EXERCISE is a primary component of every health program. Your mom said when you were young, to get plenty of exercise, sunshine, sleep, and to
carefully choose your friends (lifestyle). Exercise through the day, not only burns calories, but improves sleep. Please refer both to our Body Buddy and Education sections for more about how to find exercise more fun and scheduled with a special friend called a "Body Buddy".
If you have already crossed the line into the significantly obese group, you may find it physically difficult to even initiate an exercise program. Approximately 80% of the sleep patients referred to our sleep laboratories are exactly this way: too heavy to even want to exercise. They also have so much extra tissue in their neck and chin areas that air does not pass normally while they sleep. They therefore develop a condition, called sleep apnea.

DIET AND EXERCISE
Everyone knows these are the core changes. The other factors such as stress, daily lifestyle, measurement, and rest help you stay on your diet and find time to have regular exercise. Patients ask us what is THE ONE thing that they should do to lose weight? Interestingly, studies point to smaller meals or calorie reduction. However, to push the meal away is far harder to do than say. It take a major emotional commitment.

We interviewed an endocrinologist and physical trainer. Two different perspectives were presented. Of the two, we like exercise. It raises endorphins,  it takes you to an unstressed world, gives self-confidence, connects you to others, and rearranges your entire day (lifestyle modification). As a sleep specialist, I can say that the best healthy way to get a good night's sleep is to have daily exercise. Exercise greatly reduces insomnia and improves an extremely important deep wave stage of sleep.

We can repeat the mantra of diet and exercise until you give-up and blame something else like aging or the economy. But the anagram S.L.I.M.M.E.R. on our home page was carefully selected, and, in fact, the anagram was the origin of our projects name. 

There are many subtle epidemics. Today, two big ones are obesity and sleep deprivation. Exercise  helps both. Sleep is needed to have the motivation or basic energy to get out and exercise or have the self-control to limit foods or need comfort foods. Take the time to read more about both, especially if you can do it while exercising!    

A REALLY "HEALTHIER SLIMMER YOU" NEEDS ALL THREE ELEMENTS: DIET, EXERCISE, AND SLEEP.
BUT EXERCISE
MAKES YOU SLEEP BETTER AND MAKES YOU EAT BETTER (ASK EVERY ATHLETE  OR REGULAR EXERCISER)...so given any FIRST intervention, exercise makes the other main efforts a natural consequence. We originally even called the "body buddy" the "exercise body buddy", but realized that your buddy needs to do much more than exercise with you to sustain the relationship, and a healthier "you".

                                                                    

Please read the linked articles that say that sleep is needed to "get those extra pounds off" and that exercise induces important stage sleep. The result is a healthier, slimmer body (and mind). http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/diet-exercise-and-sleep . While somewhat lengthy an article by a sleep specialist, like myself, tells of his observations and exercise prescriptions: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/qanta-ahmed/how-exercise-enables-slee_b_462156.html

If you have an obesity-related sleep condition, such as sleep apnea, recognition and treatment is mandatory.
The sleep condition must be repaired. Options include weight loss or airway surgery, but initially CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure is given. Testing and later use of an external mask or surgical intervention, can be detailed at our Slimmer Success Center. Incidentally, repair of sleep apnea will simultaneously improve blood pressures, your sex life, depression, and potential serious medical events, including, most importantly, heart attacks and strokes. Therefore, we will strongly encourage all patients to eliminate sleep abnormalities so that they can improve almost every other aspect of daily living.                                                                                  

  

 

 

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