Blogging has become my newest obsession. Not blogging on my own site, but reading other people's blogs. I have found (through other's blog sites) so many sites of the lives of people from my past...mainly childhood people. It is great. Most of them are married and have families and it is great to see their stories and pictures of their children. A little crazy when you think back to what they looked like at those ages and amazing how many of their children truly are the spitting image of their mothers and fathers.
Anywho...just thought I would say that I am a big blog reader...but as you can see from my neglected blog, not much of a blogger in my own rite. Oh, well.
:)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Learning the Blog World
So I have really started to get into this blog thing. I am like a kindergarten student here....I have no idea what I am doing. SO...that said, we shall see what I can learn. Anyways, I have found the greatest site. It helps you "purty-up" your blog. So I have changed a few things....hope you all like it!
More later...
More later...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Diet
Anti-Inflammatory Diet Food Pyramid...courtesy of Dr. Weil
So I giggle this time of year...every year...as so many people out there decide that they are going to lose weight and get healthy. I read somewhere one time that something like 89% of those who made a new year's resolution to lose weight will quit their new found diet and exercise program before the end of February. I have no idea if this statistic is valid or not, but it still makes me giggle. I have to admit that I too have been one of those poor schmucks that has the great intentions of losing weight for the new year and consequently failed miserably. Oh well, I guess it is a rite of passage that we fat people must take every year. I guess you could call it our annual pilgrimage to Mecca. What it should be called is our "gluttonage" of Krispy Cremes! LOL
Anyways, I have decided to go on an anti-inflammatory diet. I could lie to you and say that it has nothing to do with weight, but I won't. However, it really does have more to do with me not being in pain any more. If I lose weight in the process then "Whoo-hoo" for me! So the diet basically consists of the following: fish and seafood, vegetables, fruit, beans, whole grains, and soy products. What I have to eliminate from my diet are (also) as follows: no red meat, no dairy, no sugar, no salt, limited corn products, limited animal proteins (like chicken and turkey, etc) and no alcohol.
Now, I have tried something similar to this diet when I was first diagnosed with RA, and saw no real improvements. But I am hoping since I am responding better to my new meds then hopefully I will be able to get my diet to "assist" in the effort that my meds are accomplishing. We shall see. So wish me luck! I have no idea how it will be or even if it is going to be something I can stick to, but I am hoping for the best. I really really REALLY want to not have to take pain meds anymore. If I can get off them, then I can sell them on the streets for some extra cash, rather than having to take them all the time!! LOL Jokes! I would never do that...I would only sell them to people I know, silly!! :)
More later...
Anyways, I have decided to go on an anti-inflammatory diet. I could lie to you and say that it has nothing to do with weight, but I won't. However, it really does have more to do with me not being in pain any more. If I lose weight in the process then "Whoo-hoo" for me! So the diet basically consists of the following: fish and seafood, vegetables, fruit, beans, whole grains, and soy products. What I have to eliminate from my diet are (also) as follows: no red meat, no dairy, no sugar, no salt, limited corn products, limited animal proteins (like chicken and turkey, etc) and no alcohol.
Now, I have tried something similar to this diet when I was first diagnosed with RA, and saw no real improvements. But I am hoping since I am responding better to my new meds then hopefully I will be able to get my diet to "assist" in the effort that my meds are accomplishing. We shall see. So wish me luck! I have no idea how it will be or even if it is going to be something I can stick to, but I am hoping for the best. I really really REALLY want to not have to take pain meds anymore. If I can get off them, then I can sell them on the streets for some extra cash, rather than having to take them all the time!! LOL Jokes! I would never do that...I would only sell them to people I know, silly!! :)
More later...
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!!
Well, I know I said before that I would post day-to-day and then conceded to week-to-week, but now I must hang my head in shame as it has been too many weeks to count since I posted. I thought the blog would be a great way to communicate with friends and loved ones, but to be honest, I have a Myspace and a Facebook that already keep me so busy. I will try to do better...I promise.
As for the new year, a very dear person in my life asked me yesterday what my New Years Resolution was going to be. I replied, as honestly as possible, that I do not make resolutions because I NEVER keep them. I try. Honest, I do try, but unfortunately I fail at keeping my promises to myself that I will make some DRASTIC change in my life for the better. It is such as wonderful thought to think that at the turn of the new year that we will set out on yet another chapter of our lives and begin it with a laundry list of the things we regret and want to change. I ask myself, why? Why do we only do this at the end of yet another year? It seems actually quite Topsy-turvy to begin a brand new chapter with a list of the negative.
Therefore, I do not make resolutions, but I do make plans. My plans for this year are quite simple. I am going to get healthy this year. These last two years have been the worst of my life and I am hoping that they will remain the worst and there are only good things to come. I am going to go into remission and get myself on track and actually do the things that I want to do in my dreams rather than only participating in my life in my subconscious. I am ready to do it. I know it will be hard. There will be times that I fail, but I will have the determination to pick myself up and begin again. I have to. There are no other options. To put it simply...I am done.
So for those of you who DO make resolutions, I wish you the best of luck in keeping to them. Accomplish all your goals and dreams. Don't let life pass you by. It is short...and it gets shorter every year.
My love to you all and Happy New Year!! 2009
As for the new year, a very dear person in my life asked me yesterday what my New Years Resolution was going to be. I replied, as honestly as possible, that I do not make resolutions because I NEVER keep them. I try. Honest, I do try, but unfortunately I fail at keeping my promises to myself that I will make some DRASTIC change in my life for the better. It is such as wonderful thought to think that at the turn of the new year that we will set out on yet another chapter of our lives and begin it with a laundry list of the things we regret and want to change. I ask myself, why? Why do we only do this at the end of yet another year? It seems actually quite Topsy-turvy to begin a brand new chapter with a list of the negative.
Therefore, I do not make resolutions, but I do make plans. My plans for this year are quite simple. I am going to get healthy this year. These last two years have been the worst of my life and I am hoping that they will remain the worst and there are only good things to come. I am going to go into remission and get myself on track and actually do the things that I want to do in my dreams rather than only participating in my life in my subconscious. I am ready to do it. I know it will be hard. There will be times that I fail, but I will have the determination to pick myself up and begin again. I have to. There are no other options. To put it simply...I am done.
So for those of you who DO make resolutions, I wish you the best of luck in keeping to them. Accomplish all your goals and dreams. Don't let life pass you by. It is short...and it gets shorter every year.
My love to you all and Happy New Year!! 2009
Monday, November 10, 2008
I just started a Blog!!
So I have no idea how all this works...I decided to give it a try. I guess you could be wondering why I would start a blog. Well, I guess so that I can have a place to let everyone I know and care about see what is happening with me on a day-to-day basis (who am I kidding, probably more like week-to-week).
I will see how this works and we will go from there!
Later
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