Today's Good Things:
Good choices for meals
Did well on my first solo day
Did well on our first outing
Small bit of tidying up around the house = activity
Chose popcorn for snack instead of the sweet I was craving
Today's Not So Good Things:
Not always as patient as I should be
Missed an afternoon nap
Today was pretty good for a first day solo. The children were quiet this morning, so I was able to sleep in a bit after a very long night with baby. I'm feeling a little down, as she's down another 2oz on the scale today from Sunday. I struggle so much every time and was SO hoping this baby would be better. Just can't seem to get that hindmilk in her system. Sigh. Pray for me to deal with this patiently and trust the Lord is going to bring us through.
I took the fam to my dd's sewing lessons today. I figured just driving in the car wouldn't be so bad. The littles played while we were there and I nursed baby. However, just carrying her around in her seat was tiring. I'll be staying home the rest of this week, for sure. ;) Tomorrow is supposed to be really nice. After a rainy day, I'd love to take the children to the park, but I think I best stay home and rest. Maybe I can help them set up some kind of fun thing to do in the yard and hang out with baby on my swing instead. Just trying to balance the rest, nursing, and time with the others as best I can.
Hope to get a chance to read your updates tonight. Enjoying a movie with the bigs right now, though. Kinda special to stay up late together. :)
Showing posts with label recovery. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Disconnected
Literally.
Our internet and phone have been out for the last week. We're still in recovery mode, but the worst is over. A few ear infections got added into the mix, but eating right, loading up on the vit. c and laying low seems to have done the trick. I think I'm the last one with some residual sore throat and tiredness still lingering. Although, I believe the tiredness comes from my breathing issues at night that have started up again in the last 2 weeks. Lovely.
This past week has been an intense time with my boys in particular. I've been praying a LOT. I've been reading and searching for answers. I've been putting in overtime with them physically, mentally, and emotionally. It's not been easy, but I see little glimpses of progress here and there. Still waiting for a breakthrough of some kind, or even just some consistent movement forward. But, the Lord has been gracious is giving me direction and hope from His word. Oh, how I need the hope.
Afa my health otherwise, I'm doing fine. My numbers are all great. Very unexciting and I'll take it. I need to get back to some movement and exercise after the last two weeks of illness. For now, tackling laundry and housework has been my greatest feat.
I haven't caught up on the blogs and it may be awhile before I do. I hope you are all pressing on with courage, determination, and joy in your journeys. Thank you for your notes and thoughts for our family this week. :)
Our internet and phone have been out for the last week. We're still in recovery mode, but the worst is over. A few ear infections got added into the mix, but eating right, loading up on the vit. c and laying low seems to have done the trick. I think I'm the last one with some residual sore throat and tiredness still lingering. Although, I believe the tiredness comes from my breathing issues at night that have started up again in the last 2 weeks. Lovely.
This past week has been an intense time with my boys in particular. I've been praying a LOT. I've been reading and searching for answers. I've been putting in overtime with them physically, mentally, and emotionally. It's not been easy, but I see little glimpses of progress here and there. Still waiting for a breakthrough of some kind, or even just some consistent movement forward. But, the Lord has been gracious is giving me direction and hope from His word. Oh, how I need the hope.
Afa my health otherwise, I'm doing fine. My numbers are all great. Very unexciting and I'll take it. I need to get back to some movement and exercise after the last two weeks of illness. For now, tackling laundry and housework has been my greatest feat.
I haven't caught up on the blogs and it may be awhile before I do. I hope you are all pressing on with courage, determination, and joy in your journeys. Thank you for your notes and thoughts for our family this week. :)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Broken
A couple weeks ago, I broke my pinky toe. Silly, but painful. That took me out for walking. Just when I was gearing up to get back to my morning mile, my back went out this weekend. As in, bend over and don't get back up. That's what I get for nursing a broken toe, sitting on my backside all week working on the computer, and...well...I don't know. But, it sure is frustrating.
So, here I am, lying flat most of the day. But, I am able to walk now and getting in my mile actually makes my back feel much better. So, I'm likely going to get out there several times a day, hoping it strengthens my core for now. I'm doing some light stretching, per my chiropractor's orders. I'm getting very little sleep, however, so that is making life a little hard.
Wish I could say I've been eating next to nothing with all this lying flat. Sadly, I've been eating more with all this lying flat. :( Easy food for the children to make while helping means lots of munchies and not so good eats for the fam. Sigh. One thing and then the next, right?
Tomorrow, I blog, log, and walk at least twice. Once I'm able, I am most definitely getting back into my ttapp workouts. I have to strengthen my core so I don't ever go through a week (or more!) like this again. Ugh.
So, here I am, lying flat most of the day. But, I am able to walk now and getting in my mile actually makes my back feel much better. So, I'm likely going to get out there several times a day, hoping it strengthens my core for now. I'm doing some light stretching, per my chiropractor's orders. I'm getting very little sleep, however, so that is making life a little hard.
Wish I could say I've been eating next to nothing with all this lying flat. Sadly, I've been eating more with all this lying flat. :( Easy food for the children to make while helping means lots of munchies and not so good eats for the fam. Sigh. One thing and then the next, right?
Tomorrow, I blog, log, and walk at least twice. Once I'm able, I am most definitely getting back into my ttapp workouts. I have to strengthen my core so I don't ever go through a week (or more!) like this again. Ugh.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Feeling Lost
I'm not even sure what my plan is this week. Well, I guess my plan is no plan, really. I have been up each morning at my 5am wake up to pray with my sweet husband and then out for my 1 mile walk, my oldest joining me today. My sweetie and the boys have been getting in their pt in the mornings too, they even got in a quick swim after their run this morning. It was already that hot at 6am!!!
So, I'm doing pretty well getting back to that part of my routine. I haven't been logging, though, or blogging. I didn't weigh-in Monday. I was just too scared to see the number. I didn't want to feel down about it, since I do think I worked hard to do well while on vacation. I didn't do well on our weekend of cookouts, however, so Monday I was hiding from the scale. *blush*
I'm still so super tired from our trip. The 1 mile a day is about all I can muster aside from the work of getting our home and hearts back in order. I even caved on date night tonight and devoured my very own Mocha Chip ice cream. Sigh. I guess being tired and worn down weakens my resolve.
So, for the rest of this week I'll put rest, walks, and more water on my goal list, praying those will strengthen me for making better choices.
So, I'm doing pretty well getting back to that part of my routine. I haven't been logging, though, or blogging. I didn't weigh-in Monday. I was just too scared to see the number. I didn't want to feel down about it, since I do think I worked hard to do well while on vacation. I didn't do well on our weekend of cookouts, however, so Monday I was hiding from the scale. *blush*
I'm still so super tired from our trip. The 1 mile a day is about all I can muster aside from the work of getting our home and hearts back in order. I even caved on date night tonight and devoured my very own Mocha Chip ice cream. Sigh. I guess being tired and worn down weakens my resolve.
So, for the rest of this week I'll put rest, walks, and more water on my goal list, praying those will strengthen me for making better choices.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Afraid to Weigh-In
I avoided the scale all weekend. It was a horrible-no-good-bad-eating-no-exercise-on-the-run-don't-think-about-what-you-are-shoving-in-your-face, weekend.
And I'm down 1.2 pounds. !!!!!!!!
Shocked?
Absolutely.
Dehydrated?
Probably
Happy?
You Better Believe It!!
Okay, no time to post more. Off to go read my bible and then get my act together for a Recovery Week.
Wow.
And I'm down 1.2 pounds. !!!!!!!!
Shocked?
Absolutely.
Dehydrated?
Probably
Happy?
You Better Believe It!!
Okay, no time to post more. Off to go read my bible and then get my act together for a Recovery Week.
Wow.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday February 27, 2011 Shovelin'
Snowed in from church today. We slept in. My dd treated us to a lovely breakfast of french toast and fresh fruit salad. Yum! Our day was so restful, but some of our lazing around brought back some bad habits. It didn't take long for the munchies to set in with all that hangin' out. That's when the Shovelin' began--chips n' salsa with diet pepsi. Not only that, but our lunch was made up of lazy food, hot dogs, sweet beans, french fries from a bag, and more chips with cream cheese dip, so high on carbs and fat. By afternoon time, I was feeling gross--can anyone say heartburn and indegestion?? After an almost nap, I needed to get moving.
I headed out for a walk in the fresh snow. It was beautiful and just what I needed. When I got back, dh and I spent close to an hour outside shoveling and clearing snow. Now *that's* the kind of Shovelin' I needed!! :D
After a quick trip to town for a few essentials (diapers, milk, and treats for today's workers), I am proud to say I resisted the ice cream and enjoyed my new favorite food...grapefruit. Mmmmmmm.
So, no guilt about our food choices today. They definitely weren't great, but I got moving, refreshed myself, and put something good in my body to help move out the bad. That's a good recovery and what I call Progress.
I headed out for a walk in the fresh snow. It was beautiful and just what I needed. When I got back, dh and I spent close to an hour outside shoveling and clearing snow. Now *that's* the kind of Shovelin' I needed!! :D
After a quick trip to town for a few essentials (diapers, milk, and treats for today's workers), I am proud to say I resisted the ice cream and enjoyed my new favorite food...grapefruit. Mmmmmmm.
So, no guilt about our food choices today. They definitely weren't great, but I got moving, refreshed myself, and put something good in my body to help move out the bad. That's a good recovery and what I call Progress.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday February 23, 2011 Recovery Mode
Today's Good Things:
Good day for lessons
Did well eating to recover from overeating yesterday
Fun night out mallwalking with the fam
Date with my dd to get hair cuts
Today's Not So Good Things:
Overslept and missed bible time
Still not getting in my 15's
Yesterday was going so well. Then I overate in a big way for dinner. Ended up feeling horrible that night too, and couldn't fall asleep until almost 2am. Blech. Not worth the calories, that's for sure!
Today I've been in Recovery Mode trying to clean out my system and make up for the ground I lost. I did pretty well. Grapefruit for breakfast, large salad for lunch, some dry cereal for an afternoon snack and a 6 inch. sub for dinner. We walked 1.5mile around the mall tonite too. So, I ended the day with 400 calories to spare. Add that to the 100 extra from a couple of days ago and I still have some work to do to break even. It's insane that one meal can undo a whole week's worth of work. Lesson Learned.
I'm still aiming for 1500 per day on calories and that's going well, except for last night. Ahem. Overall, it seems that I can use the 1500 as a good gauge. However, if I add in exercise, I do find I start feeling tired easily and a little weak. So, I will have to be sure to eat back my calories burned and keep watching for any loss of supply as I go.
I'm having a hard time getting in my water these days. I'm not sure why. It was never hard to drink more than my current goal. I was actually thirsty for that much water. But, lately, I just haven't wanted to drink it. I'm either not thirsty or the water just tastes blah. Oh well, it's not the first time I've forced something down because it's good for me. ;-)
I got some great reading done the other day in my book. I'm hopeful I'll have some time tonite to add a bit to my notes here. It all depends on Baby Dear, though. ;-)
Good day for lessons
Did well eating to recover from overeating yesterday
Fun night out mallwalking with the fam
Date with my dd to get hair cuts
Today's Not So Good Things:
Overslept and missed bible time
Still not getting in my 15's
Yesterday was going so well. Then I overate in a big way for dinner. Ended up feeling horrible that night too, and couldn't fall asleep until almost 2am. Blech. Not worth the calories, that's for sure!
Today I've been in Recovery Mode trying to clean out my system and make up for the ground I lost. I did pretty well. Grapefruit for breakfast, large salad for lunch, some dry cereal for an afternoon snack and a 6 inch. sub for dinner. We walked 1.5mile around the mall tonite too. So, I ended the day with 400 calories to spare. Add that to the 100 extra from a couple of days ago and I still have some work to do to break even. It's insane that one meal can undo a whole week's worth of work. Lesson Learned.
I'm still aiming for 1500 per day on calories and that's going well, except for last night. Ahem. Overall, it seems that I can use the 1500 as a good gauge. However, if I add in exercise, I do find I start feeling tired easily and a little weak. So, I will have to be sure to eat back my calories burned and keep watching for any loss of supply as I go.
I'm having a hard time getting in my water these days. I'm not sure why. It was never hard to drink more than my current goal. I was actually thirsty for that much water. But, lately, I just haven't wanted to drink it. I'm either not thirsty or the water just tastes blah. Oh well, it's not the first time I've forced something down because it's good for me. ;-)
I got some great reading done the other day in my book. I'm hopeful I'll have some time tonite to add a bit to my notes here. It all depends on Baby Dear, though. ;-)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday January 26, 2011 Back Again
Today's Good Things:
Bible time
Half Morning 15 (push-ups and sit-ups)
Did well with chore/school routines
Great day eating-wise
Afternoon 15 with ds
Success at making steak tonite! (I never do well cooking steaks)
Workout
Met water goals
Not So Good Things:
2 days behind on workout (and I felt it!)
Late getting to bed
Feeling frustrated/defeated regarding weight-loss
Note to Self: (ummmm, this whole blog is a note to myself! lol)
1. Do not allow 5 days to pass between workouts again
2. When you are emotionally overwhelmed, fresh air and exercise will HELP. Don't be afraid, GO FOR IT!
3. Low-carbing is HARD
Today was a good day. It was especially good after 2 awful days in a row. I literally gave up Monday and Tuesday. I just didn't care. Emotionally, I was struggling so much with this transition of my huband's new work/study/not working schedule. I am continually amazed at how my physical choices are dictated by my emotional feelings. I hate that. Fortunately, the Lord strengthened me today for a good recovery. I met most of my goals today.
Tonite I got back into my 9 week challenge, 2 days behind. It was a good workout, but I could tell I am already weaker. I got very tired part way through. I finished strong, burning more calories than projected, but I was beat instead of energized.
I've been working on low-carbing, trying to keep my carbs at 100 grams or lower. How am I going to do that?? Today I had no grains at all, but still ended up at 137grams. I don't want to give up the fruits, they provide the fiber I need. The beans also give fiber, but they are pretty much equal protein for carbs. So, the good foods I need are also the things I'm supposed to avoid? That doesn't make sense to me. I ate well today. I don't want to feel bad about making good choices. So, while I'll still work to keep the carbs low, I don't think I'm going to be quite as strict. Especially as the carbs I'm eating are from good food sources rather than the addictive grains and sugars.
My attempt at a Low-Carb day:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (gag) topped with cheddar cheese, grapefruit, apple cinnamon chicken sausage
Snack: decaf coffee - black
Lunch: Ranch beans topped with cheddar cheese, baby carrots w/ sour cream dip, caffeine free diet pepsi (I know, I know)
Snack: Smoothie (made with plain, ff yogurt, frozen fruit & banana), 4 vanilla wafers (aha! I forgot about *those* empty carbs!)
Dinner: Big Ol' Salad w/ homemade italian dressing, purple cauliflower, sunflower seeds & raisins, steak, cooked broccoli, skins from Baby's potato
Snack: Grapefruit (I need to be sure my body can move that steak!)
I'm still frustrated with the scale. I peeked today, anticipating my weigh-in on Saturday and am so defeated. Would you believe that after a whole month of working hard, logging my food, eating within my Eat-To-Lose range almost every day of the month...I'm at 1 pound down? :( I've been eating and working to lose 1.5 a week and I'm only down 1 pound for the whole month. Wahhhh....
I've got more thinking/praying to do on this. I know I've lost a bit by way of inches, since I have 2 skirts fitting me that didn't before. That's good. However, I've been working (obsessing) on loosing weight since the end of October and I've only got 8 pounds down to show for it? That leaves me feeling like a big failure. I'm doing so many things well. I sure wish someone would convince my scale to join the effort. :-/
That's all. Tomorrow is a new day and I look forward to staying on course with my eating choices and getting in all of my workouts. My Thursday afternoon skype visit with a dear friend will be a highlight to the day. God is in charge and He's revealing so much to me about myself and my need to keep focused on Him in this journey. I'm grateful this is all about far more than the numbers on a scale.
Bible time
Half Morning 15 (push-ups and sit-ups)
Did well with chore/school routines
Great day eating-wise
Afternoon 15 with ds
Success at making steak tonite! (I never do well cooking steaks)
Workout
Met water goals
Not So Good Things:
2 days behind on workout (and I felt it!)
Late getting to bed
Feeling frustrated/defeated regarding weight-loss
Note to Self: (ummmm, this whole blog is a note to myself! lol)
1. Do not allow 5 days to pass between workouts again
2. When you are emotionally overwhelmed, fresh air and exercise will HELP. Don't be afraid, GO FOR IT!
3. Low-carbing is HARD
Today was a good day. It was especially good after 2 awful days in a row. I literally gave up Monday and Tuesday. I just didn't care. Emotionally, I was struggling so much with this transition of my huband's new work/study/not working schedule. I am continually amazed at how my physical choices are dictated by my emotional feelings. I hate that. Fortunately, the Lord strengthened me today for a good recovery. I met most of my goals today.
Tonite I got back into my 9 week challenge, 2 days behind. It was a good workout, but I could tell I am already weaker. I got very tired part way through. I finished strong, burning more calories than projected, but I was beat instead of energized.
I've been working on low-carbing, trying to keep my carbs at 100 grams or lower. How am I going to do that?? Today I had no grains at all, but still ended up at 137grams. I don't want to give up the fruits, they provide the fiber I need. The beans also give fiber, but they are pretty much equal protein for carbs. So, the good foods I need are also the things I'm supposed to avoid? That doesn't make sense to me. I ate well today. I don't want to feel bad about making good choices. So, while I'll still work to keep the carbs low, I don't think I'm going to be quite as strict. Especially as the carbs I'm eating are from good food sources rather than the addictive grains and sugars.
My attempt at a Low-Carb day:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (gag) topped with cheddar cheese, grapefruit, apple cinnamon chicken sausage
Snack: decaf coffee - black
Lunch: Ranch beans topped with cheddar cheese, baby carrots w/ sour cream dip, caffeine free diet pepsi (I know, I know)
Snack: Smoothie (made with plain, ff yogurt, frozen fruit & banana), 4 vanilla wafers (aha! I forgot about *those* empty carbs!)
Dinner: Big Ol' Salad w/ homemade italian dressing, purple cauliflower, sunflower seeds & raisins, steak, cooked broccoli, skins from Baby's potato
Snack: Grapefruit (I need to be sure my body can move that steak!)
I'm still frustrated with the scale. I peeked today, anticipating my weigh-in on Saturday and am so defeated. Would you believe that after a whole month of working hard, logging my food, eating within my Eat-To-Lose range almost every day of the month...I'm at 1 pound down? :( I've been eating and working to lose 1.5 a week and I'm only down 1 pound for the whole month. Wahhhh....
I've got more thinking/praying to do on this. I know I've lost a bit by way of inches, since I have 2 skirts fitting me that didn't before. That's good. However, I've been working (obsessing) on loosing weight since the end of October and I've only got 8 pounds down to show for it? That leaves me feeling like a big failure. I'm doing so many things well. I sure wish someone would convince my scale to join the effort. :-/
That's all. Tomorrow is a new day and I look forward to staying on course with my eating choices and getting in all of my workouts. My Thursday afternoon skype visit with a dear friend will be a highlight to the day. God is in charge and He's revealing so much to me about myself and my need to keep focused on Him in this journey. I'm grateful this is all about far more than the numbers on a scale.
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