Boris, I violate most of the rules, and my solution to flying long distance with minimal jet lag is no exception. I do consume alcohol. I am not a fanatic about hydration. But the three small tricks that seem to help me are similar to Ken's suggestion. First, when I get on the plane, I immediately set my watch to the time at the destination. Otherwise it is too easy to fall prey to the airplane schedule which is based on departure-city time. "Bloody 'ell, it's already 0300 in London and I'll be getting a breakfast in 3 hours. Why are they serving me dinner!??!" Second, drink lots of coffee when you arrive in the early morning. Third, walk, visit with people, go shopping, do anything to avoid sitting down until at least 1800 on your day of arrival. Then get a good long sleep. If you wake up at 0330 local time, don't turn on the lights much less get up; lie there and plan your day until at least your normal time to get up. I won't claim that I don't feel the lag in the early evening on the 2nd day, but I usually don't fall asleep in my dinner. I find westbound to be much easier to adapt to.
stan On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > After traveling thru numerous time zones I try to stay on the time at my > destination, regardless of what my body's time zone is. I find I'm in much > better shape the first full day there. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]> > Subject: Off Topic: Jet Lag > > >> Hi! >> >> I have traveled across 7 time zones back and forth twice in the past 4 >> weeks. And this time the recovery is rather tiresome. I wonder what >> kind of advice (except, Boris, go visit a doctor) you could offer me >> in dealing with the jet lag. Initially I thought that traveling >> eastwards wasn't that much of a deal. But the last trip back and >> recovery thereafter are out of what I would have called an ordinary >> for me. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
