Oops! Sorry! Lots of things have been going on and I have neglected this blog horribly.
First, Sarah and I moved. We now share a condo with 2 single dads and their children. The kids are 5, 8 & 10 and they are here part-time so it is feast or famine with the noise. We really like it here. I can now walk back and forth to work and it saves me bus money and I gained 2 hours a day with not having to use public transportation. Other things have happened but I'm not going to get into it right now.
The other changes I will talk about are on November 1st I found out that I have Type II diabetes 8-( and on the 7th I found out that the ugly thing they cut out of my shoulder was a nodular-infiltrative carcinoma (skin cancer). I think they got it all but I will find out more at the end of the month. I hope.
I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and I just had to have another tooth pulled. I have to take 4 different medications daily, one twice a day. The diabetes medicine seems to make my eyes permanently blood-shot and I seem to bruise and bleed easily. I'm f'd up. If I don't make some changes soon, I am going to die. I know, we're all gonna die but I don't want to for a long time. I want to see my grandkids. Hell, I want to see my great-grandkids.
This has made me think long and hard about what is happening to my body and how I have abused it. I also have a friend at work who has been talking to me about diet. So, starting Sunday I will be totally changing how and what I eat and I will be blogging about it. I am making a 6 week commitment to the "Eat to Live" diet and when the 6 weeks are over I will re-evaluate but I believe I will continue to follow the diet and I will allow myself to "cheat" very occasionally. I am also setting a target date of my "NOT 50th" birthday to quit smoking. I am giving up the Big Cs...cheese, chocolate, candy, cookies, cakes, coffee and cigarettes along with meat and most dairy. We are going (mostly) vegetarian in a big way, except for the occasional fish and, of course, turkey next Thursday.
I want to be able to get off 3 of my meds, at least.
I will be blogging about the changes and I will try to include my food diary (Yes! A food diary!) as much as possible and we will see if this works. I hope so.
Now, I know what you are thinking. What about drinking? Well, since the holidays and my birthday are right around the corner, I will allow myself have one drink for my birthday, one for Christmas and one for New Year's Eve. I will be turning into an even cheaper date than I already am. 8-)
Well kids, I'll be back here for sure on Sunday to let you know how the first day is going.
Until then...Baby Turtles!!!!!
