{"id":4048,"date":"2010-07-21T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T02:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2010-07-21T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T02:30:09","slug":"cure-my-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"Cure My Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lavender I got last night on Hawthorne smells amazing! It was so fragrant that Fat Kitty was trying to find it. He was in the room I put the lavender in and he was smelling the air trying to figure it out. It was pretty funny to watch. Since Fat Kitty tends to eat all plants and flowers, I shoo&#8217;ed him out the room to preserve it a little longer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lavender1-e1279729490668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4049\" title=\"lavender\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lavender1-e1279729490668.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lavender1-e1279729490668.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/lavender1-e1279729490668-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Since Michael went to the airport to get his buddy, I ran some errands I hadn&#8217;t had time to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pdx_homephoto15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4050\" title=\"PDX_Homephoto15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pdx_homephoto15.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pdx_homephoto15.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/pdx_homephoto15-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of them was Trader Joe&#8217;s. I discovered a new Greek yogurt that they carry! It&#8217;s in a similar container to the Chobani Greek yogurt. I&#8217;m looking forward to trying it today. I got a Vanilla and a Honey (both are 130 calories each).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/traderjoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4051\" title=\"traderjoes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/traderjoes.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/traderjoes.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/traderjoes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve realized that if I eat my Greek yogurt as my afternoon snack before heading to the pool, I am much fuller longer. Swimming creates a hunger like no other and I&#8217;m usually famished afterward.<\/p>\n<p>On another note, I&#8217;ve battled insomnia for a few years now. I think part of it is anxiety related. I have a hard time falling asleep at night because I can&#8217;t turn my brain &#8220;off.&#8221; I&#8217;ve tried everything:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>medications<\/li>\n<li>sleeping pills (OTC)<\/li>\n<li>exercising before bed OR<\/li>\n<li>exercising during the day<\/li>\n<li>chamomile tea<\/li>\n<li>scented pillows<\/li>\n<li>meditation<\/li>\n<li>relaxation CDs<\/li>\n<li>hot bath<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4075\" title=\"insomnia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Nothing seemed to work&#8230;except for medications but I refuse to do that anymore (see why <a href=\"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/08\/drugs-and-weight-gain\/\">here<\/a>). The last few days have been rough. I&#8217;ve had insomnia for three nights in a row now. I know 3 nights isn&#8217;t too bad because I went almost 2 years with it and that was AWFUL. Being sleep deprived is no fun. It makes for a tired, cranky, irritable experience&#8230; \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia-cartoon-chruch-com.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4076\" title=\"insomnia cartoon chruch.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia-cartoon-chruch-com.gif?w=199\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia-cartoon-chruch-com.gif 397w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/insomnia-cartoon-chruch-com-199x300.gif 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m going to move the lavender into my bedroom and hide it behind the headboard so Fat Kitty won&#8217;t eat it. Maybe that will help.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: Anyone else suffer from insomnia? Did you cure it? Any advice?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lavender I got last night on Hawthorne smells amazing! It was so fragrant that Fat Kitty was trying to find it. He was in the room I put the lavender in and he was smelling the air trying to figure it out. It was pretty funny to watch. Since Fat Kitty tends to eat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,104,120],"tags":[8638,709,710,728,737,793,8738],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}