Lack of sleep and weight gain - Men's Health Information, Including Fitness, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Working Out & Sex

**ralph** · 08-01-2008, 11:32 AM

Anyhow, just want to find out if there' s really a connection with lack of sleep and gaining weight? what i'm trying to say is does it mean that if you didn't have enough sleep for the night then your craving for food will be higher.is there really a truth to this one?

David1 · 08-01-2008, 11:34 AM

yes this is true ralph, lack of sleep results to change in hormone which at the same time increases our appetite. It's like if we are tired we tend to eat more since our brain tells us that we are weak.

**jason1** · 08-01-2008, 11:36 AM

hi I read somewhere that lack of snooze has something to do with weight gain and not too mention obesity.
Oh well, to prevent this I think it will be good for all of us to have atleast 7 hours of sleep. What do you think guys?

**ralph** · 08-01-2008, 11:42 AM

yup, my workmate used to tell me about this. At first i though it was only a myth until I read some articles which reports on the link between sleep and gaining weight, now it somewhat makes me paranoid whenever i sleep late! lol.

**Samual** · 08-01-2008, 11:44 AM

Hello friend !
I think it is not true fact that lack of sleep is increase the weight rather than it increase the tension in our mind and also other disease like it .

**ryan** · 08-01-2008, 11:45 AM

It can be hormonal imbalance. This is very common specially in cases when your body is submerge in a lot of stress recently. This causes the normal function of your body to take the wrong course. Thus, you end up having weird feeling that something is wrong with your body. Yes, lack of sleep can cause you to become very hungry. Lot of people who work on night shifts easily gets hungry compared to those who have all the sleep they could have during bed times. Maybe you should stop stressing, relax and get more sleep then probably your normal body function will go back on track.

**harry** · 08-01-2008, 11:48 AM

I would just like to ask if during the times when you are not having enough sleep do you eat so much? or do you crave for specific food? Because I was once working on a night shift and I noticed that I crave for food more than ever and I also gained weight. I have read about it in articles from the internet and have seen some of my colleagues who admitted that they are experiencing the same thing. I'm wondering maybe we have the same situation.

**steve1** · 08-01-2008, 11:49 AM

I read in some article way back before that lack of sleep is one of the possible cause why a person gains weight. Lack of sleep affects our hormones that triggers the brain chemistry which leads to increase in appetite.

**alvin** · 08-01-2008, 11:55 AM

Also, your body burns calories when you are sleep. If you aren't sleeping at least 6-7 hours, you are minimizing the calories your body burns at rest. This is called your RMR (resting metabolic rate). Your RMR will increase with regular exercise.

**fred** · 08-01-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by alvin

Also, your body burns calories when you are sleep. If you aren't sleeping at least 6-7 hours, you are minimizing the calories your body burns at rest. This is called your RMR (resting metabolic rate). Your RMR will increase with regular exercise.

Alvin, this is very informative. Thanks for sharing with us

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ralph Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 869 Blog Entries: 5	Lack of sleep and weight gain Anyhow, just want to find out if there' s really a connection with lack of sleep and gaining weight? what i'm trying to say is does it mean that if you didn't have enough sleep for the night then your craving for food will be higher.is there really a truth to this one?

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08-01-2008, 11:34 AM	#2
David1 Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 852 Blog Entries: 10	yes this is true ralph, lack of sleep results to change in hormone which at the same time increases our appetite. It's like if we are tired we tend to eat more since our brain tells us that we are weak.

08-01-2008, 11:36 AM	#3
jason1 Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 758 Blog Entries: 10	hi I read somewhere that lack of snooze has something to do with weight gain and not too mention obesity. Oh well, to prevent this I think it will be good for all of us to have atleast 7 hours of sleep. What do you think guys?

08-01-2008, 11:42 AM	#4
ralph Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 869 Blog Entries: 5	yup, my workmate used to tell me about this. At first i though it was only a myth until I read some articles which reports on the link between sleep and gaining weight, now it somewhat makes me paranoid whenever i sleep late! lol.

08-01-2008, 11:44 AM	#5
Samual Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 595 Blog Entries: 2	Hello friend ! I think it is not true fact that lack of sleep is increase the weight rather than it increase the tension in our mind and also other disease like it .

08-01-2008, 11:45 AM	#6
ryan Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 792 Blog Entries: 6	It can be hormonal imbalance. This is very common specially in cases when your body is submerge in a lot of stress recently. This causes the normal function of your body to take the wrong course. Thus, you end up having weird feeling that something is wrong with your body. Yes, lack of sleep can cause you to become very hungry. Lot of people who work on night shifts easily gets hungry compared to those who have all the sleep they could have during bed times. Maybe you should stop stressing, relax and get more sleep then probably your normal body function will go back on track.

08-01-2008, 11:48 AM	#7
harry Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 626 Blog Entries: 2	I would just like to ask if during the times when you are not having enough sleep do you eat so much? or do you crave for specific food? Because I was once working on a night shift and I noticed that I crave for food more than ever and I also gained weight. I have read about it in articles from the internet and have seen some of my colleagues who admitted that they are experiencing the same thing. I'm wondering maybe we have the same situation.

08-01-2008, 11:49 AM	#8
steve1 Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 756 Blog Entries: 8	I read in some article way back before that lack of sleep is one of the possible cause why a person gains weight. Lack of sleep affects our hormones that triggers the brain chemistry which leads to increase in appetite.

08-01-2008, 11:55 AM	#9
alvin Gold Contributor 500+ Posts Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 754 Blog Entries: 6	Also, your body burns calories when you are sleep. If you aren't sleeping at least 6-7 hours, you are minimizing the calories your body burns at rest. This is called your RMR (resting metabolic rate). Your RMR will increase with regular exercise.