Waking up!

Its been two weeks and I really have to bring this up now 'cause I have no idea what's happened to me. Ok... I'm not talking about love or any sort of similar drug.

I HAVE BEEN WAKING UP IN THE MORNING...! 

wait.... did you just roll your eyes and try to get all sarcastic on me already? Yes, even I know it just means that I'm awake. But let me finish. I've been waking up without the help of an alarm clock....!!! 

All my life, I've thought its next to impossible...! I've believed that alarm clocks are THE way of knowing its time to wake up.

While growing up, I waited for the first bell to ring (in boarding school) and it was still difficult to open my eyes and get out of bed at 6.00 am. On holidays I'd always sleep in unless traveling to new places. On every other day, I always had to set an alarm to wake up. Sometimes two. Sometimes three. (That would be on days when I had something really important)

So what changed?

Very recently I was told by my nutritionist that for my weight loss efforts to be effective I had to let my body rest. Which meant I had to have a complete sleep. 

This is what she said to me.

"By complete sleep, I mean a full 8 hours. If you need the help of an alarm or a nudge by your mum, then you haven't had enough sleep. Your eyes should just open and you will feel fresh when you wake up"

On our way back home I kept telling my mum, "Did you hear that properly? I need to sleep. Now stop waking me every morning. Let me sleep till my eyes open automatically." 

Of course, mum being mum couldn't help but be nervous. She thought I was going to sleep till 10.00 am. She kept reminding me that it also meant, I should sleep around 10.00 - 10.30.

I was skeptical and also wanted a chance to wake up late without giving mum a chance to say, "but you didn't sleep on time" so, I went to sleep at 10.30. I wanted to test this whole "complete sleep" theory.

The next morning, my eyes, believe it or not were open at 6.30 am. I was fresh and stayed that way all day.

I thought maybe I was tensed and had not slept all night. But, it happened again and again and again. Except of course the weekend where I chose to sleep in for an extra hour only to skip exercise.

Its been a couple of weeks today and I just had to share it with you. 

Incredible isn't it? What a sincere commitment to your goals can do to you.