I shall try my hardest to avoid the chocolate. I'll just visualize my body as it was pre-pregnancy and have TWO pieces only. It isn't an insult to the giver. It's a compliment to my goals.
I am SO excited, though, for the day after V day. My fiance and I are going to buy a new mattress and boxspring. Having my son gave us a tremendous tax return (he joked about how we should have another baby so our next years' check will be even larger. I tried not to laugh in his face toooo hard). The budget had originally included all Ikea furniture but because we recieved more than four times the amount of money we were expecting we decided to buy a really high quality bed like Tempurpedic or even a Sleep Number. I am really looking forward to sleeping on pillowtopped memory foam. I don't get much sleep so it will be nice that the few hours I do get will be quality.
Good sleep is imperative for good health. I think this is one reason moms have such a hard time getting their bodies back. I have discovered a major trigger: If I haven't slept well, I'll crave simple sugars as an energy-boost alternative. This is a problem because I almost never wake up feeling refreshed. My son is still too young to consistently be sleeping long stretches at night and this really affects the duration and quality of my shut-eye. This, coupled with an old matress that sags in the middle which I share with a nearly-300 pound man, hinders the full recharging of batteries at night and I often look to junk food to keep me going. This may be why I need the fast food late at night. My body starts to crash from the sugar I had consumed earlier and craves more because it knows I'll be up for a few more hours.
Blah. I'll have to research foods that stabilize energy levels. I'm sure pairing lean proteins with complex carbs is the solution but I need to look up quick snack ideas. I would right now but my son just fell asleep, it's late, amd I need to take whatever sleep I can get.
Goodnight!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please be kind. =)