Learning My Limits

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My meeting with the nurse practitioner did go well yesterday. I was pleased to see that I’d lost a few more quarter inches here and there without gaining any. I’d lost close to two pounds but I’d also lost another percent of my fat to body weight ratio. When I started, 36.3% of my weight was from body fat now it’s 32.4% percent. I know I still have a ways to go and I haven’t really been eating in a way that’s conducive to losing body fat quickly, but I’m hoping that because of the way I’m doing things right now that I’ve actually made life changes and I won’t revert back to not exercising at all. I guess we’ll see. It’s not like I have a crystal ball.

 

I did intend to exercise today. I got up at 5:20 with every intention of going with dad to the gym and then coming home and napping until I felt like getting up but when I got up, I knew with every fiber of my being that if I tried working out I was going to injure myself. So I moved my car so dad could take his and then I went to back to bed and slept until afternoon. I slept nearly 12 hours in total. I really was exhausted. I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised by that, considering that I worked 10 days in a row and exercised a good many of them and wrote a good bit and read a good bit and was also kind of socialable at times too. I don’t think there’s any way for a mere mortal to juggle all of that and not be a little worn out at the end of it.

 

So instead of exercising today, I ended up spending the entire day watching TV and playing on my computer. I did get some written. I finished the rough draft of my Biffy and Lyall story so I can start working on editing that soon. I hope to work on that this weekend and have a story ready to post before the end of the month. I’m not terribly worried about it since I do have a handful of days left and the basic story is done, even if I have some reworking to do.

 

I’m still pretty exhausted, but I’m looking forward to tomorrow. We’re going to the gym in the morning and then I have a massage at 10. Later in the day I’m going to a party. It’s at a ballroom and it’s a semi formal event so I’m pretty stoked about it. I haven’t had a chance to dress up and put on real make up in ages so I’m looking forward to it. I just have to decide what accessories to wear and how to do my make up, but I usually enjoy that sort of thing so I’m hopeful.

 

I’m going to need rest in order to enjoy all those things tomorrow and I don’t want to rely solely on what naps I might get tomorrow for that.