You must get an adequate amount of sleep in order to lose weight. Sleep is prime fat burning time. If you don't get enough you throw leptin out of balance, are tired the next day, and want to eat more to try to get your energy going. This invariably leads to overeating and weight gain.

Individuals with sleep deficiency or insomnia may also have concurrent wear and tear that is inducing extra inflammation and aggravating the basic problems of white adipose tissue inflammation. In turn this makes weight management very difficult. Such people must relax more during the day and get their life demands under better control (using ...