Fete Lifestyle Magazine January 2017 New Beginnings Issue | Page 57

Sleep more. While there may be no proof that too much sleep keeps you from getting sick, there are

numerous studies linking

insufficient sleep to heart

disease, diabetes, and obesity.

When you’re exhausted, how is

your sex life? How is your

mood? What about your

focus? Sleep deprivation

affects all these things

including your waistline.

Whether being tired simply

prevents you from wanting to

work out or make a healthy meal rather than settle for quick and easy fast food, the result is the same. For me, it seems the longer I sleep the more weight I can lose, the nicer I am and the healthier I look. Banish those bags under your eyes with regular good quality sleep.

My top fitness apps7 Minute Workout offers beginner, intermediate, advanced and quick workouts that you can do in order or shuffle in 30-60 second intervals. 30 Day Fit Challenge offers accountability and variety. And my current favorite, Treadmill Workout (there’s also one for elliptical machines), is a game changer for me. I hate mindlessly walking or jogging and this app just keeps me guessing. It’s like having a trainer there saying, “Now go faster, go backwards, now incline, 30 more seconds GO GO GO!” I’ve found that anytime I use a timer-based app (think Tabata Timers) I tend to push harder for longer.

Recommended sleep apps - Some apps help you fall asleep, others tell you how restless you slept, and most wake you up in your lightest sleep pattern. Just get used to sleeping close to your phone when you try Sleep Better, Sleep Cycle alarm clock, Relax Melodies.