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If you’ve been losing sleep at night worrying about why you can’t seem to lose weight, you may very well be sleeping with the enemy:  bad bedtime habits.

Research shows that sleep plays an important role in weight management. People who get adequate sleep have lower BMI indexes than people who don’t. Findings also suggest that not getting enough sleep can cause weight gain.

“When you have poor sleep or lack of sleep, you’re setting a whole cascade of events in motion hormonally that could set you up for weight gain,” said John M. Jakicic, director of the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

When hormones like serotonin, dopamine and melatonin are thrown out of balance, these can affect your sleep, mood and food cravings. Sleep tight and wake up light by correcting these common weight-gaining sleep habits.

1: Sleeping with lights on

Hopefully, you don’t still need a nightlight. Findings from a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology show that exposure to even a small amount of light not only affects quality of sleep, but can also put on extra pounds. Cortisol, “the stress hormone,” has also been shown to be abnormally high when you’re exposed to light.

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source: BlackDoctor.org

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