Life 06 Oct 2005 12:23 pm
Diet
Day 4 - fasting day. It hasn’t been so bad thus far. Today we will have V8 and water most of the day until dinner. I plan on having chicken, a new zucchini recipe, and beans for dinner. It’s still relatively early this morning but my stomach is typically gnawing on itself by now. We’ve done well this week. I must admit I cheated one time when I went out to Jim and Nick’s BBQ with Bible Study. I had 3 mini cheese muffins. But, the author of the book says that it is better to cheat in one hour than the entire day. So I picked myself back up and got back on the wagon. Week one is always the hardest as your system is shocked by the lack of food and carbs that you are injesting. By week two, it knows what is happening and so it isn’t as hard. Boredom with what you’re eating starts to set in though so I’m really trying hard to keep everything varied. Last night I made spaghetti with spaghetti squash. It’s becoming something we both enjoy though it doesn’t quite take the place of some really good pasta. I do like the idea of feeling full and eating a nice sized portion with healthy food. I plan on checking out some recipes for other types of winter squash that I’m seeing the grocery store hoping to come up with something else that we’ll both really enjoy.
It’s nice to have Joel back home again. He hasn’t written about his excursion yet but I know he still plans on it. As soon as he got home he had complained of an earache. Hoping it was just the pressure from flight, I told him to keep an eye on it through Monday. Following a phone call at work on Monday, I advised him to head to the doctor to have it checked out. He has had several ear infections over his life like I have though he hasn’t had but one since his sleep apnea surgery (over a year ago.) Sure enough, an ear infection it was. From there he was on to the eye doctor to get some new glasses. He wasn’t much into picking new frames seeing he didn’t feel well and that he couldn’t see (they dialated his eyes) so I picked them out for him. I’m really pleased with them as they aren’t round but more rectangular w/ tortoise frames. One long awaited appointment down, several more to go. By the time we finish this first round, it will be time to start it all over again.
I went shopping while Joel was gone to come back only with a handtowel and some trouser socks. Pretty depressing seeing how my shopping typically went in Jax. It’s probably a good thing though as we’ve incurred quite a few more expenses than what we had planned for. I think I’m just going to wait until after the 40 days of dieting to go shopping again. I’m still in most of the clothes that I couldn’t fit in before we went on the diet the first time so I’m hoping we’ll be able to maintain again and it will be worthwhile to wait to go shopping. I need some work clothes not to mention some basic tops that aren’t 4-6 years old. In time. Joel isn’t afraid of sending me shopping we just have to have a month with a little fluidity in the spending. Hopefully it won’t be long off.
The other exciting thing that keeps happening is our air conditioner freezing up. We’re going to have to call someone about it and we’re trying to put it off as long as possible. It’s frozen up 3 times in 2 weeks. It’s rather crazy. We have friends of ours that just had to replace a faulty air conditioner after only 3 years. I’m a little afraid we’re going to be headed down that road as well. I’m hoping not and that it’s something that they will be able to identify when we finally do call them. For now, resetting the a/c unit is working. Lets hope it continues to do so.
I did find out this weekend that we don’t need a new bumper on the new car. Praise God! I gave both cars a good scrubbing over the weekend and found that I was able to scrub the marks off. You can’t see the small little indention so now all we have to contend with is the undercarriage. I still would like to get it checked out just to make sure. Insurance has been so patient with us regarding the whole thing seeing that it has been a few months since our incident. Maybe we can proceed a little quicker now that we know that a new bumper or paint isn’t on the job list.
For now, that is all the excitement that is currently in our world. The weekend will bring the fair for us and media duty at church. It’s a weekend home which will be nice. Until later….. I’m going to get more water.
on 07 Oct 2005 at 9:34 am 1.Tia said …
Hiya! Can you fill up on salad? Good fiber? That’s what I do when I’m reducing: find a fiber rich source and chow on it. Remember when it was Frosted Mini Wheats????
Those probably aren’t on your diet…..
Is it getting cool enough for you just have your windows open yet? We always shut our AC off by October, cool enough or not, to cut back on the bill. We’ve done it here too. If you heat isn’t involved, that would buy you several months to prepare for a major repair.
Get Dave Ramsey’s book PLEASE. I so wished we’d read it years ago. It’s like the diet is to finances…it’s PLAN that makes sense and works and at it’s essense, is common sense without gimmicks. Sacrifices aren’t forever but have a purpose. That’s a big deal when you “live like no one else so later, you can live like no one else.”
Have a good one today!
on 10 Oct 2005 at 4:47 pm 2.Gigi said …
I just read Joels’ account of his trip, It must have been a good time for him. I remember the time we went to S.D. and to the zoo, and other interesting places there.
On one of the christian programs on tv, I heard of a book on dieting, written by a christian name of Jordan S. Rubin.It is a 40 day health plan and about foods in the bible.Just thought you might be interested.I am looking forward to seeing you this weekend.It been a long time.Love you
on 10 Oct 2005 at 7:05 pm 3.Joel said …
Gram,
The diet that we are currently doing is the Maker’s Diet - the one you speak of. It is the second time that we have done it and are hoping for similar success that we had last time. It really focuses on digestive health first which is important with Joel’s family background. What little we can do now may save some issues in the future.