WEEKLY HEALTHY LIVING CHECK-IN 1/06/18~

**This past week has gone Really well (or rather ended on a Really great Note for me).. I got some really Awesome news a few days ago that I've been waiting Two years to hear!!..... My anxiety levels weren't too bad, My husband was home a few days this week so we got to spend extra time together after the holidays which was nice and rang the New Year together in our Pj's watching the Ball Drop on TV, drank some grape wine, and I made some appetizers. All in all it's the "simple" things!...We had a blast..... My son got a NEW Car this week and since he works an HOUR away from home, its a Godsend to know he will be driving in a much safer vehicle!!...

**I had taken some time off from exercising during the holidays and just wanted to give my body and mind a rest during that time. I just wanted that time to be for me and my family. But this past week, I managed to get back to teaching ZUMBA again. I only taught one class though this week due to my Monday class falling on New Years day. Its been FREEZING temps here, so I managed to do one of my home Dvd's as well. Today is our local Bi-Monthly POUND Fitness class, so my intentions are to go get my workout in there.

** With the holidays, my eating hasn't been the greatest, but I have just done my grocery shopping lastnight, and got my good stuff "stocked" and ready to start a Fresh New week and get back on track with my eating plan and plan to continue my workout schedule of 6 days a week... and to continue to increase my water which has been going well.. as well as continuing to get to sleep earlier (which I 've been doing by decreasing by an hour at a time since I'm very much a "night-owl")... ~

**My medical coverage has gone up a tiny bit now that the New Year has started.. so I now realized some of my app'ts will cost more, and a med that I take daily has gone up in price. Needless to say I was not too happy about that part of this week. But... I know it will work out

Hope everyone else's New Year has started off well~

i was so sick (physically) this past week (and still is). i hope it will pass

Hi!! Well, so far, this year, I've been sick with the flu, still have symptoms of it but i have patients to take care of so, masking up and keeping hydrated is what I'm doing oh and resting, lots of resting.

I did install a 30-day fitness challenge on my phone with all the intentions of starting it, unfortunately, bringing in the new year sickly I haven't started but once I get my bootay feeling better and at 100% I will start my 30day challenge.

whootwhoot 2018 Healthy Living

@PoliteOcean

Over the past week, I've been feeling good! Still energetic, motivated, and have initiative. It is a wonderful feeling. It's been two years since I felt this good. That's a long time to put up with feeling blah to bad when I could have felt good. LOL!

I ended up sleeping right through the magical midnight when we moved from 2017 to 2018. That wqas quite unintentional. I guess I was really tired. Later on New Year's Day, I fixed Hoppin' John and had Mom over for lunch. We enjoyed some time together, ate, and then visited a little longer. Lovely day. Nothing fancy, just some nice quality time with my mom.

I don't set goals/rssolutions for the new year. I choose a word of the year. Although I haven't done the "word of the year" retreat yet (it's in mid-January), I'm leaning toward Nurture/Nurturing. My focus on the year wqill be on how to nurture myself...healthy eating, exercise, mindfulness, self-care, etc. After I set my word of the year, then I may set some goals around it; however, we'll wait and see if I really do select Nurture.

@PoliteOcean

HOW has everyone been doing and feeling over this past week? I have been doing alright

How did you celebrate and Bring in the New Year?! I went to a friend's house :)

What Are Your Goals and plans for the New Year Ahead?! oh man...I have a few. Just trying to get healthy in general.

How do you plan to put those goals in place and succeed? Support and love :)

I have had a nice holiday season. There was little exercising and lots of cookies and candy, but hopefully this coming week I can get back on schedule. I have several lunches and dinners in the freezer, and a list of some quick and easy but healthy meals, since I have no time to cook most weeknights. I was at my mom's over New Year's weekend. She, my sister, and I were all in bed long before midnight! On Dec 30, we had a family dinner with both my sisters, my sons, and mom. It was our first Christmas without Dad, so there was sadness along with the fun and happiness.

I went back to work on Jan 3, and then we had 2 snow days on Jan 4-5, so I worked one day this week! It was lovely to be off and I did a little cooking, but a lot of eating (brie, crackers, and wine!) and not much exercising. My stomach has been a little better. I have another week and a half until I see the doctor to get the pathology from the various samples they took.

I'm planning to get my medical issues figured out.

Well I can definitely say that the first week of 2018 has been terrible, except for New Years Day. I did the New Years Day dip for the animal shelter I volunteer for and while I really enjoyed it, it has made me really sick. When I'm better though I'm looking forward to making the most of this year. I really want to help myself as much as I can in 2018 and some of my New Year's resolutions are: taking all of my tablets, drinking at least 5 cups of water per day, and sleeping for at least 8 hours :) I also start college again tomorrow so I hope that goes well.

New Year's Eve was even more low key than usual. We often like to do a fondue, but neither of us really felt like it. So we did a stirfry, something we often do with all the leftover fondue veggies. It was a nice lighter meal between the Christmases in Dec and Jan.

This week I skipped on the workout. Christmas prep felt like it was enough work, so didn't want to overdo things.

I did get my rowing machine. My husband put it together today for me. I tested it out just to see that it feels decent, but I didn't even put runners on. Today is not the day to really use it, I need some recovery time after hosting Christmas Eve yesterday.

I am looking forward to using it this week though! It is defintely no where near as nice as what I use at the gym, but it also was in the low 100s instead of being about $1500. I got a magnetic model, and I think that is what is causing a bit of a 'bumpy' sensation. It is consistent throughout every pull though and reading reviews for a magnetic model this is a good one. I have time to really test it out and see if it's suitable or if I want to return it. I think it will be good though, if I really love it and use it for longer lengths of time than what I know I will be using to start then I would consider selling and upgrading. I think selling would be fairly easy, there are lots of bikes and stuff online, but very few rowing machines - I know I have been keeping an eye out for used ones!

Hi Everyone,

I am new to 7 cups and am looking forward to getting to know people a bit better. I must say that I am very impressed with the support everyone gives and receives on 7 cups. I have come to a conclusion that I want to improve my health for my body and mind! I quit smoking December 12th out of no where and cold turkey! I have been a bit stressed about money and it was stressing me out to pay for them! It is going very good and I dont miss it all that much anymore I have an idea that I would like to do something healthy for myself every month, whether it be kick a bad habit or create a healthy new one. I also downloaded an app on my phone called 8fit that I plan on starting right away! Have a great week everyone.