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Well,it seems I have been on a vacation from my FAT secret! Kids are on school break. My excerise is cooking, doing dishes and picking up after them. Not quite at the speed I need to get my heartrate up to do much. However, I have through my past exercise dropped my pant size and shirt size. I used that to help keep me from eating too much. Christmas wasn't a problem at all. However New Year's I ate cake--too much cake and ice cream and a few beers and the list could go on! I honestly can't tell you my weight because I haven't seen a scale in two weeks.
Concerns, I am a regular blood donor and when I went on Sunday past, I was unable to give because of my iron level being too low. This has not happened in a very long time. I give every 8 weeks. I won't eat liver. I am trying to eat more leafy greens though. My diet used to consist of a lot of red meat. I don't think I have any for quite some time. Anyway, after the low iron level test, I had to reflect on my complexion being a bit more pale (and I am pale anyway) than usual. I was attributing it to the ridiculous amount of medication I am taking. Which is another concern. I have been referred to a neurosurgeon for a repeat neck injury that has my left hand shaky if I don't get enough rest or do anything repetitive for too long. I am quite sick of this injury. I don't know if surgry will even remedy the problem. I am taking steriods again--which mess with my insulin and food intake and let's not forget the overall pissiness verses crying spells! And this stuff usually happens after I am done taking the medicine. I am also referred for more epidural shots--which I don't want to do either. I am not an anti-medication person. I am only 40 and I probably have 12 prescriptions. Some are as needed...but that doesn't ease my mind any. It's too much and there has to be a different way.
If anyone has an opinion, experience or otherwise please share.
I have taken to walking and the eliptical which have been low key enough to not mess with my neck. I used to swim. I think the crawl stroke motion could irritate. I am leaving the weights alone except for legs. I have done isometric (I think that is the right word, I don't claim to know exercise lingo, please forgive)muscle excercises with abdominals.
Reviewing this entry, it kind of sounds like a downer. My spirit doesn't feel that way. I think overall, I am sticking in there through the peeks and valleys. Looking for encouragement and success where I can find it, as I hope you all are as well.
Happy New Year to you all. I am a quote sender. I use them daily to reflect on whatever it is that is going on.
"Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be holy, precious, part of a pattern." Luci Shaw
That says quite a bit about a lot...Peace, ALKJ
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