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Why is sleep so important for weight loss

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  • Emily3907
    Emily3907 Posts: 1,445 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I take melatonin to help with this. I find that I don't always sleep soundly and can feel it in my performance the next day. Melatonin knocks me right out, I sleep more soundly than ever and wake up refreshed. YMMV as some say melatonin gives them horrible nightmares.

    Woot woot for melatonin! Love the stuff. Without it, I would go to bed and lay there for sometimes hours trying to go to sleep. Pop a melatonin and I am out in less than 10 mins. And I don't wake up groggy like I did with Ambien.

    In the past, I have also used sleep as a way to stop eating. If it is close to bedtime and I want to keep snacking, I just hit the hay and call it a day.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,054 Member
    High ghrelin (hunger) + low leptin (satiety) = eating more all day
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535701/
  • Matt200goal
    Matt200goal Posts: 481 Member
    The health (or performance) triad - sleep, nutrition, and exercise. One "out of whack" can affect the other two.
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