Tuesday

Well, I finally got some sleep last night. I think my body was so tired that I got 7 hours of sleep. I had a good workout today. I did my 30 minutes of cardio then I did 30 minutes of circuit training. The circuit training is with weights. So I had a productive day at the gym.
Since I've been home I have been shredding old papers. I usually don't throw anything in the trash. So, I have a lot of papers that needed to be thrown away. I thought about going for a short walk this afternoon. But it looks like rain.
My family is in Florida right now and I know their having a good time. Their all going to come back with nice tans.
I volunteer at the Botanical Gardens this week. I wonder what their going to ask me to do.
Well, I hope everyone has a good week..

Late to Wake

Hello. Well, I took a Lunesta tablet last night and I only slept two hours. My doctor prescribed these for me as a sample amount for me to try them out. I'll tell you one thing, I don't need to take that again. I was so dizzy this morning that I had to lay down around 6am. I ended  up falling asleep until noon when the phone rang. Then I was still dizzy. I needed to go to the gym today but I don't think I can drive like this. That is I'm not going to get in my car like this. I also needed to go to Walmart, but I guess it can wait until tomorrow.
I hate it when you take medicine and you don't know how it's going to affect you. I've seen commercials about this drug that it can make you sleepy or dizzy when operating motor vehicles. I guess I'm one of the few that can't take it. So down in the toilet this will go.
I don't like to be like this. You really can't do anything until the affects wear off. I'm just not sure of my footing. I do usually have a low tolerance to sleeping pills. I guess I just need to stick to my over the counter sleep aides. If that at all. Or learn to go to sleep without taking anything. Believe me, I learned my lesson.

Insomnia

Hello all. It's 4:40am and I have not gone to sleep yet. I know I blogged about no sleep yesterday, but this is ridiculous. I've had bouts of insomnia before. I have tried everything I can think of. I turned off the TV so I wouldn't have any stimulus. I read a book. I drank some "sleepy time" tea. I got busy cleaning out my vaccum cleaner. And then I walked around my home [inside]. I even took a hot shower about 2am. That usually does the trick.
The one night that my neighbors decide to be quiet. I'm tired and my eyes are sleepy, I just can't fall asleep. Once I go to sleep, I sleep like the dead. I'm a very hard sleeper. It's just the "going" to sleep that I have trouble with.
I can remember not sleeping when I was younger. I would lay awake and stare at the ceiling. Staying up for exams when I was in college was a breeze for me because I didn't require a lot of sleep back then. Even if I sleep hard, I usually get about five hours of rest. Thats a long time for me. If I get 7 hours like I got yesterday morning then I am usually awake the next night and that is exactly what happened.
So at 3:30am I got out of bed, made my bed and put my clothes on for the day. I just ate breakfast at 4:30am. I'll take my medicine at 5am. Then I'll wait a couple of hours and then go to the grocery store. Then I'll workout. Thats my day in a nut shell. By noon today I would have almost put in a full day.
What I'm not going to do is to sleep during the day no matter how appetizing that is. Cause I don't want the same thing to happen tonight. I want to be good and tired.
I hope everyone has a nice restful Sunday!!!

Saturday

Hello all. Well my family left for the beach this morning and I wasn't with them. I wanted to go this year, but I decided against it at the last minute. I'm still getting sick after I eat but not much. I've had this stomach bug for now five days.
It's so beautiful outside today. Even though I'm still getting sick, I took a nice walk around the complex today. I didn't walk long, I just wanted to get out of the house. I have bad cabin fever. You don't really know how much things pass you by when you're sick and stuck in the house.
I've been busy this morning. I have dusted all of my hardwood floors, dusted the furniture and vaccumed. I say this morning because I've only been up since noon. I didn't sleep at all last night and finally drifted off about 5am this morning. I was up and down all night.
Plus my neighbors next door had a little party last night. Their radio was so loud that I had to go over there about 1am this morning to ask them to turn it down. I shouldn't have to do that. Their like, "oh did we wake you"? I'm like dah....
They don't care about being noisy cause they sleep all day long, then it's up again the next night. But I got about 7 hours of sleep this morning. So I guess I shouldn't complain.
But you know when you live in a condo complex you should be aware of your neighbors. These people aren't. Their country people and don't care if they leave beer cans all over their porch. You would think that being in your 60's you would be quiet. But they aren't. I either can call the police at night or tell them personally to shut up. Plus, if I call the police I don't know what these people would do.
So, I'm left with noisy neighbors.

Friday

Well this is the fourth day that I have had this stomach bug. It's been nasty. I'm partly on solid foods now and I'm still getting sick. So I've been drinking a lot of gaterade and chicken boullion.
I haven't worked out since Tuesday and I have been stuck indoors. My energy has been zapped most of the time. But today, I've been up and washing clothes. I even cleaned my kitchen.
So not much is going on with me. Tomorrow my family leaves for a family vacation in Florida. I was going to go this year, but at the last minute I decided not to. I've got my volunteering lined up for next week at the Botanical Gardens, so I'll be busy with that. Plus, I have some dear friends coming into town next week. I'll be able to spend a little time with them. I'm going to get back in the gym by Monday. Well thats about all for me. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Ugh....

Hello folks. It's been a couple of weeks since I last blogged. I'm home sick today. I caught some sort of stomach bug. Yesterday I started feeling a bit nauseated. Then last night I started getting sick. The only thing that I have kept down is sipping on gaterade and hot tea with honey in it.
This just sucks. I have to really watch my blood sugars from getting too low. My morning blood sugar today was 62. So I've been sucking on these glucose tablets that are designed to raise your blood sugar levels if they are too low. So thats what I've been doing. I'm going to try and drink some chicken boullion this afternoon just too get some substance in me. My friend that lives in Jasper has had this same thing and her doctor told her that it's going around. I was around someone this past weekend that had had something, so I don't know if this was it. I've already taken two showers to see if that would make me feel better. It did initually, but then I start feeling bad again.
So I guess I'll just be hanging out today. I hope this passes soon.

Sunday

Hello there. Even though it has been cloudy at times, today has been a beautiful day.
I slept in til about 9am. Believe me this is late to me. I got up, ate my fruit and took a long walk around my complex. Actually I walked around four times.
Then shortly after lunch, my Dad came over and I took him to this gym that I just joined about three weeks ago. Then we visited for about an hour. It was nice seeing my Dad. We normally don't get to spend a lot of time together so when I do get to see him it's extra special.
I've been doing Ok on this low carb diet. And I have kept up working out. By the end of the year, I expect to loose the majority of my excess weight. I know I've probably said this before, but I really want to loose the weight. Not only for the many things I'll be able to wear but for my health in general.
I won't be so self conscious anymore. Because anybody who has gained weight always feels that no matter who you are. I want to be able to walk down the street with my head held high and a big smile on my face. This is my year.

Friday

Boy, I over did it on Wednesday at the gym. Every time I take a step, just walking my knee pops. I did an hour on my cardio then and I thought I wouldn't be sore. Today when I woke up, my knee just throbbed.
I tried walking around my neighborhood this morning, but that didn't work either. I've taken advil every six to eight hours and still it hurts. I guess I need to get a knee brace the next time I go to the gym.
Not much else going on today. I've been shredding a bunch of financial statements. I'm one of these folks that don't throw away anything. So now, my filing system is just bursting.
Oh and I weighed last Sunday and I've lost 16 pounds. Going to the gym, eating low carbs and just being more active is the result of the weight loss. I've got eighty more pounds to loose. That sounds like a lot, but my dad seems to think that if I continue to do what I'm doing now it may take 6 to 8 months more. I don't see it. I'm thinking it will take at least a year to loose the rest. We'll see.
But I know that I am completely committed to this now. I'm tired of making excuses for myself. Tired of being fat. I have so many cute outfits that I can't wear. Heck, I have a whole wardrobe just waiting for me. And when I go to the gym, I'm not self conscious because I see ladies in there that are even bigger than I am. And everyone are so helpful.
When I joined the gym, I had a fitness trainer design my program. But I haven't seen him since. So when I go to the gym, I work my program which is one the first day I do the 30 minute circuit training. This has different weight machines working your back, legs, arms, shoulders and abs. Then it has a step up bar on the floor where you step up and down. On the second day, I do 30 minutes of cardio, then work on my abs. On the third day I do what I did on the first day. And on the fourth day I do what I did on the second day. So all in all I am working on resistance and cardio. My heart rate was 158 when I started two weeks ago, but now it's 144. The target heart rate for my age is 110, so I've got a long way to go. The higher your heart rate is shows how out of shape you are.
I'm confident that the more time goes by, my stamina will get better.

4th. of July

Happy July 4th. I can't believe it's already July. Too bad it's going to be storming today. I still plan on watching the fireworks over Vulcan park. I'll be watching them on Fox6. I can't remember the last time I ventured out to Homewood to see the show. I think we did that when my nephew was little.
Not much more going on today. I slept in and have been watching movies all day. I didn't go into the gym this morning, giving my knees a break. Yesterday I did my cardio for an hour then I played around with the weights. I feel like I over did it.
My blood sugars have been real good lately. I had to go down on one of my medications because it was making me sick. But otherwise from that my diabetes is going well.
Well I hope everyone has a nice holiday.

Volunteering

Hey! It's the beginning of the month and whats a nice thing to do is to volunteer. I started my first day at the Botanical Gardens. We did Membership Renewal Mail outs. It was a lot of fun. There were about three other volunteers there helping out. I met some of the nicest people. Oh and the staff over there were very thankful that we were there. They have a really neat business office. Every person I met. either in the office or on the grounds were nice.
Then I had a doctors appointment in the afternoon. It was across town. The drive wasn't too bad, just some crazy people on the road.
All in all, I had a pretty good day. I like this new busy feeling.