Finding a pot of gold?

I have something I feel I need to write about but I am actually afraid to.  You see I have lost 7 lbs. Great news right?  Only I am actually afraid to write about it because it seems like when I say that I am doing well with my eating and exercising, things go south.  But this time things seem a bit different, like maybe I found a pot of gold. That gold is an eating plan I can actually live with, but let me start from the beginning.

I had some medical things come up which led me to have a blood test. Turned out I had a hormone out of whack. I started reading up on what this meant and saw a doctor.  It seems that I have a mild form of a possible hormone imbalance that amazingly can be helped mostly by eating a certain way - low carb.  Now, I was on the wave of trying the Atkins diet back in the day when it resurfaced as all the rage and after one week I could tell that it was NOT for me.  But as I have read about and put into action this recommended eating plan I am in awe at what's possible.  I have found a way to eat less carbs than what I did before AND even still enjoy some Cafe Mocha's from Starbucks, chocolate from time to time and still eat BREAD!  I can't tell you how amazed I am by this because I have lost that 7 lbs in about 3 weeks. Every other time I have tried to curb my eating, weeks would go by I would see no results Obviously this was frustrating.

I hope I can keep it up and continue to see results.  I will try each day.  In the meantime, I am just enjoying looking at the rainbow that came with my pot of gold  :-)

Winter Beauty

It isn't often that I speak the words winter and beauty in one sentence but recently I woke up to some amazing scenes. Something I don't remember seeing before. I stepped out my door to head to the gym pretty early in the morning and as Looked around everything was covered with what looked like can only be described as iced frost. It wasn't regular frost and it wasn't ice. It almost looked as if someone painted everything you could see white. It was really something. It was nice to be able to find the beauty in winter. Scenes like this make the 8 more weeks or so of winter yet to come more palatable.


I took a photo, however I doubt you will really be able to see what I am talking about. Hopefully you can and hopefully you can find the beauty of winter somewhere near you!

Time to make the donuts

Anybody remember the commercial from the 80s about the dunkin donuts guy? Here is a reminder just in case:



This gentleman's enthusiasm for having to get up and make the donuts is about how I felt today regarding my responsibilities. There was cleaning, laundry, dishes, bills, grocery shopping, coupon clipping, cats needs to be met, excercising to fit in, and more. Doesn't it sometimes seem like we just keep doing it all over and over again. I know that is part of life but it seemed like all day today each time I was getting through all those things I NEEDed to do rather than the things I WANTED to do I just kept hearing this guy saying "time to make the donuts"

But then, if you notice at the end of the commercial, he turns to see all the customers smiling happy faces and he knows that getting up to make those fresh donuts each day is actually worth it. As I sit here finally relaxing in front of my computer I look around at my finished laundry, vacummed room, cleaner house and I notice I am enjoying my full tummy from a good meal and a body that feels invigorated from a workout, I know it was all worth it. So I guess tomorrow I will get up and make some more donuts - or something like it ;-)