tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333572827579320454.post9222989152649377566..comments2011-08-15T11:46:52.110-07:00Comments on A Life Plan, NOT a Diet Plan: New Monday, New WeekBecky Baker Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13143605202006492092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333572827579320454.post-89400952702378138612011-05-18T20:53:18.560-07:002011-05-18T20:53:18.560-07:00Thanks for the encouragement and the information. ...Thanks for the encouragement and the information. I did have more sugars/carbs that day!Becky Baker Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143605202006492092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333572827579320454.post-6912553528226990382011-05-17T21:36:50.966-07:002011-05-17T21:36:50.966-07:00For me, FOUR things would cause me to need to nap ...For me, FOUR things would cause me to need to nap extensively during normal waking hours. One was having gotten very little sleep for a day or two or slept poorly due to sleep apnea. The second was coming down with some virus/flu, which I guess the body finds exhausting. The last was eating a lot of starch. I am insulin resistant (and almost became diabetic at one point), and you know how that is. Simple sugars/starches used to just send me into a dozey fog and sometimes I'd sleep for 2 to 4 hours after a high carb meal.<br /><br />I don't nap anymore/doze off on the couch anymore, thank God, and my blood sugar has been in the 90s the last several times checked. My acanthosis is clearing up significantly (a sign my insulin sensitive is improved). <br /><br />So, I assume you keep a food log (to know the calories), so check WHAT you ate in the hour to three before you got really sleepy. If it's not missing sleep, apnea/poor sleep, a virus or bug, then check to see if you consumed simple sugars/starches and if that's the pattern of what makes you dozy. (Or had to use more units of insulin, maybe.)<br /><br />I notice this is a relatively new blog, and thanks for coming by my own blog. I hope we both make it to our goal weights and improve our health.<br /><br />I know that sugar issues make losing weight harder. Post menopausal, too. I'm 51 with Metabolic Syndrome (though, the markers are improving, hooray), and I had to fight for every pound. I lost faster (easier) when I ditched grains/sugar, and I believe it's cause it helped my insulin spike less, I guess. But yeah, it's tough on us older gals with medical issues, the weight loss thing.<br /><br />And hooray to you and hubby for the active life you're cultivating. THAT is a huge, huge thing.<br /><br />Blessings,Princess Dieter aka Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121450857817115011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333572827579320454.post-11412880217820024692011-05-17T21:13:54.135-07:002011-05-17T21:13:54.135-07:00Good day! I bet you are just catching up on some ...Good day! I bet you are just catching up on some sleep. Remember to ask your doctor about it at your next check up.<br /><br />Keep plugging away with the calorie deficit and the exercise. :D It is worth it!Christine Jeskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980803092490489163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333572827579320454.post-65171953088900283732011-05-17T07:06:51.099-07:002011-05-17T07:06:51.099-07:00I've had that! Not often, and it's sort o...I've had that! Not often, and it's sort of frightening - but yah, sometimes our body needs more sleep than we think it does! Maybe you're beginning to fight something? Or maybe you were just relaxed enough to get into an amazing sleep!<br />good for you!<br />DawnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com