Short Day, Short Post

I had short working day today which is probably just as well as I am not feeling the best from this cold...... I slept quite well and could breathe last night but today I feel as though it is moving to my chest. Not going to go to the gym tonight to do Body Balance... just going to lie low and do the minimal I can. This is hard as there are so many things I want to do but I guess I should try and rest a little...
The dogs have been walked and I have been into town to do the errands I needed to do so I guess it will be Ok to have a nap right now....also I went to the chemist and armed myself with some medicines. I don't particularly like going to the chemist.. it's always so busy in there and today I had to wait for ages to buy some original formula Codral... you have to give your driver's licence for them to see... anyway, I've got plenty of cough mixture and also some nasal spray which I can start using to ward off hayfever.....that'll be the next thing!!!!

Blah!!

Got the "blahs" today... feeling so exhausted from constant coughing and no energy! My chest just feels really weird..I was talking to a man this morning who comes in every day for his paper about asthma and he said it's possible that what I described to him is due to asthma.. if it is then I am experiencing it more and more... even though I have been told I have asthma for a number of years now I have not really suffered from this much before.. a funny feeling of a "bubble" in my throat..hard to describe exactly but it is very unpleasant.. I notice it comes immediately before coughing but there is not feeling of wanting to cough as such.... it causes me to have just a millisecond of panic as it feels very odd, not a good feeling... but then I seem to cough and it goes away.... happens over and over...worse at night it seems when I lie down to sleep... of course then I get a bit stressed and so I am not sleeping very well....

I went for a walk with the dogs just now. It's a very overcast and cool day... nevertheless it always feels good to walk. Found 4 golfballs today!! I give them to my friend Rodney. Sometimes I don't find any for days on end... I usually only find one or two at a time... but today, 4!!!

Very Tired!

I am just making this post short... been very busy the last couple of days. Have had the little grandies with us but also still not feeling 100% and hence, no posts!! Have been in agony from the "injury" I did to myself, coughing while leaning forward in the car.. really not very funny... I have been almost a cripple from it... took the girls to the pool yesterday and although I was wondering how I would manage it, moving about in the water actually seemed to help!! I'm a bit better today but suffering with extreme fatigue and tiredness... and so that's all for today... I' m hoping with the start of a new week tomorrow that I will feel better on awaking in the morning....

Gone Down Hill

Guh! I am REALLY sick today.. I thought yesterday maybe I was improving a bit but last night was even worse than the night before. I was glad I had made a doctor's appointment for this morning. I thought last night I was going to rupture my aorta or something! Anyhoo, I'm all intact and armed with the appropriate medicine for pneumonia, yup, that's what the chemist kept talking about when I said I had a chest infection. He came out to speak with me about the prescriptions I had filled and how I must make sure to get the repeat and take them ALL... with pneumonia. I guess a "nasty chest infection" can mean that or at least be the last stop before that develops...the doc said my right lung was full of muck.. I've had pneumonia before, twice and pleurisy once as well, I can't remember what it feels like.. was too long ago.
Soooo, can't write much today, I don't feel up to it. I'm on track with my menu though! Cooked the fettucine carbonara today with the bacon and mushrooms and threw in a handful of spinach leaves for some greens. Yes, I went shopping today! Well, it's a week tomorrow that I went shopping last but I plan to shop Thursdays, that's a better day for me and since I had to go in today to go the doctor I thought it may as well be today. But I do plan to make Thursdays my weekly shopping day. Other than today I had a no-spend, no-drive week!!
Spent quite a lot at shopping - $217. That's about my average. But I got my 7 loaves of bread, 7 tins of dogfood and all the things on my can't -do- without list. This means I should not have to go to the shops again till next Thursday whereas usually I'd be back there Sat, Mon, maybe even Wed again to replenish... I got a pair of pyjamas in there as well. $12.99. I only have one pair and I think with all this illness I could use a second pair.
I drank the rest of the garlic soup for my lunch today and ate the remaining fried rice. For breakfast I bought a healthy juice from the juice bar in town. Haven't felt very hungry today which is unusual for me. Which means I MUST use up the avocado I found today in the fridge for a sandwich tomorrow before it goes bad. I had planned to eat that for afternoon tea today but I just didn't feel like it. Wasn't up to taking my dogs out today either :(
Hope tomorrow's a better day healthwise!

I am Boring Myself!

I am not very good at this blogging business! My posts seem boring to me!! Oh well, I will persevere and see what transpires....yesterday I missed posting as 1) I delayed posting in the morning hoping inspiration would strike later in the day but 2) I then developed a massive stomach ache later on in the afternoon and didn't feel up to doing much!!! I did go to the gym as I was already dressed to go but when I came back, I really couldn't do much else!!!
Feeling a bit disheartened that I am not feeling healthier after ceasing to drink the copious amounts of alcohol I usually assault my body with. I'm hoping that I'm suffering from some sort of physical withdrawals which will end eventually... soon! In the meantime I am continuing to try and do the other healthy habits I started;

drink more water

eat smaller portions

choose healthier items

eat less animal products

I give myself currently a score of 7/10 for these. Yesterday I was a bit naughty and had a cheese sausage in pastry thing at work and a small choc milk and then in the afternoon I felt lazy and ate a cold rissole with a cup of tea. My stomach ache ensued very shortly after this but I can't imagine that the rissole caused it and I felt Ok up till then so it can't have been the pastry thing....for dinner last night I made a very quick stirfry with some steak some friends left here when they came for a BBQ on the weekend. Cutting it up into strips made it go far enough for Paul to have a tasty stirfry and rice lunch for work today and also made it so we ate very little meat each for that meal and a lot more veg. Plus I was doubled over in cramps so I wasn;t capable of cooking much else!!!

I still seem to have a touch of tummy ache this morning so I'm going to be gentle with my body today. Last night I don't know how I made it through the Pump class with the pains I was having but I did, even used mostly the same weights as usual... but today I think I will do some walking and that's about it. I MAY go to Body Balance tonight if Paul goes but that will depend on whether there's any surf or not...if there's surf he will do that...

I will eat only simple light food today.. easily digested things... hopefully I will feel better as the day proceeds...

Fully sick!

I am having a crappy time with this cold...it's developed further now and gone into my chest which is always not very good for me as that usually heralds the beginning of a long season of consecutive chest infections..... runs me down no end. I'm a bit disheartened with this first bout as I've really been very good with the new health habits I put into place.. had a bit too much red wine on Saturday night but have drunk next to nothing the rest of the time and especially hardly any beer. Instead of the 2o beers I would have had this last week I have had 2 light beers, that's it! Then just the red wine on Sat night and a couple of red wines at other times. But all up I reckon I drank about a quarter of the amount I usually consume...been eating well, even fruit..... and STILL got sick. Oh well, there's nothing to be done about it but to be patient...here I am today propped up on the sofa(soo glad we got this comfy new one earlier this year... it makes all the difference as a sick bed!!). I've got a laptop, some reading material, a cup of hot ginger tea and a "My Little Pony" quilt to keep me all warm and cosy. I had tried to go back to bed and have a sleep this morning ( thank goodness for days off) but lying down makes me cough too much).
On Sunday, most of my close family came here for lunch( only one missing was Casey but he visits me a lot other times) mainly so my Mum could see her great-grandaughters. I cooked three different roasts [ :( ]...... sorry lamby, beefer and turkey.......... and all kinds of vegetables to accompany them. I would have had a better time if I didn't feel so ill, but it all went OK.
One thing is I never lose my appetite generally when I'm sick. I feel pretty hungry right now in fact... might have to go and heat up some yummy leftovers to eat!!

The time has come!

Wah! this is only a new blog and already I've had a long absence from posting..... been a bit sick the last few days and also I was looking after my grandchildren. can't do much when they're around!!! I had another bout of bad tummy and also can't get rid of this sore throat I've been having on and off for a couple of weeks.... I've had a few early nights though.. i find sleeping very good for me when I'm below par...
I am going to try to improve my health. I realistically cannot expect to be well when I have such terrible health habits. I drink way too much and especially with beer, too much in one go... plus I overeat and probably give my digestive system such a hard time with the big meals I eat and also the kinds of foods I like which was already mentioned at the commencement of this blog.... oily.....
Yesterday I didn't have ONE drink which is quite unusual for me, but also was quite easy as I felt really sick. I have decided to just go cold turkey with the beer and just not drink ANY for a while.. see if there's any improvement.... I might have a glass or two of red wine when the occasion presents itself... but that's all, just 1-2. This is really going to test my will power. I really love beer.
As well, I ate better... smaller meals and today instead of my usual Chiko roll or similar I had a sandwich. I had one for breakfast.. a toasted tomato and mushroom one and for lunch I had another one with cheese, avocado, tomato and onion.
I don't know if I'm imagining it but I think my tummy likes me better already!

My mum's birthday!

Well, the end of the month today.. the year is zipping by fast! will be Xmas again before we know it! Today is my mum's birthday. I'm going with my son who's home on uni break and his friend, to take my mum to lunch and her friend Roy will also join us. Don't know where we're going yet.. Mum's choice since it's her special day!
Wherever we go I'll have to remember not to order anything that will interfere with my Rotary bowel scan test that Paul and I are starting tomorrow.. for understandable reasons you can't eat any red meat or rare meat two days prior to collecting yr samples ( hee hee) but for more unclear reasons you can't eat broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, horseradish and various other things... have you ever done this test? It's pretty cool being able to have access to all this stuff in this good country... for $8 you collect samples from three consecutive bowel movements and send them off to the lab and they tell you whether or not any occult blood is present.... pretty basic and far from exhaustive testing but nevertheless some sort of proof that at least you are not bleeding profusely in places you shouldn't be!!! Anyway at the risk of giving too much information.. Paul can more or less finish his collecting in one day, but I will take at least a couple to complete mine!!!! ehehehehehheeh!
Bit of a cloudy and cool change in the weather from yesterday. I took off early to walk the dogs and saw my little pigeon friend again. Was hoping to feel up to a short run today but I hurt from head to toe after Pump on Monday night. After not going for over two weeks I used the same weights I usually choose, probably not advisable but I'm a glutton for punishment and consequently every single muscle in my body is pinging! I couldn't even raise my arm high to give someone a wave at the golf course!! Maybe this evening....have a good day everyone and be nice to your mother!!!