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clevermanka) wrote2007-11-05 11:11 am
clevermanka) wrote2007-11-05 11:11 am
Day One of the New Attitude
I think I'm finally over my funk. Hurray! That was really annoying. For everybody.
A monstrously gigantic thank you to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mckitterick for being the best guy ever--your patience knows no bounds. Truly. You're the best. I love you!
Thanks tobestill's loan of a pattern and some sizing help, I finished my very first knitted hat on Saturday! It's a little beret for Mommy for xmas. The yarn was fuzzy and puffy, so my (numerous) mistakes aren't immediately visible. Thank gods. But wow! It actually looks like a hat! I was really pleased. And I have enough yarn left to make a matching skinny scarf.
I also learned how to do some basic chainmail designs, thanks toadammaker. I have a pair of Chinese Snowflake earrings that I made all by myself! I'm not that into the chainmail for jewelry look (very pretty, just not my thing), but I think this design lends itself very nicely for embellishment on a dance costume. Rather like palettes, only...metal. And 3-D.
Since Saturday was so very productive, Sunday was a day of sloth. I spent a lovely few hours catching up withroya_spirit. I brought along the beginning of Mom's scarf, but...eh. Tea! Biscuits! Chatting!
To facilitate the New Improved Attitude, I've started exercising, and will slowly re-integrate the Fast-5 eating plan.
This morning I pedaled for 45 minutes (10 miles) on the recumbent bike. I put no faith in those calorie readouts supplied by cardio machines, so I really don't have any idea how much I burned. My body fails at making the heart monitors on those work correctly, but I made sure to keep my energy level high. The bike was nice in that it allowed me over half an hour of uninterrupted time with Stand on Zanzibar. But eventually I want to get into doing some resistance and weight training by working with my own (considerable) body weight.adammaker's been shooting me some good links about that and I hope to get a workout based on those next week. This week I'm aiming low by just getting myself back into a habit of early morning exercise. Mindless is good for now.
Also, for this week, I'm eating lunch sometime after noon and dinner at some point, with no food after 9 p.m. (my ending time for when I'm fully on Fast-5). No snacking.
Here's to healthful eating and exercise. Here's to fitting into my fabled Red Pants of Sexiness by summer.
A monstrously gigantic thank you to
mckitterick for being the best guy ever--your patience knows no bounds. Truly. You're the best. I love you!Thanks to
bestill's loan of a pattern and some sizing help, I finished my very first knitted hat on Saturday! It's a little beret for Mommy for xmas. The yarn was fuzzy and puffy, so my (numerous) mistakes aren't immediately visible. Thank gods. But wow! It actually looks like a hat! I was really pleased. And I have enough yarn left to make a matching skinny scarf.I also learned how to do some basic chainmail designs, thanks to
adammaker. I have a pair of Chinese Snowflake earrings that I made all by myself! I'm not that into the chainmail for jewelry look (very pretty, just not my thing), but I think this design lends itself very nicely for embellishment on a dance costume. Rather like palettes, only...metal. And 3-D.Since Saturday was so very productive, Sunday was a day of sloth. I spent a lovely few hours catching up with
roya_spirit. I brought along the beginning of Mom's scarf, but...eh. Tea! Biscuits! Chatting!To facilitate the New Improved Attitude, I've started exercising, and will slowly re-integrate the Fast-5 eating plan.
This morning I pedaled for 45 minutes (10 miles) on the recumbent bike. I put no faith in those calorie readouts supplied by cardio machines, so I really don't have any idea how much I burned. My body fails at making the heart monitors on those work correctly, but I made sure to keep my energy level high. The bike was nice in that it allowed me over half an hour of uninterrupted time with Stand on Zanzibar. But eventually I want to get into doing some resistance and weight training by working with my own (considerable) body weight.
adammaker's been shooting me some good links about that and I hope to get a workout based on those next week. This week I'm aiming low by just getting myself back into a habit of early morning exercise. Mindless is good for now.Also, for this week, I'm eating lunch sometime after noon and dinner at some point, with no food after 9 p.m. (my ending time for when I'm fully on Fast-5). No snacking.
Here's to healthful eating and exercise. Here's to fitting into my fabled Red Pants of Sexiness by summer.