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11 Sleep Tips When You Try To Quit Smoking

Experts tell us that adults need 8 hours of good sleep to become fully functional. If you cannot manage eight hours, try to make it at least seven. Anything below that is not good for your body, and is going to take its toll at some time or another.

Similarly, think about all those activities which are constantly going on in our bodies. Think of your heart that never stops pumping blood not even for a couple of seconds. Think of those lungs that help you breathe in and breathe out and the various other parts like your digestive system, your organs and your sense organs. Don’t these wonderful systems deserve some rest? They certainly do. And I have news for you.

Experts have found out that when the human body is in a state of sleep, all these functions slow down (they can’t stop of course) and get carried out at a much relaxed pace. This is the only rest that these parts of our bodies get. So don’t you think that it is highly unfair to deprive them of the rest that they really deserve? Often we use the brain or the muscles as a measuring stick. When these parts are tired we decide that we need to rest.

And so we relax with a book, or plant ourselves in front of the idiot box, or listen to some music. Ah, but that is just rest, it is not sleep and when the body needs sleep, you should give it sleep. When a cat is hungry you cannot give it dry oats or raw carrots.

Of course there is another extreme where some people need more than eight hours of sleep. Such people sleep too much. But that is altogether a different issue, which I cannot address here. In such cases all I can say is that such people might have a physiological condition for which they might require medical assistance.

Other people can never sleep properly and I was one of them. I used to go to bed at night and wake up in the morning feeling no way better for my “sleep.” Phrases like sleep like a baby or sleep like a log were completely alien to me. But now I have overcome this completely and on most days I do sleep like a baby.

Below, I have included some pointers that really worked for me. Try them out. I’m sure that they will work for you as well.

If you have problems falling asleep:

• Fix a bed time routine and stick to it religiously

When I say religiously, I mean it. It does not mean from Monday to Friday, and then wild nights on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe once in a month you can have a wild night but if you want to break this routine every week it is not going to help.

• Go to bed early.

Now, that is a tough one. I’m sure that most of my readers are very late sleepers. And when I say go to bed early they will probably think that I sound like a fussy old parent. Well, I think it is good if I do sound like a fussy old parent because our parents knew what was good for us. Now coming to the reason why I suggested you go to bed early.

Most of us are working people right? Our work demands that we get to our offices at fixed times. That of course deprives us of those couple of extra winks that we hope to get in the mornings. So it becomes going to bed late and getting up early. When we should wake up is decided by our work.

The only thing that we have the freedom to decide is the time we crawl into bed. So the ideal condition would be to go to bed by 10 or 11. If your wake up time is 8 in the morning, this can be extended up to 12 or even 1 in the morning.

In any case, let your wake up time decide your bedtime, work backwards so that you give yourself those blessed 8 hours of sleep.

• Don't eat two hours before bed time

It is difficult to get a decent sleep with your tummy full. So try to have supper at least two hours before your bed time. And keep supper as light as possible. If you have a heavy meal, there is a greater chance for you to have disturbing dreams and even nightmares…oooooh!

• Have a glass of warm milk at least 30 minutes before going to bed

Milk is the best sedative that nature has to offer so go for it by all means. In order to really make your eyelids droop, just before boiling add a pinch of ground ginger, pinch of cinnamon and 1 clove. But remember; drink it warm, not hot. A date along with the glass of milk is the classic sedative that has stood the test of time.

• Wash your feet and calves up to the knees in warm water. And also wash your hands and forearms. It really works!

• Gently massage feet and calves, hands and forearms for few minutes preferably with some moisturizer or baby oil

• Diffuse some lavender essential oil in the room 30 minutes before bed time. This will help tremendously.

• No reading in bed and absolutely NO TV

• If you are a light sleeper, shut off all disturbances like a loud clock, a dripping faucet, a telephone that might ring or even a creaky bed.

If you wake up and can't go back to sleep:

• Have a jar filled with dry rose petals by your bed. When you wake up, inhale the rose scent for minute or two. You'll be back to sleep in no-time at all!

• But my strongest advice is to steer clear of sleeping pills of any kind. Let nature and your natural body cycles do the job for you. If you need external intervention, then realize that everything has been thrown haywire and you are not on a safe track.

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