Self Care 11/28

[cam]

What did you do this past week?

Any plans for this week?

Challenge: Have or at least plan/schedule a date night.

[numbbears]

I was lazy like I planned last week after I knocked some stuff off my to-do list at the beginning of the week.

This week I'm starting to plan/buy Christmas gifts. Hoping to get it all done early this year. I also have a few gym days planned out.

We planned a date day for Wednesday. I made a list of new restaurants to try and we're going to go to one of them.

[numbbears]

Is everyone feeling better at your house, cam?

[cam]

Still feeling like I got punched in the face thanks to this sinus infection. On antibiotics and feeling slight improvement but a loooooong way to go yet. I rested here and there the past few days while MH was around though. That's about all the self care I could muster this past week.

This week will depend on how I feel. Hopefully the sinus infection is gone or mostly gone by the weekend though as MH and I have a date planned, the first in who knows how long.

[cam]

Nov 28, 2016 21:10:23 GMT -5 numbbears said:

Is everyone feeling better at your house, cam ?

Thanks for asking. Thankfully most of the household is well. I am seeming to improve a bit at least (fingers crossed it is true improvement of being over the hump of it, not just a fluctuating in severity). How is your family? Did you manage to escape the bug yourself?

[numbbears]

Nov 28, 2016 21:21:55 GMT -5 cam said:

Nov 28, 2016 21:10:23 GMT -5 numbbears said:

Is everyone feeling better at your house, cam ?

Thanks for asking. Thankfully most of the household is well. I am seeming to improve a bit at least (fingers crossed it is true improvement of being over the hump of it, not just a fluctuating in severity). How is your family? Did you manage to escape the bug yourself?

I did, but DS, DH, and my mom were sick so I ended up taking care of them all. Ugh. But everyone's better now.

Hope you completely get over it.

[mamaturtle]

Last week: DH and I exercised once. And then we were going to exercise again on Saturday and our bicycle broke. It was breaking down slowly over a few months already. We only took turns on the treadmill.

Wednesday, I took a nap.

Friday, DS and I went holiday shopping for gifts for DH and the cat. We put up our tree and decorated for the holidays.

On Saturday, while DS was getting to know the ABA technician, I cleaned out the kitchen and got rid of kitchen stuff we were not using. I am thinking of getting DH a pressure cooker for Christmas and don't know if I am going to follow through with getting it. I had to make room for it just in case.

Diet was on the back burner for the Thanksgiving holiday because of all the turkey and the pumpkin bread DS and I made on Saturday. We over ate when MIL came back from out of town and took us out to eat on Sunday.

This week: I plan to exercise at least twice this week. I get so unmotivated when DH and I are not exercising together.

Dieting is back on schedule as of yesterday.

DS and I have plans to write Santa Claus a letter this weekend.

[Deleted]

We had an excellent week of self care. I took off work and sent the kids to daycare. Got shopping done, got the tree up, had a date lunch then picked kids up early and saw Trolls. Then went to the art museum and out to eat with H alone while kids were at daycare and had a date night when his parents were in town. It was lovely.

Working out is hit or miss, but I am still doing it, so that is good. I think several years ago, I did it for weight loss, and when the weight came off, I stopped exercising. But I don't want to stop exercising. I want to do it all the time. So I am doing it to tone mostly my belly but not for weight loss as much, so hopefully that will keep me motivated. I am doing the weight loss at an even much slower rate, just so I can keep exercising. Its not a lot of weight, so I don't know if I would even call it that.

[mrsbuttinski]

Rough week here. Very little self care happening until today- I get to head into the city for a hair appointment. Yay! And I bought a dress for NYE- we go out with friends every year and I am generally the one who just grabbed something in my closet rather than show up in a new fancy frock.

I got a couple long walks in. I'm walking faster; covering a walk that used to take an hour in about 45-50 minutes. I've added more hills and distance to my walks. Unfortunately, DH hurt his foot and isn't joining me which makes it boring sometimes, but peaceful others. Diet isn't as good as it could be, but I've not gone off the rails.

I've had 4 doctors' appointments for other people in the last week- PET scan for dad, med check for DS (he wanted me to come because I pay when I do), Mohs surgery for mom and a PCP med check for her as well. FML.

[Deleted]

mrsbuttinski, I hope things calm down for you soon with all the doctor appointments.