Yin And Yang: Stress And Weight Loss

A lot of people will hear me say that Stress and weight loss go hand and hand or that stress is the “Yin” and weight loss is the “Yang”. Because weight loss has so much to do with how you feel on a daily basis.

It is said that Yin and Yang balance each other out, like day and night (meaning there is no day without night). So how you manage your stress, while being on a diet is the key to losing weight. Without proper stress management there is weight gain, yet when stress is managed properly weight loss can be achieved. In this article I will explain exactly what stress is and how it effects your diet. Lastly I’ll give you some surefire ways to keeping that stress in check:

-What is stress? Stress is force exerted on a material object.

In the human body stress can be two things. It can be Cortisol or Adrenaline and both are excreted to protect the body. Adrenaline gives your body that get up and go energy and cortisol is like a “lookout man” that alerts your body when it’s under a lot of stress. The one we don’t want to produce to much of is cortisol because this is the hormone that tells our bodies were low on sugars today, or were low on calories today, or our anxiety is high today. Each time stress is reported the body compensates for this stress. Emotional eaters eat if the stress is emotional related and dieters eat if the stress is diet related.

Why?

Because our bodies need to end the discomfort of the stress. (Food causes tiredness and usually puts us right to sleep, allowing our bodies to relax and feel good) So, after a few of these stress then food acts happen, a habit is formed. (Now a overeater is born) Also to make things worse your body stores this food as fat as a surviving mechanism.

Ways to Control Stress When Dieting:

• Eat More Than 2-3 Times A Day. People with high stress levels need to keep feeding the body. People who stress a lot can’t afford to skim on the calories.
• Vitamin B, Relax, and Get Your Sleep. Some people cut out on sleep to compensate for other things they need to do. Yet sleep is the one thing that should remain consistent. Also because of our higher demand for energy we need a little more nourishment (primarily vitamin B).
• Stop Dieting And Live. I stop dieting a long time ago and started living. I’m a pro crossfitter and in the best shape of my life, because I stick to some solid nutrition guidelines and after that I just let all hang out.

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