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The
Don't Diet Digest
Stop
Dieting. Start Eating.
www.RealPeopleDontDiet.com TO SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to dontdietdigest AT aweber.com THIS ISSUE: Easy Way To Lose Weight? Eat Fritos and Go To Bed! ==================================================
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Don't rely on the government or your "friendly" neighborhood bank. Take back control of your money--today. ================================================== ================================================== This is a really exciting week here at my
house. Tomorrow is my 14th
anniversary AND the due date of my younger
brother's baby. I have my
bag all packed and ready to go, as I get to be
the "official photographer" of the big event. (And a
very discreet one, too, I should add.)
Guess which snack I packed? If you've
read "Real People Don't Diet", then you know it's Fritos! I
eat Fritos nearly every day and still remain svelte (what does that
really mean, anyway...svelte...it almost sounds like a James Bond
nemesis, doesn't it? But I digress...)
My kids happened to be at grandma's house on
Sunday and caught a TV show that showed how Fritos are made.
It got me curious, so I did a quick Google search and found
this site on "The Birth of Fritos":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1537783 Just in case you ever wondered...
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Let's get into the meat of today's newsletter. Are you dieting and still struggling to lose weight? Are you experiencing general poor health and wondering why nothing's working? Well, it appears that getting less than 7.5
hours of sleep a night may have a really detrimental affect on
your overall health, let alone weight.
A Japanese study of 1200 adults with high blood
pressure showed that those who got less than 7.5 hours of
sleep a night were 68% more likely to have a heart
attack, stroke or death from cardiac arrest. Here's the link:
Funny how the magic number is 7.5 hours...not 7, or around 7. Seven-and-a-half hours of sleep or more is what you need if you want to lose weight and stay healthy. Wow. 68% more likely. All
because of sleep. That's sobering.
If sleep is that powerful, how does it affect
your ability to lose--or gain--weight?
According to this
article at WebMd.com, sleep does two things:
The article on the Japanese study notes that
lack of sleep has been linked to diabetes and obesity.
Does getting more sleep seem impossible to
you?
It used to be impossible for me. My
bedtime had been 11 p.m. for as long as I could remember, no
matter what my family life or professional life looked like. This year I
decided to start getting up at 5 a.m. to work and have quiet
time. I changed my bedtime to 8:30 a.m. and aimed to be
asleep by 9 p.m. each night. I don't always achieve that, but
I'm usually asleep by 9:30 p.m.
I don't care what's on TV. I don't find anything worth watching, anyway. I always have one good book I'm reading, and that's my time to read it. Just like our "Real People Don't Diet" strategy, I try to "trick" myself into desiring to do the healthy thing because I want to, not because I have to. You can do the same thing. What's an activity you enjoy that you can set aside at a certain time each night? Figure it out, and change your habit. It only took me about 10 days to get into a rhythm. And don't forget my recent newsletter that
highlighted a study showing how exchanging three sugary drinks
a day for three glasses of water led to an extra weight loss
of 5 pounds a year.
So if you find it hard to eat right, but think you can manage to sleep and drink water, give these two strategies a try: 7.5 hours of sleep a night and 3 more glasses of water. See if you don't get results.
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On a final and lighter note, here's something to make you chuckle. You'll never look at your EVOO the same way again. Warmly,  http://www.RealPeopleDontDiet.com REDISTRIBUTION POLICY I encourage you to forward this newsletter to your friends, associates, and colleagues for their review and enjoyment. However, please do so only by sending it in full, thereby keeping the copyright and subscription information intact. Also, if you wish to post this newsletter to a newsgroup or electronic discussion group, you may do so if you preserve the copyright and subscription information. Thanks. Copyright (c) 2008 www.RealPeopleDontDiet.com and Cate Brizzell
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