Taking Time to Rest

Hi Everyone,

I have been feeling kind of dragged down lately and I feel it could be my caloric intake. But trying to keep it low to make my body use my fat for energy levels.

Problem is tho I have been feeling run down. My hubby says it is because I do not get enough sleep. During the week I go to bed around 11:30pm and get up at 5:00am. Work all day outside the home. So today being a weekend and part of my holiday I decided to rest and do nothing else.

Well, rest it was. I got up around 8:30am but after about an hour at the pc I could not keep my eyes open. Not fighting this I went back to bed. Slept for another few hours. Got up and watched some tv. Played on the PC again and again could not keep my head off the keyboard. Slept agan for 5 hours. I have noticed each time in waking that I wake up smelling of rank sweat. Like one does when one is sick. Though I do not feel sick I do feel my body is detoxing somethings.

I am drinking loads of water and while not drinking smoothies I am eating raw. Still have not been on a scale. Afraid of them..hahaha. My weight at the start of all this was about 290. So if I do get to a scale and it is lower I will be happy.

Sometimes though with me anyway, getting on a scale and seeing it drop does seem to give me mental approval to eat badly ...this is one reason I do not weigh often.

So now to question some things.. How does one gain calries without gaining weight? Add nuts? Add more bananas? Avacados are not my favorite things so I may not go that route. Any suggestions out there are welcome.

I want to do this and make it and need exercise to help this along but how can you feel you need to exercise when you are sooo drained??

Meal one:Blended Smoothie
Calories 299
Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Pineapple, raw, tradition... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 105kcal
2/93/5%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 8kcal
12/52/36%

Spinach, raw 1 cup [30g] 7kcal


Peppers, sweet, red, raw 0.5 × 1 medi... 15kcal
6/81/13%

Celery, raw 1 cup, strip... 17kcal
12/71/17%


Nutrition Facts
Calories From Fat 12
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 0g 7%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 144mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 75g
Dietary Fiber 9g
Sugars 46g 19%
41%
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 192% Vitamin C 320%

Calcium 14% Iron 16%

Meal two:Blended Smoothie
Apples, raw, with skin (I... 100g 52kcal
2/96/2%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 3 × 1/2 cup,... 13kcal
8/60/32%

Peaches, raw 1 small (2" ... 31kcal
6/84/10%

Pineapple, raw, all varie... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 112kcal
2/94/4%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Nutrition Facts
Calories 353
Calories From Fat 11
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g
Saturated Fat 0g 6%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 29mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 91g
Dietary Fiber 13g
Sugars 61g 23%
55%
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 136% Vitamin C 211%

Calcium 8% Iron 12%

Meal three:Blended Smoothie
Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Pineapple, raw, tradition... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 105kcal
2/93/5%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 8kcal
12/52/36%

Spinach, raw 1 cup [30g] 7kcal


Peppers, sweet, red, raw 0.5 × 1 medi... 15kcal
6/81/13%

Celery, raw 1 cup, strip... 17kcal
12/71/17%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 299
Calories From Fat 12
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 0g 7%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 144mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 75g
Dietary Fiber 9g
Sugars 46g 19%
41%
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 192% Vitamin C 320%

Calcium 14% Iron 16%

Snacks: Hand ful of almonds raw- soaked

Meal Four--Salad

Dandelion greens, raw 1 cup, chopp... 25kcal
12/68/20%

Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 10kcal
11/68/21%

Olives, ripe, canned (sma... 3 × 1 oz [28... 98kcal
77/20/3%

Beans, snap, green, canne... 2 × 1 oz [28... 11kcal
0/82/18%

Carrots, raw (Includes US... 1 cup, grate... 45kcal
4/87/9%

Salad dressing, thousand ... 2 × 1 tbsp [... 62kcal
56/42/2%

Bread crumbs, dry, grated... 1 oz [28.35g] 109kcal
13/72/15%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 360
Calories From Fat 132
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16g
Saturated Fat 2g 70%
18%
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 1765mg 126%
Total Carbohydrate 52g
Dietary Fiber 12g
Sugars 15g 13%
51%
Protein 9g 18%
Vitamin A 399% Vitamin C 72%

Calcium 30% Iron 42%


Water: 64oz