Weekly Weigh In: Week 23, November 25, 2019

I have decided that this feature will now run indefinitely, and will replace the My Quarterly Report feature.  It will go live every Monday, and it will be a weigh in that will share how I'm doing health-wise, and it will give me more accountability with my health.

Here is my twenty-third weigh in:

1. The Selfie: The selfie is me as of today, November 25, 2019.  

2. Weight: My weight went down a pound, and I am now officially just 1 pound away from my first goal!  I'm thrilled!  I'm going to do my best not to be a glutton during Thanksgiving and ruin all my progress.  Wish  me luck!

3. Health News: I was able to average just over my minimum of 6,000 steps per day again last week.  I hope to get at least that this week, too, but we'll see.  The weather is supposed to cooperate about half the time, so we'll see what happens.

I am having horrific insomnia right now (I haven't been able to fall asleep basically before 11pm or midnight each night, and I've been waking some time between around 4am and 5am daily, and I've also been waking up off and on throughout the night).  I have only had 1 headache, though, and it wasn't a migraine, and it was actually triggered by drinking part of what I thought was a decaf coffee (it turned out to be half decaf/half full caff) and not the insomnia.  I know that my insomnia has been partly triggered by diet (I've indulged a little here and there and also that opps with the coffee), but it is also a little bit due to having a lot on my mind right now (I will explain below in Other News).  I'm trying to shut the mind off, but it tends to get the best of me when I'm trying to sleep.  I'll figure it out, but for now, I will just take it a day at a time. :)

4. Diet News:  I'd say my diet was mixed this last week.  I have had a little more sugar, though I am definitely keeping that to a lower amount, so win and loss on that.  I have had chocolate now and then - again nothing too crazy - but I've had it at the wrong time of day (which doesn't help the insomnia), so I call that a win and loss, too.  I am finding that I'm not as hungry, though, so I am eating less overall (I attribute this to the intermittent fasting), and I'm trying to make better choices (more often than not) when I do eat, so that's good.  I'm not emotionally eating, either, so that's a definite win!  All in all, I feel like I'm making slow progress. 

5. Other News: Please continue to pray for my middle kid.  We are almost to 2 months of him dealing with an unknown health issue (he's had a host of symptoms from headaches to swollen lymph nodes to fatigue/lack of stamina to upper abdomen pain and more).  His labs came back with some off levels, so he's having an ultrasound on his abdomen done tomorrow.  We'll see what that tells us.  The more things we rule out (and we've ruled out a few things), the more we start looking at scarier things.  I'm not sure what the Lord has in store for our son and us, but I sure am glad He will be with us through it all!  Again, we appreciate your prayers!

As to our week, it is a short school week (kids start on break Wednesday and don't start school up again until Monday) and my hubby is off work this week, so we are going to enjoy that.  Lots of family time coming our way! :D  {And to all my American readers, I hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving!}

How are you doing?  Do you have anything you want to weigh in with?  Any health progress or goals you want to share?  If so, please leave a comment below (with a link to your post, if you have one and wish to leave it), and I'll respond ASAP.

Have a great week!