{"id":737,"date":"2010-08-17T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T22:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=737"},"modified":"2010-08-17T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T22:50:37","slug":"in-search-of-a-good-nap-the-diet-day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=737","title":{"rendered":"In search of a good nap (The Diet, Day 23)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was hit with a megawave of tired today. I think that has more to do with the fact that I was up too late last night than with the fact that I’ve been dieting and exercising. I’m still working on adjusting to school-year hours vs. summer hours. I’ve decided I’m going to help myself along in the process by going to bed extra early tonight.<\/p>\n

Going to bed early is a matter of self-defense for more than one reason. For one thing, I certainly don’t want to oversleep or wake up sluggish and slow-moving. We’re in the middle of a major parking war at JC. If I don’t get to work before the bulk of the troops come flooding in, I’ll be left bruised and battered on the frayed edges of the battlefield.<\/p>\n

For another, I’ve just read this article from WebMD<\/a> about the effect of sleep deprivation on weight. You get fat if you don’t sleep enough, studies say. There’s an attempt at a medical reasoning process in the article involving specific names of specific hormones, but I have my own theory. If you are tired, for whatever reason, your body craves energy. Therefore, you automatically reach for food as the most immediate possible source of energy.<\/p>\n

If you want to not feel hungry at unfortunately high levels, then, you need to make sure you get enough sleep.<\/p>\n

I believe proper sleep also restores concentration levels. If I go to bed early tonight, I will accomplish twice as much tomorrow. That seems only logical to me.<\/p>\n

In other news, phase 2 of my diet, which is phase 1 of South Beach, is kicking right along on its 2nd day, which is the 23rd day of the diet as a whole. I’ve been eating lots of celery. I also made a big pot of mixed vegetables–broccoli, artichokes, snow peas, mushrooms, and chickpeas. I’ve been eating bowls and bowls of that. I figure you could eat the entire crock-pot full of this stuff in one sitting without consuming the number of calories in a single slice of cheese pizza, but I’m just eating a bowl of it at a time. That seems to be working out for me.<\/p>\n

More on my venture into SoBe after I’ve managed to catch a long night’s nap…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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