New Years Resolutions (Week 2)

It's been 2 weeks since the dramatic change of lifestyle has begun, let's see if there's any improvement.

Blood Pressure : 130/75 (The lowest yet)

Blood Sugar : 104

Weight : - 13 pounds!! YEAH!

General Demeanor: Better. I can honestly say that I feel better than I used to on a daily basis. I have more energy, and have noticed a general change for the better overall.

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So now I'm starting to see the changes I was looking for. I remember almost a year ago going to get a DOT physical and my blood pressure was to high to pass me. I had to sit in the office for 1/2 hour and relax just to get it to come down barely enough to let me get my license. I'm surprised at the weight too, that's about 7 pounds a week. I'm sure that will slow down as the body starts adjusting more but I'll still take it. Still have 37 more pounds to go before I can shave or get a haircut. As long as it happens before it starts getting warm out I'll be happy, then again, I'll probably enjoy looking like Grizzly Adams and keep it from now on.

I still miss butter more than I can tell you, but things like pop, milk, sugary crap ... I don't miss at all. I guess once you get them out of your system, the cravings go away. I've replaced just about all of my liquid needs with plain old water.

"Operation Tree" is at a stand still. We had 11 inches of snow one day followed by 7 more another so my 'free' exercise has gone from chopping lumber to moving snow. All in all I'm still getting a daily workout as I spend around 2 hours or more per day moving snow.

"Operation not leave the property" is going incredibly great. I have not had ANY outside personal contact with the rest of the world in 18 days!!!!!!!! Yeah, the last few days in December I didn't go into town either. I do have a snag coming up as on the 27th I have to take my daughter to town for Her first day of preschool. Lucky for me this will be 30 days of not leaving the property, so I will have surpassed that goal ....... just barely!! The sad thing is I bet I could continue NOT going to town for a lot longer than that, but family first.

So there you have it .. week 2 in the books. Hopefully I can get out during week 3 and start hacking away at the tree again, but since my tractor has turned into nothing more than a 2000 lbs frozen brick that won't start, I might be preoccupied with that for a bit. Oh well, I've always wanted to learn about the intricate engine pieces of a 60 year old tractor!!