It’s visit your physician week at JO. Today I went to the GYN and tomorrow I go for my annual physical with my GP. Fun times. I’m fat, first of all. If I wanted to be the skinniest I think I could get to – I need to lose about 25 lbs. That’s a bummer, no? I told you I’ve been running, and I have, but I need to incorporate the weights into the program and eventually I have to start eating better. Which actually means I should eat MORE not less. I’m one of those people who can’t be bothered with food. That doesn’t mean I don’t like food, I love lots of things and enjoy eating. It’s just a pain in the ass that you have to do it at least three times a day. I hate figuring out what I’m going to eat, I hate preparing it. I’ve often said if I could take a time release capsule that would give me all the nutrients and stuff I need, I’d be first in line. Now, if you want to cook for me…. Anyway, what I usually end up doing is NOT eating until I’m starving then reaching for the closest frozen food dinner which I scarf down in record time. I rarely snack. Not a big snacker – I eat when I’m starving and I eat bad stuff. And for the last couple of years I’ve sat on my ass and done nothing. (Well, I’ve knit a lot, but as much as it pains me, knitting cannot be considered an aerobic activity.) That’s why I only have to lose 25 lbs – not a hundred. Bright side, you know?
The doctor today actually didn’t say anything about my weight, but my GP tomorrow will. Getting old(er) has many many advantages, but the physical part of it kind of sucks. Oh and I learned today that some of the most valuable people in your life are the ones you can tell ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING too. Nothing is too gross, too gruesome, too shameful, too embarrassing. These are the people to keep close to you. I’m lucky. I’ve got at least two, possibly three or four people like this in my life. Thank you for listening to me and laughing along with me instead of hanging up the phone. At least I didn’t offer to SHOW you what I was talking about. Right?
Lots of work to do, surprisingly. Lots of work. Not sure I’ll be blogging tomorrow as I’m off to the Dr. again and I’m swamped. Besides, I’ve got nothing to show you except the same sweater I showed you the other day. No progress has been made unless you count backwards progress.
I AM LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE STR VIRGINS:
Sandy who wrote:
I need STR (socks that rock) because my closet is full of STPACM (socks that prefer adult contemporary music).
Karen who wrote:
I need this yarn because I’m a STR virgin and I’ve read the Socks That Rock story on your blog and several others. I feel for the ladies but I don’t want to commit to a sock club membership before I have a chance to test out their lovely yarn. What better chance than through you? Besides, I’m an avid hiker and it would be great to have some super cozy hiking socks that I knit myself!
Amy O’Dell who wrote:
Because this is how I feel without STR in my life:
Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall
Mama’s in the kitchen, baby and all
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But you’re missing
Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair
Papers on the doorstep, but you’re not there
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But you’re missing
O.K., perhaps that song is just too tragic and beautiful for this situation but I bet I got on your good side, didn’t I?!?
YOU’VE WON YARN, BUT YOU HAVEN’T RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL ASKING FOR YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. I will send another one, but if you don’t email me back by Friday, I will pick three new winners out of the hat. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS. THANK YOU!
Have a great day!
The week of the dr— I hear you. I have to go get omehting checked out on my forehead Thursday… it’s been there since July—-your blog and experiences recently- made me call a dr—had to wait 6 weeks to get in… hoping it;s nothing;)
Gee.. then I may as well take the plunge and get a baseline mammogram done— yippee- ain’t getting old GRAND?
PS my DR will grouse about my weight too- but, usually she wait until after I do. Which I do as soon as I walk into the office. OY!
Ya know, when I went to the doctor last month with a REALLY bad cold/virus/whatever I was complaining that even though I had spent Sept-November training to walk the St. Jude Half-Marathon I hadn’t lost any weight and the response I got was, “oh, I’m sure you’ve gained muscle” BUT I like REALLY need to lose about 50 – I would love to be able to lose 25 and be any where near what ANYONE thought was skinny – Okay, unlike you I’m a SNACKER!! Maybe I just need to be taller – hehehe!! Thanks for the reminder – I do need to go get all the annual stuff done since I usually try to do it in my birthday month of December! OH and I’d be thrilled if those 3 ladies didn’t respond – maybe I’D GET SOME STR!!!
What, what? You didn’t tell me!? That’s Ok…I’m ready to eat lunch.
OMG, Sandy’s comment was too funny. I think I concerned my cube neighbors by the convulsions caused by trying to laugh silently.
Sweetie, I could have written that post. So do what I did and check out http://www.sparkpeople.com. I hate to excercise and both love/hate food like you do. I tracked my food on SP for a couple of months and tried to follow the plan they have and I have lost 11 lbs. It is a free site.
Just thought I’d share. 🙂 Love your site! Especially your photos. You need to make a Casino shawl so that I can see what it looks like in a really good picture. 🙂
Elizabeth
that’s me this year – losing the weight, so I’m with ya – unfortunately, you are right, knitting does not count as exercise 🙁
I wish I was the Karen, but not I
Rock On
The reason I picked my doctor:
The first appointment I had with her, she looked at my chart, looked up at me, and said, “Well, you need to lose 25 pounds, but then so do I. So I’m not going to be a hypocrite and hound you about it.”
I feel for you. I had a physical scheduled for tomorrow morning but had to push it back to March because of Bean’s eye extravaganza. This gives me one more month to lose that 10 pounds.
And this time I mean it.
No, really.
I even got out the damn treadmill.
Back when I was working 12,000 jobs, The Zone Delivery thing was the best thing ever! I also hate hate hate figuring out what to eat all the time. It bugs. I’m busy. This was the greatest thing ever because I never had to figure it out, AND it was healthy, and they even told you WHEN to eat, so I didn’t have to figure that out either. Three fresh meals, two snacks delivered to my door every morning. So good. I wasn’t trying to lose weight but I did. Oh. But it was 13 million dollars.
I can sympathize with you about the going to the Dr.’s but don’t feel bad when they tell you that you need to loose weight. I work in a hospital and I see exactly what the doctors eat. (and it ain’t pretty)
I hope the 3 ladies responde because the STR is fab. I bought it yesterday as my 30th birthday present to myself and I can’t stop touching it!!!
Right there with you on the preparing it crapfest. I have already told Veronica that when she leaves for college, if I tell her that I ate Lean Cuisine for dinner I am truly not trying to make her feel bad, but am in fact a lazy person who has no desire to clean up after herself.
Hey! We can loose the weight together! I’ve been told by doctors for years that I’m about 30 lbs. over my “ideal weight”, but I really need to lose it now (the pre-pregger clothes don’t fit like they did after the first, I’m still about 10 lbs. heavier than I was before the 2nd).
Oooh. And if one of the three STR virgins don’t reply…PICK ME (Yes. I entered, but didn’t win :()
I love those weeks of doctors! I usually get it all scheduled around my birthday… I am such a celebrating fool.
Anyway, I too, am working on that losing weight thing by eating more. I have to eat 250-300 calories five times a day!! That plus the aerobic stuff and weight training. But it seems to be working. Good luck!!
(darn.. I had wished I could have gotten some of that yarn, but it’s OK.)
Eeeee… unclaimed yarn… If they don’t claim and you happen to have extra I would LOVE to ROCK a skein of STR for the first time… It would make my back-to-school blues go away if I could rock that yarn during one of my boring lectures.
So if that’s you in the photos in the previous post, you don’t LOOK fat! I figure an extra 25 pounds has to show on your face… I ordered two skeins of STR (one as a gift for another)… I will be virgin no more!
I feel for ya. I need to lose about 25 lbs more. I’ve lost 12 since November. I just cut out snacks so far, but I know I’m going to have to work harder for the last bit to come off.
Oh, and Sandy’s STR comment (rock vs adult contemporary…) cracked me up. I hope you find her, she deserves yarn for that comment!
Must say, I really do like the comment about adult-contemporary music. That’s a good one.
Hilarious comments. Can you post the other ones too? I tried to read through the list for other gems, but got bogged down by the sheer quantity…
The way you described your feelings about food is exactly how I feel, I’ve never had anyone else say that! It is so tiresome eating 3 meals a day, my husband jokes that if I could take a pill instead of eating I would.
Snacking is worth practicing — and there are lots of yummy healthy snacks out there these days. Also, it’s easier to snack and knit at the same time than it is to eat a proper meal and knit!
Hey! Wait! I want to claim my new yarn! I’ve just emailed you again, Cara, hope it gets through.
PS- thanks for the funny comments re: my comment! I mean it though, my socks like Phil Collins. It’s embarrasing.
You know, I had the same exact comment about food yesterday! Why do we have to eat three meals a day! It takes so much time with grocery shopping, preparing, cooking! But I do, have a thing for food! Actually I don’t mind the cooking part, as long as someone plans all the meals for me, and I don’t have to *gasp* think of what to make!
I second Elizabeth on http://www.sparkpeople.com . I got onto it mid-August last year, and lost 15 pounds or so over 2 months with it. I’ve slipped since, but plan on starting to track my meals and get back into the strength routine again. At least I haven’t gained the weight back! Been holding steady within a 2-pound range since October. SP is good cause they give you a calorie range, and you can either put in your own food, or they will give you a meal plan with grocery list.
*Hopes the 3 don’t answer, so maybe she’ll have another chance at STR*
Good luck!
Hi Cara!
I didn’t get your e-mail and it wasn’t in my spam! I’m so excited. I’ve left a different address above so please try this one. Yaaay!!!!
Good luck at the Dr’s! Something tells me if you have decided you are losing 25, then indeed you will. If those three ladies don’t contact you, I’d love to be back in the running. Hell, I checked all day Sunday to see if I won;) For honesty sake though, I placed my first order for STR last week so my cherry is about to be busted;)
Ah, the doctor. You just have to love those days. Really good friends are hard to come by and I think it’s important to appreciate them (especially when we want to talk about stuff we would never tell anyone else).
“knitting cannot be considered an aerobic activity”
true but, my friend regularly sees a woman knitting at the gym while working out on a recumbent bike…this baffles me, but maybe it could work for you?
Giggle—- Ummmm…. I knit on the exercie bike everyday. Mostly while listening to podcasts and books on the Ipod.
I’m working on my first pair of jaywalkers— actually;)
Although what I need to knit is a cushy seat cover for that thing- man it hurts my BUTT!
Regarding the food stuff, it’s my field. Can I say anything useful?
Oh! I am so like you! I need to a. remember to eat and b. eat more frequently than I do now. If only I could do that, I’d be golden. I swear to you, I am going to start setting timers. It’s the only way!
I know what you mean about aging and doctors… I underwent a very small procedure last week and had very bad times also… I couldn’t expect that such a simple thing would made my life completely unbearable!! Anyway, at least I didn’t have to pay $200 for rescheduling… fight for this – it’s absurd!!!
Ready to pick other three up???? Uhuuu!!!… here am I !!!!
you know, I’m pretty sure you did offer to show it to me.