Sleeping
Affects Weight Loss
Don't Eat to Make Up For A Lack of
Sleep
Many people don't realize that a lack of
sleep can have a detrimental effect on your weight.
When you are constantly over
tired your energy levels are naturally lacking and the first
thing that most people do to boost their energy levels is to
eat more food.
Naturally eating more food is
going to cause you to increase weight and the digestion of the
food will burn up even more energy so you get into a vicious
circle of tiredness eating and more tiredness.
The constant tiredness also
affects the way that your body functions where it becomes less
efficient and in doing so you will tend to store more fat and
gain weight.
Simply getting a bit more sleep
at regular times at night can boost your energy levels and in
doing so reduce your dependence upon food for energy and help
you to lose weight without having to go on any
diets.
If there are no alternatives to
your lack of sleep due to circumstances in your life then you
need to concentrate on increasing your intake of water as this
will help you to get more energy and make you feel less hungry
due to your tiredness.
Shift workers in particular have
a difficult time in maintaining their weight because not only
are they getting a lack of sleep but they will also be sleeping
at various different times of the day and night and that
affects your eating habits and your digestion.
Long-term lack of sleep will
result in the body storing additional fat so it is essential to
do all you can where possible to get a regular night's sleep at
reasonable hours to maintain good health and a reasonable body
fat percentage.
Obviously taking this to the
other extreme where you are sleeping all hours of the day and
not getting any exercise will also cause you to retain more
body fat and increase weight.
Once again lifestyle has a huge
bearing on whether you are at your optimum body weight or
not.
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