Sleep is good for the body though...
Sleep is good for the body though...
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Me who has a terrible sleep cycle
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Bold of you to assume that I can't be stressed while laying in bed.
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Good exercise also helps sleep though
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I think excessive sleeping also cause weight gain
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It doesn't "cause it" in the sense that you must eat to gain weight.
The laws of thermodynamics will not be denied by a nap.
However, your passive caloric consumption is lessened at rest, so sleeping too much without changing your diet will absolutely lead to more fat being stored from the excess calories.
Think of it like this: if your current weight is stable, you are at caloric equilibrium. If you change that equation, in any way, you will eventually reach a new equilibrium.
You're burning less calories? More will be stored (as fat).
You're taking in less calories? Fat cells take calories to maintain. Excess fat will burned until a new equilibrium is reached.
But the equation that is the human metabolism is complicated. Cortisal causes weight gain by increasing appetite, aka, "stress eating."
You very well might "lose weight by sleeping" if more sleep helps fix unhealthy eating habits by removing stress.
Tl;Dr Calories in=calories out is a fact of universal law. Where it gets complicated is managing appetite and passive burn.
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That's why you nap dinner away
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That's really just if you eat a large meal before sleeping. You actually burn a decent amount of calories while sleeping.
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Don't take dietary advice from people named after chocolate bars.
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This is actually decent advice
Indeed. Optimal sleep and low stress will not only make hormones more favorable to burning fat but also to appetite regulation.
Tired people overeat in a way rested people do not.
Not to mention the massive benefits they provide to muscle generation and overall fitness. You can lift every day but if you don't sleep, recover and eat enough protein it ain't going to bring results.
Absolutely. You know what you do in your sleep? Rest, rebuild muscle, and not eat.
The vast majority of calories being used by our bodies is spent just existing. Big ape brains use a lot of em.
More sleep, less eating, shed them calories.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-busts-myths-about-how-humans-burn-calories-and-why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-human-metabolism-research-upends-conventional-wisdom-about-how-we-burn-calories/
You also exhale CO2, which is the primary way we lose weight. Burned fat mostly comes out as water and CO2.
Definitely. Now, if there weren't insomnia...
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Melatonin