Physical Check-In

hope the Nexium helps, BirdDancer. hope you feel better!

Oh No! It's no fun!
I have had trouble with indigestion and with reflux lately. I did a 14 day course of omeprazole. It is so standard, the manufacturer packages it in a 14 day supply. it helped me immensely.

I am watching a woman teaching jewelry making. I thought of you when she'd announced her favorite glass beads are made of Czech glass. She shows it having amazing colors! There is a "collection" named "Pumpkin Latte," which has some beautiful colors!

Okay, I think I am going OT!

Good Monday Morning!

I hope this finds all well this morning!

In thinking about things early this morning, I realize I can do much better at self-care. I am feeling quite tired and somewhat depressed. I find it much more difficult to practice self-care under these circumstances. Yet, I also realize I need to interrupt the pattern.

I am feeling overwhelmed and will do much better if I keep attending to various demands. It helps when I re-frame how I am thinking about the tasks.

I have not done especially well with attending to the physical side of things. I am often home alone at dinner time now. I just throw anything together,which is not wise.

I am still recovering from some rather severe Plantar fasciitis.I I am just getting to where I can walk a little longer. I don't have access to a pool.

So much around me, including my daily routine, has changed in a huge way and I am still adjusting.

Thanks for sharing and for the ongoing encouragement.
Love to all!

Just wanted to add more encouragement. You are trying. You are going through a lot. Thinking of you and hoping you are doing a litttle better than this (but perhaps you aren't but will with time ):

I'm feeling a bit blah today. It is rainy out and I'm tired. I was able to push through my workout though, so I am happy about that. However, I caved and ate a very sugary dessert just a bit ago and now I feel lethargic. I knew it wouldn't serve me well, but I went for it anyway. My cravings are cyclic and I need to do a better job at mindfulness. I will be able to stay within my calorie limits for the day at least and I have a healthy dinner planned. Tomorrow is a new day!

tomorrow is a brand new day indeed. good attitude to have! sorry you're feeling blah. it's ok to feel that way occasionally. blah is just blah, ya know? don't feel too bad about that snack. you have that dinner planned and you can still stay within your caloric intake. it's a win win! enjoy that dinner! hope the blah-ness goes away for you.

Yeah, blah is totally ok. I gladly accept blah over some of the other options. It is within my control to experience something else as well. I was just making blah choices and letting that be the course of my day. I decided to focus my attention on some training and other positive outlets and I feel much better than blah now. What a difference a couple of hours can make!

I really love the way you catch yourself in a behavior and then jump right into doing what you can to self correct. You have inspired me on many occasions.

I do hope your foot improves soon. I know plantar fasciitis can be terribly painful.

Try to find some enjoyment in your self care tasks. You're investing in you and that's the best kind of investment!

I’m starting to feel better since I started my blood pressure medication.
WC I feel for you with the plantar fasciitis. I found it really hard to recover from.

WC... I really wish your PF would leave you for good ! So painful.

Fern, I’m glad you can push yourself to do your exercises daily! One dessert won’t end All your good hard work ! But isn’t it amazing how our body react to food we have cut out to eat healthy. Don’t beat yourself up.

Pookyl I’m so glad your feeling better now being on high blood pressure meds. Having HBP really does tax a body.

Jedi , I’m glad you found something to help with knee pain!

BirdDancer.. oh indigestion is just so awful ! I’m glad you found something that offers you relief.

Yes it is amazing. I no longer tolerate it well. Anything over 15g or so of sugar at a time and I can really feel the effects. I have found several small desserts that I can enjoy without feeling lile I need to hibernate afterward. I need to stick to those or be prepared for the carb coma that comes with something more indulgent.

I pulled a muscle or maybe an entire muscle group today when I was exercising. I now have pain in my lower back that extends down my leg. It feels different from sciatica, so I think it is just muscular. Hopefully it will go away soon. Walking up stairs is really painful. Descending is much easier.

I planned to take it easy while on vacation next week. My exercise break may need to start early. I'm frustrated because all of this happened during my warm up. It was such an easy move! I pushed through the workout anyway, but it got worse as I went along. I think my body is telling me to give it a break for a while, so I'm going to chill until this heals. I hope it is better by Sunday. I need to be able to chase my kids up and down the beach.

Thanks Christina!

sorry to hear this! please don't strain yourself more, fern! take a break. listen to your body. if you have to have limits for now, I think that may be best. take care of yourself, take it easy and get better. you need to chase the kids around!

had a productive day and the knees were in decent shape to allow me to get things done. I cleaned one of the bathrooms and polished our hardwood floors in the dining room and hallways. maybe had a bit too much coffee, but I stopped after 3 cups. didn't feel manic just a bit more energized. maybe the good night's sleep helped with that. planning to get more cleaning done tomorrow since my bro in law and his wife are visiting this weekend. hoping for another good night's sleep. I listened to an audio book and drifted off to la la land last night and I plan on repeating that tonight. hope everyone is well!

Wow Jedi! You had a really productive day. I always stress a little and clean like crazy before company arrives. It is silly really because I think I'm the only one that cares, but it is how I was raised. My mom ran a pretty tight ship, but there was always random extra cleaning for company. Enjoy the shiny floors!

10-4. We have some extra homeschool work to do before vacation, so I plan to be doing more sitting around than usual. Hopefully that will give me time to heal.

it is my bro in law's first time in our new home and even tho the house needs a bit of a face lift in places, we still want to make a good impression. so I've been cleaning like crazy here and there. I did feel productive yesterday and I hope to repeat that today. I was also taught to make sure the house was always cleaned up and ship shape for company. I have some more polishing to do, but I gotta say, the floors are looking pretty good. proud of myself!

sounds good!

feeling energetic, but at the same time a bit lazy. still have some cleaning to do but I may wait until after I take my daughter to work. I'm still in my butt groove in my recliner just hanging out here on PC, having coffee and watching house hunters. no knee pain to speak and no head or neck pain, so that's good. hope everyone is well.

Jedi, I totally know that feeling. I'm having trouble getting going, physically, too. It's a beautiful day outside, but unfortunately I have little desire to venture out my door. I will go for a haircut at 3:15 pm. Hopefully that will get me going. I need to stop at the grocery store. I'll go to the one that's just across the courtyard from the hair salon.

I have not eaten much of any nutritional value today, unless you count nuts (really Kind bars) and my morning OJ. I don't know what I want for lunch. I have a leftover pork chop in a mushroom sauce, but I didn't like it. The sauce sucked, so I added some sherry to it. Maybe that has saved it.

I've been working on my Christmas cookie blog post. I am really into that project! I'm thinking of baking Christmas cookie # 3, as a test, sometime this weekend or next week. Don't even think that Christmas cookies #1 and #2 are still around! Closer to Christmas, I need to test out a Christmas cookie #4 that I also never made. As for the remainder of the 13 cookie recipes, I have made them in years past, and tweaked the recipes. There is yet another one that my husband and I have made in the past, but failed at miserably. I may or may not include that recipe. The problem is that his mother's recipe notes were often so cryptic. I can't read Czech, or her handwriting, and my husband can't cook/bake that well. Depending on his translations is iffy.

Jedi, I'm so happy to hear the pain is better today. I know that helps when you have a list of chores to complete.

BirdDancer, I wish I could help you eat all of the amazing cookies you're making. What a fun project!

I'm feeling better today. I haven't had any pain, but I haven't really done anything too physical yet as a test. I'm still taking it easy though and skipping my workout today. I may try again tomorrow if I am still pain free by then. I have an entire house to vacuum this afternoon, so that should be a good test.

My eating is on track today. I'm trying to resist the urge to binge though. I've been extra hungry for some reason, but so far I've found healthy ways to feed myself.

fern46 - glad u r better today. test yourself for your pain level. hopefully u won't feel any when you have to vacuum. all the best!

slept ok, but still a bit sluggish upon waking up. still doing some chores around then house before some family comes in from out of town for the holiday weekend. no knee discomfort to speak off. just a little bit of neck pain which I took a gabapentin for. so far so good today. pushing through!

Knees r killing me today. never got in to get my shots, so I had to deal with them while we went to Niagara Falls and walked the whole state park. I did wear my braces, tho. Today I'm paying for it. Otherwise everything else is cool. Just a slight headache. Gonna take a Gabapentin and a muscle relaxer.