Stress - How it impacts Fat Loss

There are many different types of Stress, physical, physiological, psycho-emotional, dietary and lifestyle.

The first step to managing stress is understanding what stressors you are exposed to.

Physical stress can be tissue damage, injuries, insufficient movement, poor posture.

Physiological Stress can be lack of sleep, viruses, overweight, hormonal imbalances.

Psycho-Emotional can be anxiety, isolation, self doubt, body image.

Dietary can be blood sugar dysregulation, inflammatory foods, overconsumption.

Lifestyle can be loss of job, loss of a loved one, pandemics.

Stress makes us more likely to overeat and gain body fat. This type of eating is known as emotional eating which contributes to excess calories and weight gain.

Stress can cause the body to produce more of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol is a stress hormone that promotes body fat and makes it hard to lose weight, especially around the stomach.

Stressed individuals have a tendency to not get enough sleep, less sleep, chronic fatigue causes the hormone Ghrelin to rise. Ghrelin is the primary hunger hormone and causes someone to feel hungry when they don’t need to eat.

If we can factor in the effect of the different types of stressors there is on the body daily, people can have a better understanding of why sometimes while doing all the right things exercise and dietary wise, the body struggles to lose weight.