So much has happened not only today but in the last week (-ish)!
Just today alone - I was able to sleep in until 7! Woot! I did wake up a few times but made myself fall back to sleep because I so needed it.
I made a "regular" breakfast of maple bacon sausage, broccoli and avocado. On days I am off I am eating a "normal" meal, which is my protein mix and yogurt, sometimes I do avocado mixed in and coconut butter. I know I shouldn't need to apply "" but I figured these to be emphasized since what is normal to me is not what is normal to others.
I had my Skype appointment with Dr. Allen. Immediately he stated how tired I sounded. True that! I worked 4 days straight and that normally doesn't fly well for me. Plus Labor day was super busy. My lab work is worse than ever! My liver values are back up again, my thyroid is all over the place, my cholesterol is up and do you want to know why?! Nope, my diet is pretty damn good despite the few chocolate chips I eat once a week. STRESS!
I like to think this is how I am on the inside and on the outside I am completely fooling myself. Stress has been the one component I just can't keep in check. It's suspected that I am in adrenal fatigue. I'm guessing stage 3, but could be 2....
BUT, I am committed to meditation and talking with a health coach. I figure I need to learn what it takes to be able to help others and I can't do that unless I help myself. Makes sense right?! So I am going to talk with Stephanie after I get my labs done. Dr. Allen told me that she has hashi's and had adrenal fatigue (there was something else too that I forgot) and she got them under control. I know it can take a long time to manage it, but it didn't take me overnight to get here either. I have also spent money on supplements that didn't make my numbers budge because I didn't have stress managed.
As I write this I have made the commitment to meditate daily. I have done it twice today, for 15 minutes each. Easy enough. I went on Youtube and search for 15 minute meditation and boom done! I opted for just music. I want to avoid any guided meditation and once I get into the grove I will drop the music and just sit and be still like I use to do.
I did some baking for work and was then told I was over on hours.... so I need to manage that time a little better. I went to the gym and half way through I just wasn't feeling it at all. I was feeling week and tiring quickly, so I chose to stop and headed to the store to pick up a few items. But, prior to that I sent an email about a class I was going to be teaching and informed her that due to my health that I just cannot teach it. As soon as I sent it I felt immediately better. I know I probably shouldn't have taken the class on. I know it's only one hour, plus drive time, of my life. It was causing a huge amount of stress, but that I could feel and had the dread I didn't want to do it.
I came home and finished up a few things and made an easy dinner - prepared chicken kabobs that I just needed to cook and extra veggies. We had to stop at the store after that and then home for more meditation.
I'm feeling better already. Which brings me to the other point of this post. I've dropped my Fitbit for a while. I was being super obsessive about it. I was listening to Jason Sieb on the AltShift podcast and him and Erica were talking about getting rid of the tracker for awhile once you already know how many steps you get in. I can say I don't get enough at times on my days off but I more than make up for it when I am working. For now it is put away. I'm sure I will put it back on again, but not for awhile.
I think I am going to leave this for now.... maybe next will be about carbs. I'm finding I want all the chips all the time (avocado oil chips, fyi).
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