Day 68 - Sleep

GOALS

• Goal date:                     March 26, 2011
• Weight goal:                 206.0 pounds
• Total Inches goal:        120.9 inches

 Today's Weight:        213.2 

 Yesterday's Weight:    213.2 

 +Gain/-Loss:             0.0 

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After 3 days of great weight loss, today, nothing. When I see this, I try to discern any causes. What was different about yesterday? I ate 100% on plan. I drank, well, maybe a little less, but still, I drank plenty. I think I know the answer: I didn't get enough sleep. I stayed out very late last night, and didn't get to sleep until after 2am. Which means I got less than 4 hours sleep, and woke up this morning feeling like shit.

Usually, I get 6 hours a night. I have read many times that adequate sleep is a key factor in maintaining a healthy weight, and most of what I've read indicates that that means 7 hours. Allowing for personal variation, 6 hours might be acceptable. Four hours sleep is not. Not no way, not no how.

So four hours sleep isn't enough time to complete the processing the previous day's "stuff" - like stress, digestion, REM cycles, etc. The result is a hiccup on the chart:

I woke up feeling terrible, and ended up skipping breakfast. This is not any kind of semi-fast. It is missing an important meal. Not good.





Lunch

Spring Mix greens with vinaigrette dressing, lentils, and roast turkey off the bone.

Dinner

Chili (grass-fed beef, black beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and chili spices) over broccoli and cauliflower, with a side of hard-boiled egg and cole slaw.

After-Dinner Snack

Not pictured: Roast turkey off the bone and cole slaw. A spoonful of almond butter.

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