Sleep

For the past few weeks I've been waking up at 4:40 am every stinking morning.  Then Jared gets up at 6:00.  Then I'm up at 6:45.  But because I'm waking up at 4:40, I start thinking about the next few hours and then I can't go back to sleep.  AUGH!!!  It's a horrible cycle.

But I think I found my solution.  Last night I went to be about 10:45 pm.  Not exactly, but I know it was before 11:00.  I slept straight through.

I woke up to Jared's alarm, but was able to go back to sleep.  This morning I felt amazing!  Totally rested.  Ready to conquer the day.  On top of my eating.  Actually wanted to exercise.  Everything!  There is more to healthy living than just eating right and exercising enough.  You have to sleep right too!  When you're rested you make better decisions and you're just naturally a nicer person.

"Early to bed and early to rise.  Makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise."  LDS Primary Childrens Song Book.

Doctrine and Covenants 88:124 "...Retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated."

New Year New Start

Christmas was a killer on my scale this year.  I didn't formally exercise maybe even twice while the kids were on break.  I ate like crazy, and enjoyed every bit of it.  LOVE Christmas food!  It's the only time of year you get it, so I may as well enjoy it.

But man did I pay for my indulgence.  I gained a solid 8 lbs and went through sugar withdrawals like crazy. Headaches to make you cry and that even woke me up in the middle of the night.  But the headaches only lasted about 2 days, then I was good.

I am now back on Myfitnesspal.com and already down 4 lbs.  You deffinately loose weight faster when you eat right.  I'm also back to teaching Zumba Toning twice a week and loving it.

One of my students went to Nepal for December and since we were supposed to move over Christmas I thought I'd never see her again. But we didn't move and she's back with lots of great stories.  :)

I found the Marathon I want to run this year.  It's in Newport, Oregon on May 31st.

That means training starts next week.  I'm really excited.  A lot of people get their PR (personal record) at this Marathon and I am hoping to get 4 hrs.  This is my 3rd Marathon with that goal and I hope I get it this time.  Best thing yet would be get 3 hrs 40 mins, then I'd qualify for Boston 2015!  That would be awesome!

I am currently having trouble sleeping and I have to figure that out.  I thought there were too many blankets on my bed, so we fixed that.  It helped a bit but I'm still really restless at night.  I'll do some reading and let you know.

Love being back on track.  Love exercising again.  Love feeling like I have energy from eating healthy food. No more heaviness after a meal, and that's nice.