Healthy Witness | Jackie

  It's been said by many nutrition and fitness experts that " sleep " is probably one of the TOP ways to help you lose and/or maintain weight! So are you getting enough sleep? "Long-term sleep deprivation can make your cells insulin resistant which leads to higher fasting insulin levels. Besides impairing fat burning, these high levels can also lead to diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers.", says JJ Virgin in her article " Sleeping Well is Your Number One Defense for Fast Fat Loss ". If that isn't incentive enough then what is? If you don't want to read articles, then you can watch this video from FoxNews about " Study: Sleep less, eat more: Does sleep deprivation contribute to weight gain? ". It can be argued for sure, but it is probably certainly not the best way to go (without much sleep) for over all health! If you rather read from PubMed, then you can here in their article " Exposure to recurrent sleep...

 You may want to search online for "weight loss resistance" or "scale not budging" and see what you may need to do specifically for your body-type and lifestyle . Everyone is different for sure. Other things to consider: Make sure you get 7-9 hours of sleep! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19567526 http://video.foxnews.com/v/152280655...-less-eat-more http://jjvirgin.com/2600/sleeping-nu...fast-fat-loss/ When you wake up, Drink about 12-16 oz of water before anything else. After a good, uninterrupted sleep, your body will crave it and thank you! at the 4:05 mark they talk water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZsZItC0A4 article: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/ab...p_to_Water.php Then make sure you are getting a lot of protein. Especially is you are working out. http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/high...et-weight-loss And you may be workout too much. Your body may store to use for your work outs. http://www.livestrong.com/article/45......

Health may be defined one way to you and very differently to others. This is ok. We want to just agree that changes need to be made in our lives to get Healthier! You may be on a Healthy path and need a few ideas to evolve into more health. You may be on the worst track possible and now looking for the right train to get on that will be painless and easy and show results! Whichever your stage or journey, we are here to share with you our success and the successes of others! Lets do this!