So anyway!

There now follows for your entertainment delight, a short story about concentrating on the wrong thing, hoping for a brilliant result.

I have written on a few occassions, about the myriad of symptoms that menopause and perimenopause can bring to the surface, and the one that has bothered me the MOST is hormonal weight gain. Although truth be told, the psychological impact of perimenopause hit me long before the physical symptoms with lack of confidence and non stop crying occurring, and having NO idea why I psychologically felt as flast as a pancake.

So here I am, 54, grateful to have got to this age, and having the best mental health I have had In many years due to the hormonal square dance calming down.

I am cleaning up after the storm of menopause, and always focusing on my health and fitness.

One of the dangerous things about being a woman my age, and having a problem losing weight due to:

Sugar spikes

An underactive thyroid

Insulin resistance

is that, my social media is crammed full of adverts for vitamins and supplements all claiming to have the answer to my dreams. I know I have spent at least a couple of thousand over the last few years on stuff that just didn’t work.

So lately i have benn humming and haaaa ing about getting a smart watch that tracks everying I get up to, as i am visual learner so that’s how I best retain information. So I got a fitbit thingy. It does everying except make the tea, or so it seems.

OMG!!!!!

Here I am concentrating on what I am eating and getting a good 10K run in at least once a week, and calorie counting, when I SHOULD be concentrating on my sleep as it is atrocious.

Since I got the Fitbit, I have discoverd I am clocking up about 15K steps a day on average, but I am only getting just under 6 hours of sleep with about 1 hour 15 mins of deep sleep! I was really surprised to find this out, but not really, as like many people, sometimes I go to bed, and I have my phone and start having a Rock and Scroll session. That needs to get knocked on the head pronto.

Being on Pintrest and compiling interior design ideas is NOT what I should be doing before i fall asleep!

So, I am thankful for the wake up call (pun intended), but I got me thinking, how many other people are totally concentrating on the wrong thing for their health and wellbeing?

If you had a think about it, what would your wake up call be?

No one is perfect, that’s not what I am striving for, but when I get home from work at night I should be resting up after a full diary at work, not sticking on my trainers and going out for a run, maybe that’s why I am so tired but wired at night?

Let me know your thoughts.

Did this resonate with you?

ZZZZZZZZZZ

Elizabeth x