Burn Calories while Sleeping

You have been working hard all day on your diet to lose weight, so it only makes sense to add a little more effort into effectively losing weight by burning more calories while sleeping. The calories you burn while sleeping is normally the lowest rate at which you burn calories. There are also many other ways to burn calories like laughing, drinking more water and chewing gum. But in terms of total body rest, it is proved that when you are asleep you burn calories.

Getting enough sleep helps people burn more calories at night and during the day. There are also other ways to increase weight loss while sleeping. To burn more calories while sleeping, follow the steps given below.

• Green tea is known to increase the metabolic rate of a person. Drinking green tea before going to bed will aid in the burning process.
• Try to avoid consuming carbohydrates at least five hours before you go to bed.
• Our bodies use more energy to keep warm. By turning down your heater at night, you will be turning up your body's metabolic rate, which will burn more calories to keep you warm.
• Get enough sleep. If you sleep only for 6 hours or lesser your body will not get enough time to burn all the calories that you have consumed during the day.
• Make sure to meditate and relax before going to sleep. Relaxing cause cortical levels to drop, which will in turn help your body burn more calories.
• Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages before going to sleep. It slows down your metabolism rate.