Even though it is the off season for the Biggest Loser tv show I still plan on posting information to help you all to lose weight and get healthier.
I want to apologize for not having posted some information more recently. You see, my son and I were very busy getting ready for a craft show (and I have been live blogging about NBC’s new show- I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!).
Well, the craft show was yesterday and OH WHAT A DAY!
You see, we were under the impression that the craft show was to be inside- after all it is a large building.
So, we got there to find out that it was actually outside. Luckily (sort of) it was a nice day. Why do I say ‘sort of’? Well, we were not prepared to be outside from 9:30 am until 6 pm.
Normally I spend a good part of my day inside at work and here in front of the computer. When I go outside to work in the garden it is usually after 2pm when the sun isn’t so hot.
Thankfully my son is more used to being outside and so he didn’t get sunburned anywhere near as bad as I did. He got sunburned on his lower arms and that is pretty much all. Even it is starting to turn to a tan whereas my sunburn is BRIGHT RED and it hurts.
I am including a picture here for you to see.
Don't get suburned like I did
Notice that I had sunglasses on? Yep, now I get to wear them all the time or walk around with white around my eyes, across my nose and on both sides of my face. Already the jokes about ‘raccoon eyes’ are flying. Josh even told me that my face is so hot that I could bake bread with my head.
I’m just thankful that he wasn’t at my side the whole day so he didn’t get burned like I did.
Anyway, this picture was taken right after we got home yesterday and it got even redder after that. Luckily I know a bit about natural healing and sunburn so I was busy with that all evening and throughout the night.
One time when I got up in the night I looked in the mirror to discover that not only was my face a darker red than it had been but it was actually swollen to the point my eyes were open not much more than slits.
I upped my vitamin C and water intake as well as applying a lot more aloe.
Today I still feel crappy but my face isn’t so swollen anymore and it is not quite the same shade of red. My arms are actually getting a little brown mixed in with the red and the red isn’t as fiery red as it was last night.
This is the absolute WORST case of sunburn that I ever have gotten in my life. 2 friends were concerned about sun poisoning, as was I, so I have increased my water and vitamin C intake to the point that I needed to use the bathroom about every hour during the night and spent this awake time as time to drink more water and take more vitamin C as well as apply more aloe.
GAWD, even my lips are sunburned- which I have never had happen before.
At least I am getting better. If I hadn’t have started feeling better I would have had to go to the hospital. Which is why I am starting a blog about natural remedies for sunburn. I will be telling what all I did to help for my bad case of sun burn and what others also recommend. Keep checking out my new sunburn blog to see my progress through pics and video.
Hopefully you all will learn a lesson at my expense and be better prepared than I was. I should have thought to ask if the craft show was inside or out. I took it for granted that the person running the show would have told me if it were to be outside.
So, when you plan to be gone for the day be prepared for ANYTHING! I wish I had been. I had all sorts of things in the car in case we needed them but not what wes needed to be out in the bright sun all day.
BTW, in case you didn’t know it- Mike Morelli was chosen to be a diets in review correspondent and will provide video episodic recaps throughout season 8 just as Coleen from season 6 Biggest Loser has done throughout season 7.
For those of us who loved Mike it gives us a chance to continue to see him and see how he is doing. Many of you will be happy about that :0)
Well, I am off to watch some of the Biggest Loser auditions and relax for a while.
Later :0)
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