🗓️ May 30, 2025 — Running on Empty, Resilience on Full Blast

 Today felt like walking through the world with the lights on but no one home—physically holding steady, mentally running low. But here’s the twist: my health resilience hit 100% by evening, even as energy dipped and stress levels flared.

🧠 Welltory HRV & Nervous System Readings

  • Stress: 75% (Elevated)

  • Energy: 36% (Limited)

  • Health: 100% (Very High Resilience)

  • Coherence: 22% (Low)

  • Autonomic Nervous System: 59 SNS / 18 PSNS

My nervous system clearly tilted into sympathetic drive ("fight-or-flight") all day. Coherence stayed low—no surprise there—but that 100% health score tells me my body’s still got the chops to handle it.

⌚ Apple Watch HRV Snapshots

TimeStressEnergyHealth
5:38 AM63%49%45%
8:37 AM83%27%45%
5:44 PM42%42%45%
8:16 PM75%36%100% ✅

Started off tense and drained. Spiked stress mid-morning. Then saw a surprise evening rebound in health. That last read lines up with Welltory’s final take: I may be spent, but my core systems aren’t crumbling.

🩸 Glucose Trends (FreeStyle Libre 3) 

TimeGlucoseDirection
8:35 AM97 mg/dL→
8:39 AM105 mg/dL→
9:09 AM104 mg/dL→
3:07 PM100 mg/dL→
6:52 PM85 mg/dL→

✅ All readings were stable and in range. No hypoglycemia today, and no major reactive surges. Peaks after meals were gentle, and the post-injection glucose stayed steady at 85 mg/dL.

🍽️ Nutrition (Updated with Evening Protein Shake)

MacroTotalGoalDifference
Protein109g ✅144g-35g
Carbs178g ❗124g+54g
Fiber24g ✅21g+3g
Sugar28g ✅49g-21g
Fat63g ✅64g-1g

Tacked on 20g of protein with a shake, bringing today’s protein up to 109g, which is much better for repair and satiety. Carbs were high, but glucose didn’t crash, so that’s a net win.

💊 Medication & Supplement Stack

  • ✅ Tirzepatide 12.5 mg (compound) — taken Friday evening

  • ✅ NP Thyroid & Lopressor (morning)

  • ✅ Triquetra GLP Activate

  • ✅ Triquetra Methylated Folate (7.5 mg)

  • ✅ CataKor NAD+ precursors

  • ✅ Happy Saffron Plus

  • ✅ Alpha Brain

  • ✅ Physician’s Choice Digestive Enzymes (evening)

🚶‍♀️ Movement Snapshot

  • Move: 359/600 cal

  • Exercise: ✅ 36/30 min

  • Stand: ✅ 11/10 hrs

  • Steps: 3,640

  • Distance: 2.59 km

🧾 Final Thoughts:

  • 🧠 Energy? Weak.

  • 💊 Resilience? Rock solid.

  • 🩸 Glucose? Calm and controlled.

  • 🍽️ Nutrition? Better with the shake.

  • ⚠️ Stress and coherence need TLC.

Today was a lesson in contrast: feeling drained doesn’t mean failing. My body’s telling me it can weather storms—it just needs a real recovery window. Tonight’s focus? Quiet, rest, and maybe a few deep breaths before bed.

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