It's been an unusual winter for the central midwest. In STL, hardly any snow, it's the end of February, and temps are in the 50s and 60s. No complaints here.
Still, despite a rather balmy winter, the Fibromyalgia still has been kicking my butt. Maybe it's related to the lower amounts of available sunlight, but I think it may have to do with diet. I've been less concientious about staying on the foods I know are less inflammatory. When I stay to mostly vegetarian meals with a little cheese and stay off the sweets, I do better. But sweets are my comfort foods, and I've been really stuck on the sugar lately.
I read recently that, without dietary changes, it takes 350 minutes of sweaty aerobic work to lose 2 pounds. That comes to 50 minutes a day. So my new goal is to use the elliptical while watching one 44 minute show a day. Going to work up to that slowly so I don't kick myself into a flare.
Meanwhile, I'm slowing getting back into the GF meals at work, no more grilled chicken and yummy fries - though I did buy some for here at home, for the craving moments... sweet potato fries. Hope they're as good as people say.
Meanwhile, going to try my hand at General Tsao's chickent today, make enough to last for a few days. I'll probably do some fried rice to go along with that, freeze up some meals and have them ready for work. Need to get off the sodie pop again, but need caffeine in some form. Found some caffeine gum at the gift shop, and have the coffee maker out.
Little here, little there... bit by bit I'm trying to get back to the style that had me losing weight.
A little hodge-podge of this and that. The cobwebs of an old gal's mind. Why Maggie O'Guin? The ancestor I most identified with and whose birthday I share, my great grandmother, and one I wish I'd had the opportunity to know. Topics will range from profound to silly, from serious to whatever.
