Does not sleeping and stress make you fat? YES!

I've been doing some reading on how lack of sleep affects weight loss. We all know stress can do the same. But I had no idea about sleep...until recently. With all the wedding planning (and stressing) I've been doing, it's been extremely hard for me to stay on track with my eating and even get exercise in. And y'all know why I HATE to exercise, I was an exercise diva.

I've tried (trying) to eat Paleo for the past two weeks. I've done WW on and off for the past 3 - 4 years, as well as numerous other diets....with minimum results. So here's where I am now. I am going to focus on getting at least 7 hours of sleep. For me this will be a challenge. I am a night person, so going to bed early won't be easy. But being tired all the time sucks, so something has to change.

I'm also going to focus more on eating clean. That means NO processed food. So still no grains, if I do dairy, it will be in very limited quantites, and more veggies. I need to learn how to cook more veggies and not use the canned varieties so much so that will be my next goal after the wedding. I will try not to splurge too much on the cruise, but I'm only getting married once, so I better make this good. :-)

I need to start using the treadmill at my house again, if it's only for a quick 30 minute walk. My cardio has got to come up (as I've been saying constantly). So you guys keep me accountable!