Turkey Challenge Day 15 

YOU ARE DOING GREAT!

Since the Turkey Challenge began you’ve been focused on taking the Right Steps to improve your bodies ability to perform as the miracle it was intended to be!  If your following an Isagenix Program, the IsaLean® Shakes contain vitamins, minerals and trace minerals that provide your body with the proper nutrition to revitalize health and help reduce the urge to eat unhealthy food. Cleanse for Life® assists with the release of impurities from your body to help re-establish a balanced internal environment.  It can be hard to get all that from the foods we eat.  Isagenix can make it easier.

While nutritional balance is important, it’s also essential to find a balance between healthy activity and rest.

We’ve been encouraging you to do at minimum 20 minutes of moderate exercise during everyday during the Turkey Challenge.

Here’s Why:  Hippocrates said, “That which is used  develops.  That which is not used wastes away.”

Regular exercise can:

  • protect against disease
  • increase endurance
  • help the body more efficiently process food
  • improves the quality of sleep
  • can help reduce stress, depression and anxiety
  • Exercise helps boost metabolism, which aids your body in healthy fat burning. If you have not exercised regularly during the last few months, the Turkey Challenge can be the catalysts that get you started!

The flip side of exercising regularly is taking time to rest and rejuvenate after exercise and a long day. Most people wish they could sleep more, but find that work, family, school and hobbies cut into their rest.  Unfortunately, this can work against your efforts to lose weight and get health.  Researchers that have studied sleep, have documented a relationship between sleep loss and increased weight! Ideally, adults should be sleeping between 4-9 hours of sleep a night depending on there age and a host of other factors.  We are aiming for 8!

Here is what you need to know about SLEEP:

5 Negative Consequences of not getting enough SLEEP:

  • Increased risk of motor-vehicle accidents.
  • Increase in body mass index (BMI) and total weight due to an increased appetite caused by sleep deprivation.
  • Increased risk of diabetes and heart problems.
  • Increased risk for psychiatric conditions including depression and substance abuse.
  • And a decreased ability to pay attention, react to signals or remember new information.

10 Reasons Why You May Not Be Sleeping:

  • Stress or anxiety
  • Illness
  • Noise
  • Light
  • An over committed schedule
  • Caffeine
  • Alcohol
  • Stimulant medications (such as diet pills, cold and allergy remedies, asthma medications)
  • Depression or anger
  • Fear

8 Things You Can Do to Get More Sleep :

  • Regularize your sleep-wake patterns (Get up at the same time every day)
  • Ritualize your cues for good sleep (You want to take a shower ever night before bed.)
  • Relax  (Write all your worries down BEFORE you get into bed.)
  • Resist temptation  (Alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, all of which can interfere with sleep.)
  • Skip the sugar (High-sugar and high-fat snacks may make you feel drowsy, but when your blood sugar falls a few hours later, you’ll wake up hungry and won’t be able to get back to sleep.)
  • Get moving  (Exercise will help you fall asleep faster and sleep longer and will increase  endorphins – your brain’s “feel good” chemicals – you’ll be happier and better able to deal with the stress that may keep you from getting a good night’s sleep.)
  • Roll over (Research shows that sleeping on your side with a pillow between your knees tends to be the healthiest position.)
  • Don’t try too hard

So, Get Your Exercise and Get Some Sleep!

If you are a Cleanser:   Don’t forget, you have two Cleanse Days coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. Pick up the healthy snacks that you’ll need.

Good Luck!

“Whether you choose to live in fear or you choose to live in freedom is up to you! At the end of the day, it’s your life! Fear or freedom, which is it?”  ~LVDT

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