Jet lag questions
Jan 21, 2006 | 11:58 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Jet lag questions
I was wondering why is it on my last trip to Israel I did not suffer Jet lag?
I departed NY around noon and arrived Tel Aviv around 5 AM. I was able to stay up until 9 PM and then the next morning I felt fine.
On the return TLV-JFK-SJC flight I felt fine the next day as well ? On previous trips to the east coast and Hawaii I had no jet lag as well. But on my 99 Europe trip I had it for a week.
Is this because I was able to sleep on the plane?
Drinking Coffee in the morning upon arrival?
Waking and sleeping at different times not a rigid schedule?
Eating right?
Exercising before/after flight?
Or am I just lucky?
Any ideas.?
I departed NY around noon and arrived Tel Aviv around 5 AM. I was able to stay up until 9 PM and then the next morning I felt fine.
On the return TLV-JFK-SJC flight I felt fine the next day as well ? On previous trips to the east coast and Hawaii I had no jet lag as well. But on my 99 Europe trip I had it for a week.
Is this because I was able to sleep on the plane?
Drinking Coffee in the morning upon arrival?
Waking and sleeping at different times not a rigid schedule?
Eating right?
Exercising before/after flight?
Or am I just lucky?
Any ideas.?
Jan 22, 2006 | 4:44 am
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: dallas texas usa
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over the years, i have had many different reactions to jet lag....it just gets worse....
i believe that the solution is youth.....a new born has no problems with it....it goes downhill from there....
i believe that the solution is youth.....a new born has no problems with it....it goes downhill from there....
Jan 22, 2006 | 11:50 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2005
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a quick gtip that helps me.
short stay (a few days)
keep your bioclock on home time. this means getting up at 2 am, and having meetings at 9pm (body time...)
long stay, keep yourself awake until bedtime the first night, this can involve being up 24 hrs +. but day 2 goes along nicely
and yes, it gets worse over the years, and im still young
short stay (a few days)
keep your bioclock on home time. this means getting up at 2 am, and having meetings at 9pm (body time...)
long stay, keep yourself awake until bedtime the first night, this can involve being up 24 hrs +. but day 2 goes along nicely
and yes, it gets worse over the years, and im still young
Jan 24, 2006 | 6:07 am
#4
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Kfar Saba, Israel
Posts: 4,172
If you are able to keep awake for a full day (like 5AM to 9PM) and sleep a full night afterwards, you should be fine. It's also a (big) function of your physical shape for your body's ability to recover from time changes.
Eastbound trips are much worse than westbound. On Westbound trips you have a really long day and if time it right (stay awake during the day and sleep only at the right night sleeping time) you should not have problems. On Eastbound trips - the day gets shorter and the times start to mix up.
Eastbound trips are much worse than westbound. On Westbound trips you have a really long day and if time it right (stay awake during the day and sleep only at the right night sleeping time) you should not have problems. On Eastbound trips - the day gets shorter and the times start to mix up.
