Better week than last week, overall. But I'm getting lazier and lazier with the updates. Maybe that's good? Since one of the things I've been trying to do is more fun stuff with my family. Anyway:
Eating- good this week. I really feel like I'm getting a handle on things. And I even feel like I might be slimming down a bit, even though that wasn't a goal I made. I'm not weighing so I don't know but my clothes fit better and I've got a few places that tend to feel lumpy when I put on weight that have smoothed out considerably. Trying to be chill about it since getting OMG EXCITED I'M REALLY GOING TO DO IT THIS TIME has always been my downfall. Something kicks in and I go whole hog into some crazy plan and end up losing my momentum. Usually because I've cut my intake too far and I end up rebounding with binges and self-hatred. I was concerned at first that tracking my diet would ignite that but so far it hasn't been a problem. One difference is that I'm tracking to make sure I get enough calories and protein, and the maximum is a much more reasonable limit than it used to be when I would go on diets and try to eat only 1200 calories or whatever. That seems to help a lot. (One thing that also helped was reading about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, which took place near the end of WWII, where they starved these guys and then tried different ways of rehabilitating them so the post-war relief efforts would be more successful. Their "semi-starvation" diets were an average of 1600 calories a day.) Anyway, enough words. I'm calling this 7/7.
Moving- I'm going to have to modify this. The 7-minute bodyweight routine is great but I'm just not able to do it every day. I'm going to try for twice a week. I only did it once this past week, but I walked every day, so let's say 6/7.
Sleeping- good but not great. Stayed up too late a couple nights. 5/7.
Loving- this was a great week. I figured something out that had been bugging me about my son. He's been dropping levels at school more often this year than last, even though he loves his teacher and seems to be doing really well. It's been getting worse after the holiday break, though, and this week I was brainstorming about it and it finally hit me. Pretty much his whole team turned over this school year- he got a new teacher, like every year, but also his EC teacher moved, the two elementary aides who float between classes and whom he ADORED and adored him both got better-paying jobs, he got a new SLP and a new OT. That's a shit ton of change for a kid on the spectrum. But also, since everyone is new to him this year, some stuff that his team had been doing to help him fell through the cracks. Stuff that they just did, that wasn't recorded in his IEP, like taking him out for informal breaks, to run an errand with the aide or just to run a lap in the gym here and there. So I wrote to his teacher and the new EC teacher to ask that those breaks be reinstated and written into his IEP, and they started giving him the breaks the very next day. We're meeting next week to write them into his IEP. I was on a roll so I wrote to the principal to say how happy I was with his services, and that as great as it is for him to have his needs met, all the kids could benefit from more activity in the school day. I think they should add "Instant Recess" to the curriculum and maybe even modify the desks for standing. He wrote back that he was going to bring it up at the next board meeting. Probably a brush-off but I plan to beat the drum some more later. There's no reason we should train our kids to be so sedentary so early. It sure hasn't done me any favors. That's quite a digression but I'm leaving it since it is sort of on-topic with fitness anyway.
Also my niece and nephew (who lost their mom last June) came to visit and that was awesome. My niece got her license and had her heart set on driving with her brother to see us the first weekend she had it, so she did. They got here safely and we had a great visit. We all went to see my mom on Saturday. I got to spend quality time with 3 of my 4 siblings, my parents, and my grandmother. A good week marriage-wise, though we didn't get a date we did go to bed at the same time most nights which meant good connections and both our love languages spoken often. Had some good heart-to-hearts with the girl. She's putting the brakes on a friendship that stresses her out. A boy likes her and she thinks she might like him, too. Apparently she'll find out on Friday whether he bought her a Valentine cupcake and that'll be that. It all seems goofy and fun, which is GREAT because her last "romance" was pretty heavy- the boy was depressed and leaned on her too much. This time seems more age-appropriate and childlike. High school has been good for her so far.
So, long story short, 7/7.