Semester Coming to an End

We are mid-November, with a late Thanksgiving.  There's two weeks of classes, then half a week, then half a week, then final exams.

It's been a good term.  A lot of whatever will power I've had has gone toward dieting.  The singing has been great fun.  The classes are going well, although I don't know that I'll ever be fully confident teaching Geometry.

My, how the time has flown.  I feel as if I am doing a better job prioritizing and keeping track of due dates.

Hunger

My dieting continues to be successful.  It was a thrill to lower the first digit of my weight (in base ten) from 2 to 1.

In order to sustain my weight loss I've had to be hungrier than I am used to.  No lunches anymore.  I've gotten off of my injections for my Type II diabetes and will slowly wean myself from the medication in pill form.

Ah, but the hunger. :(

Losing Weight

I've been overweight for half my life.  I exercise very regularly, so the problem has been my diet.  This past six weeks I've been eating less and less, and I've got my weight down to a three-year low.  I've still got a long ways to go.  I've met some of the easier goals, in terms of being able to get around more easily, to get up and down from the floor more easily.  My next goal in progress is weaning myself off of injected medication, and then oral diabetes medication.  The next goal would be to improve my jogging to where I feel that my speed is greater than walking.  Ultimately of course I want to be happy with what I see in the mirror.

I am so hungry.

Losing Weight

I've actually started losing weight by hardly eating in addition to exercising.  I don't know how long I can maintain it but I have more hope for getting to a healthier weight than I've had for a while, and I'm not sure what's behind it.

Busy

In the third week of the semester, and I don't feel as if I have any slack time between classes and meetings.  I'm not sure how it is different---it's easier not having to worry about child care transportation, but it still feels tighter.  So far so good, and I really shouldn't give in to unfocused dread.

Another School Year Begins

This was the first time that I've missed our Planning Week.  I had my class preparation done before leaving town, but it was still a shock to come back to things just as they were about to start.

My Tuesday/Thursday schedule is full, so I'm feeling the loss of my summer freedom not only on those days but also when I think of them as well. Wednesdays will be pretty unscheduled, and Mondays and Fridays somewhere in the middle.

Wish I had more of my preparation done with in the summer but so far so good.

Anniversary Trip

My wife and I will be celebrating our 25th anniversary with a trip to San Francisco.  The logistics of what to do with the kids (they're flying to stay with my wife's family) were interesting enough.

I don't feel as if either of us has had much time for planning for what to do when we're there.  I've just gotten to listing some big picture possibilities to run by her.  Hate the thought of just wandering around and time going by.  Guess that's my neurosis.