The Duvet Diet
Recent research suggested that those who sleep more tend to avoid weight gain. Someone has taken that idea and created a book out of it (UK release only).
The Duvet Diet is a new release from Jane Worthington and Dr Clare Collins.
A leading sleep scientist advises readers on beating night stress, incorporating exercise into their life to promote better sleep, avoiding sleep-sabotaging chemicals and much more. With "The Duvet Diet" you really will be able to sleep yourself slim!
The book also provides the following gems of advice:
- Keep a diary.
- Eat more veggies.
- Avoid pre-menstrual scoffing.
- Wear a belt (apparently makes you feel fuller and can reduce your urge to eat).
- Use chopsticks.
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Ok, and how is that going to find me more time to sleep? I was expecting some suggestions to manage time so we can sleep more.
ReplyYeah, I've read that that's because when you don't get adequate sleep, your body looks for food to slow itself down - so you get hungry and eat more, something like that. I've experienced the same thing - especially when I was younger and I went to all-night sleepovers!
ReplyThis is one idea on the cause:
ReplyIt may all have to do with two hormones - leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite, and Grehlin, a hormone that increases food intake and is thought to play a role in long-term regulation of body weight. Sleep deprivation lowers the levels of leptin and raises levels of grehlin.
I personally like to use chopsticks! I can't exactly explain it, but there's something more going on when one uses them.(or not :-)
Dr. J--there are other hormones involved with this as well, not just leptin and ghrelin. I'm thinking seratonin and cortisol are also influenced by sleep.
I like the chopsticks idea (I ALWAYS ask for them when eating at Chinese restaurants) but the belt idea is just plain stupid.
And eating your veggies is always a good idea, no matter what diet you're on.
ReplySee, this is where my high expectations disappoint me. I wanted this to be a diet that would give me super energy and concentration during the day, so I'd be able to get stuff done faster, and then sleep more. Sort of like the "brain foods" concept.
I've heard that one before, not specifically belting your pants, but not wearing stuff that is too loose. My mom's HMO sent her to a psychologist that specialized in obese patients for a while, when she was fat, and one of the things this counselor always told her was not to wear baggy clothes. If you couldn't afford to go out and buy something new, you should put something elastic-waist on, so you wouldn't feel it loose. She said that feeling your clothes baggy gives you permission to reward yourself and not stick to your plan, because it reminds you you've lost some weight already. I'm not sure it really works, but in her experience, it did.
ReplyThis is brilliant finally someone wrote a book on what we teens already knew...sleeping-in on the weekends is not a bad thing! if it were up to me i'd sleep from 6PM to 6:30AM on weeknights! i wish my parents would see this and do two things 1-shut up about my weight 2-let me sleep!!!
ReplyMia, I think if your parents are talking to you about your weight, it is because they love you and care about you.
Reply"Avoid pre-menstrual scoffing"
Do you mean, perhaps, "Avoid pre-menstrual scarfing"?
ReplyI have to disagree. Wearing a belt has honestly helped me. When you eat, your stomach does get physically bigger. Therefore, I know that if I can feel the belt getting tighter, it's time to stop eating. Yeah, it'd be great if I could know it was time to stop eating without that physical reminder, but I'm not at that point yet.(I am working on it through mindful eating, though!)
Also, when I was obese, I couldn't wear a belt. Now that I am able to find belts that fit me, it's empowering to be able to wear one. And, if I feel that belt getting tighter, it's a little reminder that if I keep going, I'm going to get back to the point where I can't wear a belt again.
ReplyI find that if I have a night of poor sleep that I develop a definate craving for sugar the next day. It's quite noticeable.
Unfortunately, I suffer seasonally from severe insomnia, and I don't think it's the kind of thing that reading a diet book will eliminate. (Because I've tried reading books. And therapy. And supplements. The only thing that works is a combination of sleep hygiene, plenty of exercise and ambien.)
ReplyI'm ambivalent about belts. I can see the logic of them as a reminder that you want to stick with smaller portions, but they feel constricting to me even when I haven't eaten. So I compromise by using scarfs as belts. Same effect but gentler application.
ReplyGetting your sleep is all just part of a healthy lifestyle, but one that is often forgotten in our busy lives. Also, remember to drink enough water, wear your coat, and always say Thank you!
ReplyI guess if you use chopsticks and you don't know how to use them you would sure lose weight. I'm waiting for the Recliner Diet as I tend to sleep there the most.
ReplyBut you are concerned with your size, aren't you? Maybe they just want your self-esteem to be better. I read here tons of people who had parents who crushed their self-esteem and made them feel fat. If yours are concerned that you may be too preoccupied with weight loss, you are better off than a lot of us already.
Reply"Wear a belt (apparently makes you feel fuller and can reduce your urge to eat)."
This is certainly one of the more interesting diet ideas I have happened upon in quite some time. I guess it it similar to the time when they put a blindfold on people that eat lots and sat them at a table to eat as much as they like. The ate less than half their normal intake because they were more aware of how their stomach felt.
Very interesting. Thanks :)
David
http://www.DuvetLand.com
ReplyThanks :)
ReplyI kind of think that way about certain foods. If I eat something decadent, I plan to work out a little more to compensate for it. Since I don't eat junk most of the time, I really don't sit there and convert every single thing into exercise.
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