A New Day

Hello all. It's saturday and I have been lazy today. Would you believe that I am still in my pajamas?
I've been watching movies on the family channel all day. I'm out of bed but thats about all. I've been hearing stomping and running around upstairs all day, so I quss my neighbor has her grandchild up there. I couldn't be busy with my daily chores, but I've thrown caution to the wind today and decided to  do nothing. It is a beautiful day outside. I've got a big week scheduled for next week. I'll be volunteering next week at the Botanical Gardens. I've got a doctors appointment on Monday and I'll be hitting the gym again. I've gotten my heart rate to 137. It was at 158 when I first started so I'm slowly getting better. It takes a lot to move around this large body of mine. He He He. I've lost 31 pounds since this morning when I weighed. So thats good. It's all these low carbs that I have been eating. My Dad has designed this diet for me and so far I haven't been hungry to the point of quitting. I;ve been trying on clothes lately and now I've got at least 6 to 7 more outfits I can wear. SO, in another 30 pounds I'm sure I will be able to wear all of my clothes. I've got a lot of clothes, I just haven't been able to fit into them. My blood sugars are a little low but still in the OK range. Their from 75 to 92 in the morning. And in the afternoon their about 104 to 120. If I can just keep my afternoon ones under 150 I'm good. And my overall calorie count for the days are under 1,200. So, I think I've gotten this diet down. As far as today, everything is going well. I'll try to blog again soon.

Volunteering

Hello all. I've been volunteering this week at the Botanical Gardens. It's been nice to get out of the house. I don't work outside, just inside doing office work. We actually worked on Membership Renewals for August. I did this last month as well. The staff there are always appreciative of you time and effort. And the other volunteers are nice too. The volunteers that I have met are usually on disability like I am or their retired.
I think I have a crush on the volunteer coordinator. He is so nice and cute too. I got back in time enough to go to the mall to walk today. I decided to walk there instead of where I live partly because it is indoors with AC. It was just a little warm today.
Now I've got to wash some clothes and do a little housework around here tonight because I'm expecting some friends over tomorrow. Their my friends from Jasper.
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
Talk later...

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!