Beauty Sleep
I cannot live with less than 8 hours of sleep. I get cranky and less productive with work. The problem with me is sometimes I get caught up with work that I forget the time. This happens whenever I develop a website. That’s why I don’t accept web development projects anymore. I must have 8 hours of sleep. When I was much younger, I could get by with 6 hours of sleep and still feel bright and vibrant. Perhaps it’s my age. No sleep means no new brain cells
The researchers compared animals who were deprived of sleep for 72 hours with others who were not.They found those who missed out on rest had higher levels of the stress hormone corticosterone.They also produced significantly fewer new brain cells in a particular region of the hippocampus.
When the animals’ corticosterone levels were kept at a constant level, the reduction in cell proliferation was abolished.
The results suggest that elevated stress hormone levels resulting from sleep deprivation could explain the reduction in cell production in the adult brain.
and get this . Too little sleep may make you fat. You know I always thought that the less one sleeps, the more calories spent and one would expect to lose weight. During the week where I had less sleep, the weighing scale refused to budge lower and worse , I even gained some weight.
They found that, even after factors such as depression, physical activity, alcohol consumption, ethnicity, level of education, age and gender had been taken into account, people were more likely to be obese the less sleep they had.
While those who had less than four hours sleep were most at risk, people who got only five hours of sleep were 50% more likely to be obese than those who were getting a full night’s rest.
There’s a reason for my beauty sleep entry. Ever since Humphrey arrived in our life, my sleep hours have been pretty much disturbed. It feels like I have a new baby. Every so often, Humphrey wakes up to check if I am around. Humphrey sleeps in our room just below my bed. I wake up at 5:00 AM to bring him to “go poop” or “pee”.
Tonight he will sleep outside my bedroom so I can catch up with my sleep. Also, I wouldn’t want him to get used to this bed time routine. We need our privacy too.
I need to sleep now.
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At least now you can rest and be beautiful…Muusssstt slleeep its 12:06 in the morning…
I feel sleepy too…
Have you a verrrry-Beauty Rest Ate Noemi
I used to tell myself that if I didn’t have 7 hours sleep that I’d be cranky and sure enough that’s what would happen. It became an excuse to be unhappy and a way to “take myself out”. But not anymore. Once I saw that it was an idea that I’d constructed and not necessarily true, I realized that actually I’m fine with less sleep than that.
Maybe you do need 8 hours sleep and maybe you don’t. But being attached to the idea of how much sleep you need will lock you in to needing that amount. As an experiment you could see what thoughts go through your mind next time you get less sleep than your ideal.
i’m not really strict with how much number of hours i need to sleep. but now,i need to catch up on sleep, if i really want to reach that ideal weight i have in mind…zzzzz
@LA- I am not getting any younger so I have to be more careful with my health
@Jill- I don’t think about number of hours actually but I make sure that I don’t sleep late.
@sexy mom- if in a week I had been sleeping late, I make sure I catch up by having naps or early bedtime in some days.
sigh. i wish i had the luxury of sleep. eversince i worked as a call center sup, ive been having less and less sleep. come weekend, during the only day off that i have, its all that i do instead of going out or having fun with family and friends. i desperately need to change my lifestyle.
Another reason why more sleep may equal less bodyfat is that during REM sleep, your body releases the most growth hormone. The longer you are asleep, the longer your REM periods are. Also, avoid eating before bed in order to get into REM sleep quicker.
I am a web designer also, and I totally agree with you, as soon as I start a new project, not only do I work more, but I can’t stop thinking about it until it is done. So even if I do go to bed at a reasonable hour, my sleep is massively deprived because I lie there thinking about the project for hours, which keeps me from sleeping!