6.29.2009

HYPOGLYCEMIA HELL


Grrrr. I'm tired all the time. And I mean ALL the time. No matter what I do sleep wise, I'm a walking zombie. I've tried getting 9 hours of sleep/night (this doesn't allow for much of a life, when I'm sleeping NINE hours or more every night). I've tried only getting around 7 hours of sleep/night. It just seems like, no matter what i do, I cant get just enough sleep so that I'm not completely exhausted all day long. Also, after I eat certain foods, I feel like I'm seconds away from passing out. So I went and had blood work done and my doc notified me that he feels I am Hypoglycemic. The cure, of course, will be to 'Follow a strict set of diet guidlines, get enough sleep, and exercise 5 days a week.' Pshhh. Can't you just give me a magic pill (that's non-addicting of course??) that will magically fix all my problems? Darn it. Well, I have some things to say about this. It is VERY hard for me to resist the urge to eat sweets. I'm only being honest! I know this post is going to make me sound like a fat american who's well on her way to Diabetes, but this is my place to complain if I wanna complain!! mmk? =D So, second on my list of Fat American Complaints is....Exercise? Blah. I LOVE exercising when I have the time and energy, don't get me wrong. But when the hell do I have BOTH the time and the energy?? Ha ha. Basically once every 2 weeks, if I'm being honest here. I feel so amazing after a good run or a game of tennis, but just getting to the tennis court or the gym, is more than half the battle. I know that once I start working out more, that I'll magically have more ambition to do it regularly, because of how good it makes you feel. I'm just sitting here thinking about how the last thing I want to do tonight after driving 45 minutes to get to work, working for 8 hours, and then trying to force-feed my brain College Algebra for 2.5 hours, is put on my running shoes and head to the gym. I just wanna go home! Ha ha. So, if anyone has motivational words for me to helop get my ass to the gym, please let me know!

Second issue at hand-
Here's a list of the things I should not have. It's such a sad list full of my favorite things!
♥ sugars
♥ refined flour
♥ white rice
♥ processed proteins (lunchmeats, sausages, bacon, hot dogs - anything with additives or preservatives) mmmm baaaacon gargle gargle gargle
♥ processed cheese
♥ anything with caffeine in it (including chocolate)
♥ soft drinks (carbonated drinks, including diet sodas)
♥ alcohol

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I tell you what, the list above was just about everything I was planning on eating in powell this weekend. And lots of alcohol. Boo who. This house is a fucking prison! Ha ha. I'm just so sad, because, normally, I would take this as 'guidelines' rather than 'rules' but if I dont shape up, this could lead to diabetes! And diabetes=extra expenses, health problems, and annoyance. Sho, I think I'll take the advice from the stupid book. Anywho, on a positive note, most likely these changes that I will be making, will make me feel better! And to that, I say HELLS YEAH.