After the happiness of yesterday and eagerness to start today off with a nice jog with the dog before work, I woke this morning to unruly stiffness and "head fog".
I should mention that when I note "stiffness" (in this case and all other entries, thus far) I do not mean actual joints-will-not-move stiffness. The feeling of stiffness perplexes me because there seems no actual physical immobility or binding of muscles or joints; perhaps the amount of blueberries that I have consumed in the last 2 days has been contributing to some unbeknownst inflammation or irritant in my bloodstream? I'm skeptical because I know of the healthful properties of blueberries. I know that I am reaching, here, but it seems as though I should have slept well last night (I woke in seemingly the same position I feel asleep in) and I do not recall waking to go to the restroom or get a drink of water . . . so strange.
What it all amounts to is that, currently, I am standing at my post at work (thankfully the desk and computer monitor allow for this physical task) in order to a) stay awake and b) stay awake. My alarm went off at 6:30am in my hopes of waking my body with enough time to get out and jog, as I mentioned, before work. It took 45 minutes (not out of the norm) to get my achey-tired body out the door. No, I did not run. The pup and I did get a 30 minute walk in, thank the Lord for that. I cannot imagine I would be running on the low horsepower 2 cylinders that I am now had I not got up and outside to move around for a while before biking to work. Oh, yes, I biked (it's Saturday, after all) - and MAN ALIVE, was that a task this morning, too!! WHAT IS GOING ON, Saturday?! I am NOT feeling the love!
I can be thankful that I had enough motivation (if one can even call it that) to get out to walk the dog for more than 5 minutes this morning. It wasn't the run than I'd hoped for, but I can be okay with change. Up and moving is more than I feel I can bare, somedays . . . My head hurts, my eyes hurt--feel like I have been awake-for-days type of thing. What gives? And then, of course, upon writing this, I now start to feel pangs of guilt for complaining about minor aches and struggles when I have two functioning legs/feet that get me up and about each day.
Just frustrated that, although I had great nutrients yesterday (lots of fresh and whole fruits and vegetables, I think about 85% of my intake was plant-based) and I had a mentally-relaxing/refreshing day, I woke up with unexplained body crap this morning. Yes, crap. I said it.
30 minute walk, 10-min easy bike to work (and will bike home, of course). Standing at work, offered to shelf the 4 books we had checked in (aka, walk around to wake up) . . . little bits add up :-) *Positive Polly, please visit me!*
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