Want to Lose Weight? Go To Sleep!
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We are not getting the same amount of sleep that we got fifty years ago. In fact we are sleeping nearly two hours less every night. Very few of us get anywhere seven or eight hours sleep. So what’s all the fuss about? Do we really need all that amount of sleep? The whole matter of sleep has arisen because scientists think that it is having a bad effect on our health. They point to the fact that in the same period the number of people who are either overweight or obese has increased too – they think there’s a link.
Are you aware of how much sleep you get every night? Do you have a good sleep or an interrupted sleep? How often do you wake up? Maybe you sleep all the way through the night?
People are beginning to realize that the amount of sleep we get is very important. Unfortunately, we live in an age where it is very easy to be caught up in general ‘busyness’ or hijacked by a late night television program.
What happens when we don’t get enough sleep is that our body interprets this as an energy deficit. It immediately signals that something is wrong, and our brain responds by making us hungry so that the deficit can be replaced.
This is all done as a matter of urgency. Our response is to look for some sweet, calorie dense carbohydrate to fix the problem. Now you know why sugary breakfast cereals are so popular! So, when you don’t get enough sleep, you start your day by eating the wrong food, which does nothing for losing weight.
We need 7-8 hours’ sleep every night. If we don’t get the right amount of sleep, our ability to perform effectively decreases markedly and we put on weight. The more overweight we become, the greater the likelihood that we have a poor quality sleep pattern. Come the morning we’ll be starving!
If you are trying to lose weight, why not start a new chapter in your life by getting into the habit of getting more sleep? To lose weight permanently and enjoy a slim, new healthy life, you need to get the habit of sleep.
Here’s something that will be an attractive proposition…develop the sleep habit. To do that you need to practice, practice, practice!
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