Feeling pretty good this morning. I had a fairly productive day yesterday and I slept better last night. Not great, but my trusty little Fitbit showed that I was in bed for 7 hours 41 minutes and slept for 7 hours and 10 minutes. Still a lot of tossing and turning, but I had a few hours of solid, uninterrupted sleep during that time.
Gives me hope that my sleep may be returning to normal. Will be tough this week with Hubby gone, because I never sleep well when he isn't home. I tend to hear everything sound and with 3 cats moving around the house, I am awake a lot.
As I said, yesterday was a fairly productive day for me. I got things done around the house, ran errands, went to the Weight Watcher meeting, took a 30 minute nap (and actually slept), went for a walk, and had a nice dinner out with Hubby.
Juli came over, along with her three daughters, and we went for a short walk around the neighborhood. It was nice to get out and even better to have someone to talk to about the recovery and getting back on track. I explained about being tired and that I am to the point that I just need to workout regardless of how tired I am. I expressed my desire to start running again and how I had thought about trying a walk/run all week, but never followed through. Juli, being the true friend she is, said she would be over the next day and we would go out, even if it was just for 10 minutes. So, today is the day I get back to it. Regardless of how tired I may be.
Since I was going to be running today, I decided that it may be time to get back into the habit of tracking my food. I haven't done that since the 21 Day Sugar Detox and I feel as though that may be a factor in my weight gain over the last couple of months. As of this morning, I am back on MyFitnessPal.com and already have my three meals logged. Had to guess the calories and such since they are leftovers and I don't have the recipes built in the website, but it's a starting point.
Now my only concern is the sneezing and running nose. I cannot afford to be sick! I just got back into the groove of work and the last thing I need is a cold that causes me to lose more work hours. I have a ritual for my I-think-I'm-getting-a-cold feeling. I take Emergen-C in the morning and then alternate between ColdCalm tablets and zinc lozenges throughout the day, then a second packet of Emergen-C at bedtime. This ritual has worked for me all fall and winter, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it works today as well. Or that the sneezing and running nose is just allergies (believe it or not, three cats in the house and I'm allergic to cat dander).
Today feels like a good day to me. I have a much better attitude about getting back on track with my weight loss, I am looking forward to my first post-surgery run (or fast walk, depending on how I feel), and the sun is shining.
I'm off to enjoy my breakfast of butternut squash pancakes and then I'm going to make a list of things I would like to get done today. Staying busy is the key to not eating out of boredom... or loneliness.
Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday morning!
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