Sunday, December 30, 2012

Effective Weight Loss With Sleep

By Dave Lee


Sleep is the most underestimated condition of the body that should be prioritized because of its significance in helping you lose weight. Aside from eating healthier, hydrating your body, and engaging in regular exercise, sleeping as much as necessary is also a vital part of your way of life.

Although some people do not really pay attention to the amount of sleep they get because of their lack of knowledge towards its relation to weight loss, they still continue to disregard their much needed rest. This harmful lifestyle will not only have negative effects on their mental and emotional health, but it will also greatly affect whether they lose weight or not.

Energy Killer

Lack of sleep can greatly affect your energy level during a workout because the less sleep you catch the more you will feel tired and sluggish, causing you to want to skip your exercise regimen and feed your craving for energy boosting food and beverages that will only lead to consumption of excess calories. Without a good amount of sleep, your energy and willpower to workout will diminish as well as your improvement in your weight loss program.

Reduces Your Metabolism

Along with rejuvenating one's energy, sleep also helps strengthen your metabolism. During sleep is the crucial time when the body recovers from a strenuous workout; the body repairs all the tissues that have been damaged throughout your day. If you fail to provide your body with the right amount of sleep needed, you will eventually lose lean muscle mass, as a result will derail your progress since less muscle means a decrease in metabolism.

Appetite Control

Leptin and ghrelin are two hormones in the human body that are immensely influenced by sleep; leptin manages your appetite, while ghrelin arouses your hunger. When you do not receive the recommended hours of sleep, the hormone leptin decreases, which results in poor appetite management, while the hunger arousing hormone ghrelin increases, causes you to have a strong appetite. Improper balance of these two appetite-related hormones can make you at great risk for obesity.

Without a good night's rest you are hindering your body to successfully achieve its weight loss goal. Sleep not only energizes the body, allows you to have better control over your hunger, and improves your metabolism, but it significantly helps you to lose weight. Who would've thought that something simple as sleeping in more can be good for your overall health.




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