Morning ladies
Another day in weird perimenopause land...
Have to say, the cortisol stuff worries me too. I suffered from (at times) totally crippling anxiety because of my PTSD from the age of 37. That, probably combined with the 7 years of insomnia that followed, and a drop in my metabolic rate around 40 years old, contributed to me putting on a noticeable amount of weight over the course of a few years.
I did start reading up about it all when I was maybe about 40 years old, when the worst of the PTSD had passed, but I couldn't seem to affect what was happening in my body.
Anyway, I know I've had a huge spike in cortisol, starting since about last October, with the physical peri stuff that was happening and with the way my GP was dealing with it (or not). I feel like the worst of that has passed, and it's more standard peri anxiety that's going on, if you like.
I was watching some quite informative YouTube videos about food and diet around this time of life last night, so they reminded me about the cortisol thing. I'm thinking of making a few small changes to my diet, which are mainly to do with slowly cutting back on sugar, and substituting some of the white carbs I eat with other less refined forms, (or even just making those white carb portions much smaller if I really want to have them one day). I really don't eat that much of those kinds of foods anyway.
Am also thinking of just cutting back on the amount I eat ever so slightly. I lost a lot of weight after xh left (2 stone in 2 months) and I really don't want to start putting any of it back on at this point in my life.
Well, last night I had another 45 minute run on the treadmill. That's my standard session. I could easily do that every single day of the week. I threw in a 5 minute finisher at the end, just for variation. I like pushing myself quite hard when the finishing line is in sight.
I was tired when I got home and managed 5 hours sleep, but it was quite a deep sleep, so both of those things are really good for me.
I did notice the huge different it made to my health and just general outlook in life when I was managing to sleep more. I think that was probably around the 9 year mark after my PTSD started. It really took that long to get back to a healthy sleeping patter.
I feel weirdly normal today. Utterly normal, like not stressed out about anything in the least, and what I felt like before all this started. I actually feel like myself, and it's such a relief to know I'm still in there.
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