Not surprised, but reaffirms what about food choices when I sleep better. When I don’t have a good night sleep, I definitely find it hardest to make choices that are more conducive to my goals. On nights that I don’t sleep well, higher sugar food are harder to say no to….which leads to me to being more and grumpy.
My sleep-wake schedule is pretty consistent, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good one. I rarely go to bed early enough to allow myself enough time for a full night’s sleep. However, I am going to aim to go to bed an hour earlier each night. I don’t have trouble falling asleep earlier. The hard part is letting go of the extra chores, not reading that extra chapter, logging out of social media, saving my work for actual work hours, etc. It’s a matter of managing my time better.
Screen Time!
I am guilty of being on my phone and computer pretty close to the time I fall asleep. I don’t have trouble staying asleep but lately the mind has been very busy.
I would like to work on building a night time routine and that will begin with putting my screens away 1 hour before I go to bed.
I have a new plan of brushing my teeth by 8pm which will deter me from eating anything after as I often will seek a quick snack between dinner and bed. I would like to enhance my pre-sleep ritual to add stretching. I am very fortunate that I fall asleep quite quickly and tend to stay asleep but it took trying different things to find what works. Currently I use a meditation/sleep app to listen to calming sounds and spray lavendar above my pillows.
I have played with low carb meals for years. An interesting thing that I learned was that the glucose drive will continue until fulfiled . So if I failed to give myself a well rounded meal I almost always would have to fight myself away from a treat later. Balanced meal brings balanced energy <3
Not surprised, but reaffirms what about food choices when I sleep better. When I don’t have a good night sleep, I definitely find it hardest to make choices that are more conducive to my goals. On nights that I don’t sleep well, higher sugar food are harder to say no to….which leads to me to being more and grumpy.
My sleep-wake schedule is pretty consistent, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good one. I rarely go to bed early enough to allow myself enough time for a full night’s sleep. However, I am going to aim to go to bed an hour earlier each night. I don’t have trouble falling asleep earlier. The hard part is letting go of the extra chores, not reading that extra chapter, logging out of social media, saving my work for actual work hours, etc. It’s a matter of managing my time better.
Screen Time!
I am guilty of being on my phone and computer pretty close to the time I fall asleep. I don’t have trouble staying asleep but lately the mind has been very busy.
I would like to work on building a night time routine and that will begin with putting my screens away 1 hour before I go to bed.
Where is your spray from? That sounds wonderful!
I have a new plan of brushing my teeth by 8pm which will deter me from eating anything after as I often will seek a quick snack between dinner and bed. I would like to enhance my pre-sleep ritual to add stretching. I am very fortunate that I fall asleep quite quickly and tend to stay asleep but it took trying different things to find what works. Currently I use a meditation/sleep app to listen to calming sounds and spray lavendar above my pillows.
I have always loved that the first part of digestion is the excitement of eating, or preparing food ……
I have played with low carb meals for years. An interesting thing that I learned was that the glucose drive will continue until fulfiled . So if I failed to give myself a well rounded meal I almost always would have to fight myself away from a treat later. Balanced meal brings balanced energy <3
Eat more- berries,variety of veg (I get stuck on the same 6 ) , fibre
Eat less- chips, crackers, sweets <3
Eat More:
Eggs
Whole grain oats
Broccoli
Eat Less:
Chips
Pizza
Crackers
Love it!