ISHT- Sunshine in a pill edition

The world of the Hixx goes up and down y’all, just like my weight. YAR! Oh man, I’m hilarious today.

So let’s see, I have a lot to say today, for ISHT.

149 today! HOW ABOUT THAT? Nice to know it’s not going up….

So, I got the call back from my new doctor, and guess what? I’m healthy! How nice. She told me I have a “significant” vitamin D (sunshine vitamin) deficiency, no surprise there. We all do in Chicago is my guess. BUT, it seems everyone is on a vit d kick these days, as it can affect everything from mood, to WEIGHT GAIN, to having trouble LOSING WEIGHT (capitalizing so you KNOW I’m serious), to fatigue, to osteoporosis…apparently we’re supposed to be at 32 (32 what, I have no idea) and I’m at 12. Yikes. So she put me on some super supplement, I take it once a week. I’ll be very curious to see if it changes things for me, if I do feel better, more energy, more content…

Also, my cholesterol is high, but she said it’s high because my good cholesterol is EXTREMELY high! YAY! I guess your HDL should be around 40 (James is this all right?) and mine is at 94! Whoop! Thank you not smoking, I read that your HDL is directly affected by smoking. So, good job me! I do need to get my LDL down, that’s at 143 and she wants it around 130, but I feel good overall about my health. Love it. I like having concrete numbers to work with, makes the goal easier to attain.

My training for the 8K is going great, I love my itrain still and that four mile run on the right is so up and down because I swear, I was doing extreme running. It was warm out that day, but every sidewalk was an icy puddle, a mini Antarctic that I ran through. That run was something else, I yelled, I cried, I screamed…seriously, my feet were soaking, I was running on top of water on top of ice, and you know what? I did it. I totally did it, and that night in front of the TV was sweet, sweet bliss.

And today, I’m working on the Secret again; Oprah had it on last night. I made a really stupid, semi-serious mistake at work, which of course makes me feel awful. And in one instant, my brain said “I’m going back to school. I can’t stand it anymore; I’m going back to school.” A quick answer to a minor setback? Or, a decision that I’ve been mulling over for years, and a realization that its time….

We shall see.