Importance of Sleep

Tiredness can rob you of your common sense.  Honest to God.  Part of winning the weight battle is getting enough sleep and sleep is the healer of many things.

When you are tired you can make some bad food decisions and have trouble recognizing when you have had enough.  Don’t let yourself be convinced that if you keep eating or choose what you know you shouldn’t be eating, that it won’t matter, that everything will be alright, and it will magically, not stick to your hips!  Lies I tell you!  We all know that and yet, somehow late at night we seem to hear "Don't worry, it's be fine, it's just..." .  Don’t listen.  Stay focused on your goal.

I have discussed with several of my friends.  Yes, I have the freedom to have friends now and I am so thankful for the wonderful, genuine friends that I have.  We have discussed how we all feel like snacking at night time and how it’s a hard habit to break.

Honestly, don’t get started on that road.  Period!  I’ve found the later that you stay up, particularly being sedentary and watching late night TV or movies, there comes a time, say around 10 or 11pm, where your brain will tell you that it needs feeding simply because your brain is active, but your body is not, so don’t fall for that. Have a drink of milk or something if you have to, but definitely stay away from snack foods, biscuits, peanut butter toast  -  yep this is a great time of night for you to be convinced that this is what you need, but you really don’t.  You need to go to sleep!  This is a tip I learnt from attending a Weight Watchers’ meeting.  Go to bed a earlier!