A Few New Observations
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:54 am
I have noticed a few things the last month or so, maybe because I'm getting more oxygen after my surgery and think better. 
1) Urine production: this week I have really concentrated on eating low glycemic. (More so than the usual "no sweets.") I am eating stone ground bread, brown rice (which I can barely tolerate), almonds with meals, etc. I noticed that I have increased my water making abilities. I was noticing, while on crap food eating binges I was making less water.
2) Replacing a bad habit with a good habit: As summer wanes and the Teton Range nights are getting shorter I have been getting as much golf in after work as I can. Sometimes it is 9 holes, if I'm solo I can hustle in 14-18. I read that golf isn't an "aerobic" activity, but two things I have noticed, 1) my legs are stronger from the walking, and 2) I'm not at home sitting in front of the tube stuffing food into my pie hole. So, I have replaced a "bad habit" with a "good habit". And I have taken to drinking low calorie Gatorade. My golf game still sucks. On the green in two, and 3 putts (or 4).
I have learned to use a variety of words, that I usually save for driving, in complete sentences with proper punctuation. The upside to this? My wife has noticed the change as well, so I get a ski pass at a hill that has night skiing. 
3) I am losing the desire, currently to eat "crud." Today a coworker was taunting me with M&M stuffed cookies. I told her no. And, although I should be offended, I have a soft spot in my heart for younger, attractive young ladies. So I can grin about it.
4) The $1000 worth clothes I bought at Macy's this year (they changed the dress code at work) looks a lot better on me now than it did 4 months ago.
1) Urine production: this week I have really concentrated on eating low glycemic. (More so than the usual "no sweets.") I am eating stone ground bread, brown rice (which I can barely tolerate), almonds with meals, etc. I noticed that I have increased my water making abilities. I was noticing, while on crap food eating binges I was making less water.
2) Replacing a bad habit with a good habit: As summer wanes and the Teton Range nights are getting shorter I have been getting as much golf in after work as I can. Sometimes it is 9 holes, if I'm solo I can hustle in 14-18. I read that golf isn't an "aerobic" activity, but two things I have noticed, 1) my legs are stronger from the walking, and 2) I'm not at home sitting in front of the tube stuffing food into my pie hole. So, I have replaced a "bad habit" with a "good habit". And I have taken to drinking low calorie Gatorade. My golf game still sucks. On the green in two, and 3 putts (or 4).
I have learned to use a variety of words, that I usually save for driving, in complete sentences with proper punctuation. The upside to this? My wife has noticed the change as well, so I get a ski pass at a hill that has night skiing. 3) I am losing the desire, currently to eat "crud." Today a coworker was taunting me with M&M stuffed cookies. I told her no. And, although I should be offended, I have a soft spot in my heart for younger, attractive young ladies. So I can grin about it.
4) The $1000 worth clothes I bought at Macy's this year (they changed the dress code at work) looks a lot better on me now than it did 4 months ago.