Zzzzz's & Food Prep

It's Thursday.  I'm stating the obvious, although I was thinking it was Friday as I showed up to work an hour early :)  I'm pretty sure that I need to catch up on some zzzz's this weekend!  I had a really good HIIT class this morning at 5:30am- the amount of sweat that you can work up in such a short time frame is pretty awesome!  I came home, spent about 30 minutes with my kiddo, then dropped her off at her ride-to-school's house.  I came back home, had some eggs, and went back to the gym (an hour early!)  At least I had some time to get my running in for today (trying to stay positive!)  And my 9am client ROCKED it today- I'm really excited to see how she progresses over the next few months!  I had a meeting, ran some errands, and now I'm home prepping food!  

Food Prep-
Chicken and sweet potatoes are cooking- no excuses for me to eat unhealthy!  I also have some veggies cooked and in ziplock containers in the fridge!!  With my odd work hours, I need to have snacks and meals on-hand so I don't make a bad choice.  Fruits, veggies, nuts, greek yogurt, protein bars, and small meals (like baked chicken & sweet potatoes) are what I have around the house this week!  Today I will be gone from the house from 2pm until around 8:30pm, so having a little cooler full of snacks will stop me from grabbing anything unhealthy!  I highly recommend keeping snacks in your car/locker/purse/gym bag!

Sleep-
I mentioned needing to catch up on sleep...  while that sounds nice, what I really need to do is get back on track with sleep each night (I'm still off on my sleep after staying up for the Olympics every night, then getting up early!)  Sleep is SO important to your health.  It doesn't only keep you from being cranky (because I know that I'm one cranky lady when I'm tired!) but there are several health issues associated with lack of sleep.  There are also a lot of myth's out there about sleep & exercise!  Check out this article ---> Click here to read the article :)

Here are six myth's that are in the article:
1)  Late night exercise keeps you awake
2)  Early morning exercises are best
3)  Muscles grow in the gym, not in bed.

4)  Naps are for the weak

5)  Exercise can't help insomnia

6)  Lack of sleep hurts physical performance.

And here is some interesting information from the Harvard Medical School on sleep ---> Harvard Medical School- Benefits of Sleep

I bet that you have heard one or more of the myths before :)  Check out the articles for more info- and get your zzzz's!!