Does sleep affect your fat loss rate?

[Shebs]

How does sleeping affect your fat loss. I heard that too little sleep can hinder your fat loss as well as too much sleep. Is this true?

[sawastea]

Lack of sleep decreases your test levels and increases cortisol (a hormone), which in general, stores fat and burns muscle (not what we're trying to accomplish).

http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/sleep.htm

[Shebs]

Thank you