Insane Random Ramblings

This is not good at all. Everyone is getting sick at the same time. At first I thought it was just allergies since a lot of people have runny noses. Then 2 of my coworkers said that they don’t suffer from allergies. Ummm, not good for me. I can’t afford to get sick. I don’t want to miss any time from work or school. I still have 1 sick day left but I still have 3 months left. I don’t want to have to use it now if I don’t have to.

I hope whatever it is that’s going around skips right over me.

Ugh. Lately I’ve been on a junk food kick. Every week when I go to the store it’s a different thing. A few weeks ago it was fruit, which isn’t bad. Then it was chips last week. This week it’s cookies. Not just any cookies, but Famous Amos chocolate chip with pecans. They are so good. I’ve been looking online for cookie recipes to see if I can make them at home. I know they wouldn’t come out as good so I won’t even bother.

I know I’m allergic to chocolate and I’m gonna pay for this sooner or later. But for now, I’ll just enjoy the cookies.

Well at least for me anyway. I used to do taebo a long time ago. Billy has this 21 day challenge where you do the program for 21 days straight. The thing is though, if you miss a day you have to start over. Even if you miss day 20, you begin again.

Now I’m doing walk away the pounds and that’s what my challenge will center around. The bad thing is that I was on day 6 and my cable went out because of storms. Now I have to start over. I’ll probably begin again either tomorrow or Thursday.

I hope to lose the weight through exercise. Instead of looking out for the best diet pills around, I can lose the weight naturally. It will more than likely stay off that way. At least I hope so. Wish me luck!

I don’t have air conditioning in my apartment and it sucks! When it’s over 85 degrees outside my apartment is like a sauna. I have 2 fans plus a ceiling fan but all they seem to do is push around hot air. My skin breaks out really bad like I need Proactiv acne cream, but it’s not acne it’s a heat rash. The only way it goes away is once it cools down outside and my apartment cools off too.

I live in a old apartment building with weird windows. They don’t open up and down or side to side. They turn out to the left. It’s really hard to get a air conditioner in the windows because they’re small to boot. I can’t really afford one of those portable air conditioners right now with school and all. Luckily there are less than 10 days per year that I have to deal with this. But man do I suffer those 10 days.

So I keep trying to lose weight and nothing is working. I’ve started exercising and I’ve cut back on junk food. I also cut back on soda - even though you probably can’t tell from My Friday Five post. But I have in recent weeks. The weight still hasn’t come off though, not even a little.

The Special K diet is where you eat 2 bowls of cereal for meals and then a regular meal for dinner. I’ll probably throw some fruit and veggies in there for snacks. I know that won’t be enough food for me. I’ve been reading up on the diet and they really want you to do it something like one day on then one day off after the first week. This way you can maintain it and you’re not starving yourself.

I’ll give it 6 weeks to start working, with exercise involved of course. Then it’s on the the anoretix, slim-quick or whatever else I can find for rapid weight loss. This fat is slowing me down and I can feel my body not responding the way it should be. I’m just not healthy and I want this extra weight gone. Sooner rather than later.

My face has broken out again. It seems to be something other than regular acne too. I never had acne like this. In the summer I get a heat rash all over my face and it looks like a bunch of little pimples all over. What I have now almost looks like that but not quite. I usually get those small promotional products from the internet really cheap. Of course I don’t have any right now.

I need to find something to clear my face up.

Ha. It was interesting to say the least. I had never done yoga before so when I was offered the chance to get a yoga dvd to review, I said yes. I decided that I would incorporated the yoga into my workout schedule.

I worked out for 3 days as usual then on the 4th day I started doing the yoga. It was an experience to say the least. I felt very relaxed but invigorated. I felt like I was elongating my limbs while stretching them. I didn’t think I would be able to do some of the positions. I had to stretch my legs in ways that I never had before. I’m glad that I went for the beginner’s yoga dvd or I might have been in trouble.

Right now my goal is to lose weight so I will only use the yoga once or twice a week. But once I lose the majority of my weight. I will use the yoga to maintain my weight, correct my posture and help me feel healthy in general.

But right now I refuse to buy them. I’m still trying to lose weight and the weight is coming off so slowly. The good thing is that I know if I lose the weight slowly, I’ll be more likely to keep it off longer. I’m not taking anything either. No Orovo, Alli, or any of that other stuff. I just cut back on junk food and started exercising again.

Once I get down to a smaller size, I’ll buy some clothes in that size. I already have 3 or 4 really nice pairs of pants and a summer dress in that size. I can’t wait to get to that size so I can wear those clothes again. My goal size is 2 sizes smaller than I am now. I figure I’ll get there by the end of the year. Just in time to wear big bulky sweaters again!

As long as I look and feel healthy, that’s all that’s important.

I’ve been sick for the past week. I’ve taken an entire box of Benadryl, another box of Dayquil, some Sudafed and a few Nyquil tablets. In addition to that I’ve had tea and orange juice out the wazoo. I’m just starting to feel better even though I still have trouble breathing at night.

My poor nose was so raw that I looked like Rudolph and man did it hurt. All of the skin peeled and it looked like dry boogers around my nose but it was peeling skin. The lady at the store felt so sorry for me that she gave me a free pack of tissues with lotion in them. It was kinda funny watching little kids reactions to me as I walked around the store.

You know how Walmart sells those wholesale flowers? My boyfriend was gonna grab me a bunch to make me feel better. He was asking me if I like roses but I really didn’t want him to buy them so I kinda played it off like “eh, they’re ok”. He also wanted to take me out to eat but I didn’t want to hack and cough and blow my nose all over the restaurant. I know other people do it but I hate to hear it so I sure wasn’t gonna do it.

I’m just glad I’m feeling better. Even though that means I have to stop wearing my hair wet every day. I’m gonna miss that because it’s convenient. But it sure as heck beats being sick!

I’m taking my make up test today. Did I mention that I’m as sick as a dog. I have some kind of funky flu that turned into a head cold. I’ve been sneezing and coughing all day long and I feel awful. I would normally call the professor to ask to reschedule but since this is already a makeup test, I didn’t think he would push it back again. He might think I’m just pretending to give myself more time.

This really sucks!