Zzzs make you pretty…

Beauty sleep has been given it’s name for a reason Fit Girls, if you don’t get it, you don’t look so pretty, and your body doesn’t thank you much for it either.

Our bodies do this whole recovery thing while we sleep. It’s considered that the sleep you get between 10pm-2am is your physical recovery (when all of your hard earned lunging zaps the cellulite from your thighs – oh yes girls, you heard it right, the benefits of your workouts, take real effect when you’re sleeping), and the sleep you get between 2am-6am is your mental recovery (where our brains release chemicals to keep our immune system healthy – healthy immune system = wrinkle-fighting-power!)

But sleep ain’t just sleep either – there’s a bad night’s sleep where you wake up feeling like someone has hit you in the head with a typewriter, and there’s a great night’s sleep where you wake up feeling refreshed and don’t feel like you need a coffee to actually blurt out “good morning”. So as you cry into your latte on a Monday morning, having just caught sight of the fantastic bags under your eyes that no amount of touché clat will cover up, consider these helpful sleep tips to ensure that the Zzzs you do get, give you more bang for your buck!

1. Sleep in a dark room – even the illumination off a digital radio will keep your body slightly switched on

2. Don’t eat just before bed – if your body is trying to digest your food your sleep suffers, not to mention extra fat you store from late-night munching.

3. Don’t drink caffeine after 3pm – even if you’re fine to have caffeine just before bed, your body is still more alert, and your sleep is less restful.

4. Don’t sit at a computer or watch TV before bed – doing so may prevent your sleeping rhythm from kicking in.

5. If you’ve been out on the town, and dabbling in a glass of champagne or two, have a glass of juice and a vitamin pill before bed, it just helps the head!

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