Hello everyone and Happy December! I am so happy to share that I am feeling much better, last Tuesday I bought a neti pot to help flush our my sinuses, wow I wish I had bought one when I first felt like crap. I was skeptical and unsure of how it would feel, and it just feels strange. The key is using a saline solution or else it will burn like it did when you were a kid and got water up your nose. I am so grateful that I didn't have to call the Dr. for a course of antibiotics like many of my co-workers, all I could think was I didn't want to destroy my good gut bacteria. I like to think that my sinus cold wasn't as severe and didn't hang on as long because I have been good about low sugar, who knows if I'm right but it's something that makes me feel good. In case you missed it last time this is what I did to help with my cold symptoms: I made a ginger lemon tea by placing peeled and sliced ginger and sliced lemons and water in my crock pot on low all day, I highly recommend that. Advil cold and sinus allowed me to function during the day and get good rest at night. I also made low salt turkey and chicken soup and tried to rest as much as possible.
I have been doing great on the bfc my jeans are fitting much better and I am sooo happy! I have been staying away from work food and also doing great on drinking less. Basically I've been doing the things that I know I need to be doing. I am confident that I can make it though the rest of the holiday season successfully and it feels realistic to be at 135 by the time my birthday rolls around at the end of January.
Have a wonderful week, I will try to post more so I can stay connected and I will work on getting some cute pics of our house posted :)
Glad to hear you're feeling better, I love my neti pot :) looking forward to your pictures.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are doing great - keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHi Katie. My husband swears by the neti pot. Just be sure to use distilled water, not tap water. There have been reports of infection from regular water. He buys distilled and keeps it in the fridge. He pours it in the pot and microwaves to warm it up. Then he microwaves the neti pot once it's emptied to "sterilize" it. He buys the little salt packets that they sell with it. Hope you are feeling better. Good news about those jeans fitting better!!!XO
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're feeling better too. Have a great week :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is a bummer about your sinuses. I hope you are feeling a lot better. It is hard to work around a lot of people and not get sick!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on staying focused! I am very happy for you!
I tried that netti pot just once and it felt too strange for me, like I was trying to drown myself! A lot of people swear by them though. I'm going to take your advice about the Advil cold and sinus, because I was always a Nyquil girl until I found out how much sugar was in it!! The lemon ginger tea sounds great too.
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