Not much to talk about again today. Work was work.
I’m still dealing with the monthly! Getting very, very bored of it now!
I am in quite a bit of discomfort at times during the day, I worry because these particular pains are similar to, but not as bad as some severe pains I had a couple of years ago. That time in my life was an extremely low point for me, and I don’t want to be there again. I’m hoping it will disappear with the end of my period.
Had a lovely catch up with my mum and sister on video call last night. Mum’s looking and sounding so much better!
My poor sister looks knackered (still beautiful!) She’s an IT manager in the school system, so right now she’s got a lot on with trying to keep the teachers going from home. And with two littleuns… well!
Confession time!
There is a reason for two… and it has nothing to do with sharing 😆
Paul and I looked at each other when we passed the hot cross buns at the shops, we both knew we had failed in our resolve at that point!
And then we discovered the healthier option!
Now we didn’t want to risk buying healthier buns and not liking them… so we bought both 😆
So this evening we had one of each to compare! It was a great experiment!
Conclusion: the smaller less healthier option was slightly sweeter. However… the bigger, healthier option was absolutely fine! If we find ourselves wordlessly dumping a pack in the trolley again, it will be the healthier ones!
Right, on to the info!
Sleep – Great! Not as much sleep as I would like, but with only one loo stop, more solid sleep!
Fluid – 3 cups of tea, 1 glass of water, 200ml of milk later this evening.
Food – 40g natural nuts, 90g dried fruit, tuna (in water) mayo (lighter than light) jacket spud for lunch. I added some sweet chilli to it as well.
For dinner Paul cooked a chilli. I don’t think he was very impressed with it, it was on the soggy side, but it tasted lovely! It felt like a healthy, hearty meal!
Exercise – I am pleased that today I have actually done some exercise. It was not a great walk in terms of speed or distance, but it was exercise nonetheless.
There we are, that’s my day. A couple of great positives – water, exercise and sleep
Nothing has happened today, work was slow, very slow, Very very Slow!
But I sit there, waiting for something to happen!
We have not been forgotten at work, we are on either reduced wage or furlough. Peter and I are on reduced wage and Liz has been furloughed. Liz is absolutely gutted, as such I have offered to swap, we’ll know next week if this can happen.
Got a couple of things planned if Liz and I swap, want to try and do some writing, it’s been years since I’ve written any stories. I want to make a couple of bits with marbling oils to hang on walls. I want to do some free nutrition courses, help me understand more the what and why of things. Get into an excellent exercise routine!
I am looking forward to a video call with mum and sis in a little while, we’ll have a cuppa and chin wag together.
So, enough of the day, here’s the details…
Sleep – good! I only got up once last night… heaven! I woke earlier than my alarm, but was so relaxed and content, I decided not to get up and enjoyed the sheer perfectness of the moment!
Fluid – 3 teas, 3 pepsi max, and a chai latte later.
Exercise – move on!
Food – 90g dried fruit, 40g nuts, cheese and salami seedy sarnie for lunch.
Dinner tonight was liver.
Dinner last night was slow cooker curry, rice and bread.
Hey All, hope these times aren’t weighing too heavily on you.
I keep having mood swings, nothing bad, nothing to worry about, just enough to make me not bother with stuff. Unfortunately this blog being one of them. So what I’ve decided is this, I’m not going to put you good people through my mood swings, we all have enough to deal with as it is, instead, I shall write ‘catch-up’ posts when the mood is lighter. Today is a lighter day 🙂
My mum’s birthday has been and gone, and we surprised mum by calling her on the family wassap, so then everyone was there, on the screen, singing happy birthday to her! She loved it! And on from that, my mum, sister and I have started having a cup of tea together and just catching up. That in itself has done us the world of good. We might not be able to hug, but we can still see each other on our little phone displays 🙂
Mum also really appreciated her token pressies, bringing a few much needed laughs! My sister and I both had similar ideas, Chelle bought mum loo roll and a loaf of bread (along with an iphone set of earplugs).
We got the following for mum…
Face masks, body scrum, nail varnish, posh hand creams (for a bit of self care), puzzle book (for boredom), chocs and small wine (cos it’s her birthday!) shortbread (no explanation needed), and peas pudding (because for some unknown reason mother loves it, despite the fact it’s disgusting! And I could truly say ‘Mum, I saw this and thought of you!’)
Good news, mum seems to have come out the other side of what we all believe was Covid-19. For anyone else also suffering, my mum’s illness followed as such.
Monday 16th pm – Mum had a slight cough
Tuesday 17th am – Mum advised she had a temperature as well (she down played this, should have said fever)
Steadily got better – extreme tiredness
Tuesday 24th am – Mum had a bad night, burning up but unable to stop shivering, massive headache.
Thursday 26th – Temperature started to stay down
Friday 27th – morning temperature fine without paracetamol, still drained but ok.
Continuous improvement.
Was fine on our wassap video calls Sunday and yesterday.
Until Mum had it, I had no idea this thing could come in two bouts, if that is what this is of course!
Our work place has now started furloughing people and reducing hours of the rest. At present us three haven’t heard anything, I don’t think they can furlough us, but they could reduce our pay/hours – we’ll wait to see what happens… of course, they’ve probably forgotten we exist… Not a bad thing 😀
So that represents all my news! interesting eh 😀 😀
Now on to some info.
Exercising:
So I am not exercising at the moment, there is nothing to stop me, I do have a never-ending monthly and associated pains, but if i was to say this was stopping me, I would be lying! It is not that bad!
Last week was good, I got up every day bar Friday and did exercises, and Paul and I did go for a couple of walks, this week… Shambles!
I’m not worrying about this, I know I’ll lose my fitness levels, slight though they are, but I also know I can build it back up. And more importantly, I know I will build it back up.
Sleep:
I’m not monitoring this so much at the moment, however I am taking advantage of working from home and have this week got up later than usual, giving me a chance for more rest. I actually do feel quite good for the extra bit of sleep I’m getting.
Fluids:
Shambles! teas, pepsi max, some milk, some pineapple juice, alcohol (4 glasses over weekend!) NO water! maybe fluids will be my mini target these next few days.
Food:
I’m quite pleased with the food, we’ve managed to keep quite healthy, using 150ml fruit juice a day and tinned fruits to bump up our fruit and veg – i am worried about the sugars, but for this (hopefully) short term period, I feel the nutrients will benefit me more than the harm the additional sugar will do.
I’m trying to save my milk (lactose free) so am substituting my morning milk for more cheese – again, this is not ideal, one: it doesn’t give me much variety in my dairy, two: cheese is fattening! but we are sticking to match box size portions. At least I’m getting my dairy.
We’re sticking to healthier options where we can, so lean meats, lightly dusted fish, oven cooked rather than fried.
And I have managed not to eat loads of crisps, despite them turning up in the cupboard!
So, at least we’re able to get something fairly right under the circumstances 😀
Here’s a snapshot of foods eaten since my last post…
Steak with oven cooked spuds and mushrooms
Salmon with oven cooked spuds, baby corn, mange tout and oven cooked spuds
oven cooked chicken, roast spuds, cauliflower and broccoli
lightly coated fish, oven cooked chips and onion rings
left over spag bol for a lunch
Cheese on toast for a lunch
lunch time jacket spud with cheese and beans and a bit of spread
Remnants of another spag bol used for a jacket potato lunch
So there have been some crisps and biscuits, plus the occassional square of dark choc, so nowhere near perfect, but we are still buying and eating sensibly where we can.
That’s it from me for now, all being well I’ll be able to update you this evening and then from tomorrow evening onwards.
My mum’s feeling worse tonight, high temperature again and feel very drained. Luckily no cough or breathing issues.
As for me… my mouth is beginning to hurt quite a bit, I am going to have to go to boots tomorrow to pick up the things I need.
My period is kind of happening! Certainly lots of cramping and general pains
Mood is quite low.
I feel very tired this evening, despite a great nights sleep… I only remember getting up twice! No pic as my watch was charging overnight.
I’ll call my Amy in a bit as her anxiety is through the roof at the moment.
Katie has been a love, shopping and taking stuff to me and mum.
Paul and I definitely do not have the virus. Yet.
An interesting thing, I didn’t weigh last Saturday and will not this Saturday, it is not essential. So I’ve been weighing every morning on my home scales.
The home scales are a few lb off the scales I normally use. I’ve noticed that I’ve gone up by .2 lb every day. I’m not surprised or disappointed.
Our food at the moment is not perfect, but it’s as good as we can make it under the circumstances. My main focus at this point is making sure we get plenty of fruit and veg.
Exercise is not brilliant either. So my focus here is to make sure I do some cardio every day and strength three times a week.
My thoughts are, this takes pressure off myself when there’s not too much I can do about the situation – corona or period.
So on to the details.
Fluid – about 4 teas, 2 glasses of water, 1 glass Pepsi max.
Food – 40g natural nuts, 90g dried fruits (that’s three portions, probably too much sugar, but lots of nutrients) and 1 cheese portion.
Paul made lunch, pasta, a bit of chorizo, onion, passata and pasta, topped with about a portion of cheese.
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Paul also made dinner, tinned ham and fresh mushroom omelette with potato salad and the remains of salad.
Exercise – cardio programme this morning.
This evening, given lack of virus symptoms and low mood, we decided to go for a walk. We only passed a few people, I’m shocked how 2 couples we passed didn’t bother to move to the other side of the path, didn’t even go single file! Paul and j most certainly did! I’ll be honest people, I made sure I coughed loud and hard as they passed (into my elbow, not at them) so maybe next time they’ll give other people they pass a very wide berth! The other people we passed were not think or arrogant, there were wide berths and friendly smiles… thank God!
The walk itself felt hard going. But it did me the world of good.
I’m working from home as is as many people as possible. Unfortunately, the situation as it is means there is very little work coming in, this means I’m sitting in front of my computers all day with bugger all to do.
I am thankful of course that I at least have a job.
Paul, along with the entire company he works for has now been put on a three month furlough.
My mum advised us all this morning that she has a fever again. Her temperature has come down a little, and she has no trouble with breathing.
My sister knows of 2 others who have had similar timelines, poorly, seemingly well, then poorly again. Obviously 2 cases isn’t a lot to go on, but we are hoping mum will follow this timeline and will be fine in a couple of days.
I’m getting toothache again, I’ve been too frugal with my mouthwash and am using normal toothpaste. I’m going to ask Katie to pop to chemist for me tomorrow.
Katie is now also on furlough. Amy may lose her job as she is a temp and the company she’s currently at has lost some contracts due to the virus.
My period has finally started today, and with it coccyx, back pain and sometimes severe cramping.
Anyway, on to the daily report.
Sleep – not too bad, I did stay up late last night though as I wanted to watch news night.
Food – 40g natural nuts, 90g dried fruit, 1 cheese portion. For lunch we had a veggie sausage sarnie.
For dinner we had gammon, oven roast spuds, sweetcorn and peas. I left most the fat and some potatoes.
For supper we had tinned apricots.
With the tinned fruit, and increase in dried fruit, we have at least had 5 portions of fruit and veg, and with the teas, milk and cheese I’ve managed my three dairy portions.
Fluid – 200ml of milk, 1 Pepsi max, 2 waters, about 5 teas.
Exercise – yes, I did the cardio programme this morning.
Evening all, I hope you are well and safe in these uncertain times.
First and foremost, as ever you wonderful people, I felt very encouraged by your comments, so thank you very, very much WordPress fam!
It is wonderful to know there are people around the world ready to bolster my flagging soul when needed, as well as to cheer me on when I am doing well 🙂
Today starts another 7 days of isolation for myself and Paul, we have both had a bit of a cough, more for Paul it was a dry cough, so this morning we let our friends, family and neighbours know that we are again homebound. My cough is very slight and is now more “moist” for want of a less nasty description. Paul is also now more moist, and has also been sneezing a lot and feels cold. I believe Paul is now suffering with just a cold.
However to be absolutely safe, and not risk giving anyone else anything, we have decided to stay in isolation. And even though our walks rarely put us in contact with anyone else, we have decided even walks are out for now.
It seems quite obvious now that beautiful Snowdon and Wales will be lost to us this year, however I am going to carry on training with a positive thought that September will still see us looking in awe across beautiful countryside.
Ah, just been listening to the PM, at least for the moment then we can go for walks after our isolation next week, I was beginning to think we might be on full lock down!
Right, back to my post…
Had a message from Mum earlier today, she absolutely LOVED the focaccia and the bakewell tart! I’m guessing she didn’t finish it all today 😀
I’m really feeling for my mum at the moment, she’s on her own on Mothers Day, her birthday and maybe more importantly the anniversary of my step dad’s death, and their wedding anniversary. What was once a very joyous time, is now a very very sad time for her. We will all keep in contact with her, lots of telephone calls, and I know my sister will probably pop round.
Now, have I shown any discipline today?
YES!!!! WOOHOO!!!
I have made a great start to the week!
As tempting as it was, I did not stay in bed, I got up and did a cardio programme. Then during my lunch time, I did a strength programme!
So that’s 17 minutes of vigorous activity and 26 minutes of moderate activity to start off my week.
These two programmes are my new favourites! If you’re looking for some relatively easy home workouts, then I would definitely recommend taking a look at these. I’ve also put the link on for the stretchy programme I like.
The first one is a strength training, only 17ish minutes, it’s not hard, I do use weights, a mix of 1k and 2k weights, but again, a couple of water bottles are fine to start off with! I find I’m able to do more then I think I can do, hence the 2k weights mixed in now. I have used Hasfit for a few of my programmes, I do enjoy Coach Kozak’s programmes, and his wife Claudia does a simpler version for us to follow if needed.
The second is new to me this year. This trainer from Body Project is a great motivator, and tells you straight from the start, he doesn’t care how many times you hit the pause button, all he cares about is that you finish with him. This programme is actually quite fun, and you do feel as if you’ve had a good workout. The programme is a series of 30 second exercises, each followed by 30 seconds of marching on the spot, so you don’t feel as though you’re being worked beyond limits.
And here is the stretchy programme I was using last year, and will get back into now. Your heart rate will not raise at all on this, but it does feel good to get some decent stretching in. Don’t be put off by the splits being done on the pic, I can’t do that at all! All we can do is try our best 🙂 I do always feel quite good after doing this.
My plan is to do cardio every morning, then during my lunchtimes, strength on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and stretches on Tuesday and Thursday. Not sure what I’ll do this weekend as long walks are out. I might look into something new, tai chi maybe, that Zumba programme I did just once? who knows, you tube has loads of amazing free programmes!
So, on to the day…
We kept to our healthy food as much as possible. So I started with 60g fruits and 40g nuts and a cheese portion. Obviously we couldn’t do salad, so we had some brown bread with tuna mayo and a bit of cheese for lunch. Tonight we had frozen lightly dusted basa and oven chips along with frozen sprouts.
There were two portions of veggies in those sprouts. I left about half the chips.
We are short on fruit and veggies today by 1 portion. I should have done us a tin of fruit cocktail, but time has well and truly run away from me this evening.
I might have had 3 portions of dairy with the cheeses and milk in my teas.
I have had three cups of water today people! but then I’ve also had 2 glasses of pepsi max.
So there we are, my day, a lot better than any day last week!
I have felt more like my normal self today, more positive, more enthused.
Today has been quite a good day, my lovely daughter spoilt me, a beautiful card with such wonderful words. Some chocs, gorgeous flowers and some jimjams!
The best present of course was that we stayed a good couple of metres apart!
We then popped round to my mum, again the best present I gave to mum was to keep a good couple of metres distance, however she absolutely loved her focaccia loaf and bakewell tart, along with a card from me.
She also loved Amy’s gift of chocs and a garden wall ornament! Then mum shocked Amy by giving her a gift. Mum had been going through lots of photos, and had picked 3, each one with one of the grandchildren and my late step dad. Then mum had the photos printed professionally on photo paper, and framed each one for each of the children.
It was an emotional and beautiful moment.
On returning home I sorted out breakfast for myself and Paul, beans on toast!
Then Paul prepped dinner, slow cooker curry and cleaned the kitchen, down to the floor, while I did housework everywhere else. Great teamwork 😊
Then people, then we went for a walk! I am so pleased we went out! The day was beautiful! And I can finally add exercise back to my post!
We did pass a couple if people, but we all gave each other a wide berth.
We’ve just finished dinner, and it was lovely 😊
A slightly blurry pic
I am disappointed about my lack of exercise, but I am not disheartened. It was a glitch, I have them every now and again. That is absolutely no reason to give up on my goals, no reason to think these last few days are all my journey is 🙂
This last week has been rough, not for any particular reason… yes mum’s probably had the bug, but she’s feeling much better now. I think the combination of hormones (still not come on, wondering if I will) and then knowing I couldn’t mix with work mates, friends and family just dragged me down.
I’ve also felt increasingly annoyed at myself for lack of exercising, which just dragged me down a little bit more!
Today has been a much better day, not for physical health, but for mental health.
Amy and Katie popped in, they kept their distance. It was lovely seeing them both.
My mum in law had her latest check up, so pleased to report she is one year cancer free 🥰
Tomorrow is mother’s day, today is the day I would have gone shopping for something nice. Obviously this can’t be done, so I decided to make a couple of focaccia loaves and a bakewell tart.
I’ll take half of what I’ve made round to mum’s tomorrow, she does love a bakewell, and I’m sure she’ll enjoy the bread.
Luckily I bought her a card a few weeks ago!
I still won’t be able to give mum a hug, and we’ll keep a good couple of meters apart, but at least I can still show her my love and gratitude.
Those burnt looking things are me using up the rest of the pastry for cherry jam tarts. They weren’t too bad, Paul and I just about managed to force them down 😆
Had a letter to call the doc regarding my latest sample. There is something there so he wants me to go in and talk to the other doc who has more experience with women’s issues. So I’ll be getting a urology referral I expect. Wouldn’t it be great if they could help in the constant nightly loo stops!
Food wise we’ve been mostly good, although there are a couple of confessions.
During the day I had my normal foods, evening foods were also healthy.
Spag bol!Liver!
Tonight isn’t going to be good, tonight is going to be cured meats, olives and bread with balsamic vinegar and oil.
There has also been two alcoholic drinks, ameretto with Pepsi max, 3 chocolate squares and some crisps, and not the healthier kind!
I haven’t weighed today due to isolation, so that’ll have to wait until next week now.
So, here I am, feeling annoyed with myself about lack of exercise, pleased with most the food choices, and almost ready to start exercising again!
Trying to lose! 