5 Reasons You Shouldn't Oversleep on the Weekend

Is it okay to sleep in on the weekends? Time to ditch the alarm and sleep in, right? After all, you got up early all week for school or work, so you deserve this! Well, you might wanna think twice before you spend another weekend in bed all day.
Do you know, for example, that if you usually get up at 7 a.m. but sleep till noon on the weekend, your circadian rhythm will be thrown off? When this internal clock is disrupted, you can experience fatigue, difficulty concentrating, low alertness, headaches, nausea, and depression. Dr. Karl Doghramji, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, mentions that if the difference between weekday and weekend waking time is over an hour, then that’s when you’ll experience these consequences. If the difference is less than an hour, you should be alright. Watch our new video to learn the other reasons why sleeping in can lead to a host of problems and what you can do if you’re an irregular sleeper!
TIMESTAMPS:
Your body experiences social jet lag 0:52
Your circadian rhythm gets thrown out of whack 2:26
You can gain weight 3:50
It affects your energy levels 5:45
It can make you feel down in the dumps 7:14
How you can get perfect consistent sleep 8:13
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SUMMARY:
- Social jet lag occurs when there’s a big difference between a person’s sleep schedule during work days and their schedule on days off. Your body experiences a change that’s akin to being in a different time zone.
- A 2012 study conducted by Dr. Roenneberg and published in the journal Current Biology, gathered data from around 65,000 people and found that social jet lag leads to an increased BMI.
- A 2012 controlled study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School found that these types of sleep disruptions lower a person’s metabolic rate, which can lead to a 10-lb weight gain over the course of a year.
- An irregular sleeper might not experience a dip in energy after lunch, their dip could come at different times each day.
- If you feel sleepy all day long, chances are you won’t be jumping up and down in joy, not unless that’s your very unique way of handling sleepiness!
- People who experience social jet lag are more prone to suffer from brain fog. You know, that foggy mental state when you just can’t come up with any answers or you walk into a room and forget what you’d come for?
- If you do sleep in, don’t go past an hour from your regular waking time. This will help you maintain the balance of your circadian rhythm.
- Try light therapy to naturally restore your body’s circadian rhythm. Your body is meant to wake when it detects sunlight and go to sleep when it’s dark outside.
- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that adults get at least 7 hours of sleep per night to stay in optimal health.
- Most important of all is your willingness to look at what’s keeping you from sleeping and to make the necessary changes. This will be the best long-term cure.
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