Confetti Sock Redux

I ended up frogging the entire pair of socks and starting over. Much simpler pattern...ala plain vanilla sock. Fifty-six st cast on, two strands of sock yarn, yadda yadda, yadda. Second sock is CO, cuff half done and moving forward on this.

As of yesterday, I've lost 30.5 lbs. My Wii is at my BFF's house this morning. We know what is wrong with it, he just doesn't know if he can fix it. If he can it'll save us $85 dollars and two weeks. If he can't...oh well. It's been very hard for me to deal with this. As I'm want to do, I put all my eggs in the Wii Fit basket. And I've been very successful in using it for the exercise part of my healthier life style changes. I'm learning to use other methods of exercise (doing what I can do from memory from the Wii workout routine, using the exercise routines on Cox Communications On Demand channel, dug out my old belly dance DVD, etc.) Of course these new methods are a bit too much for me. I'm not at a point where I can do high impact stuff, and the exercise routines on TV are really high impact. But I do what I can. It's just change and I don't deal with it, especially when it's mixed with the fear it won't work, okay, irrational fear it won't work and I'll start gaining weight again.

The gaining weight part isn't so much an irrational fear. I've never been able to loose weight in my life (not for lack of trying, though). As it turns out, the combination of hypothyroidism and borderline diabetes all my life (one wonders how one can be in the USAF for eight years and this never coming to the surface) sent the false messages to my body to turn everything to fat and hold on to it. I'd loose weight and then gain more back. If I completely ignored it all, I'd not gain so much so fast. Tthese are all normal for thyroid and diabetes issues.

Anyway, it's working now. Medication, diet changes, and exercise. Thirty pounds in 90 days. Thus my fear of having this monkey wrench thown into something that is working.

Almost Done!

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One sleeve to go! I digressed from the pattern and did the sleeves in the round. As always, if I make this again, I'll do it in the round. I always say that and I always forget when I start a new sweater/shirt!After this is finished, I have the Houdini socks to finish. Just one leg left to go on those.

Still exercising daily with Wii Fit. However, some of the statistics on it baffle me. It gives you a Wii Fit age based on some statistics they gather. My age has gone as high as 71 and as low as 29. I don't like that one is supposed to do the weigh in every day. It's very discouraging to loose weight and then gain it and more back. I know from past experiences with trying to loose weight that one shouldn't weigh in daily....

Many of the exercises deal with balance as well as movement. That's hard for me, but improving. Some deal with rhythm, like the dance moves in the aerobics. I have no rhythm at all. Can't hear it unless it's a pounding drum and then still can't follow it. So my scores are minimal in these areas. I'm still sweating, have elevated heart rate, and still getting new sore muscles, so I know it's working, but....again kinda discouraging. In just the six days I've had it, I feel much better. My joints are looser, I can quickly walk up the steps now instead of dragging myself by the hand rail!

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Keeping the "We" in "Yes, We Can!"

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Knitting accessories made in Finland from recycled materials. Shipping isn't too bad....

T Shirt's Slow Advance

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Again, not too much knitting done. I've got about six inches done on the front.The hair cut, well, let's say I really wish I hadn't gone. The instructor said, to get it all even, about two inches would come off. Closer to four. I was not prepared for my hair being this short. Now, by all accounts, it's still long. And it'll grow back. Platitudes aside, I'm whining. It'll take the better part of a year to get all that hair back...

On the upside, I've exercised for an hour a day for two days. Of course, my kids came and promptly bested all my top scores. And some of the stuff I just can't do. But, there are things I can do, they work up a sweat and I'm sore the next day, so I'd have to say I'm accomplishing something! It may be suicide, but at least I'm accomplishing!

Two things that are "suffering" by me having to make time for the Wii Fit is my knitting and my blogging.... It's a good thing. I think.....

We knit, Wii run, We knit....

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FluffyKnitterDeb has found a way to use up her extra sock yarn. Isn't this gorgeous?

My knitting? The same. I have just about 3 inches done on the front of the sweater. Yesterday was grocery shopping day and those pesky household things seriously bite into my knitting time. That and exercising. More on that later. Today is hair cut day. The local beauty collage is doing free hair cuts. Youngest Daughter got a style. It's okay...not the cut, the style. She likes it, however and that's what counts. Me? I don't do style anymore. I have long straight hair. I love it. It does need a trim. So I'll have less long straight hair when I get done. I hope it's not alot less. Student cutter and all.... Buy hey, it grows back!

Wii Fit. I bought one yesterday. It's fun and it can be counted as exercise. If you do it properly and don't cheat (as Youngest Son the gaming expert in the family figured out how to do already. :::heavy sigh:::). I'll not share my day to day statistics, but at this point I'll give you a weekly update.

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Keeping the "We" in "Yes, We Can!"

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"Way to go, Mr. President! You had the beautiful commemorative invitations to the Inauguration printed on FSC certified and 100 percent recycled paper. You hadn't taken office yet and already you were setting a great example of appreciation and respect for our planet's natural resources." Be Wise With Paper

A really good interview: President Obama and Matt Lauer.

BYOC: Bring Your Own Cup.

Lower your phone, credit card bills: Just ask, "What can you do for me?"

A bag that will recharge your phone using solar power....

This is a list of items checked for mercury in the high fructose corn syrup. Thankfully, I can say we use none of those products on a regular basis-even the ones where no mercury was detected. More info about mercury and HFCS.