This recently in ON Fitness Magazine:

When you have trouble sleeping it may b edue to the mountains of constant stimulation that affect all of us on a a daily basis.

One slows down our bodies and the other speeds it up. Using a fan (I DO EVERY NIGHT AND JUST LIKE IT) will provide constant stimulation to the tiny hairs on your face and eventually the feeling forces your brain to ignore the sensation.

The result is a sedation or calming to the “excitable” branch of your nervous system.

I say give it a try!

Jim

Very interesting comment from Elizabeth regard how fast she eats. She recently noticed that she is frequently the first person done at each meal.

I have had the same issue for many years. Here are some of the tricks that help me slow down:

1. NO eating standing up. I fight with myself as I am always multi-tasking, but I will not put anything in my mouth while standing.

2. Rip apart your sandwiches. I literally open it up, cut it in half, and then eat one quarter of the sandwich at a time. That way, it takes much longer to eat AND you have to be careful since the lettuce and tomato will fall all over the place if you aren’t careful.

3. I put my fork down. I literally put it down after every bite. That way, the fork doesn’t become a shovel.

These are just a few. Please comment if you have any more to add.

Jim