The Morning After Christmas
We were there from Christmas Eve day until the day after Christmas. Glenn and I arrived at the cabin around 3pm on the 24th. He started a fire in the fireplace while I fixed a simple supper. We unloaded the car and set about making the cabin our own for the weekend.
We were kept a bit in the dark about the cabin and directions until close to the day of our trip, since our daughter wished for it to be a great surprise, which it was. I didn't know what to expect or what accessories the cabin management might provide, so I packed everything I thought we might need for a weekend. That proved to be more than enough, perhaps too much, but I was happy to have more than we needed, instead of wishing I'd brought more with us.
Even the family dogs, Mandy and Cooper, were allowed to come along for the weekend. Glenn and I spent a quiet relaxing Christmas Eve watching Polar Express, taking in the beauty of the cabin, and sipping hot cocoa by the fire while munching on Christmas cookies. That was the exact feeling and it was wonderful.
Christmas Day, our daughter and family arrived at 9am, ready to make a delicious breakfast for all of us. That was another part of our gift - Christmas breakfast cooked to perfection. After breakfast, the grandkids opened their gifts and then we played games and listened to Christmas music the rest of the morning and afternoon.
Our daughter prepared a wonderful supper for us and then we all relaxed by the fire and watched movies and shared stories for the rest of the evening. The morning after Christmas, even though we were sad to be leaving the cabin, we knew we'd be taking the memories with us. Packing for the trip home might have been chaotic if not for everybody pitching in to help - and the fact my daughter is more organized than I am.
Leftovers were given to our grandson who was heading back to college and happy to have them. Our granddaughter had to hurry back to a new job, but most of us stopped at a restaurant in Lancaster, Ohio to enjoy a great breakfast and one last visit before being swept back into reality. It was a wonderful weekend, and for possibly the very first time, I didn't feel the least bit depressed when it ended. I was simply grateful we'd had the experience and thrilled that our daughter and her family had given us such a fantastic gift.
But these solutions are mere temporary and weight that was lost would eventually come back. I have read an article wherein science plays a major role in discovering a weight loss aid that would answer our weight loss dilemmas. They have actually explained well on how our kind of lifestyle affects our weight and health numbers.
And it involves our very own bodily substance insulin. Insulin is one type of hormone that actually plays a major role on metabolism and other bodily functions particularly in the vascular aspect. Insulin affects our cells found in the liver, muscle and fats. It converts glucose found in our bloodstream into glycogen and altogether stops utilizing fat as a source of energy. It is but natural that people with lower levels of insulin works differently.
They actively convert glucose into an energy source from fats thereby eliminating its accumulation in the body. This does not mean that such difference is an abnormality. This is a common misconception with this theory. Having abundance in insulin does not mean it was there in your system to begin with.
