December 24, 2010
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oheadache
Oh my goodness! I have had a horrible headache since last night before going to bed. I thought I could sleep it off, but no such luck. I went to work with it. I got through the Christmas lunacy, thinking I might ask to leave early, but I made it. This is the first week in a couple of years that I got 40 hours and I really want to reap the benefit of working that much, so I'm glad I didn't cop out from a headache.
It is a really bad headache though...It's a steady pounding in the middle of my head behind my forehead. You know how when you hang upside down you start to get that pressure build up from all the blood running down into your head? That's what it feels like...along with the feeling of my eye popping out of my head. I've never had a migraine before, but I don't think this one because I'm not having issues with light or sound, just a steady pressure with frequent throbbing. I tried taking some Advil earlier, which didn't help. I tried muscle relaxants with ibuprofen and that didn't help either. Apparently nothing can make this thing go away.
I think that's how dehydrated I am.
See, I am very bad at drinking water, very good at drinking diuretics (coffee, tea, soda, mostly the middle one). Now that I've drunk two glasses of water I'm starting to feel better. And you know what? I'm going to drink two more because I should and I need it and perhaps it will help purge m body of all the other excessive crap that is in my system.
Speaking of other excessive crap I think I have a new year's resolution: take better care of my body. It's quite a broad new year's resolution since it encompasses physical activity, diet and general healthy choices. I don't want to cut anything out because that will only make me fall back into what I'm doing now, but I would like to cut back (CARBS!!). Rather, I need to pick and choose when to eat certain foods. I'd have no problem with my dinners being a piece of meat with a salad because I'd also like to increase my raw food intake. A coworker who's all about eating raw food says it's great. She feels awesome and has more energy. And it's ultimately the best way to get your vitamins. I've been reading blogs by people who focus on eating vegan. There's one girl in particular who eats vegan because her body won't accept anything processed so she has no choice, but she's made the most of it, really benefitted from it and is blogging about it. I'd never go completely vegan like her. I believe that meat and eggs and dairy have their benefits. I could do with less sugar though lol.
Besides diet, there's also the physical aspect of taking care of my body. I want to go back to Bikram's yoga sooo bad I swear my body aches are psychosomatic. I've done it before, though for no longer than a month. Within that month all my physical problems went away and stayed away for several months, my self esteem took a boost and I felt awesome! There were only two problems that got in my way: money (it's expensive!) and commitment. I have a hard time keeping it up. For some reason the benefits don't outweigh the laziness. Curse you laziness!!
Oh boy...I guess I have two new year's resolutions then: take better care of my body and stop being so lazy.