I know the title doesn't make sense. But I felt like sharing some life updates with you all, who I consider as my group therapy members.
After years of avoiding doctor checkup because I knew my eating habits was bad but telling my wife I'm doing better with taking care of myself. She finally drag me to the doctor for a physical and the reports are bad.
I'm pre-diabetic (right at the border of being diabetic) with high cholesterol as a bonus. Like HIGH......doctor word was quote "gravely concerning" level. 'Good new' is that its properly hereditary. Yay.
Also my father in law just had a stroke recently. He was a man who never really take care of his body. Like never drank water in his life (very serious) and havn't even eaten a fruit in decades. Drink nothing but soda and sweet tea.
Needless to say, wife is furious. She taken it upon herself to take charge of my food intake completely. Not even trusting me with my lunch decision, which I admit I have not made good choices. Popeyes chicken sandwich instead of Subway.
Just water with occasional cup of decaf coffee with oakmilk and one packet of Stevia only.
2.5 liter of water a day
No milk
No butter
No shrimp or any shellfish
No fried food
2 salad a day (a salad for breakfast is common now for me)
No potato
No sugar of any kind without her approval
No salt of any kind without her approval
No bread unless its whole grain that she approval of.
No dark chicken meat.
So I have lost 15 lbs in the last month.
But now the issue is NO RED MEAT.
She sat me down and said that she'll compromise with the venison because she knows how important it is to me. I can still have venison in moderation. But since we don't need as much meat, she would like me to just shoot bucks. She feel like I'm at a point skill wise I can successfully hunt doe most of the time. And that my goal was to always be hunting only buck with a trad bow, this is just asking me to forward my goal/plan/step/process. She knows its not fair that my body is working against me, but that's the reality of the situation and I need to change my eating habits.
So my policy of using a traditional bow only on first decent size deer that I see has changed. So now I'm a buck only hunter.
I was honestly not surprised when she asked me this and was semi prepared for it. For everything she does for me and how much I want to be around for a while to see my kids growing up. I am at peace with the reality of my situation.
She needs me around for a long time, contrary to what she tell me all the time. Life and lemons, life and lemons.....
Just over sharing my life with you all just like usual.
Everyone, take care of your family, yourself, and others. In the end, there are more important things in life then saddles and carabiners. I am not quite at the level of bird watching, even then I'll stick around this forum asking about what's the best platform for bird watching.
After years of avoiding doctor checkup because I knew my eating habits was bad but telling my wife I'm doing better with taking care of myself. She finally drag me to the doctor for a physical and the reports are bad.
I'm pre-diabetic (right at the border of being diabetic) with high cholesterol as a bonus. Like HIGH......doctor word was quote "gravely concerning" level. 'Good new' is that its properly hereditary. Yay.
Also my father in law just had a stroke recently. He was a man who never really take care of his body. Like never drank water in his life (very serious) and havn't even eaten a fruit in decades. Drink nothing but soda and sweet tea.
Needless to say, wife is furious. She taken it upon herself to take charge of my food intake completely. Not even trusting me with my lunch decision, which I admit I have not made good choices. Popeyes chicken sandwich instead of Subway.
Just water with occasional cup of decaf coffee with oakmilk and one packet of Stevia only.
2.5 liter of water a day
No milk
No butter
No shrimp or any shellfish
No fried food
2 salad a day (a salad for breakfast is common now for me)
No potato
No sugar of any kind without her approval
No salt of any kind without her approval
No bread unless its whole grain that she approval of.
No dark chicken meat.
So I have lost 15 lbs in the last month.
But now the issue is NO RED MEAT.
She sat me down and said that she'll compromise with the venison because she knows how important it is to me. I can still have venison in moderation. But since we don't need as much meat, she would like me to just shoot bucks. She feel like I'm at a point skill wise I can successfully hunt doe most of the time. And that my goal was to always be hunting only buck with a trad bow, this is just asking me to forward my goal/plan/step/process. She knows its not fair that my body is working against me, but that's the reality of the situation and I need to change my eating habits.
So my policy of using a traditional bow only on first decent size deer that I see has changed. So now I'm a buck only hunter.
I was honestly not surprised when she asked me this and was semi prepared for it. For everything she does for me and how much I want to be around for a while to see my kids growing up. I am at peace with the reality of my situation.
She needs me around for a long time, contrary to what she tell me all the time. Life and lemons, life and lemons.....
Just over sharing my life with you all just like usual.
Everyone, take care of your family, yourself, and others. In the end, there are more important things in life then saddles and carabiners. I am not quite at the level of bird watching, even then I'll stick around this forum asking about what's the best platform for bird watching.
