get some sun at lunch, take a walk outside. and melatonin.
Calcium and Magnesium. Seriously- it's changed my life, not to mention there are a ton of benefits for women.
Good bone health (this includes teeth,) lowered risk of cardio-vascular disease (heart attack is the number one killer of women in America) Sound sleep (even when you aren't getting much, the quality of sleep is better, and you fall asleep faster) decreased or eliminated swelling/water weight gain associated with pregnancy or PMS, decreased or eliminated leg cramps at night. Those are just off the top of my head.
Anyway, take your Calcium and Magnesium, because they will help your blood pressure stay low even when you're stressed and because the benefits are legion including:
the little sleep you get will be more restful sleep
it will keep you from retaining water
it will keep you from having bone loss
it helps with weight loss
it will help keep your teeth healthy
it will help your emotions be on a more even keel.
1500mg of Calcium and 500mg of Magnesium EVERY SINGLE NIGHT before bed, no excuses.
Don't eat before bed. Give yourself at least 2 hours before sleeping to digest.
If you wake up and you don't fall asleep in 5-10 minutes again, get up, otherwise you will start to subconsciously think of bed as a miserable place. If you are gonna be miserable anyway, do it elsewhere.
Get more exercise so that you are properly tired at bedtime.
Limit caffeine (obviously).
Meditate, if you are in to that sort of thing, before bed to help empty your brain. If you aren't try writing in a journal or something.
Try getting to bed a little earlier so that you can wake up on your own instead of using an alarm clock. Waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle can be terribly disorienting and make you feel more tired.
did this. does drinking count in this too? because I had a nightcap last night.Don't eat before bed. Give yourself at least 2 hours before sleeping to digest.
i made an effort when i knew i woke up after a sleep cycle to roll away from the alarm. fell back asleep in about 5 minutes. i also think it helped that i didn't have incredibly messed up dreams too, to get my mind going when i woke up.If you wake up and you don't fall asleep in 5-10 minutes again, get up, otherwise you will start to subconsciously think of bed as a miserable place. If you are gonna be miserable anyway, do it elsewhere.
i had a rockin' good workout at the gym yesterday. sadly, my right calf is torn so i don't know if i can do this for a couple of days.Get more exercise so that you are properly tired at bedtime.
i only really ever have 1 cup of coffee in the mornings.Limit caffeine (obviously).
What I did wasn't meditation, but this is the thing that I think helped the most. Especially after the bad news I got this week, and having that just be at the forefront of my mind for most of the week, I laughed my ass off right before bed while talking on the phone, about mostly completely asinine things. I'm pretty sure I fell asleep still smiling.Meditate, if you are in to that sort of thing, before bed to help empty your brain. If you aren't try writing in a journal or something.
12:30 wasn't exactly early, but I knew I didn't have to get up early this morning. Rolled out of bed at 9:30 after drifiting gently in and out of waking up and snoozing.Try getting to bed a little earlier so that you can wake up on your own instead of using an alarm clock. Waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle can be terribly disorienting and make you feel more tired.
What I did wasn't meditation, but this is the thing that I think helped the most. Especially after the bad news I got this week, and having that just be at the forefront of my mind for most of the week, I laughed my ass off right before bed while talking on the phone, about mostly completely asinine things. I'm pretty sure I fell asleep still smiling.
does drinking count in this too? because I had a nightcap last night.
now, hopefully this kind of thing can keep up.
It's commonly advised to avoid that as well, yes.did this. does drinking count in this too? because I had a nightcap last night.
is that why I don't remember anything after they cut the cake at the wedding?She hates that stuff
i was laughing so hard i was choking. it almost makes me feel guilty that this was brought up at someone else's expense. almost.lol, wicker swingsets
It's commonly advised to avoid that as well, yes.
two bowls of honey nut cheerios knocks me right the fuck out.