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March 10, 2006

ZZZzzzzz

Last night I got a better night’s sleep than I’ve had in a while. It makes all the difference in my outlook during the day. Most of the time I’m perpetually tired and, frankly, it leads me to depression, which in turn, (surprise) leads me to eat. The past few days I’ve been coming home from work, plopping on the couch, watching TV, and eating big dinners.

I’ve never been completely sunken in depression or anything and I’m way better than I used to be. Losing a lot of weight obviously helped a ton. My emotional state has always been and is still very fragile.

I’m not sure what came first the depression or the weight. I can also throw a postpartum shakeup into the mix. I’m not even concerned how it all started I just allow myself to acknowledge it as a huge factor so I can learn to deal with it.

One of the ways I try to deal with it is by getting as much sleep as I possible can. That was my main resolution for this year, which I have a really difficult time sticking to. I’ve known this for myself for a while but I continue to see it mentioned in articles such as this one about 10 tips that boost metabolism.

If I catch up on the Zzzs this weekend maybe I’ll see an end to the big dinners of late and not have such bad results at this Monday’s weigh-in.

Posted by hopeful @ March 10, 2006 6:03 PM