“Yeah, Cristy, if someone goes long enough without sleeping, they will talk and act like a crazy person,” my dad (a licensed counselor) told me.

Years after he first told me that, I also read that sleep deprivation is the #1 form of torture.

Seriously, stop and think about that for a second.

Preventing someone from sleeping is used to TORTURE people.

What’s even scarier is how many people inflict that torture on themselves by not managing their sleep.

It goes to show that not sleeping isn’t just bad for your weight loss…

It’s bad for you, period.

REALLY bad.

These days there are a lot of barriers to getting good quality sleep.

We have artificial light from devices and electricity that showers us with excess blue light, skewing our body’s ability to raise and lower melatonin levels based on the time of day. (They should be higher in the morning and lower at night.)

We have busy, stressful lives where we work ourselves into anxiety attacks trying to “do it all.”

We have crap, chemical-soaked food that disrupts our hormone levels, making negative emotions feel more negative while elevating positive emotions to artificially high levels.

And none of THAT even takes into account the ways your past trauma and hard times may be messing with your head in ways that interfere with sleep.

Sheesh, it’s no wonder so many people can’t sleep!

Thankfully, there are SIMPLE shifts you can make to help you get the deep, healing sleep your body needs for mental clarity, energy, and optimal weight loss.

I’m gonna give you three of the simplest ones right now:

1) Eat clean Code Red. 

If your sleep is on the rocks, and you’re eating ANY crap food, that crap food is a factor. Stick with how we eat on Code Red: meats, veggies, nuts, seeds, eggs, seeds, seafood, healthy dietary fat, and small amounts of low-sugar berries.

2) Get your room clean, cool, and dark. 

If you need it quiet to sleep, work on getting it quiet. If you sleep better with a fan or white noise machine, turn one on. Get the laundry, pets, and kids off the bed. If you’re cold at night, bundle up a little or add an extra blanket, because it’s harder to sleep when your room is hot and stuffy.

3) Wear blue-light blocking glasses. 

Since devices are a part of most people’s lives, mitigate their effect on your body’s ability to regulate melatonin (a hormone that helps you fall asleep at night) by wearing blue light blocking glasses like Swanwick Sleepers.

I put my Night Swannies on a couple of hours before bed, because I feel a difference when I don’t wear them. For me, without my Night Swannies, it’s harder to fall asleep, my eyes feel strained, and my sleep score is almost always lower.

You can get your own Swannies at www.coderedlifestyle.com/swannies.

In addition to several frame styles to choose from, including a newer option that lets you buy Day Swannies that come with Night Swannies lenses that attach magnetically, they also have fit-overs and prescription Swannies.

Swanwick also carries sound-blocking earplugs, light bulbs and night lights that are blue light-free (some are even motion-activated), and comfy silk sleep masks.

Check them out here: www.coderedlifestyle.com/swannies.

Remember to use the code, CODERED15, at checkout for a 15% discount on your order!