| Sometimes turning on the TV works for me. Get involved in some show and just go to sleep of boredom. Try Dr. Oz. He's a real drip. lol -------Original Message------- From: Terry Date: 12/6/2011 4:24:03 PM Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Model Wars-Dec 5, 2011-Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army
I've got some 'splainin' to do right now...to my tummy...why? Because I've been in that cycle of late sleeper...I am trying to get out of it soon and I will in fact be making sure that no matter what I can do that. I tried exercising late to wear myself down...but it backfired big time by making me more alert...Maybe I'll listen to some Enya because it's pretty soothing. What are some ways you guys use to get to sleep earlier? I could use some ideas From: Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com> To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 4:42 PM Subject: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Model Wars-Dec 5, 2011-Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army Model Wars-Dec 5, 2011 / Health-News-PICS Consider joining: Safe PICS For All Ages / "NO" Religious Discussion Boycott Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS/Murdoch-Salvation Army Watch "Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann" - "CURRENT TV" (8 PM EST, M-F) 
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Health, Wellness, Exercise, Reflections: Sleeping Late, Eating Late Leads to Gaining Weight 11/30/11 - Huffington Post - Dr. Michael J. Breus A message to night owls: There's news that your bedtime -- and those late-night snacks -- may be preventing you from dropping those stubborn extra pounds. A recent study took on an important, and under-examined, aspect of the sleep-weight loss connection: how the timing of sleeping -- and of eating -- can affect weight. Researchers at Northwestern University examined the effects of sleep timing on diet and body-mass index (BMI), and found that late bedtimes and late mealtimes can lead to less healthful diets and to weight gain. A group of 52 adults -- 25 women and 27 men -- spent seven days keeping food logs and having their sleep and waking activity measured by a wrist sensor. The researchers divided participants into two categories of sleepers: •"Normal sleepers" reached the midpoint of their night's sleep before 5:30 a.m. These sleepers were asleep by shortly after midnight, and woke around 8 a.m. Among the study group, 56 percent were normal sleepers. •"Late sleepers" reached the midpoint of their nightly sleep after 5:30 a.m. They went to sleep in the middle of the night, well after midnight, and woke in the mid-to-late morning. Among the study group, 44 percent were late sleepers. Researchers tracked the eating habits of these two types of sleepers through the information provided to them from the participants' food logs. Not surprisingly, "normal sleepers" and "late sleepers" were on very different schedules, in terms of when they ate throughout the day: •Normal sleepers ate breakfast by 9 a.m., lunch at 1 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m., on average. These sleepers reported being finished with eating for the day by 8:30 p.m. •Late sleepers reported eating their first meal of the day at about noon. They ate again in the middle of the afternoon, and did not eat dinner until after 8 p.m. Late sleepers did not finish their eating for the day until 10 p.m., on average. What were the consequences for sleeping later and eating later? Researchers found that late sleepers suffered across the board, in terms of the quality and quantity of both their daily sleep and eating: •Late sleepers slept less overall than normal sleepers -- an average of more than an hour less per night. •Late sleepers consumed more calories at dinnertime than normal sleepers. They also consumed significantly more calories after 8 p.m. •Late sleepers had poorer quality diets than normal sleepers -- they ate more fast food, drank more sugar-laden soda, and ate fewer vegetables. These habits of late sleepers -- sleeping less, going to sleep later in the night, and eating more after 8 p.m. -- were all found to be associated with a higher body mass index. Among these habits, eating after 8 p.m. was the strongest predictor of a higher BMI. What does this mean? It's not just what you eat, but when you eat, that can affect your ability to lose weight. And your sleep habits can have a significant influence on the timing of your eating, as well as on how much you eat. Previous studies using mice have shown results similar to these. Mice whose sleep-wake cycles were disrupted by exposure to light during their normal sleeping hours ate more and gained more weight than mice whose cycles remained intact. This new research has given us a strong start in examining this aspect of the sleep-weight relationship in humans. More investigation is needed, but these results do align with much of what we already know about sleep and weight: •When deprived of sleep, the body undergoes a shift in hormones, generating more of the hormones that boost appetite, and less of the hormone that signals a feeling of fullness. •Sleeping less than six hours per night (or more than eight hours per night) over an extended period of time makes weight gain more likely, according to a long-term study. •Lack of sleep significantly reduces the body's ability to burn calories during waking hours. This is not just an issue for adults. Kids -- teens especially -- are particularly prone to late and erratic bedtimes, midnight snacks, and a general lack of sufficient sleep, which can lead to weight gain. We know that adolescents require more sleep than adults, but they're too often making do with much less sleep than they need to function well, and with obesity an increasingly common health problem for children as well as adults, this new research provides yet another reason kids and teens need the structure of a sleep schedule -- one that includes curbing eating at a reasonably early hour. Weight problems that develop during childhood and adolescence can have long-term consequences that affect health for a lifetime. Let's give our kids a healthy start by helping them develop the skills they need to eat and sleep well. Come to think of it, that's advice we can all take to heart. Take Action:
And Now, Our War of the Fittest! This group is called "Peckers Pics." The English - slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues. In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!" Whereas, you should select the "Male Model" that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!" Warning: This may stoke you! Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.         STEPHANE DEBAERE VS         Christian Moffat You Decide!  Chicago Pride; June 26, 2011 Stoked?  Chicago Pride; June 26, 2011 Hopes for gay marriage now rest with libertarian liberals 5 December 2011 - The Drum (Opinion)/ Australia - Melody Ayres-Griffiths Does the fight for same-sex marriage have an unexpected ally? One might be disappointed that the Labor party voted to permit a conscience vote on the issue of marriage equality at the weekend, but I would strongly urge those who feel as though all is lost to consider that perhaps it is not the defeat they might think it is. Australia may yet see marriage equality in the very near future - due in no small part to the support of a number of forward-thinking Liberal MPs. After all, the right-wing of the political spectrum, which the Coalition traditionally occupies, does not consist entirely of social conservatives and Christian fundamentalists. Indeed, many inside of Tony Abbott's broader party - and many of his MPs - fit the definition of a "fiscally-conservative social-liberal" - also known as a libertarian. These libertarians - some of whom are very powerful inside the Liberal party - may force Tony Abbott to allow his MPs to hold a conscience vote of their own. Libertarianism has at its core a fundamental belief that the rights of the individual are paramount above the rights of religion, government or any other organisation - that people are at liberty to do and say as they wish in so long as this liberty does not impact negatively on the liberty of others. It is straightforward to acknowledge that marriage equality is in fact then a very libertarian notion. Now, in the past, social conservatives (and homophobic pseudo-"libertarians") have attempted to use a "loophole" by arguing that children raised by homosexuals are at some sort of disadvantage and thus gay people do not have the right to a liberty that harms others; however, modern studies have shown quite plainly that this "danger" to the child simply does not exist in any widespread fashion. In Australia, it is already against the law to discriminate, bully or harass homosexuals - and by extension their children - and this has led to a steady decline of homophobia in schools and greater acceptance of same-sex relationships amongst young people. Rather, it is arguable that teenage same-sex attracted children are more likely to fall victim to self-harm because their relationships will always be invalidated by their inability to marry. So, with the once vaguely-rational "issue" of the "rights of the child" removed, it has become very difficult for social conservatives to mount any convincing argument with which to sway their libertarian colleagues. Feeble attempts at "slippery-slope" arguments - typically involving paedophilia and zoophilia - fall in a heap in the face of the simple common sense that children and animals cannot give legal consent. Polygamy is similarly negated by the fact that by definition only one individual can possess the ability to exercise the absolute will of another, as granted by marriage. And, as an individual already holds certain legal and moral rights and responsibilities with respect to immediate family members, the risk of the legalisation of incestuous relationships is non-existent. It is due to the inability to mount a realistic argument against marriage equality that, after the Liberal Party of Canada legalised same-sex marriage and then lost the subsequent election, the Conservative Party of Canada upon forming government was forced to hold a conscience vote regarding the repeal of the prior government's amendments to the Marriage Act - a vote that failed, causing the Conservatives to break a "crucial" election promise. (By the way: that same party is still in power today, and has just become the ninth longest-serving government in Canadian history.) It is important to remember that, unlike Labor, although Coalition MPs can be directed to vote as a bloc, an individual MP does not risk expulsion from Caucus if they do not do as they are told by the Leader of the Opposition. This means that despite Tony Abbott's conservative rhetoric, those more libertarian-minded MPs can still stand for marriage equality at the time the numbers are counted even if the public face of the Coalition is strictly against the notion up to the last second before the vote is called; as happened in the Canadian Conservative-led parliament. It is also important to realise that it is unlikely that Tony Abbott will risk fracturing the Liberal party by attempting to mandate any special privilege toward his own position by threatening his libertarian colleagues - one of whom is his chief rival, Malcolm Turnbull. He is almost certainly not going to put his leadership on the line, nor risk disunity within his own party, over his conviction that marriage is strictly meant to be between man and woman. A conscience vote will permit him the luxury of being able to absolve himself of criticism both from his libertarian members and his conservative-Christian ones. But it could be a nail-biter. If Tony Abbott is smart, he will wait until the last possible moment before making any announcement regarding a conscience vote - even as late as the morning of the day the vote is held. If those who support marriage equality are equally intelligent, they will mount pressure upon those more socially-liberal Liberals and keep it there up until that very same moment. The battle is still quite winnable - it happened in Canada and it could just as easily happen here in Australia. Melody Ayres-Griffiths is a Canadian Australian permanent-resident married to her Australian wife under Canadian law.  | ||
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