lack of sleep will make you fat!

Wow, I wasn't aware of this and i thought it was the other around. Because for instance, choldren that don't have enough sleep won't have proper growth and will be stunted, so obviously if you lack sleep you'll get thinner as your body hasn't got enough rest, your body can't generate new cells or stuff like that and you don't have the energy to do your daily routines. Anyway, thanks for sharing this info.

I am a light sleeper and I find it hard to sleep all through the night. It is not that I do not want to sleep through the night, in fact I wish I could. All the studies that lack of sleep makes one fat, etc. does no good unless they are aimed at people who do not want to go to sleep and want to stay awake. So what about us people who go to bed at 10:30 pm and then around 12. wake up and do not go back to sleep until one, go to the washroom, then wake up around four or so, and then go back to sleep at around 6:30 in and out all the time? I cannot will myself to sleep all through the night and drinking milk in the evening does not help, not drinking coffee does not help. I do not want to take sleeping pills. Maybe if someone moved to my house, and knocked me unconscious with a rubber hammer, it might help.

I would have to sleep more then, LOL. I'm kinda familiar with that fact 'cause some say that when you're lacking sleep, you tend to eat more to compensate for the stress and the resistance your body needed so when you eat more, obviously more fat and more weight added to your body. I would rather sleep then, and sleeping is the best, there's nothing like a good rest like sleeping.

Well, that makes me feel better. I have gained weight (hormone related etc) over the last 10 years, and I NEVER get enough sleep. Rarely sleep 2 hrs straight anymore. I know that is not good for your health but never connected it to gaining weight. Would love to read more about the studies.

Thanks for sharing this information this will really help a lot to those who think the other way around that less sleep makes you lose weight. I think that most of us aren't aware of this and your post helped us to be more informed. It would be great if you can add the site where you got this information so that everyone will be able to read on it. Looking forward to it. thanks for sharing.

So that's why I'm gaining weight!!!! Now I get it. I haven't slept well in 17 years and i figure about the time the reason I don't sleep is grown and gone I'll be kept up nights by grandkids. Seriously, I think that there are many things that can cause us to gain. Lack of Sleep can be a good cause too.

This is definitely true. I am a nursing student and we have discussed this topic in school. Lack of sleep doesn't only release stress hormones but it also slows down our metabolism because when we lack sleep we lack energy. But this doesn't mean that over sleeping can make you thin. It can actually make you fat because you store a lot of energy but you are not using it when you over sleep. Over sleep can actually also cause high blood pressure. 8 hours is the number of hours recommended for sleep. Over or under 8 hours is not good.

I have heard people claim to gain weight because of stress, and stress can cause changes in sleeping patterns, so it is probably true in atleast some cases. If you sleep a lot and not eat much, you might lose some weight. I think sleep is considered part of a healthy lifestyle, so that is another reason that to me, it makes a lot of sense.

Is this really true, I am luck of sleep everyday, i guess this makes me fat, i am having weight problems, unlike before i dont get fat even i eat too much, but now even if i dont eat, i gain weight. I think i know what to do. Thanks for this info.Its a blessing for me for i wanted to lose fat as soon as possible.

Well, you have the knowledge and qualifications and I respect that so I will take notice! I have actually heard this somewhere before and I too found it hard to believe as I have been sleep deprived for some time and have not gained weight but as you say there are exceptions to every rule. I used to think it was logical to believe that people who don't sleep a lot are thinner because they are using more energy than others who are fast asleep as we speak but the idea that your body could actually be storing energy due to stress hormones makes sense too. All in all I agree that sleep deprivation is not healthy. I know I don't feel great due to burning the candle at both ends and that I need to make changes. Thanks for the insight!

I always thought,that not sleeping make you fat, why? just look at people that do shift work, like nurses and so on most of them are over weight, also when people don't sleep well they tend to eat more to compensate the lack of rest that the body needs, I know for myself if I do not rest well I tend to put weight on.

If that is so thanks for the info, all the while I thought lack of sleep will make us thin. This is something nice for us mylotters learning from each other. I do appreciate once I learn something new and am glad and feel proud once ia learned it from friends on line. Thanks Doc Alma...

Well i am glad to know ..Gives me another reason to sleep more than i usually do..and i love sleeping..Also i am fat and i would like to loose some extra pounds..But let me tell you i take a lot of sleep and it hasn't helped me yet but i hope there's something like that

Well, after I read what you said. I think it's true because when I became a mom I never had enough sleep and I gained weight. I used to be thin when I was in college and I sleep ten hours or something but I never gained weight. I know that sleeping is healthy because it renews our cells and makes the immune system better. But I love my weight now.

I know you are right. I have been dieting and exercising and I am 20# from my goal, but I have horrible sleep habits. I wonder how long it will take me to knock off the final 20 if I start getting the nightly 8 hrs. Articles about lack of sleep causing weight gain are everywhere these days. I really do want to get more sleep,if for no other reason that I don't feel healthy during the day.

Well that is a first to me but thanks for the info on that..I do tend to stay up til the small hours but just of recent have been going to bed at a resonable time so shall remember to continue to do so as I don't want to put on weight am just alright as I am! lol littleowl

Really? Lack of sleep was my usually status.And I confused that why my body was so fat and affect my behavior.And I usually walk on a long distance to reduce my body weight.Thank you tell me the reason that why my body was so fat.I must make my body changes the way decrease hot energy to reduce my weight.

If i don't get enough sleep a day, i would feel lazy and drowsy all day, if I want to lose weight, i would only sleep for 3 hours in 2 consecutive days , after that particular day, I would notice significant weight loss, I think it does vary , it doesn't apply to me that sleep deprivation would make your fat increase, aside if I don't get enough sleep, my eating habit does also affected, I don't eat much, it's a chain reaction to me, that's why I easily lost my weight.

I totally believe in this study. a few years ago, I took over-night shift and I did not sleep enough in daytime. I was in that shift for about 2 years and in this two year I grew 20 pounds. In recent years I have enough sleep, and my weight cut back down.

yeah i believe on that.. People who's lack of sleep eats more than enough. Because the body compensate by means of eating..I'm just confused bout blood pressure.all i know is that when u don't have enough sleep bp will drop. well im not sure about that.