re: Get Enough Sleep to Avoid Diabetes

ace61502 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:26:23 GMT

I totally agree with Miss Health Chick. I get a lot less sleep than most people my age (5-6 hours most nights) and I'm scrawny! I weigh 118 lbs at 5'7", at 32 years old and after THREE babies. If I get more than 6 hours I feel drugged the next day. For me, it's 5-6 hours, or 12 plus. There is no in between. I feel much better after 6 hours than I do after 12, but anything in between that and I'm worthless.

Another interesting note... I lost 35lbs in 6 months by listening to my body's signals. I had no problem knowing when I was hungry and when I was not. My leptin obviously worked JUST FINE. Everyone I've told about how I lost the weight that has since tried it, has also been successful. It's been 8 years and another baby later, and I am still skinny.

re: Get Enough Sleep to Avoid Diabetes

Miss Health Chick — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:40:03 GMT

Sleep is important, but one can get less sleep and NOT be obese. (I get less sleep than some of my friends and sleep crazier hours, and am thinner than them), I think that even if lack of sleep plays a part in being overweight, that what one eats is VERY important- one of my friends is in his early 40s, eats a very poor diet and has congestive heart failure- not normal! So one needs to see the whole health picture and not blame every health problem listed as always from a sleep problem!