WEEKLY HEALTHY LIVING CHECK-IN NOVEMBER 30TH, 2019

**This past week went well.. started off feeling much better than the previous week had ended... I took a break from teaching classes this week... I mostly got the house ready and finished with holiday decorating and getting ready for Thanksgiving. Got some chores done, like cleaning out my closets (which is still a work in progress) but it helps with the "Mental" clutter as well when I get those little tasks done around the house. I will continue to work on these little things throughout the month leading up to Christmas so that I can start the New Year refreshed overall~

**I mainly "walked" this week for activity more-so than anything else since I didn't really attend or teach any classes... The weather has been pretty mild, and I will take advantage of that for sure until it gets too much colder~

**We celebrated Thanksgiving at my moms house as we do each year since she's a wonderful cook and it was all very wonderful and we had a great time with each other.~ Its so rare that we get moments like that "all together at once". So it was nice just to spend time together the whole day....These past two days I have surely gotten "off track" with my food choices, and surely have not done my best at all. I "own" those choices. And its ok. I spent the Thanksgiving holiday doing what I loved and that was being with family and truly enjoying myself. NO regrets..

**FRIDAY, I did a little "Black Friday" shopping and Surely went a little "Over-board". I spent the night online shopping and the day out and about. And have started the holiday-shopping lists for my family.~ ..... SATURDAY, I will mostly likely relax and not do much else as I prepare for the next week ahead in getting "Back ON Track" with everything!~

ENJOY THE WEEKEND~

@PoliteOcean

*Hey there everyone~ How have you been doing this past week? I have been doing pretty well :)

**This is our LAST check-in for the Month of November!... What are you looking forward to in the New month ahead?! spending holidays with friends

**For those that celebrated THANKSGIVING, how did your Day go?!.. What did you do this day? Who did you celebrate with? What did you eat? What was your "FAVORITE" part about this day? What was your "Least" favorite?

I hung out with friends and ate lots of turkey. I missed my family but got to watch a fun movie after dinner.

**How many of you were able to "Stay on Track" through the Thanksgiving Holiday? How do you feel you did overall? What was the "Healthiest" dish you had? I totally didn't stay on track at all.

**How many of you took part in BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING?! What did you do? What did you buy? Where did you go? Nope.

**What have been your "Highlights" Or "Struggles" over this past week? Highlights was spending time with friends. Stuggles were hearing my family disapprove of my new boyfriend.

**What are your weekend Plans? work and rest

Feeling extremely lonely and depressed. Had my 57th birthday and no celebration and Thanksgiving came and went with no celebration. I have not really had a good birthday or Thanksgiving or Christmas since I was 39 and my mother was still alive.

@PoliteOcean This past week has been kind of a blur. I have a new housemate Stuart and he is cramping my style. I'm no longer studying poetry because of his interference. The only thing I can say is I am very much going to enjoy my new place which I am moving into on Jan 1st. I'm going to have my own room and my old furniture back. I had a massage on Wednesday. Friday I went out for a sandwich but wound up going to a chain restaurant again because all the good hamburger places were closed for the holiday. I sent my sister Kathryn a large amount of information about my medical condition but in spite of the documentation, believes that it's all in my head. I come from a toxic family. My dad's girlfriend fed me pickles and breadsticks for dinner when I was in high school. I signed up for a dating app but they want $40 for one month, or $160 for a year up front. Love costs money. I have an appointment with my primary care physician on Monday, which would only be the third time this year. I should be seeing him 6-8 times per year.

@PoliteOcean

**Hey there everyone~ How have you been doing this past week? This past week has been rough I am dealing with some drama and bullying for a girl from HighSchool. Not fun and still hurtful but I hope it ends soon!

**This is our LAST check-in for the Month of November!... What are you looking forward to in the New month ahead?! Looking forward to Christmas and New Years

**For those that celebrated THANKSGIVING, how did your Day go?!.. What did you do this day? Who did you celebrate with? What did you eat? What was your "FAVORITE" part about this day? What was your "Least" favorite? I celebrated it with Amelia and my new friend Kali. We seem to get along pretty well!! Then Zulaykah (Zula), Emly and Hayley came over after we were done eating so that was fun!

**How many of you were able to "Stay on Track" through the Thanksgiving Holiday? How do you feel you did overall? What was the "Healthiest" dish you had? We had some veggies without the cheese sauce, which was different! Other than that we made a ton of comfort food and I made some traditional Mexican Food and it was so good!!! Oh and turkey and potatoes as well.

**How many of you took part in BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING?! What did you do? What did you buy? Where did you go? I bought a new pair of boots and some clothes from IDYLLWIND, which is Miranda Lamberts Clothing Line

**What have been your "Highlights" Or "Struggles" over this past week? My lipodemia is acting up again and its worse than ever! I am back at 220lbs now!! So i guess its time to start working out more again to calm it down.

@PoliteOcean

**I'm doing okay this week; frustrated at times and feeling optimistic at times.

**For december I'm looking forward to celebrating my close friends by sending them gifts that I think they'll really enjoy and use. I'm also looking forward to picking up a few more hours of work and getting closer to paying off my credit card debt.

**Thanksgiving was better than I anticipated. Had some good conversations at the lunch where I didn't know many people. For dinner I was with primary family which went fine; we played an old game we used to play years ago.

**I actually did pretty well on thanksgiving. I barely got off of my food plan which I was planning on having a free for all day but surprisingly I didn't really feel like eating the things that are considered "bad" on my migraine diet. I had a glass of wine and some pie as special items for the day.

**I didn't do black friday but did order some outdoor gear while REI was having a sale last week. Trying really hard to reduce my consumerism tendencies.

**Highlights were having a surprisingly nice thanksgiving lunch (I wasn't nearly as socially awkward as usual), Struggles have been feeling myself sliding back into my "spirals". Feeling lots of "I don't belong" and "I'm not good enough".

**Over the weekend I cleaned at the yoga studio, shopped for gifts, and relaxed. I caught up with an old friend and her family; it felt really good to spend time with them.

Supportivetime74

I am new to this thread. I am a Lisener on 7 cups. I am a Newbie.

I just set a goal to start exercising again. to become healthy and get my energy back again. I am really going to stick to this goal. I will check in with this goal.