15 steps forward 3 steps back...
199.8 lbs, thanks to one early b-day celebratory dinner for Verlin, with cake. But, no complaints or excuses. That's still 12 steps forward in 15 days.
What you eat in private will appear in public.
So, this week, I'm counting on my Personal Trainer/Life Coach/Cheer Captain to make His presence known and to knock me on my butt when I need it :P
I have all the resources I need at home, no excuses anywhere I look or go in this world, and thanks to Shakespeare I have a new quotes to add to my nerdy flash card collection :P
Strong reasons make strong actions. - King Johm, act III, sc 4
Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. - Hamlet, act II, sc 2
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? - Orhello, act II, sc 3
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope. - Measure For Measure, act III, sc 1
Self-love..,is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. - Henry V, act II, sc 4
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. - Othello, act II, sc 3
But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail. - Macbeth, act I, sc 7
We know what we are, but know not what we may be. - Measure For Measure, act IV, sc 5
Cast' all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss... James 4:3a
...The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16b
I sure hope I get this all right! :P :)
I just checked my email from my psychiatrist... The new meds that I'm on are unforgiving and fragile. I have to walk a fine and very straight line of nutrition for the foreseeable future, at least until that fateful day of remission (it's on the 10-year plan :D ). My gallbladder already went kaputt, and my kidneys are in jeopardy. As much as I joke about things that are The Pits, I really am scared and don't want to take a single chance with my kidneys. I've seen what kidney failure can do to a person and their family... So my reasons have gone from part-health and mostly-vanity, to partly vanity but almost entirely health. I've come too far, survived too much to let something as tiny as a couple of kidneys kill me and leave my closest family with a gaping wound (because they fought right along side me and suffer against the intangible demon when I do too)
So. Happy thoughts. We are what occupies our thoughts most of the time. So, happy thoughts. Healthy, happy thoughts.
Now, I go into battle mode. I'm the researcher in the family. Nancy Drew meets Velma, I suppose because I'm old-fashioned and practically blind :P
I have to make a lifestyle change that meets my health needs, matches my habits to a point - unless I must change a habit for the good, is within my budget, is easy enough to follow that I don't crash and burn after having to devote half my day to tedium, and uses things I like.
1. Meets health requirements
2. Matches my habits and preferences/likes
3. Budget-friendly
4. Simple to schedule and adhere to
Okeedokee, a No gallbladder-weak kidneys-can't cook without supervision and a fire extinguisher handy-is a picky eater-scatterbrained friendly menu and plan of action, comin right up!
Oy! My brain already hurts... :)
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