Lose Weight While You Sleep

You probably didn’t know it, but one of the best times to lose weight is while you sleep. That’s because the human body is designed by nature to repair itself during the hours we are sleeping.

Our bodies use sleep to repair and strengthen our muscles, joints and other parts that get tired and damaged through use and exertion during waking hours.

This restorative process uses energy to rebuild lean muscle mass and to help rebuild other kinds of body tissue. That is worth repeating — this rebuilding process uses energy — and if the rebuilding process is running smoothly and efficiently, that energy comes from places in our body where energy is stored — from fat.

The body rebuilds tissue, organs, bone, and lean muscle by burning fat. Collagen and amino acids play key roles in how efficient and effective this process works. Collagen is very important to the body repair process. Amino acids enhance the regeneration process.

The timing of your last meal of the day can also impact the performance of the fat burning process. The less time your body spends in deep restful sleep (without competing digestion), the less time it has to restore its natural health, and the less fat that is burned in support of this natural rebuilding process.

Reducing or eliminating the intake of food three hours before bedtime allows the body to use its natural fat reserves for metabolic fuel during the deep restorative sleep cycle. Not doing so will result in your body not performing its natural restorative process while you sleep. Instead it will be concerned with undigested foods and will actually be storing fat from the continuing digestive process rather than burning fat as the energy for the deep sleep restorative process. When this happens, it creates a “diet circle of frustration”.

Now that we understand the key connection between deep restorative sleep and weight loss, it’s time to start getting more ZZZZ’s. What a “win-win” combination – sleep more to lose more.