I am so tired. Work is taking so much out of me I can barely move when I finally do make it home. Forget about walking. Forget about thinking.
I know I have not been eating entirely healthily but the volume is certainly decreased. My survival solution right now is: ok, this is not nutritious but if I only eat a small amount of it, that is better than fainting from hunger. And when I can eat real food I try to eat reasonable amounts. I am not getting on the scale so I don’t know if it is working. To be truthful I am afraid to look at the numbers. I am not getting enough sleep - my face is so puffy from exhaustion I can feel the skin being stretched under my eyes. Tonight I mentioned that I wasn’t sure if I could continue at this pace and my son said, “yeah, yeah, you have been saying that for months.” My response: ‘Well, I guess I have more reserves than I think I do.”
But the stress hormones and the lack of sleep can’t be good. And then I think maybe I could counter it by exercising more and I almost break down because I just can’t fit anything more into my day.
Oh man, I am sorry, I hate sounding like this. Ok, to bed, take my vitamins, life could be worse… I have a good job that allows me to have a good life. Why am I complaining?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:15 am
I’ve been there with the long stressful workdays and not having a minute free. It’s terrible, my heart goes out to you.
Rather than try to do more (exercise, for example) see if you can try to do LESS. Take a nap, a break, a bubble bath, read the comics, etc. Stress and lack of sleep both add cortisol which is the stomach-fat-packing hormone.
Hang in there!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I agree with round….very sane advice.
Hope you start to feel better soon.
RubyJean
May 19th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Sounds like you need a new job! Any word on the MBA programmes?
Get some sleep!
Shari