I'm doing another monthly blog post for you today; I'm going to tell you how everything last month was for me (mentally & physically).
Around the beginning of last month, I started fitness back up again. Every summer, a blogger I follow named Love Sweat Fitness does a fitness challenge called Summer shape up. Well, as I enjoyed it last year why don't I do it again? I've been doing that a majority of the month- it's 8 weeks of different targeted areas over the body. Lemme me honest, the first week getting back into it was rough. I was a hot mess but as soon as the weeks came through with the challenge I got a routine down. It may have not been the same everyday but that was fine with me. I do 6 days of workouts (easy follow along videos I usually repeat 2 to 3 times; the user has an app of different moves- 3 sets of 10 reps of each of the moves) plus a stretch day on Sunday's. I'm continuing this until the end of August 2020. I am also incorporating more meditation into what would be just my yoga schedule. With my mental health being more up than normal back in June 2020, I wanted to incorporate more of it. I find that plus my workouts have been helping me clear some things inside of my head.
I got to have a nice few days to myself at home with my doggies and got to cook too. Made baked oatmeal (vegan based)- which was coffee cake baked oatmeal and the bomb! Also did a chickpea quinoa salad over a lemony dressing, too. But one night as I was getting settled in to watch a movie on Netflix I noticed my body had like a shock and I was like, "What is going on? I cannot possibly be having one at night." I had a mini anxiety moment come out of nowhere. I was hyperventilating, crying, etc; I was all over the place. It took me a while to calm down but I thankfully was fine. I had been having some nightmares while I was sleeping (IE: family drama that is still in my mind) and I've been trying to resolve them. One day, I hit a good road block- these nightmares all seemed so clear as if they stopped and didn't come back. I've been having a better outlook with these dreams (which isn't a terrible thing). As a result of that episode I mentioned, I've been trying to cut out refined sugars / chocolate at night before bed (this has been tough because I love chocolate / something decadent). But I know having these at night can have a negative effect on my sleeping pattern I usually will toss and turn and worry (plus those nightmares / confusing dreams that make no sense). And I've been trying to stop having caffeine around 2 to 3 pm (this, my friends, has also been a struggle).
I also got to visit my grandparents this month too; I was afraid of coming up because of my anxiety with the family drama that lingered from last month. But as I mentioned, I gained clarity from it and I felt okay to go up (I had to put myself first). We even got to take one of my doggies with us (dogs are the best!) and my other doggy got to go the kennel. I still go out on occasion to get coffee and groceries / essentials (safely of course) with family. With everything going on, I've been trying to prioritize rest and slowing down some. This is tough as I am someone that cannot slow down. I even got two power naps in last month. I decided randomly one week to do a throwback sorta week- watched two concert DVDs I own of bands I love- Fall Out Boy + My Chemical Romance; even managed to find throwback funny videos of them on YouTube. Gosh I felt like I was 18 again! It was nice to bring some of that joy in my life as the world still feels dark.
Well, I hoped you enjoyed this post! As always, I will leave you with some inspiring quotes / things I find inspiring. See you for August's post soon!
Sending lots of love + light,
Lauren
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