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Hi, Everyone!! I am so happy. I had this fancy-shmansy procedure performed to fix my irregularly beating, tachycardia riddled heart just this past Friday, and it went really well. I wasn’t expecting to feel soooooo good, so fast. Wow!! And, I don’t need that nasty beta-blocker heart medication anymore. Guess what? I hopped on the scale this morning, just to see if I’d gained any since being on bed rest all week, and whaddya know- I lost 3 pounds!!!

The day after my surgery, my daughter finally moved out. Yippeeee!!! I get my house back.  She was using the spare bedroom that I had been using as my little home gym. Now I can get back in there!! And with my heart finally fixed, well, there’s just no stopping me now, eh?

Today is my son’s last day of school. Summer has officially started, and I have a feeling it’s going to be a great one! Woooohooooo!!!!

Daniela

I have the best news- I am sooooo elated!!!!

I saw an electro-cardiologist yesterday, and he says I will get the ablation surgery I’ve been hoping for. I have this condition called “supra-ventricular paroxysmal tachycardia”, which means that at any time they feel like it, the upper two chambers of my heart just take off and race at, like, 250 beats per minute. That’s because there’s a random extra elecrical charge being generated somewhere in the heart tissue, and when it fires, POW!! The surgery will find that tissue and destroy it so that it never misfires again.

These episodes have been happening since I was 15, and only after I turned 40 were the paramedics able to capture it with an EKG printout. Up till then, the doctors wouldn’t believe me because it only happens once in a while, and they said it was just anxiety attacks.

Since then, I’ve been on a beta-blocker that has caused weight gain, depression and other fun symptoms, so once this procedure is done I no longer have to take it. Yipppeeee!! It should enable me to lose this weight, finally…..

And to feel like a normal person, not always on edge. See, not a day goes by that my heart doesn’t skip beats and flutter— then I catch my breath and…. nope, not going into tachycardia this time. Whew. Ok, breathe. BUT- if I do, then it’s an ambulance ride to the e.r. and an iv and special meds to make my heart stop, and/or possible electrical shock.

Like the time I was doing the water aerobics class and my heart went off… The pool manager called 911, and of course paramedics Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves come to my rescue, and whisk me away to the hospital. Naturally, I’m looking quite literally like a beached whale, lying on the deck of the pool. Lol.

I sure won’t miss all that excitement. Grin.

Sing it with me: “… Oooooohhhh, what a beautiful day. I’ve got this beautiful feeeeeeeeling, everything’s going my waaaaayyyy!!” The weather here is finally, finally getting really nice. We’ve had lots of rain and cold, but today shines sunny and warm!! Heck, maybe we’ll get to shut off the furnace now.

The PS2 Yourself!Fitness “game” finally arrived and I can’t wait to get started. This program is designed to work with you and your individual needs to achieve your fitness goals. It’s like having a personal trainer on your TV. I’ll keep you posted on how it works.

… to my new buddies here, for cheering me on. This is new to me, and I”m liking it, it’s really helpful to know you guys are here.

{{{Thank You}}}

Just thought I’d share this passage from the book I’m currently reading by Caroline Myss:

“Vow to do all that you need for your physical, emotional and psychological body. The most significant promises are the ones that you make to your own spirit. Your spirit needs hope, inspiration, prayer, and the energy of forgiveness. Promise your spirit that you will live in the present time and so nourish it and yourself. Pray each day. As you pray, retrieve your spirit from your past. Leave behind memories and places you should have left behind long ago, even if the ‘long ago’ occurred as recently as today.”

Ouch!! I have a  swimmers ear infection and great oogly-moogly, it hurts!! Been doing the water aerobics classes for the past 10 years and never had this happen.  I’m guessing it’s my ol’ buddy, Subconscious, at it again…. sabotaging me whenever I get to making some serious progress in the fat removal department.

“Hey, Subby, knock it off already, will ya??  Gimme a break!! Geesh…”

Can the subconscious be hog-tied, straight-jacketed and stuffed into the crawlspace of the mind?
I’m open to suggestions… pun intended, lol!!

But seriously,  I’m open to ideas if you have one for me. In the meantime, I’m gonna go bang the other side of my head on the wall so it hurts evenly, while waiting for the antibiotic drops to clear it up.

I ordered a PS2 “game” called Yourself!Fitness. It’s a personal trainer in a box. It arrived today and I was sooo excited I couldn’t wait to rip open the package.

The box was empty. No disk.

Hmmmm….

There’s something familiar about this. Something familiar… about my own behavior. Am I an empty box? For example, I buy workout videos, do them a couple of times, and then they just sit on the shelf collecting dust alongside the yoga blocks, dumbells and stretchy bands. There’s all this really good intention on the outside, yet no “honor” on the inside. So what’s this all about, anyway? What’s wrong with me?

I know what I should do, need to do, want to do, and yet I don’t.

So… Will a virtual personal trainer fix me?

Daniela

(Now deeply contemplating her navel.)

So…. seems like with every New Year, I try a New Diet. Never lasts for very long and lately I have seen no improvement, no matter what the latest fad that I’m trying. I’m tired of always disappointing myself, of letting myself down.

Now that spring is here I thought I’d give blogging a try. Having never done it before I have no idea how to do it, but here I am.

I know where I am, and I know where I want to be… the issue is how to get there.

I’ll be working up my very own, customized “fat removal” program. Stay tuned….