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Saturday, March 09, 2013
The end of last week was pretty much a fail in my blogging as well as my “sleep” project. My sleep for the past three or four days has been very irregular, and I finally slept this morning, from around 4:30 to 11:30. I finally started working four days a week, with this past Friday being my first official day off. Maybe that helped. It certainly helped in that I made a huge turkey/rice soup. I have eight jars in the fridge, which will serve for tonight’s supper as well as week-day/work-day lunches this week for DH and I.
All of this success, along with the gloriously sunny and warm weather, got me energized. My DH and I went for a short hike on a snow-packed path in the woods this afternoon. Keep in mind that I just got the ok a few weeks ago to start cardio after years of not being able to do any, and you’ll understand how thrilled I am to have been out on the trail for about 35 minutes today. I was going at a pretty good clip, and so went in front of my husband, who was taking his time. I also stretched in the parking lot before getting back in the car – makes a huge difference for me to stretch immediately after doing any exercise, even just walking.
Tomorrow is another day, and another opportunity to get out there. We’re not sure yet where we’ll go, as today’s trail was getting pretty slushy by the time we finished, but we’re definitely getting out there!
Spring ahead tonight, peeps!
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
So, today is a day to do a spot check on how I’m doing on this week’s goals on the 5% Firecrackers Team. It’s been hit and miss, I’m afraid. Sleep is still an elusive goal, as is closing down electronics by 9:00. For example, it’s 9:24 pm right now, and I just got back from the gym at 9:15 and want to do my Sparking for the day.
Aside from that, I’ve found that biking every morning is too much, so I’m alternating it with walking. That’s working out well, and the weather is cooperating this week with warmer temperatures predicted until at least Sunday. The Spring melt will be on, and that in itself is encouraging!
I’m doing some meditation, and bought a CD with a few different types of meditation to try out, including some short ones that are appropriate for a work environment. Too early to see if that’s helping, though.
Overall, I’m satisfied with how things are going, and look forward to continued improvements.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
The 5% team’s challenge of the week is to develop a new habit, and blog about it on a daily basis. I’m up to the second question on the following list:
1) What new habit you wish to develop? (see March 2 blog) 
2) How will you do that?
3) What are you doing to encourage yourself and keep on track?
4) How are you doing day by day?
5) What can you improve upon?
6) Do you need some motivation or advice? Ask for it!
7) Anything else you would like to share with your Team
 2) How will you do that?
I’ve initiated a sleep test to rule out anything physical being wrong. The onco suggested it because this is a life-long pattern. My first memory of staying up at night was right after my second birthday. I was in the hospital, and the little boy in my room was afraid to fall asleep so I would hold his hand and he would sleep. I didn’t realize at the time that his heart would stop in his sleep, hence his fear. I only learned that many years later in my late teens. Anyway, sleep test scheduled in May (wish I didn’t have to wait so long).
Keeping a consistent sleep schedule—going to bed and waking up at the same time—every day, including the weekends. For me, that includes closing all electronics (e.g. laptop, cellphone) by 9:00 each night except for logging SP points! It also means tracking my sleep hours as much as I can, and noting anything that might be interfering with my sleep (e.g. noises, heat or cold, etc.).
Since chronic stress can contribute to sleeplessness, and I am under chronic stress, I have to work on relaxation techniques. I know.. I KNOW that meditation is great overall. I was doing some for a while, and somehow let it go, so I want to get back to it. As far as yoga goes, there is an aqua yoga at the gym that I want to try. It’s only once per week, I think, but it is feasible for me. My trainer thinks many yoga movements could bother me because of my postural dizziness and low blood pressure.
I also want to simply learn more about sleep, so I’ll be checking out all the Spark resources regarding sleep (e.g. the wellness articles, the Spark team). I read some of them a while back, but it’s time to refresh my memory.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
The 5% team’s challenge of the week is to develop a new habit, and blog about it on a daily basis. They ask the following questions:
1) What new habit you wish to develop?
2) How will you do that?
3) What are you doing to encourage yourself and keep on track?
4) How are you doing day by day?
5) What can you improve upon?
6) Do you need some motivation or advice? Ask for it!
7) Anything else you would like to share with your Team
So, what new habit do I want to develop? It immediately sprang to mind – sleep! You would think the sleeping would be automatic enough, but with me, not so much. I’ve never been a good sleeper, have always been a nightowl. Sometimes I night I am 100% more alert than I am in the day even if I haven’t slept at all! For the longest time, if I would fall asleep at 10:50 pm and wake up at 11:10 pm, I would be awake all night. That's getting a bit better, but not by much. What's more, lately I am often wide awake then fall asleep on the sofa, only to wake up around 2:00 a.m. and not fall back asleep. 
That has got to change. It’s hard on my body, and I am not getting the healing time of sleep. Did you know that much of our healing is done as we sleep? So that’s the habit for this week and beyond – sleeping! By the time Spring comes, I will have been into it nearly three weeks and it will have become a habit by then!
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Bonus! I just realized that getting 7 hours of sleep is also one of the team's goals!
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Member Comments About This Blog Post:
job on walking and stretching!
Hope you have a great time at water yoga!