I've been FitBitten.....

....this thing is seriously awesome. I set everything up last night and tracked my sleep. All I have to do is walk near my computer and this little gadget updates my online profile! I woke up 8 times throughout the night....it even shows me the exact times I woke up. Most of them were between 4am and 5:30am. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the rooster has insisted on sleeping on the front porch the last three nights? It only took me 1 min to fall asleep and I got exactly 7 hours and 37 minutes of actual sleep time. I had a 94% sleep efficiency last night! I also had a glass of wine before bed, which may have contributed a little to that efficiency.

I got up and logged the food I ate yesterday and my breakfast in the online profile. I'm realizing my protien/carb/fat ratios are out of whack....and that I don't consume very many calories each day. Odd, since I have kept gaining weight. I've never counted calories before, but I definitely don't feel like I'm denying myself food. Yesterday I had less than 1000 calories and the thing that counted as the most calories was the wine! I guess I'm not eating enough of the foods my body needs. I have heard that if you don't eat enough, your metabolism lowers and your body goes into survival mode and stores everything as fat. I just never realized I was doing that, because I just assumed I was eating a normal amount of calories. I really need to get more protein. I don't like to eat meat. Time to do some research!

Hiked the 3 mile loop this morning. So far today, I have taken exactly 7,570 steps. Above is my hiking photo of the day. Tiny mushrooms all over a mossy stump.