Weightloss Stress

So you've been working out, eating healthy, and you are still not losing weight, or you've seen some change but only for certain areas, others not so much. You might be thinking this isn't working for me, and the desire to continue on is slowly coming to an end. Please don't give up!!!. It is never a bad idea to workout, or eat healthy, so why stop. Before you make the leap to deciding that a certain exercise program, or diet isn't working out for you read today's post.

STRESS, which one of us can say we are not under some kind of stress each day of our lives. The society we live in is consumed with stress inducing information, from our weight, education, cost of living, the list goes on. In our fight to lose weight stress can play a vital role, and it's never good. Most times people believe that when they're stress they would probably lose weight, truth is that's a myth, stress promotes weight gain!

Within our bodies are two Adrenal glands, these glands help fight or control stress, however, if our bodies are under extreme stress these glands can go into a state known as adrenaline overdrive. It's not that the glands are malfunctioning, but more or less, working overtime to keep the body going, in doing that they produce a chemical called CORTISOL.

Cortisol has been linked to a host of issues when it is released into our bodies, but we will focus on how it affects our weight. In simple terms cortisol causes our bodies to store fat due to it's effect on our blood sugar levels. In addition, it slows down our metabolic rate, studies has shown that cortisol is the culprit behind our increase belly fat.

All this because of stress, for most of us our weight loss journey is a source of high stress, but that stress is at times what causes us not to lose the weight we want to lose in the first place. Give stress a break, think about getting healthy instead of losing weight, trick your mind. This week there's no challenge, lets just focus on peace and tranquility. Get plenty of rest, drink lots of water and do something special for yourself, get happy that's the first step in reducing your stress. Good luck and stay healthy.


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