The numbers are in, and I am still in the lead. But I must say, Stephanie is catching up to me. Tanya, get it together!!!
In the past week, I’ve read quite a bit on how sleep affects your weight. A new study shows the parts of our brain that help us regulate emotions—like stress and anger—don’t work as well when we’re sleep deprived. Studies have also shown, not getting at least seven (7) of sleep, can actually cause weight gain.
Below are just a few tips to help get the sleep your body needs:
1) Refine your pre-bedtime. Try dimming the light about one (1) hour before you go to bed. Avoid looking at your screens, no phone, tablets, TV and even your computer.
2) Move before you sleep. Relax both the body and mind by stretching out tight muscles before you hit the hay—preliminary studies show that doing so may even result in a better quality of sleep overall.
3) Practicing meditation from your bed can help you let go of thoughts of work or outside challenges, so you can settle the mind and finally get some rest. Do not let your mind wander to distract you. Breath in, breathe out.
The moral of the story is, get in the bed early enough to get at least seven (7) hours of sleep. You will never get that time back.
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