Anyone out there?

Here I am again. Where are you?  It occurred to me recently that I sometimes go weeks without talking to anyone besides my hubby (and he doesn't talk much). So I'm gonna try to reach out and touch someone thru blogging---again!
Several things on my mind these days and it seems when I knit (yea, I've been knitting lately--all my daughter's fault) I think and then desire to have some feed back on my thoughts. Did I tell you my husband doesn't talk much?  So tell me what you think of what I think--please.
 Knitting--it's fun, but I want a craft that doesn't require weeks to complete.  Even on my 'masterpiece' paintings, I'm only willing to put in 6 to 8 hours. BTW, you can see some of them on my website candyforyoureyes.com
Exercise--walking and/or running hurt my knee these days. The doc says it's arthritis, but I'm thinking there is a tendon or cartilage issue because of the location of the pain. So I haven't been doing any "exercise", however I have been working and active lately as hubby and I are renovating a cabin by the lake.  Does painting, hauling, cleaning, digging, etc count as exercise?
Dieting--I KNOW my problem is sweets and fried foods.  I KNOW I should take sugar and animal fat out of my diet. Of course, I use the excuse of not having a real kitchen (we are living in our motor coach) to buy fast food. Yada..yada..you have heard it all before. I just need to put into practice what I KNOW! That reminds me of the verse that says "Be ye DOERS of the word and not hearers only." It is not enough to KNOW--we have to DO!
Make-up--my skin has the appearance of a desert landscape these days.  Someone told me that the blood pressure meds I'm taking will do that. :( I've never been one to wear lots of make-up--I sweat it away within minutes anyway. I want to be able to use cosmetics to make this 62-yer-old face look better. As I've never been 62 before, I have no idea where to start. And when you go to the cosmetics counter, you find lovely, 20-somethings who know how to apply false eyelashes and beauty spots. I need a 70-something former model who knows how to make me look good for my age!
Are you tired of reading my complaints?  Sorry--I'm going back to knitting now.  :)  Watch for pictures of my finished object.

Where am I headed?

Two steps forward and....aaahhhhh!  I'm going in the wrong direction!  After 3 weeks of no sweets and no sugar in my drinks (coffee, tea and water only), the only thing I have lost is my mind.  :(  Actually, I have gained a pound.  Not sure how that happened.  I have been eating a smaller breakfast (cereal or egg whites), having a lite lunch and salad for supper.  I confess to eating calorie dense foods (that sounds better than fatty-foods) on Sundays, but I would guess that for the last few weeks I have cut my calorie intake by almost half.
And I have been getting some form of exercise in 5-6 days a week. In the last blog, I mentioned exercising 60 minutes a day.   Well, I'm not there yet. Maybe this will be the week!
I plan to continue to weigh myself everyday, but I'm not going to focus on that.  I'm afraid that if I do, I'll give up. SO--I'm going to  plan to continue eating for nutrition and to continue exercising and trust that good will come from it!
Here's hoping for great results for each of you.

Time to Play!

While watching the SuperBowl (yea, Eli!), I kept seeing the Play 60 commercial, which promotes an hour of play each day for kids.  And I decided that I, too, need to play 60!  The 20 -30 minutes of walking I might get 3 or 4 days a week is just not enough, especially for the amount of calories I take in.
Yes, I am trying to reduce the portion sizes and the types of food I eat so that I don't consume more calories than I need, but I also need to increase how much I move. Here are 3 reasons I need to move more:
1--Movement is good for my physical health--keeps the blood flowing, the bowels moving, and the muscles strong.
2--Movement is good for my mental health--keeps the blues away and the brain active.
3--Movement is good for...   ...
Okay, so there are 2 reasons!  See!?!--without movement, my brain isn't active enough to come up with 3 reasons!
Anyway, today, I ate correctly: things my body needs for fuel and the correct amounts. Today was good. Tomorrow may be a little more challenging because of our Ladies' Bible Study/Supper. Those old Baptist women sure can cook!
My plan is to journal my eating and exercise on this blog. My prayer is that it helps me and encourages you.
See you next week!

I'm baaack! (said with tonal inflections)

It's been a while, I know. But here I go again...
The scale said I lost a pound!  Yea!  But within the hour, I put off my workout, ate a bagel and started feeling defeated!  :(  What's wrong with me??!  In Romans 7:15, Paul said, "For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do."  I'm with you, brother. Whatever makes me feel bad about myself is not something I should do--but I don't feel bad until it's too late to take it back!
It was just a bagel and cream cheese!  How I wish I could throw it up--but I hear that doesn't really help in the long run---besides, that would involve moving!
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is all over TV and other media these days. I never thought of myself as obsessive, but lately I'm beginning to see the compulsive side of me. And IT AIN'T PRETTY!  Today, I feel compulsed (is that a word?) to do nothing! So, I think I will sit down and wait for the feeling to subside!   aahhh (sigh)!

...(long pause)...

Well, that didn't work!  Does it count if I blog about it?  ---  No, I'm still not really moving.
I am without excuse.  There is no reason, no explanation as to why I am not walking, vacuuming, doing laundry...something...to get my heart rate up.

...(long pause)...

Well, pittle---I think I'll go take a nap!