when indulgences go bad

[kettunainen]

i had ice cream twice yesterday and once today. I barely had enough protein to cover the ice cream indulgences of yesterday and experienced a bit of agitation as my blood sugar dropped (as opposed to plummetted). Today, I had extremely little protein to pad out the sugar, and as a result, I feel like utter horse shit. I am cranky, bitchy, neurotic

Comments

[dragonlady]

had ice cream twice yesterday and once today.

Yes, I guess you definitely see my point about indulgences **hugs**

[sgeimh_solais]

Things that i find are useful in dealing with backlash hangover

[kettunainen]

thankfully I don't get nauseated (er, not yet, at least), and I don't get migraines from indulging in excess carbs -- just an annoying tightness.

the water is helping immensely, and I just took some Vit. C. we're out of cheese and cottage cheese and need to go get more. we also don't have calcium supplements, which I've been wanting (cal-mag, specifically, for the magnesium). and the lack of stuff I need has been adding to my neuroses and anxieties, so I'm going to go to the store now. I'm much better than I was, but I'm not all good yet. :)

thank you!

[sgeimh_solais]

welcome! *hugs*

[lepke]

i feel the same way about work.
if i find myself working more than 5-6 hours a day, for more than 3-4 days in a row, i get exhausted and sick. like my body is telling me to stop already! it's really frusterating, cause i want to open my coffee shop, and i will more than likely have to work 24/7 till i trust anyone else to work. gah!

[the_moogie]

I find much of the exhaustion is related to what I'm doing. When I worked at Timothy's it was physically painful to stand, and sometimes also to deal with the customers. There were days I'd feel physically sick before going to work as my body tried to get me out of it (thanks, bod). But I went because we needed the money.

Now that I have a job I like there's no more sick before work feeling. There are sucky days, but it's much better than it was. If you had a job you loved you probably wouldn't feel tired so quickly. I don't know if this happens to you, but when I'm researching a topic I'm really into I almost get possesed by a boundless energy that's really obsessional and kind of cool. I imagine a job you love would be like that.

[kettunainen]

I don't know if this happens to you, but when I'm researching a topic I'm really into I almost get possesed by a boundless energy that's really obsessional and kind of cool. I imagine a job you love would be like that.

yeah, it DOES happen. It's kind of frightening at times, too. I hope you're right about the energy translating into a workable full-time job experience. That would SO Rock!

[ewtikins]

Being desperately unsuited for full-time work does not mean you are screwed. Being desperately unsuited for full-time work and not knowing it would be pretty bad.

I'm also desperately unsuited for full-time work. So, I work a day or two a week, most weeks, and manage to survive on that. I have enough time spare to undertake a full-time music degree, which is fairly time-intensive.

In future I'll probably work two or three days a week rather than one or two, with regard to work outside the home (I don't consider gardening, spinning, crocheting, cooking, preserving, or foraging to be "work", although many people would - I'm not sure if I'd suddenly feel different about them if I had to do them). I am managing alright at the moment on one or two days but I live very frugally and don't save much money, and after I've finished my degree I have some other plans which will require some initial capital investment. Besides that, I like my work and wouldn't mind being able to do a bit more of it