Comments on the meeting last night 4/2/09

Once again, my brain didn't work.
I told people about this blog, and I gave them the address backwards. I hope they find their way here despite this.
The meeting was excellent. One of our post people introduced an aquatic fitness instructor who spoke about using the YMCA as a way of building the muscle without pain. It was a good program. I will look into it. There is a rec center closer to me than the Y that I will check out too.
We broke into groups after that, and I got the chance to hang with the "post" people. This is always a good thing because it re-enforces things that I learned but maybe forgot along the way.
Because of the information I got last night, I will be making some needed changes to my diet and exercise program.
I have way too many things I want to catch up on that I left go before God answered my prayers.

• Does anyone want to babysit me to make sure I start to write my books? I have 3 of them just waiting to get out of my brain. I need to manage my time better so I can write and exercise, and work at the same time. I get stuck, and can't break free.
• Talking about jobs, I need to find one that is full time, or I need to find another source of income in addition to my school bus driving. I have my DJ equipment, but have been holding off on that for some time.
• I need to play my guitar. I am going to do that very soon. I have songs that I want to write, and songs that are already written by others that I want to play. I have a very close friend who has accepted me for who I am. He plays and I want to work with him, but I don't have anything to present to him just yet. Again, it all comes down to scheduling my time, and doing it.

I need to break my fear of success and my fear of failure. They are one and the same, but I still haven't been able to beat either one.

Thursday

So, what do you eat?
I know that the amount of food is much less than it used to be, but the quality of food is much greater.
I don't eat fast food anymore. Wow, what a change!
But is it interesting that food has been something that is so much more important to me now. Thinking about food, and planning meals takes much of my time now. That is something I didn't do before.
I still go to Bob Evan's once a month. I go to the Akron Restaurant too. But I don't go to Wendy's, or Pizza Hut.
I do go to Two Cousin's Pizza because they have lots more than Pizza. They have great salads. I don't eat the bread for the most part, but I do cheat now and again.
My meals at home have stayed the same and I am trying to mix things up a bit, but this is proving to be very tough.
I am glad to be driving a school bus (Van) because the schedule allows me to make my meals at home. I still eat my killer chili, but even that has changed.
This week, I added spinach to some already made chili. This was the bottom of the pot with very little beef, so I "beefed" it up with the spinach and a bit of refried beans.
My exercise program is suffering some. I am doing so much around the house now, and taking care of computerwork (it used to be paper!). I am very active compared to before, but I am not working out this week with heavy weights. I guess I am tired and sore from last week's water heater replacement. I am still tweaking that. I would not like to do that for a living.
Today, I will bring up trash from the basement to be taken to the curb. I will make numerous trips up and down the stairs. I have to cut up the box that the water heater came in, and have a pile of other stuff. I don't think I can get the old water heater up by myself, but I will look at it and see. I am not ready to ask for help there yet, because my new body may be able to do it on it's own.
I have to contact a satellite TV company to see how much they really charge for service. Their start up costs and starting discounts are so deceptive. I am really tired of paying Comcast Cable to see infomercials on TV. Cable is way too high. $768 a year to watch infomercials?
I have cut hundreds of dollars by switching my insurance to Geico. I have a friend that switched and he has had experience with their actual service that was positive, so i checked into it, and found them to be very helpful. That service starts tomorrow.
I cut back on energy usage and improved our comfort level. I am warmer now than before.
I need to get to a dentist to have a tooth fixed. My regular dentist can't do the work.
I have new glasses and can see again.
So, I have made great progress.
Now, let's hope the government comes to it's sense and doesn't take everything away in their effort to create Hope and Change!

The heck with it!

I've been giving this a lot of thought, and after many days and nights of sleepless days and nights, I've decided to call Dr. Brader and ask him to reverse my operation.
I feel as if all the hassle of trying to eat small portions just isn't worth all the hassle of eating small portions.
I think I have learned enough now to lose the weight on my own now instead of later, and other times.
Besides, I already have a head and the rest of my body start.
So, forget whatever you read. It just isn't worth it.

Next meeting

The next meeting is this Thursday, April Tooth!
It will be at Lancaster General Hospital again. They are working on the new building and should be finished for us to use in June!
There should be some other events scheduled, and I will post them as they become available.
Contact me if you need information, directions, or just want to talk.