Day 4 already! I'm hoping things are going to be getting a bit easier for everyone now 
It's a funny one that after I wrote about sleep last week, I went on to have 3 nights of terrible insomnia. I'm really hoping that's not going to happen this week again 
The two main reasons for ensuring we get enough sleep during this challenge are:
1) If we don't get enough sleep, we tend to crave easy energy, and easy energy for me = sugar.
2) Too much sugar in our diets can interfere with our sleep quality, especially if we eat too much sugar before bedtime. Not only can it keep us awake later than necessary, but when our body is done processing it, the sugar crash can wake us up and keep us awake for a little while. It's a vicious cycle.
I think it's also important to mention that our digestive system works better when it's upright too
Guidance says we should aim for about 8 hours a night, but I know lots of things can interfere with this, as I learned last week. A top tip I use: sleep researchers say that after 30 mins awake, your brain no longer associates your bed with being a place of rest, and you will typically get back to sleep sooner if you get up for a while first.
