Seven to eight continuous hours of sleep stops your body from releasing excess cortisol, which triggers cravings for sugar and carbs. Fragmented sleep doesn't work as a substitute. Use sleep meditations for 21 days, skip daytime naps, finish workouts by 6:30 PM, and meditate before bed.
Chapters
Sleep, most neglected area where our health and fitness is concerned. A lot of people think it's very cool to sleep late in the night, is very cool to sit on our phone on social media all through the day. Or all through the night. It is very cool to start chatting and messaging on Facebook and going through the likes of other people and looking at who has validated your post, and this keeps you awake for half the night. You must realize that sleep plays a vital role in your health. You need to have at least 7 to 8 hours of good sleep. When you don't sleep for 7 to 8 hours continuously, your body will release a hormone called cortisol. Now cortisol has a property which will want to make you eat carbohydrate foods and sugary foods. So you would have realized that if you are awake till late in the night, say after 8, after 9 PM, if you are awake till 12, 1 o'clock, you will want to binge eat in the night. You'll have that craving to want to eat something snacky, and that's not because you're awake. That's because your body is producing a hormone that is making you want to eat that. So therefore, understand that sleep is a major important role— plays a major role. So a lot of people will think, can I sleep for like 1 or 2 hours in the afternoon and then sleep for 4 hours in the night and make up for my 7 hours? That doesn't work that way. If you're on this journey, you need to start making it a habit. Now, a lot of you might be feeling that you don't get sleep. Go to YouTube, pick up any sleep meditations, listen to some soft soothing music and fall asleep. Do this for 21 days and you'll start sleeping better. Stop sleeping in the daytime at all. Be active throughout the day. Do at least a good 1-hour workout so your body is exhausted. Another thing about sleep is don't do a workout just before going to sleep. Because your body's metabolism— metabolic rate goes up and you will start feeling very active and you won't feel sleepy. So finish your workout by 6:30-7:00 in the evening every day. Meditate before you go to sleep. This will help you to sleep for 7 to 8 hours at a stretch. Now if you are take— planning this journey forward, in your planner you need to have 7 to 8 hours of non-stop continuous sleep. Sleep, because sleep is what is going to help you to lose weight and to get healthy. I'll see you in the next video.
