Weight Loss Tip, Improving Sleep, and food obsession

Healthy Weight Loss Tips

When you are working measuring your progress, wait until you are in a place of truth. I mean, make sure your body is in a relaxed state. This means that you’ve had a few nights of 8 hour sleep, you’ve had at least two days of feeding yourself right. You’re back to your training if you were off schedule. So many of us act drastically as a response to life events being out of our control. Weight is very flexible so understand that when you are comparing to see progress.

Improving Sleep

Your room should be cool and dark. I use solid curtains over my blinds to help. I sleep in my underwear with a thin quilt comforter (but I also live in the south so that makes sense for me). I try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day with only an hour or so of flex. Any time I can, I DON’T set an alarm. The quantity of sleep you get in one chunk is crucial; I don’t rely on naps. You want to allow yourself more time in bed than you need. For example, I don’t lay in bed for exactly 8 hours. I try to give myself at least 9 hours in bed so I can hopefully reach my 8 hours of sleep goal to account for bathroom trips or nightmares.

I Fill the Time Before I Can Eat Again

This is a sure-fire way to see that you’re not eating enough (specifically fat)! To me, that says your leptin levels are low. Leptin is very sensitive to your intake of fat. If you aren’t having enough, you continue to obsess over food in order to get enough. This is a primal function for survival. This friend said she thinks she’s eating enough, but obviously that’s not true for her body. She’s also still measuring calories on MyFitnessPal, but the body rules all. If your body is signaling that it's not enough, then it's not enough. Period. End of story. Trust nature on this one instead of technology.