It would cost me $15 dollars to change my username from Beldin_tx to Texadan. Ridiculous.

I've decided that I misinterpreted the previous experimental results. I thought maybe the low blood pressure indicated that what I lost was fluid, not fat as energy. So I've been drinking lots of water and Gatorade and my blood pressure is now 106/74 and my scales indicate almost the original weight.

Thought it too good to be true.

I read a study the other day that said exercising before eating forced the body to burn more fat. The author kept saying "before breakfast" but he did mention not eating at least six hours before exercising. So I thought I'd experiment. I last ate about 9 o'clock last night and I had only coffee when I got up this morning. But the problem came in ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Little Willow!

The economy woes have hit East Texas. We are always the last to get hit and the last to recover. The hospital where I work informed us this week: there will be no merit raises for FY2010; each employee's PTO hours will be reduced by one hour per pay period; they are selling off the Hemodialysis Unit and are selling or shutting down the Hospice Unit ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Marlene.

You share it with my niece, Mandi. *g*

I met a woman coming up the walk at church this morning who used to be in my Singles Sunday School class. She and her husband both were, and met there. They got married some time ago. I'm horrible with time; it could have been seven years or it could have been ten. Anyway, I say hi, give her a quick hug and ask, "Where's Lief?". She replies "Lief's ( Read more... )

I left work at 2:20 yesterday. As I was leaving I spoke to the volunteer who copies the patient education packets and distributes them to the units. He told me he had just made the third floor round ( Read more... )

I need to pay attention to the words of Thomas Aquinus:

"To understand in depth the starting-point of some area of knowledge is to know all that can be derived from that starting-point. But when we don't know the starting-point, or know it only superficially, then the area is known only in part."

I've been browsing Project Gutenberg and, through ( Read more... )

I last posted 21 weeks ago. Reading that last post (once I found how to get to it) I see that Dad had just had his stroke and was still in the hospital. I really should've updated sooner while it was still fresh on my mind and in my heart ( Read more... )