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Sunday, March 13, 2011
4 REASONS WHY YOU LOSE WEIGHT WITH GOOD SLEEP...
What if I told you that one of the most important things to a great exercise regiment was: good ol’ fashioned rest? Would you believe me? Ah, come on I thought that you guys would believe in me more. Besides the point I am not that crazy anyway. But really, getting back to the point, how much effect does resting well have on our, not only exercise regiment, goal of achieving better health? Well let’s see…
You’re not going to be as sharp as you used to be. Now of course starting a exercise regiment will have its respective physical and mental toll. Now imagine adding to that burden by getting to bed later, waking up earlier and basically cheating your body of much needed sleep. How will you be feeling then? But wait, that is not it, it is 9 o’clock time to exercise. Well personally I do not think so. So pretty much if you want to see results and be consistent with your exercise program get some good ol’ shut eye…
Physically you’ll be a slug. Now I am going to be very positive and say that yes you got to bed very late and woke up super early this morning, you don’t feel as bright as a daisy, but your ready to do your morning workout. Sounds great right? Did I just prove myself wrong? Well just remember this depriving yourself of sleep is also depriving your physical body of much needed rest and relaxation. And all this directly affecting you for example, one of the first things that a tired sleepy person feels are body aches. Imagine that you have not even started exercising and your body is already telling you that it is finished. You cheat your “bestest” friend. Of course I imagine by now we are getting the picture of the importance of sleeping well. But now it is time to keep another tidbit in mind. When you are depriving yourself of sleep you are cheating the best friend you can have while your trying to loose weight, and no I am not talking about your exercising buddy, I mean you slow your metabolism. I mean really think about it if you are moving slow everything, and I mean everything, will move slow along with you.
Exercise to lose weight stay awake to put it back on. Another reason why not sleeping adequately just robs you of your efforts at being healthy and losing weight is that by not having good sleeping habits you simple just pack on the pounds. For example recent research by the University of Bristol has shown that people who sleep a average of 5 hours a night have 15% more ghrelin than those who slept for 8 hours and they were also found to have 15% less leptin. Now translated to english? Well in other words sleeping 5 hours a night on a habitual basis causes hormonal imbalances that INCREASE the sensation of hunger. Once again sabotaging your better health efforts. Although you may think that this has not or will not happen to you well, food for thought, the same study showed that “over the last 50 years we have reduced the amount of time we spend asleep by up to two hours a night because of increasing pressures on our time (work, school, family, television, computer games and the internet)”.
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