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7/16/2009

(too much) Muscles are Bad

This just reminded me about a guy who was really trying to build his muscle (more). He had a difficult time putting his arms down. I thought it was interesting, since it was the first time I saw a body builder in real life, but I certainly wasn't attracted to him.
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Anyway, this also kind of makes me think of the women who fear being fat. How thin is too thin for guys and how many women try so hard to be so thin, that their bones stick out.

I've sent him a tweet mentioning a similar survey for guys would be a good idea.

7/09/2009

Getting to bed on time

For some reason, my son will not go to bed on time. I've tried everything that I could think of. Tomorrow, it will be the second day of no computer. He loves the computer, but he STILL stays up too late.

I've already banned him from having friends tomorrow (after all, he'll be too tired to play with them anyway). If he doesn't go to sleep on time tomorrow night, there's nothing left to take away.

Now before anyone says "He might not need the sleep": consider this... He's been complaining of a light headache and nausea. This has only been happening when he goes to bed too late. Last night he went to bed on time - no problems - that is, until tonight, after 9:00pm, he started to have the same symptoms.

I guess I'll have to get use to the fact that he will be bored for a few days. I'm hoping he will learn from this and stop being so stubborn.

6/14/2009

Getting healthy... Continues

The past few months, I finally started to work on my health. With five kids, two only 18 months apart, it's nearly impossible to find time for yourself or even try to pay attention to what and how much your eating. I haven't been doing all at once, however. Modifying habits take time an a lot of effort. I found that if I only change one or two a week, I'm more likely to stick to the new habits.

There are a few good habits I had already developed. I no longer drink soda. I stopped drinking the main brands several years ago after I realized my ADHD symptoms were the worst after drinking a can. It's been about a month since I've had even a natural soda. Even then, it was soda "supplemented" with stevia. It tasted just diet coke, I think I'll drink that when I feel like I need something fizzy.

I don't eat fast food. I usually felt pretty ill when I did. Perhaps it's psychological, or maybe they have a common preservative that makes me have (what we geeks like to call) a system dump. Lately, we haven't been going to restaraunts altogether because we have been tightening our belts a little. Do you have any idea how much it costs to feed five kids? This would include the hefty tip we leave for the poor sucker who has to clean up. Our kids are pretty good, but no matter how good kids are, only about 15% of the food you give them actually ends up in their mouth 65% ends up on the floor, and the last 10% shows up in the crevices of the van, even after you think you got every last crumb before you let them in.

Other good habits are: Limiting Sweeteners to only stevia, raw honey, and maple syrup with the occasional ice cream or homemade cake, Drinking mostly water and on occasion juice, eating grass-fed beef (which is naturally leaner) and most recently, working out at Curves three times a week and walking.

My main problem is now, that I still eat too much. It's mostly to stay awake. I go to bed too late, then in the early morning, one of the kids finds it quite funny to get into my face and just wait for me to wake up. Kids are cute, but even with them inches from your face at 6:00 am is a bit startling. So, to keep me from sleeping, I usually snack on nuts and raisins (since I don't stockpile on junk anymore) or whatever else is in the snack/ingredient cabinet. Mmmmm, walnuts.

So, this week, my new habit is getting to bed BEFORE 10:00pm. This means no late night blogging - or twittering.

This is going to be difficult.

6/10/2009

Okay, so no video this time

I came up with a better idea at the last minute. I will eventually post a video, but I plan on updating my website first. It's kind of outdated.

Perhaps, eventually, I'll post a video, but for now, blogging is easier. Perhaps, it's not as flashy as a video, but it will have to do.

I did go to Curves today, like I've been doing for about a month-and-a-half. For those who don't know what "Curves" is, congrats on coming out of your cave and joining us in the Civilized world. Curves is a woman's gym pioneering in circuit training.

I have decided to start going three days a week since May. About the second week of May, I started walking three times a day, although I've been doing it mostly for Benjamin to calm him down.

It's not like I can forget to walk. If he wants to walk, he will bring my shoes to me. If I put off going for a walk around 30 seconds or so, then he gets pretty angry. And no one like it when he gets angry.

Now it's time to do something else to get healthy. I've already have been avoiding processed foods and the last time I had any fast food, it was when we went to the new Taco Bell in Rutland about 6 months ago. I felt so miserable (I'm no longer immune from the chemical laden food, I suppose) that I have vowed not to step foot inside a fast food joint again, or even roll a wheel into their drive thru - well, except for McDonald's coffee. It's organic. I'll just not have cream in it. It's some thick white liquid posing as cream.

I have had this book on metabolic typing and a book from Dr Mercola. I have taken the tests in these books, and found that I was a protien type. I'll have to get more into detail with that in another post.

It's late, and I need sleep...

Aha! I figured out my next step. Going to bed earlier. This is a tough one. I'll have to start tomorrow... It's already too late tonight.

11/18/2007

Mutant Cold Virus and a dead computer

For more than a week now, I've had this awful cold. It's not so bad now. I seem to be getting over it. It didn't help that I came across an article about the mutant cold virus. If that's what I had, I can understand why it would kill someone with a weak immune system.

Anyway, my laptop finally died Friday. So now I don't have a laptop. This means I have to share my computer with my husband and I won't be able to quickly look up something that I've seen somewhere.

Not to mention that if I have an idea for a flash design a modification to my website, I can't act on it immediately. I have to write a list.

I was supposed to redesign my whole website too, including this blog. Expect changes to take place soon, though. I just don't know when yet.

8/06/2007

Catching up, Dog hospital, bladder infection, new blog

I have so much to say I have no idea where to start. The baby came on Tuesday, the 31st and since then I hadn't been able to type much until now. There's quite the story behind the delivery, but I'm going to wait to tell it until I get a chance to edit videos.

Sunday, I was suffering from a very painful bladder infection. So I had to go to the ER to get antibiotics. I was still in pain right up until delivery. I guess it helped that I didn't have a head grinding into my bladder anymore. After the ER, we went to pick up the dog from the animal hospital. Somebody had forgotten to close the front door and she knows how to open the screen door. So she got out of the house at 2:00 Saturday morning and was hit by a car. Aside from a few missing toes and a few bruises, she is fine.

I had the baby on Tuesday and then decided to try to go back to the campground on Wednesday because I thought that since there are so many adults around that I would have plenty of help with the kids. But then there was the space problem and the stress of trying to explain to my grandmother, yet again, that Kool - aide is really bad for you. I would prefer them to have fruit juice "cocktail" since at least there's SOME nutritional value in spite of the fact that it's mostly corn syrup.

*sigh*

At least my kids are young enough that they will recover the barrage of garbage food. I do have my work cut out for me after Saturday, which is their last day. I think I will go shopping prior to picking them up and get all kinds of fresh veggies. I'll also have to either get my crock pot back or buy a new one. I'll need it if I am to try to keep up with the kids AND the new baby.

Finally, I have a new blog. I plan on working on becoming healthier. I can't intentionally try to lose weight so soon after the baby is born, but there's no excuse to be unhealthy. You can check it out here: http://www.blogcharm.com/nanciesweb/

And yes, it looks like this one. I haven't decided on a different design, yet. It'll be a while since I have other things to do right now concerning the internet.