How Poor Sleep Causes You to Gain Weight

How Poor Sleep Causes You to Gain Weight

There are signs that you might be experiencing poor sleep. One of these signs is if it takes you awhile to fall asleep after you to go to bed. You might have something on your mind or it could be that the sleep conditions are just off.

Your room might be too warm, or you might have done something that caused you to be too alert before bed. If you wake up repeatedly through the night, that’s another sign that you’re experiencing poor sleep.

If you wake up and can’t get back to sleep in the middle of your sleep cycle, that’s another sign. The reason that this can cause you to gain weight is because when you don’t get the right amount of sleep, your body doesn’t get the energy it needs.

So you feel the drive to gain that energy somehow in order to get through your day. What you end up doing is downing caffeine and junk food to give yourself a boost. This sugary snack does give you energy and you feel like you’re able to function.

But then that energy, because it’s not long lasting, will always leave you feeling even more depleted. So because you’re tired, the only thing you want to do after work is get home and chill on the sofa in front of the television.

Because you’re feeling so tired, you probably aren’t feeling up to cooking something healthy or nutritious, so you either order takeout, get something on the way home or just snack instead of eating a meal.....