ok So today wasn't so bad. I can't say that I made any leaps in bounds on the positive side but I think I did better than I did yesterday.
So yesterday I refilled my meds (this was not pretty me going a week without them) and I know this is part of what helped me today. I realized my sleep apnea was causing me not to sleep as well. Dr had given me some meds to help me stay awake in the day and something else to help me sleep at night. I have done this routine several times over the past few years and it works for me. I am a much more pleasant person like this.
I have said this before and I will say it again. This journey is not just about nutrition and exercise. Your body has to REST!! When I don't get the proper sleep I make poor choices. Not to mention you body does not have time to replenish like it needs to. My
Dr and I have talked about studies that have linked poor sleep habits to obesity. Now I don't know what is suppose to be the right amount of rest for you body, but I am pretty sure it's more than a few hours. If you are not sure, talk to your Dr about it.
Something else I am learning about with rest in the body is resting between workouts. I really never thought about how important it was to rest between my workouts, esp the ones that I poor out my heart in. I was talking with my trainer and he recommends 24 hrs between a hard workout. Not saying don't do anything else, easy cardio is good any time. But if the muscles do not rest, just like the rest of the body, you are not going to get the results that you are looking for. You will burn out before you get the results you want.
So how did I do today? you tell me. I got up at 4:30 this morning ,,, hungry. I had, no I fixed my oatmeal and ate part of it. I got side tracked, like I do so many times, and didn't get back to it. On my work to work I stopped, out of habit, to get a drink remember (only after going in the store) that I already had one. But I did see my sunflower seeds staring me down. I know I know Sodium ... I get it ... and I get it ... at the same time it helps me not to be hungry. I figure if I don't use any salt when cooking (like so many do without realizing it) I can have my sunflower seeds. Excuses huh? ok I'll work on that.
While I was in the store not only did I get my lil friends I seen it's friends. Taquites spinning on the "hot dog grill" I realized just recently these innocent ...small ... lil guys are 170-180 calories .... EACH!! Did I get any this morning? Whadda you think. So you are now thinking man I need to kick her in the hinney. Maybe but not for the reasons you are thinking right now.
What did I have for lunch? what did I have?? hhmmm oh yeah .. didn't feel like eating, so I didn't. This was not the first of poor choices today and not the last. On my late break I was feeling a lil hungry. I was really hoping to get lucky and find something healthy in the lunch room ... I know this is the place that can take a perfectly healthy veggies wrap in carbs and fry them ... but I thought I would give it a go, yesterday I got lucky an had a good lunch. What did I have today? A corn dog.
So now you guys are thinking she is just messed up the whole day. At the same time if you were to go back and count up my calories I am sure I didn't get that far off, esp since I didn't eat dinner. I really didn't feel like it. This means that I will probably wake up hungry in the am. I already have in my mind that I am doing scrambled eggs and taking my shake with me to work. MMMMM.
Today on my morning break I was going to do it. I was going to walk the parking lot like I use to all the time. Two rounds around the full lot is a mile. Now I didn't have the idea that I was going to do that in my 15min break, but I was going to walk. Really didn't think about it just went out there. Now I don't know how many of you are aware of what it's like with Texas and heat, but I will say that add the humidity and I didn't make it far. It the part of the front lot wasn't to bad. I had a nice breeze. I got to the other side and nothing. At this point I began to sweat. No I'm not afraid to sweat, but you don't want me to go back to work for the next 6 hrs after this. I cut it short an only did half the distance I had thought about doing. But that's ok, it's more than some days :D
I also made this no elevator day. Yes I took them up and down all day. It was to pretty, or quickly, going up but I made it. So did I make it today? You tell me. What was my day like?
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