Saturday April 28, 2018

Glad you put a number to your grooming clients....perhaps you can give yourself a goal like to have the number reduced to "x" by July 1st and then maybe even less by the start of the school year.

You didn't know about sleep and blood pressure? I haven't been doing my job!

Sleep apnea (diagnosed by sleep study) increases blood pressure, weight, and all all sorts of other negatives.

Decreased sleep duration is related to increased weight and increased blood pressure. In one gigantic study of 16 years, sleep

shoot! OH cut me off....I'll bet back to you!

Thanks! Yes, please do. I am fascinated by the impact sleep has on the body. I have heard (though I don't know if it is really true/accurate) that if a person is kept from sleeping for a prolonged period the body begins to fail and death follows. Something along the lines of a person can survive far longer without food than without sleep.

I KNOW that when I am sleep deprived I eat more. I keep feeling like I need "fuel" to keep going.

I can only stay that low for a few days. I've been bouncing around 2 pounds higher than a year ago, so I'm trying to bring it back down to where it was. I find that with high protein, no simple carbs, and no wine I can do it without being hungry.