Everybody knows that when it comes to a diet routine, the food you eat is crucial to your success. What you eat, will make or break your diet, determining your success in achieving the goals you set. What most people don’t know, however, is that sleep is imperative to regulating metabolism and therefore it is a vital ingredient for weight loss.
In today’s sleep-deprived society, many are not seeing the weight loss results they want, even when successfully following their meal plans and exercise regime. The list on what lengths many will go to, to succeed in their diet is quite long, but many are unaware that a key element to weight loss is ensuring that one gets a decent sleep each night.
The body needs sleep to function. We restore and recover at night when we rest, and rest is essential for the function of our metabolism. Did you know, for example, that when you are sleep deprived your body will crave carbohydrates? Your body is looking for an energy source to supplement the lack of meaningful sleep and there enters cravings.
It's not just carbohydrates that your body will crave, but you’ll find that you are hungrier in general. When one hasn’t had a full night’s rest the hormone responsible for telling your brain that you're hungry goes into over-drive, making weight loss a mission and temptation harder to resist.
Sleep deprivation confuses your metabolic systems and left un-acknowledged and unchanged, sleep deprivation at its worst can progress to Insulin-Resistant Diabetes in time. It's unlikely that your lack of sleep is this serious, but are you starting to form a picture of how important sleep is, and how a lack of sleep can affect your health significantly. Consider this, a commitment to more sleep could be the defining factor in your success. I'm not sure about you, but scheduling in more sleep sounds good to me!
Sleep deprivation is an important issue in all aspects of ones health and when it comes to your metabolic health and your diet, there's no exception. Getting enough sleep constantly, is an absolute must to live healthily and happily and it may be the key to you succeeding in your weightless plans. So go on, get some rest, you’ve earned it!
