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Originally Posted by cromag
My New Year's resolution for 2015 was to significantly increase and maintain my level of exercise -- and I did it! I've been making regular use of our stationary bike (burned out the old one in the spring and bought a new one) and my weight machine in the basement. I didn't keep up with my walking, but I was happy, overall.
Unfortunately, I was so enthusiastic about exercise that I didn't keep on top of my diet, and gained about 10 pounds over the course of the year.
So, for 2016:
> Maintain/increase my indoor exercise
> Increase my walks (I actually enjoy these, but it's difficult scheduling the time)
> Get serious about sticking to a reasonable diet. Again.
I have also been experiencing significant insomnia since the end of 2014. I discovered last August that I can very effectively control it by scheduling an hour (or more) on the deck in the sunshine when I get up. I used to have tea and read a book in the living room, now I have tea and read a book on the deck. Unfortunately, we had very, very little sunshine in December. The "light effect" wears off after a few days. So, to the above list add:
> Continue sitting in the sun when possible
> Buy a therapeutic light for when there's no sun.
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Originally Posted by cromag
I've got melatonin and have used it for years. I find it especially useful if I wake up in the middle of the night -- one relatively low dose tablet gets me right back to sleep. But when the insomnia hit the melatonin did nothing.
We've had three days so far of decent sun and I had no trouble sleeping last night. Despite temperatures in the 20s today I still managed an hour of the deck (appropriately bundled) for tea and some reading. And I have family members with SAD, so I'll get some input from them on therapy lights.
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Well, I got a therapy light in mid January. I much prefer natural sunlight, but the light does the job. I had a very persistent headache for the first three days that I used it but we had a good stretch of sunlight and by the time I went back to the light my headache was gone.
Too early to boast about any remarkable weight loss, but it looks like I'm heading in the right direction. I hope.
And, the need to shovel huge quantities of snow have made it easier to keep up with my exercise resolution.