Guess who came down with a serious case of the… Mondays. This girl right here….
Mmmm hmm. I spent the majority of yesterday in a serious funk that just would not let up. I tried pretty much everything in an attempt to make myself feel better…
Breakfast didn’t help…
Plain Greek yogurt – banana – blueberries – Kashi Cinnamon Harvest – Puffins – almond butter.
Blogging didn’t help happen…
Pinning didn’t help…
Beautifying didn’t help…
Baking didn’t help…
Coffee didn’t help…
(does anyone else find that coffee makes them even more tired sometimes?)
Exercise didn’t help…
Chocolate didn’t help…
(okay, maybe it did a little… You’re a lifesaver, Sara!!)
In the end I admitted defeat and decided to take a late afternoon nap, which incidentally is the only thing that did help. I guess staying up late the night before to finish my puzzle wasn’t the best idea I ever had…
… but it seemed like a good one at the time. Live and learn. The lesson? Don’t skimp on sleep! I’m basically useless when I’m tired. Cranky. Unmotivated. Scatterbrained. Anxious. Oh, and insatiably hungry – when I’m tired, I crave sweet, carby foods like crazy and I basically end up snacking non-stop.
Thankfully, after getting my butt in bed around 10 last night, today is promising to be a much better day. Happy Tuesday, friends! 😀
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Does a lack of sleep take away from your ability to have a good day?
Do you get super snacky on days where you feel more sleep deprived?
Does coffee ever makes you even more tired? Or do you have any idea why it happens to me?!
If I don’t get enough sleep, I’m pretty much nonfunctional the next day. My brain gets all foggy, I have a headache for most of the day, and all I want to do is park my butt on the couch all day. 😛 I actually avoid coffee on those days because I find it just makes my headache/brain fog even worse.
I hope you’re feeling back to yourself today!
Coffee didn’t help?! ahhh! Well, hopefully you caught up on some sleep and are feeling better today! I always feel like that when I don’t get enough sleep. No goood
Lack of energy definitely gets me in a funk, that and lack of food. This post is hilarious, though. I love your attempt at blogging! I feel the exact same way sometimes. 😉
A lack of sleep always derails my day too–hope you’re feeling better today! And I have definitely felt more tired after coffee sometimes. I don’t drink coffee on a daily basis (maybe once a week if that) but a few months ago, I had coffee every day for four days straight and by the last day I was feeling really out of it. I will not be doing that again!
The Monday blues… who does not know about that? Luckily I am too busy at the moment to have the blues, but I can truly relate to the coffee issue. Always when the afternoon low hits me and I finally realize that 6 hours of sleep might not have been quite enough, I try to chase it away with some hot damping coffee (I am also getting cold when I am tired). After a cup I will be able to study, but I am not concentrated and efficient and will end up in bed way earlier than supposed to. So, I should probably give the afternoon-nap another chance 😉
They can definitely make a world of difference – even 15 minutes usually makes me feel a whole lot better.
Hehe, I always giggle whenever someone [myself included] says they have a case of the Mooondays 😛 I hope getting some extra zzz’s made for a terrific Tuesday! Whenever I’m tired I try everything to perk up- coffee, a snack, some exercise but usually don’t have much luck. And I never nap, I wake up crabbier than before I fell asleep…
Ugh! Yesterday I was in a funk, too. I was fine and then I got to a point where I couldn’t handle the 9 million things that were thrown at me and I had to fight back tears at work. The sadness quickly turned to frustration and then anger/funk. I was a crabby Patty and I could not get out of it. Today was a welcomed new start!
Ack! Hope you’re feeling better today, Cassie!
Much, thank you! Glad you’re on the upswing, too!
Aw sorry about the rough day! I know all about those kinds of days. Sometimes you just need to take a day to sit back and reflect. When coffee doesn’t help you know you’re in trouble. I feel I can get more tired off coffee. I think because I get so wired, and then crash haha. It depends how much I drink too. I bet you’ll be back to normal soon! Hopefully today is better:)
i’m in a funk today. Can you come rescue me? Bring cookies!
On my way! There may be a few cookies missing by the time I get there, though…
Hope your Tuesday is going much better, dear Amanda!!! Hang in there – the weekend will be here soon enough 🙂
When chocolate doesn’t help you know it’s serious! Hope Tuesday is better 🙂
Gah I hate those days. I love all the things you tried though!! Except you didnt shop. Thats my go to brain de-funker!! Well that and a good book. Which I ended up reading my good book in one day, and now need another one lol
Hope your tuesday is less funky and more joyful 🙂
I thought about going out to shop, but I was seriously too tired so I think it would have ended up being counter-productive.
Sometimes I just have “one of those days” where nothing seems to go right or makes me feel happy. I have learned that that is normal and that there is always a new day to tackle when I wake up the next morning. This philosophy seems to help me a bit. I do, however, find that I am definitely more snacky, cranky, and less happy on days when I am more sleep-deprived. Therefore, sleep = good! 🙂
Thanks to you, I think I just figured out what my problem is today. I’ve been snacking like crazy (cupcake for breakfast anyone?) and don’t feel like doing anything. It didn’t even cross my mind that it had to do with being up most of the night 🙂
Sleep messes with leptin levels, so it’s actually true (scientifically speaking) that less sleep=feeling snacky. Doesn’t reflect too well on me with my insomnia/12 hours in one night cycles!
Bleh, sorry you have a case of the Mondays. The horrible, snowy weather here is making me feel very blue as well…and there is no end in sight to it, it seems.
I live on coffee – I don’t notice any effects on my energy levels one way or the other to be honest. I just love the taste (not of decaf though…eew).
xxx
Coffee ALWAYS make me more tired! been drinking decaff for the last few days though and that’s been fine!
Coffee definitely makes me more tired at times. I’ll drink a cup and afterwards is the only time I can lay down to nap. It’s the weirdest thing. Also (I’m sure you read this before), people tend to get hungry more often if they don’t get enough sleep. I guess its the body’s way of needing fuel to stay awake/keep alert because it didn’t get enough beauty time.
I’ve spent way too many days staying up late to finish puzzles and levels of video games. Oof.
Haha! Video games have definitely been a sleep stealer for me in the past, and while they still can be, I’m finding my Reader to be the bigger culprit these days… grr.
Ahh a case of the Mondays is so rough. I slept until 8:30 yesterday morning and went right back to sleep until 11am. It helped my Monday go by much quicker 🙂 I get super cranky when I’m sleep deprived. Especially after working night shift. Coffee becomes my best friend.
Well I am sorry to hear that you had a case of the Mondays yesterday (also very relieved to see that chocolate helped a little…I would have been incredibly worried if it hadn’t 😉 ), but I’m glad that you figured out what you needed and rolled with it! And nicely done getting a good night’s sleep last night…I should get on that tonight…
Hey I’m just curious, how many pieces was your puzzle? I’ve been working on a 3000 piece one because my sister said that 1000 would be too easy but now I’m thinking I chewed off more than I can swallow 😛
It was 1000 and I found it to be juuuuust right. I’ve tried to do some bigger ones in the past, and while they’re still doable, most of the time I find that I just get bored and lose interest before I manage to finish.
I get super snacky when I’m tired too! It makes perfect sense, when you’re tired you have no energy. And food = energy, so it’s no wonder your body craves it! Naps are the best and the only cure for those situations.
I would’ve stayed up late to finish the puzzle too though.
My Monday was pretty similar to yours! I hate when I take a nap and wake up feeling worse than I did before. Depressing. I’m also surprised the chocolate didn’t help. It looks delicious!
Sorry girl!! I felt the same way yesterday!! Not enough sleep is killer. I get nasty when I don’t get enough sleep. I hope today is awesome for you!
I was going to say, chocoalte didnt help!!!? You mut really be in a funk, haha
I was in a funk like this ALL last week. Thank my lucky stars that this week is shaping up to be much better. When I’m in a funk I usually just mope around and let it pass-sometimes that’s better than forcing it to pass!
Coffee doesn’t do anything for me anymore in terms of keeping me awake… that’s probably because I drink at least 2 cups a day. {Guilty}
Awh bless you <3 Glad you managed to catch up on some sleep and hopefully make Tuesday a little better…although who likes Tuesdays REALLY? I mean, they aren't half way through the week, one day to Friday or FRIDAY. Tuesdays are lame 😛
ANYWAY haha! 🙂 I definitely need my sleep otherwise I am just plain grumpy. But when I say 'my sleep' I'm probably talking more than the average person…I've been getting 9/10 hours recently. I'm a student, that's my excuse! 😛 And on days that I don't get my monster sleeps? I definitely eat more snacks, especially carbs and sweets too! I guess they give you energy so that makes sense 🙂 That chocolate sounds incredible!!
man you are queen of trying to break that funk, congrats on some great efforts. I know i had a big case of the mondays, I think I even let you know yesterday. I am hoping tuesday is bringing you lots of compassion. we all need that sometimes
I’m hoping that Tuesday is going better for you too, girlie <3
Lack of sleep 100% changes my personality. I get mean. It’s extremely unattractive. And I eat a bunch. So basically, I turn into a mean, hangry machine. 😉 Hope your Tuesday is exponentially better than your Monday!
Yes to coffee = sleepyiness sometimes! I can’t drink espressos, double espressos even more so, just make me tired about an hour after drinking. Don’t know why. I don’t drink much coffee so, weird but yes, I avoid espressos because they have the opposite effect!
I don’t sleep that well most of the time so I think that I am used to it but, nevertheless, I do think that particularly bad nights just make you so out of it and blue. To be honest, I don’t think there’s anything you can do on those days. I tend to avoid people because I’m so mean to people too. 🙁
Hope today was a good one! 🙂
Oh. Mah. Goodness. It is unreal what a difference sleep (or lack thereof) makes. I can feel it the instant my alarm goes off in the morning – if I didn’t get enough, I’m already in a fog that’s tough to shake. As good an idea as the Downton Abbey marathon or Reader catch up or late night chat seemed at the time – I’m useless the next day and it’s not worth it. Hope you got a good night’s sleep and are back in the swing today!
I can’t even tell you how many nights my Reader has kept me up as well! I like to finish the day without too many unread posts so that I’m not bombarded the next morning, but I should probably look in to changing that in favor of more sleep.
awwww!! Sorry you had a bad day :/ I hate when that happens… it ALWAYS happens when I’m sleep deprived though. And yea, I def eat more on those days too lol sleep is definitely the main factor in determining my mood/eating – so I aim for at least 7-7.5 hours of sleep, that way I’m not Miss Cranky Pants haha
Hoping today goes better for you! 😀
Aw, I’m sorry you had a bad day, Amanda! I hope it at least was worth staying up late then night before ;)?
Sleep really is key to having a good day to me. Needless to say, my less than six hours last night and having to be in university by eight did not make me a happy girl. I’m definitely even more snacky when sleep-deprived! I keep telling myself I’ll make more of an effort to snack less and have bigger meals once my current class schedule changes – which will hopefully be next week. Need to keep myself accountable this time.
Congrats on finishing the puzzle – what a cute one! And it sounds like you didn’t get sick – yay to that, too!
AHHHH it seems we were in exactly the same funk, just like you said. i really don’t know what to do when baking doesn’t help my funk. that’s pretty much my be all end all mood lifter. those cookies do look great though – i assume you made them in the new kitchen aid? hope it was wonderful!
Haha yes, the cookies are courtesy of the new stand mixer. I love that thing, although I’m starting to worry that I’m going to be drowning in cookies soon.
and that is a problem why? no seriously though – i bake things all the time because it improves my mood and there is simply no way i will eat them all before they go bad so i’m always pawning them off on people at work. i always make sure they’re delicious before i do, so i think my coworkers are lucky 🙂
Sleeping any less than 8 hours instantly makes my day not as great as it could be, no matter what. BUT excuse me that dark chocolate bar is my absolute favorite one. I literally write that exact brand/kind of my mom’s grocery list. Definitely helps with my funks too. Glad you are feeling better today lovey and glad to have you back here. <3
Dang girl, if all of the above did not help, I might have been in a panic! Glad the nap worked finally. Sometimes you just have to give in & fall asleep to try to “re-set”, that works for me a lot as well. And YES for being snack on sleep deprived days, usually a nightmare! Hope today’s better for ya!
I hate it when I get into funks. It’s definitely not fun at all. I crave food all day long too and it just puts you into an even deeper funk. And you’re right- it usually is just a result of a lack of sleep. I’m glad you were able to get yourself to bed early to help snap out of it! And I REALLY hope today is better for you! They don’t call it terrific tuesday for nothing 😉
I need at least 6 hours of sleep every night – but 7 is more my actual need. If I don’t get enough sleep I feel hazy and weird all day. Sometimes coffee helps, sometimes it doesn’t. It only gives you a jolt temporarily and unless you keep feeding the caffeine monster you will crash again.
Ah sorry you had a crappy start to your week, Amanda…but at least that only means one thing: today can only be better :-)! The puzzle looks great and you are on a roll with the baking- what flavour cookies ate those? I always get so hungry (and cranky) when I’m sleep-deprived..that probably explains the insatiable hunger that always hits when I’m travelling. Although some may argue that we just need a new perspective on cranky days, sometimes all it takes is a nap :-)!
Hope today started off on the right foot…if not I order you to hit up Starbs for a cappuccino!
Today is definitely a better day – thanks Khushboo 🙂 And the cookies were supposed to be gingersnaps, but you can hardly taste the ginger at all so they really just taste like browned butter cookies. Still delicious, but I was looking forward to some spice!
Oh sorry Hunn that you had a rough day!!! I know exactly how it feels. Best thing about it? They pass!!! And I am glad you feel better today. Lack of sleep is a no go for me. I might be boring by passing out latest 10pm, but I don’t care – it’s what I need. I am bitchy, and as you, craving sweets and carbs when I did not have a good rest. And if chocolate does not help, it gets difficult 🙂 For me, it is always a good cup of tea (Schoko from Yogi Tea, my suggestion), a good book or curling up on the couch with a blanket and ‘Actually Love’ or SATC. Always helps. No coffee for me though….
Sending you a big cheer-up-hug!!!
Sorry about the funk! I had one yesterday too, but luckily a short cardio workout finally started to lift it in the evening. I think winter is to blame for a HUGE part of my funk. 🙁
Lack of sleep also contributes & makes me a hungry, irritable beast. LOL
Have a happy Tuesday today!! No more funk!! 😉
Winter is definitely a huge part of it! A lack of sun + being forced to stay inside so much = a less than happy camper.