Optimizing Sleep for Lasting Weight Loss

For more details on this podcast visit: https://www.journeybeyondweightloss.com/blog/27 Episode 27: Sleep routines and habits are critical to our weight loss journey! Blog Description: Developing good sleep habits and a good sleep routine will help you in many ways - including losing weight and keeping it off! Timestamps: 6:28 We have natural bio rhythms that are correlated with cycles of light and dark. When we disturb this rhythm with artificial light, not just the light in your home, but the light from screens, it puts a lot of stress on the body that results in increased cortisol secretion. Cortisol is a stress hormone. It's causes our bodies to make glucose - blood sugar out of muscle protein. That's going to increase our insulin, which increases our fat, and that reduces our lean muscle mass. That's exactly the opposite of what we want to have happen. 12:33 What exactly happens if you don't get enough sleep? Sleep deprivation causes a lot more than just feeling tired during the day. Research shows it will impair your memory and judgment. Life can feel really and chaotic, you perform poorly on the job and make mistakes. When you're driving, your reaction times slow down and at higher risk for car accidents. People become irritable and depressed. They're at higher risk for obesity, higher risk for diabetes, higher risk for heart disease. 16:00 For weight loss, in my opinion, sleep is the number one thing to focus on. And then nutrition is number two. Full transcription of this podcast: https://www.journeybeyondweightloss.com/blog/27 This episode was produced and marketed by the Get Known Podcast Service