Fatigue

I thought I was the only one feeling a little fragile this far into the challenge, but after reading some comments on the Sleek Geek Facebook Group, I'm happy to see that i'm not the only one who feels this way.

This morning, I decided to give gym a skip - and sleep. 

We all know that sleep is a key component to the training.

I've written about my sleep app (Sleep MotionX) before and how it monitors your sleep cycles and wakes you up at the optimal time - and it's been working well.

Late nights due to social events or work sometimes cuts into our sleep - but luckily sleeping in on Saturday compensated for any negative effects that may have accrued from such a regime during the week.

But then, there's "Sleep debt".

Your body knows when you've cheated it of a night's rest, typically7 to 8 hours-and it keeps a biological ledger of sorts if you continue to do so. 

Is that why we've all just reached this state of fatigue? 

We've all been pushing ourselves for the last 4 weeks, made radical changes to our lifestyles, changed our diet and burnt a lot more energy than what we normally would have done... 

Good sleep habits will foster regular good sleep, and the more of these you incorporate into your lifestyle, the better your sleep will be.

 
But all you should do when you're tired is sleep!