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Good post.Sleep is definitely misunderstood and WAY undervalued, even from a health/fitness perspective. I'm excited that Dr. Parsley is writing a book.
i hate sleep.. wish it wasn't so important.. got so much i want to do in a day.. i'd sleep for only 4 hours a day if it wasn't so bad for you to do so..
You I know I find sleep a wonderful thing. If people regularly have quality sleep, it would be interesting to see how their health would improve. And yes there are days when it would be great if four hours could fully restore a person!
Ha, yeah.. I find my desire for longer days is very sporadic and random, but overall I am more than happy to be in bed for my 9 hours a day 🙂
I put an app on my phone before I bought a fitbit. You set the phone on the bed and it would monitor your deep sleep and light sleep based on movement in the bed. It was pretty interesting as the log filled up to see my sleep patterns and how little I was getting some nights. It correlates pretty well with quality of my workouts and even seems to correlate with weight loss
I put an app on my phone before I bought a fitbit. You set the phone on the bed and it would monitor your deep sleep and light sleep based on movement in the bed. It was pretty interesting as the log filled up to see my sleep patterns and how little I was getting some nights. It correlates pretty well with quality of my workouts and even seems to correlate with weight loss
Huh, thats interesting. I wonder how that would work since some people move around in bed a lot more than others. I'm one of those people who can fall asleep in one position with something in my hand and wake up the next day, same position and the item still in my fist. Not all the time, but generally, I don't move.I'm totally a "9 hours of sleep" kind of gal, if I get 8 I'm "ok" and any less I get grumpy.
I put an app on my phone before I bought a fitbit. You set the phone on the bed and it would monitor your deep sleep and light sleep based on movement in the bed. It was pretty interesting as the log filled up to see my sleep patterns and how little I was getting some nights. It correlates pretty well with quality of my workouts and even seems to correlate with weight loss
I have that app- it's called sleep cycle. I really like it. On days that I woke up feeling well and rested, sure enough it recorded better sleep quality
Huh, thats interesting. I wonder how that would work since some people move around in bed a lot more than others. I'm one of those people who can fall asleep in one position with something in my hand and wake up the next day, same position and the item still in my fist. Not all the time, but generally, I don't move.I'm totally a "9 hours of sleep" kind of gal, if I get 8 I'm "ok" and any less I get grumpy.
The thought being that if you are still, you are not restless or awake, so you have solid sleep time. I tend to wake several times a night as evidenced by my sleep logs 😛 And yes, 9 hours makes me a new woman!
perhaps a silly question, but the article talks about sleep deprivation decreasing insulin sensitivity… wouldn't this be a bad thing for muscle gain and not fat loss? i thought the idea was to remain insulin resistant during the ULC part of the day when you are burning fat, while the sensitivity is more an issue after you work out and begin consuming carbscan someone clarify for me?
Well without proper sleep you'll not properly recovery correctly which ultimately raise unwanted cortisol/stress levels, which then leads to fat gain (body holds onto fat). Now the idea that sleep deprivation would decrease sensitivity isn't all that great my opinion.
perhaps a silly question, but the article talks about sleep deprivation decreasing insulin sensitivity... wouldn't this be a bad thing for muscle gain and not fat loss? i thought the idea was to remain insulin resistant during the ULC part of the day when you are burning fat, while the sensitivity is more an issue after you work out and begin consuming carbscan someone clarify for me?
No no.. when we're ULC we're straight-up AVOIDING insulin while we happen to be most sensitive to it(earlier in the day). We aren't making ourselves resistant to it.. We want to be insulin sensitive so we get all the lovely benefits from it when we do employ it's usage.So sleep deprivation decreasing insulin sensitivity(also read as: creating insulin resistance) is not a good thing.. Consider; diabetes is an extreme form on insulin resistance.
perhaps a silly question, but the article talks about sleep deprivation decreasing insulin sensitivity... wouldn't this be a bad thing for muscle gain and not fat loss? i thought the idea was to remain insulin resistant during the ULC part of the day when you are burning fat, while the sensitivity is more an issue after you work out and begin consuming carbscan someone clarify for me?
No no.. when we're ULC we're straight-up AVOIDING insulin while we happen to be most sensitive to it(earlier in the day). We aren't making ourselves resistant to it.. We want to be insulin sensitive so we get all the lovely benefits from it when we do employ it's usage.So sleep deprivation decreasing insulin sensitivity(also read as: creating insulin resistance) is not a good thing.. Consider; diabetes is an extreme form on insulin resistance.
Yes TCB I was trying to figure out how to word it. That's correct. Insulin sensitive is better than insulin resistant!
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