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January pays for December's excesses.
Apparently I put on a little more weight than I thought over the holidays. It seems to take a week or two for the excess calories to fully settle into poundage.
I managed fine until Christmas, then it was all bets off. You bet I overate crab, Christmas cookies and Tom & Jerrys. And it was good. Especially the krumkake. I haven’t tried, but I bet I could eat an entire batch in one sitting.
Now it’s back to the gym, back to regualr ‘fu training, and back to eating low-calorie but filling food.
If I can just keep away from the red vines and “chocolate”-covered raisins, I’ll be good.
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Irresolute.
Our national obsession with New Year’s resolutions is ultimately an expression of optimism. Optimism that this year will be different. This year we can change for the better.
At the moment I’m feeling pessimistic. I know myself and my own indolence too well to realistically think that I’m going to improve my life. Resolutions are good for a month or so, then we fall back into our old habits.
That said, here are my resolutions for 2009.
- Get my black belt – this one is most likely to be accomplished, mainly because I’ve got a terrific support system
- Read more – I haven’t read all of last year’s Christmas books even; I can read while riding the exercycles at the gym, which leads to the next resolution …
- Exercise more – I can ride my bike to work in good months when there’s enough light and it’s not so rainy, but in the meantime I have a gym membership; but only if I can get myself there early enough in the morning, which means I have to …
- Take out the slack – I tend to distract myself, shilly-shallying and dilly-dallying, wasting time, especially on the internet (I love you, LOLCats)
- Continue weight loss – I only gained a few pounds over the Christmas season, but I’m confident those can come off if I return to my previously established eating patterns
- Buy new house
- Sell current house
- Don’t have so much stuff laying around – maybe I can start now by packing up excess stuff, getting it ready to move and reducing surface clutter at the same time; let’s start by …
- Cleaning my room and keeping it clean – file away papers right away and would a little dusting now and then kill?
- Blog more often – oh yes, we’ve seen how successful that’s been in the past; well how about this: I’ve just added Twitter – there’s a widget in the upper right of this page, read & enjoy
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What's my line.
Lately I’ve wondered about a horizontal line that has begun to appear on the bridge of my nose. After watching episodes of House I’m convinced it’s the first symptom of some mysterious and life-threatening disease. Then I remember, I’ve been wearing my reading glasses.
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A solid ten.
After weeks of a plateau I have finally dropped a few additional pounds to log a solid ten pound weight loss.
I started a new program back in August and it’s taken me this long just to lose ten pounds. Nothing dramatic or drastic, just shifting to eating food that is less calorie dense. More soups, more vegetables, less meat and starch, that sort of thing. Restricting my alcohol intake – only one beer an evening and on weekends only. And making sure I get to the gym and kung fu class.
We are about to enter the danger time: Thanksgiving to New Year. Cookies, candy, parties with calorie-laden food and booze, booze, booze. If I can maintain over the next six weeks, I’ll consider that success.
I have been enjoying getting creative with cooking. I’ve been using a lot of curry with vegetables, a little peanut-butter for flavoring. I turn leftovers into soup with a can of tomatoes and some chili powder.
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Stabbing pain.
My flippin’ head is flippin’ killing me. The headache came on yesterday afternoon and got progressively worse. I couldn’t sleep through the night. The strongest medicine I have did not help. It’s concentrated over my left eye, but spread across my whole head. I have to focus on breathing. My stomach is queasy.
Bleh.
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First flush.
I think I just had a hot flash.
I thought I was having one the other day, but it might have just been the curry I was eating for lunch.
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Dyke for a day.
Here I am with a several thousand of my new best friends. I could only get shots before the parade – afterwards it was too crowded to see the rest of the parade.
Some photos are NSFW so view at your own risk.
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I think it's broken.
This afternoon in the gym locker room, I was looking down at my bare feet and wondering, when did I get that bruise on my left long toe? Long toe, the one next to the big toe. I don’t know what else to call it. It’s longer than the big toe. Not on everybody, though. For some people it’s shorter. I guess the second toe?
Anyway, there’s a bruise I don’t remember. I tried to curl my toes under and that one didn’t curl. Damn!
I have no idea how or when I would have broken it. It’s probably not really broken, just sprained or something. We were sparring on mats a week ago and I remember catching my toe then. But I think I would have noticed before now.
It wasn’t hurting before. But now I’m psychosomatic, imagining that I can feel my toe.
Update: E says it’s not broken. It would be purple and swollen if it were. Plus he says that toe’s not that important.
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More perennial New Year's resolutions.
- Floss – I am uneven on flossing. I go through periods of regular flossing, then I slack off. I’m at an age where my teeth are falling out of my head: old fillings crack, enamel cracks, nerves die. I’m always needing dental work it seems. Flossing is my last hope to keep my choppers.
- Drink more water – I know, I know, I heard about the study that showed drinking 8 glasses of water a day doesn’t improve your health. But I still think it’s important to stay hydrated throughout the day. I often find when I think I’m hungry, I’m really just thirsty.
- Blog more frequently – with pictures! Yes, I know you want more Chattering Magpie in your life and I will endeavor to provide it.
- Watch less TV – TV rots the brain. It’s a huge time-suck. If I’m going to keep on top of clutter and organizing and filing and maybe even learn a bit about investing, something’s got to give. That something is TV.
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Energizer cold.
It keeps going and going and going and …
Just as I thought I was getting over this cold and could return to some semblance of normal life, mycold moved from my chest into my sinuses. These are the sort of cold symptoms I usually get: sinus congestion, runny nose, headache (although that could be the red wine from last night – it’s medicinal, I swear), that sharp pain inside my nose that tells me I’m getting a cold.
How much longer? (Shakes fist at sky.)
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