SLEEP

A person in my group during Saturdays workshop mentioned getting enough sleep as one of the danger situations that they needed to plan for and overcome. Let me run a scenario by you that lets you see how much sleep can influence our lives.

You stay up on Sunday night and enjoy a few glasses of wine and watch a movie that finishes at 11:00pm.
You have trouble getting to sleep because you are still wide awake from staring at the bright TV for 2 hours.
The quality of your sleep is poor because you had a few glasses of wine.
Your alarm goes off at 6:30am after what seems like 2 hours sleep.
You hit snooze a few times and realize when you get out of bed that you only have time for a shower or breakfast. You don't smell too good so you choose the shower.
You get to work and after an hour or so realize you have no energy. Nothing a coffee won't fix.
Lunch rolls around and you realize you forgot all about the salad in the fridge you were meant to bring in. You're starving so get some take away.
You struggle to get any work done and realize your going to have to stay back late, why am I so unproductive? Better call ignite and cancel my session for tonight.
You get home at 7:30. Your hungry, you've only eaten lunch. One dinner that could feed 4 later and you ready to finally unwind in front of the television with a glass of wine.

REPEAT AND THATS HOW YOU GET OVERWEIGHT


Alternatively:

You read a book after dinner and start to feel a bit drowsy by 9:00pm.
You decide to go to bed and get to sleep by 9:30pm.
Your alarm wakes you up after what seems like an eternity and you jump out of bed into the shower.
You have breakfast remember the chicken salad and the 2 snacks that were pre packed in the fridge.
After your mid afternoon snack at 3:30pm you realize you've gotten all of your work done and wonder if anyone would notice if you left early to train at the gym. You decide they would so you check out whats happening on www.ignite4weekintensive.blogspot.com and pretend you're working.
Pumped to train, you hit the gym on time, increase your deadlift by 5kg and beat your timed workout by 30 seconds.
You get home and despite feeling like you've been eating all day, you eat a small dinner, read a book, and come 9:00pm you start feeling a bit drowsy and go to bed. REPEAT AND YOUR ON TRACK TO YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS

For more info on sleep, how important it is and what you can do do maximize it, check out the links below.

Sleep Article

Sleep Article 2