Where do I begin. It's 4/7/2014. A lot has happened since I wrote in this blog. We've had a lot of people pass in our lives. Including my mother. Who I miss dearly. My health has not gotten any better, in fact, it feels like it's getting worse. I went to SXSW this last month. Sent to the event by my company. Which was totally awesome, but I was in no shape to walk the 1.7 miles each way from the downtown area of Austin, Texas to the AirBnB house we rented while we were down there. I felt like I put an immense burden on the guys that I stayed with as well. The second night we were there, was the opening night of the event. I logged over 16,000+ steps on my Noom walking count, and it was probably even more than that, because we flipped the midnight counter by the time I got home. It seemed like nothing short of a miracle that someone had been available with their little golf cart, to take me back to the house. After having my battery on my phone die before this happened and sending out a help request to the guys I was with...pulling them away from a party they were attending. Embarrassing to say the least. My feet hurt, my back hurt, I drank a lot and just didn't feel well the whole time I was there. I took long breaks in between events and just sat and took in the surroundings. Now mind you, I still had an awesome time!
So this is one example of many, lately. I was to a point yesterday, that I was at band practice and my feet got cold from the basement floor and they started to cramp. Blood flow to my feet has not been good the last few years and when they get cold they cramp, badly. I feel like a hindrance there as well. I know, it sounds like woe is me, but really, it's not. I'm just not in shape and need to take control of it again. I'm really tired of feeling tired all the time and the excuse of getting old or having diabetes, just isn't flying with me at all this morning.
So I started MyFitnessPal back up. I've swapped out my work shoes to see if I can get a mild walk in today, because my Nike's I've been wearing, seem to be hurting my feet even more lately. I'm going to head out to Subway for lunch today and get a healthy sandwich or salad and walk a little. I need to start back up slowly, but I need to start. My energy is stuck in the "pit of despair" (Princess Bride reference). Hoping that this starts to bring my blood sugar back in balance and I start to lose weight again. I really want to see 260 in the next 8 months, or even lower. There's so much I want to do with family that I feel like I'm holding us back.
Thanks for reading this blog. Hopefully I'll have more positive exciting things to post about my progress soon. :)
Peace,
Dave
PS. Drop by my radio shows sometime. There are 4 stations set up. One is a regular Monday night live show called Independent Share that runs from 7pm to 10pm CST:
The other is the Musical Relaxation Station, which I try to sneak in a show here and there on the weekends:
Two new ones are Rock and Progressive Rock relates. The first is Melodic Rock Radio:
and the second is ProgCrastination, which might take on a life of it's own here soon and have a regular schedule:
