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Healthy You Challenge Update

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , , , , , , on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have two major achievements to report this week! First of all, the non-scale achievement -
I live at an apartment complex called “Top of the Hill”. As you may imagine, it’s on the top of a hill. On one of the walking paths, there’s a fairly steep incline (steep for me, that [...]

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07-20-08 – The Moment is NOW

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , , , , , on July 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what is within our control, and what is not. The conclusion I’ve come to is that there is almost no moment within our control, yet we have the capability to control almost every moment of every day. Now, this may sound contradictory, so let me explain [...]

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Colonoscopy done!

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s finally over with!  I must say I feel calmer now than I have for the entire week just having the colonoscopy out of the way.  My appointment was originally scheduled for 1:30 PM, but because of a scheduling problem, they moved it up to 8 AM.  This actually turned out to be OK, because [...]

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07-17-08 – A rectal tornado

Posted in weight loss, tagged , on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »

That’s about how I would describe the colonoscopy prep so far – a rectal tornado.  Although it hasn’t been as bad as I feared, it has been far from pleasant.  It’s about 8:15 PM here, and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve gone.  All I know is my butt’s really sore!!
The colonoscopy was [...]

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07-16-08 – A painful, stressful day

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , , , on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My back and hip are hurting more today than they have been recently.  I don’t remember doing anything to aggravate it.  I think it’s all stress-related.  I’ve been trying to get a project done at work, and I’ve been scrambling trying to make sure everything works (I work in IT).  Today, I finally got the [...]

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07-15-08 – Didn’t make the second walk today

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , on July 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I made it out for a lunchtime walk today, but didn’t get out again tonight.  My back and hip are bothering me, plus for some reason I’m just really tired.  I’m not trying to make excuses here, I just hurt too much to make it out tonight.  I’ll try again tomorrow.
This Friday is colonoscopy day, [...]

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07-13-08 – Feeling better, of course

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , , on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t think I’ve contracted any type of virus. I think it’s what I’ve been thinking all along; it’s my body adjusting to the healthy eating. This happened to me last summer when I was trying to lose weight and get healthier. I had bouts of nausea, bowel spasms, and cramping. [...]

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04-21-08 – Postponing the Colonoscopy

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , on April 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I’m going to be calling tomorrow morning to postpone my colonoscopy which is scheduled for Friday. The reason is that they make you stop taking NSAIDs for seven days prior to the procedure. So, I’ve been taking Tylenol for the sciatica. The problem is, the Tylenol isn’t doing squat. There’s no [...]

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04-19-08 & 04-20-08 – Frustrating Weekend

Posted in weight loss, tagged , , on April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I went up to Panama’s house this weekend.  That’s my father, by the way.  I call him Panama because that’s where he grew up. Really!  He grew up in the pre-WWII days in the Panama Canal Zone, where my grandfather was a merchant at the local base commissary.  When my father served in WWII, his [...]

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