Post Virus Episode and Popcorny Jellyfish

I realized yesterday that I hadn't blogged this week and mostly that is due to me being sick and sitting in an upright position would have been detrimental to my health in the way where I probably would have gotten lightheaded, passed out and then would have suffered from a concussion. My dull, foggy, pressure filled head could not have taken that kind of trauma. I don't know what this was/is but it's awful.

I always find it weird how if more than one person in your household gets sick, everyone seems to get a different part of it. Sese was near death apparently her reaction to how are you feeling was a constant "I feel like butt." for over a week but where she had body aches and a constant headache nothing Advil was helping me and Lo had it differently. For me it was all head, Sinus pressure runny and stuffy nose a nasal cavity nightmare. My ears didn't pop for days and I couldn't even stand up for longer than a few minutes at a time and even then I would be so drained of energy that every single thing even thoughts were an effort. 

Lo on the other hand had pretty much the same symptoms but she was achy all over. and there are still 4 more people at home that could possibly get sick we'll see what happens. 

I'm on day 5 of this now and feel better. Well the rest of me does my sinus's aren't quite on board yet but they'll have to get with the program. I made it in to work and before I left home I told myself that I would take it slow and walk leisurely so I didn't run myself down too quick but apparently my legs didn't get the memo and as much as I tried to slow down...with music in my ears my legs move with the stride they are accustomed to. by the time I got to the station my head was spinning so much I almost thought about going back home.

Of course not though because I was at the station and knew I'd be sitting down in a matter of minutes and then the train was maybe...3 minutes late and it felt like forever but wait!...That's not the best part!!

The course of Escalators and Stairs were next and I hated every single second of it.Every. Single. Second. You know because there's like 8 FLIGHTS of them by the time I get to the office.  

So to reward myself for not dying of exhaustion, I went to get my morning coffee but you know what? Everything still tastes like dirt so that was less than satisfying and I stuck with it because regardless of how it tasted my body and brain were not going to function without the proper dose of caffeine. 

Lunch came and I was so hungry I ordered a Wonton Soup from the Sushi place in my building and when I got it...there were popcorny tempura like things in my soup. I tried to pull the soggy weird little things out and they just refused and slid back in like Jellyfish. Once I made that connection in my brain it was all over and ws really not appetizing at all, so needless to say I went back downstairs and got my usual a Dynamite Roll and a Deep Fried California Roll.

Now as the day goes on and the sun is shining in my window, I'm glad that this happened during the crappy weather part of the week with windstorms, downpours and threats of losing power yet again a possibility and am praying to whoever is listening that the sunshine will knock out the rest of this awful feeling since it will be here for a few days. Soak up the Vitamin D people.

Anyway so much to catch up on.

Have a great week!

See Ya

S

Time To Say Goodbye To Breakfast

Hello Lovelies,

I'm back after a grueling RRSP season.

Yesterday as I stood in my kitchen window watching the dark skies duel for supremacy over the sky with the rays of sunshine trying to break through I tried to think about what this mornings post would be about. I usually don't pre-plan my posts and apparently this one was no different because what I thought I was going to blog about yesterday went out the window after a trip to Walmart.

The trip itself wasn't that exciting but recently Bean and T have been on the workout train of thought. You know spring is near when all the women in the house start thinking about Spring/Summer clothes and how our butts have yo fit back into the lighter wear. The girls have been doing the "Call Me Maybe Challenge" and even talked one of the boys into doing it...once. So with all the talk about getting into shape. Me and Blondunicorn checking out Yoga programs, the girls and their tortuous workouts involving Pilates death poses as I call them, Sese putting on some weight which is good for her because she needs to weight more than 100lbs at 5'2".

Do you ever find that some workout programs you watch are so annoying that you can't do them?

I watched the CMM Challenge and that was the result of that I did find that Fitness Blenders was more for me.

Oh ya, Walmart I went in for dog food and dinner and came out with that, Walking Dead munchies and a scale. A nice digital soon to be pain in my ass scale and yet I was excited because our old one must be wildly inaccurate ( I'm hoping ). Now so many of us women and some men I've come across hate more than one thing about their bodies and my household of women is no different if not even more so because we are all different shapes and sizes. Unfortunately for Choo and Allan it will be chaos.

Between the 5 of us we have our share of common dislikes and then the ones that make us look at each other and go "You're kidding! Have you seen you? There is nothing wrong with whatever you think is wrong with you!"

I've been working out a bit more steadily but there is no rhyme or reason to it. I use my commute to and from work as a workout because I have 6 flights of stairs including escalators that I walk up to get to work, I will dance like crazy while doing the dishes, sweeping or in the shower and just recently do leg lifts while letting the dogs out before I have to brave more stairs to chase Cali back into the house because she doesn't want to come in or wrestle with a puppy that is almost as big as Smokey and trying to use me as a chew toy. Now though, I'm trying to designate a block of time and eat...um...more right?

I have Chrons' Disease and a Dairy allergy that doesn't leave this girl a whole lot of choices but I can seam to handle pretty much anything in moderation. Except the Dairy, I'll go from 0 to itch in 15 mins especially from chocolate. Oh how I miss chocolate you have no idea.

I love food too much to really give anything up completely though. I can give up the amount of it I consume like my McDonald's breakfast wraps. Not the Kale and Feta one because I couldn't eat that if I tried but the sausage, egg and hash brown wrap is amazing.

 Damn...the scale...

So I get it home and it's the early evening, I know I shouldn't weight myself until morning but hell it's new and I want to test it out. Then I almost cried and was horrified because it told me I was 11lbs more than I thought I was! I'm 5'11" and for most of my life I was under weight by at least 30lbs until I got an office job, muffins ended up on my desk constantly and my ass expands anyway, my family and friends tell me the weight is fine and I look healthy well yay... but clothes don't fit right anymore. Enough of that now because my weight is fine, I just need to change how it sits on my frame. I have no problem with the extra...wait are they extra if I'm supposed to be this weight?

No, I won't tell you what that is.

Back to the scale...so I tell myself that it's ok, it's 5pm and it's you know day weight but because I'm a glutton for punishment before I had a shower I strip down and step on the scale again. Well look at that it dropped 8lbs! How I was wearing 8 extra pounds of clothing I have no idea but who cares! Happy Dance! That left me only 2lbs over what my normal weight should be and then...and then I have the bright idea to measure parts of me that haven't been measured since high school.

What a mistake that was too and yet now I have the starting point I need to shape myself the way I want to be shaped. I'm not so concerned with losing weight as I am losing inches and yes I know the 2 go hand in hand but trimming and toning in preparation for the nice weather is all I'm after. Having all of the ladies on board though helps alot in trying to keep the motivation going and come up with a plan to keep us all on track.

So goodbye breakfast wrap for now.

Maybe I can treat myself to you on Saturdays or Mondays because you would make my Monday's better in some small way.

Have a great week!

See Ya
S