Healthy Attempt

Lately, I have been trying to keep healthy by doing some little things that I can during the day.

  • Drink water. I’ve actually been doing very well. I’m aware that the “norm” is to drink at least 8 cups of water a day. I have made it a personal goal to drink at least 4 cups and believe me, that’s definitely a step up for me. I’m used to drinking apple juice and such during the day but I know that it doesn’t hydrate my body enough. Thank God that I do not drink soda, I think I’d be doomed if I did.
  • Drink at least one bottle of V8 everyday. I don’t always have the time to eat healthy, as I work most of the day and I usually just grab something really quick for lunch. I figured the V8 would help a bit as a source of vegetable intake. Maybe I will throw in a fruit smoothie everyday also. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
  • Remain stress free. That’s a hard one but I try to balance it out. I have been giving myself steam facials and soaking my feet a couple times a week when I have some “me time”. I find it to be really relaxing. Also, steam facials are good for deep pore cleansing. Everyday I’m looking for new home remedies to better care for myself. It feels great.
  • Get more sleep. I have been doing bad you guys, I can’t even lie. I was on track for a couple of weeks then fell right back into insomnia. I’m sure a lot of you insomniacs know what this is like. Just when you think your sleeping schedule is back on track, something screws it up. Or better yet, you screw it up. I really think that in eating healthier and maintaining a much healthier lifestyle will help me to improve my sleeping habits. I have noticed some slight chances whenever I have done my daily “health” routine.
  • Join a gym. I still haven’t gotten around to this but I do plan on doing so if I can just get myself on a proper sleeping schedule and eating healthier. I don’t want to really burn my body of what it really don’t have so this will wait until my body is getting rejuvenated. I’m a very thin girl as it is but I want to feel how I look and I do think that joining a gym will help with that.

I’ll probably share some of the home remedies that I have been using with you guys. I think it’s important to feel great about yourself everyday, especially when you’re working hard.

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Ugh. Bad Week, already.

This week started off kind of terrible. First and foremost, due to the dramatic change in weather, from hot to cold and back and forth, the kids and I ended up sick. My son has chronic asthma so this definitely was not fun. Last night he’d started to have some bit of trouble breathing which turned into 2 asthma attacks in one night, the last one landed him into the ER. He was so so choked up that he was just puking everywhere and could barely speak. I felt so bad, helpless, exhausted, angry and a plethora of other overwhelming feelings. I laid with him in the hospital bed as they administered his steroids and Albuterol treatment. At first he was doing so badly that they thought they needed to keep him for a couple of days. As it turns out, he did very well and was able to come home this morning. You can bet that I was really sleepy. I came home to chill for a bit before taking a much needed nap and he did also. He’s still choked up from time to time and they sent him home on the steroids with instructions about his Albuterol, which I am all too familiar with. I just hope that he will be alright tomorrow while I’m at work. It would really be a bummer having to sit there and worry all day long.

This is really frustrating. I have been dealing with his asthma for some years now and sometimes he has to be hospitalized. It’s very discouraging, scary and sad for me. Some people don’t realize how bad asthma can be, but it can be really bad and for a small child like my son, it can end in death and that’s what I’m afraid of the most. When we’re going through this, I just pray that he’s going to be alright. It makes me want to cry sometimes. He’s so brave through it all and I guess because he’s so young he doesn’t understand the extent of all of this. Our family has high hopes that he will grow out of it. My uncle had it just as bad as a child and he’s way over it and I’m hoping it’s the same way for my baby. He’s going to be starting school this year. I feel so helpless knowing that he could have an attack at school and something really bad happens. It’s killing me thinking about it.

I hope the rest of my week goes swell. :sad:


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