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Ep 18-stress and exercise.
Fasting can be a practical way to lose weight because it's fairly straightforward. One of the things that can slow down or stop your weight loss is: Stress!!
Stress can significantly impact your ability to maintain a healthy weight. the link between stress and weight gain is significant .
What is cortisol? Cortisol is one of the many hormones our body produces to handle stress.
It is responsible for changes in the body such as the quick breakdown of fats and carbs and rise and blood sugar or immediate energy. I’m not gonna go too deep into the details however, you need to know that too much stress or cortisol being produced in the body will stop or slow down the body’s ability to lose weight.
It floats freely in the bloodstream, causing negative symptoms to creep into your everyday life such as:
Remember high cortisol/stress from too much exercise can backfire. I experienced this myself in the past I would go to the gym everyday and spend two hours in there trying to burn as many calories as I could not realizing that all I was doing was raising my cortisol and preventing myself from losing weight. Yes I was able to tone and get the definition that I was looking for but weight loss did not happen. I was confused by this, but now I understand. That is why now I walk every day & two-3 days out of the week I will complete a 30 minute session of strength training at home. No weights needed. I use my bodyweight for the plank, jumping jacks and squats. keep it simple and remember: Less is best!!
You can lower cortisol/stress by:
I’m not a doctor so don’t use anything I say on this podcast as medical advice.
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