Progress in the first week

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

4# down -- 235 #


I would love to tell you that I ran a mile everyday and made it to the gym religiously but this first week has been hampered by distractions. I am counting my points on weight watchers and trying to make choices that are more nutrient dense rather than points focused. I am slowly attempting to work out as much of the simple sugars in my diet as possible. My blood work came back in the normal range but certainly if I am not careful I am going to tip the scale towards pre-diabetes. Top that off with a thyroid condition and really if it comes in a box I probably need to throw it away! 


I started school this week. One class, physiology, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am to 3:30pm. I was so excited to not have to wait list this class it didn't occur to me to see who the instructor was. This is why they make sites like rate my professor for those of you thinking of taking courses. :) He cannot be older than 30, skinny jeans, thick glasses, flannel shirts, vegetarian, UC Berkeley graduate. I try not to judge. If I had to count the amount of times the man says "um" in a lecture it would be in the hundreds. I am taking a positive stance that I will hopefully learn something and pass the course while my professor learns how to teach it. 


At this point in my life I am a seasoned lifetime college student. Certainly showing up an hour before class starts would seem to be enough time to find parking. Then I remember that the rest of the student population takes 11am classes because they don't want to get out of bed and nobody carpools. After more than an hour of driving from lot to lot I finally found a spot. I would consider the walk from the overflow lot when I am 15 minutes late considerable exercise for the morning. I mean who doesn't want to show up to class sweating and red faced? Needless to say next week I will walk from the mall if I have to.


I have successfully managed to keep my Facebook comments at a minimum this week! I find it can be dysfunctionally therapeutic but it does nothing for me (or anyone else) to vent half-explained frustrations all the time. I am sure that while I love the concept of social networking and snooping everyone's pictures it really takes up far too much of my day. If my brain is not in line with the rest of my body then getting healthy will be a hell of a lot harder. 


My goal for the next week is to start studying physiology like I care about the class....oh and.....Exercise, activity, get moving, do something...






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