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Year Three, Day 56: Beatles Therapy

I've been in a Beatles mood lately.  Heck, their music defines most of my life.  When I was a small child, my father taught me to play piano.  We listened to only classical music at home. With one exception, he allowed me to listen to and play the music of the Beatles on the piano. He said it was the only "quality popular music out there".

I bought my first book of Beatles songs arranged for the piano with my own money when I was 14.  I played from that book until the pages fell out.

The only song I can belt out at karoake with any pride is "Hey Jude". With Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" a close second.

I find listening to their music therapeutic. It reminds me of a time of innocence. And I seriously think most of their music was superior to anything else that existed at that time. Heck, at this time too! 

Lately I've been thinking it's time to seriously work on my voice. I've always been ashamed of my singing voice. Plus I have poor breath control. I've had a bit of lessons, but I always drop out, frustrated.

I was so shy in grade school, I never raised my hand. Rarely spoke in class. I remember one time, in second grade the teacher asked me to read aloud. I was mortified. I opened my voice to talk and I croaked! Like a frog!

The other kids laughed.  I wanted to die!

So perhaps on this journey of self improvement, voice therapy might be in order.



On a happier note, this is Day 22 of daily hooping!


You cannot imagine how my confidence is soaring because of this commitment?
Or can you?

That feeling of accomplishment? When you stick to a plan?  This feeling reigns supreme in my humble life!

Today is my day to give you stats.  I am a tad disappointed that I have not lost more weight. But I shall carry on! I did well this week with avoiding red meat and fried foods for the most part.  And I am still not eating after 7:00 which is becoming a comfortable lifestyle choice.

I ate less meals out.  Although I did splurge on a fish taco platter at Teco's yesterday.  It was their daily special. $5.99!  But it was a lot of food. I think I will focus more on portion control as I take this getting fit project to the next level!




Here are today's stats:

July 7, 2017

Mood:  6 (On a scale of 1 - 10, 1 being depressed, 10 being ecstatic!)
Weight: 186
Chest: 40"
Waist: 36"
Hips: 42"
Thighs: 22"
Calves: 15"
Biceps: 13"
Ankles: 8"
Compared to last Friday:
June 30, 2017

Mood:  7 (On a scale of 1 - 10, 1 being depressed, 10 being ecstatic!)
Weight: 187
Chest: 40"
Waist: 36"
Hips: 42"
Thighs: 22"
Calves: 15"
Biceps: 13"
Ankles: 8"
My stats are the same except for a loss of 1 pound. Which I will take!  Any progress, no matter how little is progress!  
Speaking of which, I finished the last season of Homeland last night. It left me with an odd feeling.  I was very sad about them killing off my favorite male character, Peter Quinn. 
But the last episode centered around an assassination attempt on the president. Who was a female who the general population despised.  
There was a harrowing scene with angry, violent protestors. Madame President was being driving with her secret service and presidential advisor, (my favorite female character: Carrie Mathison).  The car driving her double was blown up by a bomb. Carrie personally saves the president. Very exciting action scenes. But in the end, the president appears to be quite evil.
So, hence, I did not sleep well. But I woke up feeling relieved. Relieved that for now, my obsession with this show has ended.  (Until Season 7 comes out, that is!)

Now I can come back down to earth a bit and take care of business!  

But I soon discovered, after checking breaking news and opening Facebook, that a parallel story is unfolding today.  A TRUE story!  The protestors at the G20 summit in Hamburg have become so violent, that Melania Trump is confined to her hotel room because it is considered too dangerous for her . 

I had a major case of 'deja vu' this morning when I saw the article. I immediately thought of the final scene from the last episode of season 6 of Homeland.

Eerie!

Although, I was frankly amused by the clips from the G20 meeting. The press is making such a big deal out of how Trump and Putin shook hands.  Much talk of macho male behavior.  

It will be interesting to see what comes of this. Perhaps I will not need to binge watch anymore thriller spy type shows. I can just watch CNN!
And on that note, I need to fly out of here.  A Starbucks iced tea awaits me. As well as a few classes of piano students.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Happy Friday!
Love,
Zita :) 


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