YES! The real reason you can’t lose weight is actually not your diet

While we may all have the very best of intentions when it comes to our healthy lifestyle and clean-eating diets, from time to time we tend to let some things slide. 

It is very easy to find ourselves sitting in the office on a Wednesday at four o'clock and find ourselves day dreaming about all of the chocolate bars to ever be found. Before you know it the fantasy is reality and we are drowning in biscuits wrappers and not ever a little bit sorry. Until the sugar crash hits and we want to weep. 

However, a new study made have found reason for us to dry our tears because our weekly treats may not be as detrimental to our dream bodies as we think. 

A study published in the journal Obesity found that the one thing that is the biggest barrier to weight-loss is not in fact edible.

Sleep deprivation is in fact the biggest obstacle to dropping any excess pounds you might be worried about. Sleep is incredibly important to help us maintain a healthy weight. 

This is because when we get enough deep sleep, we are better equipped to make healthier choices throughout the day. Sleep also helps us to regulate our blood sugar which can mean we avoid having any sugar cravings during the day. 

The study took into account 189 people and found that those who caught up on enough sleep would wake up feeling more motivated to eat a properly nutritious breakfast and engage in physical activity as well as avoid unhealthy food. 

So, rather than tormenting ourselves and shunning any and all tasty (although mildly unhealthy) treats, perhaps we should consider having an early night instead? Or at least try and squeeze in more naps.