Comments on: The Wellness of You – # 204 – Sleep More — Lose Weight http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html My Memoir/Novel in a Serialized format. New Chapters each week. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Exercise 204 http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html/comment-page-1#comment-6921 Exercise 204 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:09:35 +0000 http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html#comment-6921 [...] The Wellness of You - # 204 - Sleep More — Lose Weight [...] [...] The Wellness of You – # 204 – Sleep More — Lose Weight [...]

]]> By: Ron Rink http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html/comment-page-1#comment-2869 Ron Rink Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:11:03 +0000 http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html#comment-2869 Dee -- What can I say? People need a good night's sleep in order to stay healthy. It's also best to get that sleep at a regular time -- 24/7/365. One of the common traits among people who don't sleep for at least 6-8 hours a night is that they compensate for this by using stimulants to stay awake -- such as caffeine and sugar. I've been in the pattern you describe -- and I was in it for many years. All I can tell you is this -- "Honey, it ain't healthy!" How do I know? I'm the living proof that "it ain't healthy!" I finally got my act together after my second heart attack in the early 1980s. I started to eat properly, (which it sounds like you're doing except for the caffeine -- do you add sugar to your caffeine?) we need to get some exercise every day to keep our bones and muscles functioning properly, we need to not smoke, and we need to rest. We'll think better -- we'll be able to keep our bodies healthier -- (and that includes weight control) -- everything just functions better when you live a healthy lifestyle. Try it -- you might like it! In Peace Dee — What can I say? People need a good night’s sleep in order to stay healthy. It’s also best to get that sleep at a regular time — 24/7/365. One of the common traits among people who don’t sleep for at least 6-8 hours a night is that they compensate for this by using stimulants to stay awake — such as caffeine and sugar.

I’ve been in the pattern you describe — and I was in it for many years. All I can tell you is this — “Honey, it ain’t healthy!”

How do I know? I’m the living proof that “it ain’t healthy!” I finally got my act together after my second heart attack in the early 1980s. I started to eat properly, (which it sounds like you’re doing except for the caffeine — do you add sugar to your caffeine?) we need to get some exercise every day to keep our bones and muscles functioning properly, we need to not smoke, and we need to rest.

We’ll think better — we’ll be able to keep our bodies healthier — (and that includes weight control) — everything just functions better when you live a healthy lifestyle.

Try it — you might like it!

In Peace

]]> By: Ron Rink http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html/comment-page-1#comment-2868 Ron Rink Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:53:35 +0000 http://www.wecould2.com/the-wellness-of-you-204-sleep-more-lose-weight.html#comment-2868 Charmaine -- I wish I could say, "Sure, I know exactly how to help you!" I don't know the answer to your question. I've never worked a split shift like yours except when I was a young man aboard a destroyer in the Navy. My duty times during those days were all over the clock, so to speak. I did notice that I learned quickly how to sleep anywhere -- even standing upright! I guess, I have a question in return -- "Why is it necessary for professions like yours -- and those of the police -- fire fighters -- nurses -- some factory workers -- to change the shift hours?" It seems to me that the employers of these professions would be so much better off with healthier employees who were all getting a good night's sleep because they were working a steady shift rather than messing with their body clocks. Sorry I wasn't more help. In Peace -- Charmaine — I wish I could say, “Sure, I know exactly how to help you!” I don’t know the answer to your question. I’ve never worked a split shift like yours except when I was a young man aboard a destroyer in the Navy. My duty times during those days were all over the clock, so to speak. I did notice that I learned quickly how to sleep anywhere — even standing upright!

I guess, I have a question in return — “Why is it necessary for professions like yours — and those of the police — fire fighters — nurses — some factory workers — to change the shift hours?” It seems to me that the employers of these professions would be so much better off with healthier employees who were all getting a good night’s sleep because they were working a steady shift rather than messing with their body clocks.

Sorry I wasn’t more help.

In Peace –

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