Self-Care

hmm

probably need to drink more too

and less soda, more other things

May I add: stretch out on the couch with a cup of hot tea.

I am subscribing to the Steinway society so I have been listening to all kind of classical while browsing HOUZZ.com and Pinterest.com

Are you food obsessive?

Coz that doesn't sound too bad...

I dressed in clean clothes, had a good breakfast of fresh fruit, and did relevant incontinence care

Drank a probiotic drink. It's... a yogurt drink ;p

Gut health is important for mental health as well.

Don't forget to drink plenty of water... that's some easy self-care that we all need lol I am bad at remembering to drink water sometimes.

Pffft, that is an urban myth. 


www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition/water-myth

 I have only ever read the "8 glasses" rule to not really be true or that it is a myth, and I agree with that because it depends on where you live, your weight and the amount of exercise you do. But it's still important to drink enough water, better too much than too little. I always went by how I felt when I was a kid, I drank if I was thirsty and not if I wasn't. And then I got dehydrated, but thankfully it wasn't so bad, I could treat it with some powder that was mixed with water and I drank a spoonful of that every 15 minutes or so. And it was horrible, it looked like lemonade but it was salty. Anyways, now I make two batches of tea per day (800 ml each) and get 1,6 liters of pure fluids into my body each day and I just feel better this way. It was very difficult to get used to it in the beginning but it's easy now. Can't help but think that these articles are written by people that hate the taste of water and need an excuse to not drink it.

so far today:

-incontinence care

- clean clothes/ laundry

- fresh fruit salad for breakfast

- put some perfume on (mainly so I don't smell of sweat.)

- listened to music

- came on here (yes, coming on here for me is now a self-care activity)

- drank some strawberry and banana smoothy (and it was cold from the fridge, so lovely on a day like today!)

The BMI is useful as a rough guide. But, as Cassie points out, it does come with severe limitations. For instance, I am happy with my size, though some call me slim, and others skinny. For myself, I like to see a hint of rib. That's my definition of 'right', for myself.

So I do have to agree that all things considered I am not over weight, as my bmi confirms. I come in at the top half of 'healthy' on the scale.

However, looking at the weight spread of 'healthy', I could lose almost 2 stone, and still appear 'healthy' on the BMI.

If I lost two stone, I would look like:
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Hey now, I never said to drink a set amount of water, so what I said is not a myth ;p  I will reword it for you: Just drink enough... (for you). I had listened to a broadcast a couple years ago about how most Americans are borderline dehydrated.. likely in part because of our poor diets. I'm probably an example of one of those Americans.

I notice I get extra tired from not drinking enough water, but yet I never learn my lesson lol I feel much better on the days I sip water a little more regularly. I don't think I need 8 cups, but I do think I need more than what I'm providing myself most days. It's more apparent when I give urine for urinalysis that my pee is on the darker side almost every time, and I intentionally drink extra water beforehand.

I personally forget to drink water all the time because I don't actually ever feel thirsty until I start drinking something and notice myself wanting to guzzle it down. That's the only time the thirst urge hits me. I think I made myself used to getting by with barely any water, but I might pay for it eventually because it's not healthy to regularly drink barely any water. I will go all day without drinking anything because I'm too focused on tasks or I get distracted. I admittedly don't eat many fruit or vegetables throughout the day either, so I am lacking some of the good sources of water from food. I also get full so easily from drinking water, so sometimes I can't drink much by the end of the day either to catch up if I start to feel like I really need it lol it's terrible.

So, for me, this is self-care I do need, and maybe others do as well if they are like me! But if you are getting enough, then don't drink more just because I said drink plenty of water ;p 

not much today.

just my incontinence care so far.

hopefully more stuff later. need to get something down me that isn't soda but at the moment, not gonna happen

What's the problem with soda? 

Just tooth decay?

incontinence care (first thing I did when I got up, I don't want to smell. lol!)
healthy breakfast (I had some fruit today)

listened to some good old 90's music (always makes me smile)