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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Dehydration and Sleep deprivation

So I have officially moved in! I live in Ohio now!*
some updates on my life, esp fooooood. ick.

Before I left I met with my cardiologist because I have high cholesterol, and a (oh fuck) dietician.
we talked about foodstuffs, and she basically told me I need to eat more. She (unlike my doctor) complemented my weight loss but thinks it is "a bit fast" also some habits "could be healthier" ex: eating less than 800kcal day is apparently unhealthy. wow. I would have never guessed.








I told her about the binge purge cycle that started the ana cling, but didn't use those exact words. she wants me to get rid of my never eat and safe foods list and instead make "should eats" and "should not eats". I nodded and understood, and promptly laughed out loud inside my head. Obviously that will not happen.

so more specific college:
as a music major, I expected my classes to begin as early as possible, but low and behold- I start at 9 most days. That is like an extra hour of sleep!! This said I have not started school yet because I am part of a leadership camp and we moved in early to get a feel for each other, participate in seminars, get a feel for campus and hang out at a camp for two days doing team building exercises. I should be there now, but...
Yesterday (at camp):
It all began when the shoved a surplus of carbs down my throat for breakfast, I had brought a yogurt (100) so I ate that at first (8am) instead of the provided (ready?)
plain bagel (270)
nutrigrain bar (120)
blueberry muffin (210)
apple (80 but free)
Water (20 oz- free)

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND EATS 680 CALORIE FOR BREAKFAST????
I ate the apple  around 10:30. We were outside, in the super heat and I really needed to make sure I was doing my body good, also nobody knows about my ED, so I have to keep up a facade of "oh I just like to eat healthy" "I'm not really that hungry" and, you know eating. (Unfortunately I forgot to drink water)
I should have known around 11 when I was forced to eat the nutrigrain bar that something was wrong: my sugars should not drop that quickly.
Lunch at noon were these disgustingly processed chicken quesadillas and FRENCH FRIES. Thank God they did not shove some sugary dessert down my throat as well. I knew I need the calories because of the upcoming adventure challenge, and fries are a weakness. So I ended up eating 531 calories.
During the adventure challenge- which I would have enjoyed if I was hydrated- I started to get tired and dizzy (2:30) but didn't stop for help until about ten minutes later. At that point we had just climbed down this steep hill and I had almost fallen off the edge three times. It was an eight minute decent. At the bottom I borrowed some water, when we had to climb back up, the real issues started. I kept getting dizzy, terrible headaches, nauseous, and then- my first grey out** of the day. Another factor in all this is the lack of sleep I've been getting. I kept up with everyone for the rest of the challenge and during our hour of free time- I ate half the bagel (instantly hated myself) and then I just slept. Out like a light.
When I woke up around 5 I had an apple- then dinner was spaghetti. I almost vomited at the table. no protein. just green beans and spaghetti. then cake. Which I had to eat because people were worried about me. my blood sugar hadn't stabilised  and I just felt disgusting, so during our after dinner seminar I tried to purge but couldn't. cried on the floor of the bathroom and had another grey out or two.
I went back to the seminar and had ANOTHER two grey outs and then my councillor came over, genuinely worried. so I told her, and she got all worried, I started to sleep but couldn't then the director was called in and offered me two choices: go back to my dorm (hours away) and not return to camp, or go to the hospital and not return to camp. I wanted to stay at camp so I started crying at which point I called my mom, and I am now missing the second day of camp like a boss.
As it turns out symptoms of sleep deprivation combined with those of dehydration mimic low blood sugar- so I couldn't figure out what was wrong as I was obviously feeding myself.
I had to take my medicine with food, so when I got to my dorm I had 110 cal of a protein bar and my medicine. then I slept.

Total intake: 1127 calories- right where my dietician wants it.

On a more social level, my dorm is small (8'X16') and has an air conditioner, my roommate is nice but wants to de-bunk the beds (FUCK NO) and the other people in the camp are nice also as well. I can't wait to start college and have every one else move in! The dorms are so empty...

WHAT I LEARNED: even though there are people that just met you, if you are sick they care about you. So when you feel like shit TELL THEM. Also, sleep deprivation and dehydration mimic low blood sugar. Also, especially in the heat but really always, drinking 30 ounces of water is not enough. Furthermore, I MUST get AT LEAST 8 hours of sleep a night, preferably more.

Agenda for today:
shower
drink water
get breakfast/ lunch
go to IT department and have them look at my computer and phone and make it so Wifi works all de time
drink water
put in a load of wash
drink water
go to the gym and look around/ possibly get into the hot tub
drink water
put wash into drier
drink water
clean room
put clothes away
drink water/ eat
go to bed.


*haha y'all though I would go to DC
** when you black out, the darkness creeps in through your peripheral and when it is all you see, you feint. A grey out is when the darkness creeps in but you still keep conciseness and you don't pass out. things get fuzzy you get dizzy,etc.


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