Female Led Relationships - Harnessing Resilience for Health and Wellness

Today was one of those days that tested my grit and determination. Between the hormonal roller coaster and a perturbed sciatic nerve, I almost let frustration get the better of me. I grappled with my 28-day muscle-building challenge, feeling almost defeated as my body demanded a break. But I stayed the course, pushing through each rep even when my pace wasn't as swift as I would've liked. My resilience was the victor today, proving that our bodies are often stronger than we give them credit for.

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Transcript

0:00:05 - Speaker 1
Welcome back. Well, this is your wellness update and I'm doing this mainly because specifically today which it is actually Tuesday was rough I assume shark week is impending and a little bit hormonal. I really really, really, really really had to fight myself to make myself walk today and I was very disappointed in how fast I walked and then I didn't want to do my workout and I'll revisit that later because there is a part of that that is part of my frustration but I did it. I have done this workout for 20 let me look, let's see what day I'm on. I think so it's a 28 day challenge and I am on day 23. So I have consistently walked at least six days a week and done this exercise consistently for 23 days. Well, and I take Sundays off, especially when I'm at camp, because it's a lot to do massage and then also do a workout and as I'm sitting here right now, my sciatic nerve is fucking pissed, which is another issue. So this morning I bald through the first half of my workout and then got it all out and felt much better. I totally feel like this is just hormones from my period, but I've also been eating shitty because I've been craving sugar. I also attribute that to my raging hormones for my impending blood fest. I don't know how else to reference it. That's kind of gross, but here we are. 

I've also had a sense of frustration because I feel like I haven't lost any weight or nothing has changed, and I felt like I had gone from not doing anything to putting in all this hard work and I just felt like I didn't notice any change. Well, I was like, why am I not losing weight? I've literally lost a pound, if even well, I happen to look at the workout that I was doing today, it's a 28 day muscle building challenge. So now I feel kind of stupid because muscle building muscle weighs more than fat and I'm probably not going to lose weight more. So inches, and did I measure myself before I started? This? Sure did not, do. I feel like my clothes fit any different. Well, they all have elastic waistband, so real hard to tell. A little frustrating. I feel much better knowing that the workout that I was specifically doing, or the workout that I'm finishing up, is a muscle building, and I will say that my body feels stronger. I do feel like I have more core strength. I'm not sure what I did, but my satic nerve is so upset I've been trying to do all the stretching. Sitting here right now is kind of painful, but we showered today, so that's a big win. 

I'm trying very hard to focus on the positives and not quit. I'm trying to. I'm failing. I'm not failing. I feel like I'm sliding backwards in some area of my progress, but I have stayed consistent with the exercise and that gives me hope that I mean I really just want to finish this 28 day challenge and then there's another challenge that I want to start and life has been busy, but I have really made it a priority to take the time to do this for myself. So I feel good about that. I genuinely appreciate that. You those of you listening who have reached out to Offer words of encouragement and support and suggestions. It has been so uplifting. 

I don't know why I just feel so out of sorts today. I mean I do. But you know this is probably the first month since I've kind of, you know, started the different things to feel better, that I have been quite this emotional prior to a period. I don't, I don't necessarily know if maybe it's just human nature, maybe I'm pre-metapausal, I don't, I don't know the things, but today was particularly hard. But sitting here talking to you right now, I feel much better. I feel, you know, I had to cry a little bit, get it out and move on. I'm still frustrated about things in my life, but it's much easier for me to snap out of it now. It seems, you know, before it would ruin my whole day, like I would just sit on the couch and mope and not have the energy to do anything. And I did feel like that this morning. But I still did a mile for a walk and just over a mile. Granted, it wasn't as fast as I would like it to be, but I just couldn't. My body just wasn't having it. That nerve, that sciatic nerve, is just so upset. But I did do my whole workout and added things that needed to be added to or modified so that I wasn't pissing off my sciatic nerve even more. I don't know, I think that's about it, for, like the updates on, I don't know, I'm a little bit of a roller coaster today, but I just kind of wanted to get out there. This is kind of like me journaling best journal buddies ever, I think. Maybe just to say that I was really frustrated with myself and I didn't want to do it and I did. I didn't quit, so that's a victory. In my book. 

Moving on from talking about my health, I did get an email from a listener who suggested the Finch app. I downloaded it. First of all, thank you for taking the time to reach out. That app is fantastic and I think I'm going to try it with my 13 year old. I think it will be great for him. It makes me feel a little bit overwhelmed. I started the seven day trial. I used it for three days and I fell off after day two. I think that I'm going to revisit it, maybe at a later date when there isn't. 

I don't know if things feel so chaotic right now, but I feel like adding anything new like that that I have to check in and whatever on the daily is going to overwhelm me. So I did delete it. But I do really like the app a lot and I do want to have my son download it. I think it would be great for him. But it is fun and I think the journaling aspect of it is fantastic and dig deeper and, you know, reflection it's got a lot for reflection. I just don't think I'm there yet. I think I'm just so I don't know. It just made me feel overwhelmed so I got rid of it. 

I also started listening to an audio book called Atomic Habits and I also stopped that because it made me feel a little bit overwhelmed. Maybe I will feel a little bit more stable once I have my period. I don't. I'm such a mess before it comes. I would recommend that book to any. I mean, that's a really good book and everybody's probably already read it. I'm usually the last one to the party, but I so far, I really, really like it. I like how it talks about changing the process and you'll get the desired results. So I'm going to take that in bite-sized pieces. I do really want to finish it. I'm kind of feeling like I need to commit to that, like I did two of my workouts, but we'll see, just taking it one day at a time. 

This is just a shorty, probably just a bonus episode, just to kind of keep you updated. I genuinely, genuinely, genuinely appreciate the people who have reached out to me and offered words of encouragement. I will do my best to keep these episodes coming and I genuinely, genuinely, genuinely, genuinely appreciate everybody who's taken the time to reach out. In closing, subby and I are fine, we're doing well. I maybe am a little bit needy for attention lately, but we're good. I'm hoping we can do a joint episode again, but he's really, really swamped, so we will see how this goes. I think that's about it for this update. Again, it's a shorty, but it's just a bonus episode and I just kind of wanted to update you on where I was. Have a fantastic week weekend. Take care, be safe If you're somewhere warm, stay cool. Love you all! Muah!!