This not sleeping thing is really, REALLY getting old. Since Monday I've gotten roughly 19 hours of sleep. I should have gotten 36. I'm still falling asleep shortly after I get into bed, but come 1 or 2 am I wake up. And then I'm up. Sometimes until 5. Sometimes for the whole rest of the day.
I thought that eating better would help (I've been back on program for almost 3 weeks now). I feel physically better, but it hasn't seemed to make a difference in staying asleep.
I'm slowly adding back an exercise routine. Carrie and I are walking together every Saturday morning. We had our first yoga "class" last night (meaning, the two of us doing a video together in my living room). We're going to make Thursday evening our yoga/stretching program night. I've added to that a walk on my own Sunday mornings. And I'm going to do the exercise video Tuesday mornings as well (hey, I'm up anyway, right?). I thought for sure the increase in movement and activity would help with the sleeping. But again, no such luck.
I've thought maybe it's that I need more aerobic exercise - that walking just 2 days a week isn't enough. But I really don't know how to fit more in. There just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day. I also have a tendency to go at something full force (e.g., diet or exercise program) and overload myself and then drop it because it becomes too much. I'm trying to SLOWLY add the activity, so it's not as much of a shock to my system or routine. Maybe when it's lighter at 6 am (and a bit warmer (yes, I know I've become a cold weenie)) I'll be able to rouse myself out of bed and up on the road before work. We'll see.
My therapist is having me keep a log now of my moods, my sleep, any and all medications I'm taking. I'm also including the days I do exercise. I'm already keeping a diary of my eating via the WW journal. She's hoping that we'll be able to discover some type of pattern.
I sure hope so. Because this really sucks.
