{"id":4763,"date":"2011-03-24T06:52:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/03\/24\/sleep-less-eat-more\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T07:09:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T11:09:48","slug":"sleep-less-eat-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/sleep-less-eat-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep-less… Eat More?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I listed a bunch of healthy habits<\/a> I\u2019m focusing on while growing Baby D.  One I forgot to mention? Sleep. Sleep is so important.<\/p>\n

\u2026which is why I\u2019m missing it so much<\/span><\/em> \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been a great sleeper-at least 8 hours of solid sleep a night.  And I love my sleep.  It totally makes or breaks a day for me.  But lately, sleep has sucked.  Not an eloquent way to put it, but I couldn\u2019t care less right now.<\/p>\n

Every night for the past week or so, as soon as 3:30am rolls around my eyes POP open.  Like clockwork.  Usually it\u2019s to relieve my full bladder, which is fine.  But what is NOT fine, is that I can\u2019t go back to sleep afterwards.  I lay (lie?) there with my eyes closed, sometimes drifting in and out of sleep again until 6:30am or 7:00am, but some days, like today, it\u2019s inevitable.  I\u2019m up for the day.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve been awake since 3:30am, and finally accepted it and got out of bed shortly after 4:00am.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s early.  Even Koda didn\u2019t budge when I left the room, which is rare.<\/p>\n

I made myself breakfast\u2026<\/p>\n

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and got to returning emails, reading blogs and other office tasks.  Now it\u2019s almost 7:00am and I can tell I\u2019m in for a long day.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read that one side effect of lack of sleep is eating more throughout the day.  I\u2019m curious, so I\u2019m going to constantly update today\u2019s post with the food I\u2019m eating throughout the day.  It\u2019s a bit selfish, but I\u2019d like to see if Baby D\u2019s 3:30am wake up calls are leaving me to rely more heavily on food to fuel me throughout the day.<\/p>\n

\u2026now off to brew a cup of decaf coffee\u2026<\/p>\n

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The best part about waking up super early? Second breakfast!<\/p>\n

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I just love how the chia seeds get gel-ly in yogurt.  To non-chia-eaters, this may sound gross, but it\u2019s really neat!  Plus, you don\u2019t have to chew them to get the omega-3s, unlike flax. See ya later \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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My first pregnancy exercise FAIL.<\/p>\n

I wanted to get a walk in with Koda-bug and decided to try and get in 4 miles before I ate lunch and headed out to some meetings this afternoon.  So I suited up the pup and we were off.<\/p>\n

PS- this is what I see when I look down\u2026my lovely lady bump.<\/p>\n

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Anyways\u2026 I was just over 1 mile in when I realized I had to go<\/em>.  Ugh\u2026 I just went before I left the house! I decided to fight through it.  But I didn\u2019t get much further before I realized, no, I needed to turn around because I had to GO<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I picked up my pace and headed home, but on the way back I began to get light headed. Uh-oh<\/strong><\/em>. I should have eaten.  My forehead broke out in a cold sweat and I was certain I was going to have to hitchhike the measly 3\/4 mile back to the house.<\/p>\n

No cars came\u2026 I kept fighting.<\/p>\n

Finally- HOME.  I rushed in the door knowing I needed sugar in my system. STAT<\/em>.<\/p>\n

My hand shook as I sliced up a kiwi.<\/p>\n

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I might have eaten all the slices in one giant bite.  Phew- that helped.<\/p>\n

Now on to real food.  I raided the fridge and through together lunch.<\/p>\n

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Refried beans, brown rice, a tomato and 1\/2 an avocado\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026all mixed up with some salsa.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Devoured.<\/p>\n

A bottle of water and my Juice Plus gummies went down the hatch, too.<\/p>\n

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Now, I\u2019m starting to feel human again.  Lesson learned.<\/p>\n

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Busy afternoon with the biz, and go figure- I got hungry 1\/2 way through \ud83d\ude42  So I stopped for a snack (or a second lunch).<\/p>\n

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I just got home and needed another snack.  I remembered the celery and Catalina I mentioned the other day and it sounded yummy!<\/p>\n

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Then to top it off, I indulged in a chocolate truffle my neighbor had brought by.  She is a great baker and sweet maker\u2026 Sorry K-diz, no chocolate for you!<\/p>\n

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Off to get to work on dinner\u2026 I\u2019m so excited about it!<\/p>\n

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Prepare to wipe the drool off your screen.<\/p>\n

For dinner I used Jessica\u2019s<\/a> brilliant idea of goat cheese stuffed crust.  And I\u2019m so glad I did!<\/p>\n

I made the dough, let it rise, put Hubbs to work on rolling it out, then got my hands messy stuffing the crust.<\/p>\n

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We topped it off with a bit of marinara, sliced tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, broccoli and fresh herbed mozzarella.<\/p>\n

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15 minutes and many, many giant sniffs of the delicious aroma later\u2026 dinner!<\/p>\n

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We cut it into sixths and I had 2 slices.  Amazing.<\/p>\n

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So delicious!<\/p>\n

So my overall thoughts on the day? I don\u2019t think I ate much more than usual by being sleep deprived.  Maybe the truffle was due to needing a pick me up, since I\u2019m not really a sweets person\u2026 but maybe it was just because my neighbor makes delicious truffles \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Good night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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