According to an article published by Harvard Medical School 6
Reasons Not to Skimp on Sleep, the result of sleep deprivation could
explain A LOT of the problems I complain about and blame on age or having
children. Can you relate to any of the following?
Problems with
memory
Poor metabolism,
weight gain
Sleepiness during
the day
Making mistakes
because of lack of focus
Irritability,
impatience, inability to concentrate, and moodiness
Increased stress
hormone levels (cortisol aka the belly fat hormone)
I can raise to my
hand to all of the above. So, my challenge for this week is to get more
sleep. More is too general so let me be specific, I will go to bed at 10pm and
wake-up at 6am. I normally stay up to 12 or 1am and my alarm goes off at 6. I used
to be able to function on 6 hours of sleep but that was when I was
eating so well and exercising. Now I do it just because I enjoy being
awake when the kids are asleep. There are days like Saturday when either my
son or daughter isn't falling asleep and plays the "I'm going to come up
with a thousand excuses to go in my mom's room game" and not fall asleep
until 10:30pm. The kids share a room so they feed off of each other and
the idea of fighting with one of them while the other is sleeping keeps me from
playing bad cop with the one that is awake. Then there is my co-dependent
husband. We both know that we need more sleep but like to hang out with
each other and watch T.V.
So by doing this
challenge I could:
Remember more
things
Help myself to
lose or keep off weight
Have more energy
Not make as many
mistakes
Be less moody
Lessen belly fat
Shoot, it's a
win-win. Get MORE sleep and feel better? Why didn't I try this sooner?
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