When I read that one I thought "At least they're being honest about eating being related to weight gain, but how is that you figure that it's the frequency of eating rather than the amount and its contents?"
I thought they just meant it in the biologically trivial sense - you absorb food in a shorter time than it takes to burn the calories it contains. So some of it gets shuttled into fat, and then a few hours later or maybe at night, it gets pulled back out again if you're in energy balance.
I think (can't prove) that the main link of lack of sleep to weight gain is more that you eat more when sleep-deprived to feel like you have more energy. New parents experience this a lot.
I read a study about this years ago, and if I remember correctly, it partially had something to do with sleep deprivation limiting executive functioning. Impulse control is an executive function, so it's more difficult to refrain from overeating when that function is diminished.
They're kinda both true, to a degree, because there is a link between those two things. Sleep deprivation decreases executive function, which includes impulse control and self monitoring. So when those who struggle with overeating are limited in these areas, it's more difficult for them to make healthier choices. When we think about willpower, this is what that means, scientifically - the ability to delay gratification, self-regulate, and control inhibitions.
I was back in Portugal recently and in the uk I’m used to only eating one meal a day, I saw so much family and had about 4 small meals a day. The food was great but I felt so sluggish and full all day
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they might be talking about chronic lack of sleep raising your cortisol levels and higher cortisol impacting fat storage. But you still can't gain weight unless you're in a caloric surplus.
And the solution to this is a) getting more/better sleep, b) regular exercise which improves cortisol levels, and c) watching what you eat so you aren't in a caloric surplus.
It took years of chronic bad sleeping to show the "cortisol belly."
It seems that when you sleep bad for an extended period of time, you are more hungry, you crave more "bad" food, and you are prone to make bad decisions.
It's not a joke how bad you can feel in these conditions. Your body gets used to working under pressure.
I needed a lot of discipline to overcome this situation. It took months of hard work, but I succeeded :)
Managing to sleep again, eating healthy, exercising, changing my habits before going to bed. All of this is about discipline and a strong will, something that "fatlogicals" are unknown with.
My dietician was absolutely adamant that the best thing I could do to improve my health is to sleep better. She noted this was because all of the things I needed to do to get healthier would improve significantly if I was well rested - easier to make better eating choices, easier to make the decision to exercise (and to do so more effectively), etc etc. Healthy sleep is like the foundation upon which so many other health factors rely.
Poor sleep is very not good for a variety of reasons, and some of them absolutely impact fat loss, muscle gain and body composition. But you can't gain fat in a calorie deficit.
There’s truth to the lack of sleep part, but it’s not what they’re saying. We automatically tend to want to eat more food when we are tired, because the body isn’t fully rested. So the whole “lack of sleep and stress” thing means they’re eating more, plain and simple.
It converts the energy you got from all the food you ate but didn't use to fat and if you eat less the next day, your body will automatically burn the fat to keep you alive.
The person who said every time you eat some of it turns to fat is admitting something they don't realize, I think
When I read that one I thought "At least they're being honest about eating being related to weight gain, but how is that you figure that it's the frequency of eating rather than the amount and its contents?"
I thought they just meant it in the biologically trivial sense - you absorb food in a shorter time than it takes to burn the calories it contains. So some of it gets shuttled into fat, and then a few hours later or maybe at night, it gets pulled back out again if you're in energy balance.
I think its the eating that takes place while you're awake that gets you
I think (can't prove) that the main link of lack of sleep to weight gain is more that you eat more when sleep-deprived to feel like you have more energy. New parents experience this a lot.
I've definitely noticed this. When I have poor sleep I'm so much hungrier, not even a new parent
I read a study about this years ago, and if I remember correctly, it partially had something to do with sleep deprivation limiting executive functioning. Impulse control is an executive function, so it's more difficult to refrain from overeating when that function is diminished.
Also affects fullness hormone signals
Also the longer you’re awake the more time you have to eat. Granted I will wake up in the middle of the night and go eat sometimes.
Whilst the metabolism does slow down when not sleeping... not all people who don't sleep are fat... what about amphetamine addicts for example?
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Yes, because it's that you're not sleeping enough. It couldn't possibly be that you're eating too much food. 😒
They're kinda both true, to a degree, because there is a link between those two things. Sleep deprivation decreases executive function, which includes impulse control and self monitoring. So when those who struggle with overeating are limited in these areas, it's more difficult for them to make healthier choices. When we think about willpower, this is what that means, scientifically - the ability to delay gratification, self-regulate, and control inhibitions.
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I was back in Portugal recently and in the uk I’m used to only eating one meal a day, I saw so much family and had about 4 small meals a day. The food was great but I felt so sluggish and full all day
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they might be talking about chronic lack of sleep raising your cortisol levels and higher cortisol impacting fat storage. But you still can't gain weight unless you're in a caloric surplus.
And the solution to this is a) getting more/better sleep, b) regular exercise which improves cortisol levels, and c) watching what you eat so you aren't in a caloric surplus.
I've been through this.
It took years of chronic bad sleeping to show the "cortisol belly."
It seems that when you sleep bad for an extended period of time, you are more hungry, you crave more "bad" food, and you are prone to make bad decisions.
It's not a joke how bad you can feel in these conditions. Your body gets used to working under pressure.
I needed a lot of discipline to overcome this situation. It took months of hard work, but I succeeded :)
Managing to sleep again, eating healthy, exercising, changing my habits before going to bed. All of this is about discipline and a strong will, something that "fatlogicals" are unknown with.
My dietician was absolutely adamant that the best thing I could do to improve my health is to sleep better. She noted this was because all of the things I needed to do to get healthier would improve significantly if I was well rested - easier to make better eating choices, easier to make the decision to exercise (and to do so more effectively), etc etc. Healthy sleep is like the foundation upon which so many other health factors rely.
I wasn't seeing a dietitian, just went several times to a general doctor because of the insomnia.
No one took me seriously, until finally I found one who tried to help me.
In the meantime, while I was on the waiting list for further steps, I found a way to get out of the situation.
But it still included diet and exercise.
Poor sleep is very not good for a variety of reasons, and some of them absolutely impact fat loss, muscle gain and body composition. But you can't gain fat in a calorie deficit.
Literally anything to avoid accountability for your actions.
There’s truth to the lack of sleep part, but it’s not what they’re saying. We automatically tend to want to eat more food when we are tired, because the body isn’t fully rested. So the whole “lack of sleep and stress” thing means they’re eating more, plain and simple.
It converts the energy you got from all the food you ate but didn't use to fat and if you eat less the next day, your body will automatically burn the fat to keep you alive.
Night shift worker here, down 7lbs after starting this job without trying. So this is bs
Do you get quality sleep during the day?
Not really