I LOVE “the Google”….
…even if their Blogger sucks. I was never happy with the program, but I guess I can’t complain too much, since it was free and all. Tonight I have been doing some snooping around online and have found some really neat features that google offers.
Since I have just now gotten into the world of weblogs, I am kind of late to the party. Feeds have been somewhat mysterious entities to me, until I got the google program “Google Reader.” I have finally figured out how to read all of my blogs without having to open them in each of their own individual tabs in firefox. Yay me! And I don’t even have to bother opening something that does not have a new post…it only opens the ones with new posts! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited this makes me!
I also discovered their long list of mobile services. I can access my Gmail account, download a Google Map, and even send SMS messages to see where the nearest restaurant or movie is. This is too exciting for me! I only wish that I had learned all of this before tonight, as I could have used it earlier in an incredibly boring meeting that I attended.
Weighty Issues
Tonight, I went to the orientation session at UAMS’s Weight Loss Clinic. My hubby has been on this diet in the past, and he has asked me to go on it with him. I agreed, knowing that I need to lose some weight also. When I was pregnant, I hadbad absolutely wretched morning sickness. As a result, I lost 15 pounds during the first trimester. I had the baby, and for several months afterwards, I still weighed less than before I got pregnant. Now, however, I have gained all of it back…and then some. Once I had that baby, my appetite came back, and I started eating everything in site. Betweenfinally being able to eat after being so sick, and nursing a newborn, I felt entitled to eat and eat and eat. So I did. It didn’t take but a few months for my body to react by packing on the pounds again.
I have been putting off the inevitable, thinking that I want to continue nursing the baby for a while longer. I have come to the conclusion that I am making excuses. She is getting more and more of her nutrition from table food and cow/soy milk. She is mostly relying on me for comfort. I can still continue to comfort nurse her while I am on the diet. It is now time to start taking better care of me. I need to lose weight. I will feel better. I will look better. I will be able to better care for my child. I will get to buy new clothes!! (If that is not a motivator, I don’t know what is!)
So, if I seem grumpy after the first of the year, let me know, but be forwarned. I may be hungry. And a hungry me–is a VICIOUS me. Now you know.
Filed under: Happy in Spite of Myself
You will have to teach me the Google feed thing!
I also will have to find something to defend myself with if you get to hungry!
Ok you’ve gotta educate me on the google thing too.
As far as the weight thing goes..you can do it! I’m finally at a point where I’m not dieting and I’m living…I’m exercising (because I like it.. wow!) and even though I watch what i eat i’m not chained to calorie counting.
I’m down 85 lbs since my divorce (LOONG time coming. Told ya i was a lard butt!) and I’ve got about 30 more… It’ll happen. Just find what you like to do and get active with it. It always helps to have Ed working with you! A support system is always great!