Yesterday was another good calorie management day! I've been pondering these issues with my body, and combining that with internet research and physician opinions. Here is my conclusion: it's basically miserable PMS. And, I can see how getting on the pill will help, because the hormones won't fluctuate quite so much. But, the pills do make me sick and I do NOT like to take pills, in general. And, there is always the co-payment, too.

I've read that eating healthy and exercising is a treatment for PMS. I have, until relatively recently, lived a mostly healthful and active life. When these good-living habits gave way to party-girl habits, I started having girlie problems a few months later. 1 + 1 = 2, right? I didn't suffer from PMS before because, I am theorizing, I was treating myself well. It is a decent theory, and the treatment of resuming my healthful habits will be beneficial in lots of ways--if it fixes the problems, or not. I'm certainly tired of being "sick" all the time!

This weekend I plan on getting a full weeks worth of meals planned out and go restock the kitchen with the good stuff. There was never really any bad stuff there, but we ate out a lot because I was too tired to fool with cooking. My kiddo and I are going to cook together from now, on. He's old enough now and his foot is healing pretty well. I'm going to let him pick out a recipe from my "mom approved" recipe list and let him do it all himself one night a week. Probably over the weekend, when we have more time, and I can have a drink, first. A little liquid patience never hurts when teaching your kids something new, right?!?!