"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote:
>
> Hi, Kevin! :)
>
> >From: Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >I'm saying insomnia, because I should be asleep, but not tired at all.
>
> I sympathize strongly. I seldom sleep more than 4 or maybe 5 hours a night.
> I only sleep 7 or 8 hours on friday nights, but by saturday and sunday I'm
> back to my insomniac self. I can lie endlessly tossing and turning for
> hours, especially between sunday and monday.
>
> If you wish to experiement with a non-drug solution for a sleep
> disorder,have you tried Melatonin? Doesn't do much for me, but I hear it
> does wonders for others. Also, Tryptophan (if you can find it somewhere) is
> supposed to be good.
Tryptophan got pulled from a lot of places sometime around 1990.
(1989? I was using it in late 1988, early 1989, and it helped me some
-- but it could have been placebo effect, for all I know.) Never tried
Melatonin.
I'm suffering from "sleepy but unable to fall asleep" at times, but
that's just a function of my current reproductive status. (For those of
you who have been pregnant or lived with a pregnant woman, the condition
I'm in right now is probably analogous to being 44+ weeks along with a
single baby.)
> >Exercise and weight loss
> >The myth is, if you add on exercise you'll lose body fat. The truth is, if
> >you create a calorie deficit, you'll lose body fat.
>
> Totally correct. That was my experience. I lost 70 pounds that way. Lean
> Cuisine rules, man. And Jared? He's my hero. ;-)
Dan's experience is that if he exercises, he gets clearer signals from
his body as to just what it wants or needs, and he is *less* hungry if
he's getting enough exercise. Which means he loses weight slowly and
steadily if he's exercising regularly, while it creeps up if he drops
off on it. (If I'm right around the weight my body seems to like, which
is 130 lbs., exercising just changes around the percentages of fat &
muscle weight in my body and makes me *feel* better.)
> >Kevin T. - VRWC
> >Time to lay in bed and stare at the ceiling for six hours
> >
>
> I know that feeling all to well...
Hey, you've got a mind -- try to have fun with it during those times!
:) (My mother regularly wakes up for an hour or two in the middle of
the night, and years ago decided to try to *enjoy* it, and she's been
generally happier since.)
Julia
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