Well, it's Friday already, and one again I have neglected this blog for longer than I had intended to. Made it to both therapy sessions this week. Both were good. I am definitely becoming a believer in DBT. It has made a pretty big impact on how i deal with things, already-- and that's just after 2 groups. The core mindfulness practice and the whole concept of consciously making benign interpretations both kick ass.
We start each group with a mindfulness meditation, usually these are fairly guided and I am not sure I could really guide myself like that -- so I branched out a bit and picked up a 2 cd audio set from Thich Nhat Hanh, which contains a number of really simple exercises that make it pretty easy to just take a few moments and get back into now. Me like.
I have embarked on this weekend with no plans. Gotta make sure and make it a good one, somehow.
Have a lot of housework to do. Went and got some dish soap and laundry soap at Trader Joe's. I like their prices a lot. Have to break this house into sections and clean em up.
3 workouts at the gym this week. Working on the TNT plan, which slots well into my ketogenic diet (which I have been doing a while now, with great results). Basically, you work out 3 times a week-- pretty much all resistance training, and if you are trying to burn fat off rather than just build muscle, the main change you make in your diet is to protein load before and after each workout. This helps you keep building while still burning off the fat. Time will tell, but I figured working out was the next step to kick this weight loss thing into a higher gear. My glutes and thighs are sore as hell today, and it feels good.
Still feeling a lot of loss and loneliness. I miss my wife.