The old me from a last week would have given up on healthy eating when I am this tired, but the new me from this week is determined not to let it convince me to give in.
I have no idea why, but for some reason I could not sleep last night. It took forever to fall asleep. Brain was not super busy, body was tired, didn't sleep in the morning before. I just could not sleep. By the time I did fall asleep it was somewhere around 2:30/3:00 am. The little sleep I did get at this point was not restful. I kept having strange dreams. And no there were no drugs (sleep meds, prescription or otherwise) involved. Around 5:20 I found myself awake. About 15 minutes later my TMJ starting hurting. Don't know if it was the allergies that triggered it, or I was clenching my teeth in those couple hours of sleep? So at that point the pain was helping hinder any sleep I could have gotten before I needed to be up for work.
Here I am now, tired. Everything is tired, body, mind, eyes, etc. Not sure how I am going to make it work, but I am still planning to work out on at least the treadmill, and eat a healthy dinner. Pray that I make it! I have learned through my years that I do not function well on little to no sleep. It is only through Christ that I am not grumpy as well.
Lord, help me hang in there today. Thank you for your strength, and wisdom. Let me sleep soundly tonight, because tomorrow is another busy day. - Amen
Rae, sorry about your lack of sleep. Sometimes when you start a diet your sleep patterns will be affected. When you aren't eating as much your blood sugar levels change and can cause sleeplessness. Because I am diabetic, when I can't sleep, I will get up and check my blood sugar. If it's low than I will eat a little something and it helps me to sleep. I'm a nightime snacker and I only average less than five hours sleep. A bad habit. I have so many changes to make that I feel overwhelmed at times, but I know I can only do one day at a time. I'm excited about SparkPeople. I will be praying for you and God will love us into a healthier life. See you Wed..
ReplyDeleteSorry about the Unknown name. It's me, Carol. I have so much to learn about blogging. I started a GOOGLE aCCOUNT AND STARTED A BLOG, BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO FAR WITH IT. Oops...hit the "caps lock key". I need a blogger name but I've had a busy week. Might use Serendipity. Bye for now. Don't give up!
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