have severe aortic stenosis, and what I've discovered has been a bit unsettling,... Continue Reading →
M-E-E: Modify Eating & Exercise
Ah, a new acronym for me: "It's All About M-E-E" - Modify Eating & Exercise So I have a couple of ongoing issues with my health which I've used as an excuse to not exercise nor track my intake, but this last week, thanks to a BUNCH of posts that made it to my FB... Continue Reading →
Exercise Amid Illness
So I've got something medically wrong that crops up from time to time, specifically, vertigo (dizziness for those who don't know and don't want to look it up). This week it is bad and let's add a migraine-quality headache that has contributed to my downtime. I was getting back into my program, but this week... Continue Reading →
Workouts – Three Steps Forward…?
It seems that lately I've let life get in the way and have put what's important to me on a back burner. I'm talking about finishing my weight loss journey and dropping into a maintenance level. I'm sure not kidding anyone when I say "lately"; this happened after last year's heart scare. I was clicking... Continue Reading →
What Is Motivating My Weight Loss Today?
What is moving me this morning? The scale, for sure. It's tracking in the wrong direction, which means that so am I Today's agenda, the one that I've just put back onto the front burner as I type, will be to work on launching counter-measures that will undo my weight gain. Whew, I rewrote those... Continue Reading →
Quitting, No, Postponing My Agendas
This morning's coffee brings thoughts of quitting. It seems that when life happens as life does, things that seemed so important at the time have to be put on hold to deal with that moment when life stands up and says, "Slow Down!" So what does that mean to me this morning. No, not a... Continue Reading →
Been a Hot Minute – A Coffee Moment
As is usual, this morning I am pondering randomness over my first cup of coffee, like where did the expression "A Hot Minute" come from? However I look at that randomness, it's still been a few since I've blogged. Today's agenda will include a video call for a project I may be a part of... Continue Reading →
Diet, Exercise, and Writing, Oh My!
I've been struggling with making my retirement an actual retirement and realized recently that I had never fully retired. I went from my state service retirement to working in a casino gift shop (and several other positions within that casino), to working in the shops at the airport, to substitute teaching, and then keeping an... Continue Reading →
Budgeting: Dollars Vs. Carbs
I have been working a program for over six months now and am doing very well with the one I've chosen. I'll find out just how well it is by the upcoming lab work, but I've gone down almost five sizes so far. Having said that, I've been in accounting for most of my adult... Continue Reading →
Between Workout Days
Hubbin and I began a workout program about a month ago and we have been diligent about completing the routines six days a week. We do about twenty minutes of stretches on Mondays through Saturdays, cardio Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and Saturdays are strength training days. Sundays we rest and recoup.... Continue Reading →
