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CdnExpat's Blog

A blog by CdnExpat in General

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Eclectica on the Way to Skinny

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Happy Sigh

On Friday, November 15th, I competed in my first ever race. I ran the 5K relay of The Flying Start Sprint Triathlon. My finish time was 28:04. This compared to when I ran 5K for the first time in the Maldives, completing the Couch-to-5K training plan (app available through Apple & Android). Then, I rejoiced in a finishing time of 38:00. When I started this journey to optimum health, my commitment was to exercise three times per week, get my weight into a healthy range, and find a way to cha

Today's THE Day.

When I started this journey, my ultimate goal was to be in the best shape I could be by the time I turned 50.   Today is that day. :wub:   Tangibly, I hardly resemble the person who started this journey. People who have not seen me in awhile regularly walk right past, not recognising me. This has on occasions been very funny, and on others, not so nice as people have reacted in ways that are surprisingly negative. One thing that has come up more than once is the immediate assumption that I'v

What A Sucky Week

This has been a crappy week. HWHN got the results back from his bloodwork, and he's waaaaaaay high risk for a "coronary incident." We really weren't expecting this news as he's not overweight, he leads a fairly healthy lifestyle, and he exercises most days. It turns out he's got a family history that adds risk factors, he spent 10 years on anti-inflammatories (apparently very bad for you) and he smoked in his 20s. His cholesterol panel is frightening. The doctor here had already given him Lipito

Epic Fail

When Alex suggested members take a three day challenge by tracking every little thing they eat or drink, I thought, "Sure. Why not?"   I figured that I'd just be writing down what I was tracking in my head, so no big deal, and I could not only say I read the <i>whole</i> newsletter, but I actually took action. So I attached a sharpened pencil to my daytimer and commenced to keep track of everything I put in my mouth.     As I looked over my lists last night, I admit I was very c

Of Wigs And Winning

I am a closet fan of wigs. Hats, too. Those groovy little Fascinators that all the hoity-toity chic people are wearing are gorgeous and I aim to have one. Of course, I don't want to have just any old Fascinator. I want to buy it in London, myself, so I'll just have to wait until I go there. Hopefully in the fall.   In the meantime, my hair is falling out. I was hoping this wouldn't happen, but clearly "hoping" and "reality" are not necessarily acquainted. Damn. (I'm experimenting with swears.

Dissing The Witch

I'm back to using the Kinect to exercise. My husband (He Who Hates to be Named = HWHN) got it for me over a year ago after a party at a friend's house where they introduced us to Group Kinect. We had a blast competing to pop bubbles and other silly stuff. At that time, he wondered if I'd like the Dance Central game. He thought he'd get one of the exercise/gym games. Anyway, we did, and I stuck with it long enough to learn the dance routines to "Pokerface" and "Funky Town." HWHN had me try the ex

Amusing Myself

This morning while spinning away my 30 minutes on the stationary cycle (I hate this form of exercise ) I was cruising the TED talk forum again, and came across this talk. This guy (Jared Ficklin) is a serious geek. I mean really. But, he's also fascinating enough to while away 10 minutes of my stupid peddling. This is the real gauge of any of the TED talks I watch. If the one I'm watching is fascinating enough to make me forget I'm sitting on a cross between an elliptical trainer and a stationar

Spizz-Me Ups

I am very bad at self-care. Considering what I do, it's a bit like the old adage, "The cobbler's children have no shoes." Or, if I were being less nice, I'd say I'm probably hypocrite material.   Not liking this aspect of myself very much.   I recently signed up for SuperBetter, a groovy little app I learned about from Jane McGonigal's TED talk. I've determined I will invest in the "quest" for better health, and so I've made myself check in with SB every day.   Today's spizzy little blurb

Ow! Ow! Ow!

I'm back to exercising. Feels amazing.   Prior to being diagnosed with MS (in the year from hell) my formerly active life was whittled away to almost nothing. Some days, it was amazing I could walk around my house, never mind do anything else. Given that I used to weight train daily, and had begun to rack up miles of race walking (daughters and husband biked or rollerbladed), the slow slide into inactivity really, really sucked.   I grew up on a farm ("The Money Pit" as my father called it),

Superbetter

Thanks to TED Talks (www.TED.com) I was introduced to an app that is the buzz of the self-help world.   "SuperBetter" (available through App Store) is a small app set up as a quest/challenge game for people looking to change some aspect of their lives. The TED talk by Jane McGonigal is worth watching. It seems like a simple concept, but it's also true that as busy human beings we no longer take the time to do the small things that add up to better health, greater wisdom, more leisure, etc.  

The "perfect" Patient

Fourth doctor's visit last night. I'm down to 178, and it's the first time I've been below 180 for about 15 years. A loss of 11 pounds. Doctor tells me from now on, it should be two pounds a week as I eat more "real" foods. Okay by me.   Anyway, he quizzed me about the meds which I've taken faithfully. (I also did the Heparin shots on myself at home for 10 days after surgery - an action that tore a whole in the Ozone over here because in this culture, they hire a nurse to give insulin shots!

So I've Joined Finally

I finally decided to actually join VST. I've lurked on the forums for about nine months as part of my decision-making process. Unexpected things happened when I finally talked with my doctor here, and I ended up being added to a study in progress here in the Middle East. So instead of having to pay the whole shebang myself, I only had to pay the hospital part. That definitely swayed my choice toward surgery.   So here I am. April 4 was sleeve day, and other than some pretty incredible nausea a

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