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Home » Lose Weight Fast » Kathy Hedberg: Commentary: Ah, sleep, that thing I used to do when I was younger – Yahoo News

Apr. 3Don't you just love it when health experts tell us that we would feel better, lose weight faster and be overall healthier if we would just get a good night's sleep?

Great advice, but one question: Do these guys think that insomnia is a choice? Do they suppose we go to bed planning to toss and turn for hours with a tsunami of worrisome thoughts flooding through our brains? And then intentionally wake up at 2 a.m. and not be able to get back to sleep?

I would sleep like a baby if I could. But the older I get the more elusive it becomes. I remember sleeping. I used to love to sleep. It was something I did every night usually the minute my head hit the pillow. And I wouldn't wake up until I heard the birds chirping the next morning.

These days trying to get to sleep and staying asleep for seven or eight hours is about as difficult as fitting into a size 4 pair of jeans something I can no longer do because I've gained weight probably because I'm not sleeping so well. That, and ice cream.

A friend of mine once told me that all post-menopausal middle-aged women have trouble sleeping. The more sleep deprived we are, the grumpier we get. That explains a lot.

They say people who are sleep deprived are as dangerous behind the wheel of a car as someone who's had a few too many drinks.

I don't doubt it. When I don't get enough rest, I have trouble even operating my vacuum cleaner, let alone a motor vehicle.

I have never seen anybody get a ticket for driving while sleep deprived (DWSD), but if that happened to me, I would hope for a post-menopausal middle-aged judge so maybe she could empathize.

There are plenty of remedies out there to help a person get to sleep. Cashing in on the sleep deprivation industry is probably as lucrative as the diet business.

I prefer, however, to avoid chemical solutions and other wackadoodle fixes. I go more for natural approaches, such as a glass of almond milk and a banana before bed, listening to soothing music or meditating. And all of these things have an effect, which is a blessing.

Unfortunately, there's no guarantee that when I wake up in the morning I won't still be grouchy. I guess that's another issue.

Hedberg may be contacted at kathyhedberg@gmail.com or (208) 743-9411.

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