Q: I completely agree how important sleep is to weight control. Problem is, I have 3 young children, so quality sleep is out of my control right now. Am I doomed until they get older or is there something I can do to compensate for this? I notice how I get more hungry when I don’t sleep well and feel my energy levels weaken throughout the day.
JJ: I can completely empathize with you, I have two boys 13 and 14 and from the time the first one was born until he turned 4 I never slept through the night. It was slow torture. However, I learned to take total advantage of NAP TIME and I would encourage you to do the same. Ideally get 20 minutes to 2 hours (but no longer) of sleep between 1 and 3 in the afternoon. Also, trade off with your husband. One night you get up, the next night he does and on the weekend, you get to sleep in one day and he gets to sleep in the next. Normally I like to maintain the same wake time each day but extreme cases call for extreme measures!
Best of luck AND best of all, they grow!
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