my new diet

I have been working to change my diet. The doctor told me about two months ago that I should drop 5 kilograms to be at a good weight to get pregnant. He said to keep working out, stop drinking soda and that it was good that I was trying to eat less meat in the week; for me this means two lunches per week are meatless. I have started eating more veggies and even gotten my husband to start eating them with me, we don't have them all the time but it much more than we were before. Over the last two months I have lost 8 pounds, however we have not had the time to go to the gym. I only have excuses why; we both really love it we just cannot find the time. For me working three jobs, and being in school is very exhausting and I try to get as much sleep and spend as much time with my husband as I can.
Lately I have been drinking soda again. Not everyday and not many but over the last three days I have had about 4 sodas. This is big for me because it has been over 60 days from the time I 'gave them up'. I do not mind letting myself have a few things that I want but this weekend has been awful. I have had cookies, soda, muffins, chips with cheese dip and even wanted a slice of cake! I really don't mind giving in every now and then but man I do not know what is going on this weekend; and I can tell that I have had these things because my stomach is not very pleased with me. This past week I have not had the opportunity to take my lunch with me to work, I have had McDonalds, (I used to love this and now... yuck), Subway(it made me feel ill the rest of the day), and Anthony's pizza (it was so good, but again I was ill the rest of the day) and a tuna sandwich the first day that was great!
This next week I will try to get back to my new normal self. I miss fruit and veggies already and I have only been on my new diet for a little more than a month. I think this is going to work out for me.
The reason behind all of this is for me and my family to become healthier. How can I promote health to anyone if I myself am not healthy? I want my children, if we have any, to know that you can eat and enjoy things as long as you do not over do it. I want them and us to exercise and enjoy doing it, which my husband and I do... just no time. but I want that to be part of our daily life. From the time I am able to exercise after I have them I want to incorporate them into my rutine. I want them to enjoy exercise and know that it is fun. I want this to be the new me!
I want to be seen as healthy and be healthy! I want my family to be healthy! I will make this change and I know we will have set backs, but the point of it is that we are going to try and make the changes and become healthy people. We are still going to have our steaks, so please don't think we are going vegetarian : ) Just a little more veggies on the side instead of just mushrooms and onions.

oil spill aggravation

Death is plaguing our ocean life. I find it difficult to 'swallow' that it is not a large number of animals that have died from this oil spill. There should be something done to stop the spill. A temporary solution until a real solution can be found... something! I am so very upset about this whole thing. I do not know what to do, but that is why I am not a BP engineer. Fix your problem, because it is not just your problem. It is all of our problem. The whole world will suffer because of this disaster you have let happen. Figure it out! This site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_marine_life_2 said that there were 783 birds, 353 turtles, and 41 mammals that have been found dead so far, and that this was not a large number of animals; yes it is a very large number of animals!!! Think about if there were 1170 people to have died from this oil spill in less than two months, where would the government be in fixing the problem?! There were 2976 people to die in the attack on 9/11. That is only 1799 difference, and that does not count the fish that have died. No, I did not say it was the same, I said imagine if these dead animals were people.
I am so frustrated with this that I do not even know who to be more angry with, BP or our government. I have always trusted that our government had our best interest in mind, but what about now? Who are they thinking about now? Who is here to help the ocean life that we are so willing to kill off and not lose a tear over? Who is here to protect them and worry about them. I know that president Obama has so much to try to make right, but if BP can not fix this problem, try to bring others in to try to fix it. Work together because it is no longer just a problem for BP, it is a problem for us all.

Manners

Manners are a thing of the past it seems. Everywhere there are people that are being rude for no reason at all. I do not understand this. Maybe I am getting old, but I am only 27. When I was young we said excuse me if we needed to say something when someone else was talking or if we needed to get past someone in our way. There was always a please at the end of a favor and a thank you if it was done or even thought about being done. We said mama and sir and your welcome. Now I look around and it is not just the children not saying these things but the adults too. I was on facebook this morning and someone had said something about being at wal-mart and a woman being in their way and would not move. I tell you what, if it were me and you just stood there looking at me I would have to say something like, 'yes, can I help you?' to them. Do not expect me to read your mind, there is a wonderful word that can be said that would have me move. Excuse me, please. I love that phrase! BTW Not that I would ever try to be in any ones way but just so you know, if I am in your way, just say excuse me and I will in return move and let you know that I was sorry that I was in your way in the first place.
Use your manners please. It makes it a much better world if we all used at least some manners we were taught as we were growing up.

Animals

I just want to say that every time I look at a picture of an animal that has been beaten or abandoned it makes me want to cry. I know that I can not save every animal that is being mistreated but there should be something done about all the wrong doings that happen to animals. There should be a mandatory requirement to have a rescue animal fixed, micro-chipped and registered. There should also be a check done on the would be owner. For some breeds of animals there should be classes that the would be owner has to attend and pass to be able to own those breeds of animals.
All the talk about breed specific legislation, there is a good idea behind all the misconception of this legislation. It is NOT the BREED that is bad, it is how the owner has raised that animal. I own an American Pit Bull Terrier and I know that when we meet a new pup I have to be extra careful to make sure they are going to get along. She loves other animals but will not tolerate another dog trying to be ugly to her or her brother, my husband or I. We have a small cat and our APBT loves her very much and all three of our animals play very well together. She is a hunter and loves the chase of a rabbit, she has yet to catch one.
I feel people should be better educated on breeds of animals and should know that there is no breed that is bad, but there are animals that are hard to handle and need extra training and love. People need to keep in mind that they are animals and should not be made to try to decide if something is right or wrong if you want your animal to know something YOU should TEACH them.
I love my American Pit Bull Terrier and our other two wonderful pets. All three were rescues and the have turned out to be wonderful additions to our family. They are not just pets, they are our babies.