Day 13: Friday the 13th and Weirdness Abounds

Everything has been just a little off kilter since my weird yoga class on Wednesday. And Friday was no exception. Thursday I had been so busy at work that I didn't have time to finish everything that I needed to do, so when I got home Thursday night, after eating and walking and blogging, I had to do some work from home and that kept me up until about 2:30 in the morning. Every so often, while I was running a program, I would get up and walk into the kitchen. This is an old habit. I wandered in opened the refrigerator to see what was in there, then the freezer. The difference is that the one time I did give in this time, I ate a 40 calorie no sugar added fudgesicle, which are really darn tasty. Scott's been really good about keeping the crap out of the house because he knows I have no will power, but I don't forbid the foods in the house, because this is my issue, not his. Currently there is a bag of cheese curls which I have successfully managed to resist.

Friday I got up a little later than intended so it was raisin bran for breakfast. I was at a client site until around 2pm, and on the way back I stopped at a deli to pick up lunch from their salad and hot food bars. I loaded up on steamed broccoli and carats, spinach salad, a couple of shrimp with a little fresh mozzarella and half a roasted chicken breast, just to get a little more protein. I finished out my day at work and headed home around 5:45 fully intending to cook dinner and do "Sweatin' to the Oldies".

But what actually happened was this. My neck and shoulder have really been bothering me lately and Friday it became a full blown muscle ache. ( I carry all my stress in my shoulders and the tops of my thighs). So when I got home, I found the heating pad and laid down for a few minutes just to give it some heat. And I promptly fell asleep. I woke up 2 hours later around 8:30, took out my contact lenses, got undressed and went back to bed. I slept straight through until about 6:45 am. I'm guessing my body needed some sleep!

Scott finds it very amusing that when my body says it's done for the day. It's done. There is no winding down period. It goes from 60 to 0 like I've suddenly run into a brick wall. When I hit the bed I'm usually out within 5 minutes. If we are out at a party or with friends, I can feel when it's starting and all I say to Scott is "I'm done" and he knows we need to get moving towards home.

I guess my body was giving me a great big "I'M DONE" yesterday.

I have a friend that I've developed a really fun email relationship with. We write at least twice a week and he asked me yesterday why I was so weird lately. So I explained about the yoga class and then I realized I hadn't told him about my "lifestyle change". I told him what I was doing and how it was a big change and is really contributing to the fact that I've been off kilter until I get used to it. But the timing seemed to be right for this change. After all, this seems to be a year of big change for many people. There are all my fellow Bloggers out there making this commitment to diet and fitness. My brother and two of my friends (including my email buddy) have quit smoking. And I have another friend who took some very brave steps to remedy a lifetime of insecurities. If they can do it, I can too!

We're closing in on the end of week two. I'm hoping tomorrow's number is a good one. We shall see. But if it's not, then I guess I'll just have keep my head down, keep eating right and up the activity level.

And hopefully soon, I get a little less strange.