I have a couple of questions for you lovely people
The first is, "Why am I so tired?"
Last night I slept for eight hours, as I have done for the last week or so. For about two or three months before then I hadn't slept well at all - at its worst I could only sleep for about four or five hours a night. But lately (partly due to medication) I've been sleeping longer and better.
But this morning in my meeting I was yawning all the way through, and then came home and had a long nap!
My guess is that there could be two reasons for this: the first is the amount of calories I'm taking in, and the second is my medication.
Calories: I've been keeping myself to about 1500 a day; this is based on the excel file the wonderful lottie sent me. In that I put my activity level as "lightly active". But I wonder if I'm not underestimating how much I do:
+ every day I cycle at least 5 miles, sometimes closer to 8 miles, and once a week, when I have to make two trips, the total is closer to 20 miles
+ I try to go for a run three times a week (doesn't always happen )
+ twice a week I have a session with my personal trainer
Should I be upping my activity level? And consequently my daily calorie intake?
Meds: I'm taking sleeping meds and an anti-depressant. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my doctor and will mention this to him - I think sleepiness is listed as one of the (dozens of) possible side-effects of my anti-depressant.
Ok, my second question is a bit tmi: I think I'm sweating more than I used to (how do we even measure how much we sweat anyway?). I'm getting used to the fact that I turn up to things with unsightly patches under my arms and not being so self-conscious about it (lots of people cycle where I live, so it's not like it's uncommon, but I don't think I notice it in other people much). But I do wonder if this is something my body does because I'm more active, or drinking more water (I'm drinking much more water now, you can see the difference in my skin), or something like that?
What do you think? Thanks for any input you could offer!