Sadness flies on the wings of the morning
and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.
~Jean Giraudoux
Happy Birthday, Robin!
Robin was the first person ever to read my blog and leave a comment on one of my pathetic attempts at poetry. It was four and one-half years ago and her generous words are still an inspiration. Robin is an artist and you may find her canvases here.
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I had to go to doctor yesterday; among a few problems she found was the assertion that I am a bit overweight.* I think she said it was more than a bit, actually, and she used a different word than overweight. Sounded more like extremely fat but I'm not sure as she doesn't speak loudly and I can only hear a little bit from one ear. She is originally from India and has a bit of accent, too. However, the words "diet or die" rang out clear as a bell. All I need to do is lose 80 pounds (36 kilograms); piece of cake! She knows my exercise abilities are limited, but she said no more sweets, specifically, chocolate. There is no life without chocolate; it is mere existence; going through the motions of living without having a purpose or a goal. Anyway, I will attempt to think about commencing to begin to try to limit my sweet intake. My diet officially started when I got back home from the visit and all I had to eat yesterday were a few celery sticks, small glass of tomato juice, and a clementine. I am starving! Six feet away from me is a candy dish filled with mini-Snickers bars and packs of M&M's with peanuts. I must do the same thing I did when I stopped smoking cigarettes; keep them available and fight temptation until I win. "Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me ..."She found another problem that frets me a bit more, but I won't say much about it until I see a specialist next month.
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It is raining in Northeast Tennessee and life is good; fat, but good.
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Have a beautiful Thursday!
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*If you gotta know, I weigh 279.4 pounds (126.7 kilos). Doctor wants me at 200 and I want 220, but she and I know it is unrealistic. Right now, I am shooting for 260.
6 comments:
does it count if you dip the clementines in melted chocolate? I love your photo. the morning just before dawn is my favorite time, for just about anything.
I hope your new worry turns out to be no worry at all.
We love you, no matter how many stones you weigh. xoxo happy Thursday.
the BTK insecticide seems to be working!!
I don't know if it counts, but you now have me thinking about chocolate covered clemmies; drool!
That is good news about the bug-icide working; to tell you the truth, I didn't have much faith in it.
Thanks, Tammy. :-)
Please my friend, try to eat only light things: white meat, boiled vegetables, boiled eggs, rice, fruits (yes, fruits), not too much of bread, not too much of potatoes, not much of noodles. Yes, drink the juices. (good)Tomato juice is wonderful. Do not drink alcohol; it's a toxin, and it is caloric. Eventually do not drink coca-cola too. :-(
Sometimes is good to eat a piece of snicker; but only a piece!
Now I try to lose 5 kilograms. It's not easy, but I think we both will enjoy first good effects of our diet.
You were for me as Robin was for you, I think. Your generous words you expressed on Flickr encouraged me to leave on this site and post more photos.
xo
Hi, Jola.
I shall try my best to shed some weight; it will be tough but we have to be tougher. :-\
I'm happy my bit of encouragement got you to stay on Flickr and to make and post photos.
Thanks, my friend. :-)
Well I need to lose about 40 lbs to be where I want to be. I did a few years ago. The first 20 came off easy really. I cut out sugar and the ponds came off easy. After that not so easy. I felt a hell of a lot better at between 190 and 195.
I really want to be at 180 and that is going to require some real work.
40 lbs isn't out of the question; you can still exercise along with the dieting. Just don't try to lose a lot real fast.
I believe I can lose 10 without any problem; I lost 8 while Carolyn was in hospital for a week last year. I miss chocolate!
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