2022 Weekly Review – Week 12

I missed the weekly review for the last two weeks.  I had two focuses on week 11, and week 12 was lost to the migraine abyss.  This is a week 11 and week 12 review and the main point is to get back on track and determine the focus for week 13.

My focus for the week:

My major goal for the past two weeks has been to increase my water intake to 64-96 oz/day.  The main reason for this is that my most helpful actual health results came from 6 months of drinking 96 oz of tea/water and walking a 5k nearly every day.  The nerve symptoms I’d experienced back then, over 10 years ago, repaired most of the way during that time.  It’s difficult to maintain as I was mostly unemployed during that timeframe.

Further nerve damage has occurred and I’m having much more trouble with my grip strength so step 1 is to drink over 64 oz of water/day.  Step2 is walking more than 5,000 steps per day.  I will try to increase both after I’ve gotten regular with both.

What were my stressors:

Week 11 I had wanted to attend a Tony Robbins 4-day event that runs 12+ hours a day.  Also, a work event had priority. Sadly, the weather changed on me and with all the extra stress, I was unable to fully attend the event.  I missed quite a bit and attended a bunch as well.  Two of the four days I struggled with migraines and being able to get beyond the weird brain fog – for a lack of a better term.

What were my wins:

The work event was completed on time.  I was able to do more than I’d expected with the Tony Robbins event.

The “fog” lifted on its own without any intervention on the weekend.  While I’m not thrilled that I don’t seem to be able to do anything to get the mental symptoms to lift, I’m very grateful that they do lift.

Plans for Week 12:

I have many doctor’s appointments this week.  I just moved one out another week but my main objective is to be the best patient (self-advocate) that I can be.  I’ve tried some adjustments with several of the doctors and most were unsuccessful.  Therefore, it’s time to create a new strategy and take care of any past-due checks and schedule them ASAP.

I’ll keep focusing on water and steps until it’s easy to be sure I’m getting enough.  Additionally, I’ll be trying to work in some more fish and veggie sides into my meal routine.  I have a few new meals that I tried over the past few weeks and would like to make some tweaks to them as well.

I’d love to hear if you have any favorite fish or veggie sides.