Morning in Glendale

This is just going to make me sound so dorky.  I discovered a Metro Market in Glendale the other day that would allow me to Shopkick and gain a lot of points.  I noticed it when I was trying to look through my list when I was at the post office near Bayshore mall. I thought where is this place?  Well, I found out this morning. I thought I'm going east, why not start out there instead of my own neighborhood?

It was actually quite a nice store and I was able to get more kicks scanning products on my app.  Nice and quiet.  It wasn't that far from the loony dermatologist who laughed about my hockey stick lines.  I had to pick up a few items this morning, so I just did a little detour north.  The things I do to save a few extra dollars.  It's not lost on me that I'm using gas to save money but considering that car stays parked in the garage most of the week, it all works out.  I found my way back to my walking place and did my walk up the hill.

I tried not to feel too discouraged that there wasn't this big jump down on the scale.  I hadn't stepped on it for a few weeks. I was hoping to see a surprise but I thought be prepared.  It's possible I gained more than that and lost something.  Yeah, I'm trying to justify and not feel bad that I got let down.  Work with me.  

I thought what can I do?  I thought I did go a week without bringing in snacks in the host.  Eating sweets?  Yeah.  Guilty, but it's not as bad as it was before.  I bought more water from the store this morning and thought I should up my water game more.  There's other things too but I got a start.  I got to keep going.  I wish I had someone to help me with this that didn't involve spending a ton of money.

I tried joining a gym years ago and wow, no way in hell will I do that. I found out that the discount I would get would be if I went in before 6 in the morning?  No, I don't think so.  I kept trying to push the people off when they called. I did a tour of the place and was set to do it until I saw the stipulations. I thought no, no.  I got so mad that they wouldn't stop calling, I said please quit calling and hung up.  I was in my middle 20s at the time and the guy actually called back and left a message on the answering machine that called me a bitch.  Wow.

And they called me a few weeks later!  I asked are you the same person who called me a bitch?  The guy got flustered and I said don't call me again or I'll get the authorities involved and the Better Business Bureau and ended the call.

I can see why Chandler had a problem quitting the gym on Friends.  It wasn't easy.  

I don't have a lot of room in my own room.  I have gotten some of this Amazon BeFit work out app off and on for the last few years and well, most of the exercises are from workouts in the 90s and early aughts.  It gets.  Boring.  Unless it's Jillian Michaels who makes me want to call 911 just watching what grueling stuff she does to people. She's a mean broad.

I thought about getting a kettlebell that would help me with working out. I had one for awhile and I think I might have donated it when we moved here.  I have light weights but I don't think they're doing anything for me and need to up the weight size.  Since I lost some bone density from treatment, I know I need to do that.  With the weather getting cooler and it getting darker earlier, I need to find something soon to keep me active.

I got the train started and I want to keep going.  I'm not going to let it stop me.  I had an incident with a medical person and it was a comment about my weight that was really innocent!  This person was so lovely and understanding but I thought they just kind of accepted me being that weight and that made me sad.  I would like to surprise a doctor when they see the weight and do a double take like hey, what happened?  I did have that happen years ago when I did transfer to a different doctor and she had my chart and my weight and I had dropped 30 pounds in the year and a half that I had gone and she said she wasn't sure if she had the right person.  That is a nice feeling to make progress on your health.  

I still climbed the hill 8 days out of the 10 days that I had off.  On the two days that I had off, I walked roundtrip 2.6 miles.  I am trying.  There's work to be done.

It appears that the monster's truck seems to be gone.  We're wondering if he lost his job.  He's not exactly the best worker so we're not sure. I made the bet that he would last until October. I don't like being right about that.

I look forward to the debate on Tuesday. I read that Tim Walz is nervous.  He's a good human and a good dad.  JD is a despicable human being.  Tim's kindness will shine through.  And the fact that he's not wearing eyeliner will be a bonus.