Your posts and comments are always a LIFT to all of us...thanks so much
for including us in YOUR journey...take care...
01 Apr 15 by member: SuccessThisTime58
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Listen to your doctor. You are doing just fine. All the counting and balancing was worth it.
01 Apr 15 by member: diehard3
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Sleep is real important. As important as eating, and breathing, and exercising.
01 Apr 15 by member: NowIunderstand
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Deb, get some sleep!! Sleep is a biggie!!! Now then there is me on a time line it took me 2 years to lose 60 pounds. I did slow, slow and wasn't worried about it being a quick journey. I had a number of bouts of pneumonia and bronchitis and a couple injuries that slowed my progress also. Both curtailed exercise and the meds for the lung issues are great for gaining, not losing. Everyone's journey is different.
01 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Deb try to have a relaxing Deb time at least 1 hr before going to sleep maybe reading daily newspaper or watching an hour show on tv you enjoy to try to create a stress free zone before you go to sleep
01 Apr 15 by member: pwrestlephoto
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I was determined to reach my goal weight, even if it took forever, and it did seem like it took forever. At .2 lbs at a time. :)
01 Apr 15 by member: Deb_N
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I want to go to bed at 10:30 pm, but I always find something else to do or something to read and then it's after midnight. One of my buddies last year saw me at FatSecret and said why are you awake at this time? I felt embarrassed, like my parents caught me staying up when I should be asleep. lol
01 Apr 15 by member: Deb_N
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Decided to set a musical ring tone alarm on my cell phone and when the alarm goes off then the computer must go off. This might work for me.
01 Apr 15 by member: Deb_N
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Hope it works for you...I'm up late tonight 9:20 as the power was off sometime while I was at work, didn't realize my clocks were off. I am usually off to bed by 8:00 light out by 8:30.
01 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Unfortunately, I did not go to bed early last night. I was all talk and no action! :'( Maybe tonight I will sleep early. :)
02 Apr 15 by member: Deb_N
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Deb if you don't have to get up early you can get in your sleep. I have to leave for work a bit after 6;00 so going to bed early is mandatory for me. I do not do well anymore on little sleep. My body is used to it so even on days off I am sleepy early and wake up early. Everyone's schedules are different.
02 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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There is something to be said about sleep obtained before midnight. Not the same kind of sleep as after. When you get to bed late, even if you wake up late, you don't feel as energized. For some people, ie Me! :)
02 Apr 15 by member: NowIunderstand
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nice I cant lose more than 2 pounds a month. but I will do it even if it takes me 3 years.
02 Apr 15 by member: alix38
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Thanks for this post. I have 100 pounds to lose and I was thinking it would take me a year. I really had no idea how long it would take. I know one thing, it's not coming off as fast this time as it did last time.
02 Apr 15 by member: Jillzee00
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NM, no idea about that. I know my body says sleep around 8:00-8:30 and if I stay up later it doesn't like it much. I sometimes do but .....About 10:00 is my limit to feel good the next day if I can sleep in.. workdays even 9:00 and I feel the difference. I have a daughter who thinks 3am is bedtime, she is totally exhausted as she has to work day hours. Due to the exhaustion she is having other issues.
02 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Jill, don't get hung up on time, what IS important is that you change your WOE for the long term. It's a life change not a diet that works in the long run. That takes longer than some crash diet that you will turn around and gain it back and possibly cause you health problems. Just sayin..
02 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Good advice, Wholefoodnut! WOE is way of eating.
02 Apr 15 by member: Deb_N
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WF - I know what you mean. I too have a son who is a vampire. Week Ends he'll stay up very late, sleep in very late and expects to be able to go back to bed at 10h30 on weekdays for his day job. Then complains about not being able to sleep. I keep telling him, it doesn't work that way. What he does to himself in these instances is akin to giving himself jetlag.
03 Apr 15 by member: NowIunderstand
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NowIunderstand, my DD does the same. No sleep catches up after awhile. I've been there when I was working rotating shifts, that was awful. She is a mess right now, doc has her on all kinds of meds for depression etc. her blood pressure is high (she's 38). She is super sensitive and gets mad at everyone very easily and having panic attacks. I think it's sleep deprivation, doc has no idea how little sleep she is getting. Bed after midnight up @ 5 am under protest, 3 or 4 am bedtimes on weekends and sleeps til noon if she can, often it's off to keep other commitments.
03 Apr 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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@WF - it's all about taking care of basics... Too bad she won't listen.
03 Apr 15 by member: NowIunderstand
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