Gaining weight unnecessarily can be a nightmare for many, it will not only affect health, but can also add undue pressure on self-confidence. People tend to try many things to lose weight, but they also tend to forget that lifestyle plays one of the biggest roles in weight gain. In recent times, people tend to lead an unhealthy lifestyle that involves sitting in one place for too long, eating at unusual times, sleeping at unusual times, etc. All this leads to lack of routine and also tends to reduce the natural rhythm of the body. Although exercise and a proper diet can help one while awake, having poor sleep patterns can create irregularities in circadian rhythms that can also lead to fat gain. Therefore, you also need to modify your sleep routine and incorporate certain things that can lead to weight loss while you sleep.

Some of the ways that one can make their body lose fat while sleeping are:

Cooler temperature

Maintaining a cool temperature in the room while you sleep can be very helpful in losing weight while you sleep. Having a cold temperature while sleeping is said to cause the body to metabolize brown fat at a faster rate to control optimal body temperature. In this process, brown fat tends to burn faster, so calories are burned.

8 hours of sleep

Sleeping a full 8 to 9 hours a day helps burn calories at a much faster rate than those who only sleep 5 to 6 hours. Sleeping on time means that the body will not have to burn the calories at a slower rate just to maintain energy, but can burn at a nominal rate and burn the calories easily. Also, sleeping for just a few hours means that one will have more hunger-promoting hormones like ghrelin, which can be a factor in weight gain.

Protein before bed

One can have a protein snack before going to bed as it will not only help to deal with nighttime hunger pangs but will also help overall health to be much better and fit. Also, eat protein snacks like cottage cheese or any kind of protein shake etc. Having fewer calories but more protein can help increase your metabolic rate and muscle-building rate.

Smaller dinners

Having large meals full of carbohydrates and fats means that the body will not have time to repair and rejuvenate the body while you sleep, but will spend all its time cutting the sugar and storing it in the cells. This will keep the body awake and also prevent it from wasting the calories, however if one plans to have smaller dinners then the body will not go into such intense work mode at night.

Without electrical device

Today, most people like to spend their time in front of televisions, phones, tablets, laptops, etc. just before going to sleep. One should avoid this at all costs because the light from the device can disrupt the metabolism and can reduce the secretion of melatonin, which in turn can slow down the metabolism and thus hamper the weight loss process.