This afternoon I had a weak feeling
all over my body, I felt hot and shaky and I was afraid my blood sugar was
getting low. So I ate a protein bar, nice and slow. Then I had some grapes, one
at a time, slow. I also striped and turned on the AC. About 15 – 2o minutes
later I felt fine. I just don’t know if it was my blood sugar or the heat. So now
I’m thinking about getting one of those meters so I can test my blood. The only
problem would be coast, I know you can get free ones, but the strips can get expensive.
But I can at least look and see what I can find out.
Monday I will be going to the local
library, again. I couldn’t get a card Friday because when I called and asked
what to bring they said one thing, mail. I even asked if that was really it,
they said yes. So I grabbed the gas bill and my water bottle and headed to the
library. I got there 20 minutes before closing thinking that would be just enough
time to get the cart and the 2 books I had looked up and had the call numbers
for. I tell them I called and here is the mail, and they ask for more stuff. Stuff
I don’t have yet because I just got married, and moved. Stuff they had just
told me I would not need. So Monday I will go get my new ID with my new name
and address, and go get my new library card. Then I can study up about
nutrition and some diet plans without paying for the books. Free tools are good
tools.
It’s Saturday night, and I feel all
right. No really, I walked 1 mile more this week than last week. And I may not
have eaten 2 salads, but I did eat a lot more broccoli. I also started adding
things like chopped spinach or broccoli to foods every day. So that counts, and
I will keep that up easy. Thanks Alex P. for showing me how good broccoli in
tomato sauce is, that’s something Shaun and I both love now. And with the right
vinegar, asparagus is great. I may make a veggie related goal for each week, or an
ongoing one that will help me. I don’t really know yet.
So it’s the end of week 2 and I am
still doing this thing! Woot! On top of that I’m not paying for it with cash. I
have looked at all kinds of things that I hear will help. Books, web tools,
meetings, foods, tools, and they all cost money. I think it total bullshit that if you want to
get healthy you have to pay for it.
I could pay $10 – $15 a week to go to one
meeting a week with other people that are trying to lose weight, where they
weigh you and tell you how many points you can eat each day. I can pay $300 -
$500 a month for tiny foods that get shipped to my house and taste bad but make
me lose weight if I don’t break down and eat with my husband instead. I can pay
$30 - $60 a month to use a gym, and have all kinds of nice equipment to use in
a nice cool place. I can pay $10 - $20 per book to read how to do all this, and
another $10 - $50 per cookbook. Don’t forget the pills, that’s $20 - $100 a
month right there. O and there are the creams, wraps, waters, CD’s, scales that
read body fat, gadgets that count steps and miles, weights that you can add to
your arms and legs to make you burn extra fat with everything you do, and they
all cost money. Why!?!
There should be a free gym, with all the books
and cookbooks you could read. And it should have cheap vitamins that work well,
and classes to show you things like cooking and working out. And if you can’t
pay for vitamins then volunteer to work there for them. People that want to
lose weight should have a place that they just meet at few times a week, for
free, so they can talk and help each other out, for free. I don’t care if it’s
at a park or a church, or if it’s at my house or yours as long as I can walk
there and be safe. Why do I have to pay someone? It’s stupid. I’m not going to
pay with money, I’m going to pay with sweat!
there are a lot of free tools, but it takes some searching to find the good info.
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