My Sister's Birthday
Today is my sister's birthday. I called her for her birthday. I call her about once a week and talk to her for about an hour. Today we didn't talk too long since she was having my brother and his girlfriend over her house for a barbecue. She is a hard worker, and I'm glad that she is having a good birthday. She didn't have to work today (she works 12 hour days Monday and Tuesdays, soon to be Monday to Thursday) and neither did her husband. She's a vegetarian, or at least trying to be one. She's doing it out of moral respect for animals. She doesn't want to eat anything that has a face. She still drinks milk, eats cheese and eggs, though, which is good because she needs the protein. I know you can get protein other ways. She is having trouble with losing weight and thought that it would be a good way to help her lose weight as well. She has blood pressure and thyroid problems, and she's only 33 today. I hope that my mom's stroke can get my sister to exercise more.
Today I tried doing week 3, day 1 of the 5k challenge and just failed. I don't feel bad for failing, I did the best I could. I just don't have the energy to jog for 2 minutes at a time. I did it a couple times, and then just walked the rest of the time. I finished my 1.2 mile walk in 35 minutes, so not too bad of a time. I don't think I'm going to go back to the challenge until I am in better shape and can do the jog for 2 minutes at a time for longer. I'm going to keep up with my walking, and still be training for my 5k, but I won't be doing the jogging part as intensely anymore. I want to be able to jog more, I just don't think I can do the 2 minutes consistently. I also had stomach problems and threw up a bit before I went out for my walk, so I really didn't want to push myself too hard. I didn't throw up much, just a tiny bit from coughing too hard.
I hope I'm not getting sick. I don't want to be sick, and especially not when I have the “Date with My Dad” thing coming up. I'm looking forward to that. I was thinking about my dad a bit today, and trying to think about the good memories and having more success today than I was yesterday. I did have some of the bad memories come up, but I can overlook them for now. I think it's because I slept good last night. I got about 14 hours of sleep, and felt really good. I know I'm still sleeping too much, but at least I'm getting sleep and feeling good. Besides the coughing/barfing thing earlier today I felt pretty good. I've been awake all day and didn't need to take a nap. I did lie down for a while when I had a headache, but I didn't need to fall asleep. I think it's the computer giving me a headache... I noticed that when I was on the computer I was having problems. I need more light when I use the computer, but a lot of the time Geo is sleeping and I don't want to turn on the light. I guess I need to just use the computer in the other room or something so I can prevent migraines from happening. That and get new glasses. I've noticed that when I get tired my eyes get foggy and I have trouble reading things like the computer screen.
Food was good today. I didn't report on food yesterday, since I was having computer issues, but I did good yesterday too. I was in my calorie range both days, and in range for all my nutrients as well. It's been the first time in a while that I've had 2 days back to back where I have everything in range. I had oatmeal for breakfast, soup for lunch and Indian Tikka Masala for dinner with rice and curried potatoes. It was so yummy! I wasn't sure how my stomach was going to respond to the food since I had trouble with oatmeal, but it was fine (at least so far). Yesterday I had pizza for breakfast, chicken nuggets and part of a cookie for lunch, and some Pad Thai for dinner. I know it sounds like I had some really bad food yesterday, but they were low fat nuggets (baked) and the pizza was leftover from the night before. I somehow ended up in my ranges, and that's what really matters. I lost some weight, too. I'm down to 243.0 now, which is good considering I was at 244.0 yesterday. I think being in my calorie range is what's helping me lose weight. Stress was low today, just had a bit of bad feeling when I couldn't do my jogging, but it didn't last long. Mood was okay overall, just a bit of down with the jogging as well. Sleep was too much, but just enough if you know what I mean. I needed that much sleep to get on with the day.
Today I tried doing week 3, day 1 of the 5k challenge and just failed. I don't feel bad for failing, I did the best I could. I just don't have the energy to jog for 2 minutes at a time. I did it a couple times, and then just walked the rest of the time. I finished my 1.2 mile walk in 35 minutes, so not too bad of a time. I don't think I'm going to go back to the challenge until I am in better shape and can do the jog for 2 minutes at a time for longer. I'm going to keep up with my walking, and still be training for my 5k, but I won't be doing the jogging part as intensely anymore. I want to be able to jog more, I just don't think I can do the 2 minutes consistently. I also had stomach problems and threw up a bit before I went out for my walk, so I really didn't want to push myself too hard. I didn't throw up much, just a tiny bit from coughing too hard.
I hope I'm not getting sick. I don't want to be sick, and especially not when I have the “Date with My Dad” thing coming up. I'm looking forward to that. I was thinking about my dad a bit today, and trying to think about the good memories and having more success today than I was yesterday. I did have some of the bad memories come up, but I can overlook them for now. I think it's because I slept good last night. I got about 14 hours of sleep, and felt really good. I know I'm still sleeping too much, but at least I'm getting sleep and feeling good. Besides the coughing/barfing thing earlier today I felt pretty good. I've been awake all day and didn't need to take a nap. I did lie down for a while when I had a headache, but I didn't need to fall asleep. I think it's the computer giving me a headache... I noticed that when I was on the computer I was having problems. I need more light when I use the computer, but a lot of the time Geo is sleeping and I don't want to turn on the light. I guess I need to just use the computer in the other room or something so I can prevent migraines from happening. That and get new glasses. I've noticed that when I get tired my eyes get foggy and I have trouble reading things like the computer screen.
Food was good today. I didn't report on food yesterday, since I was having computer issues, but I did good yesterday too. I was in my calorie range both days, and in range for all my nutrients as well. It's been the first time in a while that I've had 2 days back to back where I have everything in range. I had oatmeal for breakfast, soup for lunch and Indian Tikka Masala for dinner with rice and curried potatoes. It was so yummy! I wasn't sure how my stomach was going to respond to the food since I had trouble with oatmeal, but it was fine (at least so far). Yesterday I had pizza for breakfast, chicken nuggets and part of a cookie for lunch, and some Pad Thai for dinner. I know it sounds like I had some really bad food yesterday, but they were low fat nuggets (baked) and the pizza was leftover from the night before. I somehow ended up in my ranges, and that's what really matters. I lost some weight, too. I'm down to 243.0 now, which is good considering I was at 244.0 yesterday. I think being in my calorie range is what's helping me lose weight. Stress was low today, just had a bit of bad feeling when I couldn't do my jogging, but it didn't last long. Mood was okay overall, just a bit of down with the jogging as well. Sleep was too much, but just enough if you know what I mean. I needed that much sleep to get on with the day.
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