Healthy Magazine Healthy RGV Issue 115 | Page 6

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE · JUNE 2018 HOW SLEEP T SUPPORTS WEIGHT LOSS his article is going to explore the effects that poor/limited sleep has on your body and how this can also affect your weight loss program and ability to get lean, ripped and lose weight. Your body weight varies mainly depending on how much/ little food you eat, but there are also many other variables that can have an indirect effect on your ability to lose weight and keep it off. Recent studies have suggested that the less sleep you get, the more your hormones will be impacted, significantly affecting how you feel on a diet and how well you stick to that diet. BRAIN FUNCTION A lack of sleep directly influences your brain function by setting it up to make bad decisions. Sleep deprivation, or sleep debt, happens when either don’t get enough rest, or a poor night’s sleep