Johanne's Journal, 10 January 2012

I was gone all morning and am just getting on now. I was right. I sleep like a rock! I took my furosimide late last night, so I had to get up twice during the night, but other than that, I fall asleep within 5 minutes (I thought that was about right) and I don't move during the night unless I have to get up. (Bren, It didn't even register any "fluffs". LOL!!!) Of course, I have the greatest mattress ever made by man. I have a sleep number bed. Whatever position I fall asleep in is the one I wake up in . . . with absolutely no pain. I could never do that before.

I LOVE my Fitbit. It's such a fun toy. I think I will quickly become addicted to my stats. I figured out that if I walk to the end of my drive and back 10 times, three times a day, I will get my 10,000 steps in. That should be easily doable even for me. I plan to start when I go out to bring my trash can in. I used to time my walks to 10 minutes each. Now I'll time them to how many times back and forth.

I won a Weight Watchers Points Plus cookbook on Dr. Oz today. For his giveaways, he gives out a certain number of whatever, on the hour, starting at 9 a.m. until 8:59 p.m. If you wait until his show comes on to see how to get whatever the prize is, than you have 100s of thousands of people trying for those prizes at the beginning of the hour and it's impossible to win one. If, however, you are signed up for the Oz Show emails and sign on to get one of the prizes at exactly 9 a.m., you're much more likely to win. I wish I had figured this out in time for the Christmas giveaway show. LOL!!!

I'm feeling a lot better today. My congestion is back to almost normal allergy levels and my cough is controllable with just my atomizer. I'm so happy. I'm so much healthier than I used to be when colds held on for 4-6 weeks. If eating correctly can do this for a person, it's worth it even if you never lose another lb.

I felt the presence of my wonderful FS buddies when I went out to commune with the moon last night. What a lovely thing to do. Thank you so much, Bren, for suggesting it. I love a full moon. It was beautiful.

I'm chattering too much, I do that when I'm feeling excited. I'm going to go fix some lunch and fill my pill boxes for the week. :-)

Edit: Bren and Steph, you're not showing up as friends yet on FB. Di Happy is.

Edit: I forgot that a while back I won a Dr. Oz tape measure. It arrived in the mail today from Zappos. It's really cool because the loose end fits into a little slot, so you don't have to hold it in place. When you hit the button it contracts and holds so that you get an accurate measurement. VERY COOL! My waist is much smaller than it was, though I haven't lost any more weight. I guess things are shifting. I have to find the notebook I was keeping my measurements in to see just how much.

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1317 kcal

Fat: 46.50g | Prot: 26.50g | Carb: 192.50g.   Breakfast: Hash Brown. Lunch: Curried Red Lentil Soup, Pictsweet Deluxe Baby Broccoli Florets, Uncle Ben's Natural Brown Rice. Dinner: Dole Sliced Strawberries, Curried Red Lentil Soup, Uncle Ben's Natural Brown Rice, Diced Tomatoes No Salt Added. Snacks/Other: Santitas White Corn Chips. more...

2483 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 15 hours and 30 minutes, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 30 minutes. more...