Change is afoot

Heh heh heh. I got through to someone the other day. She is someone very important to me and quite a bit older who basically refuses to exercise. This year the doctor put her on statins because her cholesterol won’t go down despite dietary changes. So I told her that if she doesn’t take care of herself starting now, someone is going to have to take care of her when she’s elderly. She’s totally horrified at the idea of lying helpless in bed.

My take is that change is inevitable, but you have choices: you can drift along believing you are at the mercy of time or you can grab a paddle and steer yourself in the direction you want to go. Don’t you want to be able to hop a plane and go visit your grandchildren whenever you want or do you want to be the sick, long-distance grandma? My grandfather made the trip from Tokyo well into his mid-90’s. He turned 99 in 2001 and the last time I saw him was right after 9/11. He told me that if I’d gone missing (living in Boston at the time) he would’ve gone to New York to find me. He would’ve too! I want to be like that at 99.

In other news: I read “Eat-Stop-Eat” and I’m going to try that in combination with PN! Mostly because fasting appeals to me, but it’ll be a good incentive to keep the calories up on feeding days. First I thought that I’d just fast one day, but then I decided that I shouldn’t tweak so I’m going to give it a go for 8 weeks. I’m thinking Wednesdays and Sundays for fasting because I don’t lift on those days. For workouts I’m going to start with one of the turbulence training programs and do another one in four weeks.

5:00 wake
During day: water, green tea
5:30 TKD 1 hour (intermediate class, woo woo)
7:00 teriyaki chicken, brussel sprouts, carrots (started fasting yesterday evening)

Ooh, I ceremoniously dumped out all the chemical creamer this morning. No more creamer! Also, no more e-books (til March), e-book diet!