Now
I do understand the importance of sleep. Especially while doing something crazy
like burning almost 1500 calories a day. But there are some issues at hand. I
have not been a great sleeper for a long time. I did many years of sleeping two
to four hours a night then 24 hours on a day when it all came back to bite me.
I am sure my film projects that kept me up for days and my eating habits during
wrestling season have all led to my current problems. The average person falls
asleep in seven minutes and they say if it takes longer than 15 you most likely
suffer from some kind of insomnia. I can’t remember the last time I lied in bed
for less than an hour before drifting off.
Now
some of you are seeing a problem. I do eventually fall asleep and stay there
now until I have had enough. Good habits my wife has taught me. So what is that
problem some of you already figured out. Yes, that would be Ben. Ben is now
three months old and we were just told he is teething. This means that the sleeping
patterns we worked so hard on for the first three months are gone. He now wakes
up randomly and without reason and this is not good for what little sleep I was
getting. You must understand I can live fine on two or three hours of sleep but
only if I wake up on my own which I now never want to get that little sleep
again.
If
I could take back all the nights of walking aimlessly around, stumbling, and
catching up on the latest movies for some sleep, believe me I would. Today when
I usually do my P90X as Ben sleeps I slept too and as good as that felt it
meant I did both workouts (Plyo and Pure Cardio) in the evening. This felt a
lot less good. I was able to stay under my calorie count again and even made
chili from scratch (soked the bean and ground the meat) for dinner, which was
filling for the calories. My wife is now counting calories using her iPhone as
well and that helps keep me in check. Tomorrow I work shoulders and arms on
P90X and do cardio circuit on Insanity.
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