Detour on the road to fitness

Big time detour…the racing downhill and the brakes go out kind of detour…oh, and there’s a hairpin curve coming up…that kind of detour.  And the thing is, I know what brought it on…but I found it easier to just mindlessly eat than to face what was going on in my life.  I know that doesn’t [...]

Lazy days

I had the day off work today…slept in until 6 am!!  I was able to spend a little morning time online…well, after I fed Spooky, of course…she comes first (and believe me, she knows it). After a while, I decided I needed to get ready and run a few errands before the storms hit…which they [...]

Check out your girls

Okay, I know this isn’t breast cancer awareness month, but it is my birthday month.  So I decided it was time to give myself a present.  I’ve gone a few too many years without getting a mammogram…not intelligent in any case, but particularly in my case since my mother had breast cancer.  I kept my [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 174

Oh my, one more day to work and then I get a day off.  Let me tell you, I am in need of a day off.  We went in at 3 am yesterday and I finally got out at 3 pm.  The thing I’ve figured out is that you can’t possibly go to bed early [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 172

Woke up feeling lousy.  I wanted to stay in bed, call in sick.  But I didn’t do it.  I forced myself to climb out of bed and go to work.  I had some DayQuil gel tabs at work and took a couple of those.  It did help for several hours.  I just took some NyQuil [...]

Another blogging milestone…my 350th post today!

I noticed the number creeping up (thank goodness I’m not talking about the number on the scale), approaching that 350th post.  So I began thinking about what I wanted to say about it, about how sharing my health and fitness journey has changed my life (not quite there yet, but still moving forward…haven’t given up [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 135

Thank goodness I made it through this day at work.  Crazy, hectic, busy, late truck, lots to do, in a bad mood…yes, me.  I finally realized it was because it was going on noon, I’d been up since around 2 am (couldn’t sleep), and I hadn’t eaten anything.  That always affects my mood.  You’d think [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 131

Whew…thank goodness this day is over.  I only worked twelve hours today…still didn’t get everything done that I wanted to get done.  But someone once said that tomorrow’s another day and I guess they were right.  Another early, 5 am, day.  But I have Tuesday off work, so that’s going to keep me going tomorrow. [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 126

Today was a pretty good day.  I had a lot of work to keep me busy (now that’s funny, when don’t I have a lot of work to keep my busy?) and was able to accomplish a few things on my list…you know, that list that just keeps growing and growing.  As soon as I [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 125

One hundred twenty-five days…and still standing.  Who would have thought that would happen?  And my 125th day was a pretty good day…ended up eating 8 fruits and veggies for the day, so that’s a vast improvement.  I stopped to pick up lunch for my boss and thought about getting something for myself…then realized I’d brought [...]