So I went to get my flu shot and get weighed in - YIKES!!! I have gained 5 pounds. It is time to get serious about getting it off.
I am having some difficulty transitioning into real life. I haven't completely lost it, but even knowing some foods are forbaden - and I do stay away from them- I seem to have lost touch with portion size again. Portion size is small small small. And every where you go - except of course if you are going to the most expensive restaurants in the country - portion sizes are huge huge huge.
Point in fact. I asked TH to bring me home a salad. My favorite salad is the cobb salad I think, with lots of chicken and cheese and avocado. Delicious. And though I ate the whole think at one sitting, it really was a portion size to feed four people. (Okay maybe three)
So back to the flu shot. I got one only because I am going on this trip. I read somewhere that the flu shot can cause dementia. I know I know everything can cause something, but really if you think about it, why would you willing inject a dead virus into yourself. What if one of those little pesky viruses wasn't really dead, just playing dead, then you would have injected a live virus and whammo your sick.
Then she (the nurse) told me my arm would be really sore afterwards. Why? I asked. I don't know it just will be.
Um okay. She wasn't the best shot giver (it hurt), but my arm isn't sore, so maybe she just shot me with a placebo.
Hey, maybe they aren't really giving flu shots - they are all placebos and they are saving billions and billions of dollars. Hmm.
I am having some difficulty transitioning into real life. I haven't completely lost it, but even knowing some foods are forbaden - and I do stay away from them- I seem to have lost touch with portion size again. Portion size is small small small. And every where you go - except of course if you are going to the most expensive restaurants in the country - portion sizes are huge huge huge.
Point in fact. I asked TH to bring me home a salad. My favorite salad is the cobb salad I think, with lots of chicken and cheese and avocado. Delicious. And though I ate the whole think at one sitting, it really was a portion size to feed four people. (Okay maybe three)
So back to the flu shot. I got one only because I am going on this trip. I read somewhere that the flu shot can cause dementia. I know I know everything can cause something, but really if you think about it, why would you willing inject a dead virus into yourself. What if one of those little pesky viruses wasn't really dead, just playing dead, then you would have injected a live virus and whammo your sick.
Then she (the nurse) told me my arm would be really sore afterwards. Why? I asked. I don't know it just will be.
Um okay. She wasn't the best shot giver (it hurt), but my arm isn't sore, so maybe she just shot me with a placebo.
Hey, maybe they aren't really giving flu shots - they are all placebos and they are saving billions and billions of dollars. Hmm.
Remind me to tell you about the shingles shot I just had because I got shingles in July and August and gave Donna chicken pox (who knew that she didn't have them when she was tyke)! ;)
ReplyDeleteYikes - I've never had chicken pox!
ReplyDeleteWe did get a new roof, but we had to pay for the "shingles". Kimmie got them free BUT had to deal with the pain - ouch!
I got a flu shot last year & I guess I'll get one this year.
Christmas Eve at Neiman Marcus in the rotunda - not that far off & T3 & T2 will come back with lots of stories.
PS the background to this blog is our place at Grass Valley during one of the winter snows (fortunately they're lovely & don't last all that long)
Tolar Bear turned one year old today, 10/11/2012 - happy birthday Tolar!