Lose weight while sleeping
Friday, 01 January 2010 08:06 | 
Written by Simon Wong |
There are many causes for overweight and likewise, there are many ways for losing weight. While different ways suit different people, there is one way you must try as you are already doing it every day, though may not be in an effective way. Can you imagine that one way is sleeping? This is not a stupid thought, it is a really workable ways that has already been tested.
There are many causes for overweight and likewise, there are many ways for losing weight. While different ways suit different people, there is one way you must try as you are already doing it every day, though may not be in an effective way. Can you imagine that one way is sleeping? This is not a stupid thought, it is a really workable ways that has already been tested.
Many candidates have been invited to different studies and physically experienced the power of sleep on weight loss. Studies like asking women to sleep for more than 7 hours per night while keep all other things including their diet and exercise the same; asking men to lie on the bed to sleep or to keep awake, all studies give the same result that, people gain weight when they are getting insufficient sleep. In other words, sleep more can help lose weight.
The most accepted reason for the linkage between sleep and weight loss is the effect that sleeping has on hormone. When you are lack of sleep, the level of hormone governs your hunger changes. The less you sleep, the more you want to eat. This is true even you are already full, with the effect of the hormone, you just want to eat. When you keep on eating, you keep on gaining weight.
The other most accepted reason is metabolism, which mainly is talking about the metabolism of the brain. Human brain is one of the largest energy consuming organs of human body. During the rapid eye movement stage, one the sleeping stages, the human brain actually uses a lot of energy. Or, in other words, the metabolism of the brain is high.
There you see the importance of sleep on weight loss. But many people in their younger age think sleep is a way to get charged for their energy and they think they are always charged even without sleep. What you can notice that people start to become fat (at the fastest rate) when they are young. What you need to do is to regularize a pattern or a routine for your sleeping time. Get up every morning at the same time even for weekends. Find out your sleeping cycle that is the best fit hours of sleep for yourself.
Not just sufficient sleeping hours, high quality sleep is also important. To those who can always sleep well, congratulations. But, there are actually many out there face sleep problems. The first thing to do in order to have good sleep is to relax, by that I mean not just to relax your body but your brain. If your brain keep active, it is difficult for you to fall asleep. You should relax yourself in a dark and quite environment for a while before you actually go to bed. Throw away all the things happened during the day and imagine you are in a very comfortable place and breathe regularly. If you really cannot calm down to sleep, do not force yourself to do that. Get up and do something else like reading a book, listening to some peaceful music, praying, etc. You will get you physiological schedule setup when you keep on doing that.
Losing weight through sleep is not a dream, it is scientifically proved to be workable. Just lie down on your bed 7 hours a night, you have get the result for your weight loss and good health as your bonus.
There are many causes for overweight and likewise, there are many ways for losing weight. While different ways suit different people, there is one way you must try as you are already doing it every day, though may not be in an effective way. Can you imagine that one way is sleeping? This is not a stupid thought, it is a really workable ways that has already been tested.
Many candidates have been invited to different studies and physically experienced the power of sleep on weight loss. Studies like asking women to sleep for more than 7 hours per night while keep all other things including their diet and exercise the same; asking men to lie on the bed to sleep or to keep awake, all studies give the same result that, people gain weight when they are getting insufficient sleep. In other words, sleep more can help lose weight.
The most accepted reason for the linkage between sleep and weight loss is the effect that sleeping has on hormone. When you are lack of sleep, the level of hormone governs your hunger changes. The less you sleep, the more you want to eat. This is true even you are already full, with the effect of the hormone, you just want to eat. When you keep on eating, you keep on gaining weight.
The other most accepted reason is metabolism, which mainly is talking about the metabolism of the brain. Human brain is one of the largest energy consuming organs of human body. During the rapid eye movement stage, one the sleeping stages, the human brain actually uses a lot of energy. Or, in other words, the metabolism of the brain is high.
There you see the importance of sleep on weight loss. But many people in their younger age think sleep is a way to get charged for their energy and they think they are always charged even without sleep. What you can notice that people start to become fat (at the fastest rate) when they are young. What you need to do is to regularize a pattern or a routine for your sleeping time. Get up every morning at the same time even for weekends. Find out your sleeping cycle that is the best fit hours of sleep for yourself.
Not just sufficient sleeping hours, high quality sleep is also important. To those who can always sleep well, congratulations. But, there are actually many out there face sleep problems. The first thing to do in order to have good sleep is to relax, by that I mean not just to relax your body but your brain. If your brain keep active, it is difficult for you to fall asleep. You should relax yourself in a dark and quite environment for a while before you actually go to bed. Throw away all the things happened during the day and imagine you are in a very comfortable place and breathe regularly. If you really cannot calm down to sleep, do not force yourself to do that. Get up and do something else like reading a book, listening to some peaceful music, praying, etc. You will get you physiological schedule setup when you keep on doing that.
Losing weight through sleep is not a dream, it is scientifically proved to be workable. Just lie down on your bed 7 hours a night, you have get the result for your weight loss and good health as your bonus.