Good Night's Sleep Can Help You Maintain Diet, Exercise Goals (article)

“The preliminary findings from this study build on an existing body of research that more robustly links healthy sleep with numerous benefits.

“From a behavioral psychology perspective, lifestyle changes often build on one another. Starting with a healthy sleep routine with consistent sleep and wake time allows individuals to anchor additional health behaviors to a solid foundation of sleep,” said Luger.

There’s also evidence that poor sleep can have detrimental effects on your health. “Almost any medical and psychiatric condition can be worsened with poor quality sleep. We know sleep is linked to cardiovascular health, immune function, mood, attention, and energy level, just to name a few,” said Kansagra.

In relation to the study, Kansagra added, “We know that sleep deprivation causes fatigue and mood changes, which may negatively affect your willingness to exercise.” Lia Turpin, RPSGT, a sleep technician at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Sleep Disorders Center in O’Fallon, Illinois, told Healthline that “when our sleep health is optimal, our bodies function at a higher level, including mental and hormonal health. These have huge impacts on weight loss as well as how our bodies heal and recover from daily activities and exercise.””

My Takeaways:

• A pilot study focusing on the effects of sleep and people’s exercise and general health habits show that there is an association between increased sleep and healthy sleep scheduling with exercise and diet maintenance.

• There is the point in that sometimes an overall dedication to start building habits can connect these different associations. One who strives to be healthy overall may seek to change their sleep, diet and exercise all simultaneously at the same time.

• Oftentimes healthy behaviors come to reap more motivation and willpower to maintain other healthy behaviors. A good sleep schedule can promote your energy throughout the day and consequently your motivation in carrying out other challenging tasks such as going to the gym or getting up to cook a meal rather than eating out.

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How does your life with good sleep compare to when you have bad sleep?