Re: Journal of my journey
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October 9, 2019
I did not do well with my eating plan yesterday. D1's SO came over to do some work for us around the yard and he came sooner than I expected. I ended up helping him do some things. One thing I did was weed an area where we are going to put garden boxes - guess what? Today I have a rash, I am allergic to something in our yard. Rarely do I do yard work and not end up with an itchy rash within a day or two. It is all over my arms even though I wore long sleeves and my neck and jawline. I have no idea what I touched that has caused me this rash.
So, instead of sitting down and slowly eating, I grabbed a pita bread and chowed down on that. Lunch was not much better: V8, pita bread and hummus. For dinner, I had mashed potatoes. I did all that prep work for a potato, onion and green pepper hash type dish, but left the house before the potatoes were done and he mashed them all. I was so upset because I told him what I wanted to do with the potatoes, but when I asked him to finish the potatoes so I could get started on the yard work. He said, "You want me to drain them and put them in the fridge?" I replied, "Yes, but save some of the potato water in case we want to mash some later." That was all he heard so he mashed them all.
So, today, I am going to saute the onion and green peppers and add them to the mashed potatoes and make a curry potato smasher. Not quite what I wanted but I cooked a lot of potatoes.
Today is day 9 of the Beck Diet Solution - Choose an exercise program. It is to include spontaneous and planned exercise.
spon·ta·ne·ous
/spänˈtānēəs/
adjective
1.performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus:
Then it has in the Commit in Writing section:
The spontaneous exercise I plan to do daily is...
Just seems a bit contradictory to plan an exercise that I am going to do without giving any thought to do it. I know it really means to choose something I will do randomly throughout the day on the spur of the moment. The idea is to get moving at times when you wouldn't normally be very active. In the past, I have done jumping jacks and/or squats while waiting for something to cook instead of just standing there looking at it. Thinking about what to choose as a "spontaneous" exercise, I think I will decide to walk briskly instead of strolling along when I walk down my driveway. Of course, that won't really be spontaneous because I am planning to do it. But, you get the idea. Take advantage of opportunities to get moving where and when you wouldn't normally do it.
My planned exercise is to do the Couch to 5k program using Robert Ullery's podcast and to do it on the treadmill and try to increase my mileage each time I do the workout for the week. But, today, since the sun is shining I am going to spontaneously decide to go for a run outside and enjoy the sunshine - just an easy run.
What I plan to eat today:
coffee
Cheerios with banana and plant-based milk
Potato smasher
salad
??
I'll be going to my mom's tonight and then we plan to leave about 3 o'clock in the morning for the trip to the Mayo Clinic. --Send positive vibes. -- My dad is 86 years old and the therapy the nursing home is giving him is helping him hold his head up better, but he still cannot hold it straight. His left arm is useless and his right is slowly losing function. He scoots around in the wheelchair with his feet, but he needs to really think hard to get his feet to do what he wants it to do. He has been an independent and proud man, but when I see him he seems to be doing well emotionally - my mom says that he has resolved to his condition better than her (or do I say she here?).
I did not do well with my eating plan yesterday. D1's SO came over to do some work for us around the yard and he came sooner than I expected. I ended up helping him do some things. One thing I did was weed an area where we are going to put garden boxes - guess what? Today I have a rash, I am allergic to something in our yard. Rarely do I do yard work and not end up with an itchy rash within a day or two. It is all over my arms even though I wore long sleeves and my neck and jawline. I have no idea what I touched that has caused me this rash.
So, instead of sitting down and slowly eating, I grabbed a pita bread and chowed down on that. Lunch was not much better: V8, pita bread and hummus. For dinner, I had mashed potatoes. I did all that prep work for a potato, onion and green pepper hash type dish, but left the house before the potatoes were done and he mashed them all. I was so upset because I told him what I wanted to do with the potatoes, but when I asked him to finish the potatoes so I could get started on the yard work. He said, "You want me to drain them and put them in the fridge?" I replied, "Yes, but save some of the potato water in case we want to mash some later." That was all he heard so he mashed them all.
So, today, I am going to saute the onion and green peppers and add them to the mashed potatoes and make a curry potato smasher. Not quite what I wanted but I cooked a lot of potatoes.
Today is day 9 of the Beck Diet Solution - Choose an exercise program. It is to include spontaneous and planned exercise.
spon·ta·ne·ous
/spänˈtānēəs/
adjective
1.performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus:
Then it has in the Commit in Writing section:
The spontaneous exercise I plan to do daily is...
Just seems a bit contradictory to plan an exercise that I am going to do without giving any thought to do it. I know it really means to choose something I will do randomly throughout the day on the spur of the moment. The idea is to get moving at times when you wouldn't normally be very active. In the past, I have done jumping jacks and/or squats while waiting for something to cook instead of just standing there looking at it. Thinking about what to choose as a "spontaneous" exercise, I think I will decide to walk briskly instead of strolling along when I walk down my driveway. Of course, that won't really be spontaneous because I am planning to do it. But, you get the idea. Take advantage of opportunities to get moving where and when you wouldn't normally do it.
My planned exercise is to do the Couch to 5k program using Robert Ullery's podcast and to do it on the treadmill and try to increase my mileage each time I do the workout for the week. But, today, since the sun is shining I am going to spontaneously decide to go for a run outside and enjoy the sunshine - just an easy run.
What I plan to eat today:
coffee
Cheerios with banana and plant-based milk
Potato smasher
salad
??
I'll be going to my mom's tonight and then we plan to leave about 3 o'clock in the morning for the trip to the Mayo Clinic. --Send positive vibes. -- My dad is 86 years old and the therapy the nursing home is giving him is helping him hold his head up better, but he still cannot hold it straight. His left arm is useless and his right is slowly losing function. He scoots around in the wheelchair with his feet, but he needs to really think hard to get his feet to do what he wants it to do. He has been an independent and proud man, but when I see him he seems to be doing well emotionally - my mom says that he has resolved to his condition better than her (or do I say she here?).