Andy has either got to be the least perceptive individual I’ve ever met if not the most insensitive and selfish. No matter how many hints I drop about the food talk, on and on it goes, telling me every single thing it eats. Not a very supportive thing for one trying to cut back on calories. 

For those of us trying to diet, going online can be like a smoker without smokes watching a bunch of people puff away on cigarettes. So many people on so many sites talk about food, food, food almost to the point of obsession. The solution: less time online and more time on the treadmill. 

I also want to adopt the “some is better than none” attitude. I have always disliked extremists who are so black and white and think in terms of all or nothing. Will I ever lose the 20-30 pounds I could stand to lose? No. But some is better than none. Will I ever earn $50 or more a day online? No, but $100-$200 a month is better than nothing. 

It still bothers me at times to see people out walking or jogging who are thin while I’m doing the same thing, even if it’s as not as much as I’d like it to be, yet I’m heavy. But I also know that more than likely these people have better genetics and more willpower to say “no” to their food/hunger cravings since diet is more associated with weight loss than exercise. Well, I may not be able to change my genetics, but another attitude I can try to adopt is the one about accepting what we can’t control and making the best of what we can control. I’ve proven a long time ago that I can keep from gaining any more weight and I can keep in relatively good shape. So I will work with what’s in my control. 

Lastly, I want to make better use of my time. It’s so easy to get lost on one of my writing sites. Then all of a sudden I’m like, OMG, where did all the time go? Time I could’ve spent doing other things. I don’t want to give up what I do now; I just want to find a better balance between both on and offline activities. 

So these are my current goals for now. I don’t know how long I’ll do a better job of scheduling my activities and adding variety to my daily routine, but again, some are better than none. 

Tom’s an AARP member and was doing a trivia game for extra points for discounts and things like that when he learned that taking Simvastatin for high cholesterol can help reduce the risk of glaucoma. That’s nice to know cuz I have a 20% of developing it later on in life.