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I've suffered from insomnia since I retired at the end of 2011. For the past year, staying at home because of COVID - I still don't have regular sleep hours, but just accept it. I'm retired so I can take naps or sleep whenever I want (if I can). For the few months, since the time change I wake up around 2-3am. I was up at 3 this morning, had my hot chocolate and 1/2 bagel. Fed all the cats including the feral cat on the porch and fed Bobby. I was cooking chicken stew at 7:30am and ate lunch at 10am. Feels like it should be late afternoon and it's not even 10:30.
I was tempted to weigh myself again this morning but still want to wait until the first. I'm hoping to lose between 5-7 pounds this month.
View Diet Calendar, 07 February 2021:
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1438 kcal
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Fat: 32.49g | Prot: 88.68g | Carbs: 192.23g.
Breakfast: Crystal Fat Free Milk, Ghirardelli premium hot cocoa mocha, Philadelphia 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Thomas' Plain Bagel. Lunch: Foster Farms Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breasts, Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup, Russet Potatoes (Flesh and Skin, Baked), Onions, Carrots. Dinner: Best Foods Light Mayonnaise, Oroweat Original Oatnut Bread, Kirkland Signature Albacore Solid White Tuna in Water. Snacks/Other: Egg, Crystal Fat Free Milk, Ghirardelli premium hot cocoa mocha. more...
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Morning Fritzy. I missed this earlier. Yeah we just need less sleep when we get older. I feel that this is an issue with other people I talk to. They try different methods. But it is not easy. I hope you have a really nice day.
10 Feb 21 by member: liv001
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Thanks Liv! My pharmacist told me most retired people suffer to some degree from insomnia. I think, for me, it is due to a lack of a schedule. So I am learning not to worry about it. If it's dark and 7:30 and I fall asleep and wake up at 2 or 3 or even 4am, then fine. I have breakfast at 4am, lunch around 10 and dinner before 3pm.
10 Feb 21 by member: Fritzy 22
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I sleep maybe 6 to 7 hours as well. Many nights less. I have made peace with it but it can be a bit debilitating if the lack of sleep leave you tired all day. I find that this is what I need so I am good
10 Feb 21 by member: liv001
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Same here. I am actually happy when I get 6 hours. I have always had trouble sleeping, but I'm just happy that I don't have to get up and be somewhere every morning. I also try to schedule appointments later in the day, in case I have had a tough night. My old acupuncturist told me people used to wake up in the middle of the night and stay up for a few hours, then go back to sleep. It was called second sleep.
10 Feb 21 by member: _bec_ca
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I'm feeling good about my sleep right now. My doctor had suggested getting into a schedule. To stay up until 10 or 11 before going to bed and then sleeping until 6 or 7. Well, that doesn't work for me. I can't stay up until 10. 9 is late for me. So if I fall asleep at 8pm and am up at 3 or 4 that is turning out to be just fine. When we set our clocks forward in a few weeks, things will change. I will need to wait until it's dark before going to sleep!
11 Feb 21 by member: Fritzy 22
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