Posted on 10/05/2009 8:29:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Lose weight while you sleep? It sounds too good to be true—but recent research indicates that there is a connection between how much you weigh and the amount of shut-eye you get per night.
Two hormones, ghrelin and leptin, help to control appetite. When you do not get enough rest, levels of ghrelin, which increases hunger, rise; levels of leptin, which promotes feelings of fullness, sink. A study in the May issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology found a significant disruption in nighttime ghrelin levels in chronic insomniacs. According to the study, this hormone imbalance leads insomniacs to experience an increase in appetite during the day, leading to weight gain over time......
If I were in bed instead of sitting here eating ChexMix, yeah, I’d lose weight! How many guys did it take to write this study?
Just sayin...................
mrs
..............May issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology .............
Gee! that sounds like a fun mag. subscription.
Maybe I’ll join in to be #11 on their list!
This is BS.. When I don’t get enough sleep I’m not hungry at all.. Same with other people I know.
I have sleep problems and I can believe it.
I have fought my weight most of my life. I also never manage to get a full night’s sleep. Frankly, I’ve never associated the two, but it makes sense the way they explain it.
Of course, I know full well that I simply eat way too much. And it would be disingenuous to blame it on my sleep problems, but I’ll keep it in the back of my mind in case I need a new excuse!
I have never slept well. I sleep the sleep of the dead until about 2:30 am, then I’m awake, and I mean wide awake. Don’t get sleepy again until about 6 or 7 am. Now that I’m on Medicare I have threatened to go for a sleep study.
I would not know what’s like to go to bed, sleep straight through and wake up the next day!
If I could stop eating kettle potato chips everytime I workout I could lose weight.
Why did you post my life and what I was thinking?
I have the same problem with sleeping patterns. It’s gotten progressively worse over the last few years. And I never had a problem with my weight - I could eat anything I wanted without gaining weight - until the last few years. So, there does seem to be a relationship between eating habits and sleeping patterns.
Of course, eating late at night will keep someone awake because the body has to process the food. I read that people tend to eat late at night when they don’t eat a good breakfast in the morning. (I’m guilty!) Sticking to a good routine/schedule might work.
If yer sleepin, you ain’t eatin.
I lost 80 pounds about 4 years ago, and I have managed, through force of brute vicious will, to keep it off.
I am hungry every minute of every day. It never goes away. I dream of food every night. Every crumb that goes in my mouth gets a calorie count. If I go pass 1,200 calories a day I gain weight. And...It takes twice the effort to lose it.
Yeah! Life is a minor hell on earth. Someday, I’ll be dead and I won’t be hungry any more.
Oh!...And, please don’t post your favorite magic diet that is guaranteed to reduce hunger. I’ve already tried it.
Please, please, please... tomorrow, call whomever you need to in your area and make an ASAP appointment for the sleep study. You may very well have Sleep Apnea.
You will be so glad that you did. If you have Apnea and you start the treatment and stay at it, your life is going to significantly change to the better.
Quit screwing around like I did, do it now....
Good luck...
very cute! :-)
Well... that’s a different kind of post from you. :-)
I know what you mean about hunger. Recently, I tried something called the Bread Diet. (It was a book at the dollar store.) It made sense, and I lost weight... during the two weeks I tried it. ;-) It involves eating “light” low calorie bread (no more than 45 calories per slice) every two hours all day. The sandwiches are filled with low fat foods like vegetables. There’s more to the diet, of course... but it was satisfying.
Methinks the opposite is true. If one were to smoke crack and stay up 23 hours a day, a definate reduction in weight would occur. Expensive proposition though.
Good on you for losing the weight and keeping it off. I took off 96 lbs but then went back to 'normal' eating with my family and after putting on 40 lbs. it's back to the DIEt.
My younger sister has had the same kind of sleep problem her entire adult life. I honestly don’t know how she functions, with a full time, demanding job, and a second one, teaching college, but she does it well!
I’d go to a Sleep Clinic if I were you. I think there is a good chance the docs will be able to help.
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