Leona Lewis

my new favorite!

An Ear Full

I’ve been dealing with sinuses and a cold for the past week. The fluctuation of the weather certainly hasn’t been a helping factor in getting better, but slowly but surely I was recovering. That was until last night when it hit me hard!

My head was so congested that I tried to relieve the pressure by pinching my nostrils, closing my mouth, and blowing. It’s a trick I know MANY do, and something even my doctor showed me a long time ago. Typically it works fine and does the trick, but last night may have been a painful exception.

I did the trick after work yesterday and by that night I had acute pains shoting through my ear and the rest of my body. Every time I swallowed, hiccupped, coughed, or even took a deep breath I could feel a surge of pain racing throughout my body. Needless to say it was a long night and I didn't get much rest.

This morning I went to my doctor and discovered I have an ear infection, but my doctor made no mention of a damaged eardrum. After getting my medicine and going back to work my ear started to feel like it was draining, so I put a tissue near my ear and when I pulled it back the tissue had spots of bloody. My hearing has been muffled ever since, and that’s when I decided to take this picture…















WTF! That ain’t normal! Now I'm really wondering how much damage was done and if my doctor evaluated me correctly.

Hey fatso! Put down that Cheeseburger!

It’s been about a month since I started my “diet” and things are going OK, not great, but OK. I haven’t lost my goal weight, but I am finding that it’s getting harder and harder to lose weight the older I get. Like a roller coaster my weight seems to go up, down, level, and then go back up almost daily.

Despite the fluctuation in my weight and the inability to shed 10 pounds, I am proud that I change my habits (for the most part). These are habits that have stuck with me for years, so this is a BIG deal!

I’ve eliminated my consumption of cola drinks by over 90%, and replaced coffee with green tea. Considering I use to have up to 4 cups of coffee and 48 oz (or more) of soda every day, I think it’s a pretty damn good improvement from a month ago.

One thing I’ve really struggled with is changing my food and alcohol behavior. I love eating and drinking! I tend to forget the rules of late night eating or skimming on really fatty additives. To me life is richer when there’s good food and wine at your disposal. Changing my mindset to making better decisions is going to be a big challenge, but all it takes is will power and small daily changes that will eventually become my new lifestyle.

Exercise!
Ok, this is where life gets in the way! I'm a hard worker and put in some long hours, which has recently caught up to me. Lately I'm tired and rarely am I willing to go run or lift weights after working 13 hours! I think with the weather getting better I’ll be more incline to get outside.

This thought that I can eat a cheeseburger and fries, then just burn it off later just has got to end. At my age my body can't burn it off at the same rate and I have to stop thinking I'm 26...because that ain't the cause!

busted, recap

Ten years ago today...George Michael was busted, and busted out of the closet. This music video was inspired by his arest in a Beverly Hills park.

Sunscreen

I remember hearing this song when it first came out...it still makes me feel good and optimistic.