Fit or Fat

I was recently in the bookstore this past week and out of curiosity, I walked towards the health/fitness section.

Wow.

Diet book overload. It overwhelmed me just standing there. I flipped through pages of vegan books, cleansing books, books on calories, books on fats...so many books.

I have been reading more on the vegan lifestyle (not that I would ever truly conform), but it's pretty fascinating about the truth of dairy and milk and the process of meat. It will definitely make you think twice about drinking milk that has been pumped through another animal's breasts or eating that juicy steak (mmmmmm).

I guess the point to this post is that yes, I need to change the way I think about food. I need something and like everyone else out there I want that quick fix. I want to drink lemonade for 10 days to cleanse the toxins out of my body. I want to eat apples for one day to remove all bad fats. But as the saying goes, if it's easy, it's too good to be true.

So I'm going to continue what I have been doing. I lost 6 pounds in June and I'm working on doing another 6 pounds this month. I've been walking 2 miles every day. I'm increasing my water intake. I'm still doing my push up challenge (gooooo 28 push ups now!). I'll get there. A quick fix is only that and I need to make my lifestyle different. It will take a long time, but that's what the baby steps are for.

Now I'm going to get back to my coffee and cinnamon rolls and watch music videos.

Why I Love You

There are several games that Joel and I play.

For instance, my favorite is "If money and employment were not an issue, where would we move to?" Although, we've put a hold on that conversation since it has become way too depressing. Now we just pretend that we live in the best city in the whole wide world and that just happens to be in Ohio.

We might also play a fun game of, "If we were playing a newly wed game and someone asked you what my favorite ________ was, what would you say?"

We also play the game "You know why I love you?" Corny? Disgusting? Yes, but we don't do this one often. In fact, I think it happens once a month.

Joel told me the other night that he loves me because I'll sit and watch Sex and the City with him. Yes folks, he thinks that show is great and I love him for that. Just the same that he'll sit down and watch a whole episode of What Not To Wear with me and never once complain.

And you know why else I love him? Because out of the blue he sent me flowers today.

Let's all say it now...Awwwww.

Adventures

In order for me to make it through the days, I give myself little tasks or adventures to accomplish.

Like making magnets.
Or going to the zoo.
Swiffer the floors.

Today I'm going to take Sophia to my old office so I can catch up on some freelance work. Yay for extra money in the pocket.

Tomorrow, maybe Williams-Sonoma to finish off my gift certificate from my birthday. I'm going to buy mini-muffin pans, a pastry brush and a food mill. The muffin pan is so I can make morsels desserts. The pastry brush is because I need one and a food mill will be for when I try to make food for Sophia.

This weekend for the 4th of July, Joel and I are going to pack a picnic and go visit a state park and maybe go to Bed Bath and Beyond, only if there's time.

(By the way, that line will NEVER get old.)

Worry Wart

I worry a lot.

If I was asked to participate in one of those books that uses quotes about what you've learned in life, mine would say, "I've learned that the things I worry about never really amount to anything worth worrying for."

However, as I told Joel, if I didn't worry about things, then they would end up a big deal.

Such as my moles. My family doctor told me I had 3-7 that had a high chance of melanoma, especially the two on my leg and the one on my chest. So I made my dermatologist appointment and every single day that I waited I expected cancer to be growing in my legs at a rapid rate.

On Friday I had my appointment and he told me all my moles looked fine. He stated that family doctors will remove 10 moles if you ask them to because they see maybe 1 case of moles a week, where the dermatologist sees 30-40 a day and they know what to look for. I trust my dermatologist's opinion.

So there you have it. Another case where I worried myself sick. All for nothing.

Ok, not nothing. I had a wart frozen off. That's where the wart part of the title comes into play.

My Family

Sophia and I just dropped off Uncle Danny and Aunt Nic at the airport and poor Sophia cried all the way home.

As much as we love our friends here in town, we miss having family close by. With my mom in Tennessee, my dad in Texas and Nic and Dan in Missouri, it's a rare treat to see any of them. Holidays are just as stressful because we have to divide our time with those three states plus Joel's family in Wisconsin, so when we do see everyone, I get very upset to say goodbye.

I wish we could be closer to everyone but that's just not possible these days.

Sigh.