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Year Four, Day 157: Day Counting

DAY COUNTING



Day 11 Intermittent Fasting.

Day 7 Keto Diet.

Day 93 Daily Qi Gong/Hooping

Day 1,252 This Blog.

Day 20,979 Of My Life!

Not sure when I became so obsessed with counting days. But there you have it!

And now I am fully immersed in the book, Tuesdays With Morrie By Mitch Albom.

If  you have not read it, you should definitely read this book. It does tend to put one's life in perspective.

I am having a relatively good day today.  Back in the keto swing of things.  I notice that I am not very hungry on this diet. Which is an amazing thing. I have been hungry most of my life.

Or what I perceive as hungry. I think it was mostly craving. Craving food as a substitute for love. 

Morrie is all about love.  Read the book!

Speaking of love, I took one of the most important people in my life out for her birthday breakfast. My mother. Her actual birthday is tomorrow. I don't think she really wants me to put her age out there for the world wide web to see.

But she is remarkable healthy for her age!

We had a grand time. And I had a scathingly wonderful keto breakfast!



After breakfast we went home and visited with my daughter and granddaughter. My mom then left to return to take care of my father. He has quite advance staged Parkinson's disease, so is not much into traveling these days.

Then my daughter and I took a little outing to the mall.  It was a nice, relaxing Sunday. I don't do much of that. Relaxing, that is.

Soon I will be working again on Sundays at my new church home. I am quite looking forward to it!

I am feeling the need to make more music lately. My heart and soul are aching for my family member in crisis.  Soon I will be able to share with you some of what is on my heart. But not until the case is closed. Sigh. How I wish to share!

But one of the life lessons I am learning is self control. Something I have lacked most of my 20,979 days!

I actually woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning and got my Qi Gong/Hooping in. I planned on making a trip to the gym, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I am needed at home to watch my granddaughter for a few hours. 

Since I fast in the evening after 7:00 p.m., sometimes as early as 6:00, I don't do well with late workouts because I fear the hunger!

I really need to get over that.

I was told to thing of my growling stomach as burning fat!

Anyway, that is enough insight into this pitiful life for today.  I hope to see the scale budge a bit more tomorrow.

But for now, I wish you and yours a wonderful Sunday evening!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Zita
Pitiful me! ;)






Day 93 Hooping!

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