It's driving me crazy, this partial insomnia....I can sleep, no problem, once I GET to sleep...but even when I'm really tired & yawning, I have a hard time falling asleep...often, due to pain, but not always...I am in a considerable amount right now, as weight starts coming off, everything in my back, hips, shoulders seems to shift, & the FM stuff comes & goes, & gets better in waves, but when it's waxing & waning, OH, the nights like this seem so endless!
This level of pain really only hit me last night this time, usually it's after two weeks or so, or about 10-15 lbs (which is what I've released in the past in 2 weeks when I've gone 100% raw...I haven't weighed in for days, so have no idea where I'm at, am waiting for Wednesday...) I haven't been sleeping properly, or near enough, for MONTHS now! I'm sooo tired of being overtired!!!
Sorry, I don't mean to whine...don't know how much this is because of the FM, & how much is my weight...my legs have been throbbing, & feeling heavy{like cement}, which I know can be part of MS, & my legs are where it's affected me the most, in the past...I'm also sitting too much, but it hurts to stand for too long...I remember reading that standing is best, & laying down is much gentler on your spine than sitting...
I also have little appetite when I've been up all night (which is funny, everyone else says when they're tired they eat MORE!) so I'll likely just have fruit most of the day, & maybe a smoothie or salad later...
I was given a bunch of garden-fresh spinich from our pastor's garden, & it's soooooooo yummy! But there's too much to eat in the next few days, (& you've gotta alternate your greens, especially spinich, otherwise it can lead to arthritic symptoms, because of the high oxalic acid content, which will build up in your joints...) so I think I'm going to blend a bunch & freeze it for future smoothies in jars...
Here's some info on it, about how it also hinders the absorbtion of iron, taken from here:
http://www.healthcastle.com/iron-spinach.shtml
So Should you or Should you not eat Spinach?
You do not need to give it up if you are a spinach lover! Simply eat spinach with any foods containing iron absorption enhancers. Here are some examples:
Iron Absorption Enhancers
Fruits: Orange, Orange Juice, cantaloupe, strawberries, grapefruit and other Vitamin-C rich fruits
Vegetables: Broccoli, brussels sprouts, tomato, tomato juice, potato, green & red peppers
I'm off to go stretch on my physioball, & maybe take a bath...it's 8:30 am, so can't go lay down for a few hours, I need to get Hannah up & on track for the day, & I think the landlord is coming by, so I need to clean up some more....*sigh*...& of course NOW I could sleep...
HEAL ME, LORD!!!!
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