Well, I’m sorry to say that today hasn’t really been much better. Maybe a tad, but that’s about it. My daughter has pink eye and she stayed home with my youngest. I had to force myself to function enough to get my daughter to and from dance. I’m not too sure about that oil stuff. I tried it early this afternoon and didn’t really notice anything, until I had to drive my daughter to the city, of course!! I felt a bit light-headed and dizzy. This may just have been because I was hungry, or the reaction to another one of my meds (I’m on many with dizziness being a side-effect). It was strange. I didn’t feel “high,” like I’m sure everyone imagines when they hear about oil or marijuana. I just felt weird. It was more than 3 and a half hours after I had tried the oil. Everything I read contradicted something else. I got myself all worried about driving, and, low and behold, I was fine once I ate. Since I was likely looking for something to feel or be different after taking the oil, I overreacted (all in my head), hours later, when I was doing my pukey, dizzy, thing I do when I’m hungry! Looking back, I’m 99% sure that it was just my tummy. I’ve been doing so well with food, that I didn’t want to mess up. So, I grabbed healthy stuff, even though it was a bit more work. I’m proud of how well I’m doing and sticking to this. I didn’t want it to be just another diet program that inevitably ends up only having short term effects or I don’t stick to it. I Iike how this program is all about teaching you clean eating. It isn’t just a short term eating plan. It’s trying to teach you new habits. Permanent, not temporary, new behaviours. It also talks about getting adequate rest. So, I’m off to bed – too late… Oh well. I can’t turn back time. And it wouldn’t have changed the late bedtime. I didn’t do my Tai Chen before my daughter’s dance, so I had to do it once I got home. We did it. My oldest is still doing it with me!! Despite the pain, I actually was functioning like a normal human-being, weird right??!!

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