Also I wanted to come back to say - I know it’s only a small sentence in your post, but improving sleep habits is really understated. It is SO hard to do (saying this as a fellow insulin resistant sister on metformin - mine is for PCOS).
My mum tells me that I need to sleep better. I tell her that it would be easier to hike up My Everest tomorrow in a bikini. It’s easy to say, hard to do. My body fights sleep. Add in perimenopause and it’s shit. Some people close their eyes when it’s dark and their body sleeps. Mine doesn’t do that.
I had planned to go to the gym this morning, but after yet another bad night I’m reassessing. I’m currently back in bed snuggling with my sleeping dogs, thinking I might sauna instead. And perhaps a walk later, if the weather improves. It’s cold, wet and miserable outside (middle of winter - grey, gloomy and awful). Sauna on a day like this can be excellent for recovery (I’m still a bit sore from my lifts two days ago). Both mentally and physically.
Sometimes those mental mountains are the biggest challenge. It’s important to rest and recover from them too. Sleep is my big mountain, the biggest hurdle for me.
Hopefully a little bit of this novel is relevant for you haha. If not, it’s good for me to process out loud. I wrote my first reply before I got out of bed. Things are feeling different for me now that I’ve been up and moving. On one hand, I will never regret hauling my arse out of bed and doing a workout. I love the gym. But is it what’s best for me? What is the best choice so that I’m working towards my goal of being as strong, fit and healthy as possible in mind, body and spirit?