But...

Another new year is starting tomorrow so who knows. I might just do it this time. Here's hoping.

Signed,

The Ever-Optimistic Sharl

Surprise!

Its the end of the year and I'm still not thin. Huh.

Yogurt...And Other Musings

...I found this new yogurt called Noosa, and it is soooo good. It comes in flavors like Blood Orange (and actually I just got finished eating that particular one a few minutes ago), and Coconut and Raspberry, to name a few. The downside is though, they have a heck of a lot of calories, like anywhere from 280 to 310. Yikes! Not exactly diet food. But boy oh boy are they delicious!

...I'm almost a month into being 60, and, well, haven't done much about weight-wise.  I am in the planning stages though.


...After seeing this on Shark Tank when it was presented and thought it looked interesting and not to mention portable, I am thinking about maybe buying one of these for my office so that I can use it at lunch time:

...If I pulled out all my teeth, would that get rid of my sweet tooth?  Nah...it wouldn't. And I like having teeth.


...I had just read about this book and am considering buying since most of the reviews have been really good:

...I AM going to do this.

Truth



60

And a brand new year of my life had begun. Let's make it better health-wise, shall we?

And....

The 50s are done and over.

The Last Days of The Fifties...

I am not a fast food person at all. Sure, when I was younger, I loved it just like everyone else, but as I got older, I just don't like it at all and don't eat it. So why then did I get this craving for a Big Mac all of a sudden last week? I have no idea. So Friday night, this is what I had:

 (It did cure the craving and I no longer want any. I also drank it with water and not soda, even though that doesn't sound right.)


The next day, Vickie (I was spending the weekend with her) took me to lunch at this restaurant in Williamsburg called Waypoint, and for I had another burger. Really what I wanted was the homemade chips that went with it, and I don't know why I asked for a burger instead of another type of sandwich, which they did have. Oh well. It was good:

But let me tell you, THIS was the piece de resistance, their Signature Snicker Torte:

Oh. My. Goodness. It was soooooooo delicious!!!!! Wow!!!  It had this light, crispy crunchy crust, I think rice krispies and peanuts and maybe peanut butter, and then the next layer was a milk chocolate Bavarian cream, and on top of that was a peanut butter Bavarian cream (I think anyway, because it had the same light texture as the chocolate layer and that was described in the menu as Bavarian cream), and finally to finish it they put a chocolate ganache over it, and sprinkled salted chopped peanuts over it. The smear was salted caramel chocolate with sea salt sprinkled on it.  The whole thing was just awesome. You might think a peanut putter torte like that would be heavy but it wasn't; and after reading about Bavarian cream (because you can bet I googled that puppy to see if I could recreate this), I can see why it was so light, but a lot of flavor.  Let me just say I wanted to lick that plate!

Anyway, I have plans to try my hand at it after I come home from Cali. Peanut butter is protein, right? 

The Month I turn 60

So this is the month I turn 60 and my weight is the same as it was a  couple of years ago. And I only have myself to blame. Then again so many plans I made in my mind to take place when I turned 60 aren't going to happen, so why should my weight? Not that that excuses me of course.

But with all the health problems I've been having, it seems that they should be an eye-opener for me to get off my butt and do something about it. I sometimes wonder what is wrong with my brain not to see that. Though I do see it. Makes a lot of sense, right? Yeah...not to me either.

But. It is another month. And I do tend to start my "New Year" on m birthday. So let's where 60 takes me, shall we?

I Wish It Were That Easy

Now There's An Idea

Not A Good Month

I know I haven't been doing so great on here this month, but then on the other hand it is because I have still been sick pretty much this whole time. I think there was a week I felt somewhat better but now I am back to feeling like crap.  Definitely not the way I pictured the new year and what I wanted to do with it.


I'm hoping that someday I feel better again.

And Then Some...

(Or maybe hours?)

Yep....Another Wasted Month

But not my fault this time.

Nope, It Isn't Over

So I finally get over my back pain and immediately get allergies because we had a 70 degree day last week and then a cold day followed it, completely screwing up my nose. So from Thursday I was sneezing my brains out and of course my nose got stuffy.  I didn't waste anytime taking ZyrtecD and then even going to buy MucinexD, but they were no match for my nose.

When I would start to feel better and breathing normally, I would think, okay, now I can go do whatever, which ended up being a mistake because my nose would stuff right back up. And then Sunday it started going into my lungs and I'm coughing like crazy. Aye yi yi. Yesterday I did stay home from work and did nothing except take the dogs out one time but other than that I rested...and then could not sleep at all last night. And I do mean NOT. AT. ALL. Every time I laid down I would start coughing, so then I would go downstairs and sit upright in the chair but still couldn't sleep, so I was awake literally all night. And then got up to go to work this morning. I am breathing a bit better but  definitely not 100%, probably 50% if that, and I should have stayed home for the rest of the week I think but didn't want to take the leave.

Anyway, if there was a silver lining to all this, I did lose 7 lbs, because feeling like I have, I haven't eaten a whole lot. A bowl of cereal here and there and my coffee and that's about it. I can't taste a darn thing, except the sweet or spicy sensations but that's it. I did have a little dinner last night, a spicy pork roast and garlic fries, but had I been blindfolded first, I could not have told you what it was that I was eating, except that the meat was spicy. I would hate to lose my taste buds but it sure would make dieting easy because you just would eat enough to survive.

So now to just get over all this.

One thing after the other. Sheesh.

The Best Laid Plans (Or Not)

So you might think I have started this diet and exercise thing once and for all in a brand new year. Well. I will say I think I am eating less, mostly because I don't feel the greatest and having a hard time breathing kind of makes it easier not to eat so much. But as for exercise, well, that's on hold for a few more days I think. Last week my lower back started acting up, I don't know if it is from the arthritis or if I strained it or what, but it was pretty painful for quite a few days and a ton of extra-strength Tylenol. I finally started feeling better this past Monday but it isn't 100% yet, so I am going to give it at least until the weekend and then I'll get on the treadmill, depending on how well I breathe that is. I'll just have to go from there and take a look-and-see approach.


My doctor is scheduling physical therapy for me so they can give me pointers and help with what to do when it hurts and they should be able to pinpoint it as arthritis or strained. So we'll see.  And I am having another CT so who knows what will come out of that.


All I know is these health problems are screwing up my plans.

That Might Just Do It...