First Foundation: Food and Sleep

So apparently the Universe listens very carefully when you make proclamations like this.  And my body decided to focus on two foundations I don't do well at all:  food and sleep.

I felt off all of Tuesday, which I attributed to getting up early on a few hours of sleep.  I also didn't eat much during the day, and was therefore exhausted when I got home.  I planned to relax for a brief moment before heading off to play rehearsal that night at 6:45, which meant getting out of the house by 6:20.  Which meant sure...it's 5:30.  Sit for a moment.

When I opened my eyes, it was 6:55 and my head felt like it was in a dryer pitching around and around.  I emailed a quick apology on my phone to the director, staggered into the kitchen for some water, staggered back to bed, and passed out again until about 5:30 the next morning.

You would think that food and sleep being two of the basic necessities of life, I might have figured them out by now.  But no.  I tend to not cook, wolf down crappy food, and not really pay much attention to my diet.  I'll go through phases where I'll make some effort, but it doesn't stick.  Mostly due to time crunches and such.

So...having some time now this summer...my body has announced we are starting here.  Diet and sleep patterns.  So, here's the basis for the foundations of what I need to do:

• Sleep patterns for waking up early and going to bed at reasonable times

Summertime!!!!!  Sleep in!!!!!  Stay up all night!!!!!!

No.  If I'm going to make a habit out of this, I need to start it when I don't have to.  Which means keeping up getting up "early" starting out, or at least maintaining as time goes on. 

• Regular meal planning

This is where I fall down.  I don't make plans of what I'm going to eat, but come home and stare at the fridge with a "what do I want"?  And since I'm usually exhaused by not eating breakfast (and sometimes not eating lunch), I grab whatever crap happens to be in the fridge or go get slices of greasy pizza at Salvatore's here at school.  Utilizing Sunday as a shopping day and a planning day, I can prep and prepare a plan for the week, even pre-cooking and freezing stuff.  Especially with play rehearsals coming up, this will be an important thing.

• Breakfast.  And lunch.  And dinner involving green bits.

Yes, all three.  And Breakfast does not consist of only coffee.  I actually gave up coffee recently for about a month (stomach issues), but I'm back on a regular routine of a half-pot at home/car ride into work.  I'm guessing this has a lot to do with my energy levels being as low as they are.  I'm supposed to do a meal-planning course with my health insurance, so this would be a good one-two combination of stuff I should get done.

So there's a start.  I did fairly well yesterday: breakfast, lunch (oriental salad with chicken!), and dinner of an egg sandwich.  Today...not so much.  No breakfast, no lunch packed, and dinner is going to be a scramble again due to lack of planning.  So Sunday is going to be the first major meal planning exercise, and for the rest of the week I'm just going to try to see what the blocks are from making this a regular thing.

Alright.  Home to get dinner and run to rehearsal.  Maybe an egg sandwich...?