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[sam_gamgee]

1. Was at the mall tonight getting a present for my brother's birthday on Sunday, and wandered into the movie store. Wandered out with 5 movies - Sweet November, The Patriot, The Breakfast Club, La Bamba, and The Outsiders. What can I say? I love them (for various reasons) and they were all on sale for $10. Maybe I'll go back tomorrow and see if some of the other movies I want are on sale.

2. I love that my bookstore carries "The Advocate". Every once in a while it's got some really neat stuff in it. Like an interview with Heather Matarazzo that made me fall in love with her.

3. Am beginning to wonder what my dad thinks of me. I've left my copy of Gay Warriors lying around (I usually read in the living room, and therefore will put it, or whatever book I'm reading, on one of the end tables or the coffee table between readings). And my dad just saw Coming Out Under Fire on the kitchen table (which was under a flyer for the DE Theatre Company's production of "The Glass Menagerie"). I've also left Fabulous! A Loving, Luscious, and Light-hearted Look at Film from the Gay Perspective lying around. What can I say? I find the subject interesting.

4. I came across this in sockpuppet's journal. You all should go watch. Now.

5. Well, it appears that my "mysterious" blood sugar drop has been figured out and dealt with. (Shall remember in the future to eat either before or after - or maybe both, if it's within reason.) Even if it took me *two* days to get it totally, completely 100% straightened out. Sometimes my blood sugar is so needy.

6. My body decided to go on something of a points strike without telling me today and I ate more than I should've. There are a few times when I wouldn't mind something like this (say, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Halloween (or the day after)), but obviously, today isn't one of those days. At least there are two upsides - a) I still ate less than I would've if I wasn't on WW and b) I now know that I have no desire whatsoever to do it again.

Comments

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

You've got the right attitude about the "points strike." Don't worry about it. After all, just for starters, you've got 35 flex points in addition to your regular points. That's lotsa lotsa points. Besides, a little kick in the points will remind your body that there isn't a famine on and you aren't about to starve to death.

*grin* I suspect your Dad might be beginning to have a little niggling worry in the back of his mind.

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

And, yeah, I know that I have those points, so I'm not worrying too much. Plus, my body doesn't seem to mind if somehow I miscalculate and seem to go over even those. So, I kinda figure that my metabolism's just fine. Plus, I do walk and move a lot while at work, so I'm sure my body doesn't mind the extra food now and then. And, yeah, I think that after my blood sugar taking a nose dive on Tuesday, this is my body's way of reassuring itself that things are okay.

And earlier today I started thinking of what all I was going to do between tomorrow and Tuesday to "make up" for today's gaffe, but I quickly put the brakes on that train of thought and was like, "Nope. Today happened. It's over. Tomorrow's back to normal."

Yeah, he might. And part of me's like, "I don't want him thinking *that* about me" which normally gets smacked down. Because that's an attitude I don't want anyone to have to worry/think about.

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

You are so smart.

Trying to cut back extra is probably not the best thing.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if you didn't *automatically* eat less, without thinking about it. That's what "normal" people do all the time.

And if all else fails, you know you have the flex points. And I defy anyone to eat all 35 of those in one big ol' sitting.

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

LOL. Yeah, but watch me do something really stupid soon. :-P

Yeah, I may eat less tomorrow, though I try to eat at least all my daily points and any activity points every day, just so that I don't mentally do the starvation/deprivation thing. And I'm slowly coming around to what "normal" people do. :-P And it's quite nice.

And I just figure that if I eat more than I should, it'll just take me a little longer to lose the weight, but I'm not too worried, since my body seems to be okay with what I'm doing.

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

You truly do have a terrific attitude.

This is the way to make permanent, sustainable changes.

I wish I'd had half your intelligence and attitude when I was twice your age.

Then I wouldn't have been twice your size.

*grin*

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm surprised my attitude's so good considering what I deal with family-wise in regards to this. I guess it's a good thing that my family can be as stubborn as mules.

And I just wish that I'd had some of this a few years ago, then I wouldn't be here either. But I'm sure that God'll use this for something good.

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

You gotta stop sayin' those smart things that make me feel like such a moron.

*grin*

You are right as rain (dang, how long has it been since I've heard that old phrase?) about God using this. Something good will come of all this.