Weightloss and Stress. Does Stress Affect Your Weight Loss Effort?

When you are under stress, you eat more and put on weight . This increases your weight. Your weight loss efforts depend on your stress level. You should not ignore your stress. It is better to finding ways to relieve the stress you feel.


Can Stress Make You Fat?

Stress is a known risk factor for heart disease, high blood pressure and strokes. When we are under stress, cortisol, a stress hormone is affected leading to the release of various hormones. Chronic stress and cortisol can contribute to your weight in the following ways:

  1. Emotional Eating & Craving
    Stress causes emotional eating. Increased levels of cortisol can cause you to eat more and also make you crave unhealthy food like salty, sugary and fatty foods. This causes weight gain.
  2. Fat Storage
    Continued stress can increase levels of abdominal fat, increasing health risks.
  3. Metabolism
    Too much cortisol can slow metabolism, causing weight gain.
  4. Blood Sugar
    Continued stress can alter blood sugar levels, causing conditions like hyperglycemia.

Fortunately, you can reverse the weight gain and waistline.





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Your weight loss efforts depend on your stress level.