GETTING HEALTHY FOR FIFTY
This post could work for this blog, or for my Lymphedema blog. It fits both.
Taking care of me, for once, is not that simple. Even as I sit and write this, I am thinking I need to be doing something else, making sure someone else is doing what they should be doing, and maybe doing dishes... You know what I have the most difficulty with? Balancing working on me and other things in life. 1) Concentrating on my LE, meaning using the pump, using the velcro wraps, getting movement in while in the compression wraps, and of course trying to keep up with new research while wondering why my legs don't look like they're changing, while focusing on getting healthy, trying to eat better, plan the family meals, grocery shop, find ways to exercise, get my water in (while not straying too far from a bathroom), and trying to stay motivated when the scale isn't changing. And 2) making dinner, cleaning, staying after my child to look for a job, having others tell me what I should be doing, paying bills, doing the budget, etc. It's almost impossible to do both of those things. Also a neurotic dog who takes a lot of my time and keeps me up at night. I'm the conductor driving this train, basically. If I don't push, things don't get done. But that all means putting me on the back burner. Putting me second is why last year my legs got worse and not better. I skipped the pump and the wraps almost daily because I had other things to do. How do people do it? How do you manage your healthy lifestyle, and getting in the exercise, while running the household and raising/motivating/directing children? And again, I really need to go enforce my child is doing something he needs to do, so I need to cut this short. Plus, my mind is wandering to being a mom and my other stressors. Shut out the world - right? Wait, that won't work. I mean, for me, sure it would work. But I don't think this household would run without me. (Considering the first question I get asked in the morning, yes, even BEFORE my coffee, is "what's for dinner?") Advice? Suggestions? I'm open to them all...
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Just an author who loves to eat trying to get healthy in a fast food world. There's no quick fix to losing the weight, just like it took time to put it on, it will take time to lose it. Join me on the journey to getting healthy for fifty, and beyond. Learning how to eat what you love, without binging, is the key to happy and healthy. Archives
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