Sleep more. Drop weight

Article: "Lack of Sleep Linked to Weight Gain"
iVillage.com

Women who slept an average of 5 hours a night versus those who got 7 hours of shut eye a night, were 32% more likely to gain the lbs in a major way (meaning a gain of 33lbs or more), and 15% more likely to become obese, according to the Nurses Health Study led by Dr. Sanjay Patel, an assistant professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland. The course of this study followed 68,000 ladies over 16 years.

There are more interesting tidbits in the article, like how much food each of the sleepers took in and how it affected their weight gain, and the level of exercise between them. Got me thinking about myself. I am a sleeper. My whole life, I have never had problems sleeping, except the night before the first day of school back from summer. Too excited! I sleep on average 8 hours a night. If I get less than 6, I am cranky and lethargic, and most definitely unable to be creative. So, this study excites me in that all my sleeping also helped keep my weight down. Sweet!

I know lots of creative types who are big sleepers also. Perhaps, tapping into the creative juices takes a lot out of a human, so the body needs to get some deep rest. For me, I dream ALL the time, and many of my ideas and inspiration come from my dreams. I told one of my employers once, "If you see my napping at my desk, I'm actually working. I'm getting the next great creative idea from my subconscious." He didn't buy it, but I really wasn't off from the truth.