First of all, thanks to everyone who posted encouraging and helpful advice when I was starting weight training back in July and wanted to quit because it was so hard. I've continued with it about 1-2 times a week and his week, I've started doing squats with 45 pounds on my back--when I started I could barely make it through a set with 10 lbs!
Recently, I've been having some trouble sleeping and I think it might be partly due to the hour-long BodyPump class that I take at 6:45 Tuesday nights. The instructors are awesome, and it works great for having a few days to recover in between the BodyPump class I take Saturday morning. However, it's also about a 20-minute drive from my house and by the time I get home, shower, catch up with FI, and sit down to eat dinner, it's about 8:30, sometimes later. I can get to bed by 10:30, but even if I fall asleep right away I often wake up at 3AM and can't fall back asleep. Could it be the intensive evening exercise that's keeping me awake. And then the next morning and afternoon, I feel like crap. (Chugging coffee right now...)
I don't want to give up this class, and I know weightlifting is most effective if it's done a few times a week, but it's affecting my productivity the following day. If I do continue to go to the class, are there things I should be eating/not eating post workout that would help? I generally eat a mix of protein, carbs, and veggies but I generally just wolf everything down that FI's without paying much attention since I'm pretty ravenous when I get home...