If you aren’t sleeping long enough or getting quality sleep, I would say that you are actually trying to gain weight and mess up your blood sugar.

If you aren’t sleeping you are actually making things worse, and most people don’t want to hear that. When people come to me for help with their prediabetes, they don’t want to hear me say that they need to improve their sleep and they don’t want to hear me say that need to got to bed a little earlier. They just want me to tell them what diet they need to do.

They come into their appointment and are mentally prepared for me to put them on a diet. But when I start talking about sleep, I can see that it’s difficult for them to wrap their head around it. They are like yeah, I get it, I need to get more sleep…now, just tell me what to eat.

And I’m like no, they didn’t get it. As soon as they told me that their sleep was terrible, I can predict that their blood sugar will be higher, I can predict that they are struggling to lose weight, and I can predict that they have sugar cravings and feel hungry all the time. And I know why they are so frustrated, about why their weight won’t budge.

And it is because they are underestimating the power of sleep, and the power that it has when it comes to how we eat and our ability to lose weight.

I’m sure that you probably already know that sleep dictates our energy levels. You know that when you are sleep deprived or jet lagged, that you feel tired and you’re dragging through the day, and it has a direct effect on our overall performance.

But what you may not know is that your ability to have deep, quality sleep, has a major influence over how your body functions on a day to day basis. And plays a massive role in your body’s ability to heal and restore itself.

It helps you to achieve your and maintain your desired weight and plays a crucial role in maintaining a normal blood sugar.

So do not underestimate the power of sleep.

Because once you get it dialed in…

You will be become one step closer to your total transformation!

Hope you enjoy this podcast.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:

> Sleep Apnea Screening Tool