So I’ve been trying this on my own for almost a year now, and I’m not getting anywhere. I realized today that it’s time to look for some outside help. After reviewing my options, like weight loss clinics where they claim to help but really just put you on diet pills, a personal dietician and/or personal trainer (both woefully outside of my price range), and joining yet another expensive gym that I won’t attend, I’ve decided to try something that actually works. I joined Weight Watchers.

Of course, it’s Mardi Gras, so hell if I’m starting this now. I’ll weigh in tomorrow morning and try to drink a lot of water (which I’ll need to do anyway to counteract my planned bad behavior), and I don’t plan to eat anything crazy this weekend, but one can never tell what’s going to happen during the Gras. On Wednesday morning, as Lent begins and my hangover starts to kick in, I’ll jump into gear and be a good girl with the help of the folks at WW.

Of course, watching my diet will not be my only move. I’m going to make another attempt at keeping a daily running plan and waking up super early to get my exercise in early.

I’m too tired to keep writing. Time to catch a few hours of shuteye, then resume homework in hopes that I can knock it all out of my path by 2pm tomorrow afternoon, just in time to get my parade costume finalized and go to work with the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus!!!

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I’m Nova

I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!