2025: A Breath of Fresh Air

Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. Today I got up just after 9 am. I did manage to go to sleep earlier and got a solid 7 hours of sleep. The only stray waiting to eat today was the friendly orange male, so I fed him and Minnie and then tackled the trash ! I haven't put trash out for 2 weeks but only had 2 bags plus a bag of used cat litter. I had a lot of cat food cats to put out for recycling and managed to put 2 big bags of those along with the car...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. It's been a while since I've written and nothing has changed. I'm still not "on" the Nutrisystem program and I'm still not "on" the treadmill. I think about it every day but I keep shooting myself in the foot ! So what have I been up to ? Let's see. April 17 is the last day i wrote and that was the Thursday before Easter. Friday April 18 I went to the baseball game with Rich, Ba...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. It was pretty late when I went to sleep so it was a little bit of a struggle to get out of bed this morning ! I had turned off my alarm but I ended up getting up shortly after 8:30, which isn't bad. It was nice to see blue skies and sunshine ! I only had 2 strays to feed this morning. The orange female and one of the occasional males who always hisses at me. Around 11 am I went out to retrieve empty dishes and ano...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. Today is the best day of the week as it's rock & roll bingo night ! The alarm went off at 8 this morning and Minnie visited before it even went off, but I was too tired to get up. I slept another hour and was up around 9:20. I played my slot games too late, which I had said I wasn't going to do ! I had 3 strays waiting to eat this morning. The orange female, the old orange male and the friendly orange male...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. My alarm went off right on schedule at 8 am but Minnie had already been in to wake me up. I guess she was hungry or just wanted attention .. lol ! I got up about 8:20, so that wasn't bad. The only stray cat waiting to eat was one of the males that provides stud service ! Later I looked out and the friendly orange male was waiting to eat. No sign of the female, old orange or the less friendly orange. I'm pretty...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. I was awake before my alarm today and got up shortly after 8 am. It helps that I went to sleep a bit earlier ! I spent the first part of the morning watching YouTube and playing online slots, then decided to tackle getting in touch with the IRS. I pulled some documents off the ATT website and made sure I had everything I might need before calling just before 11:30. Once I got into the queue the estimated wait was 30-6...

  Time for a new mission statement. My goal for 2025 was to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I've failed miserably. At some point I need to pick myself up and try. A realistic goal at this point is 50 pounds by 12-31-25, so that is where I will start. When will I start ? I don't know .. do I need a "starting point" ? I don't. Every day that I don't "start" just adds to my misery. I plan to just take each day as it comes and do what I can to move closer to where I want to be. Life has changed and I haven't been able to adapt just yet. Yesterday was an uneventful day. I sat on the couch watching YouTube and playing online slots. I'm falling into the habit of taking my tablet to bed with me since Jackpot World resets at 11 pm and last night it resulted in me being awake until after 3 am. As a result, I didn't get up until about 9:20, which isn't awful. I'd have slept longer if I didn't have the cats waiting to be fed. I did manage...

  Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal was 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I'm failing miserably. I was so excited on January 1 but I'm so discouraged now. So nothing has changed. I'm still stuck. Still not motivated. Still feeling no purpose. I didn't think losing my job was that bad but I'm starting to realize I lost my purpose in life at the same time. I have no reason to get up at a specific time. I have no reason to go to bed at a specific time. Why bother ? I don't have to be "at work" anymore. I don't leave the house most days so there's no reason to get dressed or shower. No one visits, so there's no reason to worry about cleaning the house. Bingo night and weekend road trips with Rich & Barb is all that keeps me sane. I really think I need to set a routine if I ever want to regain control of my life. I need to set at alarm for 8 am and shower when I get up. Ok - so I just set t...

  Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal was 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I'm failing miserably. I was so excited on January 1 but I'm so discouraged now. Well, it's Monday and the start of another week. I didn't write yesterday and though I didn't set any records, I didn't sit on the couch all day ! I vacuumed the downstairs, washed the sink full of plasticware, used the spray carpet cleaner to clean a spot where Minnie vomited in the dining room and I got a load of laundry done. I also showered and washed my hair. That's a lot for me lately ! It was after 10 am when I got up today ! I didn't go to bed that late, I think it was before midnight, but I guess I needed the sleep. Once I was up and moving I felt good ! It's 2:25 pm now and I'm dressed and load #2 is in the washer. I also scooped out the litter boxes and went outside to pick up some trash in the yard. I found there is a lot of leaves...

  Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal was 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I'm failing miserably. I was so excited on January 1 but I'm so discouraged now. I'm not going to link my original day 88 through 93, but I was still fighting a cold or flu and wasn't exercising. I'm still fighting respiratory issues today but it's getting better for sure. To catch up to today, I spent 4-1 and 4-3 doing what I usually do: watching YouTube and playing online slots. 4-2 was rock & roll bingo and it was again just me, Kim & Joe. We had a fun time but didn't get any wins. Yesterday 4-4 I went to the baseball game with Rich & Barb. It was COLD, so there were not a lot of people at the game, which was great because there were no lines at the concessions ! My beer didn't get cold and my ice cream didn't melt ! It was 51 when we got to the game and 43 when we left and I did NOT dress warmly enough. I froze...