Goals – Keeping at it (Health & Fitness)

 
 

We started strong last week. Monday and Tuesday mornings, we got up early, got Bigby strapped in his harness and went up on the levee behind our house and walked for 30 minutes. It's not much, but that's all I can do at this point in my pregnancy. Then Wednesday came a cold front with rain, so we decided to have a rest day. We still got up early and enjoyed an un-rushed morning together. Then we never really got back on track.

I'm determined to go an entire week of walking in the morning, with a rest day of course, before I move off of this goal.

My daily tasks are:

  • Make the bed EVERY DAY. 
  • Put away the clean dishes in the morning.
  • Spend 10 minutes a day on dishes.
  • Do something laundry related every day.
  • 10 minute pick up before bed.
  • Journal
  • Meditate

For my weekly task:

  • Clean the bathroom (which consists of: putting away products, wiping down surfaces, checking shower for empty bottles–Mr. LL is notorious for doing leaving empty bottles in the shower)
  • Dust (the first time I do this it's going to be a pretty big undertaking, but hopefully we can transition to maintenace mode after that)

Goals – Health & Fitness

 
 

Last week, I really tried to take better care of myself; and while – for the most part – I didn't push myself, my mental health still deteriorated all week long. A lot of it is hormonal which is bringing back my chronic depression that I haven't experienced since I was in my early twenties. Still, I need to get my head right if I want to get anything else accomplished.

Mr.LL's been feeling it, too. Not to mention we are both suffering from some body issues right now, with me looking/feeling like a beached whale and him gaining sympathy weight–none of this is helping with our mental health.

So this week, I'm making it my goal to get BOTH of us out of the house and doing something physical for at least thirty minutes, every day. I know that in the past, just going outside for a walk as really helped clear my headspace, so here's hoping that will work for us this week.

My daily tasks are:

  • Make the bed EVERY DAY. 
  • Put away the clean dishes in the morning.
  • Spend 10 minutes a day on dishes.
  • Do something laundry related every day.
  • 10 minute pick up before bed.
  • Journal
  • Meditate

For my weekly task:

  • Clean the bathroom (which consists of: putting away products, wiping down surfaces, checking shower for empty bottles–Mr. LL is notorious for doing leaving empty bottles in the shower)
  • Dust – it's been a long time since I've added anything here, and while I still don't reliably clean the bathroom every week, I need to add this to the line up because we definitely need it.

Checking In

I've been doing well with my daily chores, even though it's been a busy week for me (so far). We had an unfortunate mishap with the fridge that meant we needed to cook all the meat ASAP before it went bad so that lead to some extra dishes for me to do this morning, but I am proud to say that I did them! I started out going "Ok, just 10 minutes and I'm out no matter what's left," to saying to myself "Well, I'll just get what we could actually fit in the sink, but the other things (of which there were three big things) aren't happening right now," to finally "fine I'll just do it all now." Lol. The hardest part is not getting overwhelmed when the sink is full, even though I know it is only full because it has big pots/pans in it.

I haven't been doing so well with my goal for this week, however. Monday I wasn't pushing it because Mr. LL and I were going to a prenatal class at the hospital and wouldn't get home till after 9pm. Yesterday, we had to cook ALL THE MEATS and so we didn't get around to working out. I'm hoping we can break this trend starting this evening. Wish me luck.

GETTING READY FOR BABY

PHASE #1:

  • Get organized. Turns out I didn't have as many empty storage containers as I thought I did. However, I was able to fit all the baby stuff (minus the clothes, blankets, etc. because I want to wash them all) into two out of the three I do have. I'll be able to fit the clothes, etc. into the third one, I think. We'll hopefully be getting some baby furniture in soon and I'll have some dedicated storage space to put things.
  • Clean out the crib space. Started on this! However, in measuring the space, and then looking at the specs for the cribs we want, something isn't adding up. We'll have to do some thinking about where this goes or if we should get a smaller crib/bassinet for now.