Health, hope, and well being

       After a day with too many things to do, and not enough good health, or energy to get them done you realize anew. How important it is to keep in good health. If you don't have your health you don't have anything, because how you feel, effects everything. For the past few months, remembering how ill I was last winter, I was determined to be a lot fitter this year. To that end, I had begun yet another eating plan, you're not supposed to call the, diets anymore, are you. The thinking behind it was, if I could lose a bit of weight, then I can get about a bit easier, and have more energy to move even more. A clever scheme to get fitter, I thought.

        Now I know everyone who carries too much blubber, says the same thing. 'I don't eat much', but I really don't. Anyone who is around me for any length of time will tell you so. (Honest Injun) This means, it's not as if I can suddenly stop eating five hamburgers at a sitting, or three big meals a day, or even pints of fizzy drinks, and suddenly lose weight easily. No, I can't do that? I must have tried every regime known to man, and a few I made up. Every now, and again it works, I lose a bit, but it's so stringent, I can't keep it up. The other thing is, I already eat healthily. I know nutrition, I know calories, I know the rules. It's true, of recent years I have not been able to move as much as I would like. Still, I have put on no more because of it.

         The upshot of all this long winded explanation is, that I have lost some weight, my clothes don't strangle me quite so bad as they did. The seams are all eased, and not under so much strain, so to speak. It's true, it does make certain things easier. I've begun swimming a little too, another plus. Walked a few stairs, climbed a few slopes, nothing amazing. Yet, as a result, I have felt so much better, overall, already. I have begun to get blasé, I suppose.

         Today, though, I was back to base, back to square one. Up the creek without a paddle. It was a bad start to the day, as I am not good mornings. I had to get up earlier than unusual, for a hospital appointment. Now I need time to 'come to' in the morning, for my body to become accustomed to being vertical. Time, I didn't get today. Forced to leave the house early, I was on the run all day. The phone didn't stop, and neither did I...much. Nothing went right, nothing was easy, and even simple jobs had to be redone, or revisited. Really annoying, to say the least. It's true to say, that nothing panned out as I expected, or hoped. Which, in turn means nothing was really accomplished. Nearly every job must be tackled again tomorrow.

         As the day wore on, my balance became worse, a sure sign I'm becoming exhausted (re; exhaustion syndrome), then, I developed a migraine out of the blue. Wth the bad disturbances in vision, I had to stop. Luckily I noticed it in time, and only had to wait for the meds to kick in, to restore most of my vision. Although,of course, driving was out for a while, causing more complications,, as I was already out. There semed twice as many cars on the road too... Christmas rush? Nearly all of whom, were manic. I saw so many near accidents, and was glad to get home again, without major mishap.

        So, I struggled through the day, lurching at times, unsteady on my feet, feeling really neauseous at others, and with disturbed vision for some time. One top of this, I felt more, and more weary, and was left with a dull headache, as residue of the migraine. With fielding phone calls, from every business connection I have, and trying to deal with paperwork, and various appointments, it was such hard going. By the time I got home, all I could do was collapse on the couch, not moving until hunger drove me to get a snack. Still exhausted, and light headed, I dozed, on, and off, until it was time for bed. Which is now.

        Only now, can I consider my missing blog. Throwing it off quickly, but at least it's done. So, please forgive any mistakes, and for going on about health. You can see why that is, the whole day, would have been bearable, and simpler, had I been healthy. Nothing works if you feel under the weather. Does it.

          I have had to leave all other tasks, the ones I usually look forward to. The networking, emails, messaging of all kinds, even this blog, has set me back again, I must close now, I hope it says at least...keep well, and keep healthy.

          For, without good health, nothing else works as it should...

          Taken care of yourself.