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Aug. 9th, 2013 09:53 amI'm going to start tracking my food intake. Again. UGH. I hate doing that so much. It might be the best way to get a handle on a few things, though.
1. After three months working with Andrew, I have not lost anything around my middle. Nothing. Not even an inch. And that's where, traditionally, I have lost (and gained) weight first. My legs and arms are getting stronger, but I'm not seeing change where I want it. This might be the way my body is changing as I age, but I want to make sure I'm not sabotaging myself by not eating enough/eating too much of something/shorting myself on macronutrients, etc.
2. My swelling issues are still unmanageable and inconsistent. They are, in fact, so unmanageable that I can't fit into the jeans I wore just last week. And I really can't blame that on period bloat four days after starting.
3. A food diary will help me manage a rotational diet. BTW, that consultant I emailed never wrote me back, not even to say "no thank you." Fuck you for nothing, asshole. RUDE. I'm going to ask Dr. Khosh this afternoon if he has literature about a rotational diet.
The state of Kansas is changing its retirement policies in 2014. Basically, we'll pay 2% more into our retirement accounts every paycheck. Which is...fine. I won't be pulling out $50 a month for a flexible spending account after December, so I won't notice. Probably. But anyway, reading through the materials made me wonder when Id be able to retire from KU with full benefits. I did the math (age + years of service = 85) and figured out that I can retire at 58 with full benefits. Fifty-eight does not seem very far away from where I'm sitting. Here's hoping KU keeps me on for another fifteen years. Hell, I've got thirteen years under my belt as of October. I'm nearly halfway there!
For the past month, I've been incorporating bellydance drill movements into my recuperation stages when I'm exercising at home. Nothing too taxing or time consuming, just layered shimmies and isolations while my pulse comes down. They look so much better than they did a while ago when I had that disastrous attempt at dance practice. This makes me feel good about scheduling my sessions with Andrew the same days I perform at KCRF. I'm going to demand a lot of my body on those Sundays, but I think it'll work a lot better than having a heavy lift on one day and then push myself at faire the very next day.
Speaking of, I'll be performing at The Event Formerly Known As Smoker every Sunday except the last weekend (have I already mentioned this?) when I'll be performing on the Monday of Columbus Day (ugh). Provided, that is, that I get an accurate contract. I'm not performing without a contract that I've agreed to and signed. And no, I haven't heard a peep from management since our last inconclusive communication on July 30.
Fellow rodent-lovers, I'll leave you with this. See subject line of entry.
1. After three months working with Andrew, I have not lost anything around my middle. Nothing. Not even an inch. And that's where, traditionally, I have lost (and gained) weight first. My legs and arms are getting stronger, but I'm not seeing change where I want it. This might be the way my body is changing as I age, but I want to make sure I'm not sabotaging myself by not eating enough/eating too much of something/shorting myself on macronutrients, etc.
2. My swelling issues are still unmanageable and inconsistent. They are, in fact, so unmanageable that I can't fit into the jeans I wore just last week. And I really can't blame that on period bloat four days after starting.
3. A food diary will help me manage a rotational diet. BTW, that consultant I emailed never wrote me back, not even to say "no thank you." Fuck you for nothing, asshole. RUDE. I'm going to ask Dr. Khosh this afternoon if he has literature about a rotational diet.
The state of Kansas is changing its retirement policies in 2014. Basically, we'll pay 2% more into our retirement accounts every paycheck. Which is...fine. I won't be pulling out $50 a month for a flexible spending account after December, so I won't notice. Probably. But anyway, reading through the materials made me wonder when Id be able to retire from KU with full benefits. I did the math (age + years of service = 85) and figured out that I can retire at 58 with full benefits. Fifty-eight does not seem very far away from where I'm sitting. Here's hoping KU keeps me on for another fifteen years. Hell, I've got thirteen years under my belt as of October. I'm nearly halfway there!
For the past month, I've been incorporating bellydance drill movements into my recuperation stages when I'm exercising at home. Nothing too taxing or time consuming, just layered shimmies and isolations while my pulse comes down. They look so much better than they did a while ago when I had that disastrous attempt at dance practice. This makes me feel good about scheduling my sessions with Andrew the same days I perform at KCRF. I'm going to demand a lot of my body on those Sundays, but I think it'll work a lot better than having a heavy lift on one day and then push myself at faire the very next day.
Speaking of, I'll be performing at The Event Formerly Known As Smoker every Sunday except the last weekend (have I already mentioned this?) when I'll be performing on the Monday of Columbus Day (ugh). Provided, that is, that I get an accurate contract. I'm not performing without a contract that I've agreed to and signed. And no, I haven't heard a peep from management since our last inconclusive communication on July 30.
Fellow rodent-lovers, I'll leave you with this. See subject line of entry.