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[prosodic]

On Monday, I go back on my plan. It's easier to eat well when I'm only fending for myself. Lance is a horrible influence on my diet, and being back in the land of endless fast food certainly doesn't help matters any. Not a day goes by that he doesn't want to stop at DQ for a blizzard or some such thing. Fortunately, I haven't gained more than a few pounds, but I'm also really out of shape. Spinning was so great for me and now I'm suffering because I can't do the classes anymore. And I can't take it up again until I can afford to join a gym. Fortunately, there are great walking trails around here, many of which have nice uphill climbs, so I can find other ways to whip myself back into shape. (I'm still using my fitness DVDs here at home, but they're not all that great.)

So I just got back from the commissary, where I filled up the cart with a lot of fresh produce (something I hardly ever buy when I shop with Lance because he doesn't eat fresh produce and it makes our grocery bill that much more expensive)...I hardly eat meat when Lance isn't here. I just bought some chicken breasts and some fish fillets...probably 1/3 of the meat we normally buy. Frozen fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese, pasta, pita bread, sundried tomatoes...I have no specific meals in mind but plenty of stuff to work with.

Came home to a blinking answering machine. How silly of me to think that it might be someone calling me to schedule a job interview. Much to my great consternation, it was an automated message from Target pharmacy telling me that my prescriptions are ready for pick up.

Anyway...I had a notice that someone left a comment on Itinerant Writer, and it was an invitation from a random local inviting me to join a new professional writers' club here in Kent. They meet the fourth Wednesday of every month at the library. So I signed up for that. That came at a good time, since I'm working on networking and meeting up with people who share common interests.

Lance just got sent home from work to spend more time with me before he leaves on Sunday, so I suppose I should log off and go spend time with him!

Comments

[katzies.livejournal.com]

Do you live too far away from base to go to the gym there? Ours just published a huge list with new classes, looks like people want to try to get in shape again during the deployment!

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

We're 30 miles from base...so yeah, not worth driving down there just to workout for free. Lance gets a free Ballys membership through work because the base gym is so far away.

[katzies.livejournal.com]

That's cool about the free gym membership!