{"id":27679,"date":"2012-05-01T11:22:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/to-sleep-perchance-to-get-tubbier.html"},"modified":"2012-05-01T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:22:35","slug":"to-sleep-perchance-to-get-tubbier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/to-sleep-perchance-to-get-tubbier.html","title":{"rendered":"To sleep, perchance to get tubbier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#39;s it.  I&#39;ll blame my weight on my not getting enough sleep &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, what I <i>should<\/i> do is try to sleep more, regardless, though this provides an extra incentive, maybe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080'>Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have to admit that sleep is one of those life activities I&#39;m not great at and I wonder if the lack of it isn&#39;t a contributor to my weight and motivation problems. This study seems to suggest that that might be the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F17laeahg61s9tjpg%2Fmedium.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/vip\/~3\/BgCJ5zWk-ME\/too-little-sleep-activates-genes-that-make-you-fat'>Too Little Sleep Activates Genes That Make You Fat [Health]<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople that sleep a lot are fat and lazy, right? Nope: toss that old idea out right now, because a new study suggests that sleeping for less than seven hours promotes genetic influences associated with weight gain.<br \/>We&#39;ve known for a while that there are genetic influences that can contribute to obesity; things like glucose metabolism, energy use, fatty acid storage and satiety. But a study carried out at the University of Washington tried to get to the bottom of how sleep might affect those g&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/57d63kkcPxw' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#39;s it. I&#39;ll blame my weight on my not getting enough sleep &#8230; And, yes, what I should do is try to sleep more, regardless, though this provides an extra incentive, maybe. Reshared post from +Les Jenkins I have to admit that sleep is one of those life activities I&#39;m not great at and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/01\/to-sleep-perchance-to-get-tubbier.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;To sleep, perchance to get tubbier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132183,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/07\/getting-enough-sleep-is-good-for-you-in-more-ways-than-one.html","url_meta":{"origin":27679,"position":0},"title":"Getting enough sleep is good for you in more ways than one","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Dec-16 10:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Not enough REM sleep means \"I crave bad food!\" Which ... yeah, that's not surprising. 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