Was off-line over the weekend, so playing catch up again. I do not swim, properly at least. When I was three years old I fell thru an opening in a dock, feet first. We had gone down to check out our neighbor's fishing boat and fortunately he was right there and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck when I popped back up to the surface. Since then I've been phobic about water on my face - I was in my mid-thirties before I even got used to having water in the shower fall on to my face. I've taken adult swimming classes for the aqua-phobic, but to no avail. I can paddle around a bit if I can keep my head/face out of the water, but if I even get in to the pool you are most likely going to find me hanging out around the side and in the shallow end. I love being around the water, I particularly love a good ocean storm. I was born in a little fishing village at the most southwestern tip of Washington state, and lived there until I was 5 so that environment is kind of ingrained in me. That's where I go whenever I need beach time.
Last evening I was thinking I had turned the corner on the digestion issues, but woke up to an upset tummy again this morning, not as bad as it has been but I was expecting better. At Pilates yesterday we were talking about diet and eating trends. One of the gals is in the healthy/organic food biz and she mentioned the benefits of fermented, which I don't like, so she recommended a drink that has kumbatcha in it, so I got a few bottles to try. It's fizzy tho, which I don't enjoy. She also mentioned cranberry, so I also got some pure cranberry juice, which is actually from a cranberry farm down in town where I was born, so I like buying their stuff.
Friday at the fair was nice, but I missed the sheep by a couple days. The goats were there, which are my Sister's favorite, so that was good enough. We were only there for a couple hours, but did the things on our lists, then did some shopping as she needed jeans, and ended up having a light dinner down by the water. She said it was exactly the kind of day she needed, so that was good to hear.
Weight wise I'm up, and not feeling very comfortable at all. I need to get the digestion thing worked out first. I read up on a "bland diet", and it really wasn't a good fit. A lot of white stuff, potatoes, rice, and canned fruits and vegetables. Ice cream was allowed! I've decided I just need to stay away from the things I know upset me, and see how it goes. I'm thinking I'm not going to lose more than a couple pounds before vacation, again just trying to get back to feeling good.
Speaking of feeling good, this morning was the first morning of coming in to work an hour later - almost feels like a day off! Sleeping that extra hour feels so right, and the sun was coming up by the time I was heading out to the bus stop. Nice start to the work week.
Happy Monday everyone!
Edit add: in reading back thru posts from the weekend, ooopppssss guess I was supposed to have done something healthy :0. Pilates yesterday morning was really the only thing I can claim, but gratefully no pic to post.