Hi! I'm Donna Reish, IF teacher, weight loss coach, blogger, and half of "The Minus 220 Pound Pair" as my husband and I have lost over 220 pounds together (160 of that in the past couple of years through the Weight Loss Lifestyle habits and strategies I teach!).

In this episode, I present the second part of two on how to fix your sleep problems.

Low sleep (under seven hours) has been found to cause an increase in the hunger hormone ghrelin; a decrease in the satiety hormone leptin; a decrease in fat loss (in part due to raised cortisol levels); a lack of impulse control; and more.

How can we skip something that is so amazingly wonderful (oh I love sleep)?

It oftentimes isn’t for lack of wanting!Going to sleep is as much a discipline problem as getting up. (And if we fix going to sleep we will often fix the getting up part!)

But there are many factors that come into play that cause us not to be able to sleep.

I tackled many of these last week in TFE #38: lifestyle issues; planning your day around light and darkness; moving more at the right times; and more. https://donnareish.com/think-feel-eat-episode-38-how-to-fix-your-sleep-problems-i-of-ii/

In this week’s episode I finish the fix your sleep advice with some of the following areas:1) Insomnia causes and solutions2) Insomnia and fasting3) Caffeine4) Blue light5) Magnesium6) Hunger

I have worked hard on my sleep---literally creating rules and protocols, developing new tiny habits incrementally, and making sure I get my 7.5 hours almost every night. It has made such a big difference for me!

Find all of my episodes, outlines, and articles for my two weekly broadcasts:(1) Weight Loss Lifestyle broadcast (formerly Donna's Intermittent Fasting Broadcast) https://donnareish.com/intermittent-fasting-journal-index/(2) Think-Feel-Eat broadcast at http://donnareish.com/think-feel-eat/Sign up for my free webinar: https://intermittentfastingwebinar.com

Watch episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJOoT46RPw&feature=youtu.be

See full article here: https://donnareish.com/think-feel-eat-episode-39-how-to-fix-your-sleep-problems-ii-of-ii

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