Making my Z's count Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/making-my-zs-count/ style + fitness Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:14:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 How I make my Z’s Count https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/style/make-zs-count/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/style/make-zs-count/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:51:25 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=16927 How I make my Z’s Count If I don’t get my 8 hrs of sleep, I’m literally terrifying to be around. Just ask my husband or any of my family members.  Sleep has always been important to me, obviously, we all need it to function properly but some people can get by with less. I’m not one of those people. As active as I am in the gym, it’s essential that I feed myself properly and give my body the time it needs to recharge. Before I found the Beautyrest Sleeptracker monitor, I always thought I was getting enough sleep if I gave myself 8 hours in bed but after doing a little research on their app, I found I was getting much less sleep than I had thought. Much of the night, I was tossing and turning or I would just have a hard time actually falling asleep. Now that I know what’s going on, I’m trying to be more cognizant of the amount of caffeine I take in and how I wind down in the evenings. Coming up with a wind-down routine has been essential for me. Most nights that’s watching a little tv with my husband and […]

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