Various items of health and well-being

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I badly need a good pair of cross-trainers. This is a problem. A good pair of cross-trainers that will fit me properly will run me well over one hundred dollars, and I don't have it to spare at the moment. The alternative is to waste my $40 per month gym membership, because I can't keep working out without these shoes. It's painful - I've got shinsplints that made me stop my workout three machines from the end because I couldn't handle the aerobics on the rest stations, even when I toned them down.

I'm considering calling my doctor, making an appointment for next week sometime, and getting a prescription for orthotics. If I have a prescription, my benefits plan will cover some astronomical sum - five hundred dollars? - for a single pair. Depending on how much I can swing, I may be able to get the benefits plan to pay for the shoes as well as the inserts. Obviously, that would be the best-case scenario. It seems to me that the clinic wherein is located my doctor's office also houses an orthotics fitter.

It's really awful that I'm not even out of my twenties yet and I'm buying old-lady shoes with two hundred-dollar inserts in them. *sigh*

My diet has been steadily improving again as I finished the last of the Easter chocolate yesterday. Veggies reappeared several days ago, as did soup for lunch. I'm down two pounds from my weekend high - which is three pounds higher than my weight three weeks ago. *sigh* There are downsides to fondues and other holiday foods.

I'm hoping the breakout is pretty much over, too.

I'm going to take an ibuprofen and head to bed at a decent hour.

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If it makes you feel better, I've been putting weight on lately, too. It seems that every bad food that I can possibly eat, I've been eating. Quarter Pounders from McDonalds. Cheetos (disgusting amounts of Cheetos, actually). Pizza, pop, potato chips with dip ... and I'm estimating that I've already packed on at least ten pounds. My clothes are all tighter, and I can't seem to suck my stomach in far enough for my peace of mind. You're doing better than I am. You've eaten a vegetable in the last week. The only vegetable I've been in close contact with over the last few weeks has been variations on the potato. Fried, mashed, baked ... but mostly fried. Sigh. Let me know when you get those shoes, and we'll work out together. Motivate me!

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Okay, here goes. The Curves promotion for this month is - bring a friend, you and the friend each get one month free. I think you still have to pay the $99 registration fee and the first month's $39 plus tax, but you'd get the second month free. More to the point, so would I. :) I can get Mom a free month, too, but I can't bank my second free month.

Interested?

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Why does it have to be THIS MONTH!?!?! I have loads and loads of reading to do to catch up before my exams ... which means I wouldn't have enough time to spare to go to the gym until at least the middle of the month. That'd be a waste of half my month! And lots of my money, as the case may be. Damn it. Good things come at TERRIBLE TIMES!

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p.s. What'd I tell you? I KNEW you'd try again to get me into the gym. It was only a matter of time ... score one for me! I'm psychic (not to be confused with psycho, which I also am).

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Then wait until near the end of the month. You can sign up any time before April 30th and I'll still get the month free - as will you - and it will be next month, not this one.