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Originally Posted by fern46
Thanks for bumping the thread. I tried to find it on my phone the other day and gave up after a few minutes.
That's cool you are working some lighter dishes in. Balance is always great.
I hear you on needing to do all the work. It is also so much easier for me when my husband gets into it as well. Whatever effort you do make is so well worth it. There is no perfect effort or amount. 
My 5 year old did a Pilates/Barre routine with me last night. It was nice to have a partner. He did a great job! I haven't been as dilligent about my workouts lately and I have gained 5 or so lbs. I am staying active. It is mostly the extra eating I've been doing. I have been home more and cooking lots of meals with leftovers. I eat those a lot for lunch and then eat a dinner at night. I could stand to scale back, so I need to split more meals and freeze some of it.
My therapist said recently she sees that I have OCD tendencies. I'm trying to make sure I maintain balance without going overboard.
Thanks again BirdDancer! It is good to hear from you as always. How is everyone else doing?  |
Thanks, Fern!
That's great that your son exercised with you. I wish I had a barre in my house. I wouldn't have the room for such a studio. I spent more time than I can count at ballet barres, in my youth. I liked that type of workout, a lot.
Hubby and I agreed to work in some calisthenics most mornings, a little while after breakfast, but before he starts working.I also suggested that on nice weather work days, I could give him finger food lunches at his desk to eat while working. That way during a "lunch break" we could go for a walk.
It's not clear to me what your OCD tendencies are, and I am not asking you to share, if you don't wish to. However, I think that high achievers, of various sorts, can utilize such tendencies for good/success. In my view, as long as the mental health issue is not distressing or problematic, it is nothing to regard as dysfunctional. When it comes to dieting, I can struggle as many do, but other times (if the stars are aligned just right), I can be a dieting champion.Ultra dedicated! I'm not sure how much of that tendency is linked to my bipolar disorder and how much to my personality