Feeling Better and Getting Back to the "Daily Grind"

Thank you all SO much for your sweet comments to yesterday's post, they made me feel that much better :o)! It deff. took a lot out of me and I am still very weak and tired today, but I am feeling more like myself for sure. I decided it was "DO NOTHING DAY" lol, and I slept in until 11am haha, haven't done that in a while but it felt great and was what I needed. I started my morning out with a nice bowl of cheerios and banana's VERY full of potassium so that was good, and may I say they were AMAZING :). My sweet mom went and got all kinds of things loaded with potassium for me last night at Meijor, including mini banana's which are almost too cute to eat lol :o). With only 55 calories in them they are great for a quick snack or pick me up, or cut over a nice bowl of cereal or even some low fat ice cream lol ;o). I did get up and showered and just felt better after that, although doing that felt like running a marathon lol. My mom did let me sneak out of the house, with her driving so I could go get my new Vera Bradley for my late bday present, well....they were out so that was a little sad, but I will get it as soon as they order some more  :o).

I have been very cautious on my potassium intake, seeing as though they want it to get up a good amount tomorrow when they take my blood work again. When I went into the hospital the level was down to 2.2, anything below 3.5 is bad so that shows how low it got. Before I left they got it up to 4.5 which is average, but they would ideally like it more around 6 at the best. I deff. had never realized how much potassium affects our bodies, and I don't think many people do, especially while dieting and working out. I mean I have seen it on labels but didn't realize the affects it has, and how it is crucial we get it. I know for me and for others it can be easy to turn to the "diet type" foods and the lower the calories the better, rather than the good stuff God gives us. For me I thought I was ok because I ate one little bag of cut up apples and grapes because it was "low in cals" but really it is not enough, and those calories in real fruit are almost negative compared to all the good stuff we get out of it. I know for me I got too consumed with the calories and the numbers rather than my health.

I was talking to my mom and I think that just as easily as we get consumed with over-eating, the opposite can happen with losing weight, and getting too consumed with being low calorie. I think it's such a fine line between not wanting to EVER go back to where I came from but not over analyzing and hurting myself now. I need to remember I am now a different person, and I workout like a different one and function as a different, so I must adjust to that. I think these last couple pounds are going to be the most annoying but I just have to trust they will come off when they do, and over doing it will only hurt me in the end, it's all about finding that balance as well as eating with a balance as well. I think me and everyone need to rely more on the good things of the earth like fruits and veges and such, and I learned my lesson I deff. will! It's easy sometimes to think since I am "healthy" nothing will stop me or that I am all clear from anything, but really God is in control and our bodies are like machines and we have to let them rest and take care of them to the fullest. I deff. think it was my wake-up call to stop worrying so much and just do what I know is right and really take care of what God has given me and just wait for the rest to come :o).

Tomorrow officially starts the second semester of this year for me in college, and I think I am ready :o). I am deff. ready just for normal life to return and to fill my head with knowledge, just not homework haha. I think with as much stress as this Christmas Break brought, it will do me some good to just be back to normal :o). My schedule looks pretty good too, only downer is an 8am class MWF BUT....I am done by 11:50 so it's not all bad. I also officially start my new job at the Pre-K on Tuesday and I am greatly looking forward to that! I hoping after meeting with my doctor tomorrow afternoon I will get the all-clear to head back to the gym, I miss it lol. I just hope by my mistake people can see our bodies are machines and we must take time to rest and listen to them and take care of them. And that it's just about calories on a weight loss journey, but about your health as well. I know I am learning that and this is just a part of my story, another chapter in my life book lol  ;o). Thanks again for the encouraging words, and here is to a good Monday for everyone, a good semester to me lol, AND good grades :o).

~Kassandra