I'm so Congested!!!

Hello there everyone!  I hope you're having a great start to Thursday morning!  To me, it feels like Friday for some reason...

The past couple of days I have noticed that I'm a bit congested, runny nose, sneezing a lot, voice changing... Yesterday I started to get a big pressure headache.  Sometimes when I try to blow my nose to try to relieve the pressure nothing is relieved...  I feel extra tired too.

I've been racking my brain trying to figure how this happened.  After all, I drink smoothies all the time, I mainly eat fruit which has a ton of vitamin C.  I've started exercising again and make sure to keep myself warm when I go outside.  

There are a few things that I can think of that would contribute to all this head stuffiness... First would be stress.  I'm always in a good mood and happy, but there are always things that are going on that I'm constantly thinking about.  So even though I may not necessarily feel very stressed out I very well could be.  In fact I know I am.  Stress can be so hard on the body.  And there are so many different kinds of stress, like physical, mental, emotional...  I haven't been sleeping too well these days with my mind racing all the time with what I need to do all the time.  Plus I have two kids!  They alone keep me so busy!

Another trigger could be that maybe I'm not eating enough.  Sometimes lunch time will go by and I don't even know it.  I just keep busy with what I've been working on and next thing I know it's time to get the kids from the bus stop.  Sometimes I snack with them, but it's usually not enough and most of the time I really don't snack with them.  I'll just start dinner a little earlier or something and wait for that to finish.  

On top of that, my son has been coughing a bit.  I probably got it from him.  He doesn't seem as bad off as I am though.  Maybe because he doesn't have as many stresses as I do and gets to play more!  And, of course, I make sure he eats good so he's a bit better off than me this time around.

All of those things put together could cause a head cold, right?  I think so.  With the daily stresses and the weather getting colder my immune system is going down.  Then add to that not consuming enough vitamins and minerals to properly fight off any infections that could be starting and I've got myself a head issue!  Even my ears feel plugged up :(

So I'm working on a plan to help me recover and hope that it doesn't turn in to anything infectious.  First, I'm going to make sure that I drink lots of smoothies today that are filled with vitamin C and other things I need.  Water is another one that is very important.  I drank so much water yesterday, it was crazy...Today I'm going to keep track of how much I drink.  Water is the best expectorant there is.  Better than any meds out there!  The extra water should help loosen up the yuckies so I can get it out better.  And last, but not least, I'm going to try to take it easy today!  I'm thinking video games for the rest of the day.  

When you start to feel a sickness coming on what do you do to try to keep it from getting worse? 

I hope everyone else is feeling great today!