Low Carb Mag July 2015 | Page 40

Those are the keyways of starting my day. But I tell you, I need 8 to 10 hours of sleep. I’m one of those people and if I don’t get that, my day is going to go into stress because my cortisol is going to be screwed up. So for me, again, it’s all about being preventive – how do I make sure that I do these things that are not going to lead to my stress being out of control. There are a lot of things, I think meditation is so super key or like getting outside like hiking or walking or just sitting somewhere in nature and I love going to cities sometimes just doing that even - though traveling can be really stressful and hard - but I try to find something that I enjoy doing in a new city. AB: So tell us about sleep, I realized the better quality sleep we get is typically between 9 pm and 2 in the morning