It is Monday, and I’m prepared for a refreshing start out: to keep myself accountable to a re-start, and receiving additional really serious about my (shorter time period) calendar year-end targets. How about you? 🙂 I experienced a good sluggish weekend of article-holiday break relaxation & recovery, and a genuinely good time at my friend’s Thanksgiving get collectively previous Thursday! And now I’m prepared to get critical about the setting up about stuff I described in my final observe.
That’s going to look a minor distinct for me than it has in the past, but also the similar – mainly because now I know “what works” (for me), and have some expertise (and success!) beneath my belt from before that provides me a small ‘comfort & confidence’ about it all. 😉
I obtained my Ideal Keto get on Saturday (that arrived speedy!!) so I’m all stocked up on my staples. I use their unflavored collagen powder and love their Almond Butter Brownie protein bars. 🍫 People maintain me about WAY far better & longer than any other keto bars, so they’re a terrific food replacement.
I’m struggling with my appetite, intestine wellbeing challenges, electrical power – so a lot of matters. Which is partly due to the fact of my affliction, but also my feeling of odor is continue to genuinely messed up, and most days I can’t even want to try to eat meat or just about anything eco-friendly – which is seriously restricting. 😏
I start my day with a collagen coffee, then have a bar all over mid early morning at my desk though I’m functioning, and recently I’ve just been getting a very low carb grilled cheese for supper.
The bars are wonderful as a little something to curb my nausea when that hits, or to have a number of bites on my belly for when I choose my health supplements. I just cannot even always complete a bar, so I could have 50 percent then finish it afterwards if I get a small hungry.
All that to say, as I document my journey back again to the wonderful wellbeing I accomplished before… my meals diaries and updates are likely to seem a little different than they utilised to (for now).
But I do have TONS of minimal carb recipes, daily food diaries & grocery lists in my 12 many years of archives below if you need to have some concepts & inspiration.
I would really like to hear your present-day goals!
Irrespective of whether they’re about health or pounds reduction, or just way of living plans, I would love to hear what YOU most want to do the job on appropriate now. 🙂 I’m actually focused on quick-term aims myself, newborn ways even : modest changes and reliable enhancements.
I have a pleasurable highway trip prepared for the stop of the 12 months, so my major intention is to Feel Good and Take pleasure in IT!! 💯 I haven’t been well ample to travel for additional than 2 many years, so this is Fantastic drive for me – simply because I’m genuinely energized about it. 🤩
Immediately after tons of demo & error, I look to have a fantastic combination of supplements & symptom administration down. I’m getting by at the very least, WAY far better than very last wintertime – which is a large reduction. That was a seriously terrifying time. It’s however hit or miss out on and a nuts roller coaster (with way far more down time than up), but I’m hanging in there with all the grace & tolerance I can muster. 😉
I just uncovered and started having a new dietary supplement last 7 days, as well. It is known as NAC (N-Acetyl L-Cysteine) – encouraged by others in my longcovid assistance team.
I’m cautiously optimistic, but I have been far more alert! I even managed a Entire working day of socializing on Thursday with no thoroughly crashing. 🙃 I could be a minimal Also optimistic, mainly because I have a lunch day with friends planned for this week too – and it’s been quite a lengthy while given that I’ve been in a position to do two major items like that within just a week of every single other! So we’ll see, lol. Would like me luck!
Let’s condition our ambitions!
I want some accountability and determination. 🙂 I actually do NOT want these up coming 4 or 5 weeks to just get away from me, and discover myself having regrets when the New Year sneaks up on me. I strategy to be DANCING when the ball drops – not dropping with it. 😂
I’m by now consuming very low carb. I did enjoy my friend’s holiday meal, furthermore a plate the next working day my daughter brought me from HER friend’s holiday getaway meal, but I’ve been again on observe due to the fact.
My “food goal” is to make my way back to tremendous clean up having like I was executing ahead of I received ill once again in August (that factor that wrecked my scent buds!). The lower carb bread has been a great crutch to get me by, and I can eat a handful of bites of sausage & eggs some times, but I’d definitely like to get again to “single component meat & greens” model foods like I was accomplishing ahead of.
My other aim, and the 1 that is MOST important to me correct now, is working my way again up to limited walks. I utilised to run the back again nation, wander 4 miles in 42 minutes, and climb waterfalls lol… but ideal now I’d give everything to be in a position to stroll to the conclude of the block and back again by myself. So that is my 1st goal!
Yes it’s Hard beginning over.
It’s primarily challenging starting over way further driving than you ended up in advance of. I’ve only been back on my feet for a small above 2 months. Just before that, I could only stroll in the swimming pool (with out slipping, or concern of falling). And even in h2o I experienced to wear braces. So it feels good to be back again on my ft! And without the need of braces & aid even. 🙂 Bodily therapy + patience worked!
Recently I’ve been using the pet dogs out a good deal. I took in excess of canine obligation 🙂 which is a person flight of stairs down and again up, and I’m doing that at the very least 6 moments a day, and far more on times I can – which the girls really like. 🐾☺️🐾 I have a large again lawn that is fenced in so they walk me out and back in, and operate “zoomies” with each other though I sit and rest in among.
I feel like I’m heading to do good with limited walks, but I’m not entirely self-assured in that still. My major problem is the components I just cannot control. Like if I get out even just 50 percent a block absent and a hearth truck goes by or a automobile alarm goes off. Even anything like a leaf blower or just nearly anything truly can send out me into tremors and confusion – and “a superior day” can transform into a neurological nightmare just like that.
I have synesthesia now, which is a extravagant word “all my senses are combined up now” – which can really be quite cool occasionally, just not when I’m making an attempt to DO something lol.
In any case, to begin – I broke out my devoted Gazelle Edge. It is a very low affect training machine the place you can do an effortless stroll, or leverage your have overall body bodyweight to do a superior range of strength developing workout routines. I had my daughter established it back again up for me, and I’m going to come across a superior series to look at on Netflix that motivates me to get on it (!) so I can exercise strolling – and essentially delight in it. 😛
If you have a excellent Netflix advice, enable me know! 😉
Those people are my objectives. They are very straightforward really, extremely simple…
I’d appreciate to hear yours!
I know we’re all at various locations suitable now. You may well have a full distinct set of way of living ambitions or improvements you want to make. I have other people much too, like money plans, temper & drive, enterprise ambitions, and social goals even, just to title a number of. I’d definitely like to get out with friends a lot more now that I can push and wander yet again, so I’m doing the job on that as well. 💕
If you have not set any ambitions but, or assumed substantially about it perhaps, queries I like to inquire myself include: What LIGHTS ME UP? What is a thing I Overlook? What would make my lifetime incredibly brilliant ideal now? What is anything I’d truly appreciate to modify?
Sitting down with issues like that and using them as journal prompts can really inspire some superior suggestions & excellent drive! Which is what inspired me to book my NYE trip, which has me using motion on my aims. Even if they are child ways, to commence!
I’m off to rest – and end my protein bar 😉 but…
Joyful Monday! 🙂
I seem ahead to talking targets, and performing on them collectively!
Ideal,
Lynn Terry
aka @LowCarbTraveler
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