Eat less and sleep more
Ever realize that as soon as you feel tired, you’re likely to overeat? Here’s the proof: Researchers at the University of Chicago had one group of participants sleep 5 1/2 hours a day and another group sleep 8 1/2 hours a day, and measured their respective snack intake the next day. When fatigued, they each consumed an average of 221 calories, which would be converted into about a pound of fat after 2 weeks. “When these women slept less, their body’s ‘indulgence’ hormone would rapidly increase and it would make one eat more.” Breus, author of the BeautySleep article, said, “Their production of Leptin, also known as the ‘stop’ hormone, which is a hormone that makes you suppress your appetite when you’re full, decreases.” The reason you crave not only more food but more junk food when sleep is forcibly deprived is that your body craves more easily broken down sugar enzymes, and you crave more chocolate, sweet cookies and candy.
