Anyone else with a night waker had trouble losing weight?

[appletree]

Absolutely! This is 100% correct, you need your sleep

I studied this briefly at uni as part of a sleep unit in psychology and i believe it is true, though i may have been influenced by my DD waking every 40 mins during this particular part of the course so it had a lot of relevance...

[~Kaz~]

my DD waking every 40 mins

Oh wow, that's full on The most frequent we get here is 1.5 to 2 hourly but he's up for hours at each wake up sometimes too.

So is there any way I can counteract this? Aside from him sleeping through which I don't seem to be able to influence.

[Mr Squidipa]

yes sleep is very important for weight loss you should try to get about 8 hours sleep that is when you actually lose the weight i beleive plus it gives your body good recovery for the next day

[~Kaz~]

Does it have to be 8 hours straight or can it be little chunks that add up to a total of 8 hours? Ta.

[appletree]

I think it is 8 solid hours sorry!

Do you co-sleep? Poor thing with the long waking hours! DD was great at going back to sleep again quite quickly once i had given her some (.)(.)

I would just wait it out, they aren't like this forever and you will eventually get some more sleep. And then you have another one, and it all starts again...

[Mr Squidipa]

i beleive it is 8 hours solid just get as much sleep as you can thats all it will certinaly help you to lose the weight

[~Kaz~]

Thanks everyone. Looks like I'm doomed til he starts sleeping through

Bella - that is interesting. I find it hard to stick to sensible eating, get starving even though only feeding once per day and crave sugar and carbs like I never have before. I feel like a chocolate addict and I never used to eat the stuff. I've been thinking that I'm looking for short term energy. I'm starting to worry about things like Diabetes, no joke. I used to have pretty good willpower and determination around food when I was motivated and I feel quite motivated but can't quite get it together to follow through on my plans.

Appletree - on the really bad nights we have started co-sleeping but even that doesn't always work (cause we didn't do it much before 12 months) and I still sleep like cr@p cause I wake slightly about a million times an hour and he doesn't let me roll over etc etc.

[AliBaby]

Definitely true.

I did Exercise science at uni for a year before i changed degrees and we looked at this.

-Lack of sleep causes the release of more cortisol than the body needs (stress hormone) and then makes you more hungry.
-It changes your Basal metabolic rate (number of calories burnt while resting)
-It makes it harder to metabolise carbohydrates and causes high blood levels of glucose, which leads to higher insulin levels and greater body-fat storage.

There are other things to but I just cant remember.

I think if you are following a healthy diet and exercising there is not a lot more that you can do if you arent getting enough sleep. Lets just hope DS learns to love sleep!