Getting enough shut-eye is your best bet for slimming down and staying healthy. What’s the connection between a lack of shut-eye and a higher number on the scale? Sleep deprivation spikes the hormone ghrelin, which stimulates your appetite. This can cause you to eat up to 300 more calories a day than you would if you got a good night’s sleep. That adds up to a whopping 30 pounds a year。

　　充足的睡眠既是減肥的又一良藥，還可以保證身體健康。那缺乏睡眠與肥胖有什么聯(lián)系呢？睡眠不足會(huì)抑制生長(zhǎng)激素，這樣則會(huì)刺激食欲。在睡眠不足的時(shí)候，你一天會(huì)多攝取300多卡路里，比平常睡眠充足時(shí)吃得多。一年下來，你就會(huì)有可能增加30磅。

　　Case in point: Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that people who are sleep deprived (sleeping about 5.5 hours per night) take in significantly more calories from snacking throughout the day than those who are well-rested (8.5 hours per night). And they aren’t jonesingfor veggies: The sleepy snackers craved carbs and ate fewer proteinsand fats, which help you feel full。

　　美國(guó)臨床營(yíng)養(yǎng)學(xué)雜志的一份研究顯示，與睡眠充足的人(每晚睡約8.5小時(shí))相比，睡眠不足的人(每晚睡約5.5小時(shí))每天會(huì)在零食里大量攝入卡路里。另外，睡眠不足的人不喜歡吃蔬菜，他們愛吃零食和膨化食品，不常吃那些容易飽肚的蛋白質(zhì)和脂肪。

　　Try these tips for making sleep a priority and getting your beauty rest:

　　下列5個(gè)小貼士能讓你優(yōu)先考慮睡眠，讓你睡上一個(gè)減肥美容覺：

Aim to up your snooze time

努力增加睡眠時(shí)間

　　Try wrapping up nighttime tasks, such as emailing friends or straightening up the living room, earlier to give yourself more time to sleep. Need an incentive? If you increase the amount you sleep by one hour a night—say, from 6 to 7 hours a night—you could lose about 14 pounds a year on average。

　　嘗試早點(diǎn)結(jié)束晚上的工作，例如給朋友發(fā)郵件或打掃客廳的衛(wèi)生，這樣能讓你獲得較多的睡眠時(shí)間。需要鼓勵(lì)鼓勵(lì)？如果你每天增加一小時(shí)的睡眠時(shí)間(例如說，一晚睡6-7個(gè)小時(shí))，你每年就能減去14磅的肥肉。

Remind yourself it’s bedtime

提醒自己是時(shí)候睡覺了

　　You can’t always control when you wake up (darnthat 7:30am alarm!)， but you can ensure that you go to a bed at a decent hour and get the good night’s sleep your mind and body need by setting your alarm clock to remind you to go to bed—not just to wake up in the a.m。

　　你不能控制自己什么時(shí)候睡醒 (早上該死的7：30鬧鐘！)，但你可以用設(shè)置好鬧鐘的方式，提醒自己是時(shí)候睡覺了，要讓大腦和身體得到充分的休息。鬧鐘也可以叫你睡覺。

　　Depending on what time you have to get up, subtract7.5 hours from that time and set your alarm accordingly. So if you have to be up by 7:30am, set your alarm for midnight (or better yet, an hour earlier than that so you have time to get ready for bed and wind down) to signal it’s time to hit the sack。

　　根據(jù)你要起床的時(shí)間，減去7.5小時(shí)，就能設(shè)定你的鬧鐘了。因此，如果你要在早上7點(diǎn)30分起床，那你就要在晚上12點(diǎn)設(shè)好鬧鐘(或是設(shè)置早一個(gè)小時(shí)，那你就可以早早做好準(zhǔn)備，好好放松放松)，提醒自己是時(shí)候上床睡覺了。

Try calming supplements

吃一些“鎮(zhèn)靜劑”

　　Try taking calcium and magnesium, which help calm the nervous system, acting as natural sleep aides. Aim to get in 600 milligramsof calcium and 400 milligrams of magnesium。

　　你可以嘗試攝入一些鈣和鎂，這樣能舒緩神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)，它們有天然安眠的作用。攝入量可為：鈣是600毫克，而鎂是400毫克。

Bring on the dark

帶來黑暗

　　The best sleep environment is a dark, quiet and cool (between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit). Be sure you have shades or curtains (or an eye mask) to block out light, which can keep you awake. If you can, remove all light-emitting electronics, such as TVs and computers from your bedroom. Darkness helps stimulate your body’s production of melatonin, a hormone that promotes sleepiness。

　　黑暗、安靜且涼快(溫度介于華氏60-68攝氏度)的環(huán)境是最佳的睡眠環(huán)境。另外，光線會(huì)讓人清醒，你要確保有遮光物或窗簾(或是一個(gè)遮眼罩)擋去光線。可以的話，你要移去房間里面的發(fā)光電子器材，例如電視和電腦。黑暗能讓身體多產(chǎn)抗黑變激素，這種激素能促進(jìn)睡眠。

Adopt a relaxation ritual

采用舒適的方式

　　Stress can mess with your rest. Banish it and help bring on sleep by practicing soothing relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, guided imagery, meditation or progressive muscle relaxation exercises. Or try listening to calming music or taking a warm bath or shower before bedtime. When you’re relaxed, your heart rate and respiration slow down, preparing your body to slip into slumber。

　　壓力會(huì)讓你的作息一團(tuán)糟。多練習(xí)放松的技巧，如深呼吸、圖像引導(dǎo)、冥想和漸進(jìn)性肌肉放松練習(xí)，能去除壓力，回歸睡眠。或者，你可以在睡前聽聽輕音樂、洗個(gè)熱水澡。當(dāng)你整個(gè)人都放松了，心跳和呼吸都會(huì)減緩，讓身體準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)入睡眠。(來源：滬江英語網(wǎng))