Do you want to lose weight?
What have you tried to lose weight?
Diet?
Exercise?
Intermittent fasting?
Diet pill?
Did any of them work for you?
Did you know that a consistent good night’s sleep can help you reduce 270 calories daily?
Imagine it multiplied for seven days a week and 52 weeks of the year. It will be 98280 total calories.
That’s more than 10 kg of fat!
Is it too good to be true?
It’s not magic; it’s science.
What defines a good night’s sleep?
According to the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, When we talk about healthy sleep, it requires adequate duration, good quality, appropriate timing, and regularity without disruption and disturbances.
LESS SLEEP means LESS CALORIES BURNT and BIGGER APPETITE!
So getting enough sleep is one of the essential components to losing weight. But there are even in-depth studies on the duration affecting our calorie intake.
In this study, the researcher found that inadequate sleep poses a significant risk of obesity. Individuals who sleep less than 6.5 hours a night for two weeks have an average reduction of 270 kcal/day burn without any modification of any activity level.
In this research, they found that the relationship between sound quality sleep and enough quantity of sleep can help significantly in weight loss in women over 45 with BMI over 30.
Unsurprisingly, if you sleep well, you can lose and maintain weight.
Then how does sleep loss affect our weight?
Sleep can affect the chemical signals in the brain.
The two most important factors are the regulation of leptin and ghrelin. These two hormones can significantly affect our appetite. Ghrelin is a hormone released from the stomach that enhances the desire to intake more calories. And leptin is produced and released from our fat cells to suppress the hungry signal and tell our body to start using the energy. This study showed that inadequate sleep could suppress leptin release and increase ghrelin in healthy adults. The difference in appetite can be enhanced by 23%.
Sleep is medicine. That’s what I always promote.
We might struggle with fluctuating weight, depressive mood, or low energy.
Often, we want to take the shortest route to get to where we prefer.
Especially during the holidays like right now, with all the holiday candies, feasts, and treats, we might see an upward trend on the scale. We may blame ourselves for eating too much or not having enough self-discipline.
But that’s not the point.
I am a big proponent of promoting our self-healing power. This can mean a lifestyle change, a good relationship with food, and mindfulness toward our stress level. But let’s start with our sleep. Other than helping us to mitigate the risk of obesity, sleep has so many benefits.
If you want to empower yourself, you need to sleep.
When you find yourself unable to lose weight, look at your sleep pattern.
Happy new year.
May next year be a fruitful, joyful and bountiful year to you.
In health, wellness and love.
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