Being a father of three small children, i still struggle with the demands of lack of sleep and disturbed sleep in particular.
This usually sets off a chain reaction in your body of not burning fat as efficiently, increased hunger and increased lathergy. These are factors that most people can do without, especially in my job!!!
Once you realise what is going on, there are simple and tried and tested ways to get around it.
First thing you have to do, and i have seen this in many, many people of course, is to re-evaluate everything!!
Are you eating breakfast in a healthy way?
Are you eating a good lunch?
Are you eating a good evening meal?
Are all of these meals in sensible portion sizes?
Are you drinking enough water throughout the day?
Have “little snacks” creeped into your day without you noticing?
Are you drinking alcohol more than once a week?
Are you missing workouts?
Are you not training with as much intensity?
Do you have any goals?
Are your clothes not fitting you so well anymore?
Are you having comments off others that you have possibly put weight on?
Are you missing energy in your life?
Are you finishing off your kids meals sometimes?
Have your weekends become one long binge?
Has that “cheat meal” become a “cheat weekend”?
Whichever one of these or if many of these apply to you, then fear not, most of us have experienced some of them if not all!
Simply getting back on to the straight and narrow and sticking to your usual meal times will make a huge difference and cause instant fat loss!
Give it just one week and will see the big difference, give it four weeks and you have a massive difference!!!
Time to look at yourself again and realise its time to get back to your original plan.
Hiya Keri!!
Must admit that I have been away from your blog for a while, and it’s nice to be back.
Hope that all is well with your family and that you are settled in to your new home.
All ok with me; not lost any more weight but I am still doing Zumba and eating well
and have stayed at a stone lost.
I particularly relate to last Tuesdays blog where you discuss getting good quality sleep.
I have found my sleep patterns changing, and apparently it’s down to the menopause.
What fun!! Problem is, it makes me feel lethargic and the last thing I feel like doing is excercising. However, this morning, I purposely got on my airwalker, did 15 mins, then
did upper body weights. It made me feel so much better and I found I had more energy in work. Sometimes I forget how good excersising makes me feel and this was a sharp
reminder for me that no matter how rough I feel, I will always feel better for a workout.
Deb x
excellent to hear from you debs and a great effort to be so consistent with your weight.
Every time i have a workout when i dont feel like it, i know i feel heck of a lot better and you, like most people i know, get a huge kick out of it too, and feel ten times better too!
Your feedback is always valuable!