Sleep VS Wieght gain

[wbens]

Hey all. How much does not sleeping properly effect wieght gain, if at all? The reason I ask this is since I've started working second shift, my sleep has gone to hell and my wieght has slowly crept up. I know that some of it is muscle, but some is also fat. I can still wear the same waist jeans that I have been, only difference is that I have had to get a more relaxed fit because of my legs. I really don't eat alot but maybe I'm wrong. Usually a bowl or two of cereal with skim milk for breakfast or after work out and then I might have a hand full of peanuts at work(usually only do that once or twice a week) For dinner is usually more cereal or bowl of soup or something like that. I also like to have a spoonful or two of peanut butter if we have any in the house. Dinner is usually at midnight and then I fall asleep anywhere from 1 to 4 in the morning and am getting a couple hours of sleep. Any help or suggestions?

Will

[Todd]

By not eating enough quality meals throughout the day, along with not much sleep, you are most likely slowing your metabolism down. And in a worst case scenario, you are perhaps losing muscle and gaining fat... which only slows the metabolism even more...thus, the majority of your noticed weight gain.