I've been feeling tired for a very, very long time. And for a very, very long time when people have asked me how I am, my stock answers we "tired", "ok" or "fine, thanks". I'm not sure what it is about the changes I've made recently, but I feel an awful lot better (sounds like a juxtaposition when I put it like that)! My new reply is "pretty good actually, thanks". What are the changes I've made? 1. Healthier eating (less meat, less dairy, more fruit and veg). 2. Intermittent fasting (I.F.) following the 16:8 strategy. 3. Focussing on quality of training over quantity, and adding more variety (really pushing myself in shorter interval sessions, shorter "long runs", adding in cycling and swimming, yoga 5-7 times per week). This morning I woke up to a text message that we had suspected fraudulent activity on our credit card. I had ordered a "click and collect" delivery from a supermarket for this morning (between 8-9 a.m.), and whilst on the school run, they phoned to say they couldn't take payment and I needed to contact them urgently. Meanwhile the traffic chose today to be horrendous. And normally right now I would also be suffering from horrendous PMT and this whole situation would have sent me into meltdown. Not so today. I just dealt with it, step by step. Without crying or reaching for chocolate! I feel so much better, inside and out. I managed a quick run this afternoon, and wasn't sure whether my body would be impressed with me, but I managed a pretty good pace for me post-marathon and my "cardio fitness score" went back up on my FitBit.
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I've managed to get on top of my insomnia lately - until last night. After a dream involving needing to find a power adaptor for my step mum, I woke up and my brain started going through everything I need to get done. That was at 1.30am.
I tried pretty much everything - meditation, reading, listening to white noise...I eventually fell asleep at 5am. My alarm went off at 6am. A dog walk, a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee later and I was out on the school run. Just need to last until Friday and no more school runs until next year! I spent some time organising the diary for the remainder of 2016, which made me realise just how close the end of the year is! I also got some of the things done that had been going around in my mind overnight. Not such a "sleepy life" last night. D had the opposite - I heard him go to bed at 4am and his alarm went off at 9am. I think I have a healthy relationship with coffee.
I didn't even start drinking it until I was 33 - and that was only decaf after the birth of my youngest. Now I drink it every morning. Dog walk first, then coffee. On weekdays, just one (admittedly large) mug of it... Then the school run, then maybe another one ... or two ... ! I find it difficult to buy big enough mugs if I'm honest (I've somehow managed to make the mug look tiny in the photo and it's really not!). Then there's the cafetieres - small and large. And the coffee machine. And the Starbucks Via for emergencies. Probably it's a prop. Probably I should drink water instead. So this morning I accidentally put an extra sweetner in and it's not really that nice. As I write this it's still dark outside. I can see the car lights through the trees on the A road nearby. People hurrying to work, and soon I won't "stuck in traffic" I will be part of the traffic. The past 2 days the school run has taken well over an hour due to a burst water main (must check to see if that's been repaired yet)... |
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