Where Eating and Sleeping Collide

I titled this blog Eat/Sleep/Read because I feel that reading is as necessary to life as eating and sleeping. Lately, eating and sleeping have been giving me problems.

I've been feeling extremely fatigued since April - so fatigued that some days I can't take a full shower without stepping out to sit down for a minute. Nothing related to sleeping (bedtime, amount of sleep, time getting up) or exercising improved how I felt.

When I first called the doctor in May, they were so obliging as to offer me an appointment in August (!). I finally persuaded them to see my in July. My bloodwork and other test results indicate no obvious problems.

While I was undergoing all this testing, however, I made a discovery of my own. I had been eating poorly...too much fast/frozen food, not enough fruits or vegetables, etc. Toward the end of July and the first few weeks of August, I was eating better - more fresh fruits and vegetables, chicken and fish, less pasta and bread. And I was feeling better. Last week I ate badly...and paid for it over the weekend. I didn't leave the house at all on Sunday, but slept on and off all day.

Clearly my fatigue is related to my diet. So I gotta eat better. I'll let you know how it goes.