- Which brings me to: Get more sleep! According to WebMD, Being short on sleep can really affect your weight. When you’re short on sleep, it’s easy to lean on a large latte to get moving. You might be tempted to skip exercise, get takeout for dinner, and then turn in late because you’re uncomfortably full.
- More than a third of Americans aren’t getting enough sleep on a regular basis. Yet experts agree that getting enough sleep is as important to health, well-being, and weight as are diet and exercise. When you skimp on sleep, your brain is set up to make bad decisions. It’s a little like being drunk. You don’t have the mental clarity to make good decisions.
- When you’re overtired, your brain’s reward centers crank up, looking for something that feels good, like that second slice of cake. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that when people were starved of sleep, late-night snacking increased, and they were more likely to choose high-carb snacks.
- Sleep is like nutrition for the brain. Most people need between 7 and 9 hours each night. Get less than that, and your body will react in ways that lead even the most determined dieter straight to Ben & Jerry’s. Pistachio-Pistachio anyone? My favorite.
- With just 4 days of insufficient sleep, your body’s ability to process insulin — a hormone needed to change sugar, starches, and other food into energy — goes out of balance. When your body doesn’t respond properly to insulin, your body has trouble processing fats from your bloodstream, so it ends up storing them as fat.
- So, it’s not so much that if you sleep, you’ll lose weight, but that too little sleep hampers your metabolism, and contributes to weight gain.
- Prioritize your sleep! See ( https://blackdoctor.org/10-tips-for-a-better-nights-sleep/) for more tips to get a good night’s rest.
I hope these tips will help you on your journey to lose The Quarantine 15! I’ll be right there with you—not doing the “Buss It Challenge”, LOL—but all the other tips! Let me know how you are doing.
Hugs,
Amy