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This was great to read. I know you can't read into the loss/gain chart too deeply, but it does go along anecdotally with what I found worked for me. Sleep leng

by kup0 9y ago

This was great to read. I know you can't read into the loss/gain chart too deeply, but it does go along anecdotally with what I found worked for me. Sleep length seemed to be the #1 factor for me. Even when doing everything right diet-wise, if I did not get enough nightly sleep, it would hinder my progress. I've also had the issue of going consistently low-carb and not being able to keep it going more than a few months at a time just because the majority of my taste preferences tend to lean toward carbs. Never feeling fully satisfied eventually chips away at me, then I start doing cheat days, then I go all the way back in, sometimes worse than I started. It's just not fully sustainable for me. There's a balance of sleep, lower carb/processed sugar intake (but not LC diet low), even slight exercise, and intermittent fasting that seems like it would be the sweet spot, but I've yet to hit it... I think I'm just not trying hard enough, especially when it comes to sleep.

prepend 9y ago
Did you find sustained gains from increased sleep? I found that the increased losses are just due to the loss of carbon dioxide while sleeping. I lose 2 pounds in a typical 6 hour sleep. If I sleep 9 hours this can go up to 2.5-3.5 pounds. It took me a while to realize it was the length of sleep as it averaged out to be meaningless but had me searching for foods or activities as the cause.
- kup0 9y ago
  If I slept 5-6 hours a night, my progress would plateau markedly. If I slept 7-10 hours a night, it would keep going at a pretty good rate. Every time I got poor sleep, my weight loss would plateau a couple of days. I wish I had kept more data. I need to try some kind of balance/plan again. I've gained about 10 back of the 35-40 I lost. I guess the bright side is that I've kept 25-30 off for over 12-18 months at this point and am maintaining until I find the right spot for losing weight again. I've just been bad with eating habits lately. At one point I was still sticking to the plan but only sleeping 5-6 hours a night, and I eventually got to the point where I was almost losing nothing. The moment I got back into a good 8 hour sleep schedule I was back to losing significant amounts of weight.

by kup0 9y ago

prepend 9y ago

Did you find sustained gains from increased sleep? I found that the increased losses are just due to the loss of carbon dioxide while sleeping. I lose 2 pounds in a typical 6 hour sleep. If I sleep 9 hours this can go up to 2.5-3.5 pounds. It took me a while to realize it was the length of sleep as it averaged out to be meaningless but had me searching for foods or activities as the cause.

kup0 9y ago
If I slept 5-6 hours a night, my progress would plateau markedly. If I slept 7-10 hours a night, it would keep going at a pretty good rate. Every time I got poor sleep, my weight loss would plateau a couple of days. I wish I had kept more data. I need to try some kind of balance/plan again. I've gained about 10 back of the 35-40 I lost. I guess the bright side is that I've kept 25-30 off for over 12-18 months at this point and am maintaining until I find the right spot for losing weight again. I've just been bad with eating habits lately. At one point I was still sticking to the plan but only sleeping 5-6 hours a night, and I eventually got to the point where I was almost losing nothing. The moment I got back into a good 8 hour sleep schedule I was back to losing significant amounts of weight.