The “Get Some Rest” Diet

I don’t know any overweight people, including myself, who are in the habit of actually giving their big tired bodies the sleep that they so badly and obviously need. In my six weeks of recent unemployment, I’ve woken up to an alarm exactly zero times. I’ve also stopped drinking coffee, and started (returned to) eating better. I’ve lost weight. There is a direct connection.

When I wake up to an alarm, I feel awful. I can’t just have a cup of coffee and shake it off like most people. I either sleep until my body wants to wake up, or I feel energy-deprived every second of the day.

For the first three or four hours of consciousness, I mainly want to fall back asleep. Since that’s not possible, I fight it by mainlining caffeine. Unfortunately, coffee has a creeping effect on me (like hash brownies), so it doesn’t really kick in until about noon. Read the rest of this entry »