More Sleep Pleaseee!

Good morning, and welcome to another week. Lately i find myself getting less than adequate sleep, it's not that i can't sleep, it's more of me not making sleep a priority. As much as i would like to think that this issue is isolated, statistics in the U.S shows that this problem is very wide spread. Lack of sleep affects countless areas in our lives/bodies, however because this blog is out fitness lets discuss how lack of sleep affects our weight loss (for those of us trying to lose weight).

It is quite obvious to us that if we have had little sleep during the night the chances of us wanting to workout the is almost nonresistant. To add to that researchers has found that a lack of sleep diminishes our bodies ability to burn off calories, and also is one of the leading reasons for our metabolism slowing down. Lack of sleep has also been linked to the hormones that helps control our appetite, it creates an unbalance effect resulting in an increase in appetite, therefore we tend to eat more.


Challenge of the week/Contest

This week we are going to challenge ourselves by getting 8 hours of sleep each night, in addition to that we are going to make a log of our sleep schedule (wake time, nap, bedtime) and everything we eat for the week.

Contest Rules

A detailed copy of your daily log needs to be email to greenheat2003@yahoo.com (find it below), indicate what you ate and the time, also the quantity. Please format in a way that will be easy to read. Each log should have the participants name and the date submitting.


Prize!!

The winner will be announce the following week. That individual will receive a Cando Pedal Exerciser 

This is a great piece of equipment for both lower and upper body, and is ideal for working out while watching tv.