Time just flies around here and sometimes I am not even aware what actual day it is. For example, I called my father on June 12th to wish him a Happy Father’s Day. When I called, he did sound a bit surprised, but I didn’t clue in until Monday when I had heard on the radio and advertisement for said Father’s Day. Okay…at first I thought to myself “why are they still playing Father’s Day advertising?”…THEN I clued in :)

I didn’t call this past weekend as I was not totally lucid taking drug upon drug for a cluster of headaches that were making me miserable and nauseated. We caught up this morning…he’s sore and his vision is going off and on again which was something that started a few years back when we were made aware that he had to have neck surgery and some discs removed and fused. I have a bad feeling the remaining few discs he has are causing these issues and surgery really isn’t an option for him :(

My father now lives with my brother ‘up north’ which has helped both of us financially since for some unknown reason – my father isn’t disabled enough to get ODSP (like USSSDI benefits). He’s (im)patiently waiting to turn 60 (1.5 years) so he can start drawing on his CPP (Canada Pension Plan) to help bring in some money and help alleviate my brother and myself a bit financially.

Anyways, besides the body issues, he seems to be in good spirits but bored. My brother has an Ontario Strongman comp coming up and he’s looking forward to that.

Today is June 23rd…where has June gone? Next Friday is July 1st. Do I start Canada Day on a diet? We shall see. But MB is right…the magic pill I’m looking for? It’s on the 5th floor of my building. Now I just need to swallow it.

Ironic:: I am the GoodLife administrator at my work. Today, I had my annual renewals to do (our corporate year with them is July 1 to June 30) and I’m sitting there looking at all the people who care about themselves. I think to myself, should I sign up. But then again, I live in a brand new concrete and steel building and there is a beautiful gym down on the 5th floor. I even have a pool! But here I sit on my ever expanding fat ass hoping someone will invent the magic pill that will just make my weight all go away…

Of course, we all know that even if a ‘cure’ were found, it’d never been released – us fatty’s make the diet industry way too much money.

This weekend was awful weather wise. Here in Southern Ontario we have entered a very wet May and I swear I many need to take vitamin D supplements in order to get enough in from the lack of sun so far!

I think the dogs are feeling it too since they haven’t been to the dog park much since with all the rain we’ve been getting it would be one giant mud pit. I’ve been trying to play with them more in the condo but I cannot compete with the sunlight!

Not much going on in the diet world, still not sure if I’m staying or going.

I was at Walmart on Saturday and truthfuly I was looking for an eye cream but couldn’t fathom paying $25-$30 for a jar or tube. I don’t have eye wrinkles yet, but I think as I approach 40 with increasing speed (156 more sleeps), I am looking for the fountain of youth.

As I was looking in the skin care section I ran across the Pure line by Garnier and after much debate picked up the Shine Control moisturizer.

For Garnier Pure Shine Control Moisturizer, Garnier created a unique formula using natural active ingredients carefully selected for their specific properties: white clay for its absorbency, zinc for its controlling effect, 100% natural cucumber extract for its skin-hydrating qualities, and salicylic acid for its purifying power. The result is an ultra-efficient moisturizer that’ll answer all of your oily skin problems.

I have very oily skin in the spring/summer and I hate it. I have tried other products including mattifying concealer, foundation, etc but nothing really did was it said it would do.

But this? LOVE, LOVE, love it. Moments after putting it on I can feel the difference in my skin. Mind you, I’ve only been using it for 3 day so far but it gets my skin to around 3pm until it starts oiling itself up again.

So far it is a thumbs up :)

There is a new celebrity nutrition blog on the interwebs and unlike some of them which seem to be more about the celebrity than the diet (i.e. lifestyle change), this one actually is a joy to read. One of my favourite celebrities has been recently featured in OK! and talks about her choice in foods and nutritionist Kimberly Snyder. Kimberly’s blog is actually making me want to read her book which is suppose to be another way to view food along with how food can help our bodies on the outside as well like increasing energy, banishing acne, splotchy skin and wrinkles and growing lustrous hair and strong nails. Sounds good, where do I sign up?

On different note, I found out one of my coworkers is pregnant. She used to be a personal trainer in her younger days and this is going to be her third child, so she knows all about
pregnancy nutrition. I am excited for her, she’s great with her kids and I think with the third child she will not be returning to work and I will miss her.

Oh…and I’ve not yet decided what route I am taking: quitting and just living with my weight, or continuing on trying to at least try until something kicks in.