Healthy Weight Loss

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

This reminds me of one of my friend's entire diet plan.

Sleep more.

Since sleep has an impact on one's level of cortisol, she figured if she slept more at night she could lose weight.

And she was actually semi-serious about it being a diet plan for her. She really did start going to bed earlier.

Originally Posted by Anya/Georgia

Actually Dapper, there have been studies that have shown that people who do get enough regular sleep do better with their weight than those that do not.

Fascinating.

Yes, yes! Part...a small part, but a part nonetheless...of my issue is fractured sleep. As I've aged, I've become a lighter sleeper. A light sleeper who is partnered with a sound sleeper who has sleep apnea and snores terribly.

I am one of 'those' people who need every single second of sleep and when I am shortchanged, it's not a pretty sight. I'm irritable and am less productive and not as good of a manager because my coping skills are just not as efficient when I'm tired. I also tend to eat more, to stay awake. Being partnered with military folk and working graveyards for a long time taught me that, if you're tired and can't sleep, eat.

So, I eat more during the day for the usual reasons: boredom, stress and now, to keep myself awake for the hours that I should be awake.

We've gotten into the pattern of me going to bed anywhere from 1-3 hours before Ebon so that I have a chance to get into REM and maybe not wake up when he comes to bed and starts snoring. He does have a CPAP machine and it has made a tremendous difference, but his snoring is just that bad that it's still bothersome for me, even with the mask on.

Last week, I had an auction and needed to be at work early. Auction days tend to run in the double digits for time spent on the clock, so they are draining on a good day. I went to bed earlier than usual, around 9:30ish, and was sleeping well until 12:32am, when Ebon was in bed and started his chainsaw impression. I waited and I tossed and I turned and hoped and prayed and tried to get to sleep. Around 4am-ish, I was successful. My alarm went off at 5:30am. Not good.

I've also had a big problem with motivation. I had it last year, but then I'd moved down here to TX and didn't have to worry about a lot of things. Ebon made enough to cover the bills and my job was playing house, looking for work and working out. I did those things, and pretty well, I might add. I dropped about 25 pounds when I finally was hired. The workouts stopped then as my commute was long and tiring and I worked a lot outside in the cold, and then in the hot of summer, and my motivation slid farther and farther away as the pounds crept up. I'm now heavier than when I first moved down here.

So, I decided to take a more passive approach, since I'm tired of being tired and listening to all of the negative crap in my head. If I can't or won't kick my own ass and get into the gym, then I'll try something I did a few years back and it worked. Hopefully, it will work now.

I picked up some supplements and will give myself two months to see what they can do on their own. If I find motivation along the way, all the better. If I don't, then I'll have to try something else when my supply runs out. I may have to break down and hire a trainer for a few times a month. That's not a cost I'm ready to incur just yet though.

I did find that an added benefit to one of the supplements is that it's supposed to help you sleep a little more soundly.



Oh, praise be!

Sooooo.....it's not the way I'd prefer myself to go or something that I would actively recommend...at least, not at this point...but it's what I've decided to do. As a grown (but lazy) ass woman, it's my right.

I'll let you all know how it goes.

If interested, this is what I am trying:

http://www.dietspotlight.com/reveal-extreme-review/