Article - One bad night’s sleep can make you put on fat and lose muscle mass

CarvedTones

Seems like a fairly legit source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177638-one-bad-nights-sleep-can-make-you-put-on-fat-and-lose-muscle-mass

but I think the headline is over-hyped for click bait purposes. Still, interesting what it does to hormones and whatnot.

snickerscharlie

Great. Something else to lose sleep over.

Cassandraw3

So the next time my husband doesn't let me sleep in on the weekend, I can tell him he is making me fat and lose my gainz.

mph323

Great - now you can either get up an hour early to get in that workout to keep from damaging your health or get in the required amount of sleep to keep from damaging your health.

eta: Either way, anxiety and stress will be damaging your health.

mph323

DeadliftsAndSprinkles wrote: »

mph323 wrote: »

Great - now you can either get up an hour early to get in that workout to keep from damaging your health or get in the required amount of sleep to keep from damaging your health.

like the elusive perfect bathwater temperature, always either too hot or too cold, never just right.

Ha! I anticipate some fun threads to follow:

OP: I work 9 hour days with a 4 hour commute, have 2 kids under 5 and just don't have time to exercise!
Poster 1: You can get up an hour early and get in that workout - your health should be a priority!
Poster 2: OP ignore this - getting in enough sleep is a priority for health!
Poster 1: Studies show that you're wrong!
Poster 2: More studies show I'm right
Poster 1: Veiled personal attack
Poster 2: Blatant retaliation
Mod: Thread closed!
OP: Tiptoes out of thread and deactivates account. Possibly opens a new account on fitbit to take part in less stressful discussions about cheating in challenges.

jseams1234

I never ever have a good nights sleep. I average 4-5 hours. Some nights less. I've had zero issues putting on muscle or maintaining it and keeping lean... but to be fair, the study isn't really talking about a typical "bad nights sleep" but talks about getting zero sleep at all. I think we can all agree that getting absolutely no sleep is bad no matter how you slice it.

cmriverside

N = 1

I used to work graveyard. Lived on four hours of sleep or less for a couple years.

Thinnest ever.

Hard job, physically demanding. Lots of stress.

Thin.

Ate a lot, drank a lot of alcohol.

Still thin.

Oh, I was 23.

mph323

CarvedTones wrote: »

Seems like a fairly legit source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177638-one-bad-nights-sleep-can-make-you-put-on-fat-and-lose-muscle-mass

but I think the headline is over-hyped for click bait purposes. Still, interesting what it does to hormones and whatnot.

I agree the headline is ridiculously over-hyped, and further agree the study is in line with other studies looking at the impact of sleep deprivation on body functions, particularly with the correlation between chronic disrupted sleep and the rise in weight. There are so many things that impact our systems temporarily (alcohol processing for instance) that may have a short term effect at a cellular level, but are not permanent changes unless the situation becomes chronic.

AnnPT77

And it seems not even to be getting to the big thing that, for me, promotes fat gain if I persistently get too little sleep: My self-control goes all to (bleep), I desire more foods, and I'm more likely to eat them.

kimny72

mph323 wrote: »

CarvedTones wrote: »

Seems like a fairly legit source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177638-one-bad-nights-sleep-can-make-you-put-on-fat-and-lose-muscle-mass

but I think the headline is over-hyped for click bait purposes. Still, interesting what it does to hormones and whatnot.

I agree the headline is ridiculously over-hyped, and further agree the study is in line with other studies looking at the impact of sleep deprivation on body functions, particularly with the correlation between chronic disrupted sleep and the rise in weight. There are so many things that impact our systems temporarily (alcohol processing for instance) that may have a short term effect at a cellular level, but are not permanent changes unless the situation becomes chronic.

Agree, especially to the bolded. It's not like one bad night's sleep destines you to be fat, but chronically making sleep a low priority might. And there are lots of reasons that sleep deprivation could make it harder for you to lose weight. At the cellular level might be majoring in the minors compared to the decreased activity, attention to detail, and impulse control it likely causes.

To be picky, I'll add that the study in the OP article was on just 15 "young men" and it merely compared one night of sleep to one night of not sleeping. But I agree this is not an isolated finding. I suspect all the stuff sleep or lack thereof affects in ways we don't know yet will be really fascinating. The title however makes me want to stomp on someone's little toe

NovusDies

mph323 wrote: »

DeadliftsAndSprinkles wrote: »

mph323 wrote: »

Great - now you can either get up an hour early to get in that workout to keep from damaging your health or get in the required amount of sleep to keep from damaging your health.

like the elusive perfect bathwater temperature, always either too hot or too cold, never just right.

Ha! I anticipate some fun threads to follow:

OP: I work 9 hour days with a 4 hour commute, have 2 kids under 5 and just don't have time to exercise!
Poster 1: You can get up an hour early and get in that workout - your health should be a priority!
Poster 2: OP ignore this - getting in enough sleep is a priority for health!
Poster 1: Studies show that you're wrong!
Poster 2: More studies show I'm right
Poster 1: Veiled personal attack
Poster 2: Blatant retaliation
Mod: Thread closed!
OP: Tiptoes out of thread and deactivates account. Possibly opens a new account on fitbit to take part in less stressful discussions about cheating in challenges.

I must not be Poster 1 if it is veiled.

kiela64

AnnPT77 wrote: »

And it seems not even to be getting to the big thing that, for me, promotes fat gain if I persistently get too little sleep: My self-control goes all to (bleep), I desire more foods, and I'm more likely to eat them.

I agree. And from what I remember (correct me if I’m wrong) raised cortisol from stress increases hunger hormones - so legit feelings of hunger increase with a lack of sleep. Personal experience matches. 🤷🏻‍♀️

mph323

kiela64 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

And it seems not even to be getting to the big thing that, for me, promotes fat gain if I persistently get too little sleep: My self-control goes all to (bleep), I desire more foods, and I'm more likely to eat them.

I agree. And from what I remember (correct me if I’m wrong) raised cortisol from stress increases hunger hormones - so legit feelings of hunger increase with a lack of sleep. Personal experience matches. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Plus brain fog. For me, after a bad night, my brain insists I can achieve clarity if I just eat enough chocolate.

Lillymoo01

Well, I am screwed being that I suffer insomnia and rarely get a good night sleep. Strange though that I struggle to put on weight........

kiela64

mph323 wrote: »

kiela64 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

And it seems not even to be getting to the big thing that, for me, promotes fat gain if I persistently get too little sleep: My self-control goes all to (bleep), I desire more foods, and I'm more likely to eat them.

I agree. And from what I remember (correct me if I’m wrong) raised cortisol from stress increases hunger hormones - so legit feelings of hunger increase with a lack of sleep. Personal experience matches. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Plus brain fog. For me, after a bad night, my brain insists I can achieve clarity if I just eat enough chocolate.

This too! “Maybe after one more Frappuccino I’ll be able to write an essay” “maybe I need fries in order to focus” 😐 every dang time.