I am Up To My Neck In Projects!
And WIPs
WIP=Work In Progress
800 Calories A Day
I get to eat unlimited amounts of green vegetables, small portions of fruit and lean meat.
I've already lost 10lbs this last month, five more to go. Right now I am craving pizza...hahaha!!! I gained 15lbs this winter because I drank too much coffee with cream and ate too many of my home-baked cookies during the holidays. I gain weight easily and have to maintain a low weight because my joints and back cannot carry anything higher than 145lbs without pain. I learned to manage the conditioned I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, keeping my weight below 145lbs keeps my joints and back healthy. I also walk 4 miles and day and practice yoga, a bendable body is a young body. Intermittent fasting, avoiding sugar, and taking my last meal and coffee before 5pm I avoid migraines. I have been migraine free for the last two months.
Next Months Writing Project
My husband and I have been researching long dead schools in Buddhism for years. One of the reasons why I wanted to marry my husband was because I coveted his library of books on philosophy and religion. We were best friends sharing our Buddhist info and debating long before I finally got the courage to ask him out on a date. Lucky for me he said yes, and we found out best friends also make the best life partners.
We are putting together a series of articles that go through the evolution of the Buddhist religion and the schools that evolved, become extinct, and survived. The research and notes have been finished, and we will be writing articles this week. My past Buddhist articles were written by me and edited by my husband. This series we are co-writing and editing along with some good debates about what should and shouldn't be added to each article. There is so much information, it's hard to figure out what to include without becoming too scholarly for people to enjoy.
Butterfly Gel-Pen Series
I will be trying another technique using lines rather than cross-hatch and fill in the color. Hopefully, I can stick to my plan, I found that I tend to go back to the techniques I am most comfortable with. That is not what I am looking for when trying a new medium. I want to challenge myself to continue to grow my skill set. No challenge or good stress my mind will turn to mush, I can feel it happening when I get complacent. Same goes for the body, it needs good stress from exercise to remember to stay in shape!
A Country Cottage and Garden
This is a big watercolor piece that will take at least a month, 30 days, 4 hours a day to finish. I struggle with perceptive as you can see with the tile on the roof. Don't worry I will fix it before I start laying down the paint. I love painting gardens, and I suck at drawing houses. Since I enjoy painting nature, this will keep me working as I struggle trying to figure out how to get my roof tile to lay down correctly. I know how to do a perceptive drawing, but I have issues with my left and right, and I have no clue where north and south are, I get lost easily. My husband can find north without any problems, which is irritating to me, but it comes in handy for him, he works with digital maps.
I found several photographs online that I liked and combine the two to make one painting. I wanted to create a painting you see hanging in peoples living room. I found a style I like along with the colors from a site online that shares free computer desktop pictures. This is how I usually put a painting together, I have an idea about the technique and the subject I want to paint. I look for pictures that will help me flesh out my idea, and I combine the ideas and images into something that pleases my eyes. Hopefully, other people will like my idea too!
I won't include so many butterflies and flowers, too over the top cute for me, but I love the idea. I am going to paint my cat Cleo sitting on top of the frontyard fence.
I am aiming for this type of painting, I call this kind of art sickingly sweet...hahaha, I love the colors too.
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@reddust,
Meditation, Art, Painting and Diet! All those things are a key for a healthy life! My dear friend you understood it very well!
Personally I am not controlling my diet! But sometimes you can see, I am managing weight well! I think it didn't change since 2012)
I am proud about you! Younger look, view about the world and etc, you got all thee abilities! It's a gift my dear friend! Moreover, you found a great teacher as well!
I am not going to talk about artworks! Coz those are amazing! Yeah I mean it!
Cheers~
They work for me @theguruasia. I feel if I hadn't radically changed how I react to life and simplify everything my chronic immune system would of put me in a wheelchair. Most people don't have to control their diet if they don't have health problems and eat healthy food. However, obesity is on the rise world wide! Only a few people have the genetics to eat what ever they want and stay thin...I envy you...heheh
The end of next month I write an article and post some before and after photos...hehe,
Two more years I am going to be 60 years old, I figure I have 40 more years to perfect my art...hahaha (something that helps me get up in the morning and look forward to the day.)
You're near to get the goal, my mother had obesity 3 years ago and now she follow a strict dieat to mantain a healthy health so my friend try to eat less cookies or if you want you can send me some of them in that way you avoid the tentation hehehe. Regards
If you didn't live so far away I would mail you a care package full of cookies my friend! I knew your Mom would get her health under control, I am glad she found a path to health through diet. It's hard not to eat the food I cook. So i told my family I am only baking on holidays...no baked cookies and bread ever week. I love to bake but I have very weak will-power so I keep my house free of cookies..my husband has lost weight too!
Hi @reddust i know i'm in other continet no cookies for me hehehe, yes now i eat all i can because in some years i will have to eat just some foods. Regards
:]. If you ever get the chance try making a cauliflower crust pizza. I posted a recipe back when. Great job on the nutrition.
Oh my Goodness @weirdheadaches, I am literally drooling right now...i will check out your post. Tonight I eating some strip steak and broccoli, my husband gets a side of fried potatoes!.
Yum yum! Food can be overrated :]. Ty, O ya oops, it was cauliflower tho tehe. Blessings to you @reddust
Found it..
https://steemit.com/food/@weirdheadaches/cauliflower-pizza-yummy
You already know but I will say it anyway, you are quite talented and I am so glad I started following you recently. I am going to tell my husband about the pens you use.
My husband went to the Zen center to meditate yesterday.
We have a big Buddhist community here and I plan to attend another one soon. I am not any one religion; but feel I was Buddhist in another life or a least enjoy it.
Life and peace, which includes meditation seem to be what I enjoy most.
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My first teacher is a Monk from the Korean Zen tradition. I love all the schools in Zen, they use the skillful means called upaya to it's fullest. Did you know Zen mean dhyana? Jhana is the same term as the Sanskrit dhyana, the Chinese word ch’an, and the Japanese zen.
In the Mahayana traditions a good teacher the key to success! I hope you and your husband find a home in a nice sangha.
That seems like a true partnership! You do not see these days people asking out on dates over books and religion. Anyways, looking forward to see the results of your projects. BTW I have a medical blog (@secondmedicalop). I invite you to take a look at it.
There are people like me who are attracted to intellect over physical attributes, but my husband is very handsome too...hahaha
I will check out your medical blog, you know I find all things about science fascinating <3
I wish for you you must be fill up your gain about health, you have to concentrate your work, I am very glad to know your next project. I am always impress your Gel pen art, it's looking so amazing and interesting. Wish you all the best and take care of yourself.
Gel-pens have been one of the best new tools I've used because they are easy and fun! I have family that needs me so I have to take care of myself @abontikazaman. Sadly modern medicine hasn't found a cause for Fibromyalgia and they have no medicine that helps without side effects that make me feel worse. So the only option I have is food, meditation, and exercise.
Hmmn words of wisdom
Sorry i have to do this, awwwwwwwwwww, so sweet, match made from heaven
I on the other hand can eat for 12hours straight and still not add more than 2kg, i dont know
I love how detailed your art is, it makes all the sense, i also love the art, simple, not perfect but perfect, i dont know if you get me...
Thanks for sharing this relaxing post, i loved it
yeah, I am blessed to have a wonderful partner that is interested in Buddhism. My husband is Dutch so I had to learn about soccer, his second love...hahaha
Thank you @mistakili
I will make the roof perfect...hahaha
happy to know that your are trying to loose your weight and you are on the right track, i am astonished with the butterfly work, gel pen make it alike 3D version. upcoming painting is seems more complex but i am pretty good sure you will be finished it in the mean time you have said. good luck for WIP and have great day on steemit.
You know me @sheikh27, the more detail the happier I am, hopefully I will finish the drawing and start painting by this coming Wed...the butterfly paintings are like playing, they are fun and easy. Thank you for stopping by.
your idea is very good, I prefer vegetables rather than meat, and eat any fruits after eating, for now my weight feels standard with 60 kg.
I think it's still easy to move all day with all the work I do.
does coffee have an effect on weight?
I do not understand the content.
thanks for this warning @reddust
I have to have a little meat, I went vegan with proper supplements years ago and the fibromyalgia symptoms became worse. I lost too much muscle even though I work out and hurt my back...so I must eat a little red meat, plus fish, chicken, eggs, and pork. I need the red meat for iron because my body will not absorb plant based heme.
Coffee can jack insulin the cause of weight gain, but cream in my coffee and cookies are the culprits for my weight gain not the coffee...lolol
hahahaha ... oh cream and cookies that change your weight gain... ok.ok.ok
This post had everything - personal life, health, religion, work and art. Loved it!
Medical conditions are by no means a boon but sometimes they help us overcome our weaknesses. Got a stress fracture in my ankle that never properly healed (pains during winters and rain)and it make me regulate my walking and running activities (other wise I could run ten miles and then no activity at all for a month). I Hope yours become much easier to manage.
Coming to art - I saw a couple of your works with butterflies and they were fantastic. Hoping to see more of the country cottage..............
This is my life and I made it this way on purpose. Keeping it simple helps me stay sane...hahaha
I notice all the obstacles in my life have been my teachers. I hate playing the victim, nothing good happens from that kind of behavior, I learned that the hard way. I realized if I accept I would be in pain and I also suffer from depression because of constant pain and work with that to find balance I would let go of a lot of stress. Accepting my condition and learning from it has improved my life 100% and I am no longer depressed...hehe
Blasted houses and horizon lines...sigh lolol
Really glad to hear that :-)
My mom has several medical conditions and she is one tough cookie - Her kind of strong people are more prone to depression. Nobody notices it because they tend to power through everything and people get the impression - oh they are fine!
But somehow she manages to stay on top of it. Mostly her faith and social participation in the community.
I am glad you Mom is doing well, nothing hurts worse than one's family getting sick and you can do nothing about it. I've read the key to happiness is a strong sense of family and community. It gets you up in the morning!
People don't know how much pain I am in because I would be complaining all the time. I found walking is the best happy pill I've found.