A whole bunch of stuff

[vg_ford]

I've been hugely busy at work lately, so I haven't had time to do much of anything other than sleep and answer phones. It's a good job, and I love it, so the fact that I'm too busy to do anything else is only mildly annoying right now. And the money's good. ;)

Since letting my other account go, I've been thinking a lot of things, like ways to streamline my life, my body and my writing. There's a lot I want to get off my chest, so if you aren't interested, please, skip the rest of this posting.

More mundane stuff...

I'm tired. I'm tired of being sick and overweight, and dammit, I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm not going to just sit and bitch about it anymore. I've finally hit bottom. As I sit here, my belly rests on my knees and no, I'm not pregnant. It's the most disgusting feeling I have ever had. I feel like I'm turning into Jabba the Hut. Ugh. So, I'm going to be chronicling my weight loss endevours on here as well - the tag will be "weight," so those of you who don't want to hear about me moaning about it can skip it. :)

We're getting a new health plan in December (when Argus' new bennies kick in) and I'm hoping at that point to look into maybe a membership at the Y or something like that. Argus is working good hours for him (finally!) so it would be somethiing we could both use. I know he's wanting to lift weights again, and I'm dying to swim. My doctors are on me to lose the weight, and I know I need to. So dietary changes are in order. However, because of the Crohns' disease, most "diets" out there are out. I just can't eat the same foods every day - there's no telling what might irritate my tummy from one day to the next. And since I have to watch how much raw fiber goes into my system (ie, veggies, fruits and whole grains), it's really, really difficult for me to "lock" myself into something like the South Beach diet, or Weight Watchers. So, I'm starting the "Val Diet." :)

I had some success a couple of years ago when I followed the "crave one, eat three plan." Basically, if you wanted something, anything (even chocolate!!!) you paired it with one protein (cheese, yogurt, lean meat, peanut butter) and one fruit/veggie/whole grain/healthy thing. It worked for me, because it made it like mini-meals and made me stop and think: "Do I REALLY want this right now?" My GI thinks the mini-meals concept is a great one for me, because it doesn't put a HUGE amount of food in my tummy at once. So, starting tomorrow (because I'm sick and don't want to force really any food down at the moment, other than toast), both Donna and I (she's my friend from work that I'm cooking for) will be going on this diet. She doesn't know it yet, but that's the way all her meals for work will be set up. ;) Once I get my eating habits set up, I'm going to start incorporating more exercise. Luckily, I live and work on a second floor - so I have stairs!!! And Fidelity has a wonderful system of trails on the campus - once it slows down a bit more (ie, I don't have to be in at noon everyday, but 3:30, which is the normal start time for my shift), I want to start walking those.

On to the writing front. Currently, I have three books in process: Belladonna Dreams (paranormal romance), Dark Moon Seasons (sequel to Horseman) and Treaty of Betrayal (an urban fantasy). Dreams and Treaty are on back burners for NaNo, which I am officially starting (again) tonight. I did some of my editing this morning, and I'll do more tomorrow, but I'm going to explode if I don't write (sorry, Tony). I'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants for Seasons - I have a rough outline, but not the detailed outline I normally do. It seems that for each book, I have a slightly different way of approaching it, and it's kind of cool to watch each book grow.

Sorry for all the words. I needed to get some stuff out on paper, stuff that's been nagging at me for a while. Thanks for listening, all!

Now off to FM Chat to write....

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[calene.livejournal.com]

Best of luck on the endeavor. I believe you can do this!