#Mamavation Monday – Gotta Get Some Sleep!

Here is my weekly update on my healthy living journey….

Nutrition has been going pretty well. Last night I used my free meal for the week to nosh on some fabulous Ethiopian cuisine downtown. We went there after I attended the Zen Buddhist Temple service for my comparative religions class. The service was nice, and there was chanting and bowing and the woman running the service tapping a hollow wooden gourd-shaped thing with a wooden stick that made a really cool, mellow noise.

Exercise has been happening about three times a week. I crave exercise on the days I don’t do it, but it seems I have time for either a shower or exercise right after we get my oldest on the bus at 7:20am. So I alternate. It’s not as gross as it sounds.

I feel pretty good about what I’ve been doing, but I know that the big piece of my fitness and health puzzle that’s missing is sleep. I’m not getting enough. Not by a long shot. I don’t know exactly what to do to fix it, either. I work a lot, I have a lot of homework, and I have three kids, three dogs and a husband. Where on earth do I find the time to sleep?

It used to be no big deal because I would just mutter, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” But now knowing it’s a part of the health and fitness puzzle, I really want to fit it in!

I encourage you to either start or continue living a fit and healthy lifestyle!