Importance of Sleep
I've always know that sleep was important so I've done very well to be sure to get enough of it, until last week! I pushed myself too far and stayed up late to write a paper for my masters class and then got up early for a long day at work. By Thursday night, I was so tired that I was like a walking zombie! I lost all will to eat healthy. It was completely chemical! I have always known that sleep impacts willpower and increases appetite. You're really tired so you're ability to control yourself is weakened and also you're so tired that your body is needing something...sleep, so you eat to fill that void!
I think had I just started my weight loss journey and had I not had enough sleep like on Thursday night I would have assumed that I was not strong enough to accomplish my weight loss goals. I am sure that many people are in this same position. They really just need a few more hours of sleep at night but they think they are not strong enough to complete a goal.
So, bottom line - get enough sleep people or you won't be able to achieve your goals!
Posts
1 comments:
THANK YOU. This helps me come to terms with how I messed up my first competition goal date, no sleep, 4 hours a night, and eating horribly every 4 or 5 days as a course of habit. Meanwhile, my coach was like, well, you have to do what you have do to. So I was getting up at 3:30, working out, going to work all day, getting home at 7:00, teaching till 9:00, and doing cardio half asleep after that and starting over. MESS, one hot mess. No one's fault but my own, I know it. Duh. I am working on the sleep factor now, any other info or reading articles you come across send my way, it is helpful!
Post a Comment