Testing, testing, 1...2...3...

...4....5...more days until i can get in to get the bloodwork done...then i have a baseline to monitor the changes...
...once they're done, I'll be 100% raw again, & doing the smoothie-salad thing...until then, I'm going to be more raw every day, & pushing myself to move, & gearing up for it again...
...Hannah will be home in 2 & a half more days! I can't wait! I've missed her soooo much, & have been preparing for her return in many ways...& that includes lotsa prayer, for strength & wisdom to deal differently with the things we were struggling with.
I was seeing again today that Shannon was right, i do get overwhelmed by less than others...i know my hormone imbalances (PCOS) are a big contributing factor, but i can't allow that to affect me so much anymore...so I've been getting real specific with myself about what i need to do daily to keep my stress levels down, & handle what i need to handle without giving in to the pressure by giving up by breaking my commitment to myself to stay raw...
...these are the things I'm committing to doing daily...
~ Starting my day with stretching, water, prayer, & time in the Word BEFORE i turn on the computer or phone~ then make a smoothie, & get homeschooling started before anything else!
~ Rising early with Hannah, staying on a morning schedule, getting to bed early enough that I'll have the 8-9 hours sleep a night i need to function properly.
~ Getting sunshine for at least 20 minutes a day, preferrably while moving/walking (the goal is to begin going for daily walks with Hannah, as we discussed in our last phone call.)
~ Using my exercise equipment throughout the day, aiming for one hour's exercise a day, in whatever increments are necessary to meet that goal.
~ NOT letting myself forget to drink water anymore!!!
~ Not sitting more than 1/2 an hour at a time, & getting up on EVERY commercial when I'm watching TV & doing something on my feet until the show starts again, (though I'm always doing something while I watch, & also, I'm cutting back again on my tv time, as well as computer time.)
~ Getting out of the house more, planning things more often, going to church & to things I'm invited to even when i don't feel up to it, going to every homeschooling field trip & event of Hannah's like I used to, not sending her with our friends!
~ Following through on what I've been procrastinating on...posting "before" pics, etc. (I have a list i never seem to complete, but I'll aim for 3 things off the list daily until it's finally done! There's about 100 things on it! Yup, I'm a procrastinator!)

...& now, I'm off to make a smoothie, & get moving some more...I'm feeling very encouraged, hopeful, & determined, though I'm also very tired, stuffed up, & still under pressure to meet deadlines, but as Shannon reminded me yesterday, i have to remember to take it one day, moment, hour, breath at a time~
~It's hard for me to do that, especially with so much on my plate & still so far to go, but i know it's what's needed!
Thanks, Shannon & Valerie, for your ongoing support & encouragement...it really is making a difference, & getting through to me...
...I've never shared in a journey so openly before, & though it leaves me feeling vulnerable, it's really healing, after having done pretty much everything on my own & privately my whole life.
It strengthens my hope that i really will succeed, & finally emerge from my cocoon.