Today

So today I started out horrible, crapy, tired, bloated just plain sick feeling. I know what part of it is, I always start feeling fatigue symptoms first associated with my PMDD. I always start feeling fatigued about the 18-20 of every month. The one good part about this, at least I know when's it's going to hit and what it is when it hits. Before the past year I would just lay around every day all day. I'm trying something new. I've been advised during this cycle to try high lean protein, veggies, fruits & LOTS of water. So today every time I felt like just giving up and laying around, I'd grab me some granola (homemade), some grapes, a glass of water and begin to snack. Amazingly, I would feel better. The next time around I realized it was lunch. So again, I had baked chicken & green beans with a glass of water. Okay, I'm doing okay. Then I got busy and forgot to eat, so I began to crash HARD. I remembered my goal, eat, eat, eat, HIGH PROTEIN. So I grabbed some lean deli sliced turkey meat out of the frig, some romain lettuce and some provolone cheese, oh and some more grapes. Woohoo, now I feel it. Much better. Oh, then I just was craving something sweet so I grabbed some more granola. The other part of this learning experience with my diet is keeping up with my calories. I recently learned I have to have at least 1500 calories a day to keep myself going if I want to workout. Anything less than 1200 and I feel drained. So keep that in mind if you are trying to get a good workout in. Go on to www.thedailyplate.com and join the site for free. It will walk you through everything you need to know about what your weight should be, how many calories you should eat plus it has an amazing calorie food counter. All you have to do is search for what you've eaten and you can add it to your plate. It also teaches you how to count calories from something you have made from scratch, VERY COOL. I am also a Beachbody member, so I get a lot of my nutrition guidance from that site as well.. www.beachbody.com. So even though I figured out how to get out of my really bad lows, I never could get enough mental or physical energy to workout. Maybe tomorrow. I hate not feeling like working out. I absolutely LOVE my workouts. I feel so much better when I workout, but there was just not enough energy for me today. Off to bed for tonight. Let's see how tomorrow goes.