Nesting?!?!

Aug 29, 2011

I've noticed something happening around my house the last couple of weekends, I've been cleaning to the extreme...and I'm definitely not a clean freak! 
Friday before last, I started in on my bathroom as soon as I got home...I was even lying on the floor cleaning the baseboards, cleaned out the cabinets, cleaned the toilet, inside and out, scrubbed the shower, mopped...if you knew me, this would shock you...especially on a Friday night.

Then this past weekend, I got up at 7:30a Saturday, which is unheard of for me.  I did go to bed earlier than usual, I fell asleep around 11 (reading a book I got off amazon.com, "Fat No More").  I started cleaning the house doing the regular stuff, vacuuming, laundry, running dishwasher, etc.  Then I decided to vacuum off the Elliptical...it was pretty dusty, then I found myself vacuuming the blinds in my bedroom...Ummmm...I've NEVER vacuumed blinds, cleaned blinds or anything like that...while I was doing it, I thought to myself that it is as if I'm nesting, which is what pregnant moms do in preparation for their new baby.  I must be preparing for the NEW me!   Getting my house in order, literally and figuratively...and it feels pretty darn good.  THREE WEEKS TO GO!!!

AND after dusting off the elliptical, I decided to try it out.  Made it for 20 minutes, with a few short breaks, AND did it again Sunday and again tonight.  It's amazing how just the act of doing it makes me feel so much better...why is it so hard to get started and why does it get to where I eventually make excuses not to do it?  NOTE TO SELF:  GET ON THE ELLIPTICAL IF YOU'RE FEELING BAD...YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AFTERWARDS BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF...NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT FOR YOU!!!! (now let's see if that works...)  You may remember in my post a couple of weeks ago or so I said I was going to try to start exercising...well, it took a couple of weeks, but I'm finally there.  

Back to the subject of nesting, is this common for people preparing for WLS?

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