Friday, 27 July 2018

Sleep and getting to bed on time

On Sunday I had a bit of a hard time going to sleep. I was in bed around 9pm and reading my book. Because I have been drinking so much more water than usual I had to get up and go to the toilet around the time that I would usually put the book down and try to go to sleep. Then as I hadn't had any beer or any snacks I started to get hungry and thirsty too. It's odd, it's kind of like the more water I drink the thirstier I get, not sure what's going on there.
So at around midnight I was still awake, I got up and went to the toilet again.... I then also drank some more water. I was so hungry by then that I had to have something to eat. As I'm trying to be good I was searching the fridge and pantry for something that would take the edge off  my hunger but not be too much and also if it would be as healthy as I could find. Well, I ended up with two yoghurt topped biscuits. They were not healthy but they had raisins and yoghurt so points for trying right?
I'm not sure why I couldn't sleep, I've been getting more exercise than usual, I didn't get out of bed too late on Sunday morning, it was sometime around 8:30am. Maybe because I was thinking about work as I'd been off on leave for the previous two weeks.
My Fitbit reminds me at 9pm each night that it is time for bed and I'm trying to stick to that as I think getting enough sleep is also helping me avoid eating sugary foods and soft drink. I've haven't been feeling like I need the sugar hit to get me through the day.
The rest of the week wasn't as bad as Sunday but I was still feeling a little hungry each night when trying to go to sleep, but it's been getting better each day. I think it's odd that I can go to sleep feeling hungry but wake up and not feel hungry anymore. Although I'm still finding that I'm thirstier now than I was before I started trying to drink more water. I've heard that you can often mistake thirst for hunger and maybe that's what I've been doing, my body was telling me I'm hungry when in fact it should have been telling me that I was thirsty and now it's getting water again, it's asking for more if it.
I'm also not having as much issues with having to go to the toilet lots because of the water intake, it's like my body is adapting or something. Kind of weird and kind of cool that the body is so adaptable.
Tonight is a beer and pizza night, I think I've earned it but I guess the scales will tell the tale tomorrow morning.

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