So you exercise and eat right but cant loose that weight. You could be suffering from insomnia or sleep Apnea, the two main causes for lack of sleep.
Do suffer from lack of sleep ?
So you exercise and eat right but cant loose that weight. You could be suffering from sleep apnea?
Most people don’t realize that proper sleep is one of the most important things you can do for your overall health and well-being.
Lack of sleep can contribute to obesity, depression, and physical inactivity.
The National Sleep Foundation reports that most adults need seven to nine hours a sleep a night to feel fully rested.
Without proper sleep your body simply can’t repair it self especially if you are looking to build lean muscle, this happens in your sleep not in the gym.
You may be saying to yourself that you do get a good nights sleep, but unless you suffer from a severe case of sleep apnea like I do that forces you to jump up out of bed gasping for air you wont even know it.
Most people have no clue that they are not getting a goods nights sleep, people who suffer from sleep apnea will wake up and fall right back asleep with no knowledge of doing so.
That simple act interrupts your sleep long enough so you never achieve uninterrupted REM sleep. REM is rapid eye movement; simply meaning you have achieved a deep sleep. This is when you body can repair all the damage that it has incurred threw out the day and prepare you for the next day.
This is also why most people look for coffee or some other stimulant containing caffeine or sugar to get them going again.
But what most people don’t realize is that they put themselves in and endless cycle once they get into this pattern with stimulants.
If you don’t get a good nights sleep and use some sort of stimulant to get you through your day, you have two possible outcomes.
1. If you take to much or take it to close to bed time it will also keep you from getting a good nights sleep, putting you into a endless cycle that can have some serious health effects.
2. People who use stimulants to get them going usually find that when it wears off that they have no energy so they use more stimulants eventually becoming addicted and not being able to function without them.
Its very common to here someone say that they can’t start their day without that morning cup of coffee or soda. Or in order to exercise have to take an energy drink to get the motivation.
If you wake up with a dry mouth this is a possible sign of sleep apnea.
The way I get around this is two fold, one I use nasal strips on my nose at night to get better airflow. This little strip works wonders especially if you snore.
Two elevate your head while you sleep, if you use between 3 and 4 pillows and make an incline this will stop your sleep apnea.
Insomnia is when you just can’t go to sleep and is very obvious since you know you are tossing and turning in bed.
Here are some simple steps you can take to help you get to sleep, avoid eating heavy meals, caffeine, alcohol a couple hours before bed time . Make your bedroom like a tomb, block out all outside light. Keep it cool and add some white noise like a sound machine or you can achieve both by installing a window ac unit.
Make sure you have a good bed and pillows so you are comfortable. Use your bed only for sleep and sex, do not watch TV in your bed unless its for sex LOL. This will get you in the mind set that the bed is the place to sleep.
Have sex before bed, especially if you are a man. Research has shown that when men ejaculate they release a cocktail of brain chemicals making then fell relaxed and tired.
So instead of taking a sleeping pill have some sex!
And don’t give me that crap you are single. God didn’t give you two hands for nothing LOL.
Tags: insomnia, sleep apnea, Weight Loss