Monday, July 8, 2013

Good Things:
Logged, blogged and ended the day under on calories
Over an hour of yard work after breakfast, 15 minute walk after lunch, and a walk with the girlies down to the library before dinner.  Activity x3
Met my protein goal for the day (been trying to watch that to be sure I'm not slacking or missing anything)
All my water is in
School completed
Poison ivy is clearing
Very good bible reading and journaling today

Not So Good Things:
Did NOT deal with the Monday stress well at all
short-tempered
feeling yuk physically


My first pp cycle started over the weekend.  Today was the first day I really felt icky with it. Interestingly, I haven't had any cramping at all. I was severely hurting a few weeks ago while detoxing on the Daniel fast, but this week I'm just feeling worn out, tired, and, you know, icky.  No cramping, headache, or pain of any kind, though. Pretty amazing for a first pp cycle if I do say so myself. ;)

I am emotionally wound up, though. Yikes.  Today was rough, trying to get people on track and doing what they should be doing. I lost my cool way more than I want to even recall. :(  I'm really hoping tomorrow is a better day in that regard.

I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to swing this eating style with our budget.  I feel like I'm overspending every week.  Not sure that completely true, but it's hard to figure right now. 

I can also tell that my husband is getting a little bored or tired of the various beans being served at each meal.  Tomorrow I plan to make a meal to bring friends filled with meat and potatoes. I'll double it for the fam and just enjoy some leftover lentil soup myself at dinner time. I think that will go a long way for my guy.

I'm feeling proud of myself for getting in three spurts of exercise today as well as schooling getting done.  I still need to work on budgeting my time so I can keep that up, but I have hope I can make it happen, at least.

So grateful this dreaded poison ivy is clearing. I didn't even need to do the scalding hot shower today to deal with the itch.  That's huge when I think of how I was taking 3 a day for a while there.

Ready to hit the sack!  Just finished a cup of red raspberry leaf tea and I'm ready to enjoy some cool quiet in my own little space. :)