As a child I seemed to sleep a lot, went to bed early and got up late, and later in life this pretty much continued to be the normal pattern for me. I was never one to stay up very late, even when going out I was usually home before midnight and asleep. Throughout much of my working life I was available to be called out after hours to attend to urgent faults so sleep was often broken, but it never seemed to cause me any great issues.
When I changed jobs in 2007 and went into shift-work I wondered how I would handle it, the answer is - quite easily. I was working in a place where I had my own private bedroom, well sound proofed and quite dark, and I could choose to sleep as much as I needed to and when I needed to. Returning to Brisbane with a solid foundation set to manage sleep and shift-work, it was more-or-less just a change of location. My approach to sleep and shift-work has continued to develop and sleep is given absolute top priority, especially when full night shifts are involved.
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I've always been tall and slim, but that doesn't mean that I've never had any issues with food. People of all shapes and sizes can have different food issues, some are obvious and others are far less obvious. I read a Blog recently about a person suffering Bulimia, and I also had the opportunity to speak to them about it via email. It was a real eye-opener to how some food issues can be quite hidden from family, friends and colleagues - yet have a high impact on the person in question.
As a younger person I never had to think about what I ate, it seemed like my metabolism allowed me to eat what I liked without having any obvious physical effect on my body. I recall working at Sherwood in the 1980's and frequently having cream buns etc., for morning tea, and hamburgers from the local Take Away shop just about every working day. Later in life I discovered that milk and cheese was starting to effect me like it had never before it seemed. Although as a child I could drink a glass of full cream milk with ease, as an adult to do that resulted in the most intense stomach pains I've known. Very sharp pains which were impossible to ignore. Cheesy foods like pizza and some pasta dishes had similar strong physical effects so I cut them from my diet. While working in Central Queensland I began to wonder if Gluten was also something I shouldn't be eating. Conversations with a friend resulted in me deciding to experiment with Gluten Free foods and see what happened. The problem was that in Central Queensland at that time the options available were very few and rather basic. Two years later I returned to Brisbane and met my wife Victoria with whom I have continued to explore and develop my dietary choices. There are a lot of things that I don't eat and seemingly only a handful of things that I do eat - but that isn't quite true, and it certainly doesn't mean that I don't enjoy a great variety of tastes and flavours. It also doesn't mean that dining out or with friends is impossible, it is very possible and just requires a little homework to check out available options. The great news is that many restaurants are increasing their options for people with dietary requirements. Some great places I've found to eat out at...
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