Weight gain can be a bummer with swimsuit season on the horizon. Loading up on carbs is the body’s response to lack of sleep. The hormone cortisol is the culprit. It’s produced when the body is in stress – like the kind brought on by losing an hour of one’s day. A perfect counter is to amp up your workout goals adding extra miles, steps, laps, rows, lunges, squats. Kitchen table arm curls do not apply.