feeling less freaked out about the cataracts
It’s not really that big a deal, I guess. I went prematurely gray, I might as well have premature cataracts to go along with it. Of all the things to happen, a slow-growing condition that is imminently reversable once it gets bad enough to affect my life is actually not that bad of a situation. This is the part where I thank God for all my blessings (including the people on this site who help me to see more clearly, pun intended).
After going through all the trouble to make that delectable, delicious chocolate-cherry cobbler yesterday, I didn’t even bother to eat any! YEAH! I’m truly back on track! And I actually got enough sleep last night to feel like I WANT to work out today! HELL YEAH!
You know what? This little incident may be the pivotal moment that changes my life. I had a hard time with eating right just to make the fat go away, because I’m not yet suffering from any of the ill-effects of being fat other than being uncomfortable in my body. I don’t have high blood pressure or diabetes, and I haven’t had any warning signs that I’m yet affecting my health. I KNOW those things are right around the corner if I don’t reign myself in and start eating a more balanced diet and exercising. But somehow the knowing never translates into the doing. But now I know that if I 1) take the omega-3 capsules, 2) eat a ton of dark green leafy veggies and 3) drink more water, I can slow the formation of the cataracts in my eyes and preserve my vision for a long, long time. That’s a BIG DEAL for me.
Breakfast: a strawberry/mango smoothie and a bowl of oatmeal
Lunch: tuna on crackers with a giant salad
Snack: V-8
Dinner: I have no flippin’ idea, but I’ll figure it out.
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Oh and by the way, the contacts are AWESOME. Last night it took putting drops in my eyes twice and trying three or four times to get the contacts off my eyeballs - my daughter tells me that it will get easier. This morning it took me 3 tries to get the one in the left eye and 2 tries to get the one in the right, and that’s about what it takes my daughter and she’s been wearing contacts for over a year, now. I’m blinking more, but the clarity is STUNNING. And I get to wear my new movie-star, cover-half-your-face sunglasses, now.