christal blue persuasions musings

Sleep deprivation and its effects on humans

This is one of many articles I have been seeing about sleep deprivation. It’s interesting to see that needing 8-10 hours of sleep is actually appropriate and not ‘lazy’. It effects weight gain, judgment, coordination, mood and the rest of the body . I always wondered why , when I stayed up too late I was so damned hungry all the time. Man when I was running third shift, I slept two hours here, an hour, there, four hours here…no wonder I got so sick so fast. I went from being a vital energetic person to someone who felt like she was dying.

So…my Goals for Today:

1. Pray
2. Read from my daily books
3. Help Gail with her new printer
4. Work at the farm
5. Millions of medical forms
6. Bed by 9 pm

I’m trying to keep my spirits up. People keep telling me how much better I look, my clothes are fitting again, and yet, I get weighed at docs office and I’m still the same weight. Granted it was the day before my time of the month but hells bells, come ON. I work very hard at the farm, I have been actually UNDER caloric consumption most days…some weight should have been lost. I am fighting frustration and the “f*** it” attitude. I’m getting tired of thinking about food and how much it is in blah blah blah index and etc etc etc. I want a mental vacation from dieting.