I heard about this study yesterday so I searched the internet for the article.  Lately I’ve been hearing more and more that sleep is a determining factor in weight gain and loss.  In the past 10 years or so I have averaged 5-6 hours of sleep per night, which looking back was probably not the best thing to do.  I’m starting to wonder if perhaps my sleep, or lack there of, contributed to my weight gain…. it’s food for thought so to speak.  I think that everyone can agree that you need to get at least 7-8 hours of sound sleep when your working out to lose weight, but maybe we can stay fitter by sleeping 7-8 hours even when we get into the maintenance phase.
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Hi All,

This is my first official post on my new blog site.  Unfortunately I have to report that I did not lose any weight last week, the first time in 12 weeks!  So far I’ve lost 42 lbs, but I knew that eventually I would have a week where I wouldn’t lose anything.  Has anyone else had this happen?  Your losing 2,3,4,5 lbs per week then all of a sudden POW!, Nothing.  I’m not getting paranoid or anything, but I want to get back on track ASAP, so any advice from anyone who’s been through this would be appreciated.