Monday Recommitment

This Thanksgiving break was a wash. I didn't eat as cleanly as I would have liked, but more cleanly than I expected. I had a ton of fresh food, lot of veggies, and I didn't overindulge in sweets. The scale will tell me on Wednesday how I'm doing. I'm holding out until then.

After making very ambitious plans to do something active every day, lupus decided that it had other plans for me. I've been dealing with chest/heart pain pretty much every day. It's not a heart attack - this is familiar territory, so I can narrow it down to three things. All of which are treated with steroids, pain medication and rest. So I did my part and took some pain medication and rested all weekend long. I mean ALL.WEEKEND.LONG. The hubs and I camped out in the living room and watched movies and TV shows until we fell asleep, having ridiculous conversations and the most exerting thing I did was laugh. A lot.

I know that November-December is a tough period of time for me lupus-wise, and every year I go through this period of transition where my body resists the colder temperatures and acts up. I know that my body is also in "crash" mode after months of running on adrenaline. But I'm not going to let that stop my goals. It may not play out the way I want, but I'm still going to do all I can to progress.

This morning I got up and decided that I need to work out every single day. For all my yoga training, my core strength sucks. Here's a big confession - i SUCK at sit-ups. And pushups. So I convinced my husband to help me out (he boxes), and help me with those things. He's super encouraging and great with helping me with my form. After my pathetic attempts, I took the dog for a 20 minute walk. It feels good to get the blood circulating again, and I'm looking forward to doing some yoga tonight. I'm going to do all I can to take care of myself so I can do a little exercise every day.

Progress is a good thing.


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