Effects of Sleep on Fat Loss

If you are like most people you could
stand to lose a few pounds and you don’t get nearly enough rest. However,
studies show that people who want to lose weight need to get plenty of rest in
order to do so. Don’t believe it? Consider the following facts and you will
change your tune and start getting enough rest, combined with a healthy diet and
a little exercise, so you can drop those extra pounds.

Gaining Weight? Get Some Rest

A large study of many participants found a connection in individuals who get
little rest and obesity. In fact, individuals who do not get enough sleep are
plagued by an increasing risk factor for obesity. This might seem absurd to you,
however there is plenty of medical evidence to back up the fact that a lack of
rest results in overweight individuals. The results of this study are
staggering. For example, the recommended hours one should sleep each night is
7-8. However, individuals who sleep only half the recommended amount are 73%
more likely to be overweight or even obese than those getting enough sleep. The
risk factors go down with the more sleep you get, however they still remain
high. Individuals sleeping 5 hours a night are at a 50% risk level and those
sleeping 6 hours are only at a 23% increased risk. However, you only need 7 or 8
hours each night to really reduce your risk of becoming obese, so find the time
in your schedule to sleep the recommended amount and you just might see your
pant size shrinking.

Why Do You Need Rest To Lose Weight?

Most people don’t really believe in the “get more rest theory” to losing weight
because it just doesn’t make sense, at least on one hand it doesn’t. That is
because individuals burn fewer calories while they are sleeping than while they
are awake, so obviously this is a big hole in the theory. Or, so many people
think. However, despite the fact you burn fewer calories when you are asleep
than when you are awake you do not eat when you are asleep and this is what
makes the biggest difference in this claim. Consider if you only sleep 4 hours a
night. That means you have an extra 3-4 hours to consume calories that might be
making you overweight rather than if you went to sleep for 7 to 8 hours and ate
nothing during this time frame. You will be surprised how many calories you
would not consume in a day simply by sleeping the recommended daily amount of 7
hours.

Another point is that when you are deprived of sleep, grehlin, a substance in
your body, is increased and this makes you want to eat more. Not to mention that
sleep deprivation reduces the amount of leptin in the body, a substance that
suppresses appetite and lets you know when you are full. So, when you are sleepy
your body tells you it is hungrier than it is and cannot let you know when you
have filled up as efficiently as it could if you got enough rest.

Rest is Not the Only Answer to Losing Weight

While getting sleep is important to helping your body function properly and
keeping you from eating practically 24 hours a day, it is not the only element
one should include in their life to lose weight. If you are interested in losing
weight or maintaining weight then you need to eat right, exercise and get plenty
of rest. Doing this will keep you slim, healthy, and full of energy so it is a
great plan to incorporate into your healthy lifestyle because simply getting
more rest each night is not going to melt the pounds away although it will help
some.

If you don’t know how to get started then consider talking to a nutritionist and
even a personal trainer to develop a plan for you to get moving and eating
healthy. Remember, you must include plenty of sleep in your plan and you will
surely lose weight quickly and efficiently. As long as you follow the plan you
will also be able to maintain your weight for a lifetime. So, go ahead and get
some sleep. It could be what is holding you back from the body you have always
dreamed of.

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