Is poor sleep stalling your weight loss or causing weight gain?

If you’ve been trying to lose weight but feel stuck, tired, or overwhelmed, I want you to know — you’re not alone. What many people don’t realize is that stress, poor sleep, and weight gain are deeply connected.

How Stress & Poor Sleep Affect Your Weight

When your body is under stress, it produces too much cortisol — the “stress hormone.” Elevated cortisol levels can make it harder to lose fat, increase sugar cravings, and disrupt your sleep. And without proper rest, your metabolism slows down, your hunger hormones go out of balance, and your body holds onto weight — even when you’re eating right.

The truth is, you can’t out-diet or out-exercise chronic stress or sleepless nights. To lose weight and feel well, you have to help your body rest, recover, and reset.

Here are 6 Tips to Improve Sleep & reduce stress hormones: 

1.   Stick to a sleep schedule – Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, including weekends. Being consistent reinforces your body’s sleep-wake cycle.

2.   Increase Bright Light light/sunshine exposure during the day – Your body has a natural time-keeping clock known as your circadian rhythm. It affects your brain, body, and hormones, helping you stay awake and telling your body when it’s time to sleep. Natural sunlight or bright light during the day helps keep your circadian rhythm healthy. This improves daytime energy, as well as nighttime sleep quality and duration.

3.   Create a restful environment – Keep your room cool, dark and quiet. Exposure to light in the evenings might make it more challenging to fall asleep. Avoid prolonged use of light-emitting screens just before bedtime. Doing calming activities before bedtime, such as taking a bath or reading a book might promote better sleep.

4.   Take a natural sleep aid & reduce anxiety: Melatonin is a key sleep hormone that tells your brain when it’s time to relax and head to bed. Melatonin supplements are an extremely popular sleep aid. Often used to treat insomnia, melatonin may be one of the easiest ways to fall asleep faster.

Our CoviSleep formula is made to not not only help you fall asleep and stay asleep, it is also also formulated with Ashwagandha root, an anti-anxiety and anti-stress ingredient.

5.   Pay attention to food and drink before bed – Don’t go to bed stuffed. In particular, avoid heavy or large meals within 3-4 hours of bedtime. Discomfort & the digestion of your food might keep you up. Avoid stimulants like coffee later in the day.

6.   Exercise Regularly – but not before bed Exercise is one of the best science-backed ways to improve your sleep and health. It can enhance all aspects of sleep and has been used to reduce symptoms of insomnia 

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