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3 Habits That are Making You and Your Family Fat –
Without You Even Knowing
( Hint: None of them have anything to do with eating. )
by Mark Joyner, Founder of Simpleology.

You wouldn’t expect these habits to make you fat – but they do.



1. Staying Up Late
The opposite would seem to make sense: If you stay up late, you
burn more calories. Burn more calories, burn more fat.
Right?
Unfortunately, staying up late can set off a multi-pronged attack on
your body composition.
First, sleep is vital for recovery. If you don’t get enough sleep, your
body won’t build as much muscle mass – no matter how much time
you spend in the gym. Less muscle mass = less fat burning power.
Next, if you are sleep-deprived, you increase levels of the stress
hormone “cortisol.” The connection between stress/cortisol and
obesity is well established, but it gets worse. A recent study (Epel,
Yale) shows that cortisol related fat storage tends to be around the
vital organs – the worst possible place to store fat in your body.
If that’s not enough, lack of sleep is linked with glucose intolerance
(diabetes), lower Growth Hormone levels, a weakened immune
system, low energy, and more …
Get a full night’s sleep (7 to 9 hours), but make sure your place of
rest is peaceful and pitch dark. Your natural sleep hormone,
melatonin, is suppressed when there is too much light.

2. Skipping Breakfast
Many people skip breakfast thinking it will help them to lose
weight.
“Fewer calories in – more fat burned.”
The reality is that skipping breakfast actually lowers your
metabolism so that at your next meal you’ll tend to overeat. To
make it worse, the food you eat on a lowered metabolism is more
likely to be stored as fat.
3. Prescription Drugs
Many of the drugs you are prescribed increase appetite, cause
edema, or slow our metabolism. That’s a recipe for getting, and
looking, fatter.
The most commonly used drugs that have these effects are oral
contraceptives, many anti-depressants, and estrogen
replacements.
Check with your doctor to see about finding suitable alternatives
that won’t make you fat.

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I even learned from the introduction letter that was promoting Simpleology 103 about personal energy and health.
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