All talk and no action means nothing right? I've meant to take better care of myself but with my procrastinating past catching up to me for this matter, I've yet to do anything about it. Which is why I've got a dressing-down from my mother this morning, who is worried about my shrinking body size and bad habits which seem to take a toll on my health.
I don't work everyday since school started last week. On days where I've class, I tend to sleep late into noon, even though I've set the alarm to 9:30am or 10am. And for this morning, I woke up at a time where almost everyone would have started or finished their lunch by then - 1 o'clock. I had specifically set the alarm to 10am the previous night (wee hours of the morning at 2am to be exact) but somehow, I did not hear it going off at all.
I had tested it a few days ago, thinking it might be that my handphone's alarm is defective, but it worked perfectly well as compared to my biological clock that sleeps at 3am - 4am and wakes up in the afternoon. I can feel my heavy eyes straining to remain wide open from about 2am, but for some reason, I just have to find something to do as I can't sleep. My best friend who's a nurse suspects I'm suffering from insomnia.
This scenario has been happening repetitively for about a month now. I wake up, glance at the time, 'Shoot! It's 12 plus already!", and jump out of my little comfort zone called 'bed'. And this is only the start.
Which leads to the next issue - breakfast. Obviously, what I'm going to take at that kind of time is what one would call a 'brunch'. I used to think, 'ok, I've missed breakast, but I can make up for it by having a hearty lunch!' For commonsense point of view, it makes perfect sense. For a health specialist's viewpoint, it's one of those bad habits that when combined as a whole, it could turn nasty and serious.
My mother, who just woke up from her nap to cook, was totally aghast at me taking the most important meal of the day at 1:10pm. She gave me a lecture and showed me a newspaper article on the bad habits that lead to kidney failure. They are namely, skipping breakfast, having them irregularly, substituting proper meals for desserts or snacks, and stress. 4 bingos, I just got a perfect score for all of them.
If I don't do something about this messed-up lifestyle, I'm going to be those people who are prone to getting all sorts of diseases at a much younger age as compared to statistics five to ten years ago. Now, that is scary. To risk that, I'd rather not.
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