“Delayed reaction from this weekend: No I haven’t lost weight. Stop asking every time you see me.”
My thoughts on this the following day:
Not much else needs to be said here I guess, hence the simple beauty of twitter. I wonder at what point this trend goes from annoying to just plain insulting. It’s starting to tip the scales.
Even a simple, albeit vapid, “lookin good!” [*wink* and/or * thumbs up*] would be better. Pointing out sore spots isn’t complimentary. Save your sentiments for when you can actually, genuinely see a difference, then I’ll appreciate it.
That was a deciding moment. It’s been 7 months and 28 pounds later and I’d love it if you asked. Ask away. Thanks
Well kiddies, the message seems to be "When in doubt, eat tranquilizers"
Well, Xmas was a success. Small fun gifts all around, just enough to have a laugh and not get real wrapped up (no pun intended) in compeditive shopping or one-up gifting. Spent some time in East milly with the fam. Mom’s baked ham rocks as always. Nice.
Realized last night that I’d felt a little out of sorts all day because I hadn’t taken my Ativan both nights when I was home this weekend! A quick flash of panic preceeded the swift realization that I felt fine, in fact, I may only be loopy from the long drive home I thought.
So I skipped it last night as well. Once I finally got to sleep, I was amidst some of the strangest repeating dreams I can remember in a while. Tossing and turning all night, then salivating profusely all morning for no apparent reason to the point of near vomiting, I took a hint and munched one (I only take a measely .5 mg now). I felt better, but also way tired, pretty much immediately. Scarily so.
Not this time, but at least I know what layer of hell I’ll be weathering when the day finally comes for me to kick lorazepam outta my life for good. Now it’s time for a nappy nap and hopefully sound sleep. Weird dreams are still ok though, bring em on.
It’s that part of the show where Shawn is old enough now so that he has to get his prostate checked every so often and even more unpleasantly, get a colonoscopy. Pretty exciting I know! Glad I shared?
I have been having some hellacious cramping and um ..urgency for 2 or 3 years off and on and I finally got tired of just dealing with it and went to a Gastrolenterologist. He did exactly what I thought he would, tried to blame dairy, prescribed me Bentyl and called for a colonoscopy. It’s not the discomfort of having a long tube shoved up my pooper that’s got me fretting (well not entirely), I mean I’ve been through a few fairly intrusive surgeries. My new health insurance Deductible is 5 bills so I was hoping there was some other way. I kept a food diary and returned a month later, the doc and I still mystified decided it might be best to just go ahead with it.
Over the past 2 weeks I decided to try something I hadn’t thought of yet. My brother’s answer to everything I say about my health is always what I eat. I eat bad Ryan I get it. I think it clicked somewhere in my stubborn head this time that I needed to try soemthing new, namely Ryan’s staple food group that we tease him so much about – Fiber! Well, my system has undergone a renaissance these weeks. I haven’t been this long without the ol ‘yucky guts’ in a long time. FiberOne, by the way, makes the best bread ever.
I’m going to forgo the spelunking trip and see where this takes me. What a relief, seriously.
Hey all, I just wanted to post the essay below for the reading pleasure of anyone out there that is looking for some inspiration in any aspect of their lives.
This concept was brought up at work, by way of an email from our Sr. sales manager, expressing what we, as a team, and as a sales organization need to do to continue the successful run we’ve enjoyed over the past few months. The reason being, is that this month we are behind. Looking at our activity as a whole, it’s not hard to see that we have been “resting on our laurels” so to speak. Steps have been taken to increase our activity levels and to stimulate an atmosphere of urgency and excitement by all of us in the past week now and behold! As if by magic, we are back on track.
Then, I thought about it on another level.
Since 1/1/2007, I have made some major changes in my life that desperately needed to be made. I attacked them, as I often do, with a passion and gained ground. I got to a place where I was happy with my progress… and (as I often do) I stopped. From that point on, I have fallen into a slump and have now gotten to a point where I feel so crappy and guilty about it that it’s all I can think about.
In this case I am talking about my goals involving my health, specifically my weight. This ties in so heavily with all my other goals, and to and extent, every aspect of my life, that it must become my major focus this year. At least to where it starts working for me and more time opens up for other goals. For example, work has been going well for me now that I am a “veteran” and am up to speed. Now that it doesn’t require most all of my time and attention, I can keep it working for me. I can move forward easier with some time and energy to devote to other pursuits.
So again, I thought I would share this essay. I know it’s about why businesses often fail, but it’s much more than that. This applies to you as a person as well. I hope this motivates you if that is what you need. You are the Boss of your own “business” anyway right? It’s the same thing really. (more…)
It’s been a year now. As of January 1st, I haven’t drank a beer or done any elicit drugs for a whole year. It’s not like I was doing any mind altering drugs on a regular basis in the year or two that lead up to that day really, the booze was the real problem.
I decided that I needed to quit, and that I would. The story isn’t a sad, cautionary tale of woe. No “hitting rock bottom”, no “pink elephants” or bugs under my skin, no car crashes. No meetings, no clinics, no prayers to any gods. Just some self-actualizing and serious introspection. I know, pretty boring huh?
I wrote this on my myspace blog on April 8th this past year, I think it sums things up pretty well: (more…)
My name is Shawn and I live in Westbrook, Maine. I'm an artist, music snob, heckler, ENFP, omnivore, GenXer, Blogger, reluctant adult, Twitter & Blip.fm addict, & all around sarcastic shithead. I enjoy food, music, humor, and all things bizarre/nerdy. Welcome!
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a whole year. It’s not like I was doing any mind altering drugs on a regular basis in the year or two that lead up to that day really, the booze was the real problem.
