High stressful lifestyles have become the normality for many people these days and with our body’s wearing the brunt of physical, mental and psychological stress it’s no wonder many of us are simply not coping – but for many, we are oblivious to how our stress levels are actually affecting us.
There is a significant connection between stress and our health and wellbeing, especially weight gain, a reduced immune system and a reduced reproductive system, and the biggest two reasons responsible for this are Adrenalin and Cortisol – two stress response hormones created in our adrenal glands. Stress and the release of adrenalin and cortisol in our body is a necessary part of life in the short term and in small amounts – it’s what triggers our flight or fight response, it’s how we cope and deal with a stressful situation. However too many people are now living in a constant state of stress and are pumping out these hormones in high levels for long periods of time, and if you keep pushing your adrenal glands to produce more and more adrenalin and cortisol you will eventually reach a point of adrenal burnout where your adrenal glands stop producing or reduce the amount they produce. Once you reach this point you line your body up for a whole host of problems – weight gain, chronic fatigue, cold’s and flu’s included. If you are reading this and can see a possible link between yourself and the negative effects stress is having on your body, wellbeing and lifestyle, then I really do encourage you to spend some time working out a plan to better manage your stress levels. At the end of the day maybe those things stressing you out daily aren’t really worth the pressure. Find some perspective in your daily life by realising you are not super-human and can’t achieve more than your body physically, mentally and psychologically is capable of achieving. Above all else find some form of relaxation! Find something that relaxes your physical body and your mind each and every day…you are not ‘lazy’ if you do this…you are simply caring for your body and mind the very best you can. In the Body Essence Weight Loss Programme I spend a chapter showing you how stress effects your body, especially in regards to weight gain, and take you step-by-step through ways of making positive adjustments towards decreasing your stress levels to help promote weight loss. Have a wonderful day and remember you are amazing the way you are! Warmest regards, Kerri van de Loo
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Time and time again I have people say to me “No matter what I do, I just can’t lose weight!” They then go on to tell me that they have tried nearly every diet available, they have tried cutting out potatoes and bread, they have taken bottles and bottles of every imaginable vitamin or supplement there is, they have eaten nothing but fruit and vegetables for a week, they’ve gone ‘gluten-free’, they have tried 2 hours of exercise each day and after 2 weeks nothing had happened, they have paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for fancy pre-made ‘diet-food’, they’ve weighed foods, they’ve counted calories…however they always end in saying “but nothing works”. They seem to believe that for some reason their body will just never lose weight. It’s there pre-destined bad luck that they got stuck with a body that just must want to be ‘fat’.
If you are a person who can relate to this, then I am here to tell you that none of this is true. Nobody has been given a body that ‘just can’t lose weight’. The issue isn’t your body – your body is merely a reflection, or a by-product, of what you are making it do. If you are over-weight, then you are over-weight for a reason. That reason, 9 out of 10 times, comes down to not treating your body how it wants to be treated. Not letting it work and function in a way that it is designed to work and function. Not letting it know what is happening from day to day, week to week, and for the rest of your life. Basically, not treating your mind, body and soul with the pride and respect it deserves. Whether you are a person who just has poor and unhealthy food habits, or you are a person who desperately jumps from diet to diet to constantly be let down, you will only have long term success at weight loss if you start listening to your body and treating it how it is designed to work. One of the biggest factors in weight loss, eating and activity habits aside, is to do with how our hormones work. There are many hormones at play in our body when it comes to weight loss. Unfortunately the way a lot of people choose to ‘diet’ will create signals in our body that makes these hormones work against weight loss. There is a lot of evidence suggesting that our body weight is physiologically defended, meaning simply that our body will fight incredibly hard to maintain the weight it’s at - whether it’s overweight or not is irrelevant. An example of this is a hormone made in our stomach called Ghrelin. Ghrelin is responsible for sending signals to our brain telling us to eat when we are hungry. Following weight loss, our body actually produces more Ghrelin, meaning our brain is receiving more signals telling us to eat. So while you may be excited you have lost weight, you are constantly battling the increased hunger signals. Another example is Leptin, a hormone produced in our fat cells. Leptin controls and regulates food intake and energy expenditure, and the amount our body produces is directly proportional to our fat cells. So when it detects weight gain it produces more meaning our brain receives more signals telling us to move more and eat less, and after weight loss it sends less signals therefore we think we need to eat more an move less. These are only two of the many bodily processes that are at work when our body is in a state of ‘dieting’, so it’s no wonder that such a huge percentage of the adult population can admit that they have tried numerous ‘diets’ with little or no long term success. As a qualified Health, Fitness and Nutrition Professional my passion and love is to teach people how their body’s actually work, how they will actually succeed at long term weight loss, and to help people realise that it is actually very simple and achievable. All you have to do is eat like your body is designed to eat, move like your body is designed to move, and above all else learn to love who you are and the body you are in! The trick to get your body on side with losing weight is to not allow your body to know you are on a ‘diet’, or better still, don’t diet! I would love to show you step-by-step how to get you to your goal weight and, even more importantly, get you feeling great, loving your body and teach you a new way of life – a happy, healthy and sustainable life! To start your journey to your goal weight today, go to our website to purchase your Body Essence Weight Loss Programme workbook. It truly is such a small investment for living the rest of your life happy, healthy and in love with the new you! Warmest regards, Kerri van de Loo Health, Fitness and Nutrition Professional |
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