Allergies

I don't know if it's allergies or if i'm coming down with a cold but I've been sneezing all day long, my nose is so stuffed up and it itches. I'm not feeling like I have a cold, you know that feeling where your skin hurts and you are groggy and just don't feel like getting out of bed. I think it might be allergies instead. I think it's the dog because ever since we got her I've been sniffling more than normal and blowing my nose a lot and sneezing. I think it's her. I've taken 4 claritins today and I've used doctor prescribed nasal spray and that's not even working at all. I refuse to use 4-way nasal spray because I become addicted with that stuff and there is no end to it. I wouldn't say addicted, I would say that it helps at first and then you are using it more and more because it works for so long and then every time it works less time and you use more and it just goes on and on until you are on it for 6 months and you can't stop because if you stop then you can't ever breathe unless you use it. And when you do decide enough is enough you have to suffer for days until you can breathe normally again. No thank you. I will just cut out the middle man and suffer now rather than wait 6 months.

Off The Grid... Well, Sort of

I bought a solar charger that is small enough to put in your pocket and can charge your cell phone or ipod or psp or any device that has a a/c plug in it. You can charge it in the sun which takes about 6-8 hours to fully charge it or you can plug it in to the a/c or the car cigarette lighter and it will charge in 4-5 hours which kinda defeats the whole purpose of being off the grid but what can you do eh? The reason I bought it is because it is portable and there have been a few times when my phone died because I forgot to charge it and I ended up in need of some way to keep the battery alive while still being able to leave the car (charger) to go into a building or something and still have the ability to make a phone call.

Jump Rope

I bought a $8 beaded jump rope today and boy is that hard work lol. I'm going to use it to relearn how to jump rope and to get used to using one then I am gonna give this one to my neighbors daughter Devan then I want to buy one that's a little more expensive that is the kind that is faster and thin so I can do it better. I thought this was the better kind for me because I was afraid the rope would be too thin and light and trip me up but frankly this does that to me too lol. I haven't used a jump rope since I was like 10 years old and watching me jumping rope is kinda funny, I look like a child just learning. I just to be really good at it and was able to just lightly jump inches off the ground and was so fast but now I'm like a clumsy 6 year old. Oh and my leg muscles are sore from 2 minutes lol. And after 2 minutes I'm out of breath and need a drink of water. I really need to relearn this because it is excellent exercise. It burns about 32 calories a minute and works all the muscles in the body.

Sparking Up Again

In October 2007 I was on the SparkPeople diet which is really not a diet but they teach you how you should be eating the right foods and the right portions. They tell you what foods to eat which include the food pyramid and you eat veggies all day long and drink water all day long and you tell them exactly what you ate and they tell you how many calories, carbs, fats etc you had for the day. This is really helpful in losing weight. It's not a diet because you are eating foods you are supposed to be eating anyway. You can eat snacks just as long as they aren't too fatty or have a lot of calories. Eating an apple for a snack is good, or carrots, hey my mom used to give that to us for snacks and celery with peanut butter. And they tell you to exercise and you can log your cardio exercises in there so it can tell you how many calories you have to burn 3 days a week. The program has 4 stages too.

In October 2007 something changed in my life a few weeks after I started this diet and I ended up slacking off because I was too depressed to continue with it. I started out on October 1st at 225lbs and lost about 13lbs. Since I quit I gained 30+lbs. I can't tell you how much I need to lose this weight. I am having trouble breathing, my back is breaking all the time from carrying around 93lbs of extra weight, I have sleep apnea, if I don't get thin I will be diabetic and that is no joking matter. I need this to work. I'm going to try to get a jump rope today because apparently that is really good cardio. I was using the treadmill a couple years ago and the calorie loss in 1 hour is the same or more for 30 min of jumping rope. When I was a kid I jumped rope for hours so hopefully I can get back into it and lose the weight.

Elton John Concert Part 2

We just came home from the concert and it was so good. We were in the wrong seats and this rude crack head came up to his and said "you're in my seat get up now". I knew we were in the wrong seats but that's where the usher told us to sit. She looked at our tickets but apparently someone was in our seats so we had no where else to sit. So we got up and I said you don't have to be so rude about it then we went to the usher again and told her that we were asked very rudely to get up, where are our seats again? She shined the light on the seats that were apparently ours and so we sat down. They were much better seats anyway, the seats we were in before, the wrong ones, we couldn't see the screen and since all we could see was the back of Elton's head the screen was so nice to watch. We were glad she asked us so eloquently to get up.

But it was fun, we had such a good time. I got so buzzed from the 3 beers I had but the giant pretzel soaked up most of it so I was ok to back seat drive on the way home. I'm glad we went. Chip has never been to a Elton John concert in his life so good for him that we went.

Elton John Concert

We are going to see Elton John in concert tonight. Chip is so excited. I like Elton John but I really don't know the lyrics to any of his songs except for Don't let the sun go down on me and only because George Michael sang that song with Elton John. But I do enjoy his singing and I can't wait to see him.