Daily Wellness Report: FAREWELL!

I am happy that I was able to stick to these daily updates for as long as I did, with the first one posted on February 2nd, 2020.

Keeping track of my exercise, diet, meds, sugar levels, anxiety, daily BMs, etc.

And after close to 4 months, I'm calling it quits.

It's become a chore, and one which I find more and more irritating, thus wondering if it's worth it to keep going, knowing that it's causing me it's very own brand of anxiety.

On top of that, it's become clear that referencing figures/stats from past entries, is something which never really happened.

Perhaps once I start back up on therapy (scheduled for July), I'll get back on this particular horse.

But for now, I'll say farewell to these tidbits of my daily life.

It's time, energy and brain power I can now transfer to other endeavors.

Regardless of keeping track, I'll continue to exercise, count my steps, watch my diet (right) and do my best to stay productive, positive and sane.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.22.20

The chairs I picked up for my short film shoot.

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 9.5 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 127.  

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 2 morning poos.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  1 banana.  2 pieces of peanut butter toast.

LUNCH: 1 bologna/cheese sandwich w/ Miracle Whip.  Several handfuls of corn chips.  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

DINNER: Picked up takeout:  4 chicken strips, 3 mozzarella sticks, 3 chocolate chip cookies.

SNACKS: Evening snack:  several  handfuls of sunflower seeds.  1 Chiquita snack pack (apple slices, cheese, raisins and cashews)

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  400 push-ups (not totally feeling the workout today, so cut this down by 100).  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  370 ab crunches / sit-ups.  Was feeling sorta dizzy/overheated at the end of the workout, so cut 'em short.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 5600.

WRITING: This blog.  Finished yesterday's blog.  No other writing.

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: Went out to a friend's restaurant to pick up dinner and also to pick up two chairs to be used for my upcoming short film shoot.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: No reading today.  Poo.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Cleaned the toilet.  Took down the recyclables.  Again, got the chairs for my shoot.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our Star Trek: Discovery binge -- season two.

Completed my shot list for my upcoming short film shoot, "Chair".

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Some continued anxiety about the pain in my eye region.  Anxiety about going out to get the chairs/food.  Nothing overwhelming, but as usual, certainly not welcome.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.21.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 8 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 160.  Ugh.  I had a smaller dose of insulin yesterday morning, so perhaps that accounts for the heightened number.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  1 banana.  1 Nutrigrain breakfast bar.

LUNCH: 1 bologna/cheese sandwich w Miracle Whip.  Several handfuls of corn chips.  1 banana for dessert.

DINNER: Leftover pasta.  1 Lunchable (bologna/cheese/crackers/mini-Butterfinger).  Handful of craisin/raisin/almond/peanut/yogurt drop trail mix.

SNACKS: This is being finished the day after and I don't recall what crap I ate throughout the day.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  500 push-ups (back up to full).  Free weights.  500 ab crunches/sit-ups, back upt to full.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 3900.

WRITING: This blog.

DAILY MEDITATION: 20 minutes.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: None.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: Read some more on the new zombie book I'll be reviewing.  Started reading "Stephen King on Writing" as well.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Nothing.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our Star Trek: Discovery binge -- season two.

Did some adt'l prep work for my upcoming short film shoot, "Chair".

The other half is making plans to get new tires for the car, since we're still running on one spare from the flat a month ago.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Not a great day, especially this morning.  Just having a hard time containing my anxiety today.  Partly due to my eye still hurting.  It's not pink eye (at least as far as a visual), but it hurts, burns a bit and there's some pressure.  Brain tumor?  Sigh.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.20.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 7.5 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 122.  Going back down.  Yesterday was the first full dose (back up to it) of Empagliflozin.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  2 slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 Lunchable (ham/cheese/crackers/2 vanilla cream cookies).  A few handfuls of corn chips.  2 pudding cups.

DINNER: 1 bologna/cheese sandwich w/ Miracle Whip.  Handful of corn chips.

SNACKS: Afternoon snack: 1 cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate.  Evening snack: plantain chips.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  200 push-ups (abbreviated, due to a bit of shoulder pain).  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  Increased my abs/sit ups back up to 400 (from 350 yesterday), slowly scooting back up to my 500 normal.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 4400+

WRITING: This blog.  6.5 pages on BOYS.

DAILY MEDITATION: 20 minutes.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: None.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: Read some more on the new zombie book I'll be reviewing.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Emptied the dishwasher.  Took out the trash.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our Star Trek: Discovery binge -- season two.

Did some adt'l prep work for my upcoming short film shoot, "Chair".

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  I seem to be having some sort of issue w/ my right eye.  Of course, I checked for pink eye on line, but that doesn't seem to be the issue.  Pressure, some burning (infrequent) and lots of watering suggests that something's wrong.  Had some weirdness for about a week, but today it's been much worse.  So yes, I'm anxious about that.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.19.20

Back at free weights today!

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 7 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 137.  So took a full dose of my Empaglifozin as part of my morning drugs/supplements - certainly felt it, sorta dizzy this morning.  Will continue to monitor.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  2 slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 Lunchable (turkey/cheese/crackers/mini-Butterfinger bar.  Several handfuls of the craisins/raisins/peanuts/almonds/yogurt drops trail mix.

DINNER: Spaghetti w/ tomato sauce, mini-meatballs.  2 pudding cups for dessert. 

SNACKS: Mid-morning snack:  2 pudding cups.  A handful of cornchips.  Evening snacks:  plantain chips.  1 Nutrigrain breakfast bar.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  500 push-ups.  Free weights.  Lowered the weights, to avoid any further issues to my still-recovering back.  Increased my abs/sit ups back up to 350, slowly scooting back up to my 500 normal.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 4K+

WRITING: This blog.  5 new pages on my script, "Boys".

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: None.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  Continued on my reading of the new zombie novel I'll be reviewing.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: None.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our Star Trek: Discovery binge -- season two.

Made my shot list for my upcoming short film shoot, my script, "Chair".

Also did some updates for a friend's website.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:   Some random anxiety in the mid-afternoon, not sure why.  Nothing overwhelming, of course, but certainly unwelcome.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.18.20

Time to start planning for another quarantine haircut...

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 8 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 132.  And received a message from my doctor.  We're re-upping some of the diabetes meds, but staying steady at the reduced on the other.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 2 morning poos.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  2 slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 Lunchable (turkey/cheese/crackers/mini Butterfinger bar).  5 of my beloved chocolate cookies. 

DINNER: Roast beef/potatoes/gravy (one of those Hormel premade meals).  1 banana.  Several handfuls of that craisin/raisin/peanut/almost/yogurt drop trail mix.

SNACKS: Afternoon snack: 1 cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate.  Several handfuls of sunflower seeds.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  500 push-ups.  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  Increased my abs/sit ups to 300.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 6500+

WRITING: This blog.

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: Zoom call w/ my friend (just the two of us for our usual writer's group).  Work call w/ a friend, regarding fixing something on her website.  Went out for groceries this morning, and for a quick stop at The Farmer's Market to mail something out.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  Started reading a new novel last night, and continued on it today.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Took the recyclables down.

OTHER / MISC.: Started back up on our Star Trek: Discovery binge -- getting into season two.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Quite a load of anxiety, pre-leaving the house for groceries.  Luckily, once we got to the store, it mostly went away, even as we went on to our second stop for this outing.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.17.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 8 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 127.  Lower this morning, but I'm assuming that was due to the alcohol consumption last night.  Will continue to monitor, but am reaching out to my doctor for guidance.  UPDATE:  email sent to my doctor to see how she wants to proceed.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 2 morning poos.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  2 slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1.5 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches.  Handful of Sunchips.

DINNER: Chicken breast/gravy/mashed potatoes (one of those ready made, non-frozen Hormel meals).

SNACKS: A few of my beloved chocolate cookies.  1 Nutrigrain breakfast bar.  1 cup of Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate.  Afternoon snack: 1.5 cheese sandwiches.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  500 push-ups.  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body. I'm not ready to go back into weights, what with this lingering back pain (almost gone, but still there, in the slightest).  But I did up my abs/sit-ups to 250, so at least those are back on the mend.  :)

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 5600+

WRITING: A portion of yesterday's blog.  This blog.

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: Part of a Zoom rehearsal, for an upcoming reading of Our Town (pictured above).  So got to hang out w/ friends (my friend is directing the piece) and met some other cool cats.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Unloaded the dishwasher.

OTHER / MISC.: Nothing.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Not really any anxiety -- the slightest bit as I was going to tune in for the aforementioned rehearsal.  But as far as world anxiety, nothing much.