Go To SLEEP

RE: Due to 2 health problems, I stopped working out

My arm was killing me!

Having gone to the doctor, and just like when your car does that thing, or makes a noise for you, yet not your mechanic, that AM of my appointment, my arm felt much better.


Not too surprisingly, the doctor found nothing wrong with it either. I chalked it up to a spell of sleeping on the couch, (a very No Support couch), for a week while my daughter had a problem getting back to sleep, and we ended up sleeping in the living room.

Endless Fatigue

After being scolded by my doctor’s staff, they had to go to get my file from the basement, as I had not come for even a check up, in 3 years!

Had the checkup 4 weeks ago, and the test results follow up just this past Friday and the only reason I might be tired all the time is:

You Should get about 8 Hours Sleep!

It is not as if I never heard of that before. When I was approaching my 20th birthday, many years ago, two friends or mine were laying odds against me making it to 20, because I only slept 4 hours a night.

I have read numerous dire warnings about what lack of sleep can do to your body over the years:

Here’s a bit from a current one:
Are You Living in Sleep Debt?
Starting on page 99 of the August 2011 issue of Glamour Magazine:

That article is unique, compared to my past reading on the subject. It actually breaks down what you are risking based on amount of sleep loss:

Loose 30 minutes to 1 Hour

(they note this is what most Americans do)
Your metabolism slows and hormonal changes increase your appetite and cravings.

Loose 1 to 2 Hours

Bad moods, anxious, stressed and / or depressed
After a couple of nights of this, memory and attention span worsen

Loose 3 to 4 Hours

This is where health problems begin
Curiously also where I have lived for decades, (no less than 3),
Heart rate and blood pressure spike
Your body’s ability to regulate blood sugar becomes impaired

So having read, for me, once again, all that

Yes, I feel fortunate indeed to not have high blood pressure and diabetes after treating my body to decades of sleep deprivation.

No. In my case I believe it is having my traditional 4 consecutive hours of sleep disrupted at length now, that has cause me to feel like I am crashing every couple of hours.

Forget exercise, I am not even getting many chores done each week!

Therefore, I must rectify the situation within our household:
The school year is over and my daughter slowly changed her sleep schedule.
Moreover, I, of all people, naturally have a hard time insisting she go to sleep.
If I cannot do this, and stay there for approximately 8 hours a night, how can I ask her to do so?

Though once she gets there, she does sleep up to 8 hours.

Not only that, out in the dark and early with our dog between 1 and 2am, I could not help but notice, many other households with lights on, windows open, people talking.
People in backyards still up and socializing and out on the streets.

Well it is summer, and the coolest part of the day is, well several hours before sunrise.

I am just plain exhausted all the time, and the our Teddy dog is eating more, walking a bit more, but not much. His sleep schedule is mess up too.

So given all that, I am not sure how I will go about making this work, in our home.

Obviously, I have to handle this soon!

I do not think Fitness, beyond walking our dog, and chores, can be worked in until I get at least my former 4 consecutive hours of sleep.