Finally, A Reason To Sleep In, Mom!
My mom is one of those God-awful early-risers. You know, those people who are awake before 5 am and have had breakfast, are dressed, and have read the paper and gotten started on the day by 7 am? Those are my parents.
The battle to sleep in on Saturday mornings began the moment I turned pre-teen. Or maybe it was when Saturday morning cartoons stopped being interesting. I don’t know. Either way, I always wanted to sleep until 10am or later. My Mom thought sleeping past 7am was a crime against nature.
Even after I moved out, it was not unusual for her to call me at 8 am and act surprised that I was still in bed.
Now, with me being on the East Coast in the Eastern Time Zone and them being in the Mountain Time Zone. It actually works out quite well. I’ve actually called and woken them up a couple of time and had the pleasure of saying, “Oh, did I wake you?”
Anyway, it turns out that catching a few extra zzzz’s may actually help you stay slim. According to a study of more than 68,000 women presented at the American Thoracic Society meeting in San Diego this year, those who slept seven hours weighed 7 (seven) hours weighed 5.5 lbs less than women who slept 5 (five) hours or less. Frequent all-nighters may slow your metabolism.
Talk about getting your beauty sleep! From now on I’m going to tell my mom that I’m getting my skinny sleep.
(Source: Self, August 2006)
tags: sleep, health, weight loss, wellness, interesting trivia
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on November 14, 2006 at 12:30 pm
digsite said:
I’ve always heard about the sleep/slim thing but I can’t bring myself to get to bed early enough. I’m not exactly like your parents but having kids has conditioned me to getting up early around 9. and getting to bed at 3 am dont’ help.