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A sad day today, but with it comes some inspiration to be healthy. My favourite uncle ever, my Uncle Barry, passed away this morning after his liver basically gave out on him. He's been an alcoholic since his teenage years, and was only turning 60 this year, which is two years older than my dad. My dad quit drinking over 30 years ago, though. It has always been said to me that alcohol is a deadly habit, and I should have realized it when my exboyfriend was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver at age 23 a few years ago. In excess, it hurts your body, and everytime you're intoxicated, I think we should consider that excess. My uncle drank whiskey for breakfast, so his excess exceeds most of our worst nights, I imagine. The news is horrible, especially since he was on life support for his son's wedding and died two days after the wedding. I think that's the saddest part of it all. I know he would have made better choices if he could have realized how it might end. Or maybe not. People have demons. My dad called me this morning to tell me and was really choked up. I can handle my mom being sad but when my dad is sad, it kills me. :(
I am restarting my exercise regime tonight. I have been trying very hard to sleep on my back with a flat pillow to prevent the shoulder/neck pain from getting worse. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling almost 100%, then promptly went back to sleep on my side and woke up sore. Damnit. Weird that I've been sleeping this way my whole life and now it's causing issues! kstubblefield, thanks for the thermacare heating pad idea. I bought some knockoff ones yesterday afternoon and the pain was gone all day at work! Magical. You are wonderful! :)
Something else weird that I have noticed is my attitude to food, and I think it's a positive change that comes from really paying attention to what's going on in my body. Everyday for lunch at work, I go to the supermarket next door that also has a deli/hot food section. I never used to think much about what goes into the food that's prepared for me, but it's really difficult for me to eat things that aren't very simple, like raw ingredients or things with less than 5 ingredients in them, which is something I think I read in Food Rules, by Michael Pollan. For example today, I could have had any number of things: there was an italian buffet, sushi, sandwiches, pizza, soups, etc. I chose tuna slices, carrot sticks, celery, broccoli, grapes and blueberries, and that was what was most appetizing to me. I also watch a LOT of food network shows, and one of my favourites, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, looks worse and worse everytime I watch it. I also caught Gordon Ramsey's new series, Masterchef, last night, and was pretty grossed out by something I probably used to eat without much reservation. It was potatoes swimming in about a cup of butter, a cup of cheese, bacon, and heavy cream. I'm not much afraid of fats by any means, but they showed the guy pouring a whole saucepan full of melting butter into the pan and my stomach turned. I had to look away in disgust! I hope this is a healthy reaction to excess, rather than me developing a fear of food, which could be bad.
Wow, lots of writing today, I'm trying to get my mind off of stuff so I can concentrate on work, I think this helped! :P
다이어트 캘린더 보기, 2010년 08월 10일:
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1147 kcal
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지방: 19.22g | 단백질: 90.60g | 탄수화물: 168.09g.
아침 식사: Smoked Light Tuna Slices in Water, apple, strawberries, 0% Vanilla Greek Yogurt. 점심 식사: baby carrots, celery, grapes, blueberries, Broccoli. 저녁 식사: fat free cottage cheese, cumin, tomato paste, ground turkey, onion, garlic, Tomato, White Beans (Mature Seeds, Canned). 간식/기타: skinny cow, hershey almond kisses. 더보기
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