Whooops. ZzzzzzZ

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Well, I missed a post yesterday. That’s three now. I’m going to start posting earlier in the day now, so I don’t fall asleep before I post.
I woke up yesterday from a night of ptsd nightmares. I used to have nightmares every night but since being on E2M and improving my health and mindset, as well as exercising, I have been sleeping soundly most nights (when my husband is quiet anyway). Nightmares are few and far between. They’re rarely severe anymore but this one was horrifying, and I woke up screaming and fighting. It was a rough start to the day, but things improved by the afternoon.
But then a migraine hit. I laid down in the dark to try to deal with that and ended up falling asleep sometime between 5:30 and 6. I woke up at 3am this morning clueless what had happened, sooooo thirsty and groggy, and my head still tingling. Got some hydration done and then headed out for breakfast and to the gym. My head felt a lot better after getting some exercise in. I’m kind of wondering if the low blood pressure is what has been causing my headaches.
Amanda surprised me today with a cool new zip up sports bra! I’m going to try wearing it tomorrow. I have been wanting one like that so it’s less of a pain to put on after getting out of the pool. If you don’t know what I mean, wet your back and then try to roll a sports bra down. Even after drying off, it’s still impossible for me without getting someone to help tug it down. If this works out, I can finally start running errands on the way home instead of having to come home, cage these wild animals and then go back out, by which point, I don’t want to go back out.
My baby girl is visiting her aunt right now, so I thought I’d knock the post out now before I have the chance to fall asleep this evening. I had to show you guys this progress. I’m in an awkward point in my body’s journey where I’m not really getting thinner, my fat is just getting shorter. My apron and rolls are moving up right now more so than moving in. It has made for some less than exciting progress pictures until today when I got my husband to grab a picture of my back and apron. Wow! I was pretty shocked. Oh. And I put some color in my hair yesterday!
Happy hump day! Here’s to having less humps on my body! #inspirefire




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