Sleep Deprivation Tied to Shifts in Hunger Hormones

Not getting enough shut-eye could be interfering with your ability to shed unwanted pounds. Previous research has shown that sleep could be a key regulator of body weight and metabolism. New findings link changes in two important appetite-regulating hormones to the amount of sleep people regularly get. Says Scientific American

All those threads I see posted here in the wee hours of the morning makes me wonder....

 

That explains why the kiddie on my course who spends all night playing TFC is fat.

 

Odd, my sleep schedule sucks and is quite lacking, but I'm still like 40lbs underweight.

 

no not another excuse

"i'm not fat i am just an insomniac"

 

lol i know what ur sayin

 

Im awful at sleeping. I normally get very little in the week and catch up at the weekend. Im not fat though, honest

 

No, its cause he doesnt get off his ass and exercise.

 

Yeah, biggest factors are exercise and calorie intake. Best way to be a good weight is to exercise and eat a mediterranean diet.

 

I get tired of the millions of dollars that go into dietary research, liposuction, and stomach reductions. If you don't want to be fat, eat right or exercise. You can do both even (yet so many people find it easier to do neither).

I sleep 5 hours a night on average and I eat fast food all the time, but I'm not fat. That's because I exercise. Stop making excuses.

And stop eating.

 

People like you really piss me off, I used to be fat but now I’m a very respectable 13st (I’m 6' 4"). You don’t see me walking up to people who have lung cancer going "ha ha **** you, you shouldn’t have smoked all those cigarettes".

Ok, that sounded a bit high-strung I know, but that kind of attitude rubs me the wrong way.

 

hm,
me: 5 hours sleep + pizza nearly every day = 5ft 9" and 11Stone....somethings missing, why am i not fat?

oh yeah 8km walk to college and back!
dah, thats all the research they need to do....

 

I'm with you on that one mord. I've been working on dropping these pounds for some time now but with work and everything time.free < 0.

 

Oh woo hoo look at Mr. High Metabolism. You're such a hypercrit - you moan that people should eat right, then you say you eat crap basically. You may not be fat but it still doesnt mean you have dietry problems.

 

You guys might take age into consideration. The older you get, the harder it is to keep the pounds off. At 20 I was a lean 130lbs. At 30 I'm having a hard time to keep it at 180. And I do exercise. I think a good night sleep is needed, if only to get up and eat breakfast, so I'm not stupid hungry by noon.

 

I'm sure it didn't require a study to prove this. Obviously if you don't get enough sleep you are going to resort to food to boost your energy levels.

 

But do you still eat a lot? I know I do. And my friend who gets 4-5 hours on a good night does as well. We are both underweight (I more than she)...
Actually, I just ate a whole plate of brownies... and I won't see a pound of it in the morning.

 

Well have to say that i was 14st 3 weeks ago, im now 13st. Im just over 6ft so wasnt fat in the first place, but im going for the trimmer look ( wtb a 6 pack ) Anyhow, all i do is get up in the morn, go for a 20min ride every other morn, have breakfast. Soup for lunch, minnestrone or med tomatoe is good.. none of this cream of shite.. And then a fairly sesnsible evening meal.. usually chicken or steak, with new/baby potatoes and some salad. Oh yea, and i gave up beer too :/ Then to finish the day i go for a 1 - 2mile run about 10pm every nite.

As i say, 3 weeks and i lost a stone, im aiming for about 12st, might have some problems over xmas tho :/ Gotta keep that will power up and resist my gf's mums cooking

 

you're not going to get a 6-pack without doing some situps... running and riding are great, and they'll tone like no other, but they won't give you a full-fledged 6-pack.

 

lol, that was a bit of a j/k

All im aiming for is nice toned stuff, i do situps occasionally but with the amount of other exercise im doing atm i dont do nearly enough. Maybe when i get to where i wanna be ill start working towards that :/

Proph.

 

If you have hopes of being muscular and not just toned, your best bet is to do biking or running and weight training at the same time. If you can do them together, all the better.
When I was in best shape I was walking with 60lb boxes and pushing 7-8ft pallets (on a pallet-jack of course) for 8-10 hrs/day 6 days/week.
Second best was off-season track. Mon/Wed/Fri pushing myself in the weight room for 20-30 min followed by a mile run for time. Tues/Thurs on-track doing drills and sprints for time.

The running does wonders for lower-body and diaphragm, but you need the weights to get anything done above the waist. (unless you run on your hands of course...)