A great day

We had a really great day today. It was 79 degrees and we got the kids a swing set. While we put it together, they played in the box it came in...and when we finished it, we couldn't get them off of it until after it got dark.

I'm feeling much much better, not coughing much at all anymore. I'm still weak and having trouble catching my breath, but I'm feeling better.

I didn't get that walk in today, but I figure all the time spent putting the swing set together counted for something. I'm still having to take it easy to breathe well, and I'm hoping I feel even better tomorrow.

really want to get out

I am so tired of laying and sitting around, but I don't have the energy for much else. My ribs are finally not so sore from all the coughing. Jaxon really wanted to go for a walk yesterday, but the bronchitis has been making it hard for me to walk from one room to the other without having to catch my breath...which kinda hurts a little. I'm hoping I'll feel up to a short walk tomorrow. It's supposed to be 72, so it should be warm enough that the air won't hurt to breathe it. I'll have to take it slow, but at least there's a shot I'll be able to do something outside of this house. Now, if I could just kick this stupid headache.

So Sick

I feel like it's been so long since I was able to post anything positive or progressive here. I am so ridiculously sick right now, I hope no one else ever has to feel like this...even people I don't like. I haven't been able to eat much in the last couple days, and as a result I've lost another 2 lbs. So at least something kinda good has come from being the cootie queen. I'm so exhausted, but I'm tired of laying in the bed. I hope you all are sticking with the living healthy rebellion. Stay healthy.

Cootie-rific

Friday was a me day. I did fun things like playing outside with Jaxon. I ate healthy, but the only exercise I got in was in a fun way...my favorite way.

Saturday, however, was a different story. I had plans of yard work and a walk around the block. Saturday was squashed by cruddy little germs. I started the day with a dry cough. I felt fine, but there was that cough every so often. As the day moved forward, so did the germs. I started aching, and as this progressed to a ridiculously uncomfortable degree of ache I  began to get the chills. Yep, I had a fever too. My head was killing me and my ibuprofen was doing me no favors. I chose to counter attack with some acetaminophen, which seemed to do the trick. My lungs...that was a different story. My lungs were hurting and aching so bad. I was using my inhaler every couple of hours to tame the cough and pain.

Sunday, a day of hope for feeling better. I don't feel hardly any ache (still going to take some meds to keep it at bay though), but my lungs still hurt and I am still coughing up the crud. I really wanted to try for a walk around the block, but after yesterdays heavy breathing from something as simple as walking DOWN the stairs, I think that isn't a possibility today. I suppose another day of rest is in order if I'm going to get a workout or walk in tomorrow.

A rare glimpse into myself...

This is me trying to break free of me. 

I have a weakness of perspective. I rarely look at things from outside of myself. This could be very dangerous, actually it has been.. kind of a lot in the past. I also have a lack of time frame. Things and days seem to pass by me as I remain still in my life. The world is circling around outside of me and I remain the same. I want to step out of the stillness and into the energy of the world around me. I want to actually accomplish things and move forward in life, and not be inside myself, still and unproductive. I cannot remain on the same path I have been on for so long. It is killing me a tiny piece at a time. Music is the only thing that seems to wake my soul up and bring me to life, and when it does... swoosh, I swirl to life with a flurry of light and love and creativity. I become the me I love to be. I become the me I need to be, the me I truly am deep down. Why am I so afraid of the world seeing this passionate person inside of me. I've been locked away inside myself my whole life. Children were to be seen, not heard. Sweltered and squashed at every turn. Pushed to conform and fit into the mold of an obedient child. My wild curls are the only clear vision of me. The child screaming to be free. I have to find a way to release me. I want out.

Part of this journey is for me to break out of the patterns that are holding me back. Some of the patterns that I have to break out of to be successful at anything, especially this. This is just one of the stones along the path of my journey. I wrote it this morning... it just came flowing out of me.

a quick catch up

I've been missing posts, sorry. Yesterday I went for a walk around the block. It's been so nice out I've been trying to get out in it as much as possible.

Tuesday I did a lot, but the biggest part of my exercised was a walk around the block and yard work. The walk was fairly fast paced which made me sweat a little. Then, later in the day I raked enough leaves to fill the curb in front of the house. It was good, because I can still feel it a little bit. Today may be another raking day, because I still have to get the back yard done again. We will see, and then I will post about it.

Happy Thursday people!

Valentines day

Happy Valentine's day everyone. We have never really been big fans of this day, so it's no big deal for me. I hope everyone who is into it is having a great day.

I really wanted to get some yard work done today, but it didn't work out. I got a walk in and some kitchen dancing, but mostly my day has not gone as planned. I did manage to get the last two animals to the vet to be fixed today. It's so quiet in the house with my dog gone...just weird. I'll be glad to get her and Jack (my boy kitty, and my dog's best buddy) back tomorrow morning.

I did make a reasonably healthy meal for dinner. Greek chicken and mushrooms, sugar snap peas, and the last of the cous cous. I really really love sugar snap peas. Yum!

So here's to a better day tomorrow.

recurring issues

I guess that muscle I pulled in my back a couple weeks ago wasn't all the way healed, because I woke up with it hurting yesterday. I opted out of the tough workout because of this. I'm always more careful about portions when I skip a workout, I guess that's my way of compensating.

I spent today sucked into working on projects outside, so I didn't get a workout in today either. I did a little light work here and there, so it's not a total loss. Tomorrow is most likely going to be a yard work day, and those are always much tougher workouts than the one I'm used to.

Oh, and I lost another half pound!

Wow!

Who knew that after a week off and being sick for most of that week, that today's workout was my strongest one yet. I'm feeling pretty great right now.

Feeling much better

I am feeling much better today, finally! Yesterday I only got in some leg work, but I'm feeling good today...so when I'm done here, I am going to do my tough workout. It's been too long and I miss it. I often wonder why some days I seem to have energy to spare, and other days I don't seem to have any at all. I need to find the cause of this and then find balance. Just another step on the path I suppose.

Still not back to a good place

I've been queezy off an on all day. My head kind of hurts, and it's getting worse. I'm not sure if the slightly blurry vision is from reading for so long or from the headache, but I'm pretty sure it's from the headache. I didn't get any exercise in today, but I have been very aware of my portion sizes. I need to be very vigilant in that area especially now when the thought of a workout might make me puke. I am trying to take it really easy though and rest when I need to, so I can get to feeling better and get back to the workouts I'm actually starting to miss.

I haven't abandoned the rebellion...

I took the weekend off and still managed to drop another pound, but then I got sick Monday.

I'm saying that the full body "crunches" I was doing (puking) were quite a good workout, because I am still feeling it's effects today. We are swimming in cooties here. Within a 16 hour time frame, all four of us were down with something. Two of us had the fever part, and the other two had the vomit part. My sister is the only one who's managed to survive unscathed. I have been exhausted on and off all day today. I'm hoping I have the energy to get a real workout in tomorrow. Oh, and BONUS, I can actually eat today...so that's good. I've been drinking ridiculous amounts of liquid trying to rehydrate myself, but I'm still thirsty. So here's hoping everyone is feeling better tomorrow!

Killer stress

So, today was pretty much craptastic all the way around. I probably gained 5 lbs of stress fat even though I had a late breakfast and forgot lunch entirely. My 3 yr old is making me crazy. I can't wait until he gets out of his horrible three's. For those of you who have a two yr old or younger and think it's just the terrible twos you have to go through...heh heh heh, I hate to be the one to break it to you that the three's are way worse no matter what sex the child is. Good luck is all I can say. I firmly believe they make babies and small children cute so you don't kill them.

I got a tiny bit of exercise in today, but not enough. I have to get myself out of this horrible every other day pattern I've fallen into this week. It's not enough to make this thing work. I can't wait for warmer weather so I can get some extra exercise in. It's going to be a while though. I hear it's supposed to be 12 degrees next Friday for the high temp of the day, and 0 for the low. This is the south people, what happened to mild winters?

The cold brings me down

I so cannot wait until it is warm enough to be outside without a hat and scarf. I miss my walks around the various blocks here, even the one that is like climbing a very long staircase. I can't very well be taking my three year old out in the cold, especially now that I think he has a cold. I've been working on some meal plans today, and I got my workout in.

I was totally sucked into my book for most of the afternoon though, I just couldn't put it down. That in it's self is kind of funny. Why you ask? I will tell you. Until about 2 years ago, I didn't really like reading. I don't know what changed in me. Maybe it was the second child, maybe it was being in a house on top of a mountain in Alabama with nothing to do...I don't really know. What I do know is that now when the mood strikes me I can zip through a few books in a row before I even realize how sucked in I have been. I've read more books in the last two years than I did the previous 31.

This is what I want to know... Why can't it be this easy to get sucked into living a healthy life? Is it because we've been trained by the media that this stuff is too hard? That it takes unnatural dedication and/or obsession to live like that? Or that you can't have anything yummy anymore if you live like that? All these points are ridiculous. Anyone can do it. All the information you need to be successful is out there for you to use. All you have to do is use it.

a different day

I spent today doing things for me. I needed a day off from the other stuff, so I just relaxed. I watched a movie, played with the boy kid for a bit, read some of my book. Had a fabulous dinner. Steak and portabella fajitas with avocado, tomato and black bean and corn salsa. So delish! I would have more, but I'm not hungry anymore, and that would defeat my purpose. :o)

I've decided that stress is a huge factor in the destruction of me. I think I'm going to work on being more zen and yogi like. I have gained the most weight in my life because of stress. This is as good a time as any to find a way around it and kill the stress before it can do the damage it usually does.

Fun stuff

So, as you can tell, I didn't post yesterday. I didn't really do anything, some laundry...but that's about it.

Today has been rather interesting so far. I got my 30 minute workout in, and it turned out to be my best one yet. It's actually getting easier for me. Yay! After an early lunch and a couple chapters of my book, Jaxon wanted me to play with him.

We settled on a good game of hallway soccer, a favorite sport in this house. We have a foam soccer ball that we use in our long hallway. One player on each end, then just kick the ball back and forth. We don't try to score or anything, it's all about fun. Plus, we are usually playing with a 3 year old. It's a pretty good little cardio game, lots of running, kicking and giggling.

Then we moved on to some basketball...with a small basketball and a laundry basket. That quickly got turned into Jaxonball. A game invented by my 3 yr old. You have to put a Jaxon into the basket. And that brings us to now. A break. It's just after noon, and we fit so much in. I can't wait to see what the rest of the day holds for us.