Well, a few weeks ago I was laughing about how I was getting so many hits on my blog post entitled "I Feel Like I'm On Drugs."
Not laughing now. Just annoyed. I've started to get a lot of spam comments on all my posts. The ridiculous thing is, they are mostly about "steam showers." No clue as to why, but this morning alone, I've had 30 comments related to steam showers. They don't show up on the blog as they go into my spam comment folder, but they do show up on my email and I have to delete them from there.
So, I am enabling the word verification feature. I hope everyone who reads and comments will continue to do so!
Thanks!
PS. Update: Just for your viewing pleasure, here is a sampling of the dozens (almost hundreds) of comments I've received in the last 3 days:
That is similar to my enclosure i actually got a hold of only recently, extremely satisfied with it for anyone on the fence when it comes to acquiring one, get it done, you will not regret it
Simply adore all these steam showers
Fantastic site lots of terrific steam shower info here
Terrific steam showers, my family had one of these built about five years ago and so it could do with modernizing, would never buy a bland old traditional kind of shower again
My Partner And I not too long ago setup our steam shower unit, best item we have decided to buy in a long while, children and relatives think it's great, can't see myself turning back to traditional showers ever again
Was actually trying to find just a traditional shower enclosure during which I stubled onto this fabulous site, wouldn't have any idea there was any such thing as a 'steam shower enclosure', really, might possibly just may have to have one
Many thanks for this web page, can blissfully say we currently have a steam shower of our own and we love it
A great deal of wonderful guidance on this great site, really need a steam shower unit in my bathroom
And so it went...on and on. Kind of funny, really.
Update 2: 99% of the spam comments I was receiving were from "Anonymous." So, instead of word verification, at Launna's suggestion, I'm just changing comment parameters to disallow anonymous commenters.. No word verification at this time...we'll see how it goes.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Sunday, September 7, 2014
All. Is. Well.
I was reading one of my favorite blogs this morning. I'm one of the folks on his blogroll, and it made me realize it's been 4 weeks since my last post. Four weeks...A month!
So I figured I'd give a quick update:
All is Well.
On the home front, this summer has been hectic.
As I mentioned earlier, Buster tore his ACL and had to have surgery. He's doing great now, but is still not allowed to go up or down stairs, or get up on the furniture for at least another month, so we have to carry him up and down the stairs to go outside...thank heavens he is a small dog! I can't imagine having to do this for a large animal. (He is getting spoiled...the Little Prince now EXPECTS to be picked up and carried everywhere, even when it's not necessary.)
We've been taking him on at least one long walk a day and he isn't limping at all. The surgeon did recommend he get underwater treadmill therapy, but it's expensive and time consuming, so we decided against it. My rationale is as long as we take him on a good walk everyday and continue massaging his leg and doing his range-of-motion exercises, he'll be fine. So I don't feel guilty (well, a little guilty, but that's the Catholic in me). We're still having him sleep in his pen, just so he can't wander around at night and perhaps hurt himself. He actually seems to like sleeping there, and it's so much more comfortable for Hub and me without him on the bed; we might just have him sleep there from now on.
We had visitors off and on for the last month; the last two just left a week ago. They were my Hub's sister and her daughter, who is a typical(?) 16 year old. (Was I ever that dramatic at her age? I can truthfully say...No, I wasn't...because my mother would have slapped me.) Another was Hub's very strange nephew who is completely lacking in social skills. Needless to say, I "had" to work a lot while they were here. My job kept my sanity.
At work, my office building will be undergoing a major remodel; so they needed to move some people out temporarily (for probably a year). My group volunteered, so the 4 of us will be moving into "the Annex" next week, which is an old house next door to our building. We are a really cohesive group, we all get along great, so I think it will be fun and a welcome change of scenery.
My mom continues to have various health problems and I've been spending some extra time with her (this is in part why I don't have time to take B to water therapy). Her memory is getting really bad, and I can see that within a year she may need to move to a memory care facility. In a way, we are closer now, because she seems to have lost a lot of her "critical" self, so she's nicer to me and not constantly commenting on my looks and weight. So, in spite of my having to repeat myself or listen to her tell me the same thing over and over, she's easier to get along with.
I'm still doing IF, still losing weight, although slowly now. But the bottom line is I'm in this for the long haul. This is a new way of life for me (well, not so new anymore...I've been doing it several months now).
I'm still feeling content and calm and normal and HAPPY. My food obsession is gone. I don't feel deprived ever, because I'm eating pretty much what I want...during a 6 hour window. When I say "pretty much what I want," that means for the most part I "want" healthy stuff because that's what makes me feel good. Stuff like protein, nuts, salad, veggies, occasionally a little fruit. (I've also found that I tend to get full really quickly.) We don't eat out much, but when we go out to dinner, I usually order a salad. Last Saturday night I had a steak salad, and last night I had an ahi tuna salad. I'm not eating much sugar or white flour, but it's because I really don't crave it anymore. And the less "white stuff" I eat, the less I want.
From the IF life:
Keep (insulin) levels low by not eating sugar or foods that quickly break down into the bloodstream (processed foods, breads, cereals, pasta) Just say to yourself every time you are about to put sugar in your mouth, “I don’t want to burn any fat for the next 3-4 hours”...as that is exactly what you are telling your body with your hormonal response from the ingestion of sugar!
I've actually started to say that to myself, and it really works to help me avoid eating the white stuff. Funny how such a small thing yields such positive results, both physically and mentally.
Another philosophy of the author of the IF life is "Do activities you enjoy…. But stop some excessive pre-planned cardio routine that you “think” is burning fat….when the complete opposite may actually be going on."
This also makes a lot of sense to me. I've started doing some light weights to tone up, but I don't do much cardio anymore. Twice a week, I do the HIIT, but mostly I just try to be active around the house...gardening, cleaning out the closets...things that give me a little workout and also accomplish something that makes me feel productive. Nothing too dramatic, but I'm seeing results there too (and my house is getting organized).
Well, that's about it. The weather here has been beautiful for most of the last month, this weekend the temperatures have been in the 80s. However, you can definitely feel the nip in the air at night. So I guess technically our summer is over.
Hope all is well out there in Blogland!
So I figured I'd give a quick update:
All is Well.
On the home front, this summer has been hectic.
As I mentioned earlier, Buster tore his ACL and had to have surgery. He's doing great now, but is still not allowed to go up or down stairs, or get up on the furniture for at least another month, so we have to carry him up and down the stairs to go outside...thank heavens he is a small dog! I can't imagine having to do this for a large animal. (He is getting spoiled...the Little Prince now EXPECTS to be picked up and carried everywhere, even when it's not necessary.)
We've been taking him on at least one long walk a day and he isn't limping at all. The surgeon did recommend he get underwater treadmill therapy, but it's expensive and time consuming, so we decided against it. My rationale is as long as we take him on a good walk everyday and continue massaging his leg and doing his range-of-motion exercises, he'll be fine. So I don't feel guilty (well, a little guilty, but that's the Catholic in me). We're still having him sleep in his pen, just so he can't wander around at night and perhaps hurt himself. He actually seems to like sleeping there, and it's so much more comfortable for Hub and me without him on the bed; we might just have him sleep there from now on.
We had visitors off and on for the last month; the last two just left a week ago. They were my Hub's sister and her daughter, who is a typical(?) 16 year old. (Was I ever that dramatic at her age? I can truthfully say...No, I wasn't...because my mother would have slapped me.) Another was Hub's very strange nephew who is completely lacking in social skills. Needless to say, I "had" to work a lot while they were here. My job kept my sanity.
At work, my office building will be undergoing a major remodel; so they needed to move some people out temporarily (for probably a year). My group volunteered, so the 4 of us will be moving into "the Annex" next week, which is an old house next door to our building. We are a really cohesive group, we all get along great, so I think it will be fun and a welcome change of scenery.
My mom continues to have various health problems and I've been spending some extra time with her (this is in part why I don't have time to take B to water therapy). Her memory is getting really bad, and I can see that within a year she may need to move to a memory care facility. In a way, we are closer now, because she seems to have lost a lot of her "critical" self, so she's nicer to me and not constantly commenting on my looks and weight. So, in spite of my having to repeat myself or listen to her tell me the same thing over and over, she's easier to get along with.
I'm still doing IF, still losing weight, although slowly now. But the bottom line is I'm in this for the long haul. This is a new way of life for me (well, not so new anymore...I've been doing it several months now).
I'm still feeling content and calm and normal and HAPPY. My food obsession is gone. I don't feel deprived ever, because I'm eating pretty much what I want...during a 6 hour window. When I say "pretty much what I want," that means for the most part I "want" healthy stuff because that's what makes me feel good. Stuff like protein, nuts, salad, veggies, occasionally a little fruit. (I've also found that I tend to get full really quickly.) We don't eat out much, but when we go out to dinner, I usually order a salad. Last Saturday night I had a steak salad, and last night I had an ahi tuna salad. I'm not eating much sugar or white flour, but it's because I really don't crave it anymore. And the less "white stuff" I eat, the less I want.
From the IF life:
Keep (insulin) levels low by not eating sugar or foods that quickly break down into the bloodstream (processed foods, breads, cereals, pasta) Just say to yourself every time you are about to put sugar in your mouth, “I don’t want to burn any fat for the next 3-4 hours”...as that is exactly what you are telling your body with your hormonal response from the ingestion of sugar!
I've actually started to say that to myself, and it really works to help me avoid eating the white stuff. Funny how such a small thing yields such positive results, both physically and mentally.
Another philosophy of the author of the IF life is "Do activities you enjoy…. But stop some excessive pre-planned cardio routine that you “think” is burning fat….when the complete opposite may actually be going on."
This also makes a lot of sense to me. I've started doing some light weights to tone up, but I don't do much cardio anymore. Twice a week, I do the HIIT, but mostly I just try to be active around the house...gardening, cleaning out the closets...things that give me a little workout and also accomplish something that makes me feel productive. Nothing too dramatic, but I'm seeing results there too (and my house is getting organized).
Well, that's about it. The weather here has been beautiful for most of the last month, this weekend the temperatures have been in the 80s. However, you can definitely feel the nip in the air at night. So I guess technically our summer is over.
Hope all is well out there in Blogland!
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