Well, it felt nice stepping on the scale this morning. I had weighted 186 not long after moving to Columbus from Omaha four years ago. I remember awaking one morning, hopping into the shower and when I got out and saw myself in the mirror, I was not pleased. On that very day, I decided to make some serious changes in my life. I lost 26 lbs. and was fairly happy being at 160 for my 10-year high school reunion just a year later. Just after I got back home, though, an illness struck me and I was sick for close to two years. Due to this, I couldn't do much of anything, let alone work out. Fortunately, I kept my eating/drinking habits in tact and only added about 5 lbs. to my weight in those two years to up myself to 165 (net -21). Once I began feeling better in late-December of 2010, a new energy struck me and I went on to lose another 24 lbs. - decreasing my weight to 141, a total loss of 45 lbs. Of course, not long after that, I had my gallbladder removed and it took a great deal more time than I had anticipated to fully recover and get back into a decent workout routine. Some people had told me I was getting to be too skinny as it was, so I would have been okay with a little bit of a weight gain, but not too much. A couple months ago, I stepped on the scale and to my amazement, it read 170. I had gained 29 of the 45 lbs. back (net -16). I couldn't believe it, so I stepped on the scale again. I placed a 10-lb. weight on there to make sure it was accurate and unfortunately, it was. Talk about a bummer. I had worked so hard to lose all that weight and a good majority of it had been placed on again. Fortunately, I didn't let it get me too down and have lost 10 lbs. since then and am back to 160 (net -26). I'm kind of back to where I started three years ago on this day and this time, I'm hoping to go about things a little differently - as opposed to doing a great deal of cardio and shedding more weight, I'm hoping to do some more P90X workouts and increase my strength. Hopefully between a solid balance of that and the cardio/walks, I can get to looking as I've wanted to for a long time now to start this summer. In any case, I'm starting to feel good again.
My first book review of "Penetrating the Heart of Life: Ambiguous In Thought, Ambivalent In Feeling"
Well, I received my first book review on this poetry-compilation book I completed and published late last year, but have finally gotten around to marketing now. The reviewer gave it 5 out of 5 stars and said: "I enjoyed the poetic journey the writer has taken me on. From darkest days and hopeful optimism to the conclusion of hope realized. The visual images that the poem titled "Room Temperature" elicits, made me think of the song, "Horse With No Name" sung by the band America. In a similar manner, another poem – "Deafening Sigh-lence" reminded me a great deal of Simon & Garfunkel’s song, "The Sound of Silence". There are so many poems in this book that I related to, that I felt a connection to the author and felt that we were traveling on this journey together." http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/penetrating-the-heart-of-life-ambiguous-in-thought-ambivalent-in-feeling/paperback/product-18677501.html
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