Sleepless Nights

Good Morning Ladies,

Well its 4 am and I'm wide awake. I woke up with a migraine and a hot flash. So, I thought I was at the tail end of this menopause thing but it seems something has set it off again. I've been back on the hormones for a while now so its not that. What can it be?  Most likely, like many of you, I can read my body pretty well when I really listen.  I have not been eating as healthy as I would like which I know adds the weight, water retention, and the constipation.  When we are dehydrated, our bodies are telling us something by giving us warning signs. What I know from research is that eating right affects all of the above which is why I'm having more hot flashes than normal.

When I was recuperating from foot surgery at the beginning of the year, I was eating a balanced diet and losing weight while on Nutri System.  Now that I'm off and able to get around my eating habits have changed. My portions are getting a little larger and I'm not eating enough times throughout the day.  Hence, a few pounds have come back on and bowel movements changed. These issues can affect my whole body which affects my sleeping and menopausal symptoms.

When we retain water, our blood pressure goes up which lends itself to feeling warmer.  When we eat too much sugar our metabolism slows and we can get headaches, migraines even like I did this morning. Yesterday, I ate too much sugar.  Thankfully, I ate enough roughage so I had a good BM this morning already, but drinking enough water is also extremely important during this time.

I found out while having a massage in Laguna a few months ago from the masseuse that the kind of water we drink also plays a part on our health. Ph balanced water is a new thing for me. Did any of you know there was such a thing?  I didn't!  However, since then, I only buy Ph balanced water now. Mainly, I purchase Real Water.  This water is delicious and you gotta try it!  Ph balanced water detoxes our bodies and puts us back into stasis.  We need this with all we are exposed to during the day and all that we put into our bodies.  When we drink water that is not Ph balanced we are only putting in more toxins and adding to our poor health.

Check out  http://www.drinkrealwater.com/why-real-water/  and find out more.  I couldn't find the water up in the bay area so I had to order it and my cases came UPS but it wasn't cheap so finally I found it at Raley's in Brentwood..thank God!

Drink up!
Lilia