Doesn't this place look relaxing? I found the picture online and thought I'd fix it up for my journal entry. My first attempt at doing a frame and mat. It turned out so nice I want to jump into the picture and disappear.
What has been going on with AOL?? I tried 4 times to do an
entry last night. Finally I just gave up on it. I kept getting a message saying
AOL journals wasn’t available. Then I made it back to the blog front page… and
my journal wasn’t showing up, yet I was logged in. That scared me! I thought it
was gone. I figured since I couldn’t blog I’d reset my alerts. AOL wasn’t
having that either. So I went to bed.
Today has started off crappy. I woke up with a headache. My
chiro appointment got rescheduled. My heel and hip are killing me again. I’m
back to hobbling around and wincing in pain with every damn step. And there’s a
ton of laundry to do, the kitchen needs mopped, and the bathrooms are still a
mess. My windows need a good cleaning too, especially the storm door. And guess
what? I don’t give a shit.
One thing I have discovered in the last 7-8 months is that I
have found a cure for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Yep, I truly have.
The way to cure OCD…. is to get plantar fasciitis. The only thing is I have yet
to figure out how to round up all the OCD folks and give them plantar
fasciitis. But I’m working on it! I used to suffer from OCD so bad I could tell
if a photo or a knick-knack was moved a fraction of an inch. I could never go
to bed with even a spoon in the sink. I had to wash it, then wash the sink
again, then disinfect the sink, wash my hands again, then wash the sink, disinfect
the sink, wash my hands, then the sink. LOL No I’m kidding on the last two
parts. Or three. But seriously you could eat off of my floors not too long ago.
Now I would not advise you to eat off of my plates!
Anywho… a couple of you asked about my mom’s weight loss.
Last year she started doing that Physician’s Weight Loss thing. She’s lost
about 75 pounds in a year. She still has about 50-60 to go. I’m proud of her!
She’s stuck with it, and even when she screws up she doesn't get discouraged.
Her blood pressure is much better. Her knees are much better. And she looks
much better, much healthier.
She’s always been heavy, as long as I can remember. And
she’s probably been on every diet at least once, some of them twice. She’s gone
to gyms. She’s exercised at home. Nothing ever worked. Well, South Beach was
working for her a few years ago, but she gave up. I think she lost her
willpower. Then she ended up putting on more weight. She developed arthritis in
her knees, her blood pressure was really high, and all she wanted to do was sit
in her chair and watch TV. Now she watches what she eats, drinks their protein
supplements, and has made changes in the food items she buys. And instead of
sitting in her chair she sits on her recumbent bike and puts in miles a day on
it.
So I’m proud of her. I wish I could lose some of this weight
I’m dragging around though. I was doing pretty good and then this fasciitis
happened. I was doing South Beach again because it’s how I lost the weight
before so I know it works. And I love my gazelle! But I got to the point that I
couldn’t take my walks anymore or use the gazelle because it was too painful.
So of course I gave up on the diet too. I started drinking soda again and
that’s got to stop.
I need to get cracking again at least on the diet part. I
don’t think I could walk to the park and do my laps around it again just yet.
But I think I can start using the gazelle again pretty soon. I bet if I got
some of this weight off me, it wouldn’t put so much pressure on my heels. I’m
not obese but I need to lose about 50-60 pounds. Or maybe that is obese? I
don’t know. I feel like a beached whale though. I don’t wear red shirts anymore
because I’m afraid I’ll look like a barn door. Or a fire engine. Just put a
siren in my ass and hook up a hose LOL.
Ok enough about my fat ass. Let’s talk about fatheads
instead. No, not husbands... politicians. I have absolutely no clue who the hell I’m going to vote for in this
election. Is that nuts or what? Ugh, I am just so clueless. Maybe I won’t vote
at all. Maybe I’ll just take a stance and vow not to have anything to do with
putting either one of the candidates in the white house. I need to do some
reading, and see if I can watch the debates again on YouTube or something. It
will be time to cast the ballots before we know it. And I am not prepared.
I could do a whole other entry on this. In fact, maybe I
will. Some may not want to read it, so I don’t want to “pollute” this entry
with political do-do. So with that I’m ending this entry.
Have a great day!
do at least go and vote; there are probably local elections that would be important to vote for; you don't necessarily have to vote for the president (although I would encourage you to do so), but casting our vote is a freedom that a lot of other countries don't have and we can choose who we vote for; as you know, lots of other countries tell their people who to vote for; I know its everyone's choice to vote or not, but I'm passionate about getting out there and voting :) (okay off my soap box)
ReplyDeletesorry your heel is bothering you; you are right, plantar fasciitis is not a fun thing to deal with
your mom is doing great with her dieting!! all the times I lost weight the best were doing protein shakes; I'm currently back on them and so far have lost 14 of the 31 pounds I have to lose
take care of yourself
betty
I think it's when I developed Plantar Faciitis that I stoped cleaning all the time. It's been much better since wearing crocs.
ReplyDeleteMissie