To quote Shakespeare: "He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache."
Actually, a lot is accomplished while sleeping: increased creativity; improved concentration; sharpen attention; lower weight (I'm not sure I agree w/that one); lower stress; and, the most important, decreases those puffy under eye circles!
I don't know about you, but I'm tired from just seeing how exhausted I can become while I'm sleeping.
Well, sleep can't be perfectly correlated to weight, but I'm sure if you were sleeping worse you'd be a lot heavier than you already are (this isn't an awkward "did I just call you fat" moment because I have no idea what you look like).
Rossmom
I'm certainly not insulted because I agree, you didn't just call me fat.
Anyway, as typical of Rossmom, I found the following information on sleep and weight on WebMD:
How Hormones Affect Your Sleep
Leptin and ghrelin work in a kind of "checks and balances" system to control feelings of hunger and fullness, explains Michael Breus, PhD, a faculty member of the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and director of The Sleep Disorders Centers of Southeastern Lung Care in Atlanta. Ghrelin, which is produced in the gastrointestinal tract, stimulates appetite, while leptin, produced in fat cells, sends a signal to the brain when you are full.
So what's the connection to sleep? "When you don't get enough sleep, it drives leptin levels down, which means you don't feel as satisfied after you eat. Lack of sleep also causes ghrelin levels to rise, which means your appetite is stimulated, so you want more food," Breus tells WebMD.
Andy
Have you ever tried a polyphasic schedule? I do it occasionally and it has worked really well. Instead of going to bed at 2am, I try to get down by midnight sometimes. Inevitably I wake up again around 3-4am and will catch up on emails and Hulu for another hour. So it's the same amount of wake/sleep time overall, but I get more done while no one else is contributing to the email load.
PS. Images in RSS are broken again 🙁
rosscott
Working on the RSS.
Andy
Today's didn't show either. Hope you can figure it out
rosscott
Waiting on my tech team. (His name's Ryan)
Dennis
You've probably heard it said we need 8 hours of sleep a night. Well some need a little more and some a little less. An easy way to figure out a bedtime is count backwards from the time you need to wake up.
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