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Attention: Hot Men!
OK, if you're male, and you're reading this line, you need to have a good look at yourself!
Hot men, as in the men complaining from hot sleeping conditions.
Right, this is me. I typically train daily, at times later in the evening, and I live in Sydney.
My wife enjoys a pile of blankets and typically hogs space. I’ve stressed a no-touching rule once I’m asleep, but it is difficult to police.
In winter, again, if I've been training, I benefit from an open window - again, this is not well received.
Enter: The ‘chilipad’ from chilisleep.
My wife lost patience with my whinging and bought me a cooling mattress. I guess it's a trial.
It’s a water-cooled mattress attached to my side of the bed, only. The cooling unit sits under the bed and is, for the most part, soundless.
Ideally, I can control the temperature, starting cooler, and gradually warming throughout the night.
The result: Awesome! The chilimat (Ooler version) has improved my sleeping quality dramatically. I can even change the temperature via my phone.
The no-touching rule still applies.
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Sleeping for Australia!
I've lost track of the number of people who tell me they struggle logging repeated 'good' night sleep.
What is clear, sleep, quality 5-phase sleep, is critical, actually, essential towards continued good wellness.
Wellness, meaning; all-day mental clarity & endurance, efficient fat-burning metabolism & consequent weight management, and avoiding illness.
Mindset (and the quietening of the mind), gut health, & body temperature all appear to influence sleep quality.
Most of us except quality nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness is a good thing.
Enter: The Dream On Project.
What is it?
A 48 hour reboot for your prime sleep.
I've also thrown in a scored sleep rating, knowing your ideal sleeping time (your circadian rhythm) and most importantly a timeline on how to reboot your optimum Zdddds.
You're welcome to check out my Dream On Project.
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Are you tired, irritable, & 'hungry'
at 11 am and 3 pm?
Chances are, you are 3>% dehydrated.
Attention: bigger eaters, overeaters, frequent eaters, and sugar fiends!
Data shows it's most likely you're not hungry but dehydrated.
Our healthy governing brain finds it difficult to determine whether we need food or water.
To protect us against danger, and just to be sure, normally, our brain will motivate food over water.
Pampy's saturation tip.
Before choosing to eat, throw down a small glass of water, and, ideally, add the smallest, almost tasteless pinch of pink Himalayan salt.
The added sodium aids cellular saturation more than water alone which can lead to bloating.
9/10, 15 minutes later, you've forgotten you need to eat or overeat.
My final hydration tip FYI: My ultimate rehydration drink - blend; watermelon, coconut oil, sodium bicarbonate, mint, ice.
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Carbs, the good, bad, and the ugly!
Dietary carbohydrates are essential for your continued good health.
Carbs (Carbohydrates), examples.
🍞 Complex Carbs, e.g. Pasta, Root Veg (Spuds), Rice, Grains (Cereals, Bread).
🍞 Fibrous Carbs, e.g. Above the ground garden veg, & ‘some’ fruit.
🍞 Simple Carbs, e.g. Some fruit, honey, food made with refined sugar.
All carbs provide energy in the form of glucose, or ‘sugar’.
‘Carb’ volume, one's genetics, activity, and even climate determine one’s tolerance, or metabolic ‘burning’, of dietary carbs.
Meaning, some people will thrive (including their ideal weight) on loads of carbs, while others (most), will face wellness challenges when pressing over their carb threshold.
Example One
<40 yrs, a very active lifestyle, one or both your parents remained close to their ideal weight with aging, and live through a classic four-season climate.
You’ll likely need more carbs, a variety of ALL carbs. And, if it be you tolerate gluten (most), yes, (good) bread is OK!
Consider consuming simple carbs immediately on completion and complex before your longer sessions with a higher volume of activity.
Example Two
>40yrs, little activity beyond lifestyle movement, gain weight more easily, similar to one of both of your parents, and live in either year-round heat or colder climates.
Avoid near all simple sugars, limit complex carbs, preferring to load up on fibrous carbs.
The point is, we need carbs, good carbs, it's the volume and regularity which changes from person to person.