Sleep Disorder - do you have it?

that's great to hear. at least one less problem for you. yes my partner is kinda big. he is trying to loose weight but my being around doesn't help. we have most of our meals together. me been the foodie only eat food that is tasty. so he is sorely tempted by my choice of food. maybe i should start eating healthily so that he can follow suit. ;[

Well, Like I mentioned before. Substitute your regular foods with some alternative will help you get started on eating healthy. It is a small change for the better. It takes a person to break into a habit in three weeks. You can always try it out for three weeks with the changes and then modify it again every now and then to suit your likings and needs. Always remember, if you are planning to go on a diet, the thing is to stick with it. A good way not to loose track is to go on the diet for 5 days, and eat normally for two. That way, you will not be discouraged to deviate. Also, include a small treat once a week. You deserve it cos you managed to stay on course for the diet. A treat could be anything you love to eat. From pizza to cakes to even a sweet drink. But limit it to one once a week. It is something that you can look forward to when you are on a diet.

Well, when I went on my diet a few years back, what I did was to cut down the sweet drinks to only one per day. Be it coffee or fizzy drinks, as long as it is sweet, I can only have ONE a day. It can be anytime of the day... but only one. Then it slowly went down to only two drinks every three days. Then it went down to only one every two days. Then to one once a week. It is not impossible. Do it gradually and you will find it easier to get off of sweet drinks. It was my gluttony during my trip that reversed all that effort. I am thinking of doing that again. It will take discipline, but it is all worth it! Same goes for the food substitution. Many diets fail because people are too eager to make changes, so they jump in right at the beginning. It is the cold turkey period that turns many people off! So, make the changes gradually. Over the span of one year, you will see the difference in your health!

that's really sad right? i'd be so angry at myself. it's worst when i have to wake up early the next day. i more i can't sleep the more anxious i become. the anxiety doesn't help me fall asleep either.

wooo looks like it's been a long while since you've gotten a good night's sleep. the CPAP is good but sometimes it can be really noisy. i got to fall asleep first as the machine keeps me awake. yes i agree that the CPAP probably saved his life. thankfully the problem was caught before any thing happened. he was falling asleep most of the time.

hi jazgottt great to hear that you don't have a sleep disorder. it's really a good thing to be able to fall asleep and waking up fresh. bruxism is characterised by the grinding / clenching of teeth when one sleeps. the clenching affects the jaws / molars. the grinding affects all the teeth. depending on the severity, some actually have all their teeth height reduced by half! it also affects your partner as the sound is really loud!

Oh, I know bruxism from my own experience. I was a baby sitter and a little girl I wask taking care of had bruxism. But I had no idea, that it can cause teeth height reducing. There are so many sleep disorders. I was only close to insomnia. My mother doesn't have any sleep disorder, and she is 50 years old. Maybe I, as a daughter, will be free from sleep disorders hehe. My mother likes to take care of her little garden, and she always is busy. She helps my grandmothers with every day activities and cleaning house. I think this could be a reason of her healthy sleep - she is quite active, and often she spends hours outside the house. Cheerio, jazgottt.

i am so envious of you. it's really a good thing to be free of all these. it's non life threatening, at least not bruxism. most people will just brush it off as 'one of those things'. only people suffering from it will know how annoying it can be. not to mention the risk on dental health. i don't want to end up with only half-height teeth. ;]

wow it's great to find something that works for you. i'm still looking for the perfect solution. hopefully i'll find it soon enough. take care ;)

it's really no fun having that. kind of makes me wary going to bed too. the tossing and turning can really make me go crazy. some days i wish i can lay my hands on a sleeping pill. why does sleep elude some of us? thanks for replying ;p