Sleep is the secret!

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

I've been making a conscious decision to go to bed earlier and get more sleep and I feel amazing when I get even close to enough sleep which is about 7 hours....and oh man if I get a good 7.5-8 hours of sleep, I feel so awesome. I've reflected on how I feel when I get enough sleep and how I feel when I don't and I've realized that adequate sleep is so important when you're trying to loose weight. When I don't get enough sleep bad things happen:

- I make poor food choices and I really can't interpret hunger signals very well. I just mindlessly eat more often when I'm hungry. I even sometimes forget that I just ate a meal and will start gnawing on something else. Ugh.
- I can't plan....like seriously, I don't have the will power, the imagination, or the attention-span to plan anything when I'm low on sleep.
- I have no energy to work out.
- I'm not the mom and wife I want to be. I'm cranky, I don't have as much energy to play with my little guy, and the laundry starts piling up (among other things that need to be done regularly around the house).

I'd write more....but I actually want to get to bed....it's about 9:30. Good night!

  

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MOMMY2MADILYN 3/5/2013 11:59PM

You are so right! I wish I could get more sleep! Report Inappropriate Comment

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Encouraging words from one my friends

Friday, March 01, 2013

On Facebook yesterday one of my friends posted something that really encouraged me to get up off of my butt and take better care of myself and even EXERCISE! And the thing that struck me about it, about the way I felt motivated, was that for the first time it felt positive. I wasn't beating myself up....it was actually out of love that I felt compelled to exercise and I definitely felt surrounded by love and compassion driving me to finish my work-out. Though it wasn't a long work-out, when I finished, I felt good but more than that I want to keep doing this. I want to maintain my body better and I know that our loving Father wants me to also. I felt so much more energy yesterday and I knew it was because I got more sleep and chose to exercise that day.

This is my friend's post:
"God so clearly speaks to us in His Word and through His Spirit. God so passionately wants us to choose Him - His Way, His Truth, His Life, His Love, His Light, His Hope, His Freedom. Yet, sadly we too often choose our own self-focused ways and our own version of truth and our own self-centered lifestyles.
"This is what the LORD says:
'Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' " - Jeremiah 6:16

"This is what the Sovereign LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
'In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.' " - Isaiah 30:15

"This is what the LORD says
- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
'I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is best for you
who directs you in the way you should go.
If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your righteousness like the waves of the sea.' "
- Isaiah 48:17-18
.....God has so much more for us if only we would choose Him...and choose to let Him lead us by His Love, Truth and Wisdom - IN EVERY THOUGHT, WORD, ACTION, AND INTERACTION!"

  

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JUDITHANNIE 3/2/2013 9:27AM

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