Saturday, September 14, 2013

Day 10 -- Feeling fine again

Day 10 -- I'm feeling fine again

Today was a pretty decent day. Overall, I really can't complain.  I was a little bit tired at times but even with a traditional diet, these days happen.

After yesterday being a bit of a downer, I decided to be more proactive and stay on top of my caloric intake.  In retrospect, it probably isn't much of a surprise that yesterday was only so-so given how little I consumed.  Armed with that experience, I drank more broth from the early part of the day.  I didn't really "feel" like having any in the morning, but I did.  Perhaps it is because I've never been a big breakfast guy, or small breakfast guy for that matter.  I was trying to think of what flavors sound good to me in the morning.  I thought perhaps I could make a soup that resembled those flavors.  However, all that I can come up with is chocolate.  A chocolate croissant for breakfast with a straight double espresso always sounds good.  Alas, you see why I am on this program.  I'm thinking that I might try to do something with bacon.  That might lean  more toward breakfast, it certainly won't be anything with egg flavor, although that said, I'm sure that some would like that, like the Chinese "egg drop soup".  Eggs are just not my thing.

Anyway, what I did that seemed to help was, whenever I found myself having even a tinge of hunger, I had soup.  I may have only had half a cup (mug) but I believed that it really helped.  I found myself with a cup of soup, tea (not caffeinated), or water in my hand or very close by most of the day.  Overall, a successful day.

Actually, I was pretty productive.  I made a bunch of phone calls for work, and since I work from home, I was able to give the house that thorough cleaning that we all need from time to time.  I had good motivation for doing this. Suzy's very best friend for thirty years now was coming to visit later in the evening.  Her name is Connie and she is such a dear. Super crazy intelligent and kind, kind, kind, she is a mother of 5 and home schools all of them.  I don't know how she does it.  But the motivation really came from the desire to be sweet to my wife who has been especially supportive to me through this entire process.  But that was no surprise because Suzy is always supportive of me.  That makes it so easy to love her so much.  So, off I went, albeit not at the fastest pace, and I juiced a ton of carrots, not for me but for Suzy and Connie.  I cleaned the kitchen properly, vacuumed the house, cleaned the bathroom thoroughly, touched up things, etc.  Suzy was not expecting this so when she came home she found a spotless house with candles lit and everything looking nice for our guest.  She was happy and it made me feel good to do something kind for her.

As a note about the language of love, it is important to know what dialect your spouse speaks.  For Suzy, it is "acts of service".  How do I know?  She told me.  Why did she tell me?  Because I asked her.  There's a hint there. Knowing that bringing her flowers is always nice, but she would much rather know that I washed and cleaned her car, or did some laundry.  So, I knew that she would be happy with seeing the house cleaned and she was.  Which of course made me happy to see her joy.

Well, that is probably way more than enough for one day.

I hope that all of you are well.
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