update on life
Aug. 25th, 2012 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frellnikThe heat and humidity are really doing a number on me. No AC at work, humidity is high (averaging higher than 75% at noon and high before and after) and no clouds in the sky to provide shade from the sun. It's terrible! I've been exhausted since Wednesday. I feel ok when I wake up in the morning, but by the time I get to school, I'm overheating, sweating, and feeling crappy. By the time I get home all I want to do is sleep. I have to force myself to cook and eat. I can't wait for summer to be over. As it is now, the only excerice I'm getting is the painful walk to and from school every day and the walk to and from the grocery store. I just don't have the energy for anything else. Although, carrying 10lbs of groceries home in this heat is one hell of a workout.
I'm doing pretty well with the primal diet too. But I"m having trouble with ingredients. Almond and Coconut flour are impossible to get here and flour is on the prohibited list for imports. Vinigar is also very hard to find and I have yet to see any limes or lime juice either. Kale is also not available. So I'm having trouble with variety. As it is, I'm having to eat either bread or oatmeal for breakfast at least a few days a week since I have to be careful of my cholesterol and therefore I have to stay away from lots of eggs. And almost every breakfast recipe I've come across has eggs.
So parts of my 6 week challenge are going well, but other parts are not. I picked a very busy time (August is crazy busy) to challenge myself to study 10 hours a week. I am not even studying half of that. The workouts are supposed to be 2 to 3 times a week, but with the heat the way it is, I'm only doing one body weight workout a week and then counting my trips to the grocery store (which tire me out way more than the body weight work out anyway) as my other workouts for the week. The only drinking pop once a week goal is going great. Especially since, because of the heat, all I want to drink is water.
I've decided to take it easy this weekend and stay in my apartment as much as possible with my AC on. I'm hoping that rest and lots of water and cooler temperatures will help me feel better by Monday. Unfortunately, the hot weather is going to continue with no sign of rain for the next week or more. Hopefully it won't last much longer.
I'm doing pretty well with the primal diet too. But I"m having trouble with ingredients. Almond and Coconut flour are impossible to get here and flour is on the prohibited list for imports. Vinigar is also very hard to find and I have yet to see any limes or lime juice either. Kale is also not available. So I'm having trouble with variety. As it is, I'm having to eat either bread or oatmeal for breakfast at least a few days a week since I have to be careful of my cholesterol and therefore I have to stay away from lots of eggs. And almost every breakfast recipe I've come across has eggs.
So parts of my 6 week challenge are going well, but other parts are not. I picked a very busy time (August is crazy busy) to challenge myself to study 10 hours a week. I am not even studying half of that. The workouts are supposed to be 2 to 3 times a week, but with the heat the way it is, I'm only doing one body weight workout a week and then counting my trips to the grocery store (which tire me out way more than the body weight work out anyway) as my other workouts for the week. The only drinking pop once a week goal is going great. Especially since, because of the heat, all I want to drink is water.
I've decided to take it easy this weekend and stay in my apartment as much as possible with my AC on. I'm hoping that rest and lots of water and cooler temperatures will help me feel better by Monday. Unfortunately, the hot weather is going to continue with no sign of rain for the next week or more. Hopefully it won't last much longer.
