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Day 25

 Well, I would say that today was not exactly a raving success.  I had a banana and oatmeal (boring?) for breakfast.  

I've been feeling like I needed to make some more of my 10,000 steps more about housework, lol.  So instead of just walking, I did the dishes, cleaned the stove top, dusted, laundry, and a few other things.  

When I started to get hungry again, I made a corn and black bean salsa, which I like to put on salads.  I also sautéed some more squash, red pepper, mushrooms and onions.  Then I had a big salad with spring greens, the salsa (which also had jalapeno, tomatoes and cucumbers, garlic, cilantro and lime), the sautéed veggies, avocado, and some regular salsa plus a little bit of ranch dressing.  About the time I finished it, I suddenly felt exhausted  I don't know what the deal was.

I went ahead and had a small bowl of Grapenuts with raisins, to see if I just needed more calories.  Then I tried doing my jogging to see if that would help since it would increase my circulation.  It was all I could do to jog the 14 minutes; I just felt weak and yes, exhausted.  I did feel kind of feverish today; maybe that was a clue.  

The rest of the day, I did eat more than usual.  I think fatigue may be my very biggest trigger to eat, but I may have needed it.  I had a peanut butter sandwich, a small handful of almonds.  Then for dinner, I made a small waffle.  Not the best choice, but I was curious to see how I felt after I ate it.  Right now, I'm wondering if I just had a fibro-flare.  With fibromyalgia, I will have days when symptoms just flare up out of nowhere.  Most times, it is with a low-grade fever; and I definitely felt feverish today.  It's been a very long time since I had one.  

I think I'm okay on the calories, probably on the high end of 1600, which is fine.  I need a day like that fairly often.  My WW points are way over my daily, using up quite a bit of weeklies, but I have had a lot of steps logged this week.

I only logged about 6600 today, which is my lowest in a while.

I got a phone call from my youngest son and his wife (Jared and Kari).  They were coming for a week to stay; then plans changed, and it was only going to be Jared.  Now, they changed again and everyone is coming.  It will be great fun, but will definitely change up my week and schedule.  Fortunately, I don't feel like I have to go to extremes to clean and cook.  Just enough to be comfortable; and they are always a great help.  But I do have things I need to do to get ready.  

Hopefully, tomorrow will go better. . . .

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