Thursday, February 24, 2011
Blah day
My jeans feel very snug today and my bangs look stupid. Plus, I am having problems with my teeth. Why me?!?!?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Trying to Stay Healthy
I try pretty hard to do everything in my power to be as healthy as possible, but because of my Crohns I take autoimmune suppressing drugs, which basically means I get every cold, virus and flu that I encounter pretty much guarantied. Right now I not only have a cold (ether the same one for weeks, or else I keep getting re-infected), and the dreaded pink eye, which my husband lovingly refers to as "stink eye" (horrible, but almost all gone thank goodness). I have been working from home all week, but have finally ventured back into the office today. I am hoping that my glasses distract from my still slightly red eye ball and that none of my coworkers are too grossed out by me. Just call me the human Petri dish!
My plan for the day is to work hard, eat healthy, and just try to be the best me possible. I have my Zumba class today, so hopefully I get off my lazy bum and actually go. I haven’t gone in two and a half weeks because I have been so sick and it is always hard to get back into exercising when my routine has been interupted. It is going to kick my butt the first time back but I gotta start some time so it might as well be today. I have two new sports bras so at least that will make me a bit more excited to go. My old sports bra was way too small, and a real pain to get on. In the trash it can go!
I eat pretty healthy most of the time and for the past couple of months, I have been bringing healthy snacks to work so that I can make good choices rather than having to go to the snack machine like I used to. Snacks that I brought to work today include: pumpkin seeds, carrot sticks, plain low fat yogurt with frozen blueberries to mix in it, and a cranberry Kind Bar from Trader Joes (so so good!). This is a pretty typical snack list for me lately. Sometimes I mix it up with grapes or fresh blueberries. Looking at that list, I feel pretty proud of myself actually. It is also kind of cool to think that this time last year I wouldn’t have been able to eat any of that stuff without feeling pretty terrible. I was pretty much down to broth, and even that hurt me. Remission wasn’t even a thought back then. I just wanted to be able to stay out of the hospital!
Besides eating healthy and trying to get a moderate (very moderate) amount of exercise, I also take a ton of different vitamins now including Vitamin D, Iron, fish oil, and a bunch that are supposed to be good for your skin. Before I went into remission, I had such a hard time eating that I wasn’t getting enough nutrients so the vitamins were vital. I also try to drink a ton of water at work, since I tend to forget when I am at home.
Anyway, even though I am not feeling my best today, at least my Crohns is in check and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I am doing everything within my power to be good to my body. I have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to feel good about.
My plan for the day is to work hard, eat healthy, and just try to be the best me possible. I have my Zumba class today, so hopefully I get off my lazy bum and actually go. I haven’t gone in two and a half weeks because I have been so sick and it is always hard to get back into exercising when my routine has been interupted. It is going to kick my butt the first time back but I gotta start some time so it might as well be today. I have two new sports bras so at least that will make me a bit more excited to go. My old sports bra was way too small, and a real pain to get on. In the trash it can go!
I eat pretty healthy most of the time and for the past couple of months, I have been bringing healthy snacks to work so that I can make good choices rather than having to go to the snack machine like I used to. Snacks that I brought to work today include: pumpkin seeds, carrot sticks, plain low fat yogurt with frozen blueberries to mix in it, and a cranberry Kind Bar from Trader Joes (so so good!). This is a pretty typical snack list for me lately. Sometimes I mix it up with grapes or fresh blueberries. Looking at that list, I feel pretty proud of myself actually. It is also kind of cool to think that this time last year I wouldn’t have been able to eat any of that stuff without feeling pretty terrible. I was pretty much down to broth, and even that hurt me. Remission wasn’t even a thought back then. I just wanted to be able to stay out of the hospital!
Besides eating healthy and trying to get a moderate (very moderate) amount of exercise, I also take a ton of different vitamins now including Vitamin D, Iron, fish oil, and a bunch that are supposed to be good for your skin. Before I went into remission, I had such a hard time eating that I wasn’t getting enough nutrients so the vitamins were vital. I also try to drink a ton of water at work, since I tend to forget when I am at home.
Anyway, even though I am not feeling my best today, at least my Crohns is in check and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I am doing everything within my power to be good to my body. I have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to feel good about.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Shopping Trip on a Cold, Wintery Day in the Desert…
It was negative three degrees out this morning and I am not happy about being at work (or anywhere other than my warm bed really). The coolant in my car froze last night, so after we gave up on trying to make it in to work in that vehicle, we drove in to work in the truck two hours later than we had expected. Besides that debacle, I spilled coffee on the sleeve of my white cardigan and I am also not feeling great today. I am feeling a bit grumpy right now.
The shining light at the end of the tunnel is that I am going shopping with my sister after work. Since I have become accustomed to ordering everything on-line, I rarely actually go out to shop and I am really looking forward to it. I do not need anything clothes wise, but I wouldn’t mind finding a pretty new top to wear to my friend’s birthday party this weekend. Other things that I would like to get are some new perfume and a sports bra (since I am trying to get myself to the gym a few times a week these days).
Besides whatever I impulse buy today, what I am really looking forward to getting is a new pair of glasses (or two). I am hoping that I have time for an eye exam next week so that I can start looking for some cool frames. I am interested in getting a pair of cat-eye style glasses if I can find them, as well as a pair of bold rectangular frames for every day. The nice thing about that is that I got eye insurance this year so I think at least one pair should be covered by that.
Happy hunting!
The shining light at the end of the tunnel is that I am going shopping with my sister after work. Since I have become accustomed to ordering everything on-line, I rarely actually go out to shop and I am really looking forward to it. I do not need anything clothes wise, but I wouldn’t mind finding a pretty new top to wear to my friend’s birthday party this weekend. Other things that I would like to get are some new perfume and a sports bra (since I am trying to get myself to the gym a few times a week these days).
Besides whatever I impulse buy today, what I am really looking forward to getting is a new pair of glasses (or two). I am hoping that I have time for an eye exam next week so that I can start looking for some cool frames. I am interested in getting a pair of cat-eye style glasses if I can find them, as well as a pair of bold rectangular frames for every day. The nice thing about that is that I got eye insurance this year so I think at least one pair should be covered by that.
Happy hunting!
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