Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Raw transition

I'm trying out eating more raw foods and tweaking my macronutrient intakes to the 80/10/10 ration... Not sure if I'll entirely go there, but I'm tinkering with my diet to see what works best for me health, weight and energy-wise.

Well, it's been 10 days and I've lost 25lbs... I'm eating about 80% of my food raw, about 3K calories a day, and have more energy than usual.

Hm. We'll see if/how this goes and lasts. Personal experiment time.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Staying here + deployment = move

We aren't leaving TX. Chael has been placed in a new unit that is deploying in March. We're staying here.

Happily, at least, he'll be going to Kuwait rather than Afghanistan. For how long again, we don't know.

So, after some talk and some up-coming arranging MissLilly and Psogirl have decided to let me move in with them. I'll be renting the top floor of one section of the house where they've had other friends rent out before.

I think this is a good move. It feels like the right thing for this time with the right people.

Once I get papers from Chael I can put in my 30 day notice here and start moving into their next month when I'm back from the Crucible Lock-Down in DC.

Speaking of, I'll be seeing members of Delta House there that night and having a grand ole time most likely... can't bring much for toys since I'm training to there, but will pack a few items and make the most of just plain spending time with friends. Maybe I'll get suspended, would love that; it's been too long.

Friday, October 15, 2010

First night's sleep

First night of sleep on it and it's going to take some getting used to. Not in a bad way, but it is a change.

So far I slept in chunks rather than one long period (which isn't abnormal for me) but when asleep I slept harder and with more noticeable dreams than usual.

Tinkering through the night with bed positions and sleeping positions I ended up in my usual way of on my stomach, but with the foot raised a bit more than the head. Won't be suitable for days I am dealing with a lot of acid reflux, but for last night it caused me to just pass on out.

Oh, and as a side topic, my cat loves this thing lol.

Adjustable Bed & memory foam mattress

This is gonna sound like a commercial 'cuz I'm so please, so be warned! lol!

I just bought an adjustable bed with memory foam mattress from SimplyRest and it arrived today.

I have back, knee, foot, and hip pain + hiatal hernia, ulcer, and GERD + pain and insomnia as problems from bipolar disorder. Oh, and migraines.

I needed to be able to sit up when the acid reflux gets bad, lay flat and raise my knees when the migraines hit, and arrange various ways for the rest as suits me.

I have only had it today so far and I am already SO pleased.

I'll update as it goes or answer any questions folks may have about the adjustability and mattress.

I'm sitting here typing and my back feels so comfy. My hips are so comfy.

I got the Wave model and I tested the massage features and they are deceptively simple. At first I was like, "hmph, it vibrates, that's no big deal"... then I started noticing the "wave" shifting of the vibration and almost fell asleep in the middle of the day just testing the bed.

SO great so far. I can't believe I waited all these years, wondering, to get one.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

assignment almost

We're on assignment, but they haven't told us where-to! Darnit and yippy.

vegan Chael?

I went lacto-ovo veggie, then a while later he went lacto-ovo.

Years later I went vegan (about 1.5 years now) and he is this week trying his first go at veganhood.

I've never pushed him to cut more animal products out as I have as I've felt that such choices had to be his own to be solid... but I've been so proud of him becoming veggie and hoping he would go vegan; now it seems he might.

He also wants to join me in eating less processed foods (I rarely eat such at home when I've no guests).

I'm so proud of him. :))