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I’ve fallen behind on these, so here’s what I did on September 18, 2016.

This was a fairly busy day. Sean and I had to go to an appointment and then I had to take him directly to the airport. We realized somewhat belatedly that we hadn’t done laundry, so we threw a load into the washer, got ourselves cleaned up, and then put the laundry in the dryer while we went out to brunch. We got back, got him packed, and headed off to our appointment. Success.

I did not do any exercise this day that I can think of. But I did log my food in MyFitnessPal as I’ve been doing every day.

For dinner I took myself out for sashimi. I had used up most of my daily sodium on brunch (I somehow forgot what “cured” means when I decided on the citrus cured salmon). Raw fish with no rice and no soup beforehand is pretty low in sodium. I went to SunO afterwards and had some shaved ice, which is also low in sodium but high in sugar. Oh well.

For September 17, 2016, here’s some stuff.

• Woke up naturally at around 7:30 (after going back to bed around 3:30).
• Had protein shake and took morning meds.
• Ate some trail mix and fiddled around online until it was time to go to JapanFest. (I had to stop reading chapter 21 of Under the Ruins… right after a Very Exciting Scene and I am looking forward to getting back to it)
• Drove to JapanFest. Briefly wondered if it was wise to drive on the interstate, but did fine.
• From around noon till 2:30, walked around JapanFest with Charles and Heidi, occasionally stopping for rest breaks. It was fun but extremely crowded. I am counting this as my exercise for the day; it was a lot of standing and moving around, even if it wasn’t strenuous. The best part was getting to see Kumamon, the mascot character for Kumamoto Prefecture.
• Somewhere in there I ate lunch. I gave up on guessing which Japanese food would have the least amount of sodium and just bought prepackaged stuff: curry bread and mojimi red bean cakes.
• I got home around 4 and Sean was just then having dinner, so I ate some snacks and took my heart medicine with them.
• Basically relaxed for the rest of the day. Ate macaroni and cheese at 9pm.
• Went to bed at 11:45.

Stuff for Friday, September 16, 2016

• Due to staying up late, slept in till 8:30
• Drank protein shake and took morning meds

Note 10:05am: I am really depressed this morning. Mainly because I wrote a short story yesterday and did not get flooded with accolades overnight. I hate how dependent I am on praise/validation. I’m hoping my walk will help.

• Dressed in workout clothes
• Went on 30-minute walk with 5-minute warmup and 5-minute cooldown
• Rested and ate a yogurt
• Showered, and actually shaved!

Note 12:23pm: Okay wow, they say exercise is good for depression and it is true. I pushed myself on my walk, not too hard but enough—I walked up steep hills and even jogged a little. The weather was beautiful and when I was done I felt great. I didn’t care about my story not getting comments anymore. I felt very positive about the future and my ability to do things if I try. After resting I took a shower and felt good enough to stand there and shave my legs, which I hadn’t done in quite some time. It’s so nice to wear shorts again.

I’m going to lie down a bit, but I’m still feeling good. I’m glad I had that walk.

• Took a nap for about an hour and a half
• At Sean’s suggestion, went up the road to Smoothie King and got a Greek yogurt smoothie for lunch
• Did some reading
• Felt kind of cruddy so went back to bed at about 5:30pm…and slept until 12:30am! o_o
• Got up and quickly ate a Lunchable so I could take my mealtime meds

Note 1:37am: Well, I have destroyed my sleep schedule probably, but I feel okay. I didn’t really eat enough yesterday, but since I overate the day before, maybe it balances out. This weekend is JapanFest and I’m going to go, but I won’t be as active as I have in years past I guess! I may have to leave early, even. We’ll see. I’m also not sure how eating will be, I usually have lunch there but I have a feeling all the food will be really salty. Guess I’ll find out tomorrow.

Here’s what I did on Thursday, September 15:

• Drank protein shake and took morning meds
• Got dressed in workout clothes
• Walked for 30 minutes, this time hiking down to the river
• Sat on the couch and rested for awhile while talking with Mom and Connor on Skype
• Fried myself an egg and made a piece of toast, still on Skype
• Ate my second breakfast and finished the Skype call
• Hung up the jackets I’d left lying on the floor yesterday
• Took a shower and dressed normally (jeans and t-shirt, like yesterday)
• Rested for awhile
• Ate lunch (the second serving of the HelloFresh meal I made yesterday)
• Rested some more (I thought about doing things but I felt tired)
• Figured out what I could eat from Shane’s Rib Shack to stay under my sodium limit; went there with Sean to pick it up
• Ate dinner and took mealtime meds
• Watched 30 Rock
• Wrote a couple very short stories
• Took my bedtime meds and went to bed at 11:30

Here are the things I accomplished on Wednesday, September 14.

• Drank protein shake and took morning meds
• Organized my closet a little (took the pile of jackets off my workout clothes)
• Dressed in workout clothes
• Went on 30-minute walk through neighborhood
• Rested
• Took a shower and dressed in regular clothes
• Cooked a HelloFresh meal (it took three hours due to needing to rest throughout, but it came out great!)
• Ate meal and watched Back to the Future
• Set up MyFitnessPal with custom protein and sodium limits
• Cleaned kitchen and started dishwasher
• Napped for about an hour, until Sean came home and asked what to do for dinner
• Relaxed while Sean made tuna sandwiches and creamed corn, since those things kept me under my sodium limit (I was pretty tired at this point)
• Ate dinner and took evening meds
• Watched The Clone Wars (finished the series) and otherwise relaxed for the rest of the evening
• Took bedtime nutritional supplements and went to bed at 10:00

I left the jackets on the floor next to the hall closet. Never had the energy to hang them up. Sean thought this was hilarious.

Exercise: 30-minute walk, Sodium: 1923mg