Night Owl? More Like Nocturnal

Well I held down the fort yesterday with only a few small bites of the edge of the icing around my cookie cake. I left the rest of the square and just nibbled the icing :o) Hey, it was mine, I can do with it what I want! I ended up not eating most of my last meal (Chix Vegetable Rice) because I had zero appetite so I figured the cookie made up for some of that missed meal plus some.

I ended up reading before bed and was getting ready to go to sleep around 1:30am. My back was sore but not too awful so I figured I could get to sleep...which I did, until 4:30am. I've noticed for a few nights this has been happening. I go to bed around 1am and by 4:30 or 5:30am I'm wide awake in pain. So instead of tossing and turning trying to get comfortable, I sat up, took some pain pills, and decided to finish my book. The only position I was comfortable in was sitting Indian style and then lying my chest down over my lap. My chiro said this actually doesn't help the problem, it encourages it more because my disks are bulging when I sit like this. But he said if you're in that much pain and this is the only way you can get relief, then sit like that. So I did until I finished the book and the pills had fully kicked in which was around 6am.

So I went back to sleep knowing my alarm was going to go off in an hour. I was pissed. It went off at 7am and I reset it for 8am. I was supposed to get up early so I could workout and then go with Jeff out to a car place to have his RSX looked at...or something. He talks cars and I kinda zone out lol Kinda like when I talk about makeup, clothes, shoes, etc. So the alarm went back off at 8am, I got up, opened my blinds and stood there LOL I felt AWFUL. Drained, exhausted, sore, and crabby. I thought of working out and thought, "Oh hell no!" I had zero energy. I debated for 5 minutes if I should go back to bed, forgo going out to the car place with Jeff, and getting some sleep. Or, should I just suck it up, workout, and hope my workout was good despite my lack of energy and hope that I would be more energized after it. Usually I'll go with the later. But I felt so bad that I said screw it, closed up my blinds and drapes, and reset my alarm for 10:30am.

I felt MUCH better when I got up at 10:30am. Kinda groggy but much more energized. I ended up skipping my precardio meal and did it fasted. I felt a lot better going through the workout without food in my belly. I didn't feel things moving around and didn't look like I was 5 months pregnant when I was done. Usually I'm so bloated it's crazy and it doesn't go away til a few hours later. The workout was FANTASTIC!!!! The best I've had in quite awhile. I was PUMPED!

And now my back hurts like a bitch lol From working out? Nah. Just because I'm sitting in front of my computer putting all that stress on my spine. It feels great when I'm doing Tae Bo because the stiffness is getting worked out of the muscles and I'm limbered up when I'm done.

I haven't fully prepped meals for today but I have an idea of what I'm going to eat. I totally forgot about whipping up protein loaves to eat during the day and since my carbs are higher right now, I can get away with eating them often.

Time to lay down and ease some of this stress off my back. Make it a great day!