Comments on: Sleep Aware Series – Part 1: Why Do We Need To Sleep?

By: Evita

Evita — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:46:27 +0000

@ TOM – Hey Tom and yeah sleep is sooooo important. I totally know what you mean about having always something more to do because I hear it from so many people. Today it seems we really have too many either obligations or distractions. But honestly just like the right food and exercise, nothing beats quality sleep. Hence I highly recommend making a routine and sticking to it, at least on weekdays.

When 10pm or latest 11pm comes, just tell yourself you have an appointment that you cannot be late for :) LOL no but seriously this is a very important appointment with yourself for your health!

By: Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips

Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:02:15 +0000

Hey Evita. Looking forward to the rest of these posts. Sleep is something I really do struggle with. There always seems to be just one more thing to do before I hit the sack. Then before I know it it’s way past my bedtime :-)

By: Evita

Evita — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:54:53 +0000

Thanks Candlemamma :)

By: candlemamma

candlemamma — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:37:44 +0000

I will keep coming back for updates. Thanks for your response. I don’t want to sleep too much but I feel I do. I thank you for this blog.

By: Evita

Evita — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:32:56 +0000

Thank you so much for your visit and feedback Candlemamma! That is great to hear your story as many people really don’t feel the same, but should at least for the sake of their health.

By: candlemamma

candlemamma — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:44:51 +0000

Great informative post on sleep. I liked your conclusion thanks. I do love sleep. I get plenty. That empty nest sydrome was hard. I slept too much.

By: Evita

Evita — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:57:49 +0000

@ SIRE – Yup, that is very true. If we keep active, we could potentially fool our bodies for a very long time into not sleeping. But…. when we allow it to rest, the feeling of tiredness is sometimes overwhelming.

I think the trick is not to ignore that feeling, because it does usually come back to bite ;)

@ MITCH – Ouch Mitch! I cannot even imagine what that would feel like. The first step to improving your sleep patterns and actually getting your body to sleep when you want it to, is to instil routine. The more regularly we go to sleep and wake up (weekdays and weekends) the better our sleep is.

There is no getting away from it, our bodies just love routine and consistency, whether that has to do with sleep or eating or other things.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:23:19 +0000

Seems I was wrong last night; I only got 4 hours sleep! Thing is, my mind thought I’d slept longer; ugh! I think it’s time to try that evening tea, eh?

By: Sire

Sire — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:23:17 +0000

It’s true that the body craves sleep as whilst you keep yourself busy it is fairly easy to stay awake, but as soon as you relax to watch a boring TV show or something you find that you have nodded off.

By: Evita

Evita — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:20:38 +0000

@ SIRE – Yes Sire, I have heard many people, especially younger ones have the same approach. It is only as we age that we realize, “hey wait a minute, I really need this stuff”

And I have to tell you, as much as I love life and have always something exciting to fill my time with, I consider sleep one of those things. It is just so critical for our health, and definitely not a waste of time!

Thanks for sharing your experience!

@ MITCH – Hi Mitch, it sounds like the pretty normal thing these days. Because our lives are too hectic and stress filled, even when we want to sleep, we find we can’t.

In part 4 I will be covering what hinders and helps our sleep. Hopefully some info there will help you get proper zzzz’s.

As you say it is not always easy, but the thing is it should be and that is where I speak out a lot on these topics in terms of why isn’t it easy and what may be hindering our health from letting this take place naturally.

Thanks for the visit and hopefully the remaining parts of this series will be able to help you out a bit, as the benefits of proper sleep are huge.