Jobwise things are still looking promising. I have half-dozen recruiters who’ve contacted me from my Monster.com posting and I’ve been submitted for two jobs right now, so we’ll see what happens. Also, I got a call from the job placement company that Sara Lee retained to help their laid off employees get new positions. I have a meeting with my personal consultant next Monday and then an orientation after that. Should be helpful!
Health habits are still progressing well. I had to give up giving up diet-Coke for now. Once I get the eating and exercise habits changed I’ll address that. We went out to dinner a couple weeks after I started this and Mary Lynn just ordered me one while I was in the restroom (I haven’t discussed the new program with her so I can focus on it myself without her worrying if I’m doing it or not). It was very tasty and a bit of a relief! So I am using d-C again for now, but much less than I was drinking a month ago. We found a nifty water jug at Jewel a few weeks ago – it’s called a Bubba KEG® 52 and looks like a little barrel with a handle on the side. It’s insulated with a leak-proof lid, a sealable drinking lip, and it holds two liters. I keep it filled with iced water and drink that instead of d-C most of the day.
I have discovered the wonders of exercise! Who? Keith? Exercise? Naaaw!
No, it’s true. You’ll recall I was walking laps around the center court of our apartments – a distance of about 1/3 of a mile – but I kept popping my right knee out and had to wear my patella strap for about three days before I could to the circuit again. So, a couple weeks ago Mary Lynn suggested I use her Total Gym; I said it does just the kind of knee workout I can’t do; she said then wear your knee straps ‘cause they’re supposed to help with that. So I did, and it worked great! The first time I did 50 reps with no knee pain and after just three days of doing this I find my pain is way less and I can do stairs with much less hassle. While I do the knee pushes I also do crunches and upper body work. And it makes me more efficient. For instance, the night I did my all-niter homework I had to get some sleep at 3:30; got up at 6:00 to finish and was dragging around so decided to exercise. I did a full set of 60 and went back to word much more alert. And here’s the weird part: all the following day and into the evening I felt no affects of the lack of sleep the night before. Went to sleep Tuesday night and didn’t have to make up for it by sleeping late. It’s great!
If you’re not execising – just do it! And to all of you who’ve been telling me about this for years now (and you know who you are), I’d just like to say you were right all along, and thanks!
Consistency.
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